12269 lines
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12269 lines
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{
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"scrambles":{
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"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"detritus",
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"notions",
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"oddments",
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"odds and ends",
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"sundries",
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"accumulations",
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"aggregates",
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"aggregations",
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"conglomerates",
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"conglomerations",
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"catchalls",
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"admixtures",
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"alloys",
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"amalgams",
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"blends",
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"combinations",
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"commixtures",
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"composites",
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"compounds",
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"fusions",
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"intermixtures",
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"mix-ups",
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"bollixes",
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"chaoses",
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"confusions",
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"disarrangements",
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"disarrays",
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"disorders",
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"dog's breakfasts",
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"messes",
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"morasses",
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"shambles",
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"imbroglios",
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"knots",
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"snarls",
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"tangles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agglomerates",
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"agglomerations",
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"alphabet soups",
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"assortments",
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"botches",
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"clutters",
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"collages",
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"crazy quilts",
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"farragoes",
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"gallimaufries",
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"grab bags",
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"gumbos",
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"hashes",
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"hodgepodges",
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"hotchpotches",
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"jambalayas",
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"jumbles",
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"jungles",
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"litters",
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"mac\u00e9doines",
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"medleys",
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"m\u00e9langes",
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"menageries",
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"miscellanea",
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"miscellanies",
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"mishmashes",
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"mixed bags",
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"montages",
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"motleys",
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"muddles",
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"olios",
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"olla podridas",
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"ollas podridas",
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"omnium-gatherums",
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"pastiches",
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"patchwork quilts",
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"patchworks",
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"potpourris",
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"ragbags",
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"ragouts",
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"rummages",
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"salads",
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"salmagundis",
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"shuffles",
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"smorgasbords",
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"stews",
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"tumbles",
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"varieties",
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"welters"
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]
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},
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"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"shimmies",
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"shinnies",
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"shins",
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"skins",
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"ascends",
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"breasts",
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"free-climbs",
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"gets up",
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"mounts",
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"scales",
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"summits",
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"surmounts",
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"claws",
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"sprawls",
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"struggles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clambers",
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"climbs",
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"scrabbles",
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"swarms"
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]
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},
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"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"arranges",
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"arrays",
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"disposes",
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"draws up",
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"marshals",
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"marshalls",
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"orders",
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"organizes",
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"ranges",
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"regulates",
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"straightens (up)",
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"tidies"
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],
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"examples":[
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"scrambled the letters of the word"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aligns",
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"alines",
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"lines",
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"lines up",
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"queues",
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"classifies",
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"codifies",
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"methodizes",
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"systematizes",
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"systemizes",
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"adjusts",
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"fixes",
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"grooms",
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"makes up",
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"spruces (up)",
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"unscrambles"
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],
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"related":[
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"embroils",
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"entangles",
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"snarls",
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"tangles",
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"agitates",
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"perturbs",
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"stirs (up)",
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"unsettles",
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"clutters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"confuses",
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"deranges",
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"disarranges",
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"disarrays",
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"discomposes",
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"dishevels",
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"disjoints",
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"dislocates",
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"disorders",
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"disorganizes",
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"disrupts",
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"disturbs",
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"hashes",
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"jumbles",
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"messes (up)",
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"mixes (up)",
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"muddles",
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"musses",
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"rumples",
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"shuffles",
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"tousles",
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"tumbles",
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"upsets"
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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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"scrap":{
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"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
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"examples":[
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"only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"end",
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"fag end",
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"leftover",
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"oddment",
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"remainder",
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"remnant",
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"stub"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"leavings",
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"odds and ends",
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"pickings",
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"refuse",
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"remains",
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"residual",
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"residue",
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"scraping(s)",
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"stump",
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"vestige",
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"balance",
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"rest",
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"chip",
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"flake",
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"fragment",
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"piece",
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"sliver",
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"splinter",
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"ribbon(s)",
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"shred",
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"tatter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"whole"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
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"examples":[
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"a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bit",
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"fraction",
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"fragment",
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"piece"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cantle",
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"shred",
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"tatter",
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"end",
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"leftover",
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"oddment",
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"remainder",
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"remnant",
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"stub",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"segment",
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"chip",
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"flake",
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"shard",
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"shatter",
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"shiver",
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"sliver",
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"splinter",
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"clipping",
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"paring",
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"shaving",
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dribble",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"molecule",
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"morsel",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"nugget",
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"particle",
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"patch",
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"scruple",
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"snip",
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"snippet",
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"speck",
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"tittle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a very small piece":{
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"examples":[
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"brushed away a scrap of lint"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"atom",
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"bit",
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"crumb",
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"dribble",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"molecule",
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"morsel",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"nugget",
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"particle",
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"patch",
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"scruple",
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"snip",
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"snippet",
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"speck",
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"tittle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"dab",
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"dash",
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"driblet",
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"drop",
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"fraction",
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"haet",
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"halfpenny",
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"ha'penny",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"kenning",
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"lick",
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"minim",
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"mite",
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"modicum",
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"nutshell",
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"ounce",
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"pinch",
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"shred",
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"smatter",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"spot",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace",
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"whisper",
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"whit",
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"bite",
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"mouthful",
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"nibble",
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"tidbit",
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"titbit",
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"fragment",
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"part",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"chip",
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"flake",
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"shard",
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"shiver",
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"sliver",
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"splinter",
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"clipping",
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"paring",
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"shaving",
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"smithereens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chunk",
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"gob",
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"hunk",
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"lump",
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"slab",
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"bucket",
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"bushel",
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"deal",
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"heaps",
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"loads",
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"mass",
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"mountain",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"pot",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"scads",
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"stack",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"discarded or useless material":{
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"examples":[
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"the rest of this stuff is just scrap , so sweep it up and throw it away"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaff",
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"deadwood",
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"debris",
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"dreck",
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"drek",
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"dross",
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"dust",
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"effluvium",
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"effluvia",
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"garbage",
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"junk",
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"litter",
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"offal",
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"offscouring",
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"raffle",
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"refuse",
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"riffraff",
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"rubbish",
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"spilth",
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"trash",
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"truck",
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"waste"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crud",
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"sewage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"wash",
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"detritus",
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"remains",
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"rubble",
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"ruins",
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"dump",
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"scrap heap",
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"lumber",
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"odds and ends",
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"trumpery",
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"flotsam",
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"jetsam",
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"wreckage",
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"castoff",
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"cull",
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"discard",
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"hand-me-down",
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"reject",
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"throwaway",
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"nothing",
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"straw",
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"two bits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catch",
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"gem",
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"goody",
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"goodie",
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"jewel",
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"pearl",
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"plum",
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"prize",
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"treasure",
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"treasure trove",
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"trove",
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"valuable",
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"booty",
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"find",
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"salvage"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
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"examples":[
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"the state legislature's annual scrap over the budget"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"battle royal",
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"bicker",
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"brawl",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"donnybrook",
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"falling-out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"imbroglio",
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"rhubarb",
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"row",
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"set-to",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"clash",
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"run-in",
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"skirmish",
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"tangle",
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"tussle",
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"logomachy",
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"feud",
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"vendetta",
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"attack",
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"contention",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"debate",
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"difference",
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"disputation",
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"fuss",
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"objection",
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"protest",
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"protestation",
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"affray",
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"fisticuffs",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"catfight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
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"examples":[
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"several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battle",
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"clash",
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"combat",
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"conflict",
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"contest",
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"dustup",
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"fight",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"hassle",
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"scrimmage",
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"scrum",
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"scuffle",
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"skirmish",
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"struggle",
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"tussle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pitched battle",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"affray",
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"battle royal",
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"brawl",
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"broil",
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"donnybrook",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"mix-up",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"blows",
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"fistfight",
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"fisticuffs",
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"grapple",
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"handgrips",
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"punch-out",
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"punch-up",
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"slugfest",
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"confrontation",
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"duel",
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"face-off",
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"joust",
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"falling-out",
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"row",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tangle",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle",
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"catfight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"truce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"examples":[
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"the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercate",
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"argue",
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"argufy",
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"bicker",
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"brabble",
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"brawl",
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"controvert",
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"dispute",
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"fall out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"quarrel",
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"quibble",
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"row",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenge",
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|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexist",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"consent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've decided to scrap the second car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cry off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"scrub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapbook":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrape (together)":{
|
|
"as in pick up , collect":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapes (out)":{
|
|
"as in squeezes , ekes out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratching (out)":{
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"typewriting",
|
|
"typing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"penciling (in)",
|
|
"pencilling (in)",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screened":{
|
|
"as in culled , winnowed (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"fended",
|
|
"forfended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"palisaded",
|
|
"picketed",
|
|
"walled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"caved",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass through a filter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"canopied",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screw up":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwball":{
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's always off on some screwball plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fruitcake",
|
|
"head case",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"nutter",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"quixote",
|
|
"coot",
|
|
"geezer",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"fantastico"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwballs":{
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"head cases",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"quixotes",
|
|
"coots",
|
|
"geezers",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"fantasticoes",
|
|
"fantasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwed":{
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misshaped",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screws":{
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contorts",
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"misshapes",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwups":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incompetents",
|
|
"muddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"botchers",
|
|
"bumblers",
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"fumblers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimped":{
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"spared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"husbanded",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"splurged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrofulous":{
|
|
"as in reprobate , debased":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrounged":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eked (out)",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrubbed":{
|
|
"as in washed , bleached":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scraped , sanded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrum":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dustup",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tussle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfight",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-out",
|
|
"punch-up",
|
|
"slugfest",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"London's tube is quite a scrum during rush hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"madhouse",
|
|
"three-ring circus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scruples":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"halfpence",
|
|
"halfpennies",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"certitudes",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"self-confidences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consciences",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"dubieties",
|
|
"incertitudes",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"reluctances",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"indispositions",
|
|
"reluctances",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"repentances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compunctions",
|
|
"misgivings",
|
|
"qualms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dives (in)",
|
|
"plunges (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"continues"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haws",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hangs back",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrupulous":{
|
|
"guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exemplar of morality who was scrupulous in all of his dealings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"overconscientious",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"conscionable",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scrupulous attention to detail is evident in all of his reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scriveners":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amanuenses",
|
|
"calligraphers",
|
|
"copyists",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"scribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrape (up or together)":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eke (out)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimmaging (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"clashing (with)",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"skirmishing (with)",
|
|
"warring (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dueling",
|
|
"duelling",
|
|
"jousting",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"sparring",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"tussling",
|
|
"wrestling",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"script":{
|
|
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a neat, careful script with delicate loops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacography",
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the written form of a story prepared for film production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sold two scripts to the movie studio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scenario",
|
|
"screenplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shooting script",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"text"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing done by hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sending a thank-you note in script \u2014and not just an e-mail\u2014is the only proper way to express one's gratitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphy",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"longhand",
|
|
"manuscript",
|
|
"penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"phonography",
|
|
"shorthand",
|
|
"steno",
|
|
"stenography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribes":{
|
|
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amanuenses",
|
|
"calligraphers",
|
|
"copyists",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"scriveners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"registrars",
|
|
"secretaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archivists",
|
|
"bookkeepers",
|
|
"recorders",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"transcriptionists",
|
|
"annalists",
|
|
"chroniclers",
|
|
"documenters",
|
|
"historians"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully scribed two lines into the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrades",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"bevels",
|
|
"chamfers",
|
|
"flutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratchy":{
|
|
"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratchy shrubbery that's intended to keep kids and pets off the old man's property"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brambly",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"thistly",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing an unpleasant tingling sensation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wool pants are so scratchy that I can't stand to wear them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"prickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"harsh and dry in sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her voice was scratchy from a cold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratched (out)":{
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"typed",
|
|
"typewrote",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribbled":{
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"squiggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"typed",
|
|
"typewrote",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrabble":{
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"throes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamber",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shin",
|
|
"shinny",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"free-climb",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"grope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabble",
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scramble":{
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamber",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shin",
|
|
"shinny",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"free-climb",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrambled the letters of the word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrutinize":{
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"parse",
|
|
"delve (into)",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"pick over",
|
|
"reinspect",
|
|
"rereview",
|
|
"resurvey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrupulosity":{
|
|
"as in scrupulousness , high-mindedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"morals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screaming meemies":{
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the screaming meemies on his wedding day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scruffily":{
|
|
"as in shabbily , sleazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwup":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who bungles an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"botcher",
|
|
"bumbler",
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"fumbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"muddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scripts":{
|
|
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a neat, careful script with delicate loops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"penmanships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"hen tracks",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"backhands",
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"cursives",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the written form of a story prepared for film production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sold two scripts to the movie studio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scenarios",
|
|
"screenplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shooting scripts",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"texts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing done by hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sending a thank-you note in script \u2014and not just an e-mail\u2014is the only proper way to express one's gratitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphies",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"longhands",
|
|
"manuscripts",
|
|
"penmanships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"letterings",
|
|
"phonographies",
|
|
"shorthands",
|
|
"stenographies",
|
|
"stenos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewritings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screech":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in howl , squeal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"moo",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrawny":{
|
|
"very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He changed from a scrawny kid to a brawny teen in just over a year.",
|
|
"The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraggly":{
|
|
"having an uneven edge or outline":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scraggly little tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"craggy",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"scraggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"saw-toothed",
|
|
"serrate",
|
|
"serrated",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"nonuniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unbroken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrunch":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugate",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"ruck",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen",
|
|
"uncrumple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched loose gravel with every footstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"gnash",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"scrape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creak",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scriptwriters":{
|
|
"as in playwrights , screenwriters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers",
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors",
|
|
"nonwriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrupled":{
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimmages":{
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"dustups",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tussles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pitched battles",
|
|
"rough-and-tumbles",
|
|
"affrays",
|
|
"battles royal",
|
|
"battle royals",
|
|
"battles royale",
|
|
"battle royales",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfights",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-outs",
|
|
"punch-ups",
|
|
"slugfests",
|
|
"confrontations",
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"face-offs",
|
|
"jousts",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"argle-bargles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"cross fires",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"catfights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screeching":{
|
|
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screamer":{
|
|
"as in moaner , weeper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawler",
|
|
"bleater",
|
|
"moaner",
|
|
"squawker",
|
|
"wailer",
|
|
"weeper",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fussbudget",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"fusspot",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"kvetcher",
|
|
"sniveler",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"malcontent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrawled":{
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"squiggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrounging":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eking (out)",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Scripture":{
|
|
"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the greatest commandments from Scripture is \"Love thy neighbor\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Book",
|
|
"Good Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Polyglot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrabbles":{
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambers",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmies",
|
|
"shinnies",
|
|
"shins",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"free-climbs",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"claws",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gropes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbles",
|
|
"casts about",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"seeks (out)",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrappiness":{
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his natural scrappiness serves him well as an aggressive defense attorney"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"placability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screenings":{
|
|
"as in screens , lattices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grilles",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"lattices",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"wireworks",
|
|
"webbings",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"bobbinets",
|
|
"Brussels laces",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fishnets",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"marquisettes",
|
|
"tulles",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nettings",
|
|
"networks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screeched":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screenplays":{
|
|
"the written form of a story prepared for film production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scenarios",
|
|
"scripts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shooting scripts",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"texts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrutiny":{
|
|
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his performance on the football field is seemingly unaffected by the media's intense scrutiny of his tumultuous personal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"look-see",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"deconstruction",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"once-over",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"recheck",
|
|
"reinspection",
|
|
"resurvey",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"checkout",
|
|
"test-drive",
|
|
"trial run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fixed intent look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to squirm under the penetrating scrutiny of the judge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"stime",
|
|
"oeillade",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratches":{
|
|
"a harsh grating sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scratch of metal on metal is not a good sound for a car to make"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creaks",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scrapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"gargles",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"screeches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched his arm on a branch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrades",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"claws",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scrapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"whines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched a quick doodle in the margins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"squiggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"pencils",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"writes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping(s)":{
|
|
"as in residue , leavings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"ribbon(s)",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribbler":{
|
|
"as in hack , ghostwriter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping (together)":{
|
|
"as in picking up , collecting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
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"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
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"rounding up",
|
|
"caching",
|
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"hoarding",
|
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"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
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"concealing",
|
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"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimps":{
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"splurges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screws around":{
|
|
"to be sexually unfaithful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"philanders",
|
|
"steps out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cats (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fornicates",
|
|
"plays (around)",
|
|
"tomcats (around)",
|
|
"womanizes",
|
|
"copulates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"lusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraped (by or through)":{
|
|
"as in carried on , scrounged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimmage (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"skirmish (with)",
|
|
"war (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"spar",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"wrestle",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrappers":{
|
|
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both movie critics are real scrappers , so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguers",
|
|
"argufiers",
|
|
"bickerers",
|
|
"brawlers",
|
|
"debaters",
|
|
"disputants",
|
|
"disputers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"quarrelers",
|
|
"quarrellers",
|
|
"squabblers",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"codefendants",
|
|
"co-defendants",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"plaintiffs",
|
|
"pleaders",
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"skirmishers",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimmage":{
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dustup",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tussle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfight",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-out",
|
|
"punch-up",
|
|
"slugfest",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrub":{
|
|
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that scrub of a mutt turned out to be the smartest dog we ever had"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"Tom Thumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"homunculus",
|
|
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cry off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screws up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scramblers":{
|
|
"as in hustlers , go-getters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"speedsters",
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrubby":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"changed into an old flannel shirt and a scrubby pair of jeans to clean out the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrappy":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was a scrappy girl despite\u2014or, perhaps, because of\u2014her small size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assaultive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-imperialist",
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"mild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
"uncontentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to arguing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"polemical",
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
"quarrelsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrag":{
|
|
"as in butcher , whack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strangle , choke":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"garrote",
|
|
"garotte",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrape (by or through)":{
|
|
"as in carry on , scrounge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get by",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"scrape (out)",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall short",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"screenwriter":{
|
|
"as in playwright , scriptwriter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor",
|
|
"nonwriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrap heap":{
|
|
"as in dump":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scragging":{
|
|
"as in butchering , whacking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strangling , choking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"garroting",
|
|
"garotting",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrip":{
|
|
"as in paper money , dead presidents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"simoleon",
|
|
"smacker",
|
|
"C-note",
|
|
"fifty",
|
|
"fin",
|
|
"five",
|
|
"fiver",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"sawbuck",
|
|
"ten",
|
|
"tenner",
|
|
"twenty",
|
|
"two",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwing up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapbooks":{
|
|
"as in albums , notebooks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"notebooks",
|
|
"scratch pads",
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"pamphlets",
|
|
"notepads",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tablets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwed up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrawl":{
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"squiggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scribble , scratch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacography",
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script",
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screening (off)":{
|
|
"as in curtaining (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining (off)",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking (off)",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"walling (off)",
|
|
"diking",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unbolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrape (out)":{
|
|
"as in squeeze , eke out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"scrape (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get by",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"shift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall short",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribed":{
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully scribed two lines into the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"seamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"beveled",
|
|
"bevelled",
|
|
"chamfered",
|
|
"fluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screaming":{
|
|
"arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screaming headlines about the latest showbiz scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchpenny",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"sensationalist",
|
|
"sensationalistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"juicy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"shocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsensational"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a screaming picture of everyone making silly faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humoristic",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"unhumorous",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chortling",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"hee-hawing",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"tittering",
|
|
"twittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scram":{
|
|
"as in abscond , scarper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"get (away)",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"make off",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"skip (out)",
|
|
"skirr",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hightail (it)",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"skedaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scruffy":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimp":{
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"splurge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screamed":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chortled",
|
|
"chuckled",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"giggled",
|
|
"hee-hawed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"snickered",
|
|
"tittered",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrubland":{
|
|
"as in thicket , chaparral":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"brushwood",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"grove",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"thicket",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"forestland",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"timberland",
|
|
"wood(s)",
|
|
"woodland",
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"wildwood",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"arboretum",
|
|
"plantation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrawling":{
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"squiggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"penciling",
|
|
"pencilling",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping (out)":{
|
|
"as in squeezing , eking out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"scraping (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounging",
|
|
"coping",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting by",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"shifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"falling short",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"giving up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapper":{
|
|
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both movie critics are real scrappers , so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguer",
|
|
"argufier",
|
|
"bickerer",
|
|
"brawler",
|
|
"debater",
|
|
"disputant",
|
|
"disputer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"quarreler",
|
|
"quarreller",
|
|
"squabbler",
|
|
"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"codefendant",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"plaintiff",
|
|
"pleader",
|
|
"challenger",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"skirmisher",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrambler":{
|
|
"as in hustler , go-getter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"speedster",
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribing":{
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully scribed two lines into the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"seaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"milling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"beveling",
|
|
"bevelling",
|
|
"chamfering",
|
|
"fluting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrunches":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugates",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"rucks",
|
|
"crisps",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"uncrumples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched loose gravel with every footstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"gnashes",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grits",
|
|
"scrapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaks",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribblers":{
|
|
"as in hacks , ghostwriters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screens":{
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the target will be difficult to reach as it is behind a screen of anti-aircraft batteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"bucklers",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armaments",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weaponries",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass through a filter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"percolates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"uncovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screens (off)":{
|
|
"as in curtains (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains (off)",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks (off)",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"walls (off)",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unbars",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unbolts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping (up or together)":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eking (out)",
|
|
"scrounging",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrutinizes":{
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"parses",
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"picks over",
|
|
"reinspects",
|
|
"rereviews",
|
|
"resurveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratch pads":{
|
|
"as in pads , notebooks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notepads",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"notebooks",
|
|
"scrapbooks",
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"pamphlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrounges":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ekes (out)",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapes (by or through)":{
|
|
"as in carries on , scrounges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"scrounges",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets by",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"scrapes (out)",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"swings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"falls short",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"gives up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraped":{
|
|
"as in scrubbed , sanded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scratched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"whined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"skated",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scraped her knee when she fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"clawed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"contused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunched",
|
|
"gnashed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"gritted",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"scrunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaked",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwy":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was accosted on the downtown street by a woman who seemed to be a bit screwy in the head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrutinizing":{
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auditing",
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"parsing",
|
|
"delving (into)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"plumbing",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"researching",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"picking over",
|
|
"reinspecting",
|
|
"rereviewing",
|
|
"re-reviewing",
|
|
"resurveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrunching":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"wrinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugating",
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"pleating",
|
|
"puckering",
|
|
"rucking",
|
|
"crisping",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"ironing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"uncrumpling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrunched loose gravel with every footstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunching",
|
|
"gnashing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"gritting",
|
|
"scraping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaking",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrawniness":{
|
|
"as in gauntness , weediness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrammed":{
|
|
"as in absconded , scarpered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"scraped (out)":{
|
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"as in squeezed , eked out":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell short",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrags":{
|
|
"as in butchers , whacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"martyrs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"euthanizes",
|
|
"euthanatizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strangles , chokes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"garrotes",
|
|
"garottes",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"throttles",
|
|
"asphyxiates",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratches (out)":{
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"writes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewrites",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"pencils (in)",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"strikes (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screw":{
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contort",
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrimmaged (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"skirmished (with)",
|
|
"warred (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dueled",
|
|
"duelled",
|
|
"jousted",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"sparred",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"tussled",
|
|
"wrestled",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"collided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scratch":{
|
|
"a harsh grating sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scratch of metal on metal is not a good sound for a car to make"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creak",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scrape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"gargle",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"screech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she treated her buddies to a drink whenever she had the scratch for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched his arm on a branch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrade",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scrape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"whine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scratched a quick doodle in the margins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"squiggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrounge":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eke (out)",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrivener":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"blogger",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amanuensis",
|
|
"calligrapher",
|
|
"copyist",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrambling":{
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambering",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shinning",
|
|
"shinnying",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"free-climbing",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"summiting",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrambled the letters of the word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"cluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwlike":{
|
|
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"performed a screwlike dive into the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"helical",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swirly",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraped (up or together)":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eked (out)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraped (together)":{
|
|
"as in picked up , collected":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rounded up",
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid away",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"laid in",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salted away",
|
|
"squirreled (away)",
|
|
"squirrelled (away)",
|
|
"stashed",
|
|
"stockpiled",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"stowed",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"husbanded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"coffered",
|
|
"deposited",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scruple":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"halfpenny",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"qualm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"repentance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping":{
|
|
"as in rough , grinding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pinching , scrimping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"scratching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"whining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"skating",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scraped her knee when she fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"scuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"contusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunching",
|
|
"gnashing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"gritting",
|
|
"scrunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaking",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrooges":{
|
|
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"penny-pinchers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarders",
|
|
"pack rats",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scriptwriter":{
|
|
"as in playwright , screenwriter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor",
|
|
"nonwriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapped":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"spatted",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've decided to scrap the second car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrambled":{
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambered",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmied",
|
|
"shinned",
|
|
"shinnied",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"free-climbed",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"summited",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"clawed",
|
|
"sprawled",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scrambled the letters of the word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrutinized":{
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audited",
|
|
"checked (out)",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"examined",
|
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"inspected",
|
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"overlooked",
|
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"oversaw",
|
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"reviewed",
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"scanned",
|
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"surveyed",
|
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"viewed"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"parsed",
|
|
"delved (into)",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"plumbed",
|
|
"probed",
|
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"researched",
|
|
"studied",
|
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"categorized",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"picked over",
|
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"reinspected",
|
|
"rereviewed",
|
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"re-reviewed",
|
|
"resurveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"missed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scraping (by or through)":{
|
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"as in carrying on , scrounging":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"scrounging",
|
|
"coping",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting by",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"scraping (out)",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"swinging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"falling short",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"giving up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)":{
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ekes (out)",
|
|
"scrounges",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"screamers":{
|
|
"as in moaners , weepers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawlers",
|
|
"bleaters",
|
|
"moaners",
|
|
"squawkers",
|
|
"wailers",
|
|
"weepers",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussbudgets",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"fusspots",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"kvetchers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"snivelers",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"malcontents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scribble":{
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"squiggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewrite",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"pencil (in)",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scratch , scrawl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacography",
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script",
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrapings":{
|
|
"as in residue , leavings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"ribbon(s)",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrupulousness":{
|
|
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the admirable scrupulousness with which they performed every step of the experiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"meticulosity",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"pains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertence",
|
|
"advertency",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"punctiliousness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"precision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inobservance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"negligence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"scrubbing":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screwing around":{
|
|
"to be sexually unfaithful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"philandering",
|
|
"stepping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catting (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fornicating",
|
|
"playing (around)",
|
|
"tomcatting (around)",
|
|
"womanizing",
|
|
"copulating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"mating",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"lusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |