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{
"beaches":{
"as in grounds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in wrecks , strands":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she loves walking along the beach , looking for shells that the waves cast up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"seaboards",
"seacoasts",
"seashores",
"seasides",
"coastlands",
"coastlines",
"coasts",
"shorelines",
"shores",
"oceanfronts",
"shorefronts",
"waterfronts",
"banks",
"riverbanks",
"riverfronts",
"riversides",
"esplanades",
"littorals",
"lidos",
"plages"
],
"synonyms":[
"beachfronts",
"sands",
"strands"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"beachhead":{
"as in foothold , bridgehead":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beaded":{
"as in pearled , pelleted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beak":{
"a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chief justice",
"circuit judge",
"justice of the peace",
"squire",
"auditor",
"master",
"jurisconsult",
"jurisprudent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"bench",
"court",
"judge",
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate"
]
},
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"mouth",
"muzzle",
"mandible",
"maw",
"maxilla"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"neb",
"nib"
]
},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"pug",
"pugnose"
],
"synonyms":[
"conk",
"honker",
"neb",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beamy":{
"as in shining , glowing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"beaned":{
"as in brained , skulled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beaning":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bear":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the upcoming kitchen renovation sounds like a real bear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setup",
"snap"
],
"related":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"heavy lifting",
"lucubration",
"effort",
"strain",
"sweat",
"burden",
"load",
"weight",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"job",
"killer",
"labor"
]
},
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you've been a real bear lately\u2014are you having a bad week?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"related":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the path will bear north after that marked tree"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cross",
"cut",
"pass",
"course",
"follow",
"span",
"traverse"
],
"synonyms":[
"extend",
"go",
"head",
"lead",
"lie",
"run"
]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"luckily, she turned out to be able to bear children after all"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"lose",
"miscarry"
],
"related":[
"labor",
"breed",
"multiply",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"beget",
"father",
"generate",
"get",
"sire",
"calve",
"kid",
"kindle",
"kitten",
"litter",
"pup",
"whelp"
],
"synonyms":[
"birth",
"deliver",
"drop",
"have",
"mother",
"produce"
]
},
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the road bears left after the second traffic light"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aim",
"bend",
"direct",
"point",
"turn",
"beeline",
"light out",
"put",
"put out",
"set off",
"set out",
"strike",
"take off",
"face",
"orient",
"steer",
"about-face",
"back",
"come about",
"come round",
"cut",
"incline",
"put about",
"reverse",
"swerve",
"tack",
"turn back",
"veer",
"wheel",
"yaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"head",
"make"
]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I just found another fact that bears on this issue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affect",
"concern",
"interest",
"involve",
"touch",
"associate",
"connect",
"couple",
"interrelate",
"link",
"tie in",
"deal (with)",
"treat"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertain",
"apply",
"pertain",
"refer",
"relate"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
],
"examples":[
"the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"related":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
]
},
"to have within":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gold- bearing ore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accommodate",
"fit",
"take",
"case",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"synonyms":[
"boast",
"contain",
"hold"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolster",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
]
},
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm not one to bear grudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"drop",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"abjure",
"decline",
"deny",
"disdain",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"scorn",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"give up",
"part (with)",
"quit",
"renounce",
"throw out",
"erase",
"expunge"
],
"related":[
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurture",
"support",
"sustain",
"carry",
"keep",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"remember",
"retain",
"treasure",
"cleave (to)",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"stick (to)",
"brood (about or over)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"obsess (about or over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherish",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"nurse"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she bore herself well in her first public speaking event"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up",
"misbehave",
"misconduct"
],
"related":[
"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"act",
"impersonate",
"play"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquit",
"behave",
"carry",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"deport",
"quit"
]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a hot, humid air mass is now bearing just south of the Gulf Coast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"command",
"overlook",
"hang around",
"remain",
"rest",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"await",
"wait",
"post",
"station",
"dwell",
"reside"
],
"synonyms":[
"be",
"lie",
"sit",
"stand"
]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an interest- bearing savings account"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bring in",
"net",
"afford",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"pay off"
],
"synonyms":[
"give",
"pay",
"return",
"yield"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can't bear the thought of losing another loved one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"related":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rescue team came bearing much-needed food and supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deliver",
"hand over",
"transfer",
"forward",
"send",
"ship",
"transmit",
"bring",
"fetch",
"take",
"move",
"remove",
"shift"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"ferry",
"haul",
"lug",
"pack",
"tote",
"transport"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
],
"examples":[
"I bear some responsibility for the mishap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"related":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"reaccept",
"reassume"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"assume",
"shoulder",
"take over",
"undertake"
]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the right to bear arms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flaunt",
"show off",
"sport",
"display",
"exhibit",
"parade",
"show"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"pack"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bear (on or upon)":{
"as in refer (to) , relate (to)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bear a hand":{
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[
"hinder"
],
"examples":[
"They were thankful their parents were there to bear a hand during the move."
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"related":[
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"succor",
"sustain",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bear out":{
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"examples":[
"the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"related":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bearable":{
"capable of being endured":{
"antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
],
"examples":[
"the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"related":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"synonyms":[
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"beardless":{
"as in shaved , shaven":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bearing (down on)":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
],
"examples":[
"Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines."
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"related":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"synonyms":[
"accenting",
"accentuating",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compressing",
"mashing",
"punching",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"squishing",
"squooshing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"pressuring",
"leaning (on or against)",
"muscling",
"driving",
"propelling",
"thrusting",
"compacting",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"crushing",
"scrunching",
"wringing",
"cramming",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"packing",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"synonyms":[
"depressing",
"pressing",
"shoving",
"weighing (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"bearing up":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"repeatedly borne up in times of adversity by his faith"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"related":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bears":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the upcoming kitchen renovation sounds like a real bear"
],
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"child's play",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setups",
"snaps"
],
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"grinds",
"heavy liftings",
"lucubrations",
"efforts",
"strains",
"sweats",
"burdens",
"loads",
"weights",
"bothers",
"nuisances",
"troubles"
],
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"chores",
"headaches",
"jobs",
"killers",
"labors"
]
},
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"examples":[
"you've been a real bear lately\u2014are you having a bad week?"
],
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"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
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"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
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"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
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"the path will bear north after that marked tree"
],
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"related":[
"crosses",
"cuts",
"passes",
"courses",
"follows",
"spans",
"traverses"
],
"synonyms":[
"extends",
"goes",
"heads",
"leads",
"lies",
"runs"
]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
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"examples":[
"luckily, she turned out to be able to bear children after all"
],
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"aborts",
"loses",
"miscarries"
],
"related":[
"labors",
"breeds",
"multiplies",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"begets",
"fathers",
"generates",
"gets",
"sires",
"calves",
"kids",
"kindles",
"kittens",
"litters",
"pups",
"whelps"
],
"synonyms":[
"births",
"delivers",
"drops",
"has",
"mothers",
"produces"
]
},
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
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"examples":[
"the road bears left after the second traffic light"
],
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"aims",
"bends",
"directs",
"points",
"turns",
"beelines",
"lights out",
"puts",
"puts out",
"sets off",
"sets out",
"strikes",
"takes off",
"faces",
"orients",
"steers",
"about-faces",
"backs",
"comes about",
"comes round",
"cuts",
"inclines",
"puts about",
"reverses",
"swerves",
"tacks",
"turns back",
"veers",
"wheels",
"yaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"heads",
"makes"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I just found another fact that bears on this issue"
],
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"related":[
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"concerns",
"interests",
"involves",
"touches",
"associates",
"connects",
"couples",
"interrelates",
"links",
"ties in",
"deals (with)",
"treats"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertains",
"applies",
"pertains",
"refers",
"relates"
]
},
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"has",
"holds"
],
"examples":[
"the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants"
]
},
"to have within":{
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"examples":[
"gold- bearing ore"
],
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"related":[
"accommodates",
"fits",
"takes",
"cases",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"synonyms":[
"boasts",
"contains",
"holds"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
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"examples":[
"the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time"
],
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"related":[
"steadies",
"trusses",
"underlies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolsters",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"carries",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"stays",
"supports",
"sustains",
"undergirds",
"underpins",
"upholds"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I'm not one to bear grudges"
],
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"disregards",
"drops",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"abjures",
"declines",
"denies",
"disdains",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"scorns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"parts (with)",
"quits",
"renounces",
"throws out",
"erases",
"expunges"
],
"related":[
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"supports",
"sustains",
"carries",
"keeps",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"remembers",
"retains",
"treasures",
"cleaves (to)",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"sticks (to)",
"broods (about or over)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"obsesses (about or over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherishes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"nurses"
]
},
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"examples":[
"she bore herself well in her first public speaking event"
],
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"acts up",
"carries on",
"cuts up",
"misbehaves",
"misconducts"
],
"related":[
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains",
"moderates",
"modulates",
"tempers",
"acts",
"impersonates",
"plays"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquits",
"behaves",
"carries",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits"
]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
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"examples":[
"a hot, humid air mass is now bearing just south of the Gulf Coast"
],
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"related":[
"commands",
"overlooks",
"hangs around",
"remains",
"rests",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"awaits",
"waits",
"posts",
"stations",
"dwells",
"resides"
],
"synonyms":[
"is",
"lies",
"sits",
"stands"
]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
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"examples":[
"an interest- bearing savings account"
],
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"related":[
"brings in",
"nets",
"affords",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"pays off"
],
"synonyms":[
"gives",
"pays",
"returns",
"yields"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
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"examples":[
"I can't bear the thought of losing another loved one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"related":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
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"examples":[
"the rescue team came bearing much-needed food and supplies"
],
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"related":[
"delivers",
"hands over",
"transfers",
"forwards",
"sends",
"ships",
"transmits",
"brings",
"fetches",
"takes",
"moves",
"removes",
"shifts"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"carts",
"conveys",
"ferries",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"packs",
"totes",
"transports"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"antonyms":[
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"repudiates"
],
"examples":[
"I bear some responsibility for the mishap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"abandons",
"abnegates",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks"
],
"related":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes up",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"stands by",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"reaccepts",
"reassumes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"assumes",
"shoulders",
"takes over",
"undertakes"
]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the right to bear arms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flaunts",
"shows off",
"sports",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"parades",
"shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"packs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bearskin":{
"as in deerskin , sealskin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beasts":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"child's play",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setups",
"snaps"
],
"related":[
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"heavy liftings",
"lucubrations",
"efforts",
"strains",
"sweats",
"burdens",
"loads",
"weights",
"bothers",
"nuisances",
"troubles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"chores",
"headaches",
"jobs",
"killers",
"labors"
]
},
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's a real beast to anyone who makes the mistake of crossing her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"related":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he always has to act like a beast whenever things don't go his way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"related":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
]
},
"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blasties",
"varmints",
"vermin",
"bipeds",
"quadrupeds",
"carnivores",
"herbivores",
"insectivores",
"invertebrates",
"vertebrates",
"domestic animals",
"pets",
"ferals",
"livestocks",
"stocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"brutes",
"creatures",
"critters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beat a retreat":{
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Seeing that they were hopelessly outnumbered, the troops beat a retreat."
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beat it":{
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They beat it out of there when the cops showed up."
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"She grew bored of her hometown and decided to beat it ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"Let's beat it before we miss the start of the movie."
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beat the drum (for or about)":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Customers began beating the drum for for the new restaurant and it soon became a huge success."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"talk up",
"tout"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beat-up":{
"as in mess (up) , rough (up)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"beating":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"vibration",
"quiver",
"tremble",
"tremor"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"palpitation",
"pulsation",
"pulse",
"throb"
]
},
"failure to win a contest":{
"antonyms":[
"success",
"triumph",
"victory",
"win"
],
"examples":[
"took a beating and ended up in second place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"blowout",
"cakewalk",
"landslide",
"romp",
"runaway",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover"
],
"related":[
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"setback",
"upset",
"lurch",
"shutout",
"washout",
"whitewash"
],
"synonyms":[
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"lump",
"overthrow",
"plastering",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"examples":[
"she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"synonyms":[
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"examples":[
"he spends all of his time trying to beat the system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"end-running",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"outflanking",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"disobeying",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"getting around",
"shortcutting",
"sidestepping",
"skirting"
]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"related":[
"one-upping",
"outpacing",
"outracing",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"outcompeting",
"outperforming",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"shaming",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"overbearing",
"overshadowing",
"trumping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outclassing",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outgunning",
"outmatching",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"towering (over)",
"transcending"
]
},
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuating",
"oscillating",
"vibrating",
"quivering",
"trembling"
],
"synonyms":[
"palpitating",
"pit-a-patting",
"pitter-pattering",
"pulsating",
"pulsing",
"throbbing"
]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"banging",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"smacking",
"spanking",
"thumping",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flitting",
"fanning",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"undulating",
"waving",
"palpitating",
"pulsing",
"throbbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"flailing",
"flapping",
"flopping",
"fluttering",
"whipping"
]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"examples":[
"you beat me to it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing"
],
"related":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"clogging",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"setting back",
"short-circuiting",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"averting",
"forestalling",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"counteracting",
"offsetting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"overcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmating",
"discomfiting",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting"
]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grating",
"kibbling",
"crumbling",
"crunching",
"breaking",
"busting",
"dashing",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"micronizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizing",
"braying",
"comminuting",
"crushing",
"disintegrating",
"grinding",
"milling",
"mulling",
"pounding",
"powdering",
"pulverizing"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chasing",
"planishing",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"kneading",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"molding",
"patting",
"working",
"coining",
"minting",
"stamping",
"abating",
"boasting",
"carving",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"cutting",
"graving",
"hewing",
"knapping",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"drawing",
"forging",
"hammering",
"pounding"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaming",
"flaring",
"glaring"
]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"beat the drum in a marching rhythm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"slamming",
"smacking",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"thudding",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"chinking",
"clattering",
"clinking",
"pinging",
"patting",
"pit-a-patting",
"pitter-pattering",
"chucking",
"clapping",
"clicking",
"flicking",
"tipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"drumming",
"rapping",
"tapping"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it beats me how that slipup happened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"related":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"beating the drum (for or about)":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Customers began beating the drum for for the new restaurant and it soon became a huge success."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"talk up",
"tout"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beating up on":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She beat up on me in front of everyone for arriving late."
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They beat up on the pi\u00f1ata until it finally broke open."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A brawl broke out and the players all started beating up on each other."
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"related":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"beatings":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"palpitations",
"pulsations",
"pulses",
"throbs"
]
},
"failure to win a contest":{
"antonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs",
"victories",
"wins"
],
"examples":[
"took a beating and ended up in second place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"blowouts",
"cakewalks",
"landslides",
"romps",
"runaways",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers"
],
"related":[
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"setbacks",
"upsets",
"lurches",
"shutouts",
"washouts",
"whitewashes"
],
"synonyms":[
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"losses",
"lumps",
"overthrows",
"plasterings",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beatitude":{
"a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{
"antonyms":[
"calamity",
"ill-being",
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
],
"examples":[
"not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"sufferance",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blues",
"cheerlessness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"despondency",
"disheartenment",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"melancholy",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"purgatory"
],
"related":[
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"high",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"glory",
"heaven",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"ravishment",
"seventh heaven",
"transport",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasure",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"comfort",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jocundity",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilance",
"jubilation",
"lightheartedness",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"triumph"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"warm fuzzies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beats":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"delivered one hard beat on the drums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
]
},
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a single beat of the heart is said to be all that separates the vice president from the presidency"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatings",
"palpitations",
"pulsations",
"pulses",
"throbs"
]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"within a beat he was on the phone complaining about an error in his bill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeons",
"eons",
"ages",
"eternities",
"forevers",
"infinities",
"lifetimes"
],
"related":[
"microseconds",
"snatches",
"spurts"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeblinks",
"flashes",
"heartbeats",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"jiffs",
"minutes",
"moments",
"nanoseconds",
"New York minutes",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"twinklings",
"winks"
]
},
"the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"moved to the beat of the music"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accents",
"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"backbeats",
"drums",
"throbs",
"lilts",
"movements",
"sways",
"swings",
"hexameters",
"pentameters",
"tetrameters",
"trimeters"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadences",
"measures",
"meters",
"rhythms"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"examples":[
"she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
"examples":[
"he spends all of his time trying to beat the system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"related":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"end-runs",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"gets around",
"shortcuts",
"sidesteps",
"skirts"
]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"related":[
"one-ups",
"outpaces",
"outraces",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"outcompetes",
"outperforms",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"shames",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"overbears",
"overshadows",
"trumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outclasses",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outguns",
"outmatches",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"towers (over)",
"transcends"
]
},
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuates",
"oscillates",
"vibrates",
"quivers",
"trembles"
],
"synonyms":[
"palpitates",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"pulsates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bangs",
"batters",
"buffets",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"smacks",
"spanks",
"thumps",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flits",
"fans",
"oscillates",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"waves",
"palpitates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"synonyms":[
"flails",
"flaps",
"flops",
"flutters",
"whips"
]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"examples":[
"you beat me to it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"related":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"clogs",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"sets back",
"short-circuits",
"stalls",
"stops",
"averts",
"forestalls",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"counteracts",
"offsets",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"overcomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"checkmates",
"discomfits",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts"
]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"grinds",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chases",
"planishes",
"fashions",
"forms",
"kneads",
"models",
"molds",
"pats",
"works",
"coins",
"mints",
"stamps",
"abates",
"boasts",
"carves",
"chisels",
"cuts",
"graves",
"hews",
"knaps",
"sculpts",
"sculptures"
],
"synonyms":[
"draws",
"forges",
"hammers",
"pounds"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"flames",
"flares",
"glares"
]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"beat the drum in a marching rhythm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"bonks",
"bops",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"slams",
"smacks",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"chinks",
"clatters",
"clinks",
"pings",
"pats",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"chucks",
"claps",
"clicks",
"flicks",
"tips"
],
"synonyms":[
"drums",
"raps",
"taps"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it beats me how that slipup happened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"related":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"beats the pants off":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The team was overjoyed after beating the pants off their longtime rivals."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
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"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
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"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
]
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"she is the beau ideal of the dedicated medical professional"
],
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"related":[
"role model",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"phantom",
"pink",
"archetype",
"example",
"mirror",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"guideline",
"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
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"classic",
"eidolon",
"exemplar",
"idea",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonesuch",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"patron saint"
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"examples":[
"Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous architectural creation, Falling Water, is widely regarded as the beau ideal of a building in harmony with its setting"
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"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
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"apotheosis",
"byword",
"classic",
"epitome",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"perfection",
"quintessence"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"very pleasing to look at":{
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"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
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"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"examples":[
"the day ended with a beauteous sunset"
],
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"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
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"related":[
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"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
"statuesque",
"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
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"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
]
}
},
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"of the very best kind":{
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"you've done a beautiful job of illustrating that children's story"
],
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"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very pleasing to look at":{
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"examples":[
"the banquet hall was decorated with beautiful flower arrangements for the reception"
],
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"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"related":[
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"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
"statuesque",
"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
]
}
},
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"as in":{
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beauty queen":{
"a lovely woman":{
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"examples":[
"every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen"
],
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"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"related":[
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"houri",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beaver":{
"as in otter , raccoon":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beclouded":{
"covered over by clouds":{
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
],
"examples":[
"a gloomy, beclouded sky that aptly matched our mood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"related":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
]
},
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
],
"examples":[
"the water was so beclouded by mud that I couldn't see the bottom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"related":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"synonyms":[
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated"
],
"examples":[
"don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down"
],
"related":[
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"befogged",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"confused",
"fogged",
"muddied",
"obfuscated"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
],
"examples":[
"the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bed table":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bed-sitter":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedcover":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedcovering":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap",
"spread"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedding":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"examples":[
"the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m."
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"related":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
],
"examples":[
"a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"related":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"impacting",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bedecked":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"the ladies arrived bedecked in furs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
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"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedevil":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month"
],
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"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"related":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedight":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bedizened":{
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
"antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned"
],
"examples":[
"a bedizened dress that looked more like a Christmas tree than an article of clothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"related":[
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed"
],
"synonyms":[
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bedizenments":{
"as in glitters , gilts":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedraggle":{
"to make wet":{
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"examples":[
"I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"related":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beef":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
]
},
"muscular strength":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a heavyweight wrestler with a good deal of beef"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"weakness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity"
],
"related":[
"force",
"might",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"energy",
"vigor"
],
"synonyms":[
"brawn",
"main",
"muscle",
"thew"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"beefcake":{
"a physically attractive man":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an iconic beefcake of Hollywood in the 1940s, he always appeared shirtless in at least one scene"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"monster",
"nerd"
],
"related":[
"babe",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"eye candy",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"knockout",
"stunner",
"lady-killer",
"sheik",
"womanizer"
],
"synonyms":[
"hunk",
"pretty boy",
"stud",
"superstud"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beefcakes":{
"a physically attractive man":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an iconic beefcake of Hollywood in the 1940s, he always appeared shirtless in at least one scene"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogs",
"grotesqueries",
"monsters",
"nerds"
],
"related":[
"babes",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"eye candies",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"knockouts",
"stunners",
"lady-killers",
"sheiks",
"womanizers"
],
"synonyms":[
"hunks",
"pretty boys",
"studs",
"superstuds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beefed":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beefing (up)":{
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
"antonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"weakening"
],
"examples":[
"beefed up the walls with iron bars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"incapacitating",
"paralyzing",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"sapping",
"undercutting",
"undermining"
],
"related":[
"annealing",
"tempering",
"firming (up)",
"toning (up)",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"restrengthening"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortifying",
"hardening",
"strengthening",
"toughening"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"moderating"
],
"examples":[
"will beef up security for the next few days while the president is in town"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
],
"related":[
"broadening",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
"sharpening",
"stressing",
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"restrengthening",
"supplementing",
"maximizing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuating",
"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beefs (up)":{
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
"antonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens"
],
"examples":[
"beefed up the walls with iron bars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"incapacitates",
"paralyzes",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"breaks down",
"wears out",
"saps",
"undercuts",
"undermines"
],
"related":[
"anneals",
"tempers",
"firms (up)",
"tones (up)",
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"vitalizes",
"restrengthens"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortifies",
"hardens",
"strengthens",
"toughens"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"moderates"
],
"examples":[
"will beef up security for the next few days while the president is in town"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
],
"related":[
"broadens",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"quickens",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beetles":{
"as in hammers , sledgehammers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a \"bump\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"related":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"balloons",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"befalls":{
"to take place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whatever befalls , we'll make the best of it and carry on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breaks",
"develops",
"rises",
"shapes (up)",
"arises",
"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"materializes",
"springs (up)",
"intervenes",
"falls out",
"follows",
"results",
"turns out",
"goes off",
"proceeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"betides",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"comes down",
"comes off",
"cooks",
"does",
"goes down",
"goes on",
"happens",
"haps",
"is",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"befit":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfy",
"suffice",
"function",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseem",
"do",
"fit",
"go",
"serve",
"suit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"befitted":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfied",
"sufficed",
"functioned",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseemed",
"did",
"fitted",
"fit",
"served",
"suited",
"went"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"befog":{
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
],
"examples":[
"the professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
"related":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"blur",
"cloud",
"confuse",
"fog",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
],
"examples":[
"the morning murk befogged our view of the harbor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
]
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],
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"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
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"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
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"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"before long":{
"at or within a short time":{
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"examples":[
"the painters ought to be done before long"
],
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"related":[
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instantly",
"now",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
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"anon",
"by and by",
"directly",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"befoul":{
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
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"decontaminate",
"purify"
],
"examples":[
"the enemy had befouled the water in all of the area's wells with animal carcasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"related":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
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"contaminate",
"defile",
"foul",
"poison",
"pollute",
"taint"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
],
"examples":[
"unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter"
],
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"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"related":[
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"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
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"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
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"decontaminates",
"purifies"
],
"examples":[
"the enemy had befouled the water in all of the area's wells with animal carcasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"related":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
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"defiles",
"fouls",
"poisons",
"pollutes",
"taints"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"befriends":{
"to become a friend to (someone)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He befriended the new student."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"befuddlement":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"examples":[
"the library patron was in obvious befuddlement over where to find the appropriate references"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"related":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"befuddles":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"examples":[
"most of the applicants were befuddled by the wording of one of the questions on the driving test"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"related":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"begetters":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Michael Faraday is widely hailed as one of the begetters of electromagnetism, the field of study that sparked a technological revolution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"related":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beginning":{
"coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the beginning part of the book is a portrait of Europe on the eve of the World War I"
],
"near antonyms":[
"after",
"behind",
"following",
"subsequent"
],
"related":[
"introducing",
"prefacing",
"preparing",
"readying",
"premonitory",
"warning",
"basic",
"elementary",
"fundamental",
"ahead",
"early",
"former",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
],
"synonyms":[
"introductory",
"precursory",
"prefatory",
"prelim",
"preliminary",
"prelusive",
"preparative",
"preparatory",
"primary"
]
},
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
],
"examples":[
"a course in beginning geology for nonscience majors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"extensive",
"intricate",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"simple",
"crude",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"rude",
"uncomplicated",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crucial",
"important",
"key"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"basal",
"basic",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
],
"examples":[
"the actual beginning of the universe is still under debate, with some scientists continuing to uphold the big bang theory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"related":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
]
},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)"
],
"examples":[
"the religious sect was begun by a small breakaway faction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"related":[
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"refounding",
"reinitiating",
"reinstituting",
"relaunching"
],
"synonyms":[
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
]
},
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
],
"examples":[
"the storm began late in the day and lasted all night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"related":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"arising",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"springing",
"starting"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
],
"examples":[
"she began walking to work for exercise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"related":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"begird":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
],
"examples":[
"a white granite boulder begirt with a band of dark gray"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unlash",
"unshackle",
"untie",
"unwind"
],
"related":[
"tie up",
"truss",
"circle",
"enwreathe",
"loop",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"bandage",
"enswathe",
"swathe",
"chain",
"cord",
"enchain",
"lash",
"rope",
"shackle",
"tape",
"wire"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"begirt":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"antonyms":[
"ungirded",
"unwrapped"
],
"examples":[
"a white granite boulder begirt with a band of dark gray"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unlashed",
"unshackled",
"untied",
"unwound"
],
"related":[
"tied up",
"trussed",
"circled",
"enwreathed",
"looped",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed",
"bandaged",
"enswathed",
"swathed",
"chained",
"corded",
"enchained",
"lashed",
"roped",
"shackled",
"taped",
"wired"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"belted",
"engirded",
"engirdled",
"enwound",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"girted",
"girthed",
"wrapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"begrimes":{
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
],
"examples":[
"years of spattered mud had thoroughly begrimed the mailbox by the side of the road"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beguiled":{
"as in duped , tricked":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the magician effortlessly beguiled and amazed the children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusted",
"offended",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"annoyed",
"displeased",
"irked",
"bored",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"related":[
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enticed",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"arrested",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"beckoned",
"courted",
"invited",
"solicited",
"wooed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"killed",
"magnetized",
"wiled",
"witched"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
],
"examples":[
"beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"related":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
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"examples":[
"was beguiled by the promise of easy money as a drug dealer"
],
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"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
],
"related":[
"drew in",
"inveigled",
"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"baited",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"solicited",
"tempted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"behaved":{
"as in disciplined , well-bred":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if the children behave themselves properly and sit quietly during church, they'll get their ice cream afterward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted up",
"carried on",
"cut up",
"misbehaved",
"misconducted"
],
"related":[
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"moderated",
"modulated",
"tempered",
"acted",
"impersonated",
"played"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquitted",
"bore",
"carried",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"behavior":{
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"usually the enfant terrible, he's promising to be on his best behavior for the party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenity",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"politeness",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien",
"formality",
"protocol",
"rules",
"custom",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"affectation",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"distinctiveness",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"strangeness",
"uniqueness",
"weirdness"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"address",
"bearing",
"comportment",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"geste",
"gest"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"behindhand":{
"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
"antonyms":[
"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"examples":[
"the response was behindhand , just like everything else the company did"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"prompt",
"punctual"
],
"related":[
"delayed",
"detained",
"postponed",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"unhurried"
],
"synonyms":[
"behind",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"tardy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bejeweled":{
"as in sequined , embroidered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bejewelled":{
"as in sequined , embroidered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"belatedly":{
"after the due, usual, or proper time":{
"antonyms":[
"beforehand",
"early",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
],
"examples":[
"she belatedly realized that it had been her friend's birthday the day before"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"punctually",
"pronto",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swiftly"
],
"related":[
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"anon",
"eventually",
"later",
"latterly",
"subsequently",
"thereafter",
"dilatorily",
"laggardly",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly"
],
"synonyms":[
"delinquently",
"late",
"tardily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"belaying":{
"to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The climber belayed the rope."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beleaguers":{
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"beleaguered the castle for months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"rescues"
],
"related":[
"barricades",
"blocks",
"cuts off",
"dams",
"encircles",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"confines",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"quarantines"
],
"synonyms":[
"besieges",
"blockades",
"invests",
"leaguers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"believability":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"believing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that \"people are really good at heart\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"related":[
"regarding",
"viewing",
"accepting",
"perceiving",
"depending",
"relying",
"trusting",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"surmising",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceiving",
"considering",
"deeming",
"esteeming",
"feeling",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"supposing",
"thinking"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"examples":[
"only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"related":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"belittlers":{
"as in denigrators , jeerers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"belittles":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
],
"examples":[
"belittled the action star's acting ability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"related":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"belle epoques":{
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
"antonyms":[
"dark ages"
],
"examples":[
"that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"silver ages",
"millennia",
"millenniums",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flowers",
"flushes",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"salad days",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden ages",
"renaissances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"belled":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bellicose":{
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
],
"examples":[
"bellicose hockey players who seem to spend more time fighting than playing"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"belligerently":{
"as in angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bellow":{
"as in howl , roar":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the cow bellowed for her calf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunt",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper",
"mewl",
"pule",
"squeak",
"whimper"
],
"related":[
"grumble",
"roll",
"rumble",
"bang",
"blare",
"blast",
"peal",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"bawl",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"bell",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"wail",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"boom",
"growl",
"roar",
"thunder"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"related":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bay",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bellowing":{
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the cow bellowed for her calf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunting",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering",
"mewling",
"puling",
"squeaking",
"whimpering"
],
"related":[
"grumbling",
"rolling",
"rumbling",
"banging",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"pealing",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squalling",
"bawling",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"hooting",
"shouting",
"whooping",
"yelling",
"belling",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"wailing",
"yowling"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"growling",
"roaring",
"thundering"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"related":[
"crowing",
"whooping",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrilling",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"ululating",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"hailing",
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"holloing",
"hallooing",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"sounding off",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bells and whistles":{
"as in blazonry , emblazonry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"belly":{
"a need or desire for food":{
"antonyms":[
"inappetence"
],
"examples":[
"as dinnertime approached he could think only of his belly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"fullness",
"glut",
"repleteness",
"repletion",
"satiation",
"satiety",
"satisfaction",
"surfeit"
],
"related":[
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"malnutrition",
"starvation",
"undernourishment",
"craving",
"sweet tooth",
"famine",
"fast",
"hunger strike",
"gluttony",
"gourmandism",
"greed",
"hoggishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"emptiness",
"famishment",
"hunger",
"munchies",
"stomach"
]
},
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breadbasket",
"stomach",
"tummy",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fleshiness",
"obesity",
"overweight",
"paunchiness",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"chunkiness",
"heaviness",
"stoutness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay window",
"beer belly",
"corporation",
"gut",
"paunch",
"pot",
"potbelly"
]
},
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a baby with a round little belly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"middle",
"midriff",
"waist",
"paunch",
"potbelly",
"thorax"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdomen",
"breadbasket",
"gut",
"solar plexus",
"stomach",
"tummy"
]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conscience",
"mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"bone(s)",
"bosom",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick",
"soul"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"related":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"belly laughs":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"humorous anecdotes that are likely to evoke lots of smiles but few belly laughs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"related":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"synonyms":[
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cachinnations",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughs",
"laughters",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bellyache":{
"abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"eating too many apples will give you a bellyache"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"colic",
"cramps",
"gripes"
],
"synonyms":[
"collywobbles",
"stomachache"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bellyached":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bellyful":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
],
"examples":[
"a bellyful of complaints about the new security procedures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"scarcity",
"want"
],
"related":[
"abundance",
"bounty",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"sufficiency",
"overproduction",
"overstock"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bellyfuls":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
],
"examples":[
"a bellyful of complaints about the new security procedures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"related":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"belt (down)":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple",
"pledge",
"toast",
"wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"belted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"belted the baseball out of the park"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"antonyms":[
"ungirded",
"unwrapped"
],
"examples":[
"belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unlashed",
"unshackled",
"untied",
"unwound"
],
"related":[
"tied up",
"trussed",
"circled",
"enwreathed",
"looped",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed",
"bandaged",
"enswathed",
"swathed",
"chained",
"corded",
"enchained",
"lashed",
"roped",
"shackled",
"taped",
"wired"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"begirt",
"begirded",
"engirded",
"engirdled",
"enwound",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"girted",
"girthed",
"wrapped"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
],
"examples":[
"the boy went belting along on his skateboard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"belted the punching bag relentlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"belted up":{
"to stop talking":{
"antonyms":[
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"examples":[
"the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"related":[
"calmed (down)",
"cooled (down)",
"settled (down)",
"hawed",
"hemmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clammed up",
"dried up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beltway":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bemoaned":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulted (in)",
"gloried (in)",
"joyed",
"rejoiced (in)"
],
"examples":[
"bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"grinned",
"laughed",
"smiled"
],
"related":[
"elegized",
"cried (for)",
"keened",
"moaned",
"wept",
"regretted",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"sobbed",
"agonized",
"bled",
"hurt",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"grieved (for)",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"wailed (for)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"related":[
"ached (for)",
"bewailed",
"grieved (for)",
"mourned",
"sorrowed (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"deplored",
"lamented",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"benediction":{
"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
"antonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction"
],
"examples":[
"the priest offered a benediction for the missing children"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"Godspeed",
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"grace",
"intercession",
"invocation",
"orison",
"petition",
"plea",
"prayer",
"supplication",
"sanctification"
],
"synonyms":[
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"antonyms":[
"affliction",
"bane",
"curse",
"evil",
"plague",
"scourge"
],
"examples":[
"the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"bother",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"disadvantage",
"cross",
"misery",
"trial",
"tribulation"
],
"related":[
"grace",
"mercy",
"favor",
"kindness",
"mitzvah",
"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"anodyne",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"bonus",
"extra",
"lagniappe",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna",
"windfall"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"benefaction":{
"a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the generous benefaction from an anonymous donor meant the animal shelter could stay open"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"offering",
"tithe",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"legacy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"dole",
"handout",
"relief",
"welfare",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"benevolence",
"bestowal",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"presentation"
],
"synonyms":[
"alms",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"contribution",
"donation",
"philanthropy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"benefited":{
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"afflicted",
"distressed",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"succeeded",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)",
"aided",
"assisted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantaged",
"availed",
"helped",
"profited",
"served"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"benefits":{
"a thing that helps":{
"antonyms":[
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"encumbrances",
"hindrances",
"impediments",
"minuses"
],
"examples":[
"it would be a real benefit if you could keep track of what you have already bought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"inhibitors",
"liabilities",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"restraints",
"strangleholds"
],
"related":[
"hands",
"lifts",
"pick-me-ups",
"supports",
"sustenances",
"blessings",
"godsends",
"windfalls",
"recourses",
"refuges",
"resorts",
"resources"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"aids",
"assets",
"boons",
"help"
]
},
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"antonyms":[
"afflictions",
"banes",
"curses",
"evils",
"plagues",
"scourges"
],
"examples":[
"the meal service is a great benefit to invalids and the elderly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"bothers",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"disadvantages",
"crosses",
"miseries",
"trials",
"tribulations"
],
"related":[
"graces",
"mercies",
"favors",
"mitzvoth",
"mitzvahs",
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"anodynes",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"bonuses",
"extras",
"lagniappes",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"synonyms":[
"benedictions",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"afflicts",
"distresses",
"upsets"
],
"related":[
"succeeds",
"works (for)",
"aids",
"assists",
"betters",
"improves",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"blesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"avails",
"helps",
"profits",
"serves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"benefitted":{
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"afflicted",
"distressed",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"succeeded",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)",
"aided",
"assisted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantaged",
"availed",
"helped",
"profited",
"served"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"benevolent":{
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"examples":[
"a benevolent willingness to provide veterinary services to low-income families at greatly reduced prices"
],
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"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"unsentimental",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"virulent",
"antihumanitarian",
"uncharitable"
],
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"attentive",
"considerate",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"affable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mild",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"warm",
"clement",
"forbearing",
"forgiving",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"soft",
"patient",
"pitying",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"anticruelty",
"cruelty-free"
],
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"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warmhearted"
]
},
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"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"selfish"
],
"examples":[
"a benevolent businessman who has donated money and time to helping inner-city youths"
],
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"self-indulgent",
"self-seeking",
"cheap",
"closefisted",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"stingy",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"self-obsessed"
],
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"self-sacrificing",
"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"free",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"social-minded"
],
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"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"charitable",
"do-good",
"eleemosynary",
"good",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{
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"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"lettered",
"literate",
"schooled",
"well-informed",
"well-read"
],
"examples":[
"the poor benighted souls who do not know the joys of reading"
],
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"brilliant",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"experienced",
"expert",
"trained",
"erudite",
"learned",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sophisticated",
"acquainted",
"aware",
"familiar"
],
"related":[
"functionally illiterate",
"innumerate",
"semiliterate",
"unknowledgeable",
"artless",
"lowbrow",
"philistine",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"unsophisticated",
"raw",
"unskilled",
"untrained",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"witless",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"silly"
],
"synonyms":[
"analphabetic",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"nonliterate",
"rude",
"simple",
"uneducated",
"uninstructed",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untutored"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
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"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"around campus he's known as a real character, but one whose eccentricities are entirely benign"
],
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"poisonous",
"venomous",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"offensive",
"painful",
"scathing",
"wounding",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"lethal",
"ruinous",
"destructive",
"insidious",
"malignant",
"noxious",
"pestilent",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"wholesome",
"benignant",
"sound",
"trustworthy",
"gentle",
"gracious",
"mild",
"nonthreatening",
"painless",
"unobjectionable",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"anodyne",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe",
"white"
]
},
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"examples":[
"basking under a benign sun on a day in early spring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"softening",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"bland",
"delicate",
"gentle",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bent (on":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
],
"examples":[
"a bride-to-be bent on having the perfect wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"related":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bent (on or upon)":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
],
"examples":[
"a bride-to-be bent on having the perfect wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"related":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
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"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bequeathed":{
"to give by means of a will":{
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"examples":[
"having no heir, he bequeathed his house to his local church"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deeded",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"passed (down)",
"devised"
],
"synonyms":[
"left",
"willed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"berates":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's no need to berate someone for making a mistake during the first day on the job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bereave":{
"to take something away from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"denude",
"cheat",
"clean (out)",
"defraud",
"shortchange",
"bankrupt",
"disfurnish",
"impoverish"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"beseech":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"related":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"besiege":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"related":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"related":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"rescue"
],
"related":[
"barricade",
"block",
"cut off",
"dam",
"encircle",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"confine",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"quarantine"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguer",
"blockade",
"invest",
"leaguer"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"besieged":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"related":[
"assailed",
"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"hurt",
"pained",
"panged",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"martyred"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"related":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"solicited",
"supplicated"
]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"rescued"
],
"related":[
"barricaded",
"blocked",
"cut off",
"dammed",
"encircled",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"confined",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"quarantined"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguered",
"blockaded",
"invested",
"leaguered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"besieging":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"related":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"related":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"rescuing"
],
"related":[
"barricading",
"blocking",
"cutting off",
"damming",
"encircling",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"confining",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"quarantining"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguering",
"blockading",
"investing",
"leaguering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"besmear":{
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"besmeared the napkin with jelly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coat",
"paint",
"plaster",
"grease",
"oil",
"gum",
"lard",
"pitch",
"tar",
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"daub",
"smear"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bespatter":{
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"wash",
"water",
"slop",
"slush",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"squirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"dash",
"plash",
"spatter",
"splash",
"splatter"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"best":{
"as in Sunday":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"dressy clothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the family wore their best to the wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
"related":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"finery",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"only the best will go on to the finals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"related":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"examples":[
"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bestial":{
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an apocalyptic sci-fi classic in which a lone drifter fights to avoid the bestial existence lived by the mass of survivors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"sublime",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"spiritual",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"tenderhearted",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred"
],
"related":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"physical",
"sensual",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"cruel",
"heartless",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"vicious",
"wanton",
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"lowbred",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"synonyms":[
"animalistic",
"beastly",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"feral",
"ferine",
"subhuman",
"swinish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"betrayal":{
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
],
"examples":[
"the terrible betrayal of having her best friend reveal her confidences to others"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bettering":{
"as in supportive , constructive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"related":[
"one-upping",
"outpacing",
"outracing",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"outcompeting",
"outperforming",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"shaming",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"overbearing",
"overshadowing",
"trumping"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outclassing",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outgunning",
"outmatching",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"towering (over)",
"transcending"
]
},
"to make better":{
"antonyms":[
"worsening"
],
"examples":[
"social workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"related":[
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"retouching",
"touching up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"upgrading"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bewhiskered":{
"as in bearded , mustachioed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bewildered":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"examples":[
"the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"related":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bewitch":{
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an animated film that bewitches children and adults alike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgust",
"offend",
"repel",
"revolt",
"annoy",
"displease",
"irk",
"bore",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"related":[
"disarm",
"draw",
"entice",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"arrest",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"beckon",
"court",
"invite",
"solicit",
"woo"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"beguile",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"wile",
"witch"
]
},
"to cast a spell on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bless"
],
"related":[
"curse",
"jinx",
"possess",
"voodoo",
"attract",
"beguile",
"captivate",
"fascinate",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind",
"entice",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"charm",
"enchant",
"ensorcell",
"ensorcel",
"hex",
"overlook",
"spell",
"strike"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bewitchery":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would have thought that only an act of bewitchery could make snow fall in Florida, but the state has a history of modest snow accumulations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"related":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bewitchments":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hope that there was some bewitchment that would turn their jerky son-in-law into a prince"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cantrips",
"curses",
"jinxes",
"bewitcheries",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"voodooisms",
"voodoos",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries",
"amulets",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"phylacteries",
"talismans"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabras",
"charms",
"conjurations",
"enchantments",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"hexes",
"incantations",
"invocations",
"spells",
"whammies"
]
},
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"while stuck in traffic, I could have used a bit of bewitchment to clear the road of other drivers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"related":[
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"alchemies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitcheries",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"benignity":{
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
"examples":[
"a doctor who extends to all of her patients, both rich and poor, the same measure of gentle benignity"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"benignancy",
"compassionateness",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"softheartedness",
"tenderheartedness",
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness"
],
"related":[
"attentiveness",
"considerateness",
"thoughtfulness",
"affability",
"friendliness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"warmth",
"graciousness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"altruism",
"charitableness",
"charity",
"generosity",
"greatheartedness",
"magnanimity",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"inconsiderateness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"grimness",
"harshness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"toughness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"spitefulness",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"bestiality",
"brutality",
"brutishness",
"callousness",
"cold-bloodedness",
"cruelty",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"unfeelingness",
"unkindliness",
"unkindness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"beaks":{
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"nebs",
"nibs"
],
"related":[
"mouths",
"muzzles",
"mandibles",
"maws",
"maxillae",
"maxillas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance"
],
"synonyms":[
"conks",
"honkers",
"nebs",
"noses",
"nozzles",
"proboscises",
"proboscides",
"schnozzes",
"schnozzolas",
"schnozzles",
"smellers",
"snoots",
"snouts"
],
"related":[
"pugnoses",
"pugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
"examples":[
"received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicators",
"benches",
"courts",
"judges",
"jurists",
"justices",
"magistrates"
],
"related":[
"chief justices",
"circuit judges",
"justices of the peace",
"squires",
"auditors",
"masters",
"jurisconsults",
"jurisprudents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"besmirches":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"inconsiderately besmirched the carpet with their dirty feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"related":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"behind":{
"at, to, or toward the rear of":{
"examples":[
"she preferred to be behind the lead hikers, who were always too much in a rush to enjoy the scenery"
],
"synonyms":[
"abaft",
"back of"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[
"ahead of"
],
"antonyms":[
"before"
]
},
"subsequent to in time or order":{
"examples":[
"we arrived behind them"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"below",
"following",
"next to",
"past"
],
"related":[
"since"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
]
},
"as in back , backward":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
"examples":[
"the required work was behind , so now we're running late"
],
"synonyms":[
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"tardy"
],
"related":[
"delayed",
"detained",
"postponed",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"unhurried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"prompt",
"punctual"
],
"antonyms":[
"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"cleaned the baby's behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"related":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"benignancy":{
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
"examples":[
"through posture and facial expression the artist has been able to convey the serene benignancy that is traditionally associated with the saint"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"benignity",
"compassionateness",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"softheartedness",
"tenderheartedness",
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness"
],
"related":[
"attentiveness",
"considerateness",
"thoughtfulness",
"affability",
"friendliness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"warmth",
"graciousness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"altruism",
"charitableness",
"charity",
"generosity",
"greatheartedness",
"magnanimity",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"inconsiderateness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"grimness",
"harshness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"toughness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"spitefulness",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"bestiality",
"brutality",
"brutishness",
"callousness",
"cold-bloodedness",
"cruelty",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"unfeelingness",
"unkindliness",
"unkindness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bewitchment":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
"examples":[
"the hope that there was some bewitchment that would turn their jerky son-in-law into a prince"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"charm",
"conjuration",
"enchantment",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"hex",
"incantation",
"invocation",
"spell",
"whammy"
],
"related":[
"cantrip",
"curse",
"jinx",
"bewitchery",
"conjuring",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"voodoo",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"amulet",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"while stuck in traffic, I could have used a bit of bewitchment to clear the road of other drivers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitchery",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"related":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bedrock":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"my religious faith is the bedrock of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest point or level":{
"examples":[
"knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom",
"depth",
"nadir",
"rock bottom",
"zero"
],
"related":[
"abyss",
"armpit",
"pit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"crescendo",
"high",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"crest",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
]
},
"as in strong , firm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"being":{
"as in living , existing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"no one has the right to enslave another being"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"related":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being"
],
"synonyms":[
"commodity",
"entity",
"existent",
"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"object",
"reality",
"something",
"substance",
"thing"
],
"related":[
"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing"
],
"synonyms":[
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"related":[
"heart",
"spirit",
"alpha and omega",
"center",
"core",
"keynote",
"marrow",
"pith",
"seat",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"aspect",
"attribute",
"feature",
"property",
"gist",
"kernel",
"nub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"stories that begin with the familiar line \"once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden\""
],
"synonyms":[
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting"
],
"related":[
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping (on)",
"kicking",
"lasting",
"leading",
"persisting",
"ruling",
"running on",
"surviving",
"moving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearing",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing",
"succumbing"
]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
"examples":[
"we'll be there waiting for you"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"lying",
"sitting",
"standing"
],
"related":[
"commanding",
"overlooking",
"hanging around",
"remaining",
"resting",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"awaiting",
"waiting",
"posting",
"stationing",
"dwelling",
"residing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"examples":[
"our school's football team is first in its division"
],
"synonyms":[
"grading",
"placing",
"ranking",
"rating",
"standing"
],
"related":[
"seeding",
"counting",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"grouping",
"separating",
"setting",
"sorting",
"installing",
"instating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"the party is next Saturday"
],
"synonyms":[
"befalling",
"betiding",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"coming down",
"coming off",
"cooking",
"doing",
"going down",
"going on",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"passing",
"transpiring"
],
"related":[
"breaking",
"developing",
"rising",
"shaping (up)",
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"materializing",
"springing (up)",
"intervening",
"falling out",
"following",
"resulting",
"turning out",
"going off",
"proceeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bereft":{
"suffering the death of a loved one":{
"examples":[
"to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well"
],
"synonyms":[
"bereaved"
],
"related":[
"orphaned",
"widowed",
"distressed",
"grieving",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"mourning",
"sad",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"unhappy",
"upset",
"bemoaning",
"crying",
"lamenting",
"wailing",
"weeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
"examples":[
"a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"bare",
"barren",
"destitute",
"devoid",
"void"
],
"related":[
"blank",
"empty",
"innocent",
"stark",
"vacant",
"wanting",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"partial",
"short",
"absent",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"abounding",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bemires":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"I was not thrilled to have my brand-new car bemired by the spattering mud"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"related":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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