dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/wi_mwt.json
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{
"wicked":{
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
],
"examples":[
"a wicked insult that deeply hurt his self-esteem for many years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"related":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
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"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"a wicked urge to steal just for the sake of stealing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"related":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wrong"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"rotting eggs create a truly wicked stench",
"caused a rash with a wicked itch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a wicked grin on his face when he said that"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"grim",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stern"
],
"related":[
"antic",
"coltish",
"coy",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"kittenish",
"playful",
"sportful",
"sportive",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"energetic",
"lively",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"wily",
"misbehaving",
"naughty",
"troublemaking",
"pestering",
"riling",
"teasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"we were wicked excited when our team finally won the pennant after so many years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wildly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"wickedness":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a couple of live wires who got into all kinds of wickedness during their vacation in Las Vegas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"related":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness"
]
},
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"examples":[
"the movie featured a villain of unadulterated wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"related":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wide":{
"having a greater than usual measure across":{
"antonyms":[
"hairline",
"narrow",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"the river is so wide that building a bridge across it would be impractical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fine",
"hairlike",
"reedlike",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"needlelike",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"related":[
"expansive",
"extensive",
"sweeping",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"thick"
]
},
"having considerable extent":{
"antonyms":[
"narrow"
],
"examples":[
"a wide and detailed knowledge of the issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"boundless",
"endless",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unlimited",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad",
"deep",
"expansive",
"extended",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"far-reaching",
"rangy",
"sweeping",
"wide-ranging",
"widespread"
]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"examples":[
"the door was wide open"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"wield":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wields considerable influence in the field of women's sports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"exercise",
"exert",
"ply",
"put out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wields":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wields considerable influence in the field of women's sports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"abuses",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"plies",
"puts out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wigged-out":{
"as in frantic , distracted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"choked"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"broke up",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wild":{
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
"antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
],
"examples":[
"some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extravagant",
"grotesque",
"bizarro",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
"Kafkaesque",
"nightmarish",
"dreamlike",
"surreal"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal"
]
},
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"related":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo"
]
},
"existing without human habitation or cultivation":{
"antonyms":[
"cultivated",
"tamed"
],
"examples":[
"that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhabited",
"developed",
"seminatural"
],
"related":[
"native",
"uninhabited",
"unpeopled",
"unsettled",
"overgrown",
"spontaneous",
"untended",
"waste",
"undeveloped",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"howling"
],
"synonyms":[
"natural",
"uncultivated",
"untamed",
"virgin"
]
},
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"related":[
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
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"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wildly"
]
},
"living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans":{
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"broken",
"busted",
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"gentled",
"tame",
"tamed"
],
"examples":[
"wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans"
],
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"controlled",
"docile",
"familiar",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"civilized",
"semicivilized",
"socialized"
],
"related":[
"uncontrolled",
"undocile",
"unsubdued",
"untrained",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"barbarous",
"uncivilized"
],
"synonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"unbroken",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wilding"
]
},
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"relaxed"
],
"examples":[
"the holidays were especially wild around here this year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"subdued",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"low-pressure",
"balanced",
"sane",
"sound"
],
"related":[
"concentrated",
"high-pressured",
"intense",
"intensive",
"vehement",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"lavish",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"irrational",
"lunatic",
"maniacal",
"maniac"
],
"synonyms":[
"delirious",
"ferocious",
"feverish",
"fierce",
"frantic",
"frenetic",
"frenzied",
"furious",
"mad",
"rabid",
"violent"
]
},
"marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a wild night, full of wind and rain"
],
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"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
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"blustering",
"blustery",
"raging",
"violent",
"brutal",
"harsh",
"severe",
"roily",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"bleak",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"squally"
],
"synonyms":[
"rough",
"rugged",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"not civilized":{
"antonyms":[
"civilized"
],
"examples":[
"ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves"
],
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"cultured",
"enlightened",
"humane",
"sophisticated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"polite",
"refined",
"urbane",
"well-bred",
"semicivilized"
],
"related":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rough",
"uncouth",
"uncultured"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"heathen",
"heathenish",
"natural",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"rude",
"savage",
"uncivil",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated"
]
},
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"examples":[
"they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious"
]
},
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"backwoods",
"bush",
"country",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"sticks",
"up-country",
"outside",
"without",
"badland",
"barren",
"desert",
"waste",
"wasteland"
],
"synonyms":[
"nature",
"open",
"open air",
"out-of-doors",
"outdoors",
"wilderness"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"wile":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had to use all of her wiles to convince her guests to stay for dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick"
]
},
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took both wile and cajolery to talk him into it"
],
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"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"related":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery"
]
},
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her stories of the Old South could wile anyone"
],
"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",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"witch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"willful":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"a particularly willful horse that took weeks to break to saddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward"
]
},
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
"antonyms":[
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"finally the parents sought professional counseling for the willful child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward"
]
},
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a willful disregard for the rights of others"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"understanding",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"principled",
"unimpeachable"
],
"related":[
"arrogant",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"dominant",
"domineering",
"haughty",
"imperative",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"presumptuous",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"totalitarian",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous",
"capricious",
"changeable",
"erratic",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"whimsical",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unequal",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"arbitrary",
"dictatorial",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory"
]
},
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
],
"examples":[
"a willful attempt to cheat her siblings out of their rightful inheritance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
"related":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposeful",
"purposive",
"set",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"witting"
]
},
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of willful person who can never bring himself to admit that he made a mistake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"related":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"willfully":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"antonyms":[
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly"
],
"examples":[
"willfully chose to risk pneumonia by jumping into a freezing lake on a dare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"haphazardly",
"randomly",
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"impulsively",
"instinctively",
"spontaneously"
],
"related":[
"calculatedly",
"studiedly",
"voluntarily",
"willingly",
"premeditatedly"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisedly",
"consciously",
"deliberately",
"designedly",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"purposefully",
"purposely",
"purposively",
"wittingly"
]
}
},
"wimp%20out":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wimped%20out":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wimpy":{
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"a wimpy person is not the best choice for a job with a moving company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"a wimpy effort to change the law that was doomed to failure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"related":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
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"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wishy-washy"
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"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
],
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"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
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"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
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"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
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"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
],
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"verb"
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"as in win , victory":{
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"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
],
"examples":[
"a particularly pretty and winning child"
],
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"unloved",
"contemptible",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"heinous",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"offensive",
"unlikable",
"unpleasant",
"wretched",
"frightful",
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ogreish",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"unattractive",
"unsightly",
"vile",
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"horrendous",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening"
],
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"kissable",
"beloved",
"cherished",
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"favorite",
"loved",
"treasured",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"desirable",
"lovely",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"admirable",
"likable",
"likeable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"cheerful",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"kind",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"delightful",
"pleasing",
"well-disposed"
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"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winsome"
]
},
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"unendearing",
"uningratiating"
],
"examples":[
"flashed a winning smile that soon had us at her beck and call"
],
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"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"displeasing",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"arrogant",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"insolent",
"proud",
"scornful"
],
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"charming",
"likable",
"likeable",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"affecting",
"poignant",
"touching",
"adulatory",
"deferential",
"effusive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"sycophantic",
"drooling",
"oleaginous",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"saccharine",
"soapy",
"sugary",
"unctuous"
],
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"disarming",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"insinuating",
"winsome"
]
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"antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
],
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"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"folding",
"washing out",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning"
],
"related":[
"overcoming",
"sweeping",
"squeaking",
"squeezing",
"contending",
"vying",
"succeeding",
"breezing",
"romping"
],
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"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
]
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"examples":[
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
],
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"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
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"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring"
]
},
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"forfeiting",
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"win a gold medal in swimming"
],
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"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winnowed":{
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
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"examples":[
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"type":[
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},
"wipe the ground with":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"If we play as well in the big game as we did today, we'll wipe the floor with the other team."
],
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"related":[
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"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"wiped":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wise (up)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
"she eventually wised up to the fact that he was taking advantage of her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"related":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"see"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"related":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wish":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite my protestations, the dreaded position of club secretary was wished on me"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"entail",
"force",
"impose",
"inflict",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misrepresent"
],
"synonyms":[
"fob off",
"foist",
"palm",
"palm off",
"pass off"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're free to sit wherever you wish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"fancy",
"hanker (for)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"decide",
"determine",
"resolve"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"like",
"please",
"want",
"will"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wishing":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite my protestations, the dreaded position of club secretary was wished on me"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"entailing",
"forcing",
"imposing",
"inflicting",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"misrepresenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbing off",
"foisting",
"palming",
"palming off",
"passing off"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're free to sit wherever you wish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"fancying",
"hankering (for)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"resolving"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"liking",
"pleasing",
"wanting",
"willing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wit%28s%29":{
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
],
"examples":[
"scared out of her wits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"related":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"saneness",
"sanity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"with-it":{
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
"antonyms":[
"out",
"uncool",
"unhip",
"untrendy"
],
"examples":[
"a brand of humor that the comedy club's with-it clientele very much appreciates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"dowdy",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"related":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"voguish"
],
"synonyms":[
"au courant",
"cool",
"def",
"downtown",
"groovy",
"hep",
"hip",
"in",
"mod",
"now",
"trendy",
"turned-on"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"withdrawn":{
"not comfortable around people":{
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
],
"examples":[
"a therapist who is especially good with withdrawn , emotionally troubled children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"related":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
],
"examples":[
"the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"related":[
"fled",
"flown",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrunk",
"shrunken",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"gone",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"fallen back",
"pulled out",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated"
]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
],
"examples":[
"withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms"
],
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"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"related":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forsworn",
"foresworn",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"taken back",
"unsaid"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
],
"examples":[
"withdrew her hand from the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"related":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drawn off",
"drawn out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drawn",
"removed",
"taken out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"without%20a%20hitch":{
"type":[
"phrase"
],
"without difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
],
"examples":[
"Opening night went off without a hitch ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"related":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"easily",
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
]
}
},
"withstand":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"examples":[
"trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"witnessed":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"war changes anyone who has ever witnessed it first hand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"suffered",
"sustained",
"tasted",
"underwent"
]
},
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a notary public witnessing wills and other important documents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"professed",
"vowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"avouched",
"certified",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I witnessed to the fact that I had seen them together that night"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"verified",
"vouched",
"promised",
"vowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"attested",
"deposed",
"swore",
"testified"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"witnessed the crime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"related":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"witty":{
"given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a witty and sardonic blogger who never fails to amuse his legion of readers",
"he's well-known for his witty retorts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainless",
"lowbrow",
"stupid",
"witless",
"corny",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"lame",
"humorless",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"related":[
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"bantering",
"frivolous",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"teasing",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hysterical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"rollicking",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"prankish",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"scintillating",
"sparkling",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"waggish",
"whimsical"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"facetious",
"humorous",
"jocular",
"smart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wizardry":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a movie about wizardry and bizarre creatures"
],
"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":[
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wizen":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}