dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bar_MWT.json

{
  "barb":{
    "an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
      "examples":[
        "delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affront",
        "brickbat",
        "cut",
        "dart",
        "dig",
        "dis",
        "diss",
        "epithet",
        "gird",
        "indignity",
        "insult",
        "name",
        "offense",
        "offence",
        "outrage",
        "personality",
        "poke",
        "put-down",
        "sarcasm",
        "slap",
        "slight",
        "slur"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catcall",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "jeer",
        "mock",
        "quip",
        "sneer",
        "taunt",
        "abuse",
        "invective",
        "vituperation",
        "disapproval",
        "opprobrium",
        "disgrace",
        "dishonor",
        "shame",
        "attack",
        "criticism",
        "knock",
        "slam",
        "swipe",
        "torment",
        "torture"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accolade",
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "acclaim",
        "applause",
        "praise",
        "adulation",
        "flattery"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbed":{
    "marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
      "examples":[
        "barbed satire on American academia"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acerb",
        "acerbic",
        "acid",
        "acidic",
        "acidulous",
        "acrid",
        "biting",
        "caustic",
        "corrosive",
        "cutting",
        "mordant",
        "pungent",
        "sarcastic",
        "sardonic",
        "satiric",
        "satirical",
        "scalding",
        "scathing",
        "sharp",
        "smart-aleck",
        "smart-alecky",
        "smart-mouthed",
        "snarky",
        "tart"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brisk",
        "cross",
        "sharp-tongued",
        "sour",
        "sourish",
        "spiky",
        "spikey",
        "tartish",
        "incisive",
        "keen",
        "poignant",
        "trenchant",
        "cynical",
        "dry",
        "ironic",
        "ironical",
        "wry",
        "facetious",
        "flippant",
        "tongue-in-cheek",
        "acrimonious",
        "bitter",
        "resentful",
        "vitriolic",
        "harsh",
        "rough",
        "severe",
        "stringent",
        "abrupt",
        "blunt",
        "brusque",
        "brusk",
        "concise",
        "crisp",
        "curt",
        "gruff",
        "pithy",
        "snippety",
        "snippy",
        "succinct",
        "terse",
        "backhanded",
        "insincere"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "amusing",
        "droll",
        "merry",
        "playful",
        "sportive",
        "waggish",
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "bland",
        "good-humored",
        "good-natured",
        "diplomatic",
        "polite",
        "smooth",
        "suave",
        "urbane",
        "affable",
        "cordial",
        "genial",
        "gracious",
        "hospitable",
        "sociable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bare-knuckled":{
    "as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blood-and-guts",
        "in-your-face",
        "take-no-prisoners",
        "argumentative",
        "assaultive",
        "bellicose",
        "belligerent",
        "brawly",
        "chippy",
        "combative",
        "confrontational",
        "discordant",
        "disputatious",
        "feisty",
        "gladiatorial",
        "militant",
        "pugnacious",
        "scrappy",
        "warlike",
        "contentious",
        "quarrelsome",
        "truculent",
        "fell",
        "ferocious",
        "fierce",
        "grim",
        "savage",
        "vicious",
        "menacing",
        "threatening",
        "bestial",
        "brute",
        "inhuman",
        "inhumane",
        "barbaric",
        "uncivilized",
        "wild",
        "heartless",
        "implacable",
        "merciless",
        "pitiless",
        "relentless",
        "ruthless",
        "unrelenting",
        "wanton",
        "bloodthirsty",
        "bloody",
        "homicidal",
        "murdering",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "rapacious",
        "ravenous",
        "voracious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "unaggressive",
        "amicable",
        "companionable",
        "comradely",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "genial",
        "hearty",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "compliant",
        "submissive",
        "tame",
        "benign",
        "compassionate",
        "kind",
        "merciful",
        "pacific",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful",
        "amiable",
        "complaisant",
        "obliging",
        "human",
        "humane",
        "civilized",
        "cultured"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bares":{
    "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
      "examples":[
        "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "discloses",
        "discovers",
        "divulges",
        "exposes",
        "lets on (about)",
        "reveals",
        "spills",
        "tells",
        "unbosoms",
        "uncloaks",
        "uncovers",
        "unmasks",
        "unveils"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confides",
        "shares",
        "debunks",
        "shows up",
        "unclothes",
        "undrapes",
        "advertises",
        "announces",
        "blazes",
        "brings out",
        "broadcasts",
        "declares",
        "placards",
        "posts",
        "proclaims",
        "promulgates",
        "publicizes",
        "publishes",
        "sounds",
        "betrays",
        "blabs",
        "gives away",
        "leaks",
        "informs",
        "squeals",
        "talks",
        "communicates",
        "imparts",
        "relates",
        "acknowledges",
        "admits",
        "avows",
        "concedes",
        "confesses",
        "owns",
        "disinters",
        "rakes up",
        "smokes out",
        "unearths"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "camouflages",
        "disguises",
        "gilds",
        "glosses (over)",
        "varnishes",
        "whitewashes",
        "beclouds",
        "bedims",
        "befogs",
        "clouds",
        "darkens",
        "eclipses",
        "obscures",
        "overcasts",
        "overshadows",
        "shades"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cloaks",
        "conceals",
        "covers (up)",
        "enshrouds",
        "hides",
        "masks",
        "shrouds",
        "veils"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargain-basement":{
    "costing little":{
      "examples":[
        "throughout the trip we ate at bargain-basement restaurants in order to save money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affordable",
        "budget",
        "cheap",
        "cheapie",
        "cheapo",
        "chintzy",
        "cut-price",
        "cut-rate",
        "dime-store",
        "dirt cheap",
        "el cheapo",
        "inexpensive",
        "low",
        "low-end",
        "popular",
        "reasonable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cheapish",
        "moderate",
        "discount",
        "discounted",
        "fire-sale",
        "lowered",
        "reduced",
        "wholesale",
        "valueless",
        "worthless",
        "supercheap",
        "ultracheap"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "increased",
        "inflated",
        "exorbitant",
        "extravagant",
        "overpriced",
        "prohibitive",
        "prohibitory",
        "steep",
        "stiff",
        "superexpensive",
        "ultraexpensive",
        "unreasonable",
        "invaluable",
        "priceless",
        "luxurious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "costly",
        "dear",
        "deluxe",
        "expensive",
        "high",
        "high-ticket",
        "precious",
        "premium",
        "pricey",
        "pricy",
        "spendy",
        "valuable"
      ]
    },
    "of low quality":{
      "examples":[
        "bargain-basement shoes that fell apart after a week"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bad",
        "bum",
        "cheap",
        "cheapjack",
        "cheesy",
        "coarse",
        "common",
        "crappy",
        "cut-rate",
        "el cheapo",
        "execrable",
        "gimcrack",
        "inferior",
        "junky",
        "lousy",
        "low-grade",
        "low-rent",
        "mediocre",
        "miserable",
        "poor",
        "rotten",
        "rubbishy",
        "schlock",
        "schlocky",
        "shlock",
        "shlocky",
        "second-rate",
        "shoddy",
        "sleazy",
        "terrible",
        "trashy",
        "trumpery",
        "wretched"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "useless",
        "valueless",
        "worthless",
        "indifferent",
        "lackluster",
        "second-class",
        "brummagem",
        "flashy",
        "garish",
        "gaudy",
        "glitzy",
        "kitsch",
        "kitschy",
        "meretricious",
        "ostentatious",
        "showy",
        "splashy",
        "swank",
        "swanky",
        "tawdry",
        "seedy",
        "shabby",
        "tacky",
        "counterfeit",
        "fake",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "sham",
        "supercheap",
        "ultracheap"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "elegant",
        "handsome",
        "tasteful",
        "handcrafted",
        "polished",
        "refined"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "excellent",
        "fine",
        "first-class",
        "first-rate",
        "good",
        "high-grade",
        "superior",
        "top-notch"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bargainers":{
    "as in negotiators , negotiants":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "negotiants",
        "negotiators",
        "moderators",
        "appeasers",
        "pacificators",
        "pacifiers",
        "reconcilers",
        "troubleshooters",
        "agents",
        "attorneys",
        "deputies",
        "factors",
        "procurators",
        "proxies",
        "brokers",
        "buffers",
        "conciliators",
        "go-betweens",
        "honest brokers",
        "interceders",
        "intercessors",
        "intermediaries",
        "intermediates",
        "interposers",
        "mediators",
        "middlemen",
        "peacemakers",
        "liaisons",
        "mediums",
        "media",
        "ambassadors",
        "emissaries",
        "envoys",
        "legates",
        "messengers",
        "delegates",
        "representatives",
        "busybodies",
        "interferers",
        "meddlers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in hagglers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hagglers",
        "browsers",
        "prospects",
        "shoppers",
        "window-shoppers",
        "regulars",
        "buyers",
        "correspondents",
        "purchasers",
        "vendees",
        "consumers",
        "end users",
        "users",
        "accounts",
        "clients",
        "customers",
        "guests",
        "patrons",
        "punters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "brokers",
        "merchants",
        "sellers",
        "vendors",
        "venders",
        "shopkeepers",
        "tradesmen",
        "black marketers",
        "black marketeers",
        "fences"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barge":{
    "to move heavily or clumsily":{
      "examples":[
        "the big man barged into the room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clump",
        "flog",
        "flounder",
        "galumph",
        "lumber",
        "lump",
        "plod",
        "pound",
        "scuff",
        "scuffle",
        "shamble",
        "shuffle",
        "slog",
        "slough",
        "stamp",
        "stomp",
        "stumble",
        "stump",
        "tramp",
        "tromp",
        "trudge"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drag",
        "flop",
        "haul",
        "blunder",
        "careen",
        "dodder",
        "lurch",
        "reel",
        "stagger",
        "sway",
        "teeter",
        "totter",
        "waddle",
        "weave",
        "wobble",
        "wabble"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drift",
        "float",
        "hang",
        "hover",
        "poise",
        "waft"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breeze",
        "coast",
        "glide",
        "slide",
        "waltz",
        "whisk"
      ]
    },
    "as in tanker , freighter":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aircraft carrier",
        "argosy",
        "coaster",
        "collier",
        "containership",
        "corvette",
        "cruiser",
        "cutter",
        "destroyer",
        "ferryboat",
        "flagship",
        "freighter",
        "icebreaker",
        "ironclad",
        "lightship",
        "liner",
        "man-of-war",
        "man-o'-war",
        "merchantman",
        "merchant ship",
        "motor ship",
        "packet",
        "steamer",
        "steamship",
        "superliner",
        "supertanker",
        "tanker",
        "trader",
        "tramp",
        "transport",
        "warship",
        "watercraft",
        "boat",
        "keel",
        "ship",
        "vessel",
        "bark",
        "barque",
        "brig",
        "brigantine",
        "caravel",
        "clipper",
        "junk",
        "ketch",
        "sailboat",
        "schooner",
        "square-rigger",
        "tall ship",
        "windjammer",
        "xebec",
        "yacht"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barge (in)":{
    "as in bother , horn in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bother",
        "horn in",
        "break in",
        "chime in",
        "chip in",
        "cut in",
        "interpose",
        "interrupt",
        "intrude",
        "add",
        "contribute",
        "put in"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in blow in , breeze (in)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blow in",
        "breeze (in)",
        "burst (in or into)",
        "waltz (in)",
        "debark",
        "disembark",
        "check in",
        "clock (in)",
        "pull in",
        "touch down",
        "fetch",
        "hit",
        "make",
        "reach",
        "appear",
        "arrive",
        "come",
        "get in",
        "get through",
        "land",
        "show up",
        "turn up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "go",
        "leave",
        "check out",
        "clock (out)",
        "flee",
        "vamoose"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in run in , drop in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "call",
        "come by",
        "come over",
        "drop by",
        "drop in",
        "pop (in)",
        "run (over)",
        "run in",
        "step in",
        "stop (by or in)",
        "visit",
        "frequent",
        "hang (at)",
        "haunt",
        "resort (to)",
        "bop (into)",
        "happen (by)",
        "look up",
        "see"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barged":{
    "to move heavily or clumsily":{
      "examples":[
        "the big man barged into the room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clumped",
        "flogged",
        "floundered",
        "galumphed",
        "lumbered",
        "lumped",
        "plodded",
        "pounded",
        "scuffed",
        "scuffled",
        "shambled",
        "shuffled",
        "slogged",
        "sloughed",
        "stamped",
        "stomped",
        "stumbled",
        "stumped",
        "tramped",
        "tromped",
        "trudged"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dragged",
        "flopped",
        "hauled",
        "blundered",
        "careened",
        "doddered",
        "lurched",
        "reeled",
        "staggered",
        "swayed",
        "teetered",
        "tottered",
        "waddled",
        "weaved",
        "wobbled",
        "wabbled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drifted",
        "floated",
        "hovered",
        "hung",
        "hanged",
        "poised",
        "wafted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breezed",
        "coasted",
        "glided",
        "slid",
        "waltzed",
        "whisked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barges (in)":{
    "as in bothers , horns in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bothers",
        "horns in",
        "breaks in",
        "chimes in",
        "chips in",
        "cuts in",
        "interposes",
        "interrupts",
        "intrudes",
        "adds",
        "contributes",
        "puts in"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in blows in , breezes (in)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blows in",
        "breezes (in)",
        "bursts (in or into)",
        "waltzes (in)",
        "debarks",
        "disembarks",
        "checks in",
        "clocks (in)",
        "pulls in",
        "touches down",
        "fetches",
        "hits",
        "makes",
        "reaches",
        "appears",
        "arrives",
        "comes",
        "gets in",
        "gets through",
        "lands",
        "shows up",
        "turns up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "goes",
        "leaves",
        "checks out",
        "clocks (out)",
        "flees",
        "vamooses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in runs in , drops in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calls",
        "comes by",
        "comes over",
        "drops by",
        "drops in",
        "pops (in)",
        "runs (over)",
        "runs in",
        "steps in",
        "stops (by or in)",
        "visits",
        "frequents",
        "hangs (at)",
        "haunts",
        "resorts (to)",
        "bops (into)",
        "happens (by)",
        "looks up",
        "sees"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barging (in)":{
    "as in bothering , horning in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bothering",
        "horning in",
        "breaking in",
        "chiming in",
        "chipping in",
        "cutting in",
        "interposing",
        "interrupting",
        "intruding",
        "adding",
        "contributing",
        "putting in"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in blowing in , breezing (in)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blowing in",
        "breezing (in)",
        "bursting (in or into)",
        "waltzing (in)",
        "debarking",
        "disembarking",
        "checking in",
        "clocking (in)",
        "pulling in",
        "touching down",
        "fetching",
        "hitting",
        "making",
        "reaching",
        "appearing",
        "arriving",
        "coming",
        "getting in",
        "getting through",
        "landing",
        "showing up",
        "turning up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "going",
        "leaving",
        "checking out",
        "clocking (out)",
        "fleeing",
        "vamoosing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in running in , dropping in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calling",
        "coming by",
        "coming over",
        "dropping by",
        "dropping in",
        "popping (in)",
        "running (over)",
        "running in",
        "stepping in",
        "stopping (by or in)",
        "visiting",
        "frequenting",
        "hanging (at)",
        "haunting",
        "resorting (to)",
        "bopping (into)",
        "happening (by)",
        "looking up",
        "seeing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bark":{
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flay",
        "hull",
        "husk",
        "peel",
        "shell",
        "shuck",
        "skin"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bare",
        "denude",
        "expose",
        "scale",
        "strip",
        "pare"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snap",
        "snarl"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growl",
        "grumble",
        "roar",
        "scream",
        "shout",
        "shriek",
        "yell",
        "fulminate",
        "rage",
        "rant",
        "rave",
        "sputter",
        "storm",
        "tee off",
        "vent",
        "vituperate",
        "blow up",
        "explode",
        "flare (up)",
        "flip (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calm (down)",
        "simmer down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
      "examples":[
        "took a small bark out on the lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dinghy",
        "sailboat",
        "windjammer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bugeye",
        "brigantine",
        "ca\u00efque",
        "caravel",
        "catamaran",
        "catboat",
        "cat rig",
        "clipper",
        "corvette",
        "cutter",
        "frigate",
        "galleon",
        "galley",
        "junk",
        "keelboat",
        "ketch",
        "knockabout",
        "lugger",
        "outrigger",
        "pinnace",
        "piragua",
        "sailer",
        "schooner",
        "shallop",
        "sharpie",
        "sharpy",
        "ship",
        "sloop",
        "square-rigger",
        "xebec",
        "yacht",
        "yawl",
        "bottom",
        "craft",
        "vessel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barked":{
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flayed",
        "hulled",
        "husked",
        "peeled",
        "shelled",
        "shucked",
        "skinned"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bared",
        "denuded",
        "exposed",
        "scaled",
        "stripped",
        "stript",
        "pared"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snapped",
        "snarled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growled",
        "grumbled",
        "roared",
        "screamed",
        "shouted",
        "shrieked",
        "yelled",
        "fulminated",
        "raged",
        "ranted",
        "raved",
        "sputtered",
        "stormed",
        "teed off",
        "vented",
        "vituperated",
        "blew up",
        "exploded",
        "flared (up)",
        "flipped (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calmed (down)",
        "simmered down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barking":{
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flaying",
        "hulling",
        "husking",
        "peeling",
        "shelling",
        "shucking",
        "skinning"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baring",
        "denuding",
        "exposing",
        "scaling",
        "stripping",
        "paring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snapping",
        "snarling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growling",
        "grumbling",
        "roaring",
        "screaming",
        "shouting",
        "shrieking",
        "yelling",
        "fulminating",
        "raging",
        "ranting",
        "raving",
        "sputtering",
        "storming",
        "teeing off",
        "venting",
        "vituperating",
        "blowing up",
        "exploding",
        "flaring (up)",
        "flipping (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calming (down)",
        "simmering down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barley-broo":{
    "as in whiskey , vodka":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brandy",
        "gin",
        "liqueur",
        "mao-tai",
        "mescal",
        "schnapps",
        "tequila",
        "vodka",
        "whiskey",
        "whisky",
        "mead",
        "sake",
        "saki",
        "wine",
        "Dutch courage",
        "ale",
        "beer",
        "brew",
        "brewage",
        "brewski",
        "home brew",
        "malt liquor",
        "microbrew",
        "mum",
        "nappy",
        "cocktail",
        "mixed drink",
        "belt",
        "load",
        "nip",
        "peg",
        "pop",
        "shooter",
        "shot",
        "slug",
        "snifter",
        "snort",
        "tot",
        "whet",
        "aperitif",
        "bracer",
        "chaser",
        "digestif",
        "nightcap",
        "alcohol",
        "aqua vitae",
        "ardent spirits",
        "booze",
        "bottle",
        "drink",
        "firewater",
        "grog",
        "hooch",
        "inebriant",
        "intoxicant",
        "John Barleycorn",
        "juice",
        "liquor",
        "lush",
        "moonshine",
        "potable",
        "rum",
        "sauce",
        "spirits",
        "stimulant",
        "strong drink",
        "tipple"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baron":{
    "a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
      "examples":[
        "a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "captain",
        "czar",
        "tsar",
        "tzar",
        "king",
        "lion",
        "lord",
        "magnate",
        "mogul",
        "monarch",
        "Napoleon",
        "prince",
        "tycoon"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "big boy",
        "big cheese",
        "bigfoot",
        "biggie",
        "big gun",
        "big shot",
        "big wheel",
        "bigwig",
        "fat cat",
        "figure",
        "heavy",
        "heavyweight",
        "honcho",
        "kahuna",
        "main man",
        "mover and shaker",
        "nabob",
        "nawab",
        "notable",
        "personage",
        "pooh-bah",
        "poo-bah",
        "supremo",
        "VIP",
        "celebrity",
        "personality",
        "star",
        "superstar",
        "deity",
        "demigod",
        "god"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "half-pint",
        "lightweight",
        "small-timer",
        "inferior",
        "subordinate",
        "underling",
        "nobody",
        "nothing",
        "zero"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baronial":{
    "large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
      "examples":[
        "a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "august",
        "epic",
        "gallant",
        "glorious",
        "grand",
        "grandiose",
        "heroic",
        "heroical",
        "Homeric",
        "imperial",
        "imposing",
        "magnific",
        "magnificent",
        "majestic",
        "massive",
        "monumental",
        "noble",
        "proud",
        "regal",
        "royal",
        "splendid",
        "stately"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "colossal",
        "monstrous",
        "prodigious",
        "stupendous",
        "tremendous",
        "kingly",
        "lordly",
        "princely",
        "queenly",
        "awesome",
        "awful",
        "cosmic",
        "cosmical",
        "sublime",
        "wondrous",
        "formidable",
        "impressive",
        "prepossessing",
        "redoubtable",
        "apocalyptic",
        "apocalyptical",
        "inflated",
        "operatic",
        "overblown",
        "pompous",
        "marvelous",
        "marvellous",
        "superb",
        "terrific",
        "wonderful",
        "extravagant",
        "lavish",
        "luxurious",
        "opulent",
        "palatial",
        "palatine",
        "sumptuous",
        "gorgeous",
        "resplendent",
        "splendiferous",
        "extraordinary",
        "killer",
        "remarkable",
        "sensational",
        "striking",
        "celestial",
        "divine",
        "heavenly"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "lowly",
        "modest",
        "unprepossessing",
        "average",
        "common",
        "mediocre",
        "ordinary",
        "run-of-the-mill",
        "second-rate",
        "abject",
        "mean",
        "meretricious",
        "shabby",
        "sordid",
        "insignificant",
        "measly",
        "paltry",
        "petty",
        "puny",
        "trifling",
        "trivial"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "humble",
        "unheroic",
        "unimposing",
        "unimpressive"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "baroque":{
    "going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
      "examples":[
        "eventually even the movie seems bored by its baroque violence"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "devilish",
        "excessive",
        "exorbitant",
        "extravagant",
        "extreme",
        "fancy",
        "immoderate",
        "inordinate",
        "insane",
        "intolerable",
        "lavish",
        "overdue",
        "overextravagant",
        "overmuch",
        "overweening",
        "plethoric",
        "steep",
        "stiff",
        "towering",
        "unconscionable",
        "undue",
        "unmerciful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "boundless",
        "endless",
        "immeasurable",
        "infinite",
        "limitless",
        "unbearable",
        "unjustifiable",
        "unwarranted",
        "improper",
        "inappropriate",
        "thick",
        "unseemly",
        "unrestrained"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "deficient",
        "inadequate",
        "insufficient",
        "minimal",
        "minimum"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "middling",
        "moderate",
        "modest",
        "reasonable",
        "temperate"
      ]
    },
    "having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
      "examples":[
        "a thriller with a baroque plot that is sure to baffle many readers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "byzantine",
        "complex",
        "complicate",
        "complicated",
        "convoluted",
        "daedal",
        "elaborate",
        "intricate",
        "involute",
        "involved",
        "knotty",
        "labyrinthian",
        "labyrinthine",
        "sophisticated",
        "tangled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overcomplex",
        "overcomplicated",
        "composite",
        "compound",
        "heterogeneous",
        "mixed",
        "multibranched",
        "multifaceted",
        "multifarious",
        "multipart",
        "varied",
        "challenging",
        "difficult",
        "tough",
        "impenetrable",
        "incomprehensible",
        "inexplicable",
        "Kafkaesque",
        "unfathomable",
        "unintelligible"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "oversimplified",
        "simplified",
        "simplistic",
        "homogeneous",
        "uniform",
        "unvaried"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "noncomplex",
        "noncomplicated",
        "plain",
        "simple",
        "uncomplicated"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barracks":{
    "a building or group of buildings typically used to house soldiers":{
      "examples":[
        "The soldier was moved to a different barracks .",
        "He was confined to barracks for insubordination."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "billet",
        "cantonment",
        "fort",
        "garrison",
        "installation",
        "post",
        "abode",
        "diggings",
        "domicile",
        "dwelling",
        "fireside",
        "habitation",
        "hearth",
        "hearthstone",
        "home",
        "house",
        "lodging",
        "pad",
        "place",
        "quarters",
        "residence",
        "roof",
        "camp",
        "encampment",
        "boardinghouse",
        "dorm",
        "dormitory",
        "flophouse",
        "lodging house",
        "lodgment",
        "lodgement",
        "room(s)",
        "rooming house",
        "accommodations",
        "housing",
        "nest",
        "residency",
        "shelter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in taunts , heckles":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baits",
        "bugs",
        "catcalls",
        "harasses",
        "harries",
        "hassles",
        "heckles",
        "needles",
        "pesters",
        "rags",
        "targets",
        "taunts",
        "torments",
        "chaffs",
        "jives",
        "joshes",
        "kids",
        "quizzes",
        "rallies",
        "razzes",
        "ribs",
        "rides",
        "teases",
        "tweaks",
        "twits",
        "apes",
        "burlesques",
        "caricatures",
        "imitates",
        "lampoons",
        "mimics",
        "parodies",
        "parrots",
        "pillories",
        "satirizes",
        "takes off (on)",
        "travesties",
        "bad-mouths",
        "belittles",
        "decries",
        "disparages",
        "pooh-poohs",
        "poohs",
        "puts down",
        "scoffs (at)",
        "scorns",
        "sneers (at)",
        "derides",
        "gibes",
        "jibes",
        "jeers",
        "laughs (at)",
        "mocks",
        "ridicules",
        "scouts",
        "shoots down",
        "skewers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applauds",
        "approves",
        "commends",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "sanctions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in houses , bivouacs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodates",
        "bestows",
        "billets",
        "bivouacs",
        "boards",
        "bunks",
        "camps",
        "chambers",
        "domiciles",
        "encamps",
        "harbors",
        "houses",
        "lodges",
        "puts up",
        "quarters",
        "roofs",
        "rooms",
        "shelters",
        "takes in",
        "ensconces",
        "homes",
        "roosts",
        "secures",
        "sheds",
        "stables",
        "tents",
        "beds (down)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ejects",
        "evicts"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrage":{
    "a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blitz",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "bombardment",
        "cannonade",
        "drumbeat",
        "drumfire",
        "flurry",
        "fusillade",
        "hail",
        "salvo",
        "shower",
        "storm",
        "volley"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broadside",
        "earful",
        "avalanche",
        "burst",
        "cataclysm",
        "cataract",
        "deluge",
        "discharge",
        "engulfment",
        "flood",
        "flood tide",
        "flush",
        "gush",
        "inundation",
        "outburst",
        "outflow",
        "outpouring",
        "overflow",
        "rash",
        "spate",
        "surge",
        "torrent",
        "current",
        "river",
        "stream",
        "tide",
        "excess",
        "glut",
        "overabundance",
        "overage",
        "overkill",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupply",
        "superabundance",
        "superfluity",
        "surfeit",
        "surplus"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dribble",
        "drip",
        "trickle"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bomb",
        "bombard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "examine",
        "grill",
        "interrogate",
        "pump",
        "query",
        "question",
        "quiz",
        "debrief",
        "cross-examine",
        "catechize",
        "annoy",
        "harass",
        "hound",
        "pester",
        "flood",
        "inundate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barred":{
    "having stripes":{
      "examples":[
        "a tabby is a barred cat, often with black stripes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banded",
        "streaked",
        "striped"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "corded",
        "tabby"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "that may not be permitted":{
      "examples":[
        "smoking is barred inside the restaurant"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banned",
        "forbidden",
        "impermissible",
        "interdicted",
        "outlawed",
        "prohibited",
        "proscribed",
        "taboo",
        "tabu",
        "verboten"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "intolerable",
        "unacceptable",
        "unbearable",
        "unendurable",
        "illegal",
        "illegitimate",
        "illicit",
        "improper",
        "inappropriate",
        "unauthorized",
        "unlawful",
        "unlicensed",
        "ineffable",
        "unmentionable",
        "unseemly",
        "unsuitable",
        "objectionable",
        "disallowed",
        "disapproved",
        "discouraged",
        "refused",
        "rejected",
        "revoked",
        "unsanctioned",
        "vetoed",
        "repressed",
        "suppressed",
        "precluded",
        "prevented",
        "stopped",
        "excluded",
        "ruled out",
        "shut out",
        "blocked",
        "hindered",
        "impeded",
        "obstructed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acceptable",
        "bearable",
        "endurable",
        "tolerable",
        "accepted",
        "accredited",
        "allowed",
        "appropriate",
        "approved",
        "authorized",
        "certified",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "lawful",
        "legal",
        "legitimate",
        "licensed",
        "OK",
        "okay",
        "permitted",
        "warranted",
        "accorded",
        "granted",
        "sanctioned",
        "vouchsafed",
        "brooked",
        "condoned",
        "countenanced",
        "encouraged",
        "promoted",
        "supported",
        "commanded",
        "mandatory",
        "ordered",
        "required",
        "proper",
        "seemly",
        "suitable",
        "tolerated",
        "unobjectionable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allowable",
        "permissible",
        "permissive",
        "sufferable"
      ]
    },
    "to make stripes on":{
      "examples":[
        "barred the fence with white strips"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banded",
        "streaked",
        "striped"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blazed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
      "examples":[
        "corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banned",
        "enjoined",
        "forbade",
        "forbad",
        "interdicted",
        "outlawed",
        "prohibited",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deterred",
        "discouraged",
        "dissuaded",
        "clamped down (on)",
        "cracked down (on)",
        "crushed",
        "put down",
        "quashed",
        "quelled",
        "repressed",
        "silenced",
        "snuffed (out)",
        "squashed",
        "squelched",
        "subdued",
        "suppressed",
        "halted",
        "precluded",
        "prevented",
        "stopped",
        "embargoed",
        "excluded",
        "ruled out",
        "shut out",
        "debarred",
        "deprived",
        "disallowed",
        "rejected",
        "repudiated",
        "vetoed",
        "bridled",
        "checked",
        "curbed",
        "inhibited",
        "reined (in)",
        "restrained",
        "blocked",
        "hindered",
        "impeded",
        "obstructed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approved",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "sanctioned",
        "authorized",
        "licensed",
        "licenced",
        "warranted",
        "abetted",
        "advanced",
        "cultivated",
        "encouraged",
        "forwarded",
        "furthered",
        "nourished",
        "nurtured",
        "promoted",
        "supported",
        "bade",
        "bid",
        "commanded",
        "ordered",
        "abided",
        "abode",
        "bore",
        "brooked",
        "countenanced",
        "endured",
        "tolerated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allowed",
        "let",
        "permitted",
        "suffered"
      ]
    },
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banned",
        "closed out",
        "counted (out)",
        "debarred",
        "eliminated",
        "excepted",
        "excluded",
        "froze out",
        "ruled out",
        "shut out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballed",
        "blacklisted",
        "excommunicated",
        "ostracized",
        "banished",
        "deported",
        "exiled",
        "expelled",
        "ousted",
        "threw out",
        "obviated",
        "precluded",
        "prevented",
        "prohibited",
        "blocked",
        "hindered",
        "impeded",
        "obstructed",
        "ceased",
        "discontinued",
        "halted",
        "suspended",
        "deterred",
        "staved off",
        "warded (off)",
        "checked off",
        "disregarded",
        "combed (out)",
        "weeded (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepted",
        "embraced",
        "entertained",
        "received",
        "took in",
        "welcomed",
        "unbanned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admitted",
        "included"
      ]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricaded",
        "blockaded",
        "blocked (off)",
        "closed (off)",
        "guarded",
        "walled (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtained (off)",
        "screened (off)",
        "diked",
        "fenced",
        "gated",
        "hedged",
        "bolted",
        "locked",
        "obstructed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopened",
        "unblocked",
        "unbolted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opened",
        "unbarred"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrelled":{
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belted",
        "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"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawled",
        "crept",
        "poked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrow":{
    "as in truck , wheelbarrow":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hand truck",
        "pushcart",
        "tram",
        "truck",
        "wheelbarrow",
        "cart",
        "wagon",
        "wain",
        "dray",
        "jolt-wagon",
        "oxcart",
        "spring wagon",
        "wagonette"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in cairn , pyre":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cairn",
        "pyre",
        "cock",
        "heap",
        "hill",
        "mound",
        "mountain",
        "pile",
        "stack",
        "bank",
        "bar",
        "drift",
        "embankment",
        "bed",
        "layer",
        "mow",
        "pyramid",
        "rick",
        "accumulation",
        "aggregate",
        "array",
        "assemblage",
        "collection",
        "conglomeration",
        "gathering",
        "grouping",
        "hoard",
        "huddle",
        "jumble",
        "knot",
        "pileup"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bars":{
    "a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
      "examples":[
        "all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "billets",
        "rods"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arbors",
        "beams",
        "boards",
        "crossbars",
        "crossbeams",
        "girders",
        "bands",
        "strips",
        "blooms",
        "ingots",
        "slabs",
        "sticks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
      "examples":[
        "the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bands",
        "streaks",
        "stripes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blazes",
        "crossbars",
        "pinstripes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
      "examples":[
        "more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banks",
        "drifts",
        "mounds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "snowbanks",
        "snowdrifts",
        "embankments",
        "sandbars",
        "heaps",
        "hills",
        "masses",
        "mountains",
        "stacks",
        "tufts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
      "examples":[
        "a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barrooms",
        "caf\u00e9s",
        "cafes",
        "cantinas",
        "dramshops",
        "gin mills",
        "grogshops",
        "public houses",
        "pubs",
        "saloons",
        "taprooms",
        "taverns",
        "watering holes",
        "watering places"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouses",
        "barrelhouses",
        "bistros",
        "bottle clubs",
        "brewpubs",
        "cabarets",
        "dives",
        "joints",
        "nightclubs",
        "roadhouses",
        "speakeasies",
        "sports bars",
        "wineshops",
        "package stores"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "benches",
        "courts",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "tribunals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal courts",
        "judicatories",
        "judicatures",
        "judiciaries",
        "high courts",
        "supreme courts",
        "courts-martial",
        "court-martials",
        "drumhead court-martials",
        "inquisitions",
        "kangaroo courts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balks",
        "blocks",
        "chains",
        "clogs",
        "cramps",
        "crimps",
        "deterrents",
        "drags",
        "embarrassments",
        "encumbrances",
        "fetters",
        "handicaps",
        "hindrances",
        "holdbacks",
        "hurdles",
        "impediments",
        "inhibitions",
        "interferences",
        "lets",
        "manacles",
        "obstacles",
        "obstructions",
        "shackles",
        "stops",
        "stumbling blocks",
        "trammels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catches",
        "hitches",
        "rubs",
        "snags",
        "barriers",
        "blockades",
        "blockages",
        "brick walls",
        "stone walls",
        "arrests",
        "bits",
        "brakes",
        "checks",
        "constraints",
        "curbs",
        "hobbles",
        "reins",
        "restraints",
        "embargoes",
        "stoppages",
        "delays",
        "holdups",
        "stalls",
        "burdens",
        "cumbers",
        "loads",
        "dangers",
        "hazards",
        "perils",
        "reefs",
        "adversities",
        "difficulties",
        "disadvantages",
        "drawbacks",
        "hardships"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalysts",
        "goads",
        "impetuses",
        "incentives",
        "spurs",
        "stimulants",
        "stimuli",
        "advantages",
        "breaks",
        "edges",
        "aids",
        "assistances",
        "benefits",
        "boosts",
        "handmaidens",
        "handmaids",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
      "examples":[
        "we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barometers",
        "benchmarks",
        "criteria",
        "criterions",
        "gold standards",
        "grades",
        "marks",
        "measures",
        "metrics",
        "pars",
        "standards",
        "touchstones",
        "yardsticks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cases",
        "examples",
        "instances",
        "averages",
        "norms",
        "rules",
        "acmes",
        "apexes",
        "apices",
        "meridians",
        "peaks",
        "pinnacles",
        "summits",
        "zeniths"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aberrations",
        "abnormalities",
        "deviations"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make stripes on":{
      "examples":[
        "barred the fence with white strips"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bands",
        "streaks",
        "stripes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blazes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
      "examples":[
        "corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bans",
        "enjoins",
        "forbids",
        "interdicts",
        "outlaws",
        "prohibits",
        "proscribes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deters",
        "discourages",
        "dissuades",
        "clamps down (on)",
        "cracks down (on)",
        "crushes",
        "puts down",
        "quashes",
        "quells",
        "represses",
        "silences",
        "snuffs (out)",
        "squashes",
        "squelches",
        "subdues",
        "suppresses",
        "halts",
        "precludes",
        "prevents",
        "stops",
        "embargoes",
        "excludes",
        "rules out",
        "shuts out",
        "debars",
        "deprives",
        "disallows",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "vetoes",
        "bridles",
        "checks",
        "curbs",
        "inhibits",
        "reins (in)",
        "restrains",
        "blocks",
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approves",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "sanctions",
        "authorizes",
        "licenses",
        "licences",
        "warrants",
        "abets",
        "advances",
        "cultivates",
        "encourages",
        "forwards",
        "furthers",
        "nourishes",
        "nurtures",
        "promotes",
        "supports",
        "bids",
        "commands",
        "orders",
        "abides",
        "bears",
        "brooks",
        "countenances",
        "endures",
        "tolerates"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allows",
        "lets",
        "permits",
        "suffers"
      ]
    },
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bans",
        "closes out",
        "counts (out)",
        "debars",
        "eliminates",
        "excepts",
        "excludes",
        "freezes out",
        "rules out",
        "shuts out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballs",
        "blacklists",
        "excommunicates",
        "ostracizes",
        "banishes",
        "deports",
        "exiles",
        "expels",
        "ousts",
        "throws out",
        "obviates",
        "precludes",
        "prevents",
        "prohibits",
        "blocks",
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs",
        "ceases",
        "discontinues",
        "halts",
        "suspends",
        "deters",
        "staves off",
        "wards (off)",
        "checks off",
        "disregards",
        "combs (out)",
        "weeds (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepts",
        "embraces",
        "entertains",
        "receives",
        "takes in",
        "welcomes",
        "unbans"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admits",
        "includes"
      ]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricades",
        "blockades",
        "blocks (off)",
        "closes (off)",
        "guards",
        "walls (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtains (off)",
        "screens (off)",
        "dikes",
        "fences",
        "gates",
        "hedges",
        "bolts",
        "locks",
        "obstructs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopens",
        "unblocks",
        "unbolts"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opens",
        "unbars"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargained":{
    "to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
      "examples":[
        "they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chaffered",
        "dealt",
        "dickered",
        "haggled",
        "horse-traded",
        "negotiated",
        "paltered"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "argued",
        "bickered",
        "clashed",
        "fought",
        "hassled",
        "quarreled",
        "quarrelled",
        "quibbled",
        "squabbled",
        "wrangled",
        "comparison shopped",
        "shopped (around)",
        "bartered",
        "exchanged",
        "traded",
        "hawked",
        "peddled",
        "bought",
        "purchased"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agreed",
        "contracted",
        "covenanted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "came around",
        "came round",
        "subscribed",
        "underwrote",
        "arranged",
        "settled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "differed",
        "dissented",
        "canceled",
        "cancelled",
        "reneged",
        "revoked",
        "argued",
        "contested",
        "disputed",
        "objected"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disagreed"
      ]
    },
    "to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
      "examples":[
        "bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arranged",
        "concerted",
        "concluded",
        "negotiated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "settled (on or upon)",
        "chaffered",
        "dealt",
        "dickered",
        "haggled",
        "horse-traded",
        "paltered",
        "agreed",
        "contracted",
        "covenanted",
        "argued",
        "debated",
        "discussed",
        "hammered out",
        "hashed (over)",
        "reasoned",
        "talked",
        "talked over",
        "worked out",
        "renegotiated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbecue":{
    "as in roast , fry":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clambake",
        "cookout",
        "fry",
        "luau",
        "roast",
        "festivity",
        "buffet",
        "luncheon",
        "smorgasbord",
        "blowout",
        "carnival",
        "festival",
        "fete",
        "f\u00eate",
        "gala",
        "party",
        "shindig",
        "chow",
        "mess",
        "repast",
        "table",
        "banquet",
        "dinner",
        "feast",
        "feed",
        "regale",
        "spread"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrows":{
    "as in trucks , wheelbarrows":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hand trucks",
        "pushcarts",
        "trams",
        "trucks",
        "wheelbarrows",
        "carts",
        "wagons",
        "wains",
        "drays",
        "jolt-wagons",
        "oxcarts",
        "spring wagons",
        "wagonettes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in cairns , pyres":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cairns",
        "pyres",
        "cocks",
        "heaps",
        "hills",
        "mounds",
        "mountains",
        "piles",
        "stacks",
        "banks",
        "bars",
        "drifts",
        "embankments",
        "beds",
        "layers",
        "mows",
        "pyramids",
        "ricks",
        "accumulations",
        "aggregates",
        "arrays",
        "assemblages",
        "collections",
        "conglomerations",
        "gatherings",
        "groupings",
        "hoards",
        "huddles",
        "jumbles",
        "knots",
        "pileups"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barricades":{
    "a physical object that blocks the way":{
      "examples":[
        "the police put up barricades to block off the parade route"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barriers",
        "fences",
        "hedges",
        "walls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "pales",
        "palings",
        "blocks",
        "chains",
        "clogs",
        "crimps",
        "deterrents",
        "drags",
        "embarrassments",
        "encumbrances",
        "handicaps",
        "hindrances",
        "hurdles",
        "impediments",
        "inhibitions",
        "interferences",
        "lets",
        "obstacles",
        "obstructions",
        "roadblocks",
        "stops",
        "stumbling blocks",
        "trammels",
        "fetters",
        "hobbles",
        "manacles",
        "shackles",
        "constraints",
        "curbs",
        "restraints",
        "snags",
        "buffers",
        "bulwarks",
        "bumpers",
        "cushions",
        "dams",
        "fenders",
        "pads",
        "ramparts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "doors",
        "doorways",
        "entrances",
        "entranceways",
        "entries",
        "entryways",
        "gates",
        "portals",
        "breaks",
        "gaps",
        "passes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "blockades",
        "blocks (off)",
        "closes (off)",
        "guards",
        "walls (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtains (off)",
        "screens (off)",
        "dikes",
        "fences",
        "gates",
        "hedges",
        "bolts",
        "locks",
        "obstructs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopens",
        "unblocks",
        "unbolts"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opens",
        "unbars"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barnstorms":{
    "as in traipses , gallivants":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gallivants",
        "galavants",
        "hops",
        "jaunts",
        "knocks (about)",
        "perambulates",
        "rambles",
        "roams",
        "roves",
        "traipses",
        "wanders",
        "buses",
        "busses",
        "cabs",
        "coaches",
        "cruises",
        "drives",
        "flies",
        "gigs",
        "jets",
        "motors",
        "navigates",
        "rides",
        "rolls",
        "sails",
        "trundles",
        "journeys",
        "peregrinates",
        "pilgrimages",
        "tours",
        "travels",
        "treks",
        "trips",
        "voyages",
        "migrates",
        "road-trips"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barters":{
    "a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
      "examples":[
        "according to our barter agreement, I do all of the mechanical work on my neighbor's car, and he does all of my snow removal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "back-and-forths",
        "commutations",
        "dickers",
        "exchanges",
        "quid pro quos",
        "swaps",
        "trade-offs",
        "trades",
        "trucks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "replacements",
        "substitutions",
        "reciprocations",
        "recompenses",
        "requitals",
        "bargains",
        "deals",
        "horse trades",
        "negotiations",
        "transactions",
        "dealings",
        "logrollings"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in negotiates , transacts":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bargains",
        "horse-trades",
        "negotiates",
        "transacts",
        "deals",
        "trades",
        "traffics",
        "auctions",
        "exchanges",
        "merchandises",
        "merchandizes",
        "rebuys",
        "resells",
        "swaps",
        "buys",
        "picks up",
        "purchases",
        "takes",
        "distributes",
        "fair-trades",
        "markets",
        "peddles",
        "retails",
        "sells",
        "supplies",
        "vends",
        "wholesales"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barouches":{
    "as in caroches , buckboards":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broughams",
        "buckboards",
        "buggies",
        "cabriolets",
        "cabs",
        "calashes",
        "cal\u00e8ches",
        "caleches",
        "caroches",
        "carryalls",
        "chaises",
        "chariots",
        "coaches",
        "coup\u00e9s",
        "coupes",
        "curricles",
        "diligences",
        "dogcarts",
        "droshkies",
        "droskies",
        "four-in-hands",
        "gigs",
        "go-carts",
        "hackneys",
        "hansoms",
        "hansom cabs",
        "jaunting cars",
        "landaus",
        "phaetons",
        "post chaises",
        "roadsters",
        "rockaways",
        "stagecoaches",
        "stages",
        "stanhopes",
        "surreys",
        "tandems",
        "tilburies",
        "tongas",
        "traps",
        "troikas",
        "victorias",
        "carriages",
        "equipages",
        "rigs",
        "turnouts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bar":{
    "a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
      "examples":[
        "all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "billet",
        "rod"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arbor",
        "beam",
        "board",
        "crossbar",
        "crossbeam",
        "girder",
        "band",
        "strip",
        "bloom",
        "ingot",
        "slab",
        "stick"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
      "examples":[
        "the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "band",
        "streak",
        "stripe"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blaze",
        "crossbar",
        "pinstripe"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
      "examples":[
        "more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bank",
        "drift",
        "mound"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "snowbank",
        "snowdrift",
        "embankment",
        "sandbar",
        "heap",
        "hill",
        "mass",
        "mountain",
        "stack",
        "tuft"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
      "examples":[
        "a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barroom",
        "caf\u00e9",
        "cafe",
        "cantina",
        "dramshop",
        "gin mill",
        "grogshop",
        "pub",
        "public house",
        "saloon",
        "taproom",
        "tavern",
        "watering hole",
        "watering place"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouse",
        "barrelhouse",
        "bistro",
        "bottle club",
        "brewpub",
        "cabaret",
        "dive",
        "joint",
        "nightclub",
        "roadhouse",
        "speakeasy",
        "sports bar",
        "wineshop",
        "package store"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bench",
        "court",
        "forum",
        "tribunal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal court",
        "judicatory",
        "judicature",
        "judiciary",
        "high court",
        "supreme court",
        "court-martial",
        "drumhead court-martial",
        "inquisition",
        "kangaroo court"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "fetter",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "holdback",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "manacle",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "shackles",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catch",
        "hitch",
        "rub",
        "snag",
        "barrier",
        "blockade",
        "blockage",
        "brick wall",
        "stone wall",
        "arrest",
        "bit",
        "brake",
        "check",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "hobble",
        "rein",
        "restraint",
        "embargo",
        "stoppage",
        "delay",
        "holdup",
        "stall",
        "burden",
        "cumber",
        "load",
        "danger",
        "hazard",
        "peril",
        "reef",
        "adversity",
        "difficulty",
        "disadvantage",
        "drawback",
        "hardship"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalyst",
        "goad",
        "impetus",
        "incentive",
        "spur",
        "stimulant",
        "stimulus",
        "advantage",
        "break",
        "edge",
        "aid",
        "assistance",
        "benefit",
        "boost",
        "handmaiden",
        "handmaid",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
      "examples":[
        "we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barometer",
        "benchmark",
        "criterion",
        "gold standard",
        "grade",
        "mark",
        "measure",
        "metric",
        "par",
        "standard",
        "touchstone",
        "yardstick"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "case",
        "example",
        "instance",
        "average",
        "norm",
        "rule",
        "acme",
        "apex",
        "meridian",
        "peak",
        "pinnacle",
        "summit",
        "zenith"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aberration",
        "abnormality",
        "deviation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make stripes on":{
      "examples":[
        "barred the fence with white strips"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "band",
        "streak",
        "stripe"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blaze"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
      "examples":[
        "corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ban",
        "enjoin",
        "forbid",
        "interdict",
        "outlaw",
        "prohibit",
        "proscribe"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deter",
        "discourage",
        "dissuade",
        "clamp down (on)",
        "crack down (on)",
        "crush",
        "put down",
        "quash",
        "quell",
        "repress",
        "silence",
        "snuff (out)",
        "squash",
        "squelch",
        "subdue",
        "suppress",
        "halt",
        "preclude",
        "prevent",
        "stop",
        "embargo",
        "exclude",
        "rule out",
        "shut out",
        "debar",
        "deprive",
        "disallow",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "veto",
        "bridle",
        "check",
        "curb",
        "inhibit",
        "rein (in)",
        "restrain",
        "block",
        "hinder",
        "impede",
        "obstruct"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approve",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "sanction",
        "authorize",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "warrant",
        "abet",
        "advance",
        "cultivate",
        "encourage",
        "forward",
        "further",
        "nourish",
        "nurture",
        "promote",
        "support",
        "bid",
        "command",
        "order",
        "abide",
        "bear",
        "brook",
        "countenance",
        "endure",
        "tolerate"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allow",
        "let",
        "permit",
        "suffer"
      ]
    },
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ban",
        "close out",
        "count (out)",
        "debar",
        "eliminate",
        "except",
        "exclude",
        "freeze out",
        "rule out",
        "shut out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackball",
        "blacklist",
        "excommunicate",
        "ostracize",
        "banish",
        "deport",
        "exile",
        "expel",
        "oust",
        "throw out",
        "obviate",
        "preclude",
        "prevent",
        "prohibit",
        "block",
        "hinder",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "cease",
        "discontinue",
        "halt",
        "suspend",
        "deter",
        "stave off",
        "ward (off)",
        "check off",
        "disregard",
        "comb (out)",
        "weed (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accept",
        "embrace",
        "entertain",
        "receive",
        "take in",
        "welcome",
        "unban"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admit",
        "include"
      ]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricade",
        "block (off)",
        "blockade",
        "close (off)",
        "guard",
        "wall (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtain (off)",
        "screen (off)",
        "dike",
        "fence",
        "gate",
        "hedge",
        "bolt",
        "lock",
        "obstruct"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopen",
        "unblock",
        "unbolt"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "open",
        "unbar"
      ]
    },
    "not including":{
      "examples":[
        "everyone in the company is invited, bar none"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apart from",
        "aside from",
        "barring",
        "beside",
        "besides",
        "but",
        "except",
        "excepting",
        "except for",
        "excluding",
        "exclusive of",
        "other than",
        "outside",
        "outside of",
        "save",
        "saving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "baring":{
    "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
      "examples":[
        "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "disclosing",
        "discovering",
        "divulging",
        "exposing",
        "letting on (about)",
        "revealing",
        "spilling",
        "telling",
        "unbosoming",
        "uncloaking",
        "uncovering",
        "unmasking",
        "unveiling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confiding",
        "sharing",
        "debunking",
        "showing up",
        "unclothing",
        "undraping",
        "advertising",
        "announcing",
        "blazing",
        "bringing out",
        "broadcasting",
        "declaring",
        "placarding",
        "posting",
        "proclaiming",
        "promulgating",
        "publicizing",
        "publishing",
        "sounding",
        "betraying",
        "blabbing",
        "giving away",
        "leaking",
        "informing",
        "squealing",
        "talking",
        "communicating",
        "imparting",
        "relating",
        "acknowledging",
        "admitting",
        "avowing",
        "conceding",
        "confessing",
        "owning",
        "disinterring",
        "raking up",
        "smoking out",
        "unearthing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "camouflaging",
        "disguising",
        "gilding",
        "glossing (over)",
        "varnishing",
        "whitewashing",
        "beclouding",
        "bedimming",
        "befogging",
        "clouding",
        "darkening",
        "eclipsing",
        "obscuring",
        "overcasting",
        "overshadowing",
        "shading"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cloaking",
        "concealing",
        "covering (up)",
        "enshrouding",
        "hiding",
        "masking",
        "shrouding",
        "veiling"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbaric":{
    "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
      "examples":[
        "a barbaric dictator who tortured his own people with no qualms"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "atrocious",
        "barbarous",
        "brutal",
        "brute",
        "butcherly",
        "cruel",
        "fiendish",
        "heartless",
        "inhuman",
        "inhumane",
        "sadistic",
        "savage",
        "truculent",
        "vicious",
        "wanton"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hard-hearted",
        "ironhearted",
        "merciless",
        "pitiless",
        "ruthless",
        "stonyhearted",
        "unfeeling",
        "fell",
        "ferocious",
        "grim",
        "bloodthirsty",
        "cutthroat",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "catty",
        "despiteful",
        "hateful",
        "malevolent",
        "malicious",
        "malign",
        "malignant",
        "mean",
        "nasty",
        "spiteful",
        "vindictive",
        "draconian",
        "draconic",
        "hardhanded",
        "harsh",
        "heavy-handed",
        "oppressive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "tender",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "charitable",
        "clement",
        "lenient",
        "merciful",
        "pitying",
        "pacific",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "compassionate",
        "good-hearted",
        "humane",
        "kind",
        "kindhearted",
        "sympathetic",
        "tenderhearted"
      ]
    },
    "not civilized":{
      "examples":[
        "the barbaric forebears of modern mankind"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barbarian",
        "barbarous",
        "heathen",
        "heathenish",
        "natural",
        "Neanderthal",
        "Neandertal",
        "rude",
        "savage",
        "uncivil",
        "uncivilized",
        "uncultivated",
        "wild"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coarse",
        "crude",
        "primitive",
        "rough",
        "uncouth",
        "uncultured"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cultured",
        "enlightened",
        "humane",
        "sophisticated",
        "genteel",
        "polished",
        "polite",
        "refined",
        "urbane",
        "well-bred",
        "semicivilized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "civilized"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barricading":{
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barring",
        "blockading",
        "blocking (off)",
        "closing (off)",
        "guarding",
        "walling (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtaining (off)",
        "screening (off)",
        "diking",
        "fencing",
        "gating",
        "hedging",
        "bolting",
        "locking",
        "obstructing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopening",
        "unblocking",
        "unbolting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opening",
        "unbarring"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barques":{
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flay",
        "hull",
        "husk",
        "peel",
        "shell",
        "shuck",
        "skin"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bare",
        "denude",
        "expose",
        "scale",
        "strip",
        "pare"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snap",
        "snarl"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growl",
        "grumble",
        "roar",
        "scream",
        "shout",
        "shriek",
        "yell",
        "fulminate",
        "rage",
        "rant",
        "rave",
        "sputter",
        "storm",
        "tee off",
        "vent",
        "vituperate",
        "blow up",
        "explode",
        "flare (up)",
        "flip (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calm (down)",
        "simmer down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
      "examples":[
        "took a small bark out on the lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dinghy",
        "sailboat",
        "windjammer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bugeye",
        "brigantine",
        "ca\u00efque",
        "caravel",
        "catamaran",
        "catboat",
        "cat rig",
        "clipper",
        "corvette",
        "cutter",
        "frigate",
        "galleon",
        "galley",
        "junk",
        "keelboat",
        "ketch",
        "knockabout",
        "lugger",
        "outrigger",
        "pinnace",
        "piragua",
        "sailer",
        "schooner",
        "shallop",
        "sharpie",
        "sharpy",
        "ship",
        "sloop",
        "square-rigger",
        "xebec",
        "yacht",
        "yawl",
        "bottom",
        "craft",
        "vessel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barnyard":{
    "as in earthy , vulgar":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coarse",
        "coarse-grained",
        "crude",
        "earthy",
        "foul",
        "gross",
        "vulgar",
        "leering",
        "dirty",
        "filthy",
        "gutter",
        "indecent",
        "lascivious",
        "locker-room",
        "nasty",
        "obscene",
        "pornographic",
        "porny",
        "prurient",
        "raunchy",
        "smutty",
        "stag",
        "unprintable",
        "unpublishable",
        "warm",
        "X-rated",
        "bawdy",
        "blue",
        "gamy",
        "gamey",
        "lewd",
        "off",
        "off-color",
        "off-colored",
        "racy",
        "ribald",
        "risqu\u00e9",
        "salty",
        "spicy",
        "suggestive",
        "immodest",
        "indecorous",
        "indelicate",
        "naughty"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clean",
        "decent",
        "G-rated",
        "nonobscene",
        "innocuous",
        "inoffensive",
        "priggish",
        "prim",
        "prudish",
        "puritanical",
        "staid",
        "straitlaced",
        "straightlaced",
        "Victorian",
        "correct",
        "decorous",
        "genteel",
        "nice",
        "polite",
        "proper",
        "respectable",
        "seemly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barbarism":{
    "as in philistinism , barbarianism":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barbarianism",
        "philistinism",
        "ignorance",
        "illiteracy",
        "parochialism",
        "provincialism",
        "rusticity",
        "unsophistication",
        "boorishness",
        "churlishness",
        "clownishness",
        "coarseness",
        "crudeness",
        "vulgarity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accomplishment",
        "civilization",
        "couth",
        "cultivation",
        "culture",
        "polish",
        "refinement",
        "education",
        "erudition",
        "intellectualism",
        "intellectuality",
        "knowledge",
        "learning",
        "literacy",
        "scholarship",
        "cosmopolitanism",
        "sophistication",
        "urbanity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bartering":{
    "as in trade , business":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "business",
        "commerce",
        "marketplace",
        "trade",
        "traffic",
        "e-tail",
        "merchandising",
        "retailing",
        "wholesaling",
        "dealings",
        "horse-trading",
        "black market",
        "gray market",
        "free trade"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in negotiating , transacting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bargaining",
        "horse-trading",
        "negotiating",
        "transacting",
        "dealing",
        "trading",
        "trafficking",
        "auctioning",
        "exchanging",
        "merchandising",
        "merchandizing",
        "rebuying",
        "reselling",
        "swapping",
        "buying",
        "picking up",
        "purchasing",
        "taking",
        "distributing",
        "fair-trading",
        "marketing",
        "peddling",
        "retailing",
        "selling",
        "supplying",
        "vending",
        "wholesaling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barometer":{
    "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
      "examples":[
        "a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "benchmark",
        "criterion",
        "gold standard",
        "grade",
        "mark",
        "measure",
        "metric",
        "par",
        "standard",
        "touchstone",
        "yardstick"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "case",
        "example",
        "instance",
        "average",
        "norm",
        "rule",
        "acme",
        "apex",
        "meridian",
        "peak",
        "pinnacle",
        "summit",
        "zenith"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aberration",
        "abnormality",
        "deviation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarous":{
    "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
      "examples":[
        "a monarch resorting to whatever barbarous means he deemed necessary to protect his throne"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "atrocious",
        "barbaric",
        "brutal",
        "brute",
        "butcherly",
        "cruel",
        "fiendish",
        "heartless",
        "inhuman",
        "inhumane",
        "sadistic",
        "savage",
        "truculent",
        "vicious",
        "wanton"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hard-hearted",
        "ironhearted",
        "merciless",
        "pitiless",
        "ruthless",
        "stonyhearted",
        "unfeeling",
        "fell",
        "ferocious",
        "grim",
        "bloodthirsty",
        "cutthroat",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "catty",
        "despiteful",
        "hateful",
        "malevolent",
        "malicious",
        "malign",
        "malignant",
        "mean",
        "nasty",
        "spiteful",
        "vindictive",
        "draconian",
        "draconic",
        "hardhanded",
        "harsh",
        "heavy-handed",
        "oppressive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "tender",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "charitable",
        "clement",
        "lenient",
        "merciful",
        "pitying",
        "pacific",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "compassionate",
        "good-hearted",
        "humane",
        "kind",
        "kindhearted",
        "sympathetic",
        "tenderhearted"
      ]
    },
    "not civilized":{
      "examples":[
        "an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barbarian",
        "barbaric",
        "heathen",
        "heathenish",
        "natural",
        "Neanderthal",
        "Neandertal",
        "rude",
        "savage",
        "uncivil",
        "uncivilized",
        "uncultivated",
        "wild"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coarse",
        "crude",
        "primitive",
        "rough",
        "uncouth",
        "uncultured"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cultured",
        "enlightened",
        "humane",
        "sophisticated",
        "genteel",
        "polished",
        "polite",
        "refined",
        "urbane",
        "well-bred",
        "semicivilized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "civilized"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barcarolles":{
    "as in chanteys , folk songs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arias",
        "arie",
        "art songs",
        "blues",
        "chansons",
        "chanteys",
        "chanties",
        "shanties",
        "chants",
        "choruses",
        "croons",
        "descants",
        "discants",
        "folk songs",
        "glees",
        "lullabies",
        "madrigals",
        "motets",
        "part-songs",
        "pops",
        "rockers",
        "roundelays",
        "rounds",
        "serenades",
        "standards",
        "ballads",
        "ditties",
        "jingles",
        "lays",
        "lyrics",
        "solos",
        "songs",
        "vocals",
        "anthems",
        "cantatas",
        "canticles",
        "carols",
        "chorales",
        "hymns",
        "noels",
        "psalms",
        "spirituals",
        "dirges",
        "laments",
        "requiems",
        "threnodies",
        "hallelujahs",
        "paeans",
        "drinking songs",
        "fight songs",
        "torch songs",
        "covers",
        "medleys",
        "remixes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bargaining":{
    "as in dealing , haggling":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dealing",
        "dickering",
        "haggling",
        "horse trading",
        "bargain",
        "deal",
        "horse trade",
        "negotiation",
        "transaction",
        "logrolling",
        "reciprocation",
        "recompense",
        "requital",
        "replacement",
        "substitution",
        "back-and-forth",
        "barter",
        "commutation",
        "dicker",
        "exchange",
        "quid pro quo",
        "swap",
        "trade",
        "trade-off",
        "truck"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
      "examples":[
        "they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chaffering",
        "dealing",
        "dickering",
        "haggling",
        "horse-trading",
        "negotiating",
        "paltering"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arguing",
        "bickering",
        "clashing",
        "fighting",
        "hassling",
        "quarreling",
        "quarrelling",
        "quibbling",
        "squabbling",
        "wrangling",
        "comparison shopping",
        "shopping (around)",
        "bartering",
        "exchanging",
        "trading",
        "hawking",
        "peddling",
        "buying",
        "purchasing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agreeing",
        "contracting",
        "covenanting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coming around",
        "coming round",
        "subscribing",
        "underwriting",
        "arranging",
        "settling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "differing",
        "dissenting",
        "canceling",
        "cancelling",
        "reneging",
        "revoking",
        "arguing",
        "contesting",
        "disputing",
        "objecting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disagreeing"
      ]
    },
    "to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
      "examples":[
        "bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arranging",
        "concerting",
        "concluding",
        "negotiating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "settling (on or upon)",
        "chaffering",
        "dealing",
        "dickering",
        "haggling",
        "horse-trading",
        "paltering",
        "agreeing",
        "contracting",
        "covenanting",
        "arguing",
        "debating",
        "discussing",
        "hammering out",
        "hashing (over)",
        "reasoning",
        "talking",
        "talking over",
        "working out",
        "renegotiating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barracks bag":{
    "as in backpack , tote":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backpack",
        "duffel bag",
        "haversack",
        "knapsack",
        "rucksack",
        "satchel",
        "tote",
        "poke",
        "pouch",
        "sack",
        "carryall",
        "portmanteau",
        "traveling bag",
        "wallet",
        "bundle",
        "pack",
        "package",
        "packet",
        "parcel",
        "handbag",
        "pocketbook",
        "purse",
        "tote bag",
        "ditty bag",
        "flight bag",
        "garment bag",
        "kit bag",
        "shopping bag",
        "work bag"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bards":{
    "a person who writes poetry":{
      "examples":[
        "a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "minstrels",
        "muses",
        "poetasters",
        "poets",
        "rhymesters",
        "rimesters",
        "versifiers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "poetesses",
        "poets laureate",
        "poet laureates",
        "scops",
        "troubadours",
        "epigrammatists",
        "epigrammatizers",
        "lyricists",
        "rhymers",
        "sonneteers",
        "rhapsodes",
        "rhapsodists"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barque":{
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flay",
        "hull",
        "husk",
        "peel",
        "shell",
        "shuck",
        "skin"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bare",
        "denude",
        "expose",
        "scale",
        "strip",
        "pare"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snap",
        "snarl"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growl",
        "grumble",
        "roar",
        "scream",
        "shout",
        "shriek",
        "yell",
        "fulminate",
        "rage",
        "rant",
        "rave",
        "sputter",
        "storm",
        "tee off",
        "vent",
        "vituperate",
        "blow up",
        "explode",
        "flare (up)",
        "flip (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calm (down)",
        "simmer down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
      "examples":[
        "took a small bark out on the lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dinghy",
        "sailboat",
        "windjammer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bugeye",
        "brigantine",
        "ca\u00efque",
        "caravel",
        "catamaran",
        "catboat",
        "cat rig",
        "clipper",
        "corvette",
        "cutter",
        "frigate",
        "galleon",
        "galley",
        "junk",
        "keelboat",
        "ketch",
        "knockabout",
        "lugger",
        "outrigger",
        "pinnace",
        "piragua",
        "sailer",
        "schooner",
        "shallop",
        "sharpie",
        "sharpy",
        "ship",
        "sloop",
        "square-rigger",
        "xebec",
        "yacht",
        "yawl",
        "bottom",
        "craft",
        "vessel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbeques":{
    "as in roasts , fries":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clambakes",
        "cookouts",
        "fries",
        "luaus",
        "roasts",
        "festivities",
        "buffets",
        "luncheons",
        "smorgasbords",
        "blowouts",
        "carnivals",
        "festivals",
        "fetes",
        "f\u00eates",
        "galas",
        "parties",
        "shindigs",
        "chow",
        "messes",
        "repasts",
        "tables",
        "banquets",
        "dinners",
        "feasts",
        "feeds",
        "regales",
        "spreads"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bareness":{
    "the quality or state of being empty":{
      "examples":[
        "the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "vacantness",
        "vacuity"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hollowness",
        "blankness",
        "vacuum",
        "void",
        "nothingness",
        "barrenness",
        "bleakness",
        "desolateness",
        "availability",
        "clearness",
        "openness",
        "depletion",
        "dryness",
        "exhaustion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "completeness",
        "abundance",
        "fatness",
        "repleteness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fullness",
        "fulness"
      ]
    },
    "the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
      "examples":[
        "as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "altogether",
        "birthday suit",
        "bottomlessness",
        "buff",
        "nakedness",
        "nude",
        "nudity",
        "raw"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "toplessness",
        "naturism",
        "nudism"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrels":{
    "a considerable amount":{
      "examples":[
        "a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abundances",
        "basketfuls",
        "basketsful",
        "boatloads",
        "buckets",
        "bunches",
        "bundles",
        "bushels",
        "carloads",
        "chunks",
        "deals",
        "dozens",
        "dozen",
        "fistfuls",
        "gobs",
        "good deals",
        "heaps",
        "hundreds",
        "hundred",
        "lashings",
        "lashins",
        "loads",
        "lots",
        "masses",
        "messes",
        "mountains",
        "much",
        "multiplicities",
        "myriads",
        "oodles",
        "packs",
        "passels",
        "pecks",
        "piles",
        "platefuls",
        "plenitudes",
        "plenties",
        "plentitudes",
        "potfuls",
        "pots",
        "profusions",
        "quantities",
        "rafts",
        "reams",
        "scads",
        "sheaves",
        "shiploads",
        "sights",
        "slews",
        "spates",
        "stacks",
        "stores",
        "tons",
        "truckloads",
        "volumes",
        "wads",
        "wealths",
        "yards"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "epidemics",
        "plagues",
        "rashes",
        "bonanzas",
        "embarrassments",
        "excesses",
        "overabundances",
        "overages",
        "overkills",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupplies",
        "plethoras",
        "redundancies",
        "superabundances",
        "superfluities",
        "surfeits",
        "surpluses",
        "deluges",
        "floods",
        "overflows",
        "armies",
        "bevies",
        "crams",
        "crowds",
        "crushes",
        "droves",
        "flocks",
        "herds",
        "hordes",
        "hosts",
        "legions",
        "mobs",
        "multitudes",
        "presses",
        "scores",
        "seas",
        "swarms",
        "throngs",
        "gazillions",
        "jillions",
        "kazillions",
        "millions",
        "million",
        "thousands",
        "trillions",
        "zillions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "atoms",
        "crumbs",
        "dots",
        "flecks",
        "flyspecks",
        "fragments",
        "grains",
        "granules",
        "iotas",
        "jots",
        "modicums",
        "molecules",
        "motes",
        "nubbins",
        "particles",
        "rays",
        "scintillas",
        "scraps",
        "shreds",
        "tittles",
        "whits",
        "smatterings",
        "smatters",
        "dashes",
        "drops",
        "morsels",
        "shots",
        "pieces",
        "portions",
        "sections",
        "absences",
        "dearths",
        "famines",
        "lacks",
        "paucities",
        "poverties",
        "scarcities",
        "shortages",
        "undersupplies",
        "wants",
        "deficiencies",
        "deficits",
        "inadequacies",
        "insufficiencies"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aces",
        "bits",
        "dabs",
        "drams",
        "driblets",
        "glimmers",
        "handfuls",
        "handsful",
        "hints",
        "licks",
        "little",
        "mites",
        "mouthfuls",
        "nips",
        "ounces",
        "peanuts",
        "pinches",
        "pittances",
        "scruples",
        "shades",
        "shadows",
        "smidgens",
        "smidgeons",
        "smidgins",
        "smidges",
        "specks",
        "spots",
        "sprinkles",
        "sprinklings",
        "strains",
        "streaks",
        "suspicions",
        "tastes",
        "touches",
        "traces"
      ]
    },
    "a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
      "examples":[
        "a trash barrel"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "canisters",
        "cannisters",
        "cans",
        "drums",
        "tins"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buckets",
        "pails",
        "cannikins",
        "tin cans"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
      "examples":[
        "barrels of fine wine aging in the winery's cellar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "butts",
        "casks",
        "firkins",
        "hogsheads",
        "kegs",
        "kilderkins",
        "pipes",
        "puncheons",
        "rundlets",
        "runlets",
        "tuns"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "scuttlebutt",
        "cisterns",
        "tubs",
        "vats",
        "cans",
        "drums"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belts",
        "blasts",
        "blazes",
        "blows",
        "bolts",
        "bombs",
        "bowls",
        "breezes",
        "bundles",
        "bustles",
        "buzzes",
        "cannonballs",
        "careens",
        "careers",
        "chases",
        "courses",
        "cracks (on)",
        "dashes",
        "drives",
        "flies",
        "hares",
        "hastens",
        "hies",
        "highballs",
        "hotfoots (it)",
        "humps",
        "hurls",
        "hurries",
        "hurtles",
        "hustles",
        "jets",
        "jumps",
        "motors",
        "nips",
        "pelts",
        "races",
        "rams",
        "rips",
        "rockets",
        "runs",
        "rushes",
        "rustles",
        "scoots",
        "scurries",
        "scuttles",
        "shoots",
        "speeds",
        "steps",
        "tears",
        "travels",
        "trots",
        "whirls",
        "whisks",
        "zips",
        "zooms"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetles",
        "darts",
        "flits",
        "scampers",
        "scuds",
        "scuffles",
        "stampedes",
        "streaks",
        "whizzes",
        "gallops",
        "jogs",
        "sprints",
        "accelerates",
        "quickens",
        "steps out",
        "catches up",
        "fast-forwards",
        "outpaces",
        "outruns",
        "outstrips",
        "overtakes",
        "arrows",
        "beelines"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dallies",
        "dawdles",
        "dillydallies",
        "drags",
        "hangs (around or out)",
        "lags",
        "lingers",
        "loiters",
        "pokes",
        "tarries",
        "ambles",
        "lumbers",
        "plods",
        "saunters",
        "shuffles",
        "strolls",
        "decelerates",
        "slows (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawls",
        "creeps",
        "pokes"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbecues":{
    "as in roasts , fries":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clambakes",
        "cookouts",
        "fries",
        "luaus",
        "roasts",
        "festivities",
        "buffets",
        "luncheons",
        "smorgasbords",
        "blowouts",
        "carnivals",
        "festivals",
        "fetes",
        "f\u00eates",
        "galas",
        "parties",
        "shindigs",
        "chow",
        "messes",
        "repasts",
        "tables",
        "banquets",
        "dinners",
        "feasts",
        "feeds",
        "regales",
        "spreads"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barony":{
    "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
      "examples":[
        "no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "area",
        "arena",
        "bailiwick",
        "business",
        "circle",
        "demesne",
        "department",
        "discipline",
        "domain",
        "element",
        "fief",
        "fiefdom",
        "field",
        "firmament",
        "front",
        "game",
        "kingdom",
        "line",
        "precinct",
        "province",
        "realm",
        "specialty",
        "sphere",
        "terrain",
        "walk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "frontier",
        "study",
        "subject",
        "territory",
        "turf",
        "occupation",
        "profession",
        "pursuit",
        "racket",
        "vocation",
        "ambit",
        "amplitude",
        "breadth",
        "compass",
        "confine",
        "dimension(s)",
        "extent",
        "ken",
        "reach",
        "scope",
        "sweep",
        "width",
        "subfield",
        "subspecialty"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barnstormers":{
    "as in aces , flyboys":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aces",
        "bush pilots",
        "copilots",
        "flyboys",
        "test pilots",
        "airmen",
        "aviators",
        "birdmen",
        "fliers",
        "flyers",
        "pilots",
        "captains",
        "skippers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in performers , entertainers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enactors",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "actors",
        "impersonators",
        "mummers",
        "players",
        "thespians",
        "thesps",
        "troupers",
        "actresses",
        "starlets",
        "leading ladies",
        "leading men",
        "leads",
        "stars",
        "coactors",
        "co-actors",
        "costars",
        "co-stars",
        "extras",
        "spear-carriers",
        "supernumeraries",
        "walk-ons",
        "monologuists",
        "monologists",
        "prima donnas",
        "scene-stealers",
        "doubles",
        "understudies",
        "comedians",
        "farceurs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrios":{
    "as in ghettos , enclaves":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enclaves",
        "ghettos",
        "ghettoes",
        "hoods",
        "'hoods",
        "districts",
        "nabes",
        "neighborhoods",
        "quarters",
        "sections",
        "belts",
        "zones",
        "departments",
        "divisions",
        "parts",
        "precincts",
        "wards",
        "backyards",
        "localities",
        "places",
        "regions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barters (for)":{
    "as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deals (for)",
        "dickers (over)",
        "exchanges (for)",
        "haggles (for)",
        "negotiates (about)",
        "trades (for)",
        "finances",
        "pays (for)",
        "springs (for)",
        "bargains (with)",
        "chaffers (with)",
        "horse-trades (with)",
        "palters (with)",
        "acquires",
        "gains",
        "garners",
        "gets",
        "obtains",
        "procures",
        "secures",
        "wins",
        "bids",
        "offers",
        "buys",
        "cops",
        "picks up",
        "purchases",
        "takes",
        "rebuys",
        "repurchases"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "deals (in)",
        "markets",
        "merchandises",
        "merchandizes",
        "retails",
        "sells",
        "vends"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barley-brees":{
    "as in whiskeys , vodkas":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brandies",
        "gins",
        "liqueurs",
        "mao-tais",
        "mescals",
        "schnapps",
        "tequilas",
        "vodkas",
        "whiskeys",
        "whiskies",
        "meads",
        "sakes",
        "sakis",
        "wines",
        "Dutch courages",
        "ales",
        "beers",
        "brewages",
        "brews",
        "brewskis",
        "home brews",
        "malt liquors",
        "microbrews",
        "mums",
        "nappies",
        "cocktails",
        "mixed drinks",
        "belts",
        "loads",
        "nips",
        "pegs",
        "pops",
        "shooters",
        "shots",
        "slugs",
        "snifters",
        "snorts",
        "tots",
        "whets",
        "aperitifs",
        "bracers",
        "chasers",
        "digestifs",
        "nightcaps",
        "alcohols",
        "aqua vitaes",
        "ardent spirits",
        "boozes",
        "bottles",
        "drinks",
        "firewaters",
        "grogs",
        "hooches",
        "inebriants",
        "intoxicants",
        "John Barleycorns",
        "juices",
        "liquors",
        "lushes",
        "moonshines",
        "potables",
        "rums",
        "sauces",
        "spirits",
        "stimulants",
        "strong drinks",
        "tipples"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barged (in)":{
    "as in bothered , horned in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bothered",
        "horned in",
        "broke in",
        "chimed in",
        "chipped in",
        "cut in",
        "interposed",
        "interrupted",
        "intruded",
        "added",
        "contributed",
        "put in"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in blew in , breezed (in)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blew in",
        "breezed (in)",
        "burst (in or into)",
        "bursted (in or into)",
        "waltzed (in)",
        "debarked",
        "disembarked",
        "checked in",
        "clocked (in)",
        "pulled in",
        "touched down",
        "fetched",
        "hit",
        "made",
        "reached",
        "appeared",
        "arrived",
        "came",
        "got in",
        "got through",
        "landed",
        "showed up",
        "turned up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "left",
        "went",
        "checked out",
        "clocked (out)",
        "fled",
        "vamoosed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in ran in , dropped in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "called",
        "came by",
        "came over",
        "dropped by",
        "dropped in",
        "popped (in)",
        "ran (over)",
        "ran in",
        "stepped in",
        "stopped (by or in)",
        "visited",
        "frequented",
        "haunted",
        "hung (at)",
        "hanged (at)",
        "resorted (to)",
        "bopped (into)",
        "happened (by)",
        "looked up",
        "saw"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barcaroles":{
    "as in chanteys , folk songs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arias",
        "arie",
        "art songs",
        "blues",
        "chansons",
        "chanteys",
        "chanties",
        "shanties",
        "chants",
        "choruses",
        "croons",
        "descants",
        "discants",
        "folk songs",
        "glees",
        "lullabies",
        "madrigals",
        "motets",
        "part-songs",
        "pops",
        "rockers",
        "roundelays",
        "rounds",
        "serenades",
        "standards",
        "ballads",
        "ditties",
        "jingles",
        "lays",
        "lyrics",
        "solos",
        "songs",
        "vocals",
        "anthems",
        "cantatas",
        "canticles",
        "carols",
        "chorales",
        "hymns",
        "noels",
        "psalms",
        "spirituals",
        "dirges",
        "laments",
        "requiems",
        "threnodies",
        "hallelujahs",
        "paeans",
        "drinking songs",
        "fight songs",
        "torch songs",
        "covers",
        "medleys",
        "remixes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bard":{
    "a person who writes poetry":{
      "examples":[
        "a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "minstrel",
        "muse",
        "poet",
        "poetaster",
        "rhymester",
        "rimester",
        "versifier"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "poetess",
        "poet laureate",
        "scop",
        "troubadour",
        "epigrammatist",
        "epigrammatizer",
        "lyricist",
        "rhymer",
        "sonneteer",
        "rhapsode",
        "rhapsodist"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bartered (for)":{
    "as in exchanged (for) , dealt (for)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dealt (for)",
        "dickered (over)",
        "exchanged (for)",
        "haggled (for)",
        "negotiated (about)",
        "traded (for)",
        "financed",
        "paid (for)",
        "sprang (for)",
        "sprung (for)",
        "bargained (with)",
        "chaffered (with)",
        "horse-traded (with)",
        "paltered (with)",
        "acquired",
        "gained",
        "garnered",
        "got",
        "obtained",
        "procured",
        "secured",
        "won",
        "bade",
        "bid",
        "offered",
        "bought",
        "copped",
        "picked up",
        "purchased",
        "took",
        "rebought",
        "repurchased"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dealt (in)",
        "marketed",
        "merchandised",
        "merchandized",
        "retailed",
        "sold",
        "vended"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barracked":{
    "as in taunted , heckled":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baited",
        "bugged",
        "catcalled",
        "harassed",
        "harried",
        "hassled",
        "heckled",
        "needled",
        "pestered",
        "ragged",
        "targeted",
        "taunted",
        "tormented",
        "chaffed",
        "jived",
        "joshed",
        "kidded",
        "quizzed",
        "rallied",
        "razzed",
        "ribbed",
        "rode",
        "rid",
        "teased",
        "tweaked",
        "twitted",
        "aped",
        "burlesqued",
        "caricatured",
        "imitated",
        "lampooned",
        "mimicked",
        "parodied",
        "parroted",
        "pilloried",
        "satirized",
        "took off (on)",
        "travestied",
        "bad-mouthed",
        "belittled",
        "decried",
        "disparaged",
        "pooh-poohed",
        "poohed",
        "put down",
        "scoffed (at)",
        "scorned",
        "sneered (at)",
        "derided",
        "gibed",
        "jibed",
        "jeered",
        "laughed (at)",
        "mocked",
        "ridiculed",
        "scouted",
        "shot down",
        "skewered"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applauded",
        "approved",
        "commended",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "sanctioned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in housed , bivouacked":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodated",
        "bestowed",
        "billeted",
        "bivouacked",
        "boarded",
        "bunked",
        "camped",
        "chambered",
        "domiciled",
        "encamped",
        "harbored",
        "housed",
        "lodged",
        "put up",
        "quartered",
        "roofed",
        "roomed",
        "sheltered",
        "took in",
        "ensconced",
        "homed",
        "roosted",
        "secured",
        "shedded",
        "stabled",
        "tented",
        "bedded (down)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ejected",
        "evicted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barreling":{
    "as in careering , breakneck":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bolting",
        "breakneck",
        "breathless",
        "brisk",
        "careering",
        "dizzy",
        "fast",
        "fleet",
        "flying",
        "hasty",
        "hurrying",
        "lightning",
        "meteoric",
        "quick",
        "racing",
        "rapid",
        "rocketing",
        "running",
        "rushing",
        "scooting",
        "scudding",
        "scurrying",
        "snappy",
        "speeding",
        "speedy",
        "swift",
        "warp-speed",
        "whirling",
        "whirlwind",
        "whisking",
        "zipping",
        "expeditious",
        "prompt",
        "ready",
        "accelerated",
        "hastened",
        "quickened",
        "hurried",
        "rushed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crawling",
        "creeping",
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dilatory",
        "dillydallying",
        "dragging",
        "laggard",
        "lagging",
        "languid",
        "leisurely",
        "poking",
        "poky",
        "pokey",
        "slow",
        "sluggish",
        "snaillike",
        "snail-paced",
        "tardy",
        "unhurried",
        "deliberate",
        "measured",
        "inactive",
        "inert",
        "lethargic",
        "loafing",
        "lounging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belting",
        "blasting",
        "blazing",
        "blowing",
        "bolting",
        "bombing",
        "bowling",
        "breezing",
        "bundling",
        "bustling",
        "buzzing",
        "cannonballing",
        "careening",
        "careering",
        "chasing",
        "coursing",
        "cracking (on)",
        "dashing",
        "driving",
        "flying",
        "haring",
        "hastening",
        "highballing",
        "hotfooting (it)",
        "humping",
        "hurling",
        "hurrying",
        "hurtling",
        "hustling",
        "hying",
        "hieing",
        "jetting",
        "jumping",
        "motoring",
        "nipping",
        "pelting",
        "racing",
        "ramming",
        "ripping",
        "rocketing",
        "running",
        "rushing",
        "rustling",
        "scooting",
        "scurrying",
        "scuttling",
        "shooting",
        "speeding",
        "stepping",
        "tearing",
        "traveling",
        "travelling",
        "trotting",
        "whirling",
        "whisking",
        "zipping",
        "zooming"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetling",
        "darting",
        "flitting",
        "scampering",
        "scudding",
        "scuffling",
        "stampeding",
        "streaking",
        "whizzing",
        "galloping",
        "jogging",
        "sprinting",
        "accelerating",
        "quickening",
        "stepping out",
        "catching up",
        "fast-forwarding",
        "outpacing",
        "outrunning",
        "outstripping",
        "overtaking",
        "arrowing",
        "beelining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dillydallying",
        "dragging",
        "hanging (around or out)",
        "lagging",
        "lingering",
        "loitering",
        "poking",
        "tarrying",
        "ambling",
        "lumbering",
        "plodding",
        "sauntering",
        "shuffling",
        "strolling",
        "decelerating",
        "slowing (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawling",
        "creeping",
        "poking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barter":{
    "a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
      "examples":[
        "according to our barter agreement, I do all of the mechanical work on my neighbor's car, and he does all of my snow removal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "back-and-forth",
        "commutation",
        "dicker",
        "exchange",
        "quid pro quo",
        "swap",
        "trade",
        "trade-off",
        "truck"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "replacement",
        "substitution",
        "reciprocation",
        "recompense",
        "requital",
        "bargain",
        "deal",
        "horse trade",
        "negotiation",
        "transaction",
        "bargaining",
        "dealing",
        "dickering",
        "haggling",
        "horse trading",
        "logrolling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in negotiate , transact":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bargain",
        "horse-trade",
        "negotiate",
        "transact",
        "deal",
        "trade",
        "traffic",
        "auction",
        "exchange",
        "merchandise",
        "merchandize",
        "rebuy",
        "resell",
        "swap",
        "buy",
        "pick up",
        "purchase",
        "take",
        "distribute",
        "fair-trade",
        "market",
        "peddle",
        "retail",
        "sell",
        "supply",
        "vend",
        "wholesale"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bared":{
    "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
      "examples":[
        "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "disclosed",
        "discovered",
        "divulged",
        "exposed",
        "let on (about)",
        "revealed",
        "spilled",
        "spilt",
        "told",
        "unbosomed",
        "uncloaked",
        "uncovered",
        "unmasked",
        "unveiled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confided",
        "shared",
        "debunked",
        "showed up",
        "unclothed",
        "undraped",
        "advertised",
        "announced",
        "blazed",
        "broadcast",
        "broadcasted",
        "brought out",
        "declared",
        "placarded",
        "posted",
        "proclaimed",
        "promulgated",
        "publicized",
        "published",
        "sounded",
        "betrayed",
        "blabbed",
        "gave away",
        "leaked",
        "informed",
        "squealed",
        "talked",
        "communicated",
        "imparted",
        "related",
        "acknowledged",
        "admitted",
        "avowed",
        "conceded",
        "confessed",
        "owned",
        "disinterred",
        "raked up",
        "smoked out",
        "unearthed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "camouflaged",
        "disguised",
        "gilded",
        "gilt",
        "glossed (over)",
        "varnished",
        "whitewashed",
        "beclouded",
        "bedimmed",
        "befogged",
        "clouded",
        "darkened",
        "eclipsed",
        "obscured",
        "overcast",
        "overshadowed",
        "shaded"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cloaked",
        "concealed",
        "covered (up)",
        "enshrouded",
        "hid",
        "masked",
        "shrouded",
        "veiled"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barnstormer":{
    "as in ace , flyboy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ace",
        "bush pilot",
        "copilot",
        "flyboy",
        "test pilot",
        "airman",
        "aviator",
        "birdman",
        "flier",
        "flyer",
        "pilot",
        "captain",
        "skipper"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in performer , entertainer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enactor",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "actor",
        "impersonator",
        "mummer",
        "player",
        "thesp",
        "thespian",
        "trouper",
        "actress",
        "starlet",
        "lead",
        "leading lady",
        "leading man",
        "star",
        "coactor",
        "costar",
        "extra",
        "spear-carrier",
        "supernumerary",
        "walk-on",
        "monologuist",
        "monologist",
        "prima donna",
        "scene-stealer",
        "double",
        "understudy",
        "comedian",
        "farceur"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barouche":{
    "as in caroche , buckboard":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brougham",
        "buckboard",
        "buggy",
        "cab",
        "cabriolet",
        "calash",
        "cal\u00e8che",
        "caleche",
        "caroche",
        "carryall",
        "chaise",
        "chariot",
        "coach",
        "coup\u00e9",
        "coupe",
        "curricle",
        "diligence",
        "dogcart",
        "droshky",
        "drosky",
        "four-in-hand",
        "gig",
        "go-cart",
        "hackney",
        "hansom",
        "hansom cab",
        "jaunting car",
        "landau",
        "phaeton",
        "post chaise",
        "roadster",
        "rockaway",
        "stage",
        "stagecoach",
        "stanhope",
        "surrey",
        "tandem",
        "tilbury",
        "tonga",
        "trap",
        "troika",
        "victoria",
        "carriage",
        "equipage",
        "rig",
        "turnout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarian":{
    "not civilized":{
      "examples":[
        "people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barbaric",
        "barbarous",
        "heathen",
        "heathenish",
        "natural",
        "Neanderthal",
        "Neandertal",
        "rude",
        "savage",
        "uncivil",
        "uncivilized",
        "uncultivated",
        "wild"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coarse",
        "crude",
        "primitive",
        "rough",
        "uncouth",
        "uncultured"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cultured",
        "enlightened",
        "humane",
        "sophisticated",
        "genteel",
        "polished",
        "polite",
        "refined",
        "urbane",
        "well-bred",
        "semicivilized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "civilized"
      ]
    },
    "an uncivilized person":{
      "examples":[
        "the invading Germanic tribes were viewed as barbarians by the citizens of ancient Rome"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "heathen",
        "savage"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Neanderthal",
        "primitive",
        "noble savage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barroom":{
    "a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
      "examples":[
        "a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "caf\u00e9",
        "cafe",
        "cantina",
        "dramshop",
        "gin mill",
        "grogshop",
        "pub",
        "public house",
        "saloon",
        "taproom",
        "tavern",
        "watering hole",
        "watering place"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouse",
        "barrelhouse",
        "bistro",
        "bottle club",
        "brewpub",
        "cabaret",
        "dive",
        "joint",
        "nightclub",
        "roadhouse",
        "speakeasy",
        "sports bar",
        "wineshop",
        "package store"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barfed":{
    "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
      "examples":[
        "the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gagged",
        "heaved",
        "hove",
        "hurled",
        "puked",
        "retched",
        "spewed",
        "spit up",
        "spat up",
        "threw up",
        "upchucked",
        "vomited"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disgorged",
        "regurgitated",
        "ejected",
        "expelled",
        "nauseated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bardic":{
    "having qualities suggestive of poetry":{
      "examples":[
        "\"Now the trumpet summons us again\" is one of the many bardic phrases in President Kennedy's inaugural address"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lyric",
        "lyrical",
        "poetic",
        "poetical",
        "poeticized"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "metrical",
        "metric",
        "rhyming",
        "riming",
        "rhythmic",
        "rhythmical",
        "rhapsodic",
        "rhapsodical",
        "florid",
        "flowery",
        "grandiloquent",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "high-flown",
        "ornate",
        "purple",
        "glamorized",
        "glamourized",
        "idealized",
        "romanticized",
        "figurative",
        "metaphoric",
        "metaphorical",
        "symbolic",
        "symbolical"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "factual",
        "literal",
        "matter-of-fact",
        "antipoetic"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "prosaic",
        "prose",
        "unlyrical",
        "unpoetic"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barrages":{
    "a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blitzes",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "bombardments",
        "cannonades",
        "drumbeats",
        "drumfires",
        "flurries",
        "fusillades",
        "hails",
        "salvos",
        "salvoes",
        "showers",
        "storms",
        "volleys"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broadsides",
        "earfuls",
        "avalanches",
        "bursts",
        "cataclysms",
        "cataracts",
        "deluges",
        "discharges",
        "engulfments",
        "floods",
        "flood tides",
        "flushes",
        "gushes",
        "inundations",
        "outbursts",
        "outflows",
        "outpourings",
        "overflows",
        "rashes",
        "spates",
        "surges",
        "torrents",
        "currents",
        "rivers",
        "streams",
        "tides",
        "excesses",
        "gluts",
        "overabundances",
        "overages",
        "overkills",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupplies",
        "superabundances",
        "superfluities",
        "surfeits",
        "surpluses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dribbles",
        "drips",
        "trickles"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bombards",
        "bombs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "examines",
        "grills",
        "interrogates",
        "pumps",
        "queries",
        "questions",
        "quizzes",
        "debriefs",
        "cross-examines",
        "catechizes",
        "annoys",
        "harasses",
        "hounds",
        "pesters",
        "floods",
        "inundates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barmen":{
    "as in bartenders , barkeeps":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barkeeps",
        "barkeepers",
        "bartenders",
        "waitresses",
        "sommeliers",
        "gar\u00e7ons",
        "servers",
        "waiters",
        "waitpersons",
        "stewardesses",
        "stewards",
        "headwaiters",
        "ma\u00eetre d's",
        "maitre d's",
        "ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barring":{
    "the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{
      "examples":[
        "most of the restaurant's customers applauded the barring of the use of cell phones in the dining room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banning",
        "enjoining",
        "forbidding",
        "interdicting",
        "interdiction",
        "outlawing",
        "prohibiting",
        "prohibition",
        "proscribing",
        "proscription"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bidding",
        "charging",
        "decreeing",
        "dictation",
        "direction",
        "instruction",
        "deterrence",
        "discouragement",
        "dissuading",
        "repression",
        "suppression",
        "coercion",
        "compulsion",
        "constraint",
        "force"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "allowance",
        "permission",
        "sufferance",
        "toleration",
        "approval",
        "endorsement",
        "indorsement",
        "authorization",
        "clearance",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "sanction",
        "encouragement",
        "promotion",
        "support",
        "compliance",
        "obedience",
        "submission"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "not including":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apart from",
        "aside from",
        "bar",
        "beside",
        "besides",
        "but",
        "except",
        "excepting",
        "except for",
        "excluding",
        "exclusive of",
        "other than",
        "outside",
        "outside of",
        "save",
        "saving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make stripes on":{
      "examples":[
        "barred the fence with white strips"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banding",
        "streaking",
        "striping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blazing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
      "examples":[
        "corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banning",
        "enjoining",
        "forbidding",
        "interdicting",
        "outlawing",
        "prohibiting",
        "proscribing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deterring",
        "discouraging",
        "dissuading",
        "clamping down (on)",
        "cracking down (on)",
        "crushing",
        "putting down",
        "quashing",
        "quelling",
        "repressing",
        "silencing",
        "snuffing (out)",
        "squashing",
        "squelching",
        "subduing",
        "suppressing",
        "halting",
        "precluding",
        "preventing",
        "stopping",
        "embargoing",
        "excluding",
        "ruling out",
        "shutting out",
        "debarring",
        "depriving",
        "disallowing",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "vetoing",
        "bridling",
        "checking",
        "curbing",
        "inhibiting",
        "reining (in)",
        "restraining",
        "blocking",
        "hindering",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approving",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "sanctioning",
        "authorizing",
        "licensing",
        "licencing",
        "warranting",
        "abetting",
        "advancing",
        "cultivating",
        "encouraging",
        "forwarding",
        "furthering",
        "nourishing",
        "nurturing",
        "promoting",
        "supporting",
        "bidding",
        "commanding",
        "ordering",
        "abiding",
        "bearing",
        "brooking",
        "countenancing",
        "enduring",
        "tolerating"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allowing",
        "letting",
        "permitting",
        "suffering"
      ]
    },
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banning",
        "closing out",
        "counting (out)",
        "debarring",
        "eliminating",
        "excepting",
        "excluding",
        "freezing out",
        "ruling out",
        "shutting out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballing",
        "blacklisting",
        "excommunicating",
        "ostracizing",
        "banishing",
        "deporting",
        "exiling",
        "expelling",
        "ousting",
        "throwing out",
        "obviating",
        "precluding",
        "preventing",
        "prohibiting",
        "blocking",
        "hindering",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing",
        "ceasing",
        "discontinuing",
        "halting",
        "suspending",
        "deterring",
        "staving off",
        "warding (off)",
        "checking off",
        "disregarding",
        "combing (out)",
        "weeding (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepting",
        "embracing",
        "entertaining",
        "receiving",
        "taking in",
        "welcoming",
        "unbanning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admitting",
        "including"
      ]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricading",
        "blockading",
        "blocking (off)",
        "closing (off)",
        "guarding",
        "walling (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtaining (off)",
        "screening (off)",
        "diking",
        "fencing",
        "gating",
        "hedging",
        "bolting",
        "locking",
        "obstructing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopening",
        "unblocking",
        "unbolting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opening",
        "unbarring"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barfs":{
    "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
      "examples":[
        "the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gags",
        "heaves",
        "hurls",
        "pukes",
        "retches",
        "spews",
        "spits up",
        "throws up",
        "upchucks",
        "vomits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disgorges",
        "regurgitates",
        "ejects",
        "expels",
        "nauseates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barracudas":{
    "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{
      "examples":[
        "the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fire-breather",
        "fire-eater",
        "pit bull",
        "tiger"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attack dog",
        "hatchet man",
        "aggressor",
        "bully",
        "shark",
        "go-getter",
        "hustler",
        "live wire",
        "self-starter",
        "battler",
        "fighter",
        "scrapper",
        "diehard",
        "militant"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pushover",
        "pussycat",
        "reed",
        "softy",
        "softie",
        "weakling",
        "wimp"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "milquetoast"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barranco":{
    "a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
      "examples":[
        "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluff",
        "cliff",
        "crag",
        "escarpment",
        "palisade",
        "precipice",
        "scar",
        "scarp"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "butte",
        "cuesta",
        "hogback",
        "tor",
        "bulwark",
        "embankment",
        "declivity",
        "drop-off",
        "pitch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baronets":{
    "as in viscounts , marquesses":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barons",
        "counts",
        "dukes",
        "earls",
        "esquires",
        "marchesi",
        "margraves",
        "marquesses",
        "marquises",
        "marquis",
        "masters",
        "princelets",
        "princelings",
        "princes",
        "rajas",
        "viscounts",
        "dons",
        "hidalgos",
        "nabobs",
        "nawabs",
        "seigneurs",
        "seigniors",
        "sheikhs",
        "sheiks",
        "lordships",
        "sires",
        "cavaliers",
        "chevaliers",
        "knights",
        "country gentlemen",
        "squires",
        "gentlemen",
        "grandees",
        "lords",
        "milords",
        "noblemen",
        "peers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boors",
        "churls",
        "cottars",
        "cotters",
        "fellahin",
        "fellaheen",
        "peasants",
        "peons",
        "peones",
        "commoners",
        "plebeians",
        "plebs",
        "proletarians",
        "toilers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bargain":{
    "something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
      "examples":[
        "those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "buy",
        "deal",
        "pennyworth",
        "snip",
        "steal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clearance",
        "closeout",
        "markdown",
        "cheapie",
        "bonus",
        "freebie",
        "freebee",
        "gift",
        "giveaway",
        "premium",
        "present",
        "boon",
        "windfall"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gouging",
        "overcharge",
        "rip-off",
        "soaking",
        "markup",
        "surcharge",
        "extravagance",
        "luxury"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an arrangement about action to be taken":{
      "examples":[
        "made a bargain that one would help the other next week"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accord",
        "agreement",
        "compact",
        "contract",
        "convention",
        "covenant",
        "deal",
        "disposition",
        "pact",
        "settlement",
        "understanding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "charter",
        "treaty",
        "binder",
        "pledge",
        "promise",
        "alliance",
        "association",
        "entente",
        "entente cordiale",
        "league",
        "partnership",
        "acceptance",
        "approval",
        "assent",
        "concurrence",
        "consent",
        "OK",
        "okay"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
      "examples":[
        "they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chaffer",
        "deal",
        "dicker",
        "haggle",
        "horse-trade",
        "negotiate",
        "palter"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "argue",
        "bicker",
        "clash",
        "fight",
        "hassle",
        "quarrel",
        "quibble",
        "squabble",
        "wrangle",
        "comparison shop",
        "shop (around)",
        "barter",
        "exchange",
        "trade",
        "hawk",
        "peddle",
        "buy",
        "purchase"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agree",
        "contract",
        "covenant"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "come around",
        "come round",
        "subscribe",
        "underwrite",
        "arrange",
        "settle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "differ",
        "dissent",
        "cancel",
        "renege",
        "revoke",
        "argue",
        "contest",
        "dispute",
        "object"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disagree"
      ]
    },
    "to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
      "examples":[
        "bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrange",
        "concert",
        "conclude",
        "negotiate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "settle (on or upon)",
        "chaffer",
        "deal",
        "dicker",
        "haggle",
        "horse-trade",
        "palter",
        "agree",
        "contract",
        "covenant",
        "argue",
        "debate",
        "discuss",
        "hammer out",
        "hash (over)",
        "reason",
        "talk",
        "talk over",
        "work out",
        "renegotiate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbarousness":{
    "disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
      "examples":[
        "the utter barbarousness of slavery outraged the abolitionists"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "atrociousness",
        "atrocity",
        "barbarity",
        "brutality",
        "cruelness",
        "cruelty",
        "fiendishness",
        "heartlessness",
        "inhumanity",
        "inhumanness",
        "sadism",
        "savageness",
        "savagery",
        "truculence",
        "viciousness",
        "wantonness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hard-heartedness",
        "mercilessness",
        "pitilessness",
        "ruthlessness",
        "unfeelingness",
        "fellness",
        "ferociousness",
        "ferocity",
        "fierceness",
        "grimness",
        "bloodlust",
        "bloodthirstiness",
        "murderousness",
        "sanguineness",
        "sanguinity",
        "cattiness",
        "despitefulness",
        "hatefulness",
        "malevolence",
        "maliciousness",
        "malignity",
        "meanness",
        "nastiness",
        "spitefulness",
        "hardhandedness",
        "harshness",
        "heavy-handedness",
        "oppressiveness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "tenderness",
        "warmheartedness",
        "warmness",
        "warmth",
        "charitableness",
        "clemency",
        "leniency",
        "mercifulness",
        "mercy",
        "pity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "benignity",
        "compassion",
        "good-heartedness",
        "humaneness",
        "humanity",
        "kindheartedness",
        "kindness",
        "sympathy",
        "tenderheartedness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbecuer":{
    "as in griller":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "griller",
        "baker",
        "p\u00e2tissier",
        "patissier",
        "chef",
        "cook",
        "cooker",
        "culinarian"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbs":{
    "an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
      "examples":[
        "delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affronts",
        "brickbats",
        "cuts",
        "darts",
        "digs",
        "dises",
        "disses",
        "epithets",
        "girds",
        "indignities",
        "insults",
        "names",
        "offenses",
        "offences",
        "outrages",
        "personalities",
        "pokes",
        "put-downs",
        "sarcasms",
        "slaps",
        "slights",
        "slurs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catcalls",
        "gibes",
        "jibes",
        "jeers",
        "mocks",
        "quips",
        "sneers",
        "taunts",
        "abuses",
        "invectives",
        "vituperations",
        "disapprovals",
        "opprobriums",
        "disgraces",
        "dishonors",
        "shames",
        "attacks",
        "criticisms",
        "knocks",
        "slams",
        "swipes",
        "torments",
        "tortures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accolades",
        "commendations",
        "compliments",
        "acclaim",
        "applauses",
        "praises",
        "adulations",
        "flatteries"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bargains (with)":{
    "as in palters (with) , horse-trades (with)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaffers (with)",
        "horse-trades (with)",
        "palters (with)",
        "barters (for)",
        "deals (for)",
        "dickers (over)",
        "exchanges (for)",
        "haggles (for)",
        "negotiates (about)",
        "trades (for)",
        "bids",
        "offers",
        "finances",
        "pays (for)",
        "springs (for)",
        "rebuys",
        "repurchases",
        "acquires",
        "gains",
        "garners",
        "gets",
        "obtains",
        "procures",
        "secures",
        "wins",
        "buys",
        "cops",
        "picks up",
        "purchases",
        "takes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "deals (in)",
        "markets",
        "merchandises",
        "merchandizes",
        "retails",
        "sells",
        "vends"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrancos":{
    "a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
      "examples":[
        "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluffs",
        "cliffs",
        "crags",
        "escarpments",
        "palisades",
        "precipices",
        "scarps",
        "scars"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buttes",
        "cuestas",
        "hogbacks",
        "tors",
        "bulwarks",
        "embankments",
        "declivities",
        "drop-offs",
        "pitches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bare-knuckle":{
    "as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blood-and-guts",
        "in-your-face",
        "take-no-prisoners",
        "argumentative",
        "assaultive",
        "bellicose",
        "belligerent",
        "brawly",
        "chippy",
        "combative",
        "confrontational",
        "discordant",
        "disputatious",
        "feisty",
        "gladiatorial",
        "militant",
        "pugnacious",
        "scrappy",
        "warlike",
        "contentious",
        "quarrelsome",
        "truculent",
        "fell",
        "ferocious",
        "fierce",
        "grim",
        "savage",
        "vicious",
        "menacing",
        "threatening",
        "bestial",
        "brute",
        "inhuman",
        "inhumane",
        "barbaric",
        "uncivilized",
        "wild",
        "heartless",
        "implacable",
        "merciless",
        "pitiless",
        "relentless",
        "ruthless",
        "unrelenting",
        "wanton",
        "bloodthirsty",
        "bloody",
        "homicidal",
        "murdering",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "rapacious",
        "ravenous",
        "voracious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "unaggressive",
        "amicable",
        "companionable",
        "comradely",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "genial",
        "hearty",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "compliant",
        "submissive",
        "tame",
        "benign",
        "compassionate",
        "kind",
        "merciful",
        "pacific",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful",
        "amiable",
        "complaisant",
        "obliging",
        "human",
        "humane",
        "civilized",
        "cultured"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barrier":{
    "a physical object that blocks the way":{
      "examples":[
        "there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying \"Keep Out\" around the trash compactor"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricade",
        "fence",
        "hedge",
        "wall"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "pale",
        "paling",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "roadblock",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel",
        "fetter",
        "hobble",
        "manacle",
        "shackle(s)",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "restraint",
        "snag",
        "buffer",
        "bulwark",
        "bumper",
        "cushion",
        "dam",
        "fender",
        "pad",
        "rampart"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "door",
        "doorway",
        "entrance",
        "entranceway",
        "entry",
        "entryway",
        "gate",
        "portal",
        "break",
        "gap",
        "pass"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barkeeper":{
    "as in bartender , barman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barman",
        "bartender",
        "waitress",
        "sommelier",
        "gar\u00e7on",
        "server",
        "waiter",
        "waitperson",
        "steward",
        "stewardess",
        "headwaiter",
        "ma\u00eetre d'",
        "maitre d'",
        "ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrens":{
    "land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
      "examples":[
        "lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deserts",
        "desolations",
        "heaths",
        "no-man's-lands",
        "wastelands",
        "wastes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "badlands",
        "brushes",
        "bushes",
        "dust bowls",
        "outdoors",
        "natures",
        "wildernesses",
        "wilds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barley-broos":{
    "as in whiskeys , vodkas":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brandies",
        "gins",
        "liqueurs",
        "mao-tais",
        "mescals",
        "schnapps",
        "tequilas",
        "vodkas",
        "whiskeys",
        "whiskies",
        "meads",
        "sakes",
        "sakis",
        "wines",
        "Dutch courages",
        "ales",
        "beers",
        "brewages",
        "brews",
        "brewskis",
        "home brews",
        "malt liquors",
        "microbrews",
        "mums",
        "nappies",
        "cocktails",
        "mixed drinks",
        "belts",
        "loads",
        "nips",
        "pegs",
        "pops",
        "shooters",
        "shots",
        "slugs",
        "snifters",
        "snorts",
        "tots",
        "whets",
        "aperitifs",
        "bracers",
        "chasers",
        "digestifs",
        "nightcaps",
        "alcohols",
        "aqua vitaes",
        "ardent spirits",
        "boozes",
        "bottles",
        "drinks",
        "firewaters",
        "grogs",
        "hooches",
        "inebriants",
        "intoxicants",
        "John Barleycorns",
        "juices",
        "liquors",
        "lushes",
        "moonshines",
        "potables",
        "rums",
        "sauces",
        "spirits",
        "stimulants",
        "strong drinks",
        "tipples"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bartering (for)":{
    "as in exchanging (for) , dealing (for)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dealing (for)",
        "dickering (over)",
        "exchanging (for)",
        "haggling (for)",
        "negotiating (about)",
        "trading (for)",
        "financing",
        "paying (for)",
        "springing (for)",
        "bargaining (with)",
        "chaffering (with)",
        "horse-trading (with)",
        "paltering (with)",
        "acquiring",
        "gaining",
        "garnering",
        "getting",
        "obtaining",
        "procuring",
        "securing",
        "winning",
        "bidding",
        "offering",
        "buying",
        "copping",
        "picking up",
        "purchasing",
        "taking",
        "rebuying",
        "repurchasing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dealing (in)",
        "marketing",
        "merchandising",
        "merchandizing",
        "retailing",
        "selling",
        "vending"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barons":{
    "a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
      "examples":[
        "a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "captains",
        "czars",
        "tsars",
        "tzars",
        "kings",
        "lions",
        "lords",
        "magnates",
        "moguls",
        "monarchs",
        "Napoleons",
        "princes",
        "tycoons"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "big boys",
        "big cheeses",
        "bigfeet",
        "bigfoots",
        "biggies",
        "big guns",
        "big shots",
        "big wheels",
        "bigwigs",
        "fat cats",
        "figures",
        "heavies",
        "heavyweights",
        "honchos",
        "kahunas",
        "main men",
        "movers and shakers",
        "nabobs",
        "nawabs",
        "notables",
        "personages",
        "pooh-bahs",
        "poo-bahs",
        "supremos",
        "VIPs",
        "celebrities",
        "personalities",
        "stars",
        "superstars",
        "deities",
        "demigods",
        "gods"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "half-pints",
        "lightweights",
        "small-timers",
        "inferiors",
        "subordinates",
        "underlings",
        "nobodies",
        "zeros",
        "zeroes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrier reefs":{
    "as in coral reefs , keys":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atolls",
        "cays",
        "coral reefs",
        "keys",
        "islands",
        "isles",
        "islets"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continents",
        "mainlands",
        "mains"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrio":{
    "as in ghetto , enclave":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enclave",
        "ghetto",
        "hood",
        "'hood",
        "district",
        "nabe",
        "neighborhood",
        "quarter",
        "section",
        "belt",
        "zone",
        "department",
        "division",
        "part",
        "precinct",
        "ward",
        "backyard",
        "locality",
        "place",
        "region"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barman":{
    "as in bartender , barkeep":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barkeep",
        "barkeeper",
        "bartender",
        "waitress",
        "sommelier",
        "gar\u00e7on",
        "server",
        "waiter",
        "waitperson",
        "steward",
        "stewardess",
        "headwaiter",
        "ma\u00eetre d'",
        "maitre d'",
        "ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barely":{
    "by a very small margin":{
      "examples":[
        "we barely made it to the church on time"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hardly",
        "just",
        "marginally",
        "narrowly",
        "scarcely",
        "slightly"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "minimally",
        "minutely",
        "scantly",
        "almost",
        "approximately",
        "closely",
        "more or less",
        "nearly",
        "partly",
        "plus or minus",
        "roughly",
        "somewhat"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "definitely",
        "easily",
        "plainly",
        "positively",
        "quite",
        "unquestionably",
        "abundantly",
        "completely",
        "copiously",
        "fully",
        "generously",
        "greatly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "considerably",
        "significantly",
        "substantially",
        "vastly",
        "well"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "barbers":{
    "a person who cuts and arranges hair":{
      "examples":[
        "went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "haircutters",
        "hairdressers",
        "hairstylists",
        "stylists"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beauticians",
        "coiffeurs",
        "coiffeuses",
        "cosmetologists",
        "trichologists"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barging":{
    "to move heavily or clumsily":{
      "examples":[
        "the big man barged into the room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clumping",
        "flogging",
        "floundering",
        "galumphing",
        "lumbering",
        "lumping",
        "plodding",
        "pounding",
        "scuffing",
        "scuffling",
        "shambling",
        "shuffling",
        "slogging",
        "sloughing",
        "stamping",
        "stomping",
        "stumbling",
        "stumping",
        "tramping",
        "tromping",
        "trudging"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dragging",
        "flopping",
        "hauling",
        "blundering",
        "careening",
        "doddering",
        "lurching",
        "reeling",
        "staggering",
        "swaying",
        "teetering",
        "tottering",
        "waddling",
        "weaving",
        "wobbling",
        "wabbling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drifting",
        "floating",
        "hanging",
        "hovering",
        "poising",
        "wafting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breezing",
        "coasting",
        "gliding",
        "sliding",
        "waltzing",
        "whisking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barmy":{
    "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
      "examples":[
        "a farm in Yorkshire that seemed to be run by a barmy old man"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balmy",
        "bats",
        "batty",
        "bedlam",
        "bonkers",
        "brainsick",
        "bughouse",
        "certifiable",
        "crackbrained",
        "cracked",
        "crackers",
        "crackpot",
        "cranky",
        "crazed",
        "crazy",
        "cuckoo",
        "daffy",
        "daft",
        "demented",
        "deranged",
        "fruity",
        "gaga",
        "haywire",
        "insane",
        "kooky",
        "kookie",
        "loco",
        "loony",
        "looney",
        "loony tunes",
        "looney tunes",
        "lunatic",
        "mad",
        "maniacal",
        "maniac",
        "mental",
        "meshuga",
        "meshugge",
        "meshugah",
        "meshuggah",
        "moonstruck",
        "non compos mentis",
        "nuts",
        "nutty",
        "psycho",
        "psychotic",
        "scatty",
        "screwy",
        "unbalanced",
        "unhinged",
        "unsound",
        "wacko",
        "whacko",
        "wacky",
        "whacky",
        "wud"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dotty",
        "fey",
        "loopy",
        "off",
        "potty",
        "teched",
        "tetched",
        "touched",
        "aberrant",
        "delirious",
        "delusional",
        "delusionary",
        "disordered",
        "disturbed",
        "neurotic",
        "obsessive-compulsive",
        "paranoiac",
        "paranoic",
        "paranoid",
        "paranoidal",
        "schizoid",
        "schizophrenic",
        "sociopathic",
        "eccentric",
        "odd",
        "oddball",
        "pixilated",
        "pixillated",
        "queer",
        "strange",
        "foolish",
        "senseless",
        "witless",
        "irrational",
        "unreasonable",
        "amok",
        "amuck",
        "ape",
        "ballistic",
        "bananas",
        "berserk",
        "nuclear",
        "depressed",
        "distracted",
        "distraught",
        "frantic",
        "frenzied",
        "hysterical",
        "hysteric",
        "raving",
        "wigged-out",
        "fixated",
        "monomaniac",
        "monomaniacal",
        "obsessed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "lucid",
        "rational",
        "reasonable",
        "judicious",
        "sensible",
        "wise",
        "healthy",
        "normal",
        "well-adjusted",
        "unneurotic"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "balanced",
        "compos mentis",
        "sane",
        "sound",
        "uncrazy"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bare":{
    "being this and no more":{
      "examples":[
        "impoverished people who can no longer afford the bare necessities"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "mere",
        "very"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "absolute",
        "all-out",
        "arrant",
        "out-and-out",
        "outright",
        "pure",
        "sheer",
        "simple",
        "stark",
        "total",
        "unadulterated",
        "unalloyed",
        "unmitigated",
        "unqualified",
        "utter",
        "alone",
        "lone",
        "only",
        "singular",
        "sole",
        "solitary",
        "solo",
        "unique"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "free from all additions or embellishment":{
      "examples":[
        "do you want to know the bare truth?"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bald",
        "naked",
        "plain",
        "plain-vanilla",
        "simple",
        "unadorned",
        "undecorated",
        "unembellished",
        "unornamented",
        "unvarnished"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "denuded",
        "divested",
        "stripped",
        "au naturel",
        "earthy",
        "elemental",
        "homely",
        "natural",
        "unsophisticated",
        "forthright",
        "honest",
        "modest",
        "unpretentious",
        "clean",
        "antiseptic",
        "austere",
        "bleak",
        "severe",
        "spartan",
        "stark",
        "minimalist",
        "inconspicuous",
        "muted",
        "restrained",
        "sober",
        "subdued",
        "toned (down)",
        "unobtrusive",
        "conservative",
        "quiet",
        "understated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "flamboyant",
        "flashy",
        "garish",
        "gaudy",
        "glittery",
        "glitzy",
        "loud",
        "ostentatious",
        "showy",
        "splashy",
        "swank",
        "swanky",
        "tawdry",
        "bedizened",
        "florid",
        "lurid",
        "ornate",
        "exaggerated",
        "overdecorated",
        "overdone",
        "overwrought",
        "baroque",
        "elaborate",
        "extravagant",
        "ornate",
        "rococo",
        "appareled",
        "apparelled",
        "arrayed",
        "bedecked",
        "decked-out",
        "dressed",
        "embroidered",
        "garnished",
        "trimmed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "adorned",
        "decorated",
        "embellished",
        "fancy",
        "ornamented"
      ]
    },
    "lacking a usual or natural covering":{
      "examples":[
        "the ground was bare , without a trace of grass"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bald",
        "denuded",
        "exposed",
        "naked",
        "open",
        "peeled",
        "stripped",
        "uncovered"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "displayed",
        "revealed",
        "hairless",
        "shaven",
        "disrobed",
        "unclad",
        "unclothed",
        "undressed",
        "furless",
        "skinned",
        "divested",
        "unprotected"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "mantled",
        "overgrown",
        "overrun",
        "overspread",
        "bearded",
        "hairy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "covered"
      ]
    },
    "lacking or shed of clothing":{
      "examples":[
        "the toddler liked to run around bare"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "au naturel",
        "bottomless",
        "disrobed",
        "mother-naked",
        "naked",
        "nude",
        "raw",
        "starkers",
        "stripped",
        "unclad",
        "unclothed",
        "undressed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seminude",
        "topless",
        "denuded",
        "peeled",
        "unveiled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "covered",
        "veiled",
        "arrayed",
        "caparisoned",
        "decked (out)",
        "rigged (out)",
        "tricked (out)",
        "vested",
        "decent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "appareled",
        "apparelled",
        "attired",
        "clad",
        "clothed",
        "dressed",
        "garbed",
        "invested",
        "robed",
        "suited"
      ]
    },
    "lacking contents that could or should be present":{
      "examples":[
        "the cupboard was bare \u2014not a thing to eat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blank",
        "clean",
        "devoid",
        "empty",
        "stark",
        "toom",
        "vacant",
        "vacuous",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barren",
        "hollow",
        "available",
        "clear",
        "free",
        "open",
        "unfilled",
        "unfurnished",
        "unattended",
        "uninhabited",
        "unoccupied",
        "abandoned",
        "deserted",
        "emptied",
        "forsaken",
        "vacated",
        "depleted",
        "drained",
        "dry",
        "exhausted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "complete",
        "replete",
        "furnished",
        "provided",
        "supplied",
        "filled",
        "occupied",
        "flush",
        "overflowing",
        "packed",
        "teeming"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "full"
      ]
    },
    "utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
      "examples":[
        "the cupboard was bare of baking supplies"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bankrupt",
        "barren",
        "bereft",
        "destitute",
        "devoid",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ]
    },
    "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
      "examples":[
        "finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "disclose",
        "discover",
        "divulge",
        "expose",
        "let on (about)",
        "reveal",
        "spill",
        "tell",
        "unbosom",
        "uncloak",
        "uncover",
        "unmask",
        "unveil"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confide",
        "share",
        "debunk",
        "show up",
        "unclothe",
        "undrape",
        "advertise",
        "announce",
        "blaze",
        "bring out",
        "broadcast",
        "declare",
        "placard",
        "post",
        "proclaim",
        "promulgate",
        "publicize",
        "publish",
        "sound",
        "betray",
        "blab",
        "give away",
        "leak",
        "inform",
        "squeal",
        "talk",
        "communicate",
        "impart",
        "relate",
        "acknowledge",
        "admit",
        "avow",
        "concede",
        "confess",
        "own",
        "disinter",
        "rake up",
        "smoke out",
        "unearth"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "camouflage",
        "disguise",
        "gild",
        "gloss (over)",
        "varnish",
        "whitewash",
        "becloud",
        "bedim",
        "befog",
        "cloud",
        "darken",
        "eclipse",
        "obscure",
        "overcast",
        "overshadow",
        "shade"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cloak",
        "conceal",
        "cover (up)",
        "enshroud",
        "hide",
        "mask",
        "shroud",
        "veil"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bartered":{
    "as in negotiated , transacted":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bargained",
        "horse-traded",
        "negotiated",
        "transacted",
        "dealt",
        "traded",
        "trafficked",
        "auctioned",
        "exchanged",
        "merchandised",
        "merchandized",
        "rebought",
        "resold",
        "swapped",
        "bought",
        "picked up",
        "purchased",
        "took",
        "distributed",
        "fair-traded",
        "marketed",
        "peddled",
        "retailed",
        "sold",
        "supplied",
        "vended",
        "wholesaled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bare-bones":{
    "including only what is most basic or needed":{
      "examples":[
        "a bare-bones website",
        "a bare-bones wedding ceremony",
        "The hotel rooms are bare-bones ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bare",
        "exiguous",
        "hand-to-mouth",
        "light",
        "meager",
        "niggardly",
        "poor",
        "scant",
        "scanty",
        "scarce",
        "skimp",
        "skimpy",
        "slender",
        "slim",
        "spare",
        "sparing",
        "sparse",
        "stingy",
        "deficient",
        "inadequate",
        "insufficient",
        "lacking",
        "short",
        "wanting",
        "least",
        "littlest",
        "lowest",
        "mere",
        "minimal",
        "slightest",
        "slight",
        "small",
        "thin",
        "barren",
        "infertile",
        "sterile",
        "unfruitful",
        "unproductive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "adequate",
        "enough",
        "satisfactory",
        "sufficient",
        "tolerable",
        "fat",
        "fecund",
        "fertile",
        "fruitful",
        "prolific",
        "rich",
        "lavish",
        "luxuriant",
        "blooming",
        "bursting",
        "flourishing",
        "proliferative",
        "swarming",
        "teeming",
        "thriving",
        "excess",
        "extra",
        "surplus",
        "abundant",
        "ample",
        "bountiful",
        "copious",
        "generous",
        "liberal",
        "plenteous",
        "plentiful"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "barks":{
    "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
      "examples":[
        "took a small bark out on the lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dinghies",
        "sailboats",
        "windjammers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brigantines",
        "bugeyes",
        "ca\u00efques",
        "caravels",
        "catamarans",
        "catboats",
        "cat rigs",
        "clippers",
        "corvettes",
        "cutters",
        "frigates",
        "galleons",
        "galleys",
        "junk",
        "keelboats",
        "ketches",
        "knockabouts",
        "luggers",
        "outriggers",
        "pinnaces",
        "piraguas",
        "sailers",
        "schooners",
        "shallops",
        "sharpies",
        "ships",
        "sloops",
        "square-riggers",
        "xebecs",
        "yachts",
        "yawls",
        "bottoms",
        "crafts",
        "vessels"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to remove the natural covering of":{
      "examples":[
        "barking a tree will probably kill it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flays",
        "hulls",
        "husks",
        "peels",
        "shells",
        "shucks",
        "skins"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bares",
        "denudes",
        "exposes",
        "scales",
        "strips",
        "pares"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to speak sharply or irritably":{
      "examples":[
        "the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "snaps",
        "snarls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "growls",
        "grumbles",
        "roars",
        "screams",
        "shouts",
        "shrieks",
        "yells",
        "fulminates",
        "rages",
        "rants",
        "raves",
        "sputters",
        "storms",
        "tees off",
        "vents",
        "vituperates",
        "blows up",
        "explodes",
        "flares (up)",
        "flips (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calms (down)",
        "simmers down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "baronies":{
    "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
      "examples":[
        "no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "areas",
        "arenas",
        "bailiwicks",
        "businesses",
        "circles",
        "demesnes",
        "departments",
        "disciplines",
        "domains",
        "elements",
        "fiefdoms",
        "fiefs",
        "fields",
        "firmaments",
        "fronts",
        "games",
        "kingdoms",
        "lines",
        "precincts",
        "provinces",
        "realms",
        "specialties",
        "spheres",
        "terrains",
        "walks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "frontiers",
        "studies",
        "subjects",
        "territories",
        "turfs",
        "turves",
        "occupations",
        "professions",
        "pursuits",
        "rackets",
        "vocations",
        "ambits",
        "amplitudes",
        "breadths",
        "compasses",
        "confines",
        "dimensions",
        "extents",
        "kens",
        "reaches",
        "scopes",
        "sweeps",
        "widths",
        "subfields",
        "subspecialties",
        "sub-specialties"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barnstormed":{
    "as in traipsed , gallivanted":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gallivanted",
        "galavanted",
        "hopped",
        "jaunted",
        "knocked (about)",
        "perambulated",
        "rambled",
        "roamed",
        "roved",
        "traipsed",
        "wandered",
        "bused",
        "bussed",
        "cabbed",
        "coached",
        "cruised",
        "drove",
        "flew",
        "gigged",
        "jetted",
        "motored",
        "navigated",
        "rode",
        "rid",
        "rolled",
        "sailed",
        "trundled",
        "journeyed",
        "peregrinated",
        "pilgrimaged",
        "toured",
        "traveled",
        "travelled",
        "trekked",
        "tripped",
        "voyaged",
        "migrated",
        "road-tripped"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargainer":{
    "as in negotiator , negotiant":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "negotiant",
        "negotiator",
        "moderator",
        "appeaser",
        "pacificator",
        "pacifier",
        "reconciler",
        "troubleshooter",
        "agent",
        "attorney",
        "deputy",
        "factor",
        "procurator",
        "proxy",
        "broker",
        "buffer",
        "conciliator",
        "go-between",
        "honest broker",
        "interceder",
        "intercessor",
        "intermediary",
        "intermediate",
        "interposer",
        "mediator",
        "middleman",
        "peacemaker",
        "liaison",
        "medium",
        "ambassador",
        "emissary",
        "envoy",
        "legate",
        "messenger",
        "delegate",
        "representative",
        "busybody",
        "interferer",
        "meddler"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in haggler":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "haggler",
        "browser",
        "prospect",
        "shopper",
        "window-shopper",
        "regular",
        "buyer",
        "correspondent",
        "purchaser",
        "vendee",
        "consumer",
        "end user",
        "user",
        "account",
        "client",
        "customer",
        "guest",
        "patron",
        "punter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broker",
        "merchant",
        "seller",
        "vendor",
        "vender",
        "shopkeeper",
        "tradesman",
        "black marketer",
        "black marketeer",
        "fence"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barraged":{
    "to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bombarded",
        "bombed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "examined",
        "grilled",
        "interrogated",
        "pumped",
        "queried",
        "questioned",
        "quizzed",
        "debriefed",
        "cross-examined",
        "catechized",
        "annoyed",
        "harassed",
        "hounded",
        "pestered",
        "flooded",
        "inundated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barter (for)":{
    "as in exchange (for) , deal (for)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deal (for)",
        "dicker (over)",
        "exchange (for)",
        "haggle (for)",
        "negotiate (about)",
        "trade (for)",
        "finance",
        "pay (for)",
        "spring (for)",
        "bargain (with)",
        "chaffer (with)",
        "horse-trade (with)",
        "palter (with)",
        "acquire",
        "gain",
        "garner",
        "get",
        "obtain",
        "procure",
        "secure",
        "win",
        "bid",
        "offer",
        "buy",
        "cop",
        "pick up",
        "purchase",
        "take",
        "rebuy",
        "repurchase"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "deal (in)",
        "market",
        "merchandise",
        "merchandize",
        "retail",
        "sell",
        "vend"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barcarole":{
    "as in chantey , folk song":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aria",
        "art song",
        "blues",
        "chanson",
        "chant",
        "chantey",
        "chanty",
        "shanty",
        "chorus",
        "croon",
        "descant",
        "discant",
        "folk song",
        "glee",
        "lullaby",
        "madrigal",
        "motet",
        "part-song",
        "pop",
        "rocker",
        "round",
        "roundelay",
        "serenade",
        "standard",
        "ballad",
        "ditty",
        "jingle",
        "lay",
        "lyric",
        "solo",
        "song",
        "vocal",
        "anthem",
        "cantata",
        "canticle",
        "carol",
        "chorale",
        "hymn",
        "noel",
        "psalm",
        "spiritual",
        "dirge",
        "lament",
        "requiem",
        "threnody",
        "hallelujah",
        "paean",
        "drinking song",
        "fight song",
        "torch song",
        "cover",
        "medley",
        "remix"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barkeep":{
    "as in bartender , barman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barman",
        "bartender",
        "waitress",
        "sommelier",
        "gar\u00e7on",
        "server",
        "waiter",
        "waitperson",
        "steward",
        "stewardess",
        "headwaiter",
        "ma\u00eetre d'",
        "maitre d'",
        "ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baronesses":{
    "as in countesses , queens":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countesses",
        "duchesses",
        "marchese",
        "marchionesses",
        "marquises",
        "princesses",
        "queens",
        "viscountesses",
        "dames",
        "gentlewomen",
        "ladies",
        "miladies",
        "noblewomen",
        "peeresses",
        "dowagers",
        "matriarchs",
        "matrons",
        "mistresses",
        "ladyships",
        "madams"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrooms":{
    "a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
      "examples":[
        "a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "caf\u00e9s",
        "cafes",
        "cantinas",
        "dramshops",
        "gin mills",
        "grogshops",
        "public houses",
        "pubs",
        "saloons",
        "taprooms",
        "taverns",
        "watering holes",
        "watering places"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouses",
        "barrelhouses",
        "bistros",
        "bottle clubs",
        "brewpubs",
        "cabarets",
        "dives",
        "joints",
        "nightclubs",
        "roadhouses",
        "speakeasies",
        "sports bars",
        "wineshops",
        "package stores"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrelhouse":{
    "as in speakeasy , nightclub":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouse",
        "bistro",
        "bottle club",
        "brewpub",
        "cabaret",
        "dive",
        "joint",
        "nightclub",
        "roadhouse",
        "speakeasy",
        "sports bar",
        "wineshop",
        "bar",
        "barroom",
        "caf\u00e9",
        "cafe",
        "cantina",
        "dramshop",
        "gin mill",
        "grogshop",
        "pub",
        "public house",
        "saloon",
        "taproom",
        "tavern",
        "watering hole",
        "watering place",
        "package store"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bartenders":{
    "as in barmen , barkeeps":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barkeeps",
        "barkeepers",
        "barmen",
        "waitresses",
        "sommeliers",
        "gar\u00e7ons",
        "servers",
        "waiters",
        "waitpersons",
        "stewardesses",
        "stewards",
        "headwaiters",
        "ma\u00eetre d's",
        "maitre d's",
        "ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barreled":{
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belted",
        "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"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawled",
        "crept",
        "poked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "baroness":{
    "as in countess , queen":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countess",
        "duchess",
        "marchesa",
        "marchioness",
        "marquise",
        "princess",
        "queen",
        "viscountess",
        "dame",
        "gentlewoman",
        "lady",
        "milady",
        "noblewoman",
        "peeress",
        "dowager",
        "matriarch",
        "matron",
        "mistress",
        "ladyship",
        "madam"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barf":{
    "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
      "examples":[
        "the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gag",
        "heave",
        "hurl",
        "puke",
        "retch",
        "spew",
        "spit up",
        "throw up",
        "upchuck",
        "vomit"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disgorge",
        "regurgitate",
        "eject",
        "expel",
        "nauseate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrier reef":{
    "as in coral reef , key":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atoll",
        "cay",
        "coral reef",
        "key",
        "island",
        "isle",
        "islet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continent",
        "main",
        "mainland"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barley-bree":{
    "as in whiskey , vodka":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brandy",
        "gin",
        "liqueur",
        "mao-tai",
        "mescal",
        "schnapps",
        "tequila",
        "vodka",
        "whiskey",
        "whisky",
        "mead",
        "sake",
        "saki",
        "wine",
        "Dutch courage",
        "ale",
        "beer",
        "brew",
        "brewage",
        "brewski",
        "home brew",
        "malt liquor",
        "microbrew",
        "mum",
        "nappy",
        "cocktail",
        "mixed drink",
        "belt",
        "load",
        "nip",
        "peg",
        "pop",
        "shooter",
        "shot",
        "slug",
        "snifter",
        "snort",
        "tot",
        "whet",
        "aperitif",
        "bracer",
        "chaser",
        "digestif",
        "nightcap",
        "alcohol",
        "aqua vitae",
        "ardent spirits",
        "booze",
        "bottle",
        "drink",
        "firewater",
        "grog",
        "hooch",
        "inebriant",
        "intoxicant",
        "John Barleycorn",
        "juice",
        "liquor",
        "lush",
        "moonshine",
        "potable",
        "rum",
        "sauce",
        "spirits",
        "stimulant",
        "strong drink",
        "tipple"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barometers":{
    "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
      "examples":[
        "a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "benchmarks",
        "criteria",
        "criterions",
        "gold standards",
        "grades",
        "marks",
        "measures",
        "metrics",
        "pars",
        "standards",
        "touchstones",
        "yardsticks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cases",
        "examples",
        "instances",
        "averages",
        "norms",
        "rules",
        "acmes",
        "apexes",
        "apices",
        "meridians",
        "peaks",
        "pinnacles",
        "summits",
        "zeniths"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aberrations",
        "abnormalities",
        "deviations"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barracking":{
    "as in taunting , heckling":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baiting",
        "bugging",
        "catcalling",
        "harassing",
        "harrying",
        "hassling",
        "heckling",
        "needling",
        "pestering",
        "ragging",
        "targeting",
        "taunting",
        "tormenting",
        "chaffing",
        "jiving",
        "joshing",
        "kidding",
        "quizzing",
        "rallying",
        "razzing",
        "ribbing",
        "riding",
        "teasing",
        "tweaking",
        "twitting",
        "aping",
        "burlesquing",
        "caricaturing",
        "imitating",
        "lampooning",
        "mimicking",
        "parodying",
        "parroting",
        "pillorying",
        "satirizing",
        "taking off (on)",
        "travestying",
        "bad-mouthing",
        "belittling",
        "decrying",
        "disparaging",
        "pooh-poohing",
        "poohing",
        "putting down",
        "scoffing (at)",
        "scorning",
        "sneering (at)",
        "deriding",
        "gibing",
        "jibing",
        "jeering",
        "laughing (at)",
        "mocking",
        "ridiculing",
        "scouting",
        "shooting down",
        "skewering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applauding",
        "approving",
        "commending",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "sanctioning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in housing , bivouacking":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodating",
        "bestowing",
        "billeting",
        "bivouacking",
        "boarding",
        "bunking",
        "camping",
        "chambering",
        "domiciling",
        "encamping",
        "harboring",
        "housing",
        "lodging",
        "putting up",
        "quartering",
        "roofing",
        "rooming",
        "sheltering",
        "taking in",
        "ensconcing",
        "homing",
        "roosting",
        "securing",
        "shedding",
        "stabling",
        "tenting",
        "bedding (down)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ejecting",
        "evicting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barnstorming":{
    "as in traipsing , gallivanting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gallivanting",
        "galavanting",
        "hopping",
        "jaunting",
        "knocking (about)",
        "perambulating",
        "rambling",
        "roaming",
        "roving",
        "traipsing",
        "wandering",
        "busing",
        "bussing",
        "cabbing",
        "coaching",
        "cruising",
        "driving",
        "flying",
        "gigging",
        "jetting",
        "motoring",
        "navigating",
        "riding",
        "rolling",
        "sailing",
        "trundling",
        "journeying",
        "peregrinating",
        "pilgrimaging",
        "touring",
        "traveling",
        "travelling",
        "trekking",
        "tripping",
        "voyaging",
        "migrating",
        "road-tripping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbarians":{
    "an uncivilized person":{
      "examples":[
        "the invading Germanic tribes were viewed as barbarians by the citizens of ancient Rome"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "heathens",
        "heathen",
        "savages"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Neanderthals",
        "primitives",
        "noble savages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barracks bags":{
    "as in backpacks , totes":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backpacks",
        "duffel bags",
        "haversacks",
        "knapsacks",
        "rucksacks",
        "satchels",
        "totes",
        "pokes",
        "pouches",
        "sacks",
        "carryalls",
        "portmanteaus",
        "portmanteaux",
        "traveling bags",
        "wallets",
        "bundles",
        "packages",
        "packets",
        "packs",
        "parcels",
        "handbags",
        "pocketbooks",
        "purses",
        "tote bags",
        "ditty bags",
        "flight bags",
        "garment bags",
        "kit bags",
        "shopping bags",
        "work bags"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barkeeps":{
    "as in bartenders , barmen":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barmen",
        "bartenders",
        "waitresses",
        "sommeliers",
        "gar\u00e7ons",
        "servers",
        "waiters",
        "waitpersons",
        "stewardesses",
        "stewards",
        "headwaiters",
        "ma\u00eetre d's",
        "maitre d's",
        "ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbeque":{
    "as in roast , fry":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clambake",
        "cookout",
        "fry",
        "luau",
        "roast",
        "festivity",
        "buffet",
        "luncheon",
        "smorgasbord",
        "blowout",
        "carnival",
        "festival",
        "fete",
        "f\u00eate",
        "gala",
        "party",
        "shindig",
        "chow",
        "mess",
        "repast",
        "table",
        "banquet",
        "dinner",
        "feast",
        "feed",
        "regale",
        "spread"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barnstorm":{
    "as in traipse , gallivant":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gallivant",
        "galavant",
        "hop",
        "jaunt",
        "knock (about)",
        "perambulate",
        "ramble",
        "roam",
        "rove",
        "traipse",
        "wander",
        "bus",
        "cab",
        "coach",
        "cruise",
        "drive",
        "fly",
        "gig",
        "jet",
        "motor",
        "navigate",
        "ride",
        "roll",
        "sail",
        "trundle",
        "journey",
        "peregrinate",
        "pilgrimage",
        "tour",
        "travel",
        "trek",
        "trip",
        "voyage",
        "migrate",
        "road-trip"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargain (with)":{
    "as in palter (with) , horse-trade (with)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaffer (with)",
        "horse-trade (with)",
        "palter (with)",
        "barter (for)",
        "deal (for)",
        "dicker (over)",
        "exchange (for)",
        "haggle (for)",
        "negotiate (about)",
        "trade (for)",
        "bid",
        "offer",
        "finance",
        "pay (for)",
        "spring (for)",
        "rebuy",
        "repurchase",
        "acquire",
        "gain",
        "garner",
        "get",
        "obtain",
        "procure",
        "secure",
        "win",
        "buy",
        "cop",
        "pick up",
        "purchase",
        "take"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "deal (in)",
        "market",
        "merchandise",
        "merchandize",
        "retail",
        "sell",
        "vend"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barber":{
    "a person who cuts and arranges hair":{
      "examples":[
        "went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "haircutter",
        "hairdresser",
        "hairstylist",
        "stylist"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beautician",
        "coiffeur",
        "coiffeuse",
        "cosmetologist",
        "trichologist"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barfly":{
    "as in alcoholic , drunkard":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alcoholic",
        "boozehound",
        "boozer",
        "drunk",
        "drunkard",
        "inebriate",
        "sot",
        "souse",
        "tippler",
        "bibber",
        "drinker",
        "wet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abstainer",
        "nondrinker",
        "teetotaler",
        "teetotaller",
        "teetotalist",
        "dry",
        "prohibitionist"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bargains":{
    "something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
      "examples":[
        "those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "buys",
        "deals",
        "pennyworth",
        "pennyworths",
        "snips",
        "steals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clearances",
        "closeouts",
        "markdowns",
        "cheapies",
        "bonuses",
        "freebies",
        "freebees",
        "gifts",
        "giveaways",
        "premiums",
        "presents",
        "boons",
        "windfalls"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "overcharges",
        "rip-offs",
        "markups",
        "surcharges",
        "extravagances",
        "luxuries"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an arrangement about action to be taken":{
      "examples":[
        "made a bargain that one would help the other next week"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accords",
        "agreements",
        "compacts",
        "contracts",
        "conventions",
        "covenants",
        "deals",
        "dispositions",
        "pacts",
        "settlements",
        "understandings"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "charters",
        "treaties",
        "binders",
        "pledges",
        "promises",
        "alliances",
        "associations",
        "entente cordiales",
        "ententes",
        "leagues",
        "partnerships",
        "acceptances",
        "approvals",
        "assents",
        "concurrences",
        "consents",
        "OKs",
        "okays"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
      "examples":[
        "they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chaffers",
        "deals",
        "dickers",
        "haggles",
        "horse-trades",
        "negotiates",
        "palters"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "argues",
        "bickers",
        "clashes",
        "fights",
        "hassles",
        "quarrels",
        "quibbles",
        "squabbles",
        "wrangles",
        "comparison shops",
        "shops (around)",
        "barters",
        "exchanges",
        "trades",
        "hawks",
        "peddles",
        "buys",
        "purchases"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agrees",
        "contracts",
        "covenants"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "comes around",
        "comes round",
        "subscribes",
        "underwrites",
        "arranges",
        "settles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "differs",
        "dissents",
        "cancels",
        "reneges",
        "revokes",
        "argues",
        "contests",
        "disputes",
        "objects"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disagrees"
      ]
    },
    "to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
      "examples":[
        "bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arranges",
        "concerts",
        "concludes",
        "negotiates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "settles (on or upon)",
        "chaffers",
        "deals",
        "dickers",
        "haggles",
        "horse-trades",
        "palters",
        "agrees",
        "contracts",
        "covenants",
        "argues",
        "debates",
        "discusses",
        "hammers out",
        "hashes (over)",
        "reasons",
        "talks",
        "talks over",
        "works out",
        "renegotiates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barkeepers":{
    "as in bartenders , barmen":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barmen",
        "bartenders",
        "waitresses",
        "sommeliers",
        "gar\u00e7ons",
        "servers",
        "waiters",
        "waitpersons",
        "stewardesses",
        "stewards",
        "headwaiters",
        "ma\u00eetre d's",
        "maitre d's",
        "ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barflies":{
    "as in alcoholics , drunkards":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alcoholics",
        "boozehounds",
        "boozers",
        "drunkards",
        "drunks",
        "inebriates",
        "sots",
        "souses",
        "tipplers",
        "bibbers",
        "drinkers",
        "wets"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abstainers",
        "nondrinkers",
        "teetotalers",
        "teetotallers",
        "teetotalists",
        "drys",
        "prohibitionists"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barcarolle":{
    "as in chantey , folk song":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aria",
        "art song",
        "blues",
        "chanson",
        "chant",
        "chantey",
        "chanty",
        "shanty",
        "chorus",
        "croon",
        "descant",
        "discant",
        "folk song",
        "glee",
        "lullaby",
        "madrigal",
        "motet",
        "part-song",
        "pop",
        "rocker",
        "round",
        "roundelay",
        "serenade",
        "standard",
        "ballad",
        "ditty",
        "jingle",
        "lay",
        "lyric",
        "solo",
        "song",
        "vocal",
        "anthem",
        "cantata",
        "canticle",
        "carol",
        "chorale",
        "hymn",
        "noel",
        "psalm",
        "spiritual",
        "dirge",
        "lament",
        "requiem",
        "threnody",
        "hallelujah",
        "paean",
        "drinking song",
        "fight song",
        "torch song",
        "cover",
        "medley",
        "remix"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barbarity":{
    "disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
      "examples":[
        "more than one reluctant dental patient has been tempted to level the charge of barbarity against their dentist"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "atrociousness",
        "atrocity",
        "barbarousness",
        "brutality",
        "cruelness",
        "cruelty",
        "fiendishness",
        "heartlessness",
        "inhumanity",
        "inhumanness",
        "sadism",
        "savageness",
        "savagery",
        "truculence",
        "viciousness",
        "wantonness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hard-heartedness",
        "mercilessness",
        "pitilessness",
        "ruthlessness",
        "unfeelingness",
        "fellness",
        "ferociousness",
        "ferocity",
        "fierceness",
        "grimness",
        "bloodlust",
        "bloodthirstiness",
        "murderousness",
        "sanguineness",
        "sanguinity",
        "cattiness",
        "despitefulness",
        "hatefulness",
        "malevolence",
        "maliciousness",
        "malignity",
        "meanness",
        "nastiness",
        "spitefulness",
        "hardhandedness",
        "harshness",
        "heavy-handedness",
        "oppressiveness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "tenderness",
        "warmheartedness",
        "warmness",
        "warmth",
        "charitableness",
        "clemency",
        "leniency",
        "mercifulness",
        "mercy",
        "pity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "benignity",
        "compassion",
        "good-heartedness",
        "humaneness",
        "humanity",
        "kindheartedness",
        "kindness",
        "sympathy",
        "tenderheartedness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrelhouses":{
    "as in speakeasies , nightclubs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alehouses",
        "bistros",
        "bottle clubs",
        "brewpubs",
        "cabarets",
        "dives",
        "joints",
        "nightclubs",
        "roadhouses",
        "speakeasies",
        "sports bars",
        "wineshops",
        "barrooms",
        "bars",
        "caf\u00e9s",
        "cafes",
        "cantinas",
        "dramshops",
        "gin mills",
        "grogshops",
        "public houses",
        "pubs",
        "saloons",
        "taprooms",
        "taverns",
        "watering holes",
        "watering places",
        "package stores"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barfing":{
    "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
      "examples":[
        "the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gagging",
        "heaving",
        "hurling",
        "puking",
        "retching",
        "spewing",
        "spitting up",
        "throwing up",
        "upchucking",
        "vomiting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disgorging",
        "regurgitating",
        "ejecting",
        "expelling",
        "nauseating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barranca":{
    "a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
      "examples":[
        "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluff",
        "cliff",
        "crag",
        "escarpment",
        "palisade",
        "precipice",
        "scar",
        "scarp"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "butte",
        "cuesta",
        "hogback",
        "tor",
        "bulwark",
        "embankment",
        "declivity",
        "drop-off",
        "pitch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrenness":{
    "as in bleakness , desolateness":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bleakness",
        "desolateness",
        "nothingness",
        "availability",
        "clearness",
        "openness",
        "blankness",
        "vacuum",
        "void",
        "depletion",
        "dryness",
        "exhaustion",
        "hollowness",
        "bareness",
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "vacantness",
        "vacuity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fullness",
        "fulness",
        "completeness",
        "abundance",
        "fatness",
        "repleteness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "baronet":{
    "as in viscount , marquess":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baron",
        "count",
        "duke",
        "earl",
        "esquire",
        "marchese",
        "margrave",
        "marquess",
        "marquis",
        "master",
        "prince",
        "princelet",
        "princeling",
        "raja",
        "viscount",
        "don",
        "hidalgo",
        "nabob",
        "nawab",
        "seigneur",
        "seignior",
        "sheikh",
        "sheik",
        "lordship",
        "sire",
        "cavalier",
        "chevalier",
        "knight",
        "country gentleman",
        "squire",
        "gentleman",
        "grandee",
        "lord",
        "milord",
        "nobleman",
        "peer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boor",
        "churl",
        "cottar",
        "cotter",
        "fellah",
        "peasant",
        "peon",
        "commoner",
        "pleb",
        "plebeian",
        "proletarian",
        "toiler"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrack":{
    "as in taunt , heckle":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bait",
        "bug",
        "catcall",
        "harass",
        "harry",
        "hassle",
        "heckle",
        "needle",
        "pester",
        "rag",
        "target",
        "taunt",
        "torment",
        "chaff",
        "jive",
        "josh",
        "kid",
        "quiz",
        "rally",
        "razz",
        "rib",
        "ride",
        "tease",
        "tweak",
        "twit",
        "ape",
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "imitate",
        "lampoon",
        "mimic",
        "parody",
        "parrot",
        "pillory",
        "satirize",
        "take off (on)",
        "travesty",
        "bad-mouth",
        "belittle",
        "decry",
        "disparage",
        "pooh-pooh",
        "pooh",
        "put down",
        "scoff (at)",
        "scorn",
        "sneer (at)",
        "deride",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "jeer",
        "laugh (at)",
        "mock",
        "ridicule",
        "scout",
        "shoot down",
        "skewer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applaud",
        "approve",
        "commend",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "sanction"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in house , bivouac":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodate",
        "bestow",
        "billet",
        "bivouac",
        "board",
        "bunk",
        "camp",
        "chamber",
        "domicile",
        "encamp",
        "harbor",
        "house",
        "lodge",
        "put up",
        "quarter",
        "roof",
        "room",
        "shelter",
        "take in",
        "ensconce",
        "home",
        "roost",
        "secure",
        "shed",
        "stable",
        "tent",
        "bed (down)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "eject",
        "evict"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barracuda":{
    "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{
      "examples":[
        "the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fire-breather",
        "fire-eater",
        "pit bull",
        "tiger"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attack dog",
        "hatchet man",
        "aggressor",
        "bully",
        "shark",
        "go-getter",
        "hustler",
        "live wire",
        "self-starter",
        "battler",
        "fighter",
        "scrapper",
        "diehard",
        "militant"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pushover",
        "pussycat",
        "reed",
        "softy",
        "softie",
        "weakling",
        "wimp"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "milquetoast"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barriers":{
    "a physical object that blocks the way":{
      "examples":[
        "there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying \"Keep Out\" around the trash compactor"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barricades",
        "fences",
        "hedges",
        "walls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "pales",
        "palings",
        "blocks",
        "chains",
        "clogs",
        "crimps",
        "deterrents",
        "drags",
        "embarrassments",
        "encumbrances",
        "handicaps",
        "hindrances",
        "hurdles",
        "impediments",
        "inhibitions",
        "interferences",
        "lets",
        "obstacles",
        "obstructions",
        "roadblocks",
        "stops",
        "stumbling blocks",
        "trammels",
        "fetters",
        "hobbles",
        "manacles",
        "shackles",
        "constraints",
        "curbs",
        "restraints",
        "snags",
        "buffers",
        "bulwarks",
        "bumpers",
        "cushions",
        "dams",
        "fenders",
        "pads",
        "ramparts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "doors",
        "doorways",
        "entrances",
        "entranceways",
        "entries",
        "entryways",
        "gates",
        "portals",
        "breaks",
        "gaps",
        "passes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrelling":{
    "as in careering , breakneck":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bolting",
        "breakneck",
        "breathless",
        "brisk",
        "careering",
        "dizzy",
        "fast",
        "fleet",
        "flying",
        "hasty",
        "hurrying",
        "lightning",
        "meteoric",
        "quick",
        "racing",
        "rapid",
        "rocketing",
        "running",
        "rushing",
        "scooting",
        "scudding",
        "scurrying",
        "snappy",
        "speeding",
        "speedy",
        "swift",
        "warp-speed",
        "whirling",
        "whirlwind",
        "whisking",
        "zipping",
        "expeditious",
        "prompt",
        "ready",
        "accelerated",
        "hastened",
        "quickened",
        "hurried",
        "rushed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crawling",
        "creeping",
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dilatory",
        "dillydallying",
        "dragging",
        "laggard",
        "lagging",
        "languid",
        "leisurely",
        "poking",
        "poky",
        "pokey",
        "slow",
        "sluggish",
        "snaillike",
        "snail-paced",
        "tardy",
        "unhurried",
        "deliberate",
        "measured",
        "inactive",
        "inert",
        "lethargic",
        "loafing",
        "lounging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belting",
        "blasting",
        "blazing",
        "blowing",
        "bolting",
        "bombing",
        "bowling",
        "breezing",
        "bundling",
        "bustling",
        "buzzing",
        "cannonballing",
        "careening",
        "careering",
        "chasing",
        "coursing",
        "cracking (on)",
        "dashing",
        "driving",
        "flying",
        "haring",
        "hastening",
        "highballing",
        "hotfooting (it)",
        "humping",
        "hurling",
        "hurrying",
        "hurtling",
        "hustling",
        "hying",
        "hieing",
        "jetting",
        "jumping",
        "motoring",
        "nipping",
        "pelting",
        "racing",
        "ramming",
        "ripping",
        "rocketing",
        "running",
        "rushing",
        "rustling",
        "scooting",
        "scurrying",
        "scuttling",
        "shooting",
        "speeding",
        "stepping",
        "tearing",
        "traveling",
        "travelling",
        "trotting",
        "whirling",
        "whisking",
        "zipping",
        "zooming"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetling",
        "darting",
        "flitting",
        "scampering",
        "scudding",
        "scuffling",
        "stampeding",
        "streaking",
        "whizzing",
        "galloping",
        "jogging",
        "sprinting",
        "accelerating",
        "quickening",
        "stepping out",
        "catching up",
        "fast-forwarding",
        "outpacing",
        "outrunning",
        "outstripping",
        "overtaking",
        "arrowing",
        "beelining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dillydallying",
        "dragging",
        "hanging (around or out)",
        "lagging",
        "lingering",
        "loitering",
        "poking",
        "tarrying",
        "ambling",
        "lumbering",
        "plodding",
        "sauntering",
        "shuffling",
        "strolling",
        "decelerating",
        "slowing (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawling",
        "creeping",
        "poking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargained (with)":{
    "as in paltered (with) , horse-traded (with)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaffered (with)",
        "horse-traded (with)",
        "paltered (with)",
        "bartered (for)",
        "dealt (for)",
        "dickered (over)",
        "exchanged (for)",
        "haggled (for)",
        "negotiated (about)",
        "traded (for)",
        "bade",
        "bid",
        "offered",
        "financed",
        "paid (for)",
        "sprang (for)",
        "sprung (for)",
        "rebought",
        "repurchased",
        "acquired",
        "gained",
        "garnered",
        "got",
        "obtained",
        "procured",
        "secured",
        "won",
        "bought",
        "copped",
        "picked up",
        "purchased",
        "took"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dealt (in)",
        "marketed",
        "merchandised",
        "merchandized",
        "retailed",
        "sold",
        "vended"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barricaded":{
    "as in blockaded":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blockaded",
        "blocked",
        "choked",
        "clogged",
        "closed",
        "congested",
        "dammed",
        "jammed",
        "obstructed",
        "plugged (up)",
        "stopped (up)",
        "stuffed",
        "impassable",
        "impassible",
        "unnegotiable",
        "unpassable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "navigable",
        "negotiable",
        "passable",
        "clear",
        "cleared",
        "free",
        "open",
        "unclogged",
        "unclosed",
        "unobstructed",
        "unstopped"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barred",
        "blockaded",
        "blocked (off)",
        "closed (off)",
        "guarded",
        "walled (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtained (off)",
        "screened (off)",
        "diked",
        "fenced",
        "gated",
        "hedged",
        "bolted",
        "locked",
        "obstructed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopened",
        "unblocked",
        "unbolted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "opened",
        "unbarred"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barrancas":{
    "a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
      "examples":[
        "the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluffs",
        "cliffs",
        "crags",
        "escarpments",
        "palisades",
        "precipices",
        "scarps",
        "scars"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buttes",
        "cuestas",
        "hogbacks",
        "tors",
        "bulwarks",
        "embankments",
        "declivities",
        "drop-offs",
        "pitches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bare-knuckles":{
    "as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blood-and-guts",
        "in-your-face",
        "take-no-prisoners",
        "argumentative",
        "assaultive",
        "bellicose",
        "belligerent",
        "brawly",
        "chippy",
        "combative",
        "confrontational",
        "discordant",
        "disputatious",
        "feisty",
        "gladiatorial",
        "militant",
        "pugnacious",
        "scrappy",
        "warlike",
        "contentious",
        "quarrelsome",
        "truculent",
        "fell",
        "ferocious",
        "fierce",
        "grim",
        "savage",
        "vicious",
        "menacing",
        "threatening",
        "bestial",
        "brute",
        "inhuman",
        "inhumane",
        "barbaric",
        "uncivilized",
        "wild",
        "heartless",
        "implacable",
        "merciless",
        "pitiless",
        "relentless",
        "ruthless",
        "unrelenting",
        "wanton",
        "bloodthirsty",
        "bloody",
        "homicidal",
        "murdering",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "rapacious",
        "ravenous",
        "voracious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "unaggressive",
        "amicable",
        "companionable",
        "comradely",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "genial",
        "hearty",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "compliant",
        "submissive",
        "tame",
        "benign",
        "compassionate",
        "kind",
        "merciful",
        "pacific",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful",
        "amiable",
        "complaisant",
        "obliging",
        "human",
        "humane",
        "civilized",
        "cultured"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bar sinister":{
    "the state or fact of being born out of wedlock":{
      "examples":[
        "back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bastardy",
        "illegitimacy",
        "spuriousness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "legitimacy"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barrel":{
    "a considerable amount":{
      "examples":[
        "a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abundance",
        "basketful",
        "boatload",
        "bucket",
        "bunch",
        "bundle",
        "bushel",
        "carload",
        "chunk",
        "deal",
        "dozen",
        "fistful",
        "gobs",
        "good deal",
        "heap",
        "hundred",
        "lashings",
        "lashins",
        "loads",
        "lot",
        "mass",
        "mess",
        "mountain",
        "much",
        "multiplicity",
        "myriad",
        "oodles",
        "pack",
        "passel",
        "peck",
        "pile",
        "plateful",
        "plenitude",
        "plentitude",
        "plenty",
        "pot",
        "potful",
        "profusion",
        "quantity",
        "raft",
        "reams",
        "scads",
        "sheaf",
        "shipload",
        "sight",
        "slew",
        "spate",
        "stack",
        "store",
        "ton",
        "truckload",
        "volume",
        "wad",
        "wealth",
        "yard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "epidemic",
        "plague",
        "rash",
        "bonanza",
        "embarrassment",
        "excess",
        "overabundance",
        "overage",
        "overkill",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupply",
        "plethora",
        "redundancy",
        "superabundance",
        "superfluity",
        "surfeit",
        "surplus",
        "deluge",
        "flood",
        "overflow",
        "army",
        "bevy",
        "cram",
        "crowd",
        "crush",
        "drove",
        "flock",
        "herd",
        "horde",
        "host",
        "legion",
        "mob",
        "multitude",
        "press",
        "score",
        "sea",
        "swarm",
        "throng",
        "gazillion",
        "jillion",
        "kazillion",
        "million",
        "thousands",
        "trillion",
        "zillion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "atom",
        "crumb",
        "dot",
        "fleck",
        "flyspeck",
        "fragment",
        "grain",
        "granule",
        "iota",
        "jot",
        "modicum",
        "molecule",
        "mote",
        "nubbin",
        "particle",
        "ray",
        "scintilla",
        "scrap",
        "shred",
        "tittle",
        "whit",
        "smatter",
        "smattering",
        "dash",
        "drop",
        "morsel",
        "shot",
        "piece",
        "portion",
        "section",
        "absence",
        "dearth",
        "famine",
        "lack",
        "paucity",
        "poverty",
        "scarceness",
        "scarcity",
        "shortage",
        "undersupply",
        "want",
        "deficiency",
        "deficit",
        "inadequacy",
        "insufficiency",
        "meagerness",
        "scantiness",
        "scantness",
        "skimpiness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ace",
        "bit",
        "dab",
        "dram",
        "driblet",
        "glimmer",
        "handful",
        "hint",
        "lick",
        "little",
        "mite",
        "mouthful",
        "nip",
        "ounce",
        "peanuts",
        "pinch",
        "pittance",
        "scruple",
        "shade",
        "shadow",
        "smidgen",
        "smidgeon",
        "smidgin",
        "smidge",
        "speck",
        "spot",
        "sprinkle",
        "sprinkling",
        "strain",
        "streak",
        "suspicion",
        "tad",
        "taste",
        "touch",
        "trace"
      ]
    },
    "a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
      "examples":[
        "a trash barrel"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "can",
        "canister",
        "cannister",
        "drum",
        "tin"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bucket",
        "pail",
        "cannikin",
        "tin can"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
      "examples":[
        "barrels of fine wine aging in the winery's cellar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "butt",
        "cask",
        "firkin",
        "hogshead",
        "keg",
        "kilderkin",
        "pipe",
        "puncheon",
        "rundlet",
        "runlet",
        "tun"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "scuttlebutt",
        "cistern",
        "tub",
        "vat",
        "can",
        "drum"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawl",
        "creep",
        "poke"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbarianism":{
    "as in barbarism , philistinism":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barbarism",
        "philistinism",
        "ignorance",
        "illiteracy",
        "parochialism",
        "provincialism",
        "rusticity",
        "unsophistication",
        "boorishness",
        "churlishness",
        "clownishness",
        "coarseness",
        "crudeness",
        "vulgarity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accomplishment",
        "civilization",
        "couth",
        "cultivation",
        "culture",
        "polish",
        "refinement",
        "education",
        "erudition",
        "intellectualism",
        "intellectuality",
        "knowledge",
        "learning",
        "literacy",
        "scholarship",
        "cosmopolitanism",
        "sophistication",
        "urbanity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barren":{
    "producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
      "examples":[
        "if tobacco fields aren't allowed to lie idle once every few years, they will become barren"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bony",
        "boney",
        "dead",
        "desolate",
        "hardscrabble",
        "impoverished",
        "infertile",
        "poor",
        "stark",
        "unfertile",
        "unproductive",
        "waste"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bleak",
        "inhospitable",
        "lifeless",
        "uncultivable",
        "untillable",
        "bankrupted",
        "consumed",
        "debilitated",
        "depleted",
        "diminished",
        "drained",
        "dried-up",
        "enfeebled",
        "exhausted",
        "expended",
        "lessened",
        "reduced",
        "spent",
        "used up",
        "arid",
        "desert",
        "droughty",
        "dry",
        "rainless",
        "sere",
        "sear",
        "thirsty",
        "waterless",
        "baked",
        "dehydrated",
        "parched",
        "sunbaked"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "arable",
        "tillable",
        "green",
        "sylvan",
        "verdant"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fertile",
        "fruitful",
        "lush",
        "luxuriant",
        "productive",
        "rich"
      ]
    },
    "not able to produce fruit or offspring":{
      "examples":[
        "the pear tree appears to be barren"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fruitless",
        "impotent",
        "infertile",
        "sterile",
        "unfruitful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "altered",
        "desexed",
        "neutered",
        "sterilized",
        "castrated",
        "emasculated",
        "gelded",
        "spayed",
        "unproductive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fecund",
        "luxuriant",
        "productive",
        "prolific",
        "enriched",
        "fertilized",
        "rich",
        "impregnated",
        "pregnant",
        "potent",
        "bearing",
        "producing",
        "yielding",
        "blooming",
        "bursting",
        "flourishing",
        "swarming",
        "teeming"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fat",
        "fertile",
        "fruitful"
      ]
    },
    "producing no results":{
      "examples":[
        "that line of investigation proved barren , so the police tried other avenues"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abortive",
        "bootless",
        "empty",
        "fruitless",
        "futile",
        "ineffective",
        "ineffectual",
        "inefficacious",
        "otiose",
        "profitless",
        "unavailing",
        "unproductive",
        "unprofitable",
        "unsuccessful",
        "useless",
        "vain"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hollow",
        "idle",
        "meaningless",
        "pointless",
        "valueless",
        "worthless",
        "hopeless",
        "impossible",
        "lost",
        "no-win",
        "unattainable",
        "inadequate",
        "insufficient",
        "lacking",
        "wanting",
        "counterproductive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "meaningful",
        "worthwhile",
        "adequate",
        "sufficient",
        "applicable",
        "feasible",
        "functional",
        "practicable",
        "practical",
        "realizable",
        "usable",
        "useable",
        "workable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "deadly",
        "effective",
        "effectual",
        "efficacious",
        "efficient",
        "fruitful",
        "potent",
        "productive",
        "profitable",
        "successful",
        "virtuous"
      ]
    },
    "utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
      "examples":[
        "their proposal for revitalizing the downtown business district is utterly barren of useful ideas"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bankrupt",
        "bare",
        "bereft",
        "destitute",
        "devoid",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ]
    },
    "land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
      "examples":[
        "lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "desert",
        "desolation",
        "heath",
        "no-man's-land",
        "waste",
        "wasteland"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "badland",
        "brush",
        "bush",
        "dust bowl",
        "open",
        "open air",
        "outdoors",
        "out-of-doors",
        "nature",
        "wild",
        "wilderness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barraging":{
    "to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
      "examples":[
        "the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bombarding",
        "bombing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "examining",
        "grilling",
        "interrogating",
        "pumping",
        "querying",
        "questioning",
        "quizzing",
        "debriefing",
        "cross-examining",
        "catechizing",
        "annoying",
        "harassing",
        "hounding",
        "pestering",
        "flooding",
        "inundating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barricade":{
    "a physical object that blocks the way":{
      "examples":[
        "the police put up barricades to block off the parade route"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barrier",
        "fence",
        "hedge",
        "wall"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "pale",
        "paling",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "roadblock",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel",
        "fetter",
        "hobble",
        "manacle",
        "shackle(s)",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "restraint",
        "snag",
        "buffer",
        "bulwark",
        "bumper",
        "cushion",
        "dam",
        "fender",
        "pad",
        "rampart"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "door",
        "doorway",
        "entrance",
        "entranceway",
        "entry",
        "entryway",
        "gate",
        "portal",
        "break",
        "gap",
        "pass"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
      "examples":[
        "the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "block (off)",
        "blockade",
        "close (off)",
        "guard",
        "wall (off)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curtain (off)",
        "screen (off)",
        "dike",
        "fence",
        "gate",
        "hedge",
        "bolt",
        "lock",
        "obstruct"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "reopen",
        "unblock",
        "unbolt"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "open",
        "unbar"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barefaced":{
    "not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
      "examples":[
        "a barefaced challenge for a fight"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apparent",
        "bald",
        "bald-faced",
        "bright-line",
        "broad",
        "clear",
        "clear-cut",
        "crystal clear",
        "decided",
        "distinct",
        "evident",
        "lucid",
        "luculent",
        "luminous",
        "manifest",
        "nonambiguous",
        "obvious",
        "open-and-shut",
        "palpable",
        "patent",
        "pellucid",
        "perspicuous",
        "plain",
        "ringing",
        "straightforward",
        "transparent",
        "unambiguous",
        "unambivalent",
        "unequivocal",
        "unmistakable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cognizable",
        "cognoscible",
        "comprehendible",
        "comprehensible",
        "digestible",
        "fathomable",
        "graspable",
        "intelligible",
        "knowable",
        "understandable",
        "self-evident",
        "self-explanatory",
        "clean-cut",
        "simple",
        "tidy",
        "uncomplicated",
        "overt",
        "undisguised",
        "appreciable",
        "perceptible",
        "recognizable",
        "sensible",
        "tangible",
        "discernible",
        "discernable",
        "noticeable",
        "observable",
        "visible",
        "black-and-white",
        "explicit",
        "trenchant",
        "well-defined",
        "clean",
        "decipherable",
        "fair",
        "legible",
        "readable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "incomprehensible",
        "indecipherable",
        "unfathomable",
        "unintelligible",
        "unknowable",
        "impalpable",
        "imperceptible",
        "inappreciable",
        "indiscernible",
        "insensible",
        "cloudy",
        "gauzy",
        "gray",
        "grey",
        "hazy",
        "imprecise",
        "indefinite",
        "indeterminate",
        "misty",
        "murky",
        "nebulous",
        "noncommittal",
        "sketchy",
        "slippery",
        "subtle",
        "vague",
        "illegible",
        "undecipherable",
        "unreadable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ambiguous",
        "clouded",
        "cryptic",
        "dark",
        "enigmatic",
        "enigmatical",
        "equivocal",
        "indistinct",
        "mysterious",
        "nonobvious",
        "obfuscated",
        "obscure",
        "unapparent",
        "unclarified",
        "unclear"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bartender":{
    "as in barman , barkeep":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barkeep",
        "barkeeper",
        "barman",
        "waitress",
        "sommelier",
        "gar\u00e7on",
        "server",
        "waiter",
        "waitperson",
        "steward",
        "stewardess",
        "headwaiter",
        "ma\u00eetre d'",
        "maitre d'",
        "ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "barges":{
    "to move heavily or clumsily":{
      "examples":[
        "the big man barged into the room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clumps",
        "flogs",
        "flounders",
        "galumphs",
        "lumbers",
        "lumps",
        "plods",
        "pounds",
        "scuffles",
        "scuffs",
        "shambles",
        "shuffles",
        "slogs",
        "sloughs",
        "stamps",
        "stomps",
        "stumbles",
        "stumps",
        "tramps",
        "tromps",
        "trudges"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drags",
        "flops",
        "hauls",
        "blunders",
        "careens",
        "dodders",
        "lurches",
        "reels",
        "staggers",
        "sways",
        "teeters",
        "totters",
        "waddles",
        "weaves",
        "wobbles",
        "wabbles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drifts",
        "floats",
        "hangs",
        "hovers",
        "poises",
        "wafts"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breezes",
        "coasts",
        "glides",
        "slides",
        "waltzes",
        "whisks"
      ]
    },
    "as in tankers , freighters":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aircraft carriers",
        "argosies",
        "coasters",
        "colliers",
        "containerships",
        "corvettes",
        "cruisers",
        "cutters",
        "destroyers",
        "ferryboats",
        "flagships",
        "freighters",
        "icebreakers",
        "ironclads",
        "lightships",
        "liners",
        "men-of-war",
        "men-o'-war",
        "merchantmen",
        "merchant ships",
        "motor ships",
        "packets",
        "steamers",
        "steamships",
        "superliners",
        "supertankers",
        "tankers",
        "traders",
        "tramps",
        "transports",
        "warships",
        "watercrafts",
        "boats",
        "keels",
        "ships",
        "vessels",
        "barks",
        "barques",
        "brigantines",
        "brigs",
        "caravels",
        "clippers",
        "junk",
        "ketches",
        "sailboats",
        "schooners",
        "square-riggers",
        "tall ships",
        "windjammers",
        "xebecs",
        "yachts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bargaining (with)":{
    "as in paltering (with) , horse-trading (with)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaffering (with)",
        "horse-trading (with)",
        "paltering (with)",
        "bartering (for)",
        "dealing (for)",
        "dickering (over)",
        "exchanging (for)",
        "haggling (for)",
        "negotiating (about)",
        "trading (for)",
        "bidding",
        "offering",
        "financing",
        "paying (for)",
        "springing (for)",
        "rebuying",
        "repurchasing",
        "acquiring",
        "gaining",
        "garnering",
        "getting",
        "obtaining",
        "procuring",
        "securing",
        "winning",
        "buying",
        "copping",
        "picking up",
        "purchasing",
        "taking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dealing (in)",
        "marketing",
        "merchandising",
        "merchandizing",
        "retailing",
        "selling",
        "vending"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "barbecuers":{
    "as in grillers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "grillers",
        "bakers",
        "p\u00e2tissiers",
        "patissiers",
        "chefs",
        "cookers",
        "cooks",
        "culinarians"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}