dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bus_MWT.json
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{
"bus":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"this old bus is still running\u2014but barely"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drive , ride":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cab",
"coach",
"cruise",
"drive",
"fly",
"gig",
"jet",
"motor",
"navigate",
"ride",
"roll",
"sail",
"trundle",
"migrate",
"road-trip",
"barnstorm",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"knock (about)",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander",
"journey",
"peregrinate",
"pilgrimage",
"tour",
"travel",
"trek",
"trip",
"voyage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bushel":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busily":{
"in a manner involving great or constant activity":{
"examples":[
"the deadline is in two days, so everyone in the department has been working busily"
],
"synonyms":[
"actively",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"industriously",
"laboriously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"energetically",
"vigorously",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelessly",
"sleepily"
],
"antonyms":[
"idly",
"inactively"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"businesses":{
"a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{
"examples":[
"most of the local businesses belong to the association"
],
"synonyms":[
"companies",
"concerns",
"enterprises",
"establishments",
"firms",
"houses",
"interests",
"outfits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conglomerates",
"corporations",
"multinationals",
"associations",
"cartels",
"chains",
"combines",
"syndicates",
"trusts",
"agencies",
"dealers",
"outlets",
"microenterprises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something to be dealt with":{
"examples":[
"we have one piece of business remaining for today's meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"matters",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"straits",
"zero hours",
"concerns",
"troubles",
"worries",
"care",
"lookouts",
"responsibilities",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"plants going about the business of photosynthesis provide the Earth with a renewable source of oxygen"
],
"synonyms":[
"capacities",
"functions",
"jobs",
"parts",
"places",
"positions",
"purposes",
"roles",
"r\u00f4les",
"tasks",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affairs",
"concerns",
"hands",
"involvements",
"participations",
"niches",
"offices",
"posts",
"situations",
"callings",
"occupations",
"pursuits",
"vocations",
"activities",
"assignments",
"charges",
"commissions",
"duties",
"employs",
"missions",
"responsibilities",
"services",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"if you want a medical malpractice lawyer, he's the best in the business"
],
"synonyms":[
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"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":[]
},
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"the interrogators demanded to know what business the suspect had in the restricted area at that time of night"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"briefs",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"missions",
"operations",
"posts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"chores",
"duties",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"requirements",
"responsibilities",
"errands",
"labors",
"works",
"commitments",
"pledges",
"promises",
"appointments",
"commissions",
"designations",
"nominations",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the price for giving the drug lord the business was certain death"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbings",
"betrayals",
"disloyalties",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"sellouts",
"treacheries",
"treasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"guiles",
"frauds",
"talebearings",
"trickeries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependabilities",
"reliabilities",
"defenses",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiances",
"devotions",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busses":{
"as in smacks , osculates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"French-kisses",
"lips",
"osculates",
"smacks",
"kisses",
"smooches",
"canoodles",
"makes out",
"necks",
"pets",
"spoons",
"caresses",
"embraces",
"fondles",
"hugs",
"loves",
"bills",
"cuddles",
"nestles",
"snuggles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"busied":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"the video game busied the child for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushes":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a hopelessly bush effort at creating a romantic comedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"a guide who specializes in taking adventurous tourists through the bush"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"buster":{
"as in buddy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buddy",
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bustling":{
"involved in often constant activity":{
"examples":[
"a bustling greeter was there to welcome guests to the grand opening"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"assiduous",
"busy",
"diligent",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"industrious",
"laborious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knee-deep",
"swamped",
"animated",
"astir",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"hardworking",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied"
]
},
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"examples":[
"a bustling shopping center during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"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"
]
},
"busybodies":{
"a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{
"examples":[
"that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peepers",
"peeping Toms",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"revealers",
"tellers",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"enterprisers",
"entrepreneurs",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"traffickers",
"buyers",
"marketers",
"purchasers",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"hustlers",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"retailers",
"sellers",
"shopkeepers",
"storekeepers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"engrossers",
"monopolists",
"jobbers",
"middlemen",
"wholesalers",
"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"purveyors",
"suppliers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bushmaster":{
"as in cobra , copperhead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adder",
"anaconda",
"asp",
"black racer",
"blacksnake",
"blue racer",
"boa",
"bull snake",
"chicken snake",
"cobra",
"constrictor",
"copperhead",
"coral snake",
"cottonmouth moccasin",
"diamondback rattlesnake",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snake",
"gopher snake",
"green snake",
"hognose snake",
"horned viper",
"indigo snake",
"king cobra",
"king snake",
"krait",
"mamba",
"milk snake",
"moccasin",
"pine snake",
"pit viper",
"puff adder",
"python",
"racer",
"rat snake",
"rattlesnake",
"sea serpent",
"sea snake",
"sidewinder",
"taipan",
"water moccasin",
"water snake",
"worm snake",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busker":{
"as in performer , player":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"aper",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"clown",
"pantaloon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buses":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"this old bus is still running\u2014but barely"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"autos",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drives , rides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabs",
"coaches",
"cruises",
"drives",
"flies",
"gigs",
"jets",
"motors",
"navigates",
"rides",
"rolls",
"sails",
"trundles",
"migrates",
"road-trips",
"barnstorms",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"knocks (about)",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders",
"journeys",
"peregrinates",
"pilgrimages",
"tours",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"voyages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bushed":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"I'm bushed after a day of moving boxes from the cellar to the attic"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"we were thoroughly bushed after listening to the convoluted directions from a well-meaning Sydneysider"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"busters":{
"as in buddies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buddies",
"masters",
"misters",
"sirs",
"bastards",
"blokes",
"bucks",
"cats",
"chappies",
"chaps",
"dudes",
"fellas",
"fellers",
"fellows",
"galoots",
"gentlemen",
"gents",
"guys",
"hombres",
"jacks",
"joes",
"jokers",
"lads",
"males",
"men"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"businessperson":{
"as in entrepreneur , businessman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businessman",
"businesswoman",
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"retailer",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler",
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"supplier",
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire",
"factory",
"manufactory",
"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
"works",
"workshop",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busty":{
"as in buxom , voluptuous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ample",
"bosomy",
"built",
"buxom",
"chesty",
"corn-fed",
"curvaceous",
"curvy",
"full-figured",
"ripe",
"Rubenesque",
"shapely",
"stacked",
"voluptuous",
"well-endowed",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"Junoesque",
"statuesque",
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic",
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bust":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a bust to the boxer's chops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"a bunch of underage kids having a beer bust while the parents were away for the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"bender",
"binge",
"carousal",
"carouse",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"spree",
"toot",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the commander threatened to bust her for failing to salute"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"degrade",
"demote",
"disrate",
"downgrade",
"reduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"can",
"cashier",
"dismiss",
"downsize",
"fire",
"lay off",
"sack",
"abase",
"debase",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hire"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"elevate",
"promote",
"raise"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"gambling is a dangerous habit that has busted many unfortunate souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"break",
"ruin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"impoverish",
"pauperize",
"reduce",
"straiten",
"clean (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enrich",
"richen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the butterfingered husband had busted more plates than he cared to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break up",
"disintegrate",
"dismember",
"disrupt",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"rive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomize",
"crush",
"grind",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"reduce",
"blast",
"blow up",
"burst",
"detonate",
"explode",
"crack",
"pop",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"smash",
"chip",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"split",
"implode",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"busted the storekeeper on the nose and was promptly arrested for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the cops busted the revelers for drinking in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"I had to bust my butt in order to get the project done on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"burn out",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"harass",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activate",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"strengthen",
"vitalize",
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bankrupt , insolvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent",
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous",
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"busted":{
"forcibly separated into many pieces":{
"examples":[
"a busted headlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"collapsed",
"imploded",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"pulverized",
"ruinate",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disintegrated",
"dynamited",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"frangible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbroken"
]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the commander threatened to bust her for failing to salute"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"degraded",
"demoted",
"disrated",
"downgraded",
"reduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"dismissed",
"downsized",
"fired",
"laid off",
"sacked",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hired"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"elevated",
"promoted",
"raised"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"gambling is a dangerous habit that has busted many unfortunate souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupted",
"broke",
"ruined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"impoverished",
"pauperized",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the butterfingered husband had busted more plates than he cared to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke up",
"disintegrated",
"dismembered",
"disrupted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"rived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomized",
"crushed",
"ground",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"popped",
"shattered",
"shivered",
"smashed",
"chipped",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"imploded",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"busted the storekeeper on the nose and was promptly arrested for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the cops busted the revelers for drinking in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"I had to bust my butt in order to get the project done on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bush pilots":{
"as in aces , test pilots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"barnstormers",
"copilots",
"flyboys",
"test pilots",
"airmen",
"aviators",
"birdmen",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bused":{
"as in drove , rode":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabbed",
"coached",
"cruised",
"drove",
"flew",
"gigged",
"jetted",
"motored",
"navigated",
"rode",
"rid",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"trundled",
"migrated",
"road-tripped",
"barnstormed",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"hopped",
"jaunted",
"knocked (about)",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered",
"journeyed",
"peregrinated",
"pilgrimaged",
"toured",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trekked",
"tripped",
"voyaged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushwhacks":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bush-league":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"that's just a bush-league ploy to get cast on a TV reality show"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"buss":{
"as in smack , osculate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"French-kiss",
"lip",
"osculate",
"smack",
"kiss",
"smooch",
"canoodle",
"make out",
"neck",
"pet",
"spoon",
"caress",
"embrace",
"fondle",
"hug",
"love",
"bill",
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"snuggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushels":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bushranger":{
"as in woodsman , mountain man":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain man",
"woodsman",
"explorer",
"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"colonial",
"colonist",
"colonizer",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer",
"settler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busting":{
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the commander threatened to bust her for failing to salute"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"degrading",
"demoting",
"disrating",
"downgrading",
"reducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"dismissing",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"laying off",
"sacking",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"elevating",
"promoting",
"raising"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"gambling is a dangerous habit that has busted many unfortunate souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupting",
"breaking",
"ruining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggaring",
"impoverishing",
"pauperizing",
"reducing",
"straitening",
"cleaning (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriching",
"richening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the butterfingered husband had busted more plates than he cared to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking up",
"disintegrating",
"dismembering",
"disrupting",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"riving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomizing",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"reducing",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"bursting",
"detonating",
"exploding",
"cracking",
"popping",
"shattering",
"shivering",
"smashing",
"chipping",
"slivering",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"imploding",
"destroying",
"ruining",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"busted the storekeeper on the nose and was promptly arrested for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the cops busted the revelers for drinking in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"I had to bust my butt in order to get the project done on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"burning out",
"doing in",
"doing up",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"frazzling",
"harassing",
"killing",
"knocking out",
"outwearing",
"tiring",
"tuckering (out)",
"washing out",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"strengthening",
"vitalizing",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"businesslike":{
"having or showing qualities that are considered good in business":{
"examples":[
"His businesslike approach to the dispute was very helpful.",
"a businesslike manner"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"professional",
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"polite",
"practical",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bush pilot":{
"as in ace , test pilot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"barnstormer",
"copilot",
"flyboy",
"test pilot",
"airman",
"aviator",
"birdman",
"flier",
"flyer",
"pilot",
"captain",
"skipper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a bust to the boxer's chops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"collars",
"pinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"a bunch of underage kids having a beer bust while the parents were away for the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"benders",
"binges",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the commander threatened to bust her for failing to salute"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"degrades",
"demotes",
"disrates",
"downgrades",
"reduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cans",
"cashiers",
"dismisses",
"downsizes",
"fires",
"lays off",
"sacks",
"abases",
"debases",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hires"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"elevates",
"promotes",
"raises"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"gambling is a dangerous habit that has busted many unfortunate souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"breaks",
"ruins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"impoverishes",
"pauperizes",
"reduces",
"straitens",
"cleans (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriches",
"richens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the butterfingered husband had busted more plates than he cared to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks up",
"disintegrates",
"dismembers",
"disrupts",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"rives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"crushes",
"grinds",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"reduces",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"bursts",
"detonates",
"explodes",
"cracks",
"pops",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"smashes",
"chips",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"splits",
"implodes",
"destroys",
"ruins",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renovates",
"repairs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"busted the storekeeper on the nose and was promptly arrested for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the cops busted the revelers for drinking in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"I had to bust my butt in order to get the project done on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"burns out",
"does in",
"does up",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"frazzles",
"harasses",
"kills",
"knocks out",
"outwears",
"tires",
"tuckers (out)",
"washes out",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"strengthens",
"vitalizes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"busying":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"the video game busied the child for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"busy":{
"involved in often constant activity":{
"examples":[
"the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"assiduous",
"bustling",
"diligent",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"industrious",
"laborious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knee-deep",
"swamped",
"animated",
"astir",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"hardworking",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied"
]
},
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the busy , often hectic floor of the New York Stock Exchange"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
]
},
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
"examples":[
"she's one of those busy production facilitators\u2014always concerned about other people's work and never her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"interfering",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"pushy",
"snoopy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[
"unobtrusive"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"the video game busied the child for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"buskers":{
"as in performers , players":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"apers",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"clowns",
"pantaloons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bushwhacked":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"trashed",
"turned (on)",
"went in (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran",
"enveloped",
"flanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushwhacker":{
"one who violently sets upon another":{
"examples":[
"bushwhackers have made that lonely stretch of road very dangerous"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailant",
"assaulter",
"attacker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mugger",
"robber",
"molester",
"predator",
"raper",
"rapist",
"ravager",
"aggressor",
"besieger",
"invader",
"raider",
"counterattacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"business":{
"transactions or economic support provided by customers":{
"examples":[
"only places that are equal opportunity employers will get my business"
],
"synonyms":[
"custom",
"patronage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marketplace",
"trade",
"traffic",
"free trade",
"affairs",
"dealings",
"horse-trading",
"merchandising",
"retailing",
"wholesaling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{
"examples":[
"most of the local businesses belong to the association"
],
"synonyms":[
"company",
"concern",
"enterprise",
"establishment",
"firm",
"house",
"interest",
"outfit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conglomerate",
"corporation",
"multinational",
"association",
"cartel",
"chain",
"combine",
"syndicate",
"trust",
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],
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"matter",
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"issue",
"problem",
"crisis",
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"head",
"juncture",
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"zero hour",
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"care",
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"halt",
"impasse",
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"standstill",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
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"pickle",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot"
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],
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"marketplace",
"trade",
"traffic"
],
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"free trade",
"black market",
"gray market",
"dealings",
"horse-trading",
"e-tail",
"merchandising",
"retailing",
"wholesaling",
"bartering"
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},
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"plants going about the business of photosynthesis provide the Earth with a renewable source of oxygen"
],
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"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
],
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"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
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},
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"if you want a medical malpractice lawyer, he's the best in the business"
],
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"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"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"
],
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},
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
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"the interrogators demanded to know what business the suspect had in the restricted area at that time of night"
],
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"assignment",
"brief",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"mission",
"operation",
"post"
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"burden",
"chore",
"duty",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"requirement",
"responsibility",
"errand",
"labor",
"work",
"commitment",
"pledge",
"promise",
"appointment",
"commission",
"designation",
"nomination",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the price for giving the drug lord the business was certain death"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bustled":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
],
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"abounded",
"brimmed",
"bristled",
"bulged",
"burst",
"bursted",
"buzzed",
"crawled",
"hummed",
"overflowed",
"pullulated",
"swarmed",
"teemed"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacked",
"needed",
"wanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party"
],
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"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"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"
],
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"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)"
],
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"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bussing":{
"as in smacking , osculating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"French-kissing",
"lipping",
"osculating",
"smacking",
"kissing",
"smooching",
"canoodling",
"making out",
"necking",
"petting",
"spooning",
"caressing",
"embracing",
"fondling",
"hugging",
"loving",
"billing",
"cuddling",
"nestling",
"snuggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"businesswomen":{
"as in businessmen , entrepreneurs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businessmen",
"businesspersons",
"enterprisers",
"entrepreneurs",
"retailers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"buyers",
"marketers",
"purchasers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"traffickers",
"jobbers",
"middlemen",
"wholesalers",
"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"purveyors",
"suppliers",
"authors",
"begetters",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires",
"factories",
"manufactories",
"mills",
"plants",
"shops",
"works",
"workshops",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busybody":{
"a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{
"examples":[
"that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"revealer",
"teller",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bushwhack":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bustles":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"I couldn't concentrate in all the bustle of the student lounge"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounds",
"brims",
"bristles",
"bulges",
"bursts",
"buzzes",
"crawls",
"hums",
"overflows",
"pullulates",
"swarms",
"teems"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacks",
"needs",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"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"
]
},
"bushrangers":{
"as in woodsmen , mountain men":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain men",
"woodsmen",
"explorers",
"pathfinders",
"trailblazers",
"colonials",
"colonists",
"colonizers",
"frontiersmen",
"homesteaders",
"pioneers",
"settlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"businesspersons":{
"as in entrepreneurs , businessmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businessmen",
"businesswomen",
"enterprisers",
"entrepreneurs",
"retailers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"buyers",
"marketers",
"purchasers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"traffickers",
"jobbers",
"middlemen",
"wholesalers",
"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"purveyors",
"suppliers",
"authors",
"begetters",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires",
"factories",
"manufactories",
"mills",
"plants",
"shops",
"works",
"workshops",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"businesswoman":{
"as in businessman , entrepreneur":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businessman",
"businessperson",
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"retailer",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler",
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"supplier",
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire",
"factory",
"manufactory",
"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
"works",
"workshop",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busies":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"the video game busied the child for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushwhacking":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushwhackers":{
"one who violently sets upon another":{
"examples":[
"bushwhackers have made that lonely stretch of road very dangerous"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailants",
"assaulters",
"attackers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muggers",
"robbers",
"molesters",
"predators",
"rapers",
"rapists",
"ravagers",
"aggressors",
"besiegers",
"invaders",
"raiders",
"counterattackers",
"counter-attackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"busing":{
"as in driving , riding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabbing",
"coaching",
"cruising",
"driving",
"flying",
"gigging",
"jetting",
"motoring",
"navigating",
"riding",
"rolling",
"sailing",
"trundling",
"migrating",
"road-tripping",
"barnstorming",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"hopping",
"jaunting",
"knocking (about)",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering",
"journeying",
"peregrinating",
"pilgrimaging",
"touring",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trekking",
"tripping",
"voyaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bustle":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"I couldn't concentrate in all the bustle of the student lounge"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"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"
]
},
"bush":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a hopelessly bush effort at creating a romantic comedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"a guide who specializes in taking adventurous tourists through the bush"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bussed":{
"as in smacked , osculated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"French-kissed",
"lipped",
"osculated",
"smacked",
"kissed",
"smooched",
"canoodled",
"made out",
"necked",
"petted",
"spooned",
"caressed",
"embraced",
"fondled",
"hugged",
"loved",
"billed",
"cuddled",
"nestled",
"snuggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bushmasters":{
"as in cobras , copperheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"businessman":{
"as in entrepreneur , enterpriser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"hustler",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"retailer",
"seller",
"shopkeeper",
"storekeeper",
"vendor",
"vender",
"engrosser",
"monopolist",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler",
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"supplier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}