dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lic_MWT.json
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{
"licence":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorization",
"free hand",
"freedom",
"latitude",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mandate",
"mastery",
"power",
"sway",
"range",
"room",
"space",
"blank check",
"carte blanche"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"licensing":{
"as in license , consent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"prescription",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto",
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"licit":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"law enforcement agencies are demanding stricter regulation of the sale of licit medications that can later be used in the home manufacture of illicit drugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"licenced":{
"as in allowed , certified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"licences":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditations",
"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizations",
"freedoms",
"free hands",
"latitudes",
"runs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"mandates",
"masteries",
"powers",
"sways",
"ranges",
"room",
"spaces",
"blank checks",
"cartes blanches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"license":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorization",
"free hand",
"freedom",
"latitude",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mandate",
"mastery",
"power",
"sway",
"range",
"room",
"space",
"blank check",
"carte blanche"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lickerish":{
"as in eager , itchy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"miserly",
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"licensee":{
"as in permittee , assignee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignee",
"licentiate",
"permittee",
"candidate",
"inductee",
"appointee",
"designee",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"agent",
"delegate",
"delegatee",
"deputy",
"choice",
"draftee",
"endorsee",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licensees":{
"as in permittees , assignees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignees",
"licentiates",
"permittees",
"candidates",
"inductees",
"appointees",
"designees",
"nominees",
"selectees",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"choices",
"draftees",
"endorsees",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lickerishness":{
"as in salaciousness , lewdness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"libidinousness",
"licentiousness",
"randiness",
"salaciousness",
"wantonness",
"erotomania",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"ardor",
"concupiscence",
"eros",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frigidity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licentiates":{
"as in licensees , permittees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignees",
"licensees",
"permittees",
"candidates",
"inductees",
"appointees",
"designees",
"nominees",
"selectees",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"choices",
"draftees",
"endorsees",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licencing":{
"as in license , consent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"prescription",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto",
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"our team took a licking last night, but we'll get them next time"
],
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"beatings",
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"losses",
"lumps",
"overthrows",
"plasterings",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"setbacks",
"upsets",
"lurches",
"shutouts",
"washouts",
"whitewashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"blowouts",
"cakewalks",
"landslides",
"romps",
"runaways",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers"
],
"antonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs",
"victories",
"wins"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having a strong sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"licentiousness":{
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
"examples":[
"our minister often condemns the licentiousness he sees cavalierly portrayed in today's mass media"
],
"synonyms":[
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"depravedness",
"dissoluteness",
"dissolution",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lechery",
"lewdness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"wantonness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"criminality",
"reprehensibleness",
"baseness",
"despicableness",
"dirtiness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"lousiness",
"miserableness",
"wretchedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"morality",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licentiate":{
"as in licensee , permittee":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignee",
"licensee",
"permittee",
"candidate",
"inductee",
"appointee",
"designee",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"agent",
"delegate",
"delegatee",
"deputy",
"choice",
"draftee",
"endorsee",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licenses":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditations",
"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizations",
"freedoms",
"free hands",
"latitudes",
"runs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"mandates",
"masteries",
"powers",
"sways",
"ranges",
"room",
"spaces",
"blank checks",
"cartes blanches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
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"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"licks":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the ball a solid lick with the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"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":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the soup needs just a lick more of salt"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"you haven't done a lick of work all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"doodley-squats",
"doodly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lickspittle":{
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"licensed":{
"as in allowed , certified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"licking":{
"failure to win a contest":{
"examples":[
"our team took a licking last night, but we'll get them next time"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"loss",
"lump",
"overthrow",
"plastering",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"setback",
"upset",
"lurch",
"shutout",
"washout",
"whitewash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"blowout",
"cakewalk",
"landslide",
"romp",
"runaway",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover"
],
"antonyms":[
"success",
"triumph",
"victory",
"win"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lick":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the ball a solid lick with the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"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":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the soup needs just a lick more of salt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"you haven't done a lick of work all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"licked":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lickspittles":{
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polishers",
"bootlickers",
"brownnosers",
"fawners",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"suck-ups",
"sycophants",
"toadies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-men",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"company men",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lapdogs",
"minions",
"running dogs",
"satellites",
"slaves",
"stooges",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"grovelers",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"adherents",
"camp followers",
"converts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"me-tooers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lickety-split":{
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"the scared dog ran lickety-split for home"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"lice":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you're willing to spend time with that lying louse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"son of a gun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}