dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/muc_MWT.json
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{
"muck (about":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"butt in",
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"mess",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"poke",
"pry",
"snoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"tamper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"muck up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muck-a-mucks":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucks":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mucks up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muck (out)":{
"as in wash , wipe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brush",
"comb",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"shampoo",
"sponge",
"swab",
"sweep",
"vacuum",
"wash",
"wipe",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"deterge",
"GI",
"turn out",
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"spruce (up)",
"sweeten",
"pick up",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy",
"unclutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrime",
"muddy",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"blacken",
"discolor",
"besmirch",
"dirty",
"foul",
"soil",
"spot",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muckrakers":{
"someone who tries to reveal information about prominent individuals behaving badly":{
"examples":[
"The newspaper used a team of seasoned muckrakers to expose the corruption at city hall."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers",
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucky-mucks":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muckety-muck":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucks (about or around)":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"butts in",
"interferes",
"interlopes",
"intermeddles",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"messes",
"noses",
"obtrudes",
"pokes",
"pries",
"snoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercedes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"barges (in)",
"chisels (in)",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"fiddles",
"fools",
"monkeys",
"plays",
"tampers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"muchness":{
"as in generosity , abundance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"weightiness",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
"voluminousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness",
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucked":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mucks (out)":{
"as in washes , wipes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes",
"combs",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"shampoos",
"sponges",
"swabs",
"sweeps",
"vacuums",
"washes",
"wipes",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"deterges",
"GIs",
"turns out",
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"spruces (up)",
"sweetens",
"picks up",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies",
"unclutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimes",
"muddies",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"blackens",
"discolors",
"besmirches",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"soils",
"spots",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"much less":{
"to say nothing of":{
"examples":[
"after spraining his ankle, the gymnast hadn't been expected to appear in today's event, much less win it"
],
"synonyms":[
"let alone",
"never mind",
"still less"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"conjunction"
]
},
"muckety-mucks":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucilages":{
"as in pastes , epoxies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxies",
"epoxy resins",
"library pastes",
"pastes",
"superglues",
"water glasses",
"adhesives",
"bonds",
"cements",
"glues",
"sizes",
"dope",
"goos",
"gums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucking (about or around)":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"butting in",
"interfering",
"interloping",
"intermeddling",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"messing",
"nosing",
"obtruding",
"poking",
"prying",
"snooping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceding",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"barging (in)",
"chiseling (in)",
"chiselling (in)",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"fiddling",
"fooling",
"monkeying",
"playing",
"tampering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"muck":{
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"examples":[
"spattered with muck from the pigpen"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"soft wet earth":{
"examples":[
"her shoes were covered with muck by the end of the soccer game"
],
"synonyms":[
"guck",
"gook",
"mire",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gumbo",
"silt",
"clay",
"dirt",
"gravel",
"humus",
"loam",
"sand",
"soil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"that which is of low quality or worth":{
"examples":[
"what's this muck that you've been watching on TV, anyway?"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheese",
"crapola",
"dreck",
"drek",
"junk",
"rubbish",
"sleaze",
"slop",
"slush",
"trash",
"tripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"camp",
"kitsch",
"claptrap",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"bomb",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"dud",
"lemon",
"stinker",
"turkey",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"there's some solid substance in this book, but the reader has to trudge through a lot of muck to get to it"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
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"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"much":{
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"actually, nothing much changed"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"much gratified by the favorable response to her novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"the new decorations made me much happier"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
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"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"today the old neighborhood looks much as it did years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"many times":{
"examples":[
"I don't do that much anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"again and again",
"constantly",
"continually",
"frequently",
"hourly",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"over and over",
"repeatedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"always",
"consistently",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"afresh",
"again",
"anew",
"commonly",
"habitually",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"intermittently",
"periodically",
"recurrently",
"generally",
"usually"
],
"near antonyms":[
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"ne'er",
"never",
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom"
]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"he behaves much the same as I did at that age"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"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":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mucky":{
"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
"examples":[
"the ground was very mucky after a night of pouring rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"miry",
"muddy",
"oozy",
"slimy",
"sludgy",
"slushy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clayey",
"loamy",
"roily",
"silty",
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"cruddy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"gunky",
"impure",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"only too happy to remove those old mucky clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"much as":{
"in spite of the fact that":{
"examples":[
"much as I'd like to blame you, I know I can't"
],
"synonyms":[
"albeit",
"although",
"altho",
"as",
"howbeit",
"notwithstanding",
"though",
"when",
"whereas",
"while",
"whilst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"but",
"if"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"conjunction"
]
},
"mucking (out)":{
"as in washing , wiping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing",
"combing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"shampooing",
"sponging",
"swabbing",
"sweeping",
"vacuuming",
"washing",
"wiping",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"deterging",
"GI'ing",
"turning out",
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"sprucing (up)",
"sweetening",
"picking up",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"uncluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begriming",
"muddying",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"blackening",
"discoloring",
"besmirching",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"soiling",
"spotting",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mucky-muck":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucking up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"much of a muchness":{
"resembling another in every respect":{
"examples":[
"All the movies playing these days are much of a muchness to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"coequal",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"even",
"same",
"identical",
"indistinguishable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"coordinate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"equivalent",
"like",
"look-alike",
"matching",
"parallel",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike",
"synonymous",
"tantamount"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"divers",
"miscellaneous",
"sundry",
"varied",
"various"
],
"antonyms":[
"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"mucked (out)":{
"as in washed , wiped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"combed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"shampooed",
"sponged",
"swabbed",
"swept",
"vacuumed",
"washed",
"wiped",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"deterged",
"GI'd",
"turned out",
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"spruced (up)",
"sweetened",
"picked up",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied",
"uncluttered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimed",
"muddied",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"blackened",
"discolored",
"besmirched",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mucking":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mucilage":{
"as in paste , epoxy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxy",
"epoxy resin",
"library paste",
"paste",
"superglue",
"water glass",
"adhesive",
"bond",
"cement",
"glue",
"size",
"dope",
"goo",
"gum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mucked (about or around)":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"butted in",
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"messed",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"poked",
"pried",
"snooped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"tampered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"muck (about or around)":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"butt in",
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"mess",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"poke",
"pry",
"snoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"tamper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"mucked up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muck-a-muck":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muckraker":{
"someone who tries to reveal information about prominent individuals behaving badly":{
"examples":[
"The newspaper used a team of seasoned muckrakers to expose the corruption at city hall."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}