dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/spr_MWT.json
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{
"sprang (for)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spreading":{
"exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others":{
"examples":[
"spreading enthusiasm that got our club rolling again"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"contagious",
"epidemic",
"infectious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"tangible",
"irresistible",
"irresistable",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"fetching",
"inviting",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"spread the news!"
],
"synonyms":[
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"propagating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiating",
"sprawling",
"diffusing",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"imparting",
"passing (on)",
"transmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"holding (in)",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"secreting",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"laying",
"laying on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting about",
"getting around",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"examples":[
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicating",
"conducting",
"conveying",
"giving",
"imparting",
"transferring",
"transfusing",
"transmitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"broadcasting",
"diffusing",
"disseminating",
"propagating",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"contaminating",
"infecting",
"poisoning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"branching (out)",
"diverging",
"dividing",
"forking",
"parting",
"separating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
"antonyms":[
"converging",
"joining"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sprightly":{
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"examples":[
"a sprightly child who often claims to be too tired to move when it's time to do chores"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
"examples":[
"every morning the elderly couple sprightly sets out on a walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily",
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"spryly",
"allegro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"spring (up)":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"materialize",
"surface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springing (up)":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"materializing",
"surfacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming out",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"falling out",
"going off",
"going (on)",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"passing",
"transpiring",
"interfering",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"intruding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprint":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dash",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"scamper",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"canter",
"leap",
"lope",
"shag",
"skip",
"spring",
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"course",
"foot (it)",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"hoof (it)",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"leg (it)",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"rush",
"rustle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom",
"nip",
"patter",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"step (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"lumber",
"plod",
"trudge",
"hobble",
"limp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprinting":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"scampering",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"cantering",
"leaping",
"loping",
"shagging",
"skipping",
"springing",
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"coursing",
"footing (it)",
"haring",
"hastening",
"hoofing (it)",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"legging (it)",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming",
"nipping",
"pattering",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"stepping (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"hobbling",
"limping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spritzes":{
"as in sprays , spits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spits",
"sprays",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"spews",
"geysers",
"spouters",
"jets",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts",
"blasts",
"bursts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sprays , sprinkles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"dabbles",
"laps",
"plashes",
"washes",
"squirts",
"dashes",
"slops",
"sloshes",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"swashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprouts":{
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"examples":[
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprats",
"sprat",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescents",
"minors",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolkids",
"babes",
"babies",
"bantlings",
"infants",
"neonates",
"nestlings",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"devils",
"hellions",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"subteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"antonyms":[
"adults",
"grown-ups"
]
},
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
"examples":[
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"shoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excrescences",
"growths",
"boughs",
"branchlets",
"limbs",
"twigs",
"buds",
"florets",
"sprays",
"sprigs",
"spurs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in roots , germinates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"crops",
"cultivates",
"cultures",
"dresses",
"grows",
"promotes",
"raises",
"rears",
"tends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spruce":{
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
"examples":[
"a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dolled up",
"dressy",
"elegant",
"formal",
"spiffed-up",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean"
],
"near antonyms":[
"messy",
"mussed",
"rumpled",
"uncombed",
"untidy",
"wrinkled",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"nasty",
"scroungy",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"scuzzy",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt"
]
},
"as in doll up , cosmeticize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmeticize",
"doll up",
"embellish",
"soup up",
"trick",
"ameliorate",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"candy",
"dress up",
"enhance",
"sweeten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spruce (up)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"neaten",
"pick up",
"redd (up or out)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spruces (up)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatens",
"picks up",
"redds (up or out)",
"straightens (up or out)",
"tidies (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprung (for)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spruced (up)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatened",
"picked up",
"redded (up or out)",
"redd (up or out)",
"straightened (up or out)",
"tidied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"classified",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"rumpled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springtimes":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"florescences",
"floruits",
"flowers",
"flushes",
"heydays",
"high noons",
"primes",
"salad days"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumns",
"Indian summers",
"efflorescences",
"flowerings",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths",
"glories",
"grandeurs",
"splendors",
"belle epoques",
"belles \u00e9poques",
"golden ages",
"silver ages",
"comebacks",
"recoveries",
"revivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"bottoms",
"nadirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprite":{
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little people",
"kelpie",
"nixie",
"changeling",
"imp",
"banshee",
"ghoul",
"hag",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprees":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"went on a spending spree"
],
"synonyms":[
"binges",
"flings",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"larks",
"ploys",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"romps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capers",
"escapades",
"pranks",
"benders",
"brannigans",
"bums",
"busts",
"carouses",
"souses",
"splores",
"toots",
"antics",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"field days",
"festivities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"enjoyments",
"indulgences",
"pleasures",
"self-indulgences",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
],
"synonyms":[
"benders",
"binges",
"busts",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"springs (up)":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"materializes",
"surfaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes out",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"falls out",
"goes off",
"goes (on)",
"happens",
"haps",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires",
"interferes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"intrudes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprawls":{
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
"examples":[
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"radiates",
"extends",
"branches",
"fans (out)",
"rays",
"splays",
"spreads (out)",
"diverges",
"divides",
"forks",
"parts",
"separates",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"diffuses",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"sows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"concentrates",
"converges",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"funnels",
"joins",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
"examples":[
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spreads (out)",
"stretches (out)",
"lounges",
"slouches",
"squats",
"straddles",
"lies back",
"reclines",
"flops",
"flumps",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"perches",
"sets",
"sits",
"splays",
"expands",
"extends",
"fans (out)",
"flares (out)",
"opens",
"outspreads",
"outstretches",
"unfolds",
"unfurls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprinkles":{
"a light or fine rain":{
"examples":[
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
],
"synonyms":[
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitations",
"rainfalls",
"showers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloudbursts",
"deluges",
"downpours",
"storms",
"rainstorms",
"thunderstorms",
"monsoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small number":{
"examples":[
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
],
"synonyms":[
"couples",
"fews",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"scatters",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"sprinklings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"minorities",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"fragments",
"grains",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"particles",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"majorities",
"mosts",
"abundances",
"excesses",
"plenties",
"surpluses",
"deals",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lots",
"masses",
"much",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"slathers",
"slews",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[
"armies",
"crowds",
"flocks",
"gazillions",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"legions",
"loads",
"many",
"mountains",
"multitudes",
"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillions"
]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"dots",
"peppers",
"scatters",
"sows",
"spots",
"sprays",
"strews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"drizzles",
"dusts",
"studs",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"speckles",
"stipples",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"flecks",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprightliness":{
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
"examples":[
"the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her"
],
"synonyms":[
"animation",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness",
"vitality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buoyancy",
"jauntiness",
"springiness",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"eagerness",
"ebullience",
"ebulliency",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"impishness",
"pertness",
"playfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"anemia",
"bloodlessness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"spiritlessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"pallidness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"vapidity",
"vapidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"inactivity",
"lifelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spruces":{
"as in dolls up , cosmeticizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmeticizes",
"dolls up",
"embellishes",
"soups up",
"tricks",
"ameliorates",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"candies",
"dresses up",
"enhances",
"sweetens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprinkling":{
"a small number":{
"examples":[
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"couple",
"few",
"handful",
"scatter",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"sprinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"minority",
"atom",
"crumb",
"fragment",
"grain",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"particle",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"majority",
"most",
"abundance",
"excess",
"plenty",
"surplus",
"deal",
"gobs",
"heap",
"lot",
"mass",
"much",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"slather",
"slew",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[
"army",
"crowd",
"flock",
"gazillion",
"horde",
"host",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"legion",
"loads",
"many",
"mountain",
"multitude",
"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillion"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"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",
"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":[]
},
"as in drizzling , spitting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drippy",
"drizzling",
"drizzly",
"misty",
"mizzly",
"spitting",
"pouring",
"precipitating",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"dotting",
"peppering",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"spotting",
"spraying",
"strewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"drizzling",
"dusting",
"studding",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"speckling",
"stippling",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"dotting",
"flecking",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spring (for)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprints":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"scampers",
"trips",
"trots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"canters",
"leaps",
"lopes",
"shags",
"skips",
"springs",
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"courses",
"foots (it)",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"hoofs (it)",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"legs (it)",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms",
"nips",
"patters",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"steps (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"trudges",
"hobbles",
"limps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spryly":{
"as in nimbly , agilely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"allegro",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily",
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sprucing (up)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatening",
"picking up",
"redding (up or out)",
"straightening (up or out)",
"tidying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprout":{
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"examples":[
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"devil",
"hellion",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"subteen",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
]
},
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
"examples":[
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"shoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excrescence",
"growth",
"bough",
"branchlet",
"limb",
"twig",
"bud",
"floret",
"spray",
"sprig",
"spur"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in root , germinate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germinate",
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"crop",
"cultivate",
"culture",
"dress",
"grow",
"promote",
"raise",
"rear",
"tend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spritzed":{
"as in sprayed , sprinkled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"dabbled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"washed",
"squirted",
"dashed",
"slopped",
"sloshed",
"spattered",
"splashed",
"swashed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springs (for)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprouted":{
"as in rooted , germinated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"grew",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springtime":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"floruit",
"flower",
"flush",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or time of being a child":{
"examples":[
"a man in the winter of his life reminiscing about his springtime and wondering where all the years went"
],
"synonyms":[
"childhood",
"nonage",
"youth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boyhood",
"girlhood",
"toddlerhood",
"adolescence",
"juvenescence",
"minority",
"immaturity",
"juvenility",
"babyhood",
"infancy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"majority",
"middle age",
"midlife",
"senectitude",
"sunset",
"winter"
],
"antonyms":[
"adulthood"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprig":{
"as in spray , twig":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spray",
"twig",
"branchlet",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"shoot",
"spur",
"bough",
"branch",
"limb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spry":{
"moving easily":{
"examples":[
"an older woman who's still surprisingly spry"
],
"synonyms":[
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"graceful",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acrobatic",
"flexible",
"limber",
"loose-jointed",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"fleet-footed",
"sure-footed",
"athletic",
"balletic",
"coordinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncoordinated",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"bungling",
"inept",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sprinkle":{
"a light or fine rain":{
"examples":[
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
],
"synonyms":[
"drizzle",
"mist",
"mizzle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitation",
"rainfall",
"shower"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloudburst",
"deluge",
"downpour",
"storm",
"rainstorm",
"thunderstorm",
"monsoon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small number":{
"examples":[
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
],
"synonyms":[
"couple",
"few",
"handful",
"scatter",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"sprinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"minority",
"atom",
"crumb",
"fragment",
"grain",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"particle",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"majority",
"most",
"abundance",
"excess",
"plenty",
"surplus",
"deal",
"gobs",
"heap",
"lot",
"mass",
"much",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"slather",
"slew",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[
"army",
"crowd",
"flock",
"gazillion",
"horde",
"host",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"legion",
"loads",
"many",
"mountain",
"multitude",
"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillion"
]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"dot",
"pepper",
"scatter",
"sow",
"spot",
"spray",
"strew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"drizzle",
"dust",
"stud",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"speckle",
"stipple",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"fleck",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"stipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprawl":{
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
"examples":[
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"radiate",
"extend",
"branch",
"fan (out)",
"ray",
"splay",
"spread (out)",
"diverge",
"divide",
"fork",
"part",
"separate",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"diffuse",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"sow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane",
"concentrate",
"converge",
"focus",
"funnel",
"join",
"meet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
"examples":[
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spread (out)",
"stretch (out)",
"lounge",
"slouch",
"squat",
"straddle",
"lie back",
"recline",
"flop",
"flump",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"perch",
"set",
"sit",
"splay",
"expand",
"extend",
"fan (out)",
"flare (out)",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch",
"unfold",
"unfurl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"stand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprouting":{
"as in rooting , germinating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germinating",
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"cropping",
"cultivating",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"growing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"rearing",
"tending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spraying":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"dotting",
"peppering",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"strewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"drizzling",
"dusting",
"studding",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"speckling",
"stippling",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprites":{
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little people",
"kelpies",
"nixies",
"changelings",
"imps",
"banshees",
"ghouls",
"hags",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"daimones",
"daimons",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spreads":{
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"spread the news!"
],
"synonyms":[
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"propagates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiates",
"sprawls",
"diffuses",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"sows",
"communicates",
"conveys",
"imparts",
"passes (on)",
"transmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"holds (in)",
"masks",
"obscures",
"secretes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"lays",
"lays on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"dabs",
"daubs",
"plasters",
"slathers",
"smears",
"blankets",
"carpets",
"coats",
"covers",
"layers",
"mantles",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets",
"surfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"exposes",
"peels",
"strips",
"uncovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"circulates",
"comes out",
"gets about",
"gets around",
"gets out",
"gets round",
"leaks (out)",
"outs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"transpires",
"unfolds",
"discloses",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushes (up)",
"suppresses",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"masks",
"secretes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"examples":[
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicates",
"conducts",
"conveys",
"gives",
"imparts",
"transfers",
"transfuses",
"transmits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"hands over",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"broadcasts",
"diffuses",
"disseminates",
"propagates",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"contaminates",
"infects",
"poisons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"branches (out)",
"diverges",
"divides",
"forks",
"parts",
"separates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"breaks up",
"broadcasts",
"clears out",
"disbands",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"distributes",
"scatters",
"sows",
"distances",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[
"converges",
"joins"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"bought a brightly colored spread for summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcovers",
"bedcoverings",
"bedspreads",
"counterpanes",
"coverlets",
"haps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedclothes",
"beddings",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"they really know how to put out a good spread"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"regales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"festivities",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wide space or area":{
"examples":[
"a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled"
],
"synonyms":[
"breadths",
"distances",
"expanses",
"expansions",
"extents",
"fields",
"lengths",
"plains",
"reaches",
"sheets",
"stretches",
"wastes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domains",
"spheres",
"territories",
"compasses",
"ranges",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"gamuts",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"depths",
"voids",
"extensions",
"latitudes",
"spans",
"amplitudes",
"immensities",
"magnitudes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
"examples":[
"the spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz"
],
"synonyms":[
"diapasons",
"gamuts",
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"scales",
"spectra",
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"sweeps",
"widths"
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"a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms"
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"leads",
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"ways"
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"breadths",
"depths",
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"rises",
"spaces",
"volumes",
"widths",
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"extents",
"casts",
"ranges",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"shots",
"sweeps",
"throws",
"drops",
"falls",
"flights",
"hauls",
"berths",
"clearances"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a small number":{
"examples":[
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
],
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"fews",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
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"scatters",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"sprinkles"
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"minorities",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"fragments",
"grains",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"particles",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits"
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"mosts",
"abundances",
"excesses",
"plenties",
"surpluses",
"deals",
"gobs",
"heaps",
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"masses",
"much",
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"piles",
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"plenties",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"slathers",
"slews",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths"
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"flocks",
"gazillions",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"legions",
"loads",
"many",
"mountains",
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"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillions"
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"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"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",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
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"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
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"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"springy":{
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"pillows made with springy foam that bounces right back"
],
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"bouncy",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"supple",
"whippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"unyielding",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
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"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
]
},
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"examples":[
"walks with a springy step"
],
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"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spruced":{
"as in dolled up , cosmeticized":{
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"cosmeticized",
"dolled up",
"embellished",
"souped up",
"tricked",
"ameliorated",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"candied",
"dressed up",
"enhanced",
"sweetened"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spread (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
],
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"expand",
"extend",
"fan (out)",
"flare (out)",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch",
"stretch (out)",
"unfold",
"unfurl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"contract",
"fold"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spring":{
"an act of leaping into the air":{
"examples":[
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"jump",
"leap",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"lope",
"skip",
"caper",
"capriole",
"gambado",
"gambol",
"attack",
"pounce",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"jump",
"leap",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"hurdle",
"leapfrog",
"lope",
"skip",
"buck",
"caper",
"capriole",
"cavort",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"romp",
"attack",
"pounce",
"shoot",
"skyrocket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprinted":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"scampered",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"cantered",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"loped",
"shagged",
"skipped",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"coursed",
"footed (it)",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"hoofed (it)",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"legged (it)",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed",
"nipped",
"pattered",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"stepped (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"hobbled",
"limped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spray":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"dot",
"pepper",
"scatter",
"sow",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"strew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"drizzle",
"dust",
"stud",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"speckle",
"stipple",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in twig , sprig":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sprig",
"twig",
"branchlet",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"shoot",
"spur",
"bough",
"branch",
"limb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mist , spindrift":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mist",
"spindrift",
"mousse",
"scum",
"foam",
"froth",
"head",
"lather",
"spume",
"suds",
"surf"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spritz , spit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spit",
"spritz",
"flush",
"gush",
"spew",
"geyser",
"spouter",
"jet",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"blast",
"burst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in arrangement , wreath":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"boutonniere",
"corsage",
"garland",
"lei",
"wreath",
"bouquet",
"nosegay",
"posy",
"bud",
"floret",
"floweret",
"flowerette",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flower"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprucing":{
"as in dolling up , cosmeticizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmeticizing",
"dolling up",
"embellishing",
"souping up",
"tricking",
"ameliorating",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"candying",
"dressing up",
"enhancing",
"sweetening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spring wagons":{
"as in drays , jolt-wagons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drays",
"jolt-wagons",
"oxcarts",
"wagonettes",
"carts",
"wagons",
"wains",
"barrows",
"hand trucks",
"pushcarts",
"trams",
"trucks",
"wheelbarrows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"springs":{
"an act of leaping into the air":{
"examples":[
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounds",
"hops",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"vaults"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"lopes",
"skips",
"capers",
"caprioles",
"gambadoes",
"gambados",
"gambols",
"attacks",
"pounces",
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"fonts",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"baselines",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"appears",
"arises",
"begins",
"breaks",
"commences",
"dawns",
"engenders",
"forms",
"materializes",
"originates",
"sets in",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives",
"subsists",
"arrives",
"comes on",
"emerges",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"shapes (up)",
"continues",
"endures",
"lasts",
"persists",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"finishes",
"halts",
"quits",
"terminates",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"ends",
"stops"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounds",
"hops",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"vaults"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"hurdles",
"leapfrogs",
"lopes",
"skips",
"bucks",
"capers",
"caprioles",
"cavorts",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"romps",
"attacks",
"pounces",
"shoots",
"skyrockets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spree":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"went on a spending spree"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp"
],
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"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
],
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"bender",
"binge",
"bust",
"carousal",
"carouse",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"toot",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprucely":{
"in a strikingly neat and trim manner":{
"examples":[
"sprucely dressed, I set out for my first job interview"
],
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"dashingly",
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"stylishly",
"swankily",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"pristinely",
"spotlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"slatternly",
"messily",
"mussily",
"untidily",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily"
],
"antonyms":[
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sprigs":{
"as in sprays , twigs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sprays",
"twigs",
"branchlets",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"shoots",
"spurs",
"boughs",
"branches",
"limbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spreads (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
],
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"expands",
"extends",
"fans (out)",
"flares (out)",
"opens",
"outspreads",
"outstretches",
"stretches (out)",
"unfolds",
"unfurls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspreads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacts",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"contracts",
"folds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spritzing":{
"as in spraying , sprinkling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"dabbling",
"lapping",
"plashing",
"washing",
"squirting",
"dashing",
"slopping",
"sloshing",
"spattering",
"splashing",
"swashing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprang":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
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"actualized",
"appeared",
"arose",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"started"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"hopped",
"jumped",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"vaulted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"hurdled",
"leapfrogged",
"loped",
"skipped",
"bucked",
"capered",
"caprioled",
"cavorted",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"attacked",
"pounced",
"shot",
"skyrocketed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springing":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"arising",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounding",
"hopping",
"jumping",
"leaping",
"vaulting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"hurdling",
"leapfrogging",
"loping",
"skipping",
"bucking",
"capering",
"caprioling",
"cavorting",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"attacking",
"pouncing",
"shooting",
"skyrocketing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprinkled":{
"as in peppered , dotted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dotted",
"peppered",
"colored",
"colorful",
"pigmented",
"stippled",
"blotted",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"calico",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"discolored",
"dyed",
"marked",
"stained",
"checkered",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flecked",
"streaked",
"shaded",
"bespattered",
"spattered",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"splotched",
"spotted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"spotted",
"sprayed",
"strewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"stippled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sprung":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualized",
"appeared",
"arisen",
"begun",
"broken",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"started"
],
"near synonyms":[
"been",
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"arrived",
"come on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"hopped",
"jumped",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"vaulted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"hurdled",
"leapfrogged",
"loped",
"skipped",
"bucked",
"capered",
"caprioled",
"cavorted",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"attacked",
"pounced",
"shot",
"skyrocketed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"turned loose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprightful":{
"as in lively , energetic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"hard",
"ironclad",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"tough",
"unyielding",
"assured",
"certain",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"secure",
"sure",
"firm",
"forceful",
"hearty",
"iron",
"lusty",
"robust",
"solid",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"vigorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncertain",
"weak",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-doubting",
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"spineless",
"weakened",
"weak-kneed",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sprung (up)":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arisen",
"come up",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"materialized",
"surfaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeared",
"come out",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"chanced",
"come",
"come about",
"fallen out",
"gone off",
"gone (on)",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"interfered",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"intruded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spread-eagle":{
"as in nationalist , xenophobic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinist",
"chauvinistic",
"jingoist",
"jingoistic",
"nationalist",
"nationalistic",
"superpatriotic",
"antiforeign",
"anti-immigrant",
"nativist",
"nativistic",
"xenophobic",
"loyal",
"patriotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"internationalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spring wagon":{
"as in dray , jolt-wagon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dray",
"jolt-wagon",
"oxcart",
"wagonette",
"cart",
"wagon",
"wain",
"barrow",
"hand truck",
"pushcart",
"tram",
"truck",
"wheelbarrow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spreading (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
],
"synonyms":[
"expanding",
"extending",
"fanning (out)",
"flaring (out)",
"opening",
"outspreading",
"outstretching",
"stretching (out)",
"unfolding",
"unfurling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspreading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacting",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing",
"contracting",
"folding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spryness":{
"ease and grace in physical activity":{
"examples":[
"has the spryness and flexibility of a professional athlete"
],
"synonyms":[
"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordination",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"sure-footedness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spritz":{
"as in spray , spit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spit",
"spray",
"flush",
"gush",
"spew",
"geyser",
"spouter",
"jet",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"blast",
"burst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spray , sprinkle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"dabble",
"lap",
"plash",
"wash",
"squirt",
"dash",
"slop",
"slosh",
"spatter",
"splash",
"swash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"springing (for)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprats":{
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"examples":[
"planning to spend their vacation at a couples-only resort where they would not be bothered by snotty-nosed sprats"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprouts",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescents",
"minors",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolkids",
"babes",
"babies",
"bantlings",
"infants",
"neonates",
"nestlings",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"devils",
"hellions",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"subteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"antonyms":[
"adults",
"grown-ups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"springily":{
"as in racily , effervescently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously",
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"spryly",
"allegro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"springiness":{
"as in buoyancy , jauntiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buoyancy",
"jauntiness",
"animation",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"eagerness",
"ebullience",
"ebulliency",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"impishness",
"pertness",
"playfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inactivity",
"lifelessness",
"indolence",
"laziness",
"anemia",
"bloodlessness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"spiritlessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"pallidness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"vapidity",
"vapidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprays":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"dots",
"peppers",
"scatters",
"sows",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"strews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"drizzles",
"dusts",
"studs",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"speckles",
"stipples",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in twigs , sprigs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sprigs",
"twigs",
"branchlets",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"shoots",
"spurs",
"boughs",
"branches",
"limbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mists , spindrifts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mists",
"spindrifts",
"mousses",
"scums",
"foams",
"froths",
"heads",
"lathers",
"spumes",
"suds",
"surfs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spritzes , spits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spits",
"spritzes",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"spews",
"geysers",
"spouters",
"jets",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts",
"blasts",
"bursts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in arrangements , wreaths":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"boutonnieres",
"corsages",
"garlands",
"leis",
"wreaths",
"bouquets",
"nosegays",
"posies",
"buds",
"florets",
"flowerets",
"flowerettes",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flowers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprat":{
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"examples":[
"planning to spend their vacation at a couples-only resort where they would not be bothered by snotty-nosed sprats"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"devil",
"hellion",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"subteen",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sprang (up)":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"came up",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"materialized",
"surfaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeared",
"came out",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"came",
"came about",
"chanced",
"fell out",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"went off",
"went (on)",
"interfered",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"intruded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spread":{
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"spread the news!"
],
"synonyms":[
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"propagate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiate",
"sprawl",
"diffuse",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"sow",
"communicate",
"convey",
"impart",
"pass (on)",
"transmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"hold (in)",
"mask",
"obscure",
"secrete",
"shroud",
"veil",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"lay",
"lay on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"dab",
"daub",
"plaster",
"slather",
"smear",
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"cover",
"layer",
"mantle",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"peel",
"strip",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"circulate",
"come out",
"get about",
"get around",
"get out",
"get round",
"leak (out)",
"out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"transpire",
"unfold",
"disclose",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hush (up)",
"suppress",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"mask",
"secrete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"examples":[
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicate",
"conduct",
"convey",
"give",
"impart",
"transfer",
"transfuse",
"transmit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"turn over",
"broadcast",
"diffuse",
"disseminate",
"propagate",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"contaminate",
"infect",
"poison"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"branch (out)",
"diverge",
"divide",
"fork",
"part",
"separate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"break up",
"broadcast",
"clear out",
"disband",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"distribute",
"scatter",
"sow",
"distance",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"gather",
"meet"
],
"antonyms":[
"converge",
"join"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"bought a brightly colored spread for summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcover",
"bedcovering",
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"coverlet",
"hap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"they really know how to put out a good spread"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquet",
"dinner",
"feast",
"feed",
"regale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"mess",
"repast",
"table",
"blowout",
"carnival",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"party",
"shindig",
"festivity",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"luau",
"roast",
"buffet",
"luncheon",
"smorgasbord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wide space or area":{
"examples":[
"a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled"
],
"synonyms":[
"breadth",
"distance",
"expanse",
"expansion",
"extent",
"field",
"length",
"plain",
"reach",
"sheet",
"stretch",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domain",
"sphere",
"territory",
"compass",
"range",
"scope",
"sweep",
"gamut",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"depth",
"emptiness",
"void",
"extension",
"latitude",
"span",
"amplitude",
"immensity",
"magnitude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
"examples":[
"the spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz"
],
"synonyms":[
"diapason",
"gamut",
"range",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"stretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"measure",
"pitch",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"compass",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"reach",
"realm",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
"examples":[
"a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms"
],
"synonyms":[
"distance",
"lead",
"length",
"remove",
"spacing",
"stretch",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altitude",
"area",
"breadth",
"depth",
"height",
"rise",
"space",
"volume",
"width",
"extension",
"extent",
"cast",
"range",
"reach",
"scope",
"shot",
"sweep",
"throw",
"drop",
"fall",
"flight",
"haul",
"berth",
"clearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprawling":{
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
"examples":[
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"radiating",
"extending",
"branching",
"fanning (out)",
"raying",
"splaying",
"spreading (out)",
"diverging",
"dividing",
"forking",
"parting",
"separating",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"diffusing",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"sowing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning",
"concentrating",
"converging",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"funneling",
"funnelling",
"joining",
"meeting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
"examples":[
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spreading (out)",
"stretching (out)",
"lounging",
"slouching",
"squatting",
"straddling",
"lying back",
"reclining",
"flopping",
"flumping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"perching",
"setting",
"sitting",
"splaying",
"expanding",
"extending",
"fanning (out)",
"flaring (out)",
"opening",
"outspreading",
"outstretching",
"unfolding",
"unfurling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"standing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprawled":{
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
"examples":[
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"radiated",
"extended",
"branched",
"fanned (out)",
"rayed",
"splayed",
"spread (out)",
"diverged",
"divided",
"forked",
"parted",
"separated",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"diffused",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"sowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned",
"concentrated",
"converged",
"focused",
"focussed",
"funneled",
"funnelled",
"joined",
"met"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
"examples":[
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spread (out)",
"stretched (out)",
"lounged",
"slouched",
"squatted",
"straddled",
"lay back",
"reclined",
"flopped",
"flumped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"perched",
"sat",
"set",
"splayed",
"expanded",
"extended",
"fanned (out)",
"flared (out)",
"opened",
"outspread",
"outstretched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rose",
"stood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sprayed":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"strewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"springed":{
"an act of leaping into the air":{
"examples":[
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"jump",
"leap",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"lope",
"skip",
"caper",
"capriole",
"gambado",
"gambol",
"attack",
"pounce",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"jump",
"leap",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"hurdle",
"leapfrog",
"lope",
"skip",
"buck",
"caper",
"capriole",
"cavort",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"romp",
"attack",
"pounce",
"shoot",
"skyrocket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"turn loose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"materialize",
"surface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}