dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/win_MWT.json
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{
"winced":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winds up":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes out",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windward":{
"as in upwind":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"upwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"downwind",
"leeward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in leeward , lee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lee",
"leeward",
"flank",
"hand",
"side",
"outside",
"face",
"top",
"bottom",
"foot",
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface",
"left",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"midway"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"windwards":{
"as in leewards , lees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"leewards",
"flanks",
"hands",
"sides",
"outsides",
"faces",
"tops",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"lefts",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"midways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wine":{
"as in sake , mead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple",
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
"examples":[
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pledge",
"toast",
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)",
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wink (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winning":{
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
"examples":[
"a particularly pretty and winning child"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embraceable",
"kissable",
"beloved",
"cherished",
"favored",
"favorite",
"loved",
"treasured",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"desirable",
"lovely",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"admirable",
"likable",
"likeable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"cheerful",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"kind",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"delightful",
"pleasing",
"well-disposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unloved",
"contemptible",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"heinous",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"offensive",
"unlikable",
"unpleasant",
"wretched",
"frightful",
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ogreish",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"unattractive",
"unsightly",
"vile",
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"horrendous",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
]
},
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
"examples":[
"flashed a winning smile that soon had us at her beck and call"
],
"synonyms":[
"disarming",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"insinuating",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adorable",
"charming",
"likable",
"likeable",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"affecting",
"poignant",
"touching",
"adulatory",
"deferential",
"effusive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"sycophantic",
"drooling",
"oleaginous",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"saccharine",
"soapy",
"sugary",
"unctuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"displeasing",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"arrogant",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"insolent",
"proud",
"scornful"
],
"antonyms":[
"unendearing",
"uningratiating"
]
},
"as in win , victory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcoming",
"sweeping",
"squeaking",
"squeezing",
"contending",
"vying",
"succeeding",
"breezing",
"romping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"folding",
"washing out",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"win a gold medal in swimming"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winningly":{
"in a pleasing way":{
"examples":[
"won the debate with incisive yet winningly witty responses"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"winnowed":{
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
"examples":[
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"culled",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"clarified",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"fined",
"garbled",
"purified",
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged",
"took",
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winnowed (out)":{
"as in screened , weeded (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"exclusive",
"fashionable",
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"chosen",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wino":{
"as in drinker , drunkard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot",
"swigger",
"swiller"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wins (back)":{
"as in redeems , buys (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buys (back)",
"redeems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hocks",
"pawns",
"pledges",
"deposits",
"mortgages",
"bonds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wins (over)":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"gets",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winsome":{
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"examples":[
"she was a bright, winsome gamine who could draw a smile out of anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
]
},
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
"examples":[
"in her new role, the actress again displays the winsome charm that has made her an audience favorite"
],
"synonyms":[
"disarming",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"insinuating",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adorable",
"charming",
"likable",
"likeable",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"affecting",
"poignant",
"touching",
"adulatory",
"deferential",
"effusive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"sycophantic",
"drooling",
"oleaginous",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"saccharine",
"soapy",
"sugary",
"unctuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"displeasing",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"arrogant",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"insolent",
"proud",
"scornful"
],
"antonyms":[
"unendearing",
"uningratiating"
]
},
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
"examples":[
"an actress who specialized in playing winsome ingenues in romantic comedies"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embraceable",
"kissable",
"beloved",
"cherished",
"favored",
"favorite",
"loved",
"treasured",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"desirable",
"lovely",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"admirable",
"likable",
"likeable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"cheerful",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"kind",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"delightful",
"pleasing",
"well-disposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unloved",
"contemptible",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"heinous",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"offensive",
"unlikable",
"unpleasant",
"wretched",
"frightful",
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ogreish",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"unattractive",
"unsightly",
"vile",
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"horrendous",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"winters":{
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
"examples":[
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"downtimes",
"layoffs",
"time-outs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breathers",
"breaths",
"interruptions",
"lulls",
"pauses",
"recesses",
"abeyances",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"latencies",
"quiescences",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wings":{
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"the conservative wing of the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"blocs",
"bodies",
"coalitions",
"factions",
"parties",
"sects",
"sets",
"sides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinters",
"splits",
"crews",
"gangs",
"packs",
"teams",
"denominations",
"persuasions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"caucuses",
"movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviates",
"flies",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"wafts",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"sails",
"sweeps",
"darts",
"flits",
"flutters",
"catapults",
"helicopters",
"jets",
"orbits",
"rockets",
"dives",
"stoops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winkle":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flame",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"window":{
"as in space , pause":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caesura",
"comma",
"interspace",
"lag",
"pause",
"space",
"time lag",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"hiccup",
"hiccough",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interregnum",
"interruption",
"interstice",
"interval",
"parenthesis",
"entr'acte",
"bumper",
"adjournment",
"discontinuance",
"lapse",
"suspension",
"lull",
"recess",
"respite",
"rest",
"subinterval"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuum",
"run",
"stretch",
"procession",
"progression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windup":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wining":{
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
"examples":[
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pledging",
"toasting",
"belting (down)",
"drinking",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"hoisting",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"pounding (down)",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slugging (down)",
"slurping",
"supping",
"swigging",
"swilling",
"tossing (down or off)",
"lapping",
"licking",
"sucking",
"consuming",
"downing",
"ingurgitating",
"killing",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"nipping",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wind":{
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
"examples":[
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
],
"synonyms":[
"current",
"draft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"gust",
"headwind",
"squall",
"tailwind",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
"examples":[
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"current",
"direction",
"drift",
"leaning",
"run",
"tendency",
"tide",
"trend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curve",
"downside",
"shift",
"swing",
"turn",
"turnabout",
"upside",
"custom",
"habit",
"propensity",
"tenor",
"way",
"countercurrent",
"countertrend",
"undercurrent",
"undertow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"examples":[
"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"coil",
"corkscrew",
"curl",
"entwine",
"spiral",
"twine",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"swirl",
"whirl",
"circle",
"encircle",
"loop",
"enlace",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"lace",
"bow",
"bulge",
"meander",
"weave",
"zigzag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrate",
"insinuate",
"slip",
"sneak",
"work in",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creep",
"edge",
"wiggle",
"insert",
"interpolate",
"interpose",
"introduce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winged":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviated",
"flew",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"catapulted",
"helicoptered",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winked":{
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batted",
"fluttered",
"squinted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"flashed",
"twinkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flared",
"flickered",
"glanced",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparked",
"sparkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
"examples":[
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"connived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"tolerated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windjammer":{
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bugeye",
"brigantine",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"ship",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windstorm":{
"as in tornado , gust":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"gust",
"headwind",
"squall",
"tailwind",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"current",
"draft",
"wind",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windy":{
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
"examples":[
"one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowy",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"squally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drafty",
"stormy",
"tempestuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathless",
"calm",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
"examples":[
"gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombastic",
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloated",
"elevated",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"inflated",
"lofty",
"ornate",
"pompous",
"pontifical",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"overdone",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"well-spoken",
"bald",
"direct",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
]
},
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
"examples":[
"a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners"
],
"synonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"voluble",
"periphrastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"bombastic",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"short",
"aphoristic",
"epigrammatic",
"sententious",
"compendious",
"summary",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"shortened",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"laconic",
"snippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse"
]
},
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
"examples":[
"a windy little creek"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"winding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"looping",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"linear"
],
"antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"winter":{
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
"examples":[
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"downtime",
"layoff",
"time-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause",
"recess",
"abeyance",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"latency",
"quiescence",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wink (out)":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"bite the dust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winning (back)":{
"as in redeeming , buying (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buying (back)",
"redeeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hocking",
"pawning",
"pledging",
"depositing",
"mortgaging",
"bonding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winds":{
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
"examples":[
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
],
"synonyms":[
"currents",
"drafts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"gusts",
"headwinds",
"squalls",
"tailwinds",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
"examples":[
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"currents",
"directions",
"drifts",
"leanings",
"runs",
"tendencies",
"tides",
"trends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curves",
"downsides",
"shifts",
"swings",
"turnabouts",
"turns",
"upsides",
"customs",
"habits",
"propensities",
"tenors",
"ways",
"countercurrents",
"countertrends",
"counter-trends",
"undercurrents",
"undertows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curvatures",
"curves",
"inflections",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kinks",
"warps",
"circles",
"ringlets",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curlycues",
"curls",
"buckles",
"convolutions",
"flexures",
"folds",
"loops",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twists",
"windings",
"incurvatures",
"reflections",
"declines",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"slopes",
"corners",
"turnoffs",
"doglegs",
"hairpins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"coils",
"corkscrews",
"curls",
"entwines",
"spirals",
"twines",
"twists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"sweeps",
"swerves",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"swirls",
"whirls",
"circles",
"encircles",
"loops",
"enlaces",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"laces",
"bows",
"bulges",
"meanders",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrates",
"insinuates",
"slips",
"sneaks",
"works in",
"worms",
"wriggles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creeps",
"edges",
"wiggles",
"inserts",
"interpolates",
"interposes",
"introduces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"windings":{
"as in loops , twists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckles",
"convolutions",
"flexures",
"folds",
"loops",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twists",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curlycues",
"curls",
"incurvatures",
"reflections",
"circles",
"ringlets",
"rings",
"rounds",
"declines",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"slopes",
"kinks",
"warps",
"corners",
"turnoffs",
"angles",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curvatures",
"curves",
"inflections",
"turns",
"winds",
"doglegs",
"hairpins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wince":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blench",
"cringe",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanch",
"pale",
"whiten",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"crouch",
"jerk",
"start",
"twitch",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"falter",
"hesitate",
"reel",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"near",
"beard",
"challenge",
"confront",
"defy",
"face"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flinch , squinch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winking":{
"as in twinkling , glinting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant",
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batting",
"fluttering",
"squinting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"flashing",
"twinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glancing",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"spangling",
"sparking",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaming",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"lustering",
"lustring",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"spangling",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"winkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"radiating",
"shining",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaring",
"glaring",
"glowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
"examples":[
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"conniving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"shrugging off",
"tolerating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"refusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wins (against)":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winkling":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaming",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"lustering",
"lustring",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"spangling",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"winking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"radiating",
"shining",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaring",
"glaring",
"glowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winks (out)":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winking (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winnow":{
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
"examples":[
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cull",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"nick",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle (down)",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"dent",
"deplete",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"deflate",
"shrink",
"minimize",
"moderate",
"modify",
"modulate",
"qualify",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"clarify",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"fine",
"filter",
"garble",
"purify",
"process",
"rectify",
"refine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take",
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"window-shoppers":{
"as in prospects , shoppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"regulars",
"accounts",
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"window dressing":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"examples":[
"the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"gloss",
"veneer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotton candy",
"fluff",
"tinsel",
"fig leaf",
"charade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"pose",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winds down":{
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"chills out",
"decompresses",
"de-stresses",
"loosens up",
"mellows (out)",
"relaxes",
"unwinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbends",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"reposes",
"rests",
"bums",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"vegetates",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"zones out",
"alleviates",
"comforts",
"eases",
"relieves",
"calms",
"composes",
"cools",
"quiets",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tenses (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winging":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"wafting",
"coasting",
"cruising",
"sailing",
"sweeping",
"darting",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"catapulting",
"helicoptering",
"jetting",
"orbiting",
"rocketing",
"diving",
"stooping"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windups":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
],
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"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"wrap-ups"
],
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"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windblown":{
"as in breezy , gusty":{
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"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windswept",
"bleak",
"dirty",
"foul",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded",
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"winnows":{
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
"examples":[
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
],
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"culls",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles (down)",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"clarifies",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles",
"purifies",
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"tags",
"takes",
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winze":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winces":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenches",
"cringes",
"flinches",
"quails",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"squinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanches",
"pales",
"whitens",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"crouches",
"jerks",
"starts",
"twitches",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"falters",
"hesitates",
"reels",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"nears",
"beards",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flinches , squinches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"flinches",
"squinches",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"moues",
"mouths",
"mows",
"mugs",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"snoots",
"growls",
"snarls",
"rictuses",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"scoffs",
"sneers",
"glares",
"glowers",
"looks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winkled":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wineshop":{
"as in nightclub , sports bar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wind up":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"windfall":{
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"examples":[
"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
],
"synonyms":[
"benediction",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grace",
"mercy",
"favor",
"kindness",
"mitzvah",
"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"anodyne",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"bonus",
"extra",
"lagniappe",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"bother",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"disadvantage",
"cross",
"misery",
"trial",
"tribulation"
],
"antonyms":[
"affliction",
"bane",
"curse",
"evil",
"plague",
"scourge"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winos":{
"as in drinkers , drunkards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholics",
"alkies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"dipsomaniacs",
"drinkers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"juiceheads",
"juicers",
"lushes",
"rummies",
"soakers",
"soaks",
"sots",
"souses",
"tipplers",
"topers",
"tosspots",
"swiggers",
"swillers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainers",
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winding up":{
"as in ending , passing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leftover",
"remaining",
"lingering",
"residual",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"winzes":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"bans",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"malisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"win (back)":{
"as in redeem , buy (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buy (back)",
"redeem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hock",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"deposit",
"mortgage",
"bond"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winterly":{
"as in cold , icy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy",
"nippy",
"polar",
"raw",
"sharp",
"snappy",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"coldish",
"cool",
"cooled",
"coolish",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"frosted",
"benumbed",
"nipped",
"numb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heated",
"hottish",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmed",
"warmish",
"thawed",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"steamy",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"white-hot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"windbreaks":{
"as in sheds , lean-tos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"covers",
"screens",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"oases",
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"win (over)":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"get",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windfalls":{
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"examples":[
"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
],
"synonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"mannas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graces",
"mercies",
"favors",
"mitzvoth",
"mitzvahs",
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"anodynes",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"bonuses",
"extras",
"lagniappes",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"bothers",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"disadvantages",
"crosses",
"miseries",
"trials",
"tribulations"
],
"antonyms":[
"afflictions",
"banes",
"curses",
"evils",
"plagues",
"scourges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windows":{
"as in spaces , pauses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caesuras",
"caesurae",
"commas",
"interspaces",
"lags",
"pauses",
"spaces",
"time lags",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses",
"hiccups",
"hiccoughs",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"interregnums",
"interregna",
"interruptions",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"parentheses",
"entr'actes",
"bumpers",
"adjournments",
"discontinuances",
"lapses",
"suspensions",
"lulls",
"recesses",
"respites",
"rests",
"subintervals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuations",
"continuities",
"continua",
"continuums",
"runs",
"stretches",
"processions",
"progressions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wincing":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenching",
"cringing",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"squinching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanching",
"paling",
"whitening",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"crouching",
"jerking",
"starting",
"twitching",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"faltering",
"hesitating",
"reeling",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"bearding",
"challenging",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winded up":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windiness":{
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
"examples":[
"he's a brilliant thinker, but his windiness tends to overwhelm his ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wineshops":{
"as in nightclubs , sports bars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouses",
"barrelhouses",
"bistros",
"bottle clubs",
"brewpubs",
"cabarets",
"dives",
"joints",
"nightclubs",
"roadhouses",
"speakeasies",
"sports bars",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"cantinas",
"dramshops",
"gin mills",
"grogshops",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taprooms",
"taverns",
"watering holes",
"watering places",
"package stores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"window-shopper":{
"as in prospect , shopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"regular",
"account",
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windblast":{
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
"examples":[
"a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gust",
"scud",
"williwaw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breeze",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"air",
"breath",
"waft",
"puff",
"whiff",
"bluster",
"gale",
"hurricane",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northerly",
"northwester",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"westerly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"win (against)":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"worst",
"get the better of",
"knock for a loop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winks (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winking (out)":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winnowing":{
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
"examples":[
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"culling",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling (down)",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling",
"purifying",
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"tagging",
"taking",
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wind down":{
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"chill out",
"de-stress",
"decompress",
"loosen up",
"mellow (out)",
"relax",
"unwind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbend",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"vegetate",
"veg out",
"zone out",
"alleviate",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relieve",
"calm",
"compose",
"cool",
"quiet",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tense (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windbag":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"with a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs?"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"prattler",
"talker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"blatherer",
"blatherskite",
"converser",
"discourser"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winks":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"drowses",
"forty winks",
"kips",
"naps",
"siestas",
"snoozes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reposes",
"rests",
"slumbers",
"beds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"eyeblinks",
"flashes",
"heartbeats",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"jiffs",
"minutes",
"moments",
"nanoseconds",
"New York minutes",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"twinklings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microseconds",
"snatches",
"spurts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeons",
"eons",
"ages",
"eternities",
"forevers",
"infinities",
"lifetimes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bats",
"flutters",
"squints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"flashes",
"twinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flares",
"flickers",
"glances",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flames",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
"examples":[
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"connives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"shrugs off",
"tolerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"denies",
"disallows",
"refuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winning (against)":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winded":{
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
"examples":[
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
],
"synonyms":[
"current",
"draft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"gust",
"headwind",
"squall",
"tailwind",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
"examples":[
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"current",
"direction",
"drift",
"leaning",
"run",
"tendency",
"tide",
"trend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curve",
"downside",
"shift",
"swing",
"turn",
"turnabout",
"upside",
"custom",
"habit",
"propensity",
"tenor",
"way",
"countercurrent",
"countertrend",
"undercurrent",
"undertow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"examples":[
"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"coil",
"corkscrew",
"curl",
"entwine",
"spiral",
"twine",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"swirl",
"whirl",
"circle",
"encircle",
"loop",
"enlace",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"lace",
"bow",
"bulge",
"meander",
"weave",
"zigzag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrate",
"insinuate",
"slip",
"sneak",
"work in",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creep",
"edge",
"wiggle",
"insert",
"interpolate",
"interpose",
"introduce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wined":{
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
"examples":[
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pledged",
"toasted",
"belted (down)",
"drank",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"hoisted",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"pounded (down)",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slugged (down)",
"slurped",
"supped",
"swigged",
"swilled",
"tossed (down or off)",
"lapped",
"licked",
"sucked",
"consumed",
"downed",
"ingurgitated",
"killed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"nipped",
"tippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winked (at)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winkles":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flames",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wines":{
"as in sakes , meads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples",
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
"examples":[
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
],
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"pledges",
"toasts",
"belts (down)",
"drinks",
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"hoists",
"imbibes",
"knocks back",
"pounds (down)",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slugs (down)",
"slurps",
"sups",
"swigs",
"swills",
"tosses (down or off)",
"laps",
"licks",
"sucks",
"consumes",
"downs",
"ingurgitates",
"kills",
"mouths (down)",
"puts away",
"nips",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wintry":{
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"a wintry and snowy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the doorman gave the uninvited visitors a wintry smile and escorted them out"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"window dressings":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"examples":[
"the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"glosses",
"veneers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotton candies",
"fluffs",
"tinsels",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"charades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"window shade":{
"as in shade , tapestry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hanging(s)",
"shade",
"tapestry",
"curtain",
"drapery",
"drapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"windswept":{
"as in breezy , blustery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"bleak",
"dirty",
"foul",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded",
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wintriness":{
"as in coldness , frigidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"gelidity",
"iciness",
"briskness",
"crispness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balminess",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winner":{
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"megahit",
"smash",
"success",
"supernova"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chip",
"blue chipper",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"pip",
"prizewinner",
"gem",
"jewel",
"treasure",
"marvel",
"natural",
"phenomenon",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"coup",
"triumph",
"victory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointment",
"fizzle",
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"flop",
"misfire",
"turkey",
"washout"
]
},
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war"
],
"synonyms":[
"beater",
"conqueror",
"master",
"subduer",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"victor",
"whipper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"champ",
"champion",
"finalist",
"placer",
"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"subjugator",
"top dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
"antonyms":[
"loser"
]
},
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
"examples":[
"the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner"
],
"synonyms":[
"champ",
"champion",
"titleholder",
"titlist",
"victor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cochampion",
"cowinner",
"placer",
"finalist",
"quarterfinalist",
"semifinalist",
"medalist",
"medallist",
"prizewinner",
"megastar",
"star",
"superstar",
"world-beater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wing":{
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"the conservative wing of the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloc",
"block",
"body",
"coalition",
"faction",
"party",
"sect",
"set",
"side"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinter",
"split",
"crew",
"gang",
"pack",
"team",
"denomination",
"persuasion",
"schism",
"scission",
"caucus",
"movement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"windblasts":{
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
"examples":[
"a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gusts",
"scuds",
"williwaws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breezes",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"airs",
"breaths",
"wafts",
"puffs",
"whiffs",
"bluster",
"gales",
"hurricanes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"northeasters",
"northerlies",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winded down":{
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"chilled out",
"decompressed",
"de-stressed",
"loosened up",
"mellowed (out)",
"relaxed",
"unwound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbent",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested",
"bummed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"vegetated",
"vegged out",
"zoned out",
"alleviated",
"comforted",
"eased",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"composed",
"cooled",
"quieted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensed (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windbags":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"with a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs?"
],
"synonyms":[
"babblers",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"blowhards",
"cacklers",
"chatterboxes",
"chatterers",
"conversationalists",
"gabblers",
"gasbags",
"jabberers",
"jays",
"magpies",
"motormouths",
"prattlers",
"talkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"blatherers",
"blatherskites",
"conversers",
"discoursers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winding":{
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
"examples":[
"a long and winding path through the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"windy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"looping",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"linear"
],
"antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway"
]
},
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
"examples":[
"a winding staircase leads to the top of the lighthouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"helical",
"involute",
"screwlike",
"spiral"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circular",
"curling",
"curving",
"swirly",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lineal",
"linear",
"right",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in loop , twist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"kink",
"warp",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrewing",
"curling",
"entwining",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"twining",
"twisting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"swirling",
"whirling",
"circling",
"encircling",
"looping",
"enlacing",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"lacing",
"bowing",
"bulging",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"slipping",
"sneaking",
"working in",
"worming",
"wriggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creeping",
"edging",
"wiggling",
"inserting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"windbreak":{
"as in shed , lean-to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cover",
"screen",
"anchorage",
"mooring",
"port",
"oasis",
"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wintery":{
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"a wintry and snowy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the doorman gave the uninvited visitors a wintry smile and escorted them out"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"windjammers":{
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"dinghies",
"sailboats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catamarans",
"catboats",
"cat rigs",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"ships",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winked (out)":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"winnings":{
"as in revenue , income":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain",
"gross",
"income",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"receipts",
"return",
"revenue",
"bag",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoils",
"swag",
"bounty",
"catch",
"haul",
"take",
"yield",
"appropriation",
"collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"loss",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"win":{
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcome",
"sweep",
"squeak",
"squeeze",
"contend",
"vie",
"succeed",
"breeze",
"romp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"fold",
"wash out",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"win a gold medal in swimming"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"a team with 12 wins and two losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"palm",
"triumph",
"victory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capture",
"conquest",
"mastery",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing",
"blowout",
"landslide",
"laugher",
"romp",
"runaway",
"shutout",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover",
"squeaker",
"success",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upset",
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"washout",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"overthrow",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"whipping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"windless":{
"as in cloudless , rainless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"hushed",
"lown",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"untroubled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"angry",
"inclement",
"restless",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"blizzardy",
"blizzardly",
"blustery",
"squally",
"windy",
"extreme",
"foul",
"intemperate",
"nasty",
"severe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"winners":{
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"megahits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"supernovas",
"supernovae"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chippers",
"blue chips",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"pips",
"prizewinners",
"gems",
"jewels",
"treasures",
"marvels",
"naturals",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"coups",
"triumphs",
"victories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointments",
"fizzles",
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"flops",
"misfires",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
]
},
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"top dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
"antonyms":[
"losers"
]
},
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
"examples":[
"the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner"
],
"synonyms":[
"champions",
"champs",
"titleholders",
"titlists",
"victors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cochampions",
"co-champions",
"cowinners",
"co-winners",
"placers",
"finalists",
"quarterfinalists",
"semifinalists",
"medalists",
"medallists",
"prizewinners",
"megastars",
"stars",
"superstars",
"world-beaters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wins":{
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcomes",
"sweeps",
"squeaks",
"squeezes",
"contends",
"vies",
"succeeds",
"breezes",
"romps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"folds",
"washes out",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"win a gold medal in swimming"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"a team with 12 wins and two losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"palms",
"triumphs",
"victories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captures",
"conquests",
"masteries",
"subjugations",
"blowouts",
"landslides",
"laughers",
"romps",
"runaways",
"shutouts",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers",
"squeakers",
"successes",
"takeovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upsets",
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"washouts",
"declines",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"beatings",
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"losses",
"overthrows",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wink":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"kip",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repose",
"rest",
"slumber",
"bed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microsecond",
"snatch",
"spurt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"forever",
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bat",
"flutter",
"squint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"flash",
"twinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flare",
"flicker",
"glance",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"spark",
"sparkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flame",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"winkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
"examples":[
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"connive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"shrug off",
"tolerate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"frown (on or upon)",
"deny",
"disallow",
"refuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"winding down":{
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"chilling out",
"decompressing",
"de-stressing",
"loosening up",
"mellowing (out)",
"relaxing",
"unwinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbending",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"reposing",
"resting",
"bumming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"vegetating",
"vegging out",
"zoning out",
"alleviating",
"comforting",
"easing",
"relieving",
"calming",
"composing",
"cooling",
"quieting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensing (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"windstorms":{
"as in tornadoes , gusts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"gusts",
"headwinds",
"squalls",
"tailwinds",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"currents",
"drafts",
"winds",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"winning (over)":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"getting",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}