dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/woo_MWT.json
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{
"woodsy":{
"as in spicy , fruity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"woozy":{
"having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down":{
"examples":[
"the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot"
],
"synonyms":[
"aswoon",
"dizzy",
"giddy",
"light-headed",
"reeling",
"swimmy",
"vertiginous",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faint",
"weak",
"addled",
"befuddled",
"confused",
"dazed",
"groggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"stable",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"woodsman":{
"as in bushranger , mountain man":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"explorer",
"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"colonial",
"colonist",
"colonizer",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer",
"settler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooed":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"courted",
"flirted (with)",
"invited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled (for)",
"fished (for)",
"hunted",
"searched",
"sought",
"provoked",
"tempted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wool":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"the wool from cashmere goats is considered by many to be the finest available"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pelage",
"pile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoat",
"underfur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woolgathering":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"my woolgathering was abruptly interrupted by a question from the flight attendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"reverie",
"revery",
"study",
"trance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooly":{
"made of or resembling hair":{
"examples":[
"the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming"
],
"synonyms":[
"furry",
"fuzzy",
"hairy",
"rough",
"shaggy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downy",
"fluffy",
"nappy",
"puffy",
"hairlike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"covered with or as if with hair":{
"examples":[
"still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"silky",
"unshorn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"mustachioed",
"moustachioed",
"whiskered",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"antonyms":[
"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"woodland":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland"
],
"synonyms":[
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"wood(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodenheaded":{
"as in dense , dull":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"purblind",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"feebleminded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"moronic",
"silly",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"stupid",
"thoughtless",
"unintelligent",
"witless",
"undiscriminating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"acute",
"penetrating",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"experienced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"woodenheads":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"you're not a woodenhead , so there's no reason why you can't learn this"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooers":{
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
"examples":[
"of all her wooers , he was the only one who met with her father's approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallants",
"suitors",
"swains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"fellows",
"men",
"old men",
"significant others",
"squeezes",
"admirers",
"crushes",
"steadies",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"favorites",
"flames",
"honeys",
"lovers",
"loves",
"sparks",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"valentines",
"dates",
"escorts",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodwinds":{
"as in brasses , strings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brasses",
"strings",
"brass band",
"chamber orchestra",
"sinfonietta",
"combo",
"ensemble",
"group",
"band",
"orchestra",
"philharmonic",
"symphony",
"symphony orchestra",
"company",
"troupe",
"duo",
"octet",
"quartet",
"quartette",
"quintet",
"septet",
"sextet",
"trio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"woodlot":{
"as in hedge , grove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grove",
"hedge",
"stand",
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket",
"canebrake",
"brush",
"bush",
"scrub",
"scrubland",
"bramble",
"jungle",
"tangle",
"forest",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"wood",
"woodland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodies":{
"as in wagons , SUVs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woods":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"deer and mountain lions live in those woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"woodland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooden":{
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
"examples":[
"an eminent scientist who was wooden in front of television cameras"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"ungainly",
"boorish",
"clownish",
"uncouth",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"self-doubting",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wood(s)":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"deer and mountain lions live in those woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"woodland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wools":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"the wool from cashmere goats is considered by many to be the finest available"
],
"synonyms":[
"coats",
"fleeces",
"furs",
"hairs",
"jackets",
"pelages",
"piles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoats",
"underfurs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooer":{
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
"examples":[
"of all her wooers , he was the only one who met with her father's approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallant",
"suitor",
"swain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beau",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"old man",
"significant other",
"squeeze",
"admirer",
"crush",
"steady",
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"favorite",
"flame",
"honey",
"love",
"lover",
"spark",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"valentine",
"date",
"escort",
"fianc\u00e9",
"intended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodie":{
"as in wagon , SUV":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodsmen":{
"as in bushrangers , mountain men":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bushrangers",
"mountain men",
"explorers",
"pathfinders",
"trailblazers",
"colonials",
"colonists",
"colonizers",
"frontiersmen",
"homesteaders",
"pioneers",
"settlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodlands":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestlands",
"forests",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlots",
"arboretums",
"arboreta",
"plantations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodlots":{
"as in hedges , groves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groves",
"hedges",
"stands",
"boscages",
"boskages",
"bosks",
"bosques",
"bosquets",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"thickets",
"canebrakes",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"scrublands",
"scrubs",
"brambles",
"jungles",
"tangles",
"forests",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woolgatherers":{
"as in daydreamers , fantasizers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"perfectionists",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists",
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woolly":{
"made of or resembling hair":{
"examples":[
"the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming"
],
"synonyms":[
"furry",
"fuzzy",
"hairy",
"rough",
"shaggy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downy",
"fluffy",
"nappy",
"puffy",
"hairlike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"covered with or as if with hair":{
"examples":[
"still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"silky",
"unshorn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"mustachioed",
"moustachioed",
"whiskered",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"antonyms":[
"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"woo":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"court",
"flirt (with)",
"invite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle (for)",
"fish (for)",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"woody":{
"as in wagon , SUV":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodenness":{
"as in stiffness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stiffness",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"halfheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"affectlessness",
"apathy",
"emotionlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility",
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wood nymphs":{
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
"examples":[
"wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dryads",
"hamadryads",
"naiads",
"naiades",
"nymphs",
"oreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mermaids",
"Nereids",
"Oceanids",
"sea-maids",
"sea-maidens",
"sirens",
"water nymphs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woolgatherer":{
"as in daydreamer , fantasizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamer",
"fantasizer",
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"perfectionist",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist",
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wooing":{
"as in courting , seduction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charming",
"courting",
"massaging",
"romancing",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"buttering up",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion",
"allurement",
"beguilement",
"endearment",
"enticement",
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"persuasion",
"suasion",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"charm",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"courting",
"flirting (with)",
"inviting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling (for)",
"fishing (for)",
"hunting",
"searching",
"seeking",
"provoking",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wood nymph":{
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
"examples":[
"wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dryad",
"hamadryad",
"naiad",
"nymph",
"oread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mermaid",
"Nereid",
"Oceanid",
"sea-maid",
"sea-maiden",
"siren",
"water nymph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woodenhead":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"you're not a woodenhead , so there's no reason why you can't learn this"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woos":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"courts",
"flirts (with)",
"invites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles (for)",
"fishes (for)",
"hunts",
"searches",
"seeks",
"provokes",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"woolgatherings":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"my woolgathering was abruptly interrupted by a question from the flight attendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"reveries",
"studies",
"trances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"musings",
"absorptions",
"abstractions",
"preoccupations",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wood":{
"tree logs as prepared for human use":{
"examples":[
"a huge load of wood outside the furniture maker's factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"lumber",
"timber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"brace",
"pile",
"post",
"ridgepole",
"sill",
"splint",
"stake",
"stave",
"stick",
"bar",
"billet",
"block",
"cordwood",
"firewood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"deer and mountain lions live in those woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"woodland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"woops":{
"as in ugh":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ugh",
"there",
"(the) deuce",
"egad",
"gad",
"gadzooks",
"the devil",
"the dickens",
"zounds",
"fiddlesticks",
"phooey",
"pooh",
"gee",
"gee whiz",
"ha",
"hello",
"hey",
"lo",
"oh",
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"fie",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"pshaw",
"well",
"what",
"why"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection"
]
}
}