dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cho_MWT.json
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{
"choked":{
"as in strained , cracked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"let go of my throat\u2014you're choking me!"
],
"synonyms":[
"garroted",
"garotted",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"throttled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asphyxiated",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"scragged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking"
],
"synonyms":[
"gagged",
"suffocated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaved",
"hove",
"retched",
"threw up",
"vomited",
"asphyxiated",
"smothered",
"stifled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"respired",
"expired",
"inspired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"examples":[
"thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters"
],
"synonyms":[
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garroted",
"garotted",
"throttled",
"asphyxiated",
"drowned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"slew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"exhaled",
"expired",
"inhaled",
"inspired",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"choker":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a pearl choker closely wrapped around her throat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"torque",
"torc",
"beads",
"carcanet",
"rivi\u00e8re",
"rope",
"strand",
"bangle",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"locket",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"synonyms":[
"collar",
"dog collar",
"lei",
"necklace"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chokes (back)":{
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"related":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds back",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"submerges",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choler":{
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bile",
"biliousness",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"embitterment",
"empoisonment",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"rancor",
"envy",
"jaundice",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"spite",
"vengefulness",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"belligerence",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"crankiness",
"disputatiousness",
"hot-headedness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"orneriness",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"blowup",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"pet",
"rise",
"ruffle",
"temper",
"air rage",
"road rage",
"delirium",
"heat",
"passion",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmness",
"forbearance",
"patience"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
]
},
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choleric":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk"
],
"synonyms":[
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"choose":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"choose a computer that best suits your needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"examples":[
"you can wear whatever you choose to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"like",
"please",
"want",
"will",
"wish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"fancy",
"hanker (for)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"decide",
"determine",
"resolve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"figure",
"name",
"opt",
"resolve",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"rule",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"find",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"delay",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waffle",
"waver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chopped":{
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"chop the onions before adding them to the pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"diced",
"hashed",
"minced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chipped",
"grated",
"ground",
"kibbled",
"mashed",
"pureed",
"pur\u00e9ed",
"sliced",
"butchered",
"carved",
"dissected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chopper":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"synonyms":[
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chopping":{
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"chop the onions before adding them to the pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"dicing",
"hashing",
"mincing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chipping",
"grating",
"grinding",
"kibbling",
"mashing",
"pureeing",
"pur\u00e9eing",
"slicing",
"butchering",
"carving",
"dissecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chorded":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"sorted",
"squared",
"tallied",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choreographed":{
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"blueprinted",
"budgeted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"designed",
"framed",
"laid out",
"mapped (out)",
"organized",
"planned",
"prepared",
"projected",
"schemed (out)",
"shaped",
"strategized (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspired",
"contrived",
"devised",
"intrigued",
"machinated",
"plotted",
"put up",
"concerted",
"got up",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"sketched",
"aimed",
"figured",
"had on",
"intended",
"meant",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"premeditated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chortle":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the joke provoked a sudden chortle from a bystander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"related":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"audiences might chortle gently during the movie's amusing bits, but there are few knee-slappers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"related":[
"grin",
"smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chortles":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"the joke provoked a sudden chortle from a bystander"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laughs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cachinnations",
"cackles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughs",
"laughters",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"audiences might chortle gently during the movie's amusing bits, but there are few knee-slappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"cackles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"hee-haws",
"laughs",
"roars",
"screams",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grins",
"smiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chortling":{
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"audiences might chortle gently during the movie's amusing bits, but there are few knee-slappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"cackling",
"chuckling",
"cracking up",
"giggling",
"hee-hawing",
"laughing",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"snickering",
"tittering",
"twittering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chose":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"related":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"opted",
"resolved",
"settled (on or upon)"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
],
"examples":[
"choose a computer that best suits your needs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"related":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged",
"took"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can wear whatever you choose to the party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"fancied",
"hankered (for)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolved"
],
"synonyms":[
"liked",
"pleased",
"wanted",
"willed",
"wished"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chow":{
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that evening's chow was pretty basic because we were in a hurry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"synonyms":[
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
]
},
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's always at least some chow in the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chowderheads":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"instantly concluded his new son-in-law was a chowderhead"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"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",
"woodenheads",
"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"
]
},
"choreograph":{
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"related":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chows (down on)":{
"as in gobbles (up or down) , snarfs (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolts",
"devours",
"gluts (on)",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"snarfs (down)",
"swills",
"wolfs",
"digests",
"downs",
"mouths (down)",
"swallows",
"chews",
"gnaws (at or on)",
"gums",
"laps",
"licks",
"nibbles (on)",
"nurses",
"picks (at)",
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"partakes (of)",
"puts away",
"puts down",
"tucks (away or in)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"dines",
"fares",
"feasts",
"gormandizes",
"pigs out",
"regales",
"dispatches",
"polishes off",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choke (back)":{
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chock-full":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"returned from the buffet with a plate chock-full of food"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chop-chop":{
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"I need this project done chop-chop"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"chop":{
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"chop the onions before adding them to the pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"dice",
"hash",
"mince"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chip",
"grate",
"grind",
"kibble",
"mash",
"puree",
"pur\u00e9e",
"slice",
"butcher",
"carve",
"dissect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a sharp chop to his opponent's neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"choreographing":{
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"blueprinting",
"budgeting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"designing",
"framing",
"laying out",
"mapping (out)",
"organizing",
"planning",
"preparing",
"projecting",
"scheming (out)",
"shaping",
"strategizing (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspiring",
"contriving",
"devising",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"putting up",
"concerting",
"getting up",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"sketching",
"aiming",
"figuring",
"having on",
"intending",
"meaning",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"premeditating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chock":{
"as in stick , jam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"dismantle",
"mothball",
"phase out",
"flick (off)",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chophouses":{
"as in steak houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"steak houses",
"greasy spoons",
"hash houses",
"pizzerias",
"cafeterias",
"lunch counters",
"luncheonettes",
"lunchrooms",
"snack bars",
"coffeehouses",
"coffee shops",
"estaminets",
"teahouses",
"tearooms",
"tea shops",
"beaneries",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"caffs",
"diners",
"eateries",
"grills",
"restaurants",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"inns",
"taverns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cholers":{
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bile",
"biliousness",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"embitterment",
"empoisonment",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"rancor",
"envy",
"jaundice",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"spite",
"vengefulness",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"belligerence",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"crankiness",
"disputatiousness",
"hot-headedness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"orneriness",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"blowup",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"pet",
"rise",
"ruffle",
"temper",
"air rage",
"road rage",
"delirium",
"heat",
"passion",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmness",
"forbearance",
"patience"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
]
},
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chophouse":{
"as in steak house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"steak house",
"greasy spoon",
"hash house",
"pizzeria",
"cafeteria",
"lunch counter",
"luncheonette",
"lunchroom",
"snack bar",
"coffeehouse",
"coffee shop",
"estaminet",
"teahouse",
"tearoom",
"tea shop",
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"diner",
"eatery",
"grill",
"restaurant",
"bar",
"barroom",
"inn",
"tavern"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choiceness":{
"exceptionally high quality":{
"examples":[
"a chocolatier renowned for the choiceness of the cacao beans it uses"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chorused":{
"as in chimed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chimed",
"bellowed",
"belted",
"roared",
"chanted",
"intonated",
"intoned",
"sang",
"sung"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chore":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"everyone in this household is expected to do weekly chores"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"duty",
"job",
"task"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"cleaning everything out of the attic was a real chore"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"headache",
"job",
"killer",
"labor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"heavy lifting",
"lucubration",
"effort",
"strain",
"sweat",
"burden",
"load",
"weight",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chouse":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an open-air bazaar where generations of unwary tourists have been choused"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chord":{
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
"examples":[
"the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers"
],
"synonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"passion",
"sentiment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impression",
"perception",
"sensation",
"sense",
"angle",
"attitude",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"verdict",
"view",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"unfeelingness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chorography":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"a detailed map of the region's chorography"
],
"synonyms":[
"geography",
"geomorphology",
"landscape",
"terrain",
"topography"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choked (back)":{
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question"
],
"synonyms":[
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choice":{
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"you have no choice : you have to go to the conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternative",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection",
"volition",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"free will",
"will",
"say",
"voice",
"vote",
"inclination",
"liking",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perspicacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"duty",
"obligation",
"Hobson's choice"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
"examples":[
"my choice for best song of all time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"chosen",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"elective",
"option",
"appointment",
"designation",
"nomination",
"appointee",
"candidate",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"preselection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"that school accepts only the choice of the city's crop of high school students"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"the prisoner had no choice but to do what he was told"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"autonomy",
"free will",
"self-determination",
"volition",
"will"
],
"near synonyms":[
"election",
"preference",
"selection",
"bent",
"devices",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"alternative",
"discretion",
"option",
"pick",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of selecting":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to make a choice eventually"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"election",
"picking",
"selecting",
"selection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"option",
"appointment",
"assignment",
"designation",
"naming",
"nomination",
"decision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"examples":[
"choice chocolates for which chocolate lovers are willing to pay extra"
],
"synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"thus far, the pool of applicants for the job has been less than choice"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant offers a small but choice list of wines from some of Europe's finest viticultural regions"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chosen",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"exclusive",
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"winnowed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"choke off":{
"as in turn back , rein (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"arrest",
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chomps (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"loudly chomped on popcorn during the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bites (on)",
"champs",
"chaws",
"chews",
"crunches (on)",
"gnaws (on)",
"masticates",
"nibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminates",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"devours",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"snacks",
"wolfs",
"nips",
"pecks (at)",
"picks (at)",
"gums",
"mumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chorus":{
"an organized group of singers":{
"examples":[
"the annual Christmas program presented by the church's chorus"
],
"synonyms":[
"choir",
"chorale",
"consort",
"glee club"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensemble",
"minstrelsy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"examples":[
"the whole congregation will join in for the chorus"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"refrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repeat",
"response"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chime":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"bellow",
"belt",
"roar",
"chant",
"intonate",
"intone",
"sing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chooses":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"choose a computer that best suits your needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"tags",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"examples":[
"you can wear whatever you choose to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"likes",
"pleases",
"wants",
"wills",
"wishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"fancies",
"hankers (for)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"repines (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"decides",
"determines",
"resolves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"determines",
"figures",
"names",
"opts",
"resolves",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrees",
"rules",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"finds",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"umpires",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"questions",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"delays",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"stalls",
"temporizes",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"waffles",
"wavers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chows (down)":{
"as in digs in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"digs in",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"feeds",
"partakes",
"refreshes",
"victuals",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chomp (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"loudly chomped on popcorn during the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"champ",
"chaw",
"chew",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminate",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack",
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"snack",
"wolf",
"nip",
"peck (at)",
"pick (at)",
"gum",
"mumble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chocks":{
"as in sticks , jams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks",
"dismantles",
"mothballs",
"phases out",
"flicks (off)",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"propels",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choked off":{
"as in turned back , reined (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reined (in)",
"repressed",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"called",
"discontinued",
"suspended",
"concluded",
"cut off",
"ended",
"terminated",
"baffled",
"balked",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"bottlenecked",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"snagged",
"stemmed",
"arrested",
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"halted",
"held up",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept (on)",
"kept up",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"fared",
"marched",
"moved",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"wended",
"went along",
"actuated",
"budged",
"drove",
"goaded",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chorographies":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"a detailed map of the region's chorography"
],
"synonyms":[
"geographies",
"geomorphologies",
"landscapes",
"terrains",
"topographies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sceneries",
"grounds",
"landforms",
"lands",
"terranes",
"terrenes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choristers":{
"a member of a choir":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cantors",
"chanters",
"carolers",
"carollers",
"singers",
"songsters",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices",
"belters",
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"warblers",
"yodelers",
"serenaders",
"chansonniers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chores":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"everyone in this household is expected to do weekly chores"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"duties",
"jobs",
"tasks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chares",
"chars",
"endeavors",
"enterprises",
"projects",
"stints",
"undertakings",
"care",
"charges",
"commissions",
"responsibilities",
"functions",
"missions",
"offices",
"operations",
"posts",
"errands",
"circuits",
"rounds",
"routes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"cleaning everything out of the attic was a real chore"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"beasts",
"headaches",
"jobs",
"killers",
"labors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"heavy liftings",
"lucubrations",
"efforts",
"strains",
"sweats",
"burdens",
"loads",
"weights",
"bothers",
"nuisances",
"troubles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"child's play",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setups",
"snaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chorale":{
"a religious song":{
"examples":[
"practiced a chorale to perform in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"processional",
"recessional"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an organized group of singers":{
"examples":[
"a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"choir",
"chorus",
"consort",
"glee club"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensemble",
"minstrelsy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chockablock":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"the mantel was chockablock with knickknacks"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chop (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we have to chop down that tree out front before it falls on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut (down)",
"fell",
"hew",
"mow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldoze",
"demolish",
"flatten",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chops (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we have to chop down that tree out front before it falls on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts (down)",
"fells",
"hews",
"mows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozes",
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chow (down)":{
"as in dig in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dig in",
"banquet",
"feast",
"repast",
"glut",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
"dine",
"eat",
"fare",
"feed",
"partake",
"refresh",
"victual",
"graze",
"nibble",
"nosh",
"pick",
"snack",
"board",
"dine out",
"mess",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"picnic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chocking":{
"as in sticking , jamming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"braking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"dismantling",
"mothballing",
"phasing out",
"flicking (off)",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choir":{
"an organized group of singers":{
"examples":[
"joined the choir for next year"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorale",
"chorus",
"consort",
"glee club"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensemble",
"minstrelsy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chosen":{
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"the chosen few who are invited to a gathering at the CEO's house at the end of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"exclusive",
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"winnowed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
"examples":[
"of the five sons in the family, he was his father's chosen and thus showered with attention and special gifts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"choice",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"elective",
"option",
"appointment",
"designation",
"nomination",
"appointee",
"candidate",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"preselection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"choose a computer that best suits your needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged",
"taken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"thrown away",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"examples":[
"you can wear whatever you choose to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"liked",
"pleased",
"wanted",
"willed",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"fancied",
"hankered (for)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"opted",
"resolved",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chowed (down)":{
"as in dug in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dug in",
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"refreshed",
"victualed",
"victualled",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choke":{
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"let go of my throat\u2014you're choking me!"
],
"synonyms":[
"garrote",
"garotte",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"throttle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"smother",
"stifle",
"scrag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking"
],
"synonyms":[
"gag",
"suffocate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"retch",
"throw up",
"vomit",
"asphyxiate",
"smother",
"stifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"respire",
"expire",
"inspire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"examples":[
"thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters"
],
"synonyms":[
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garrote",
"garotte",
"throttle",
"asphyxiate",
"drown",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"slay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"exhale",
"expire",
"inhale",
"inspire",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chomped (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"loudly chomped on popcorn during the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit (on)",
"champed",
"chawed",
"chewed",
"crunched (on)",
"gnawed (on)",
"masticated",
"nibbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminated",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked",
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"swallowed",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"snacked",
"wolfed",
"nipped",
"pecked (at)",
"picked (at)",
"gummed",
"mumbled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choke holds":{
"as in controls , arms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"sways",
"lordships",
"scepters",
"takeovers",
"primacies",
"superiorities",
"directions",
"jurisdictions",
"managements",
"ascendances",
"ascendences",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"dominances",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"hegemonies",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"predominancies",
"preeminences",
"reigns",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"clouts",
"mights",
"pulls",
"weights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses",
"impotences",
"impotencies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chorusing":{
"as in chiming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chiming",
"bellowing",
"belting",
"roaring",
"chanting",
"intonating",
"intoning",
"singing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chops":{
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
"examples":[
"that pianist really doesn't yet have the musical chops to do that piece justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"savvy",
"skills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"background",
"command",
"mastery",
"acquaintance",
"conversance",
"familiarity",
"intimacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
]
},
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
"examples":[
"the toddler popped a candy into his chops and grinned stickily"
],
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"kisser",
"mouth",
"mug",
"piehole",
"trap",
"yap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countenance",
"face",
"puss",
"visage",
"muzzle",
"jaws",
"mandible",
"maxilla",
"gullet",
"maw"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"chop the onions before adding them to the pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"dices",
"hashes",
"minces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"grates",
"grinds",
"kibbles",
"mashes",
"purees",
"pur\u00e9es",
"slices",
"butchers",
"carves",
"dissects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chorales":{
"a religious song":{
"examples":[
"practiced a chorale to perform in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthems",
"canticles",
"carols",
"hymns",
"psalms",
"spirituals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"Gloria Patris",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"masses",
"oratorios",
"processionals",
"recessionals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an organized group of singers":{
"examples":[
"a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"choirs",
"choruses",
"consorts",
"glee clubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensembles",
"minstrelsies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chopped (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we have to chop down that tree out front before it falls on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut (down)",
"felled",
"hewed",
"mowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozed",
"demolished",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"razed",
"tore down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chowderheaded":{
"as in birdbrained , chuckleheaded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thoughtless",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chockful":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"returned from the buffet with a plate chock-full of food"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"choking off":{
"as in turning back , reining (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"bottlenecking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"arresting",
"bringing up",
"catching",
"checking",
"drawing up",
"fetching up",
"halting",
"holding up",
"pulling up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chousing":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an open-air bazaar where generations of unwary tourists have been choused"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chordal":{
"as in orchestral , harmonic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"polyphonic",
"polyphonous",
"tonal",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"songful",
"songlike",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"echoing",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"dulcet",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"blending",
"chiming",
"flowing",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"atonal",
"off-key"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chocolate-box":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"a dog calendar that features the animals in cutesy, chocolate-box poses and robs them of their dignity"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chortled":{
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"audiences might chortle gently during the movie's amusing bits, but there are few knee-slappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"cackled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"hee-hawed",
"laughed",
"roared",
"screamed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"choosey":{
"hard to please":{
"examples":[
"a choosy dog who refuses all but the fanciest food"
],
"synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
]
},
"tending to select carefully":{
"examples":[
"a choosy man when it came to clothes for the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"particular",
"picky",
"selective"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nice",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"judicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indiscriminate",
"indiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonselective",
"unselective"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"choppers":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"copters",
"eggbeaters",
"helicopters",
"helos",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiros",
"autogyros",
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"slicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choices":{
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"you have no choice : you have to go to the conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternatives",
"discretions",
"druthers",
"elections",
"liberties",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections",
"volitions",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinations",
"free wills",
"wills",
"says",
"voices",
"votes",
"inclinations",
"likings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"discernments",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"perspicacities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"duties",
"obligations",
"Hobson's choices"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
"examples":[
"my choice for best song of all time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bets",
"chosen",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"electives",
"options",
"appointments",
"designations",
"nominations",
"appointees",
"candidates",
"nominees",
"selectees",
"preselections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"that school accepts only the choice of the city's crop of high school students"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"the prisoner had no choice but to do what he was told"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"autonomies",
"free wills",
"volitions",
"wills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elections",
"preferences",
"selections",
"bents",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"alternatives",
"discretions",
"options",
"picks",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"forces",
"pressures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chopsticks":{
"as in knives , spoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"cutleries",
"silver plates",
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"flatware",
"silvers",
"silverwares",
"tablewares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chopstick":{
"as in knife , spoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon",
"cutlery",
"silver plate",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"flatware",
"silver",
"silverware",
"tableware"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chooser":{
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
"examples":[
"among other things, the president must be a good chooser of competent individuals, both for his cabinet and for the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"synonyms":[
"namer",
"picker",
"selector"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elector",
"voter",
"nominator",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"choused":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an open-air bazaar where generations of unwary tourists have been choused"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chokers":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"a pearl choker closely wrapped around her throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"collars",
"dog collars",
"leis",
"necklaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torques",
"torcs",
"beads",
"carcanets",
"rivi\u00e8res",
"ropes",
"strands",
"bangles",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"lockets",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chocked":{
"as in stuck , jammed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrested",
"braked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stuck",
"dismantled",
"mothballed",
"phased out",
"flicked (off)",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"propelled",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}