dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/dip_MWT.json
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{
"diploma":{
"a document which shows that a person has finished a course of study or has graduated from a school":{
"examples":[
"He earned his high school diploma by attending classes at night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parchment",
"certificate",
"certification",
"document",
"instrument",
"credentials",
"record",
"warrant",
"writ",
"warranty",
"coupon",
"voucher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diplomatic":{
"having or showing tact":{
"examples":[
"a diplomatic attempt at preventing any hurt feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"politic",
"tactful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"charming",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"suave",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"diplomatist":{
"as in diplomat , ambassador":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dipped":{
"as in splashed , dunked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dunked",
"splashed",
"hydrated",
"aqueous",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"steeped",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"watery",
"wet",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"first dip a paper towel in water",
"she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy"
],
"synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucketed",
"laded",
"ladled",
"scooped",
"spooned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"emptied",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"dished",
"slopped",
"decanted",
"drew",
"pumped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned",
"suctioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poured",
"filled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"the temperature dipped a bit in the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"slow down, the road dips here"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned"
]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsed",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"glinted",
"peeked",
"skimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeked",
"peeped",
"blinked",
"squinted",
"looked over",
"perused",
"raked",
"scanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examined",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"questioned",
"surveyed",
"studied",
"viewed",
"peered",
"pried",
"gawked",
"goggled",
"rubbernecked",
"leered",
"ogled"
],
"antonyms":[
"gazed",
"stared"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dipping":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
],
"examples":[
"the temperature dipped a bit in the evening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning"
],
"examples":[
"slow down, the road dips here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dropping",
"falling",
"plunging",
"sinking"
]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pouring",
"filling"
],
"related":[
"bailing",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"emptying",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"dishing",
"slopping",
"decanting",
"drawing",
"pumping",
"siphoning",
"syphoning",
"suctioning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucketing",
"lading",
"ladling",
"scooping",
"spooning"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"first dip a paper towel in water",
"she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging",
"submersing"
]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"antonyms":[
"gazing",
"staring"
],
"examples":[
"I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examining",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"questioning",
"surveying",
"studying",
"viewing",
"peering",
"prying",
"gawking",
"goggling",
"rubbernecking",
"leering",
"ogling"
],
"related":[
"keeking",
"peeping",
"blinking",
"squinting",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"raking",
"scanning"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsing",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"glinting",
"peeking",
"skimming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"diplomatists":{
"as in diplomats , ambassadors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dip (into)":{
"as in turn over , speed-read":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"leaf (through)",
"scan",
"skim",
"speed-read",
"thumb (through)",
"turn over",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"read",
"devour",
"gobble (up)",
"slog (through)",
"wade (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"decipher",
"review",
"study",
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"get",
"grasp",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"see",
"tumble (to)",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dippy":{
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"a mindless movie about a bunch of dippy teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"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",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dip":{
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"first dip a paper towel in water",
"she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy"
],
"synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"souse",
"sop",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucket",
"lade",
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"empty",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"dish",
"slop",
"decant",
"draw",
"pump",
"siphon",
"syphon",
"suction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pour",
"fill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"the temperature dipped a bit in the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"sink",
"skid",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"slow down, the road dips here"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn"
]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"glint",
"peek",
"skim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keek",
"peep",
"blink",
"squint",
"look over",
"peruse",
"rake",
"scan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"question",
"survey",
"study",
"view",
"peer",
"pry",
"gawk",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"leer",
"ogle"
],
"antonyms":[
"gaze",
"stare"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
"examples":[
"marathoners have one last dip before the race course levels off and the finish line comes into view"
],
"synonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"hill",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"examples":[
"the city's population has taken a slight dip since the last census"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"plummeting",
"sinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"how did that dip get through medical school?"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"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",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
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"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",
"verb"
]
},
"diplopias":{
"as in squints , astigmatisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"aniseikonias",
"astigmatisms",
"squints",
"strabismuses",
"hypermetropias",
"hyperopias",
"presbyopias",
"double visions",
"myopias",
"eyes",
"sight",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diptychs":{
"as in triptychs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"triptychs",
"frescoes",
"murals",
"panoramas",
"acrylics",
"aquarelles",
"gouaches",
"watercolors",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"oil paintings",
"oils",
"paintings",
"distempers",
"drawings",
"etchings",
"finger paintings",
"pastels",
"sketches",
"temperas",
"masterpieces",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dipsomaniacs":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"few suspected that this pillar of the community, ensconced in her suburban colonial, was a closet dipsomaniac"
],
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"alcoholics",
"alkies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"drinkers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"juiceheads",
"juicers",
"lushes",
"rummies",
"soakers",
"soaks",
"sots",
"souses",
"tipplers",
"topers",
"tosspots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swiggers",
"swillers",
"winos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainers",
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dippiness":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"I'll have none of this latest-thing fashion dippiness \u2014I buy clothes with the classic look"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dipping (into)":{
"as in turning over , speed-reading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"leafing (through)",
"scanning",
"skimming",
"speed-reading",
"thumbing (through)",
"turning over",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"reading",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up)",
"slogging (through)",
"wading (through)",
"rereading",
"proofreading",
"deciphering",
"reviewing",
"studying",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"getting",
"grasping",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"tumbling (to)",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diplomatically":{
"as in politely , tactfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly",
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dipstick":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"which dipstick used the good china as a dog dish?"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diplomat":{
"a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country":{
"examples":[
"They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats .",
"She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"ambassadress",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"attach\u00e9",
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dipped (into)":{
"as in turned over , speed-read":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsed",
"leafed (through)",
"scanned",
"skimmed",
"speed-read",
"thumbed (through)",
"turned over",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"read",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up)",
"slogged (through)",
"waded (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"deciphered",
"reviewed",
"studied",
"apprehended",
"comprehended",
"got",
"grasped",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"saw",
"tumbled (to)",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dipsomaniacal":{
"as in alcoholic , bibulous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"beery",
"maudlin",
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight",
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"teetotal",
"temperate",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dips (into)":{
"as in turns over , speed-reads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"leafs (through)",
"scans",
"skims",
"speed-reads",
"thumbs (through)",
"turns over",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"reads",
"devours",
"gobbles (up)",
"slogs (through)",
"wades (through)",
"rereads",
"proofreads",
"deciphers",
"reviews",
"studies",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"sees",
"tumbles (to)",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diplegia":{
"as in quadriplegia , paraplegia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis",
"disability",
"impairment",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"palsy",
"paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dipper":{
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
"examples":[
"the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skimmer",
"dessertspoon",
"soupspoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dippers":{
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
"examples":[
"the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skimmers",
"dessertspoons",
"soupspoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}