dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fee_MWT.json
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{
"feebleminded":{
"as in cretinous , simpleminded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"simpleminded",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"feebleness":{
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the patient felt a lingering feebleness in the weeks following her heart surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feeding":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarding",
"catering",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serving",
"waiting",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"messing",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"underfeeding",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"providing",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plying (with)",
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"assigning",
"ceding",
"deeding",
"making over",
"transferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding (back)",
"keeping (back)",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding"
]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"eating",
"faring",
"partaking",
"refreshing",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"repasting",
"chowing (down)",
"digging in",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
"pigging out",
"grazing",
"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
"snacking",
"boarding",
"dining out",
"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feeing":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feel":{
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I feel trouble brewing in the town"
],
"synonyms":[
"perceive",
"scent",
"see",
"sense",
"smell",
"taste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"expect",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin":{
"examples":[
"feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caress",
"embrace",
"finger",
"fondle",
"hug",
"kiss",
"lip",
"nose",
"nudge",
"nuzzle",
"paw",
"rub",
"stroke",
"palp",
"palpate",
"brush",
"graze",
"shave",
"skim",
"clasp",
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handle",
"hold",
"palm",
"chuck",
"clap",
"dab",
"flick",
"pat",
"tag",
"tap",
"tip",
"hit",
"knock",
"pound",
"rap",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"believe",
"conceive",
"consider",
"deem",
"esteem",
"figure",
"guess",
"hold",
"imagine",
"judge",
"reckon",
"suppose",
"think"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regard",
"view",
"accept",
"perceive",
"depend",
"rely",
"trust",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"surmise",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"fish",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabble",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it felt like a good idea at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"look",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"pretend",
"recall",
"resemble",
"suggest",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
"examples":[
"the warm feel that fine cashmere gives"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impression",
"perception",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"touch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"feel (out)":{
"as in sound (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in study , experiment (with)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feel-good":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"feeler":{
"as in overture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overture",
"counteroffer",
"counterproposal",
"countersuggestion",
"motion",
"offer",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"suggestion",
"advancement",
"nomination",
"recommendation",
"bid",
"presentation",
"submission",
"submittal",
"tender",
"arrangement",
"game",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"line",
"plan",
"plot",
"project",
"strategy",
"system",
"conception",
"idea",
"notion",
"theory",
"thought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in question , query":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"query",
"question",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"audit",
"check",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"quest",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching",
"delving",
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feeling":{
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an overall feeling of happiness about their new home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"unfeelingness"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"chord",
"emotion",
"passion",
"sentiment"
]
},
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an interesting think piece in which the congresswoman expressed her feelings about our nation's most pressing problems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truth"
],
"related":[
"say",
"impression",
"perception",
"take",
"attitude",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"deliverance",
"esteem",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"thought",
"position",
"stance",
"stand",
"comment",
"obiter dictum",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory",
"advice",
"input",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"counterview"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view"
]
},
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that odd feeling of forward movement you get when the parked car next to you backs out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"impression",
"perception",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"sensation",
"sense"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"general emotional condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a remark that thoughtlessly hurt her feelings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartstrings",
"passions",
"sensibilities"
]
},
"sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune":{
"antonyms":[
"callousness",
"coldheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness"
],
"examples":[
"a rich person without much feeling for those who are less fortunate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indifference",
"insensitivity",
"unconcern",
"cruelty",
"harshness",
"inhumanity",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"dislike",
"hatred",
"hostility"
],
"related":[
"condolence",
"regret",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"ruth",
"softheartedness",
"warmheartedness",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"sensitivity",
"understanding",
"altruism",
"benevolence",
"benignity",
"bigheartedness",
"charity",
"generosity",
"goodwill",
"humanitarianism",
"largeheartedness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"magnanimity",
"philanthropy"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"sympathy"
]
},
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
"antonyms":[
"coldheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness"
],
"examples":[
"a woman of great feeling , the princess wanted to use her status and influence to help the needy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callousness",
"coldness",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"cruelty",
"harshness",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"dislike",
"hatred",
"hostility"
],
"related":[
"feelings",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitivity",
"affection",
"love",
"regard",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"altruism",
"benevolence",
"benignancy",
"benignity",
"generosity",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"humanism",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"charity",
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"heart",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"largeheartedness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"ruth",
"softheartedness",
"sympathy",
"warmheartedness"
]
},
"to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"caressing",
"embracing",
"fingering",
"fondling",
"hugging",
"kissing",
"lipping",
"nosing",
"nudging",
"nuzzling",
"pawing",
"rubbing",
"stroking",
"palpating",
"palping",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"shaving",
"skimming",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"handling",
"holding",
"palming",
"chucking",
"clapping",
"dabbing",
"flicking",
"patting",
"tagging",
"tapping",
"tipping",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"rapping",
"whacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"touching"
]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it felt like a good idea at the time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissembling",
"pretending",
"recalling",
"resembling",
"suggesting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"appearing",
"coming across (as)",
"coming off (as)",
"looking",
"making",
"seeming",
"sounding"
]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I feel trouble brewing in the town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beholding",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"sighting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"expecting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"perceiving",
"scenting",
"seeing",
"sensing",
"smelling",
"tasting"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds"
],
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"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"related":[
"regarding",
"viewing",
"accepting",
"perceiving",
"depending",
"relying",
"trusting",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"surmising",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"considering",
"deeming",
"esteeming",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"supposing",
"thinking"
]
},
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
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"examples":[
"the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"casting about",
"hunting",
"looking",
"reaching",
"seeking (out)",
"capturing",
"clutching",
"corralling",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring"
],
"synonyms":[
"fishing",
"fumbling",
"groping",
"scrabbling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"feeling like":{
"to wish to have":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"This song makes me feel like dancing!"
],
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"related":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"welcoming",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"liking",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"feeling up":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pawing",
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feelingly":{
"as in lovingly , thoughtfully":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"feels up":{
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paws",
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feet":{
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"the foot of the pedestal"
],
"synonyms":[
"basements",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"beds",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"seats",
"underpinnings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"culminations",
"heights",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[
"heads",
"tops",
"vertices",
"vertexes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feeling (out)":{
"as in studying , experimenting (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"experimenting (with)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"researching",
"studying",
"sampling",
"testing",
"trying (out)",
"resampling",
"retesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sounding (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sounding (out)",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"circularizing",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"soliciting",
"surveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feeders":{
"a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{
"examples":[
"the lake has several feeders that have their headwaters near the Canadian border"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluents",
"bayous",
"branches",
"confluents",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwaters",
"brooklets",
"brooks",
"creeks",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runs",
"streamlets",
"fountainheads",
"heads",
"headstreams",
"headwaters",
"sources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distributaries",
"effluents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feelers":{
"as in overtures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overtures",
"counteroffers",
"counterproposals",
"countersuggestions",
"counter-suggestions",
"motions",
"offers",
"proffers",
"proposals",
"propositions",
"suggestions",
"advancements",
"nominations",
"recommendations",
"bids",
"presentations",
"submissions",
"submittals",
"tender",
"arrangements",
"games",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"lines",
"plans",
"plots",
"projects",
"strategies",
"systems",
"conceptions",
"ideas",
"notions",
"theories",
"thoughts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in questions , queries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"queries",
"questions",
"hearings",
"interrogations",
"trials",
"polls",
"questionaries",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"checkups",
"diagnoses",
"inspections",
"challenges",
"cross-examinations",
"goings-over",
"quizzes",
"audits",
"checks",
"rehearings",
"reinvestigations",
"quests",
"self-examinations",
"self-explorations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings",
"disquisitions",
"examens",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"inquiries",
"inquisitions",
"investigations",
"probations",
"probes",
"probings",
"researches",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feel (for)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"a reminder that during the holidays we should all feel for those families who have members serving in the military abroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"bleed (for)",
"commiserate (with)",
"compassionate",
"condole (with)",
"pity",
"sympathize (with)",
"yearn (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"grieve (for)",
"sorrow (for)",
"love",
"empathize (with)",
"identify (with)",
"tolerate",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"dislike",
"hate",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feels like":{
"to wish to have":{
"examples":[
"This song makes me feel like dancing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"likes",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"welcomes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"feels (out)":{
"as in studies , experiments (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"experiments (with)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"researches",
"studies",
"samples",
"tests",
"tries (out)",
"resamples",
"retests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sounds (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sounds (out)",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"circularizes",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"solicits",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feedlot":{
"as in yard , stockyard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stockyard",
"yard",
"ranch",
"station",
"grassland",
"pampas",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"lea",
"ley",
"pasturage",
"pasture",
"range"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feel like":{
"to wish to have":{
"examples":[
"This song makes me feel like dancing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"like",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"welcome",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"feelings":{
"general emotional condition":{
"examples":[
"a remark that thoughtlessly hurt her feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartstrings",
"passions",
"sensibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feet of clay":{
"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"She was disappointed to discover her role model had his own feet of clay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"demerit",
"dereliction",
"failing",
"fault",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"sin",
"vice",
"want",
"weakness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"spot",
"stain",
"blemish",
"deficiency",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"minus",
"nit",
"Achilles' heel",
"soft spot",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellence",
"perfection",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"merit",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"feed (on, upon, or off)":{
"to seize and eat (something) as prey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"prey (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"hunt",
"pursue",
"stalk",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"feeds":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"boards",
"caters",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serves",
"waits",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"messes",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"underfeeds",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivers",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"provides",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plies (with)",
"administers",
"allocates",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"assigns",
"cedes",
"deeds",
"makes over",
"transfers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"keeps up",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds (back)",
"keeps (back)",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds"
]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"partakes",
"refreshes",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"festivities",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"meals",
"menus",
"messes",
"refections",
"repasts",
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"collations",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"servings",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fees":{
"the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something":{
"examples":[
"my dentist's fees seem to increase with every visit"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"figures",
"freights",
"prices",
"price tags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fair market values",
"market values",
"valuations",
"values",
"asking prices",
"list prices",
"sticker prices",
"price points",
"rates",
"tariffs",
"unit prices",
"carrying charges",
"overcharges",
"service charges",
"service fees",
"surcharges",
"deductions",
"discounts",
"markdowns",
"reductions",
"sales",
"deposits",
"down payments",
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"tabs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"feedlots":{
"as in yards , stockyards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stockyards",
"yards",
"ranches",
"stations",
"grasslands",
"pampas",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"leas",
"leys",
"pasturages",
"pastures",
"ranges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"feeling (for)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"a reminder that during the holidays we should all feel for those families who have members serving in the military abroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"bleeding (for)",
"commiserating (with)",
"compassionating",
"condoling (with)",
"pitying",
"sympathizing (with)",
"yearning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"grieving (for)",
"sorrowing (for)",
"loving",
"empathizing (with)",
"identifying (with)",
"tolerating",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"disliking",
"hating",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"feed":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"board",
"cater",
"provision",
"victual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serve",
"wait",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"mess",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"underfeed",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"refeed",
"reprovision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliver",
"furnish",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"provide",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ply (with)",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"assign",
"cede",
"deed",
"make over",
"transfer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"keep up",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold (back)",
"keep (back)",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold"
]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively"
],
"synonyms":[
"dine",
"eat",
"fare",
"partake",
"refresh",
"victual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquet",
"feast",
"repast",
"chow (down)",
"dig in",
"glut",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
"graze",
"nibble",
"nosh",
"pick",
"snack",
"board",
"mess",
"dine out",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"picnic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquet",
"dinner",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"mess",
"repast",
"table",
"blowout",
"carnival",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"party",
"shindig",
"festivity",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"luau",
"roast",
"buffet",
"luncheon",
"smorgasbord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"feeding (on, upon, or off)":{
"to seize and eat (something) as prey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"preying (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chasing",
"hunting",
"pursuing",
"stalking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"feebly":{
"as in quietly , softly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faintly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"softly",
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"soundlessly",
"voicelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"feeblemindedness":{
"as in stupidity , dim-wittedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}