dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lan_MWT.json
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{
"lanai":{
"a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"galilee",
"portico",
"sleeping porch",
"solarium",
"sunporch",
"sunroom",
"sun parlor",
"porte cochere"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallery",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lancing":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"spindling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
],
"synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"land yachts":{
"as in gas-guzzlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gas-guzzlers",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"cream puffs",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languages":{
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
"examples":[
"Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language"
],
"synonyms":[
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"mother tongues",
"speeches",
"tongues",
"vocabularies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acrolects",
"argots",
"cants",
"colloquials",
"dialects",
"idiolects",
"idioms",
"jargons",
"parlances",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgins",
"slangs",
"slanguages",
"vernaculars",
"colloquialisms",
"localisms",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"shibboleths",
"vernacularisms",
"terminologies",
"coinages",
"modernisms",
"neologisms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"\"love\" means \"nothing\" in the language of tennis"
],
"synonyms":[
"argots",
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"slangs",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialisms",
"colloquials",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"parlances",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is put into words":{
"examples":[
"we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going"
],
"synonyms":[
"dictions",
"phraseologies",
"phrasings",
"verbiages",
"wordings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressions",
"formulations",
"locutions",
"enunciations",
"phrases",
"speeches",
"styles",
"utterances",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languid":{
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
],
"examples":[
"a few languid dancers swayed about on the dance floor without much enthusiasm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"dynamic",
"industrious",
"kinetic",
"avid",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"lively",
"pumped",
"vivacious",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"perky",
"up",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"dapper",
"open-eyed",
"sleepless",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"related":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"slothful",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"logy",
"loggy",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"tired",
"weary",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"unwary",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"synonyms":[
"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the tired athlete's languid movements on the tennis court"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"the film's languid pace will not be to the taste of many moviegoers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"related":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"languishes":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
],
"synonyms":[
"decays",
"droops",
"emaciates",
"fades",
"fails",
"flags",
"goes",
"lags",
"sags",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"wears out",
"yields",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"rots",
"runs down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesces",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"gains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"languishing":{
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
"examples":[
"his lingering sickness left him languishing and uninterested in his usual activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"slothful",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"logy",
"loggy",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"tired",
"weary",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"unwary",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"dynamic",
"industrious",
"kinetic",
"avid",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"lively",
"pumped",
"vivacious",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"perky",
"up",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"dapper",
"open-eyed",
"sleepless",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
]
},
"as in decline , deterioration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback",
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"emaciating",
"fading",
"failing",
"flagging",
"going",
"lagging",
"sagging",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"languor":{
"physical or mental inertness":{
"examples":[
"the beach was packed with sunbathers wallowing in the languor brought on by a scorching summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"hebetude",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"stupor",
"torpor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boredom",
"indifference",
"malaise",
"laziness",
"fatigue",
"sleepiness",
"narcosis",
"idleness",
"inaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"ambition",
"enterprise"
],
"antonyms":[
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the tropical heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"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"
]
},
"languorous":{
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
"examples":[
"the drummer's languorous playing caused the rest of the band to keep missing the beat"
],
"synonyms":[
"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"slothful",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"logy",
"loggy",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"tired",
"weary",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"unwary",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"dynamic",
"industrious",
"kinetic",
"avid",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"lively",
"pumped",
"vivacious",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"perky",
"up",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"dapper",
"open-eyed",
"sleepless",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lanky":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"related":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"landscape":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"radar images that map the lunar landscape"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorography",
"geography",
"geomorphology",
"terrain",
"topography"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languishments":{
"as in declines , reductions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declines",
"decreases",
"degenerations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"diminishments",
"downgrades",
"failings",
"lapses",
"reductions",
"hindrances",
"impediments",
"stumbling blocks",
"detriments",
"disablements",
"drawbacks",
"glitches",
"impairments",
"shortcomings",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"setbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances",
"breakthroughs",
"enhancements",
"improvements",
"refinements",
"quantum leaps",
"ameliorations",
"boosts",
"increases",
"meliorations",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languidly":{
"as in casually , lazily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"land":{
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"corridor",
"neck",
"part(s)",
"region",
"tract",
"zone"
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"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
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"it's always good to be back on dry land after a long boat ride"
],
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"dirt",
"dust",
"earth",
"ground",
"soil",
"terra firma"
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"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
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},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
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"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
],
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"anchor",
"dock"
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"berth",
"moor",
"tie up",
"beach",
"ground",
"harbor",
"arrive",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"debark",
"disembark"
],
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"embark",
"launch",
"sail"
],
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},
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"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
],
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"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
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"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
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"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
],
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"debark",
"disembark"
],
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"beach",
"anchor",
"dock",
"put in"
],
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"board",
"get (on)",
"weigh (anchor)"
],
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"embark"
]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
],
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"alight",
"light",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"touch down"
],
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"belly-land",
"crash-land"
],
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"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"rise",
"float",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[
"blast off",
"take off"
]
},
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"examples":[
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
],
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"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
],
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"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"landslide":{
"a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place":{
"examples":[
"The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas."
],
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"avalanche",
"slide",
"snowslide",
"mudslide",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"alluvion",
"bath",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languidness":{
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the languidness of her sigh suggested that death would not be long in the coming"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"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"
]
},
"lanes":{
"as in byways , laneways":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bypaths",
"byways",
"laneways",
"approaches",
"avenues",
"passages",
"paths",
"routes",
"ways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"walks",
"walkways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"airways",
"bikeways",
"cycleways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landmark":{
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
"examples":[
"typically, people feel that turning 21 is a landmark in one's life"
],
"synonyms":[
"climacteric",
"climax",
"corner",
"milepost",
"milestone",
"turning point",
"watershed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"capper",
"clincher",
"crusher",
"highlight",
"topper",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"zero hour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"land yacht":{
"as in gas-guzzler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gas-guzzler",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"cream puff",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languish":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
],
"synonyms":[
"decay",
"droop",
"emaciate",
"fade",
"fail",
"flag",
"go",
"lag",
"sag",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"wear out",
"yield",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"rot",
"run down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesce",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"gain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"landaus":{
"as in broughams , phaetons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landau":{
"as in brougham , phaeton":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landlords":{
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
"examples":[
"agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month"
],
"synonyms":[
"lessors",
"letters",
"renters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landladies",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"slumlords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"roomers",
"tenants"
]
},
"the owner or manager of an inn":{
"examples":[
"a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonifaces",
"innkeepers",
"taverners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"padrones",
"padroni",
"patrons",
"hostelers",
"hostellers",
"hoteliers",
"hotelmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landsman":{
"a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
"examples":[
"during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen"
],
"synonyms":[
"compatriot",
"countryman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countrywoman",
"nationalist",
"patriot",
"citizen",
"national",
"subject",
"aborigine",
"native",
"resident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"immigrant",
"outsider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landing strip":{
"as in runway , landing field":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airstrip",
"landing field",
"runway",
"air base",
"air park",
"helipad",
"heliport",
"jetport",
"launchpad",
"pad",
"aerodrome",
"airdrome",
"airfield",
"airport",
"field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landladies":{
"as in landlords , proprietors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters",
"renters",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"slumlords"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"roomers",
"tenants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laneway":{
"as in lane , byway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bypath",
"byway",
"lane",
"approach",
"avenue",
"passage",
"path",
"route",
"way",
"artery",
"boulevard",
"bypass",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"passageway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"routeway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"turnpike",
"walk",
"walkway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail",
"airway",
"bikeway",
"cycleway",
"channel",
"gat",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"languished":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"sagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"landslides":{
"a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place":{
"examples":[
"The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"slides",
"mudslides",
"snowslides",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"washouts",
"alluvions",
"baths",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landed":{
"as in grounded , stranded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aground",
"beached",
"grounded",
"stranded",
"high and dry",
"alongshore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afloat",
"offshore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchored",
"docked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berthed",
"moored",
"tied up",
"beached",
"grounded",
"harbored",
"arrived",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"debarked",
"disembarked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarked",
"launched",
"sailed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[
"left",
"went"
]
},
"to go ashore from a ship":{
"examples":[
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
],
"synonyms":[
"debarked",
"disembarked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beached",
"anchored",
"docked",
"put in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boarded",
"got (on)",
"weighed (anchor)"
],
"antonyms":[
"embarked"
]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighted",
"alit",
"lit",
"lighted",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"touched down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landed",
"crash-landed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"rose",
"flew",
"floated",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted off",
"took off"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
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"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
],
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"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"landing field":{
"as in runway , landing strip":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airstrip",
"landing strip",
"runway",
"air base",
"air park",
"helipad",
"heliport",
"jetport",
"launchpad",
"pad",
"aerodrome",
"airdrome",
"airfield",
"airport",
"field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lands":{
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"nations",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water"
],
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"belts",
"corridors",
"necks",
"parts",
"regions",
"tracts",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"districts",
"domains",
"latitudes",
"ranges",
"realms",
"terrains",
"territories",
"neighborhoods",
"vicinities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"docks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berths",
"moors",
"ties up",
"beaches",
"grounds",
"harbors",
"arrives",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"debarks",
"disembarks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarks",
"launches",
"sails"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"to go ashore from a ship":{
"examples":[
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
],
"synonyms":[
"debarks",
"disembarks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaches",
"anchors",
"docks",
"puts in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boards",
"gets (on)",
"weighs (anchor)"
],
"antonyms":[
"embarks"
]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
],
"synonyms":[
"alights",
"lights",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"touches down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-lands",
"crash-lands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"rises",
"flies",
"floats",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasts off",
"takes off"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lantern":{
"a device that provides light and that usually has a glass covering and can be carried by a handle":{
"examples":[
"carried a lantern to the barn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"electric",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landlord":{
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
"examples":[
"agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month"
],
"synonyms":[
"lessor",
"letter",
"renter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landlady",
"laird",
"landholder",
"landowner",
"proprietor",
"slumlord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lessee",
"lodger",
"roomer",
"tenant"
]
},
"the owner or manager of an inn":{
"examples":[
"a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"boniface",
"innkeeper",
"taverner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"padrone",
"patron",
"hosteler",
"hosteller",
"hotelier",
"hotelman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lane":{
"as in byway , laneway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bypath",
"byway",
"laneway",
"approach",
"avenue",
"passage",
"path",
"route",
"way",
"artery",
"boulevard",
"bypass",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"passageway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"routeway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"turnpike",
"walk",
"walkway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail",
"airway",
"bikeway",
"cycleway",
"channel",
"gat",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landmass":{
"one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division":{
"examples":[
"the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass"
],
"synonyms":[
"continent",
"main",
"mainland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subcontinent",
"supercontinent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"island",
"isle",
"islet",
"atoll",
"barrier reef",
"cay",
"coral reef",
"key",
"cape",
"headland",
"peninsula",
"promontory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lanais":{
"a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{
"examples":[
"a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes"
],
"synonyms":[
"galleries",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"sleeping porches",
"solaria",
"solariums",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"porte cocheres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landholders":{
"as in landowners , lairds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lairds",
"landowners",
"landladies",
"proprietors",
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters",
"renters",
"slumlords"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"roomers",
"tenants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landmarks":{
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
"examples":[
"typically, people feel that turning 21 is a landmark in one's life"
],
"synonyms":[
"climacterics",
"climaxes",
"corners",
"mileposts",
"milestones",
"turning points",
"watersheds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cappers",
"clinchers",
"crushers",
"highlights",
"toppers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"zero hours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lance":{
"a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade":{
"examples":[
"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"javelin",
"pike",
"pikestaff",
"shaft",
"spear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dart",
"spike",
"gaff",
"halberd",
"halbert",
"harpoon",
"leister",
"trident"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"landfill":{
"a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped":{
"examples":[
"we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill"
],
"synonyms":[
"dump",
"sanitary landfill",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dustbin",
"dustheap",
"junkyard",
"kitchen midden",
"midden",
"transfer station",
"mess",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"sty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lances":{
"a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade":{
"examples":[
"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"javelins",
"pike",
"pikes",
"pikestaffs",
"shafts",
"spears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"darts",
"spikes",
"gaffs",
"halberds",
"halberts",
"harpoons",
"leisters",
"tridents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"landscapes":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"radar images that map the lunar landscape"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorographies",
"geographies",
"geomorphologies",
"terrains",
"topographies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sceneries",
"grounds",
"landforms",
"lands",
"terranes",
"terrenes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landowners":{
"as in landlords":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"landlords",
"co-owners",
"coproprietors",
"co-proprietors",
"holders",
"owners",
"possessors",
"proprietors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squatters",
"lessees",
"renters",
"tenants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lancers":{
"as in spearmen , pikemen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lanyard":{
"as in guy , halyard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guy",
"halyard",
"stay",
"cable",
"cord",
"lace",
"lacing",
"line",
"rope",
"string",
"wire",
"bungee cord",
"whipcord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landing":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"examples":[
"our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"float",
"jetty",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"mooring",
"slip",
"embarcadero",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"docking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berthing",
"mooring",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"beaching",
"grounding",
"harboring",
"arriving",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"debarking",
"disembarking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarking",
"launching",
"sailing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving"
]
},
"to go ashore from a ship":{
"examples":[
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
],
"synonyms":[
"debarking",
"disembarking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaching",
"anchoring",
"docking",
"putting in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boarding",
"getting (on)",
"weighing (anchor)"
],
"antonyms":[
"embarking"
]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighting",
"lighting",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"touching down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landing",
"crash-landing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"rising",
"floating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring",
"winging",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasting off",
"taking off"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"landform":{
"a natural feature (such as a mountain or valley) of the Earth's surface":{
"examples":[
"These landforms were created by glaciers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ground",
"land",
"terrane",
"terrene",
"chorography",
"geography",
"geomorphology",
"landscape",
"terrain",
"topography",
"scenery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landings":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"examples":[
"our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise"
],
"synonyms":[
"docks",
"floats",
"jetties",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berths",
"moorings",
"slips",
"embarcaderos",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landing fields":{
"as in runways , landing strips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airstrips",
"landing strips",
"runways",
"air bases",
"air parks",
"helipads",
"heliports",
"jetports",
"launchpads",
"pads",
"aerodromes",
"airdromes",
"airfields",
"airports",
"fields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lanced":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lanterns":{
"a device that provides light and that usually has a glass covering and can be carried by a handle":{
"examples":[
"carried a lantern to the barn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"electrics",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landsmen":{
"a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
"examples":[
"during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen"
],
"synonyms":[
"compatriots",
"countrymen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countrywomen",
"nationalists",
"patriots",
"citizens",
"nationals",
"subjects",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"residents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"immigrants",
"outsiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}