dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lee_MWT.json
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{
"lees":{
"the part or half of something that is sheltered from the wind":{
"examples":[
"the lee of the ship",
"on the lee side of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leeward":{
"being in the direction that the wind is blowing":{
"examples":[
"we moved to the leeward side of the ship so that we wouldn't have the wind in our faces"
],
"synonyms":[
"downwind"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"upwind",
"windward"
]
},
"as in lee , windward":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lee",
"windward",
"flank",
"hand",
"side",
"outside",
"face",
"top",
"bottom",
"foot",
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface",
"left",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"midway"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"leery":{
"feeling or showing a lack of trust in someone or something":{
"examples":[
"a leery attitude",
"She seemed a little leery about the proposal.",
"They were leery of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"wary",
"watchful",
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"leeway":{
"an allowable margin of freedom or variation":{
"examples":[
"you will be given some leeway in choosing how to carry out the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"latitude",
"slack",
"space",
"wiggle room"
],
"near synonyms":[
"license",
"licence",
"rein",
"swing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leer":{
"as in gaze , stare":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"ogle",
"stare",
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ogle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ogle",
"consider",
"eye",
"fixate",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"study",
"glare",
"gloat",
"glower",
"outface",
"outstare",
"stare down",
"blink",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gawp",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"browse",
"dip (into)",
"scan",
"wink (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"leewards":{
"as in lees , windwards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"windwards",
"flanks",
"hands",
"sides",
"outsides",
"faces",
"tops",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"lefts",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"midways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leered (at)":{
"to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way":{
"examples":[
"upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ogled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eyed",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leers (at)":{
"to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way":{
"examples":[
"upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ogles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eyes",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leers":{
"as in gazes , stares":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"glares",
"ogles",
"stares",
"casts",
"eyes",
"ganders",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"looks",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"regards",
"sights",
"views",
"side-glances",
"squinnies",
"squints",
"coups d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ogles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ogles",
"considers",
"eyes",
"fixates",
"observes",
"regards",
"watches",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"studies",
"glares",
"gloats",
"glowers",
"outfaces",
"outstares",
"stares down",
"blinks",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gawps",
"gazes",
"goggles",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"scans",
"winks (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"leering":{
"as in lewd , vulgar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ogling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ogling",
"considering",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"fixating",
"observing",
"regarding",
"watching",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"studying",
"glaring",
"gloating",
"glowering",
"outfacing",
"outstaring",
"staring down",
"blinking",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gawping",
"gazing",
"goggling",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping",
"browsing",
"dipping (into)",
"scanning",
"winking (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"leech":{
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
"examples":[
"whenever the gang went out for pizza, the leech in the group always had an excuse for not paying his fair share"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodsucker",
"freeloader",
"free rider",
"hanger-on",
"moocher",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"idler",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man",
"cheapskate",
"miser",
"niggard",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactor",
"philanthropist",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in use , mooch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freeload",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"exploit",
"use",
"beg"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"leer (at)":{
"to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way":{
"examples":[
"upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ogle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eye",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leering (at)":{
"to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way":{
"examples":[
"upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ogling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eyeing",
"eying",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leered":{
"as in ogled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ogled",
"considered",
"eyed",
"fixated",
"observed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"studied",
"glared",
"gloated",
"glowered",
"outfaced",
"outstared",
"stared down",
"blinked",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gawped",
"gazed",
"goggled",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped",
"browsed",
"dipped (into)",
"scanned",
"winked (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leeched":{
"as in used , mooched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freeloaded",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"exploited",
"used",
"begged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}