dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lie_MWT.json
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{
"lie":{
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"would I lie to you about that?"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fib",
"prevaricate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"perjure",
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"palter",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"kid",
"snow",
"take in",
"trick",
"defame",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"falsify",
"misreport",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"distort",
"garble",
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"swear",
"testify",
"authenticate",
"confirm",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"the train tracks lie just over that hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"extend",
"go",
"head",
"lead",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"cut",
"pass",
"course",
"follow",
"span",
"traverse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
"examples":[
"I left the book lying on the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"be",
"bear",
"sit",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"overlook",
"hang around",
"remain",
"rest",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"await",
"wait",
"post",
"station",
"dwell",
"reside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout"
],
"synonyms":[
"hide",
"hole up",
"lurk",
"repose",
"skulk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slink",
"sneak",
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come out",
"materialize",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear"
]
},
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lieutenants":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lies":{
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"would I lie to you about that?"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fibs",
"prevaricates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"perjures",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"palters",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"kids",
"snows",
"takes in",
"tricks",
"defames",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"falsifies",
"misreports",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"distorts",
"garbles",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"swears",
"testifies",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"the train tracks lie just over that hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"extends",
"goes",
"heads",
"leads",
"runs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosses",
"cuts",
"passes",
"courses",
"follows",
"spans",
"traverses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
"examples":[
"I left the book lying on the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"is",
"sits",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commands",
"overlooks",
"hangs around",
"remains",
"rests",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"awaits",
"waits",
"posts",
"stations",
"dwells",
"resides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout"
],
"synonyms":[
"hides",
"holes up",
"lurks",
"reposes",
"skulks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slinks",
"sneaks",
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears"
]
},
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"truths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lie (down)":{
"as in couch , recline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couch",
"recline",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lies back":{
"as in reclines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclines",
"lounges",
"slouches",
"squats",
"straddles",
"flops",
"flumps",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"sprawls",
"spreads (out)",
"stretches (out)",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"perches",
"sets",
"sits",
"splays",
"expands",
"extends",
"fans (out)",
"flares (out)",
"opens",
"outspreads",
"outstretches",
"unfolds",
"unfurls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lie detectors":{
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
"examples":[
"hooked the suspect up to a lie detector before interrogating him about the robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"polygraphs"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liege man":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"a highly influential anthropologist whose liege men can now be found in a score of major universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"epigone",
"follower",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostle",
"missionary",
"proselytizer",
"soldier",
"faithful",
"loyalist",
"advocate",
"backer",
"champion",
"supporter",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
"scholar",
"student",
"ideologist",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"sectarian",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"apparatchik",
"camp follower",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"hanger-on",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lickspittle",
"minion",
"myrmidon",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"renegade",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lies low":{
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"The thief decided to lie low after a string of crimes."
],
"synonyms":[
"hides",
"holes up",
"lies",
"lurks",
"reposes",
"skulks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slinks",
"sneaks",
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"liege men":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"a highly influential anthropologist whose liege men can now be found in a score of major universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lie up":{
"as in sleep , rest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lies up":{
"as in sleeps , rests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"beds (down)",
"retires",
"turns in",
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"couches",
"dosses (down)",
"flops (down)",
"lies (down)",
"reclines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"rolls out",
"turns out",
"uprises",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"wakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lied":{
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"would I lie to you about that?"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fibbed",
"prevaricated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"perjured",
"equivocated",
"fudged",
"paltered",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"kidded",
"snowed",
"took in",
"tricked",
"defamed",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"falsified",
"misreported",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"distorted",
"garbled",
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"swore",
"testified",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}