5815 lines
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5815 lines
115 KiB
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{
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"meagerly":{
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"as in scantily":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scantily",
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"marginally",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awful",
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"awfully",
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"beastly",
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"considerably",
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"deadly",
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"especially",
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"exceedingly",
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"exceeding",
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"extensively",
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"extra",
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"extremely",
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"far",
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"frightfully",
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"full",
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"greatly",
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"heavily",
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"highly",
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"jolly",
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"mightily",
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"mighty",
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"mortally",
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"most",
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"much",
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"particularly",
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"rattling",
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"real",
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"right",
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"significantly",
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"so",
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"something",
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"substantially",
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"super",
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"terribly",
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"too",
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"very",
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"whacking",
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"completely",
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"entirely",
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"purely",
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"thoroughly",
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"totally",
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"utterly",
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"eminently",
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"exceptionally",
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"appreciably",
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"discernibly",
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"noticeably",
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"palpably",
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"abundantly",
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"plentifully",
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"liberally",
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"astronomically",
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"grandly",
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"hugely",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mealymouthed":{
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"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"candid",
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"genuine",
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"heartfelt",
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"honest",
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"sincere",
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"undesigning",
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"unfeigned"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a mealymouthed compliment from a jealous competitor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"direct",
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"forthright",
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"frank",
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"heart-to-heart",
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"open",
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"plain",
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"straightforward"
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],
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"related":[
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"claptrap",
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"contrived",
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"forced",
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"mechanical",
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"put-on",
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"simulated",
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"strained",
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"unnatural",
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"empty",
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"hollow",
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"meaningless",
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"deceitful",
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"devious",
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"dishonest",
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"false",
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"untruthful",
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"facile",
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"glib",
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"superficial",
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"bogus",
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"sham",
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"campy",
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"facetious",
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"jocular",
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"tongue-in-cheek",
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"canting",
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"pharisaical",
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"pious",
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"sanctimonious",
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"self-righteous",
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"simon-pure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"backhanded",
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"counterfeit",
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"double",
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"double-dealing",
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"double-faced",
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"fake",
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"feigned",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"Janus-faced",
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"jive",
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"left-handed",
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"lip",
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"mealy",
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"Pecksniffian",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"phony-baloney",
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"phoney-baloney",
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"pretended",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mean-spirited":{
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"feeling or showing a desire to cause harm or pain":{
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"examples":[
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"a mean-spirited person",
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"He wrote a mean-spirited book review."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contemptuous",
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"deprecating",
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"derogatory",
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"disdainful",
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"disparaging",
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"obnoxious",
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"opprobrious",
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"scornful",
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"snide",
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"snotty",
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"unkind",
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"unkindly",
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"unloving",
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"bad",
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"bitchy",
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"catty",
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"cruel",
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"despiteful",
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"hateful",
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"malevolent",
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"malicious",
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"malign",
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"malignant",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"spiteful",
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"vicious",
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"virulent",
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"devious",
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"scoundrelly",
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"scurvy",
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"snakelike",
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"acrimonious",
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"bitter",
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"envious",
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"jaundiced",
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"jealous",
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"rancorous",
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"resentful",
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"vindictive",
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"vitriolic",
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"baleful",
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"baneful",
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"evil",
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"harsh",
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"hostile",
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"inimical",
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"acrid",
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"caustic",
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"poisonous",
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"scathing",
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"venomous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compassionate",
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"good",
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"good-hearted",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"sympathetic",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"affectionate",
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"amorous",
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"sweet",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"humane",
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"altruistic",
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"high-minded",
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"humanitarian",
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"magnanimous",
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"noble",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"benevolent",
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"benign",
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"benignant",
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"loving",
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"unmalicious"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"meandering":{
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"passing from one topic to another":{
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"examples":[
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"a meandering interview with the presidential hopeful that covered everything from his family life to his proposed foreign policy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"desultory",
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"digressional",
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"digressionary",
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"digressive",
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"discursive",
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"excursive",
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"leaping",
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"maundering",
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"rambling",
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"wandering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circuitous",
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"deviating",
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"devious",
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"indirect",
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"roundabout"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coherent",
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"consistent",
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"logical",
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"direct",
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"focused",
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"focussed",
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"straightforward",
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"undeviating"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"examples":[
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"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"batting",
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"cruising",
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"drifting",
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"floating",
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"gadding (about)",
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"gallivanting",
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"galavanting",
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"kicking around",
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"knocking (about)",
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"maundering",
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"mooching",
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"rambling",
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"ranging",
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"roaming",
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"roving",
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"traipsing",
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"wandering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambling",
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"sauntering",
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"strolling",
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"dawdling",
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"moping",
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"gypsying",
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"hoboing",
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"tramping",
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"vagabonding",
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"milling (about or around)",
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"straggling",
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"straying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"meanies":{
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"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
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"examples":[
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"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baddies",
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"beasts",
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"brutes",
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"caitiffs",
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"devils",
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"evildoers",
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"fiends",
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"heavies",
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"hounds",
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"knaves",
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"miscreants",
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"monsters",
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"nazis",
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"no-goods",
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"rapscallions",
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"rascals",
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"reprobates",
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"rogues",
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"savages",
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"scalawags",
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"scallywags",
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"scamps",
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"scapegraces",
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"scoundrels",
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"varlets",
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"villains",
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"wretches"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"villainesses",
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"blackguards",
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"criminals",
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"crooks",
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"culprits",
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"felons",
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"lawbreakers",
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"malefactors",
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"offenders",
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"perpetrators",
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"perps",
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"transgressors",
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"sinners",
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"trespassers",
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"wrongdoers",
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"cads",
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"heels",
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"serpents",
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"snakes",
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"vipers",
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"bandits",
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"bravos",
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"bravoes",
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"desperadoes",
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"desperados",
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"outlaws",
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"cons",
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"convicts",
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"jailbirds",
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"assassins",
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"cutthroats",
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"gangsters",
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"goons",
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"gunmen",
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"hoodlums",
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"hooligans",
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"racketeers",
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"ruffians",
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"thugs",
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"roughs",
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"rowdies",
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"toughs",
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"losers",
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"lowlifes",
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"lowlives",
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"ne'er-do-wells",
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"stinkers",
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"trash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"angels",
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"innocents",
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"saints",
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"heroes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"means":{
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"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
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"examples":[
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"the national anthem means various things to various people"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"denotes",
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"expresses",
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"imports",
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"intends",
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"signifies",
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"spells"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"connotes",
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"implies",
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"suggests",
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"adds up (to)",
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"amounts (to)",
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"hints",
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"infers",
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"insinuates",
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"intimates",
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"embodies",
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"epitomizes",
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"personifies",
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"represents",
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"symbolizes",
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"symbols",
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"adverts",
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"alludes (to)",
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"cites",
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"instances",
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"mentions",
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"refers (to)",
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"specifies",
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"touches (on or upon)",
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"designates",
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"indicates",
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"points (to)",
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"signals",
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"announces",
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"declares",
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"proclaims",
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"elucidates",
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"explains"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be of importance":{
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"examples":[
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"your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"counts",
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"imports",
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"matters",
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"signifies",
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"weighs"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affects",
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"concerns",
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"influences",
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"sways",
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"adds up (to)",
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"amounts (to)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
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"examples":[
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"I mean to win this race"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aims",
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"allows",
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"aspires",
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"calculates",
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"contemplates",
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"designs",
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"goes",
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"intends",
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"looks",
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"meditates",
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"plans",
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"proposes",
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"purports",
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"purposes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dreams",
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"hopes",
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"wishes",
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"considers",
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"debates",
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"mulls (over)",
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"ponders",
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"attempts",
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"endeavors",
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"strives",
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"struggles",
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"tries",
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"plots",
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"schemes",
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"accomplishes",
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"achieves",
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"effects",
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"executes",
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"performs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
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"examples":[
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"these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bespeaks",
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"betokens",
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"denotes",
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"indicates",
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"points (to)",
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"signifies",
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"tells (of)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bodes",
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"foreshows",
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"foretells",
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"presages"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
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"examples":[
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"won the competition by fair and honest means"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"expedient",
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"measure",
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"move",
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"shift",
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"step"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"act",
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"action",
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"deed",
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"doing",
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"feat",
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"thing",
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"course",
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"procedure",
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"proceeding",
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"process",
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"accomplishment",
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"achievement",
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"attainment",
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"coup",
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"exploit",
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"success",
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"triumph",
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"activity",
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"affair",
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"business",
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"dealing",
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"enterprise",
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"event",
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"attempt",
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"crack",
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"endeavor",
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"essay",
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"fling",
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"go",
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"initiative",
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"operation",
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"pass",
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"shot",
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"stab",
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"trial",
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"try",
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"undertaking",
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"whack",
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"effort",
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"exertion",
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"labor",
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"pains",
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"trouble",
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"while",
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"work",
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"project",
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"proposal",
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"proposition",
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"makeshift",
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"resort",
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"resource",
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"stopgap",
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"countermeasure",
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"countermove",
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"counterstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something used to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ends don't justify the means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"instrumentality",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"weapon",
|
|
"activator",
|
|
"animator",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"energizer",
|
|
"executor",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"launcher",
|
|
"mover",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subagency",
|
|
"subagent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total of one's money and property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of considerable means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meany":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measure":{
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"countermeasure",
|
|
"countermove",
|
|
"counterstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each day prisoners were given only a small measure of rice to live on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coefficient",
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"number"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Renaissance, man came to be viewed as the measure of all things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barometer",
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"gold standard",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"deviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the song's soft, soothing measures make it a good lullaby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"backbeat",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"throb",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"hexameter",
|
|
"pentameter",
|
|
"tetrameter",
|
|
"trimeter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slipcover for the couch that was made to measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"dimension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"size"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"roominess",
|
|
"spaciousness",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"monstrousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"span"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"caliper",
|
|
"quantify",
|
|
"quantitate",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"guesstimate",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"valuate",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"add up",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measureless":{
|
|
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bodies of the fallen sailors were consigned to the measureless depths of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"fathomless",
|
|
"horizonless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"immensurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"incomputable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"exhaustless",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measuring up (to)":{
|
|
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always worried about measuring up to his older brother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"comparing (with)",
|
|
"stacking up (against or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"mirroring",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"touching (on)",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meat":{
|
|
"animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"game",
|
|
"poultry",
|
|
"red meat",
|
|
"variety meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flesh"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered his guests meat and drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
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"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meats":{
|
|
"animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"games",
|
|
"poultries",
|
|
"red meats",
|
|
"variety meats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flesh"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"bull's-eyes",
|
|
"bullseyes",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meaty":{
|
|
"as in substantial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"well-turned",
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meanie":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measured (up)":{
|
|
"as in met , matched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meager":{
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever since he started the diet, his dinners have been more meager than he would like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measurement":{
|
|
"the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the measurement of the average house lot in that neighborhood is half an acre"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"dimension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"size"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"roominess",
|
|
"spaciousness",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"monstrousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meagerness":{
|
|
"as in inadequateness , failure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meat and potatoes":{
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a meat-and-potatoes knowledge of figure skating is all that a spectator really needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"basal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article that never gets into the meat and potatoes of a solution to the city's rising crime rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measly":{
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered her guest only one measly cookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measured (out)":{
|
|
"as in admeasured , dished out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divvied (up)",
|
|
"dolloped (out)",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"rationed",
|
|
"redistributed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocated",
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mean":{
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the national anthem means various things to various people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I mean to win this race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"purpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betoken",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"tell (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"foreshow",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"presage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a middle point between extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that candidate's moderate views were seen as the mean that voters were looking for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"golden mean",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middle ground",
|
|
"midpoint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arithmetic mean",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won the competition by fair and honest means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"countermeasure",
|
|
"countermove",
|
|
"counterstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something used to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ends don't justify the means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"instrumentality",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"weapon",
|
|
"activator",
|
|
"animator",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"energizer",
|
|
"executor",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"launcher",
|
|
"mover",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subagency",
|
|
"subagent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total of one's money and property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of considerable means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the state of Florida, what is the mean number of sunny days per month?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alexander Hamilton seems to have had feelings of inferiority because of his mean origins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mean child who hoarded all her toys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
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"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
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"greathearted",
|
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"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
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"dissipating",
|
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"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
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"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
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"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
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"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
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"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mean , embittered old woman who wanted company for her misery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
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"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
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"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mean trick to play on a trusting person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of little or less value or merit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's no mean feat to memorize that long poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"secondary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-level",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"littler",
|
|
"slighter",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a mean dancer, so you could do worse than go to the prom with me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he worked hard to escape the mean neighborhood of his youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that was no mean stunt to pull off, especially with so little advance preparation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meadow":{
|
|
"a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"pastureland",
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"down(s)",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn",
|
|
"sward",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measuring":{
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"spanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"calipering",
|
|
"quantifying",
|
|
"quantitating",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"adding up",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"taming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"silencing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meanders":{
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"gads (about)",
|
|
"gallivants",
|
|
"galavants",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"knocks (about)",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"mills (about or around)",
|
|
"straggles",
|
|
"strays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mazes , labyrinths":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat's cradles",
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"rabbit warrens",
|
|
"warrens",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"quagmires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mead":{
|
|
"as in wine , sake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meanings":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unmistakable meaning of the skier's upraised arms as he finished his spectacular run"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the people have a right to know what the president's meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"ambitions",
|
|
"aspirations",
|
|
"bournes",
|
|
"bourns",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"goals",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"objectives",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"pretensions",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grails",
|
|
"holy grails",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"destinations",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measurable":{
|
|
"large enough to be measured or noticed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We haven't had a measurable amount of rain in the past several weeks.",
|
|
"There has been a measurable improvement in the company's performance."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"mensurable",
|
|
"numerable",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"undefinable",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measured":{
|
|
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a measured response to the terrorist attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought-out",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"prudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"uncalculated",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having distinct or certain limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the measured authority of the mayor in running the town's affairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier's funeral procession moved along to the measured beating of a drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"cadent",
|
|
"metrical",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"metronomic",
|
|
"metronomical",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"swaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrhythmic",
|
|
"nonmetrical",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"unrhythmic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"spanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"calipered",
|
|
"quantified",
|
|
"quantitated",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"appraised",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"evaluated",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"guesstimated",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"valuated",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"added up",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meander":{
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"gad (about)",
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"mill (about or around)",
|
|
"straggle",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in maze , labyrinth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"catacomb",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"rabbit warren",
|
|
"warren",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"quagmire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meanly":{
|
|
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meanly silent up to that point, he now felt that fair criticism was turning into gratuitous insult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a meanly worded letter she told me that she never wanted to see me again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measures (out)":{
|
|
"as in admeasures , dishes out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divvies (up)",
|
|
"dollops (out)",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"redistributes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocates",
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"niggles (out)",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measure (up)":{
|
|
"as in meet , match":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"correspond (to)",
|
|
"emulate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"smack (of)",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measures (up)":{
|
|
"as in meets , matches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"corresponds (to)",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"smacks (of)",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"suggests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mealy":{
|
|
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her mealy complexion might be OK if she were a mime, but she isn't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mealy apology that was really no apology at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
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"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measuring (up)":{
|
|
"as in meeting , matching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"corresponding (to)",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"smacking (of)",
|
|
"spelling",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meaning":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the unmistakable meaning of the skier's upraised arms as he finished his spectacular run"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
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"purport",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the people have a right to know what the president's meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave me a meaning look after I said that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"evocative",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"reminiscent",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the national anthem means various things to various people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"spelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"mattering",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I mean to win this race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"purposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hoping",
|
|
"wishing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"attempting",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"performing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"betokening",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"telling (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreshowing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"presaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meandered":{
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meadows":{
|
|
"a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"swards",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"measures":{
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"countermeasures",
|
|
"countermoves",
|
|
"counter-moves",
|
|
"countersteps",
|
|
"counter-steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each day prisoners were given only a small measure of rice to live on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"volumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coefficients",
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"numbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Renaissance, man came to be viewed as the measure of all things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barometers",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"gold standards",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"metrics",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"deviations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the song's soft, soothing measures make it a good lullaby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuations",
|
|
"emphases",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"backbeats",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"throbs",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"hexameters",
|
|
"pentameters",
|
|
"tetrameters",
|
|
"trimeters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slipcover for the couch that was made to measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"magnitudes",
|
|
"measurements",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"sizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"volumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"calibrates",
|
|
"calipers",
|
|
"quantifies",
|
|
"quantitates",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"marks (off)",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"judges",
|
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"supposes",
|
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"valuates",
|
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"values",
|
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"adds up",
|
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"sums",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"totals",
|
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"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
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"discovers",
|
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"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
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"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
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"rules",
|
|
"tames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meals":{
|
|
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all she wants to do is sit quietly after the large Thanksgiving meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meatheads":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a meathead , but handy to have around if there's any heavy lifting to be done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meagre":{
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever since he started the diet, his dinners have been more meager than he would like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mean-spiritedness":{
|
|
"as in hostility , resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mea culpa":{
|
|
"as in apology , excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"bloodguilt",
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |