6190 lines
122 KiB
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6190 lines
122 KiB
JSON
{
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"swab":{
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"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
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"examples":[
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"old swabs swapping sea stories as they spend their last days in the veterans' home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gob",
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"hearty",
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"jack",
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"jack-tar",
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"mariner",
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"navigator",
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"sailor",
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"salt",
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"sea dog",
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"seafarer",
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"seaman",
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"shipman",
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"swabbie",
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"swabby",
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"tar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coxswain",
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"crewman",
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"deckhand",
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"shipmate",
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"able-bodied seaman",
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"able seaman",
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"lubber",
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"powerboater",
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"sailboater",
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"lime-juicer",
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"limey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in wash , wipe":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brush",
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"comb",
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"dry-clean",
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"dust",
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"launder",
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"mop",
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"muck (out)",
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"rinse",
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"scour",
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"scrub",
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"shampoo",
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"sponge",
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"sweep",
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"vacuum",
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"wash",
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"wipe",
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"clean",
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"cleanse",
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"deterge",
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"GI",
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"turn out",
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"decontaminate",
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"purge",
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"purify",
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"disinfect",
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"sanitize",
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"brighten",
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"deodorize",
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"freshen",
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"spruce (up)",
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"sweeten",
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"pick up",
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"straighten (up)",
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"tidy",
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"unclutter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begrime",
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"muddy",
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"defile",
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"pollute",
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"taint",
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"blacken",
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"discolor",
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"besmirch",
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"dirty",
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"foul",
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"soil",
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"spot",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swabbing":{
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"as in washing , wiping":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swagged":{
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"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
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"examples":[
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"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drooped",
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"flagged",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"lolled",
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"sagged",
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"wilted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"slouched",
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"slumped",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"crumpled",
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"dropped",
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"fell",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"subsided",
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"yielded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distended",
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"stiffened",
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"rose",
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"straightened",
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"unbent",
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"uncurled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swaggering":{
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"as in cocky , bombastic":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blusterous",
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"blustery",
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"boastful",
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"bombastic",
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"braggart",
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"bragging",
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"braggy",
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"cocky",
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"assured",
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"biggety",
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"biggity",
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"bigheaded",
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"complacent",
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"conceited",
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"consequential",
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"egoistic",
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"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
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"egotistical",
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"important",
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"overweening",
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"pompous",
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"prideful",
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"proud",
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"self-conceited",
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"self-important",
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"self-opinionated",
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"self-satisfied",
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"smug",
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"stuck-up",
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"swellheaded",
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"vain",
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"vainglorious",
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"bumptious",
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"cavalier",
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"chesty",
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"disdainful",
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"fastuous",
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"haughty",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-hat",
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"huffy",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"masterful",
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"peremptory",
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"pontifical",
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"self-asserting",
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"self-assertive",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity",
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"domineering",
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"high-handed",
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"imperious",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"holier-than-thou",
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"pretentious",
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"overconfident",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"confident",
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"self-assured",
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"self-confident",
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"self-adulatory",
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"self-congratulatory",
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"self-contented",
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"self-gratulatory",
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"self-applauding",
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"self-dramatizing",
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"self-glorifying",
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"self-promoting",
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"self-affected",
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"self-centered",
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"self-engrossed",
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"selfish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"egoless",
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"humble",
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"modest",
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"uncomplacent",
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"diffident",
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"self-critical",
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"self-distrustful",
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"self-doubting",
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"self-reproachful",
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"self-reproving",
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"meek",
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"timid",
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"unassertive",
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"down-to-earth",
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"unarrogant",
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"unassuming",
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"unpretentious",
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"bashful",
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"demure",
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"introverted",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"overmodest",
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"retiring",
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"sheepish",
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"shrinking",
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"shy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"examples":[
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"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowing",
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"boasting",
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"bragging",
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"bulling",
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"crowing",
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"gasconading",
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"vaporing",
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"vaunting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blustering",
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"haranguing",
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"puffing",
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"priding",
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"gushing",
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"exulting",
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"glorying",
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"rejoicing",
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"brandishing",
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"displaying",
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"exhibiting",
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"exposing",
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"flaunting",
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"glorifying",
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"parading",
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"showing off",
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"magnifying",
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"maximizing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"deprecating",
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"diminishing",
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"discounting",
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"laughing off",
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"minimizing",
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"playing down",
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"pooh-poohing",
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"poohing",
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"shrugging off",
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"underrating",
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"undervaluing",
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"bemoaning",
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"lamenting",
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"mourning",
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"regretting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
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"examples":[
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"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"prancing",
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"sashaying",
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"stalking",
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"strutting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flouncing",
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"mincing",
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"traipsing",
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"pussyfooting",
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"tiptoeing",
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"sweeping",
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"parading",
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"promenading",
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"padding",
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"stepping",
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"treading",
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"pacing",
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"striding",
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"lumbering",
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"lurching",
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"pounding",
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"shambling",
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"shuffling",
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"staggering"
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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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"swains":{
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"a male romantic companion":{
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"examples":[
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"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"boyfriends",
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"boys",
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"fellows",
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"men",
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"old men"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"admirers",
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"crushes",
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"steadies",
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"gallants",
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"suitors",
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"wooers",
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"beloveds",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"favorites",
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"flames",
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"honeys",
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"lovers",
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"loves",
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"significant others",
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"soul mates",
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"sparkers",
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"sparks",
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"squeezes",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"valentines",
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"fancy men",
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"gigolos",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"grooms",
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"husbands",
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"fianc\u00e9s",
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"intendeds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
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"examples":[
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"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gallants",
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"suitors",
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"wooers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"boyfriends",
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"fellows",
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"men",
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"old men",
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"significant others",
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"squeezes",
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"admirers",
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"crushes",
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"steadies",
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"beloveds",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"favorites",
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"flames",
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"honeys",
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"lovers",
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"loves",
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"sparks",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"valentines",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"fianc\u00e9s",
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"intendeds"
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"swamp":{
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"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"difficulty",
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"node",
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"hot water",
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"soup",
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"pinch",
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"plight",
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"quandary",
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"scrape",
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"trouble",
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"deadlock",
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"halt",
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"logjam",
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"stalemate",
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"standstill",
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"clutch",
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"crisis",
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"crossroad",
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"emergency",
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"exigency",
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"juncture",
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"strait"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bind",
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"box",
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"catch-22",
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"corner",
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"dilemma",
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"fix",
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"hole",
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"impasse",
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"jackpot",
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"jam",
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"mire",
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"pickle",
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"predicament",
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"quagmire",
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"rabbit hole",
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"rattrap",
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"spot",
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"sticky wicket"
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]
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},
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"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"swale",
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"quagmire",
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"guck",
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"gook",
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"muck",
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"mud",
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"ooze",
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"slime",
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"slop",
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"sludge",
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"slush"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bog",
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"fen",
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"marsh",
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"marshland",
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"mire",
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"moor",
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"morass",
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"muskeg",
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"slough",
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"slew",
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"slue",
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"swampland",
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"wash",
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"wetland"
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]
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},
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"to cover with a flood":{
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"antonyms":[
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"drain"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
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"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dehydrate",
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"dry",
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"parch"
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],
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"related":[
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"avalanche",
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"smother",
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"overcome",
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"overrun",
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"flow",
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"flush",
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"gush",
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"pour",
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"sluice",
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"spout",
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"spurt",
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"stream",
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"douse",
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"dowse",
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"drench",
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"soak",
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"wet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deluge",
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"drown",
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"engulf",
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"flood",
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"gulf",
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"inundate",
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"overflow",
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"overwhelm",
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"submerge",
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"submerse"
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]
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},
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"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"deluge",
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"drown",
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"sink",
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"confute",
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"defeat",
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"refute",
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"break",
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"demoralize",
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"distress",
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"disturb",
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"rock",
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"shatter",
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"stagger",
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"throw",
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"unman",
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"unnerve",
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"upset"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crush",
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"devastate",
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"floor",
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"grind (down)",
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"oppress",
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"overcome",
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"overmaster",
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"overpower",
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"overwhelm",
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"prostrate",
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"snow under",
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"whelm"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swampland":{
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"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan":{
|
|
"as in stroll , amble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swankily":{
|
|
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanned":{
|
|
"as in strolled , ambled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swapped":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interchanged",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"reciprocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"substituted",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"traded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashbuckling":{
|
|
"as in brave , courageous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatted":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sways":{
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"repercussions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"prestiges",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominations",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ins",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterinfluences",
|
|
"counter-influences",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"marks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"death grips",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"reins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
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"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"underwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"domineers",
|
|
"lords (it over)",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"reigns (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaths":{
|
|
"a long narrow area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
|
|
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
|
|
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanked":{
|
|
"as in boasted , bragged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"plumed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamped":{
|
|
"as in hardworking , knee-deep":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in submerged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
|
|
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmastered",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"whelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggers":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"gasconades",
|
|
"vapors",
|
|
"vaunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"laughs off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaying":{
|
|
"as in musical , lilting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"metronomic",
|
|
"metronomical",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"cadent",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"metrical",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrhythmic",
|
|
"nonmetrical",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"unrhythmic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in prompting , influencing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"underwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"lording (it over)",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"reigning (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatch":{
|
|
"a small piece of cloth that is used as a sample for choosing colors, fabrics, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"slat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathing":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"dressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagging":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarm":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abound",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"pullulate",
|
|
"teem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamber",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shin",
|
|
"shinny",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"free-climb",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swales":{
|
|
"as in wetlands , swamps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"quagmires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggered":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"laughed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swain":{
|
|
"a male romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"old man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparker",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"fancy man",
|
|
"gigolo",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamps":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
|
|
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmasters",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"whelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowing":{
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"ingesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"pecking (at)",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"polishing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"bottling up",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"squelching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"inferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"misdoubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashed":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"rippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"spritzed",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swag":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggie":{
|
|
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some swaggies were known to take occasional odd jobs at bush stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bindle stiff",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"sundowner",
|
|
"swagman",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaddle":{
|
|
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck (out)",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"underdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swat":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathe":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swath":{
|
|
"a long narrow area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
|
|
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
|
|
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"district",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"slat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan dive":{
|
|
"as in header , belly flop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly flop",
|
|
"header",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"submersion",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swapping":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"trading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchanging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"reciprocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swags":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swampers":{
|
|
"as in workers , laborers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowable":{
|
|
"as in digestible , ingestible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbable",
|
|
"chewable",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"ingestible",
|
|
"comestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"esculent",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nutritious",
|
|
"nutritive",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inedible",
|
|
"nonedible",
|
|
"uneatable",
|
|
"indigestible",
|
|
"nondigestible",
|
|
"nonnutritious",
|
|
"undigestible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sway":{
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"repercussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterinfluence",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"death grip",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rein(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"underwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"domineer",
|
|
"lord (it over)",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"reign (over)",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagman":{
|
|
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swagman who roams through the outback is a mythic figure in Australia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bindle stiff",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"sundowner",
|
|
"swaggie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashing":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"rippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagger":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"maximize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"laugh off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in smart , chic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bravado , bombast":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanking":{
|
|
"as in boasting , bragging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"pluming",
|
|
"priding",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swam":{
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"steadied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"rafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"lunged",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarthy":{
|
|
"not having a light complexion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dark-eyed, swarthy young man with killer looks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"swart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swami":{
|
|
"as in guru , yogi":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"mahatma",
|
|
"pandit",
|
|
"yogi",
|
|
"yogin",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"rabbi",
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"wise man",
|
|
"pundit",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"scholar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamis":{
|
|
"as in gurus , yogis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"mahatmas",
|
|
"pandits",
|
|
"yogis",
|
|
"yogins",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"rabbis",
|
|
"polyhistors",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"wise men",
|
|
"pundits",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"savants",
|
|
"scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabbed":{
|
|
"as in washed , wiped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"mucked (out)",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"shampooed",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"vacuumed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"deterged",
|
|
"GI'd",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"uncluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarming":{
|
|
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"pullulating",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambering",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shinning",
|
|
"shinnying",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"free-climbing",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"summiting",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swards":{
|
|
"as in grasses , lawns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swankiness":{
|
|
"as in style , chicness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chicness",
|
|
"dapperness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"hipsterism",
|
|
"modishness",
|
|
"stylishness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"voguishness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unfashionableness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"tackiness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatting":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swayed":{
|
|
"as in convinced , influenced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"prepossessed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"bipartisan",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"underwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"captained",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"domineered",
|
|
"lorded (it over)",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggeringly":{
|
|
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swans":{
|
|
"as in strolls , ambles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowed":{
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"got down",
|
|
"ingested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"pecked (at)",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"bottled up",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"squelched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggerers":{
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"boasters",
|
|
"braggadocios",
|
|
"braggarts",
|
|
"braggers",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"cockalorums",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"gasconaders",
|
|
"gascons",
|
|
"vaunters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterers",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"self-advertisers",
|
|
"self-dramatizers",
|
|
"self-promoters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swap":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"reciprocate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we made a swap : I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"quid pro quo",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"substitution",
|
|
"reciprocation",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"transaction",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse trading",
|
|
"logrolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabby":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggerer":{
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan dives":{
|
|
"as in headers , belly flops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly flops",
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immersions",
|
|
"submersions",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathed":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"dressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
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"remedied"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"swank":{
|
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"excessive or unnecessary display":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"service that is the essence of swank : the waiters pull out your chair for you and even place your napkin on your lap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
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"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"\u00e9clat",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"fanfare",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"pomp",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"razzmatazz",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"fanciness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"luridness",
|
|
"meretriciousness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservativeness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"understatement",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"minimalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"severity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessively showy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove up in a red sports car, the swank interior of which was decorated in silver and black"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"over-the-top",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"zooty",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"overbright",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"tinselly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in boast , brag":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaddles":{
|
|
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks (out)",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"gowns",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"togs (up or out)",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"vestures",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"accoutres",
|
|
"accouters",
|
|
"bedights",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"underdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"untrusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabbie":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |