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{
"dubitable":{
"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
"examples":[
"some highly dubitable \"evidence\" that the stone tower was built by the Vikings"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"duchesses":{
"as in queens , countesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baronesses",
"countesses",
"marchese",
"marchionesses",
"marquises",
"princesses",
"queens",
"viscountesses",
"dames",
"gentlewomen",
"ladies",
"miladies",
"noblewomen",
"peeresses",
"dowagers",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"mistresses",
"ladyships",
"madams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ducked":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodged",
"jinked",
"sidestepped",
"slalomed",
"weaved",
"zigzagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"parried",
"shirked",
"skirted",
"deflected",
"turned",
"slid",
"slipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ducking":{
"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abidance",
"endurance",
"submission",
"toleration"
],
"related":[
"bypassing",
"circumvention",
"runaround",
"sidestepping",
"skirting",
"averting",
"deflection",
"obviation",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoidance",
"cop-out",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"parrying",
"shirking",
"skirting",
"deflecting",
"turning",
"sliding",
"slipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodging",
"jinking",
"sidestepping",
"slaloming",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging",
"submersing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ducts":{
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
"examples":[
"air ducts to provide ventilation"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"conduits",
"leaders",
"lines",
"penstocks",
"pipes",
"troughs",
"tubes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drainpipes",
"drains",
"funnels",
"hydrants",
"mains",
"smokestacks",
"spouts",
"standpipes",
"stovepipes",
"tiles",
"waste pipes",
"waterspouts",
"pipages",
"pipeages",
"pipelines",
"pipings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dude":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"OK, dude , whatever you say"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duffs":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been sitting on my duff all day"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dulling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
],
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"related":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"arousing",
"stimulating"
],
"related":[
"muffling",
"muting",
"toning (down)",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"abating",
"moderating"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbing",
"blunting",
"cauterizing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"numbing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dullness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumb":{
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"speaking",
"talking"
],
"examples":[
"the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"facile",
"glib",
"silver-tongued",
"smooth-tongued"
],
"related":[
"inarticulate",
"tongue-tied",
"nonvocal",
"voiceless",
"dumbstruck",
"sulking",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"mum",
"mute",
"muted",
"silent",
"speechless",
"uncommunicative",
"wordless"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"examples":[
"don't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
],
"examples":[
"he prefers to remain dumb , and replies in monosyllables if really pressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"stir"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"extinguish",
"hush",
"mute",
"quell",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"settle",
"shush",
"shut up",
"silence",
"squelch",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbbell":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"no, you're not a dumbbell \u2014this is one of the hardest courses the school offers"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbfounded":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"filled with amazement or wonder":{
"examples":[
"dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbness":{
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
"examples":[
"the determined dumbness of the accountants who tally the votes for the Academy Awards"
],
"synonyms":[
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"couldn't believe the dumbness of the people who fell for that scam"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumfounded":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"filled with amazement or wonder":{
"examples":[
"dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dummy":{
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes"
],
"synonyms":[
"figure",
"form",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"mannequin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dumped":{
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
"examples":[
"all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew off",
"broke off (with)",
"ditched",
"jilted",
"kissed off",
"left"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hooked up (with)",
"took",
"befriended",
"latched (on or onto)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"dump the trash on the curb and go back inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dumping on":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"dumpy":{
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
"examples":[
"dumpy little toddlers growing into lanky children"
],
"synonyms":[
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"thickset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"bulky",
"burly",
"husky",
"sturdy",
"thick",
"thickish",
"weighty",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"heavy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"puny",
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"spindly",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dunces":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dunderheaded":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
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"boobish",
"foolish",
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"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
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"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
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"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
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"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
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"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
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"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
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"learned",
"literate",
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"educated",
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"trained",
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"foxy",
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"sane",
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"fast",
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"intelligent",
"keen",
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"sharp",
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"smart",
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"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"flushed",
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"sluiced",
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"bedraggled",
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"dowsed",
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"dripping",
"logged",
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"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
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"waterlogged",
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"watery",
"wet",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
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"sloppy",
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"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
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],
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"doused",
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"immersed",
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"soused",
"submerged",
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"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
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"verb"
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"sops",
"souses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
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"verb"
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"misleader",
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"imitator",
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"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"fakir",
"fraud",
"hoaxer",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fraudster",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler"
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"ace",
"adept",
"authority",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"past master",
"professional",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
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"noun"
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"a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
],
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"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
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"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
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"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
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"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
]
},
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"noun"
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"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
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"a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
],
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"artifice",
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"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
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"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
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"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
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"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in copiers , copycats":{
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"apers",
"copiers",
"copycats",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrivers",
"designers",
"developers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators",
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
"examples":[
"warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer"
],
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"bent",
"crooked",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"guileful",
"rogue",
"shady",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"false",
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"wily",
"defrauding",
"devious",
"furtive",
"slippery",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conscientious",
"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"forthright",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"honest",
"straight"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"duplicity":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
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"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the use of power to impose one's will on another":{
"examples":[
"complied with the order only under duress"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm-twisting",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force",
"pressure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"fear",
"intimidation",
"menace",
"sword",
"terror",
"terrorism",
"threat",
"violence",
"squeeze",
"squeeze play",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength",
"hardheadedness",
"self-will",
"willfulness",
"strain",
"stress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"approval",
"consent",
"permission",
"convincing",
"persuasion",
"reason",
"suasion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duty":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"examples":[
"the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"the regular duties of a lifeguard"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"chore",
"job",
"task"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I must obey the call of duty and serve my country"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"dues":{
"as in calls , privileges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"dibs",
"entitlements",
"perquisites",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretensions",
"privileges",
"appanages",
"apanages",
"birthrights",
"prerogatives",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbing down":{
"as in oversimplifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oversimplifying",
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"pruning",
"stripping (down)",
"trimming",
"purifying",
"refining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complexifying",
"complexing",
"complicating",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating",
"elaborating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"Dutch courages":{
"as in malt liquors , ardent spirits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubiousness":{
"as in shakiness , doubtfulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness",
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dub":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"I've dubbed my car the \"Lone Ranger,\" although \"Loan Raider\" probably would have been more apt"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
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"near synonyms":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"klutz",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"gawky",
"lout",
"lump",
"oaf",
"tawpie",
"tyke",
"tike",
"bungler",
"duffer",
"fumbler",
"stumblebum",
"stumbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbfounding":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the dumbfounding sight of the race car driver walking away from that horrific crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Dunkirks":{
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"with the company facing a financial Dunkirk , it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around\u2014and fast"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbhead":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"I feel like a dumbhead for making such a careless mistake"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dunned":{
"as in got , worried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bedeviled",
"chafed",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"dogged",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"gnawed",
"got",
"grated",
"hassled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"rasped",
"riled",
"roiled",
"tormented",
"vexed",
"vext",
"worried",
"inconvenienced",
"troubled",
"beleaguered",
"beset",
"besieged",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"disturbed",
"intruded (upon)",
"pestered",
"distressed",
"plagued",
"afflicted",
"harassed",
"provoked",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"butted in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtruded",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"left",
"slighted",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duel":{
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"a duel for the title of captain of the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fight , battle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"contend",
"fight",
"war (against)",
"grapple",
"rassle",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bash",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"hit",
"punch",
"slug",
"strike",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"skirmish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"duped":{
"as in tricked , deluded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deceived",
"deluded",
"tricked",
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"untrue",
"confused",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"incorrect",
"mistaken",
"wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"informed",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dunk":{
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"immerse",
"sop",
"souse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"durability":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the durability of the novel's popularity since it was first published in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"durn":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sew",
"stitch",
"suture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"baste",
"ease",
"fell",
"finish",
"overcast",
"cross-stitch",
"embroider",
"crochet",
"knit",
"quilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"I can't seem to tie this darn shoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ductility":{
"as in suppleness , pliability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"suppleness",
"adaptability",
"elasticity",
"flexibility",
"limberness",
"resilience",
"workability",
"workableness",
"malleability",
"plasticity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"stiffness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dugout":{
"as in canoe , raft":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bunker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunker",
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"she dug her old art supplies out of the basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dummy up":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt up",
"clam up",
"dry up",
"hush",
"pipe down",
"quiet (down)",
"shut up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"cool (down)",
"settle (down)",
"haw",
"hem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pipe up",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up"
],
"antonyms":[
"speak",
"talk"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dullsville":{
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"that book is totally dullsville \u2014you'll be asleep by page three"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"drag",
"drip",
"droner",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"snooze",
"snoozer",
"yawn",
"yawner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer",
"bromide",
"pill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blast",
"gas",
"kick",
"rush",
"upper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dunghill":{
"as in manure , muck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste",
"night soil",
"stool",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumdums":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"he's no dum-dum \u2014he made his first million by 25"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dulcified":{
"as in sweetened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweetened",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duos":{
"two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{
"examples":[
"the shy boy and his outgoing friend make an unlikely duo"
],
"synonyms":[
"braces",
"couples",
"couplets",
"dyads",
"pairs",
"pair",
"twosomes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spans",
"yokes",
"partnerships",
"teams",
"companions",
"complements",
"doublets",
"fellows",
"halves",
"matches",
"mates",
"twins",
"coordinates",
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"likes",
"parallels",
"peers",
"rivals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"due to":{
"coming as a result":{
"examples":[
"success that is due to hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"consequent",
"consequential",
"resultant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"coincident",
"concomitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"causal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as the result of":{
"examples":[
"evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"because of",
"owing to",
"through",
"with"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"preposition"
]
},
"dusty":{
"consisting of very small particles":{
"examples":[
"dusty soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smooth",
"filtered",
"pulverized",
"refined",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated"
]
},
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"old dusty clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"I almost fell asleep reading that dusty book of memoirs"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dulness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"durable":{
"able to exist for a long time with retention of original qualities, abilities, or capabilities":{
"examples":[
"durable fabric",
"They were amazed at how durable the tent was despite its frequent use."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"unbreakable",
"cast-iron",
"hard",
"hard-bitten",
"hardened",
"hardy",
"inured",
"rugged",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"vigorous",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"indestructible",
"inextinguishable",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"permanent",
"stable",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"staying",
"tenacious",
"unyielding",
"resilient",
"stalwart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakable",
"delicate",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"frail",
"destructible",
"extinguishable",
"perishable",
"delicate",
"nonhardy",
"soft",
"tender",
"weak",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"run-down",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened",
"worn",
"worn-out",
"fragile",
"mortal",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"duck(s)":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodges",
"jinks",
"sidesteps",
"slaloms",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"parries",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dugouts":{
"as in canoes , rafts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bunkers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunkers",
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumb clucks":{
"as in ninnyhammers , stupes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubiously":{
"with distrust":{
"examples":[
"the young girl approached the camel dubiously"
],
"synonyms":[
"askance",
"askant",
"distrustfully",
"doubtfully",
"doubtingly",
"mistrustfully",
"sideways",
"skeptically",
"suspiciously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"incredulously",
"questioningly",
"quizzically",
"unbelievingly",
"charily",
"guardedly",
"warily",
"captiously",
"critically",
"cynically",
"deprecatingly",
"disapprovingly",
"disparagingly",
"negatively",
"reproachfully",
"reproachingly",
"reprovingly",
"unfavorably",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"uncomfortably",
"uneasily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approvingly",
"favorably",
"positively",
"confidently",
"sanguinely",
"credulously",
"uncritically",
"unquestioningly"
],
"antonyms":[
"trustfully",
"trustingly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dumping":{
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
"examples":[
"the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers"
],
"synonyms":[
"discarding",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"jettison",
"junking",
"removal",
"riddance",
"scrapping",
"throwing away"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"clearing",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"destruction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulation",
"acquirement",
"acquisition",
"collection",
"deposit",
"gathering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
"examples":[
"all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"breaking off (with)",
"ditching",
"jilting",
"kissing off",
"leaving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldering",
"cutting",
"high-hatting",
"slighting",
"snubbing",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"marooning",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hooking up (with)",
"taking",
"befriending",
"latching (on or onto)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"dump the trash on the curb and go back inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"casting (off)",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"durns":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sew",
"stitch",
"suture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"baste",
"ease",
"fell",
"finish",
"overcast",
"cross-stitch",
"embroider",
"crochet",
"knit",
"quilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"I can't seem to tie this darn shoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dudgeons":{
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"stomped off in high dudgeon after having his honor questioned"
],
"synonyms":[
"huffs",
"miffs",
"offenses",
"offences",
"peeves",
"piques",
"resentments",
"umbrages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"discomforts",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"vexations",
"agitations",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"danders",
"tempers",
"fits",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"tantrums",
"tizzies",
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"digs",
"indignities",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfactions",
"appeasements",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"contentments",
"delights",
"gratifications",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dufuses":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to be partnered on the project with that doofus"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"mooncalves",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"that actor invariably plays a doofus on screen but he's anything but one in real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dullish":{
"as in prosaic , barren":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dual carriageway":{
"as in interstate , motorway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"durations":{
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
"examples":[
"for the whole duration of the speech the bored audience fidgeted"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuances",
"dates",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"lives",
"runs",
"standings",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spells",
"stretches",
"spans",
"tenures",
"terms",
"hitches",
"tours",
"turns",
"half-lifes",
"half-lives",
"ages",
"longevities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"scientists warning that the very duration of our civilization depends upon finding a solution to this major environmental problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"continuances",
"continuations",
"continuities",
"durabilities",
"endurances",
"persistences",
"subsistences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongations",
"extensions",
"prolongations",
"permanences",
"survivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"shortenings"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closes",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuities",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"stoppages",
"surceases",
"terminations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"du jour":{
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"examples":[
"that year the yellow tie was the fashion accessory du jour for ambitious male executives"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"crowd-pleasing",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"favorite",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popular",
"popularized",
"red-hot",
"vogue",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dusting":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"durables":{
"as in domestics , hard goods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"domestics",
"hard goods",
"job lot",
"inventory",
"staples",
"stock",
"stuff",
"supply",
"export",
"import",
"line",
"commodity",
"goods",
"merchandise",
"wares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"durable goods":{
"as in domestics , hard goods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"domestics",
"hard goods",
"job lot",
"inventory",
"staples",
"stock",
"stuff",
"supply",
"export",
"import",
"line",
"commodity",
"goods",
"merchandise",
"wares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"dumfound":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dusking":{
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackening",
"blacking out",
"closing in",
"darkening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimming",
"fading",
"waning",
"glooming",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawning",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"lighting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dumfounding":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the dumbfounding sight of the race car driver walking away from that horrific crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dullard":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dug (through)":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I roughly dug through the closet looking for my shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"combed",
"dredged",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisked",
"patted down",
"shook down",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"grubbed (about)",
"poked (around)",
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"skirmished",
"snooped",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"perused",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duskily":{
"as in darkly , somberly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"darkly",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"dimly",
"dully",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dupe":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"an explanation of how the swindler was able to escape with all of the dupe's money"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"he built a dupe of the original model, which is locked in a vault"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dunning":{
"as in getting , worrying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bedeviling",
"chafing",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"dogging",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"rasping",
"riling",
"roiling",
"tormenting",
"vexing",
"worrying",
"inconveniencing",
"troubling",
"beleaguering",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"disturbing",
"intruding (upon)",
"pestering",
"distressing",
"plaguing",
"afflicting",
"harassing",
"provoking",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"butting in",
"cutting in (on)",
"obtruding",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"leaving",
"slighting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duplicating":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"art students trying to duplicate paintings in the museum's collection as part of their training"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"we were unable to duplicate the experiment in our own lab, so we're suspicious"
],
"synonyms":[
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"examples":[
"the recipe can be easily duplicated in order to feed a large family"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubling",
"redoubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compounding",
"multiplying",
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building (up)",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dueled":{
"as in fought , battled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"grappled",
"rassled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"hit",
"punched",
"slugged",
"struck",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"skirmished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ducky":{
"being to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"if you don't want to come, that's just ducky with me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"copacetic",
"copasetic",
"copesetic",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"scrumptious",
"welcome",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dumbbells":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"no, you're not a dumbbell \u2014this is one of the hardest courses the school offers"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duns":{
"something that someone insists upon having":{
"examples":[
"it's probably not a good idea to ignore a creditor's dun for repayment"
],
"synonyms":[
"claims",
"demands",
"importunities",
"requisitions",
"ultimatums",
"ultimata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desires",
"requests",
"wants",
"wishes",
"drives",
"needs",
"requirements",
"stipulations",
"basics",
"essentials",
"musts",
"impositions",
"conditions",
"provisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gets , worries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bedevils",
"chafes",
"devils",
"dogs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws",
"grates",
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"nettles",
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"piques",
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"rasps",
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"roils",
"torments",
"vexes",
"worries",
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"beleaguers",
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"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"disturbs",
"intrudes (upon)",
"pesters",
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"plagues",
"afflicts",
"harasses",
"provokes",
"angers",
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"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
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"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
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"butts in",
"cuts in (on)",
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"ignores",
"leaves",
"slights",
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"disarms",
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"obliges",
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"delights",
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"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in principalities , duchies":{
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"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
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"noun"
]
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"success that is due to hard work"
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"consequent",
"consequential",
"resultant"
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"coincident",
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"evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow"
],
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"because of",
"owing to",
"through",
"with"
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"adjective",
"preposition"
]
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"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
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"any letter bearing the signature of Geronimo would be of dubious authenticity, to say the least"
],
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"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
],
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"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
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"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
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"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
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"I'm dubious about our plan to go hang gliding without having had any training"
],
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"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"reticent"
],
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"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"averse",
"unwilling",
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"doubtful",
"faltering",
"halting",
"indecisive",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"fainthearted",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"glad",
"happy",
"keen",
"ready",
"willing",
"certain",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolute",
"sure",
"unquestioning"
],
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"disposed",
"inclined"
]
},
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
"examples":[
"made the dubious claim of being of royal blood"
],
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"doubtful",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
],
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"implausible",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unreal",
"wild",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"earthly",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"potential",
"liable"
],
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
]
},
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"examples":[
"dubious about a diet that claims I can eat all I want and still lose weight"
],
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"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"hinky",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"trustless",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"equivocal",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"self-assured",
"decisive",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"convinced",
"positive",
"sure"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney"
],
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"belts up",
"clams up",
"dries up",
"hushes",
"pipes down",
"quiets (down)",
"shuts up"
],
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"calms (down)",
"cools (down)",
"settles (down)",
"haws",
"hems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pipes up",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"spouts (off)",
"talks up"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaks",
"talks"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in oversimplified":{
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"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"pruned",
"stripped (down)",
"stript (down)",
"trimmed",
"purified",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complexed",
"complexified",
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated",
"elaborated"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"durned":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"the darned computer is broken"
],
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"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"sewed",
"stitched",
"sutured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mended",
"patched",
"repaired",
"basted",
"eased",
"felled",
"finished",
"overcast",
"cross-stitched",
"embroidered",
"crocheted",
"knit",
"knitted",
"quilted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dusks":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"we stopped playing at dusk , since it was getting too dark to see the ball"
],
"synonyms":[
"crepuscules",
"crepuscles",
"evenfalls",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"nights",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"darks",
"nighttimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights",
"forenoons"
],
"antonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackens",
"blacks out",
"closes in",
"darkens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dims",
"fades",
"wanes",
"glooms",
"lowers",
"lours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawns",
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"shines"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"lights"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dusked":{
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"blackened",
"closed in",
"darkened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimmed",
"faded",
"waned",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawned",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"dumbs":{
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears"
],
"synonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"hushes",
"mutes",
"quells",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"settles",
"shushes",
"shuts up",
"silences",
"squelches",
"stills"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitates",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duskiness":{
"as in gloom , blackness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dimness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"murkiness",
"obscurity",
"semidarkness",
"somberness",
"dusk",
"penumbra",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra",
"cloudiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"lightness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubitations":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"with considerable dubitation we listened to his tall tales of adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubts",
"dubieties",
"incertitudes",
"misdoubts",
"misgivings",
"mistrust",
"queries",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"incredulities",
"anxieties",
"concerns",
"paranoias",
"compunctions",
"niggles",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credences",
"faiths"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurances",
"beliefs",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions",
"sureties",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplexes":{
"as in condos , condominiums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dual":{
"consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined":{
"examples":[
"dual axles"
],
"synonyms":[
"binary",
"bipartite",
"double",
"double-barreled",
"double-edged",
"duplex",
"twin",
"twofold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mated",
"paired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[
"single"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ductile":{
"capable of being bent or pulled into different shapes":{
"examples":[
"ductile iron"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"bouncy",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"supple",
"whippy",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"unyielding",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dummying up":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting up",
"clamming up",
"drying up",
"hushing",
"piping down",
"quieting (down)",
"shutting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"cooling (down)",
"settling (down)",
"hawing",
"hemming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piping up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"spouting (off)",
"talking up"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaking",
"talking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dumbstruck":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dutifulness":{
"as in irreproachability , irreproachableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"punctiliousness",
"responsibility",
"alertness",
"mindfulness",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"bother",
"effort",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"observance",
"observation",
"exactness",
"particularity",
"precision",
"care",
"carefulness",
"closeness",
"conscientiousness",
"heed",
"heedfulness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"pains",
"scrupulousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heedlessness",
"inattentiveness",
"negligence",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inobservance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in humility , deference":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deference",
"docility",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subordinateness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order",
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Dutch door":{
"as in revolving door , double door":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"postern",
"revolving door",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket",
"door",
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Dutch courage":{
"as in malt liquor , ardent spirits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumps on":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs."
],
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"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"dukes":{
"as in earls , princes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baronets",
"barons",
"counts",
"earls",
"esquires",
"marchesi",
"margraves",
"marquesses",
"marquises",
"marquis",
"masters",
"princelets",
"princelings",
"princes",
"rajas",
"viscounts",
"dons",
"hidalgos",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"seigneurs",
"seigniors",
"sheikhs",
"sheiks",
"lordships",
"sires",
"cavaliers",
"chevaliers",
"knights",
"country gentlemen",
"squires",
"gentlemen",
"grandees",
"lords",
"milords",
"noblemen",
"peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boors",
"churls",
"cottars",
"cotters",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"toilers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumfounds":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"during":{
"in the course of":{
"examples":[
"we wrote notes during the boring lecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amid",
"amidst",
"by",
"over",
"pending",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"dumbfound":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dullards":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dum-dum":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"he's no dum-dum \u2014he made his first million by 25"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplication":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"in adulthood he became sort of a living duplication of his late father"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"a duplication of an ancient Chinese vase for the mass market"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"let's avoid duplication of effort on this group project if we can"
],
"synonyms":[
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duties":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"examples":[
"the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessments",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"the regular duties of a lifeguard"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"chores",
"jobs",
"tasks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chares",
"chars",
"endeavors",
"enterprises",
"projects",
"stints",
"undertakings",
"care",
"charges",
"commissions",
"responsibilities",
"functions",
"missions",
"offices",
"operations",
"posts",
"errands",
"circuits",
"rounds",
"routes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I must obey the call of duty and serve my country"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"imperatives",
"incumbencies",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duteous":{
"as in agreeable , amiable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"soft",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dug up":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug out",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dunderheads":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duchies":{
"as in principalities , emirates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dulcifies":{
"as in sweetens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweetens",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"endears (to)",
"ingratiates",
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dunking":{
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duct":{
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
"examples":[
"air ducts to provide ventilation"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"conduit",
"leader",
"line",
"penstock",
"pipe",
"trough",
"tube"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drain",
"drainpipe",
"funnel",
"hydrant",
"main",
"smokestack",
"spout",
"standpipe",
"stovepipe",
"tile",
"waste pipe",
"waterspout",
"pipage",
"pipeage",
"pipeline",
"piping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplex apartment":{
"as in garden apartment , studio apartment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitter",
"bedsit",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousing",
"condo",
"condominium",
"duplex",
"efficiency",
"efficiency apartment",
"flatlet",
"floor-through",
"garden apartment",
"granny flat",
"maisonette",
"penthouse",
"railroad flat",
"salon",
"saloon",
"studio",
"studio apartment",
"triplex",
"walk-up",
"apartment",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flat",
"lodgings",
"suite",
"tenement",
"gallery",
"wing",
"apartment building",
"apartment house",
"tenement house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ducktails":{
"as in roaches , comb-overs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comb-overs",
"roaches",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"pompadours",
"quiffs",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dude (up)":{
"as in tog (out or up) , rig (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck",
"garb",
"garment",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"accessorize",
"preen",
"primp",
"prink",
"smarten (up)",
"doll up",
"dress",
"dress up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dual carriageways":{
"as in interstates , motorways":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"causeways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dustbin":{
"as in junkyard , midden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dustheap",
"junkyard",
"kitchen midden",
"midden",
"dump",
"landfill",
"sanitary landfill",
"tip",
"transfer station",
"mess",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"sty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dutiful":{
"marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status":{
"examples":[
"the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferent",
"deferential",
"regardful",
"respectful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverent",
"reverential",
"venerating",
"worshipful",
"fawning",
"genuflecting",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"subservient",
"sycophantic",
"toadying",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"polite",
"kid-glove",
"kid-gloved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abusive",
"insulting",
"offensive",
"belittling",
"demeaning",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disparaging",
"contemptuous",
"impudent",
"irreverent",
"scornful",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dully":{
"as in dimly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dimly",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sluggishly , inanimately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously",
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dulls":{
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbs",
"blunts",
"cauterizes",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"numbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffles",
"mutes",
"tones (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"abates",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens",
"animates",
"arouses",
"stimulates"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpens",
"whets"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"blenches",
"decolorizes",
"fades",
"pales",
"snows",
"washes out",
"whitens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"dims",
"mats",
"mattes",
"matts",
"etiolates",
"whitewashes",
"frosts",
"silvers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"blotches",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"discolors",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"shades",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"tarnishes",
"variegates",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"burnishes",
"polishes",
"shines"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"deepens",
"embrowns"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dug (into)":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"delved (into)",
"examined",
"explored",
"inquired (into)",
"investigated",
"looked (into)",
"probed",
"researched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspected",
"sifted",
"studied",
"viewed",
"browsed",
"cruised",
"perused",
"scanned",
"skimmed (through)",
"surfed",
"thumbed (through)",
"reinvestigated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dudgeon":{
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"stomped off in high dudgeon after having his honor questioned"
],
"synonyms":[
"huff",
"miff",
"offense",
"offence",
"peeve",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"dander",
"temper",
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"sulk(s)",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbfounds":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dug (away)":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dullsvilles":{
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"that book is totally dullsville \u2014you'll be asleep by page three"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"drags",
"drips",
"droners",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"snoozers",
"snoozes",
"yawners",
"yawns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummers",
"downers",
"bromides",
"pills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"uppers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dusted":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dubbing":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"I've dubbed my car the \"Lone Ranger,\" although \"Loan Raider\" probably would have been more apt"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dustheaps":{
"as in junkyards , dustbins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dustbins",
"junkyards",
"kitchen middens",
"middens",
"dumps",
"landfills",
"sanitary landfills",
"tips",
"transfer stations",
"messes",
"pigpens",
"pigsties",
"sties",
"styes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duping":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
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"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
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"undeceiving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duplicator":{
"as in copier , copycat":{
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"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator",
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dusts":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans"
],
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"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
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"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in oversimplifies":{
"examples":[],
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"oversimplifies",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"prunes",
"strips (down)",
"trims",
"purifies",
"refines"
],
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"complexes",
"complexifies",
"complicates",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates",
"elaborates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"due":{
"having reached the date at which payment is required":{
"examples":[
"the loan is due next April"
],
"synonyms":[
"mature"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquent",
"outstanding",
"overdue",
"owed",
"owing",
"receivable",
"unpaid",
"unsettled",
"payable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"liquidated",
"paid (off or up)",
"repaid",
"settled",
"prepaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"undue"
]
},
"being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events":{
"examples":[
"their train is due to arrive in half an hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"scheduled",
"slated"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"behind",
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"dilatory",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"tardy",
"early",
"premature",
"untimely",
"unanticipated",
"unforeseen",
"unlooked-for"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"all the participants in the trial are required to treat the judge with due respect"
],
"synonyms":[
"competent",
"condign",
"deserved",
"fair",
"just",
"justified",
"merited",
"right",
"rightful",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"requisite",
"suitable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"accurate",
"correct",
"true",
"rhadamanthine",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising",
"equitable",
"impartial",
"square"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incorrect",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"indefensible",
"unjustifiable",
"unreasonable",
"unsuitable",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partial",
"unequal",
"arbitrary",
"despotic",
"illegitimate",
"unlawful"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeserved",
"undue",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unjustified",
"unmerited",
"unwarranted"
]
},
"as stated or indicated without the slightest difference":{
"examples":[
"the island lies due south of the headland"
],
"synonyms":[
"exactly",
"full",
"just",
"precisely",
"right",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in a direct line or course":{
"examples":[
"a plane flying due east"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"directly",
"plumb",
"plump",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitously",
"deviously",
"veeringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirectly"
]
},
"as in call , privilege":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"dibs",
"entitlement",
"perquisite",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"privilege",
"appanage",
"apanage",
"birthright",
"prerogative",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"durabilities":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the durability of the novel's popularity since it was first published in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"continuances",
"continuations",
"continuities",
"durations",
"endurances",
"persistences",
"subsistences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongations",
"extensions",
"prolongations",
"permanences",
"survivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"shortenings"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closes",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuities",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"stoppages",
"surceases",
"terminations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dummies":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes"
],
"synonyms":[
"figures",
"forms",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"mannequins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dolls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dudes":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"popinjays",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"clotheshorses",
"exquisites",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"OK, dude , whatever you say"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"blokes",
"bucks",
"cats",
"chappies",
"chaps",
"fellas",
"fellers",
"fellows",
"galoots",
"gentlemen",
"gents",
"guys",
"hombres",
"jacks",
"joes",
"jokers",
"lads",
"males",
"men"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masters",
"misters",
"sirs",
"buddies",
"busters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duffel bags":{
"as in backpacks , totes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"barracks bags",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"rucksacks",
"satchels",
"totes",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"carryalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"traveling bags",
"wallets",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"tote bags",
"ditty bags",
"flight bags",
"garment bags",
"kit bags",
"shopping bags",
"work bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duelling":{
"as in fighting , battling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending",
"fighting",
"warring (against)",
"grappling",
"rassling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bashing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"hitting",
"punching",
"slugging",
"striking",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"skirmishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dumpiness":{
"as in ruin , decay":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"dereliction",
"deterioration",
"disintegration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"inattention",
"negligence",
"desolation",
"dilapidation",
"disrepair",
"neglect",
"seediness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"repair",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"upkeep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubitation":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"with considerable dubitation we listened to his tall tales of adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"paranoia",
"wariness",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credence",
"faith"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dust bowl":{
"as in nature , desert":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"desert",
"desolation",
"heath",
"no-man's-land",
"waste",
"wasteland",
"nature",
"wild",
"wilderness",
"open",
"open air",
"outdoors",
"out-of-doors",
"brush",
"bush",
"badland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplex apartments":{
"as in garden apartments , studio apartments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dug out":{
"as in canoe , raft":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bunker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunker",
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"she dug her old art supplies out of the basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dukedom":{
"as in principality , duchy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duchy",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duffel bag":{
"as in backpack , tote":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpack",
"barracks bag",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"rucksack",
"satchel",
"tote",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"carryall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"tote bag",
"ditty bag",
"flight bag",
"garment bag",
"kit bag",
"shopping bag",
"work bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbed":{
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears"
],
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"extinguished",
"hushed",
"muted",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"settled",
"shushed",
"shut up",
"silenced",
"squelched",
"stilled"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dunghills":{
"as in manures , muck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guanos",
"manures",
"middens",
"muck",
"dirt",
"doo-doos",
"droppings",
"dungs",
"excrements",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordures",
"poops",
"scats",
"slops",
"soils",
"wastes",
"night soils",
"stools",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"sewage",
"sewerages",
"coprolites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubs":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"I've dubbed my car the \"Lone Ranger,\" although \"Loan Raider\" probably would have been more apt"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"rechristens",
"relabels",
"renames",
"surnames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub"
],
"synonyms":[
"klutzes",
"loobies",
"lubbers",
"lummoxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"gawkies",
"gawks",
"louts",
"lumps",
"oafs",
"tawpies",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"bunglers",
"duffers",
"fumblers",
"stumblebums",
"stumblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"duelled":{
"as in fought , battled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"grappled",
"rassled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"hit",
"punched",
"slugged",
"struck",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"skirmished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duennas":{
"as in governesses , mademoiselles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frauleins",
"governesses",
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles",
"mammies",
"au pairs",
"bonnes",
"amahs",
"ayahs",
"babysitters",
"dry nurses",
"nannies",
"nursemaids",
"nursers",
"nurses",
"sitters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duration":{
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
"examples":[
"for the whole duration of the speech the bored audience fidgeted"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuance",
"date",
"life",
"life span",
"lifetime",
"run",
"standing",
"time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spell",
"stretch",
"span",
"tenure",
"term",
"hitch",
"tour",
"turn",
"half-life",
"age",
"longevity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"scientists warning that the very duration of our civilization depends upon finding a solution to this major environmental problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duumvirates":{
"as in oligarchies , triarchies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dyarchies",
"diarchies",
"oligarchies",
"triarchies",
"triumvirates",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dust bowls":{
"as in natures , deserts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrens",
"deserts",
"desolations",
"heaths",
"no-man's-lands",
"wastelands",
"wastes",
"natures",
"wildernesses",
"wilds",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"outdoors",
"badlands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Dutch doors":{
"as in revolving doors , double doors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double doors",
"French doors",
"lattices",
"portcullises",
"posterns",
"revolving doors",
"storm doors",
"trapdoors",
"wickets",
"doors",
"gates",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dull":{
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
"examples":[
"the dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dullish",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"even",
"flat",
"flattened",
"level"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jagged",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"spiny",
"jabbing",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"ultrasharp"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"a dull dance recital that made us wish that we were someplace else"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"dull skies plagued most of our vacation days at the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
"examples":[
"a good polish should restore that car's dull finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"dim",
"dulled",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tarnished",
"unpolished",
"cloudy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"drab",
"lackluster",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"muddy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish",
"black",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"gemmy",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"resplendent",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"sleek"
]
},
"lacking intensity of color":{
"examples":[
"that canvas shirt should fade to an attractive, dull red over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"dulled",
"faded",
"light",
"pale",
"pastel",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flat",
"lackluster",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"dim",
"faint",
"dirty",
"muddy",
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"washed",
"white",
"whitened",
"gray",
"grey",
"indistinct",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brilliant",
"vibrant",
"vivid",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"stained",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dark",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"the importance of the discovery was lost on the dull minds of his colleagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
"examples":[
"a dull roar from the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"clarion",
"clear",
"trumpetlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
]
},
"slow to move or act":{
"examples":[
"a dull market for luxury goods this holiday season"
],
"synonyms":[
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
"comatose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"active"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumb",
"blunt",
"cauterize",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"numb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute",
"tone (down)",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"animate",
"arouse",
"stimulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpen",
"whet"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"fade",
"pale",
"snow",
"wash out",
"whiten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"etiolate",
"whitewash",
"frost",
"silver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dump on":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs."
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"dug":{
"to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth":{
"examples":[
"a backhoe dug a hole in the backyard to make a swimming pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"excavated",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dredged",
"burrowed",
"clawed",
"grubbed",
"dug in",
"scooped",
"spaded",
"delved",
"mined",
"quarried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filled (in)",
"smoothed (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"I really dig bluegrass music"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"can you dig what I'm saying?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"every time I slowed down, he'd dig me in the ribs"
],
"synonyms":[
"goaded",
"prodded",
"spurred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chucked",
"jabbed",
"jogged",
"knocked",
"nudged",
"poked",
"bored",
"drilled",
"perforated",
"pierced",
"pricked",
"punched",
"punctured",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"drove",
"haled",
"propelled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ducks":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodges",
"jinks",
"sidesteps",
"slaloms",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"parries",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dulcet":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"although she flashed a dulcet smile, she was secretly seething with resentment"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dustiness":{
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"we were glad for a shower after the dustiness of the hike"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dud":{
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"our first attempt was a complete dud , so we had to start over"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"those are some pretty fancy duds you're wearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"you have one hour to pack up your duds and clear out of here"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bad , flawed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"defective",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"base",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"duff",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"unacceptable",
"chaffy",
"empty",
"junky",
"no-good",
"null",
"vain",
"valueless",
"worthless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"useful",
"valuable",
"worthy",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"cherished",
"esteemed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"choice",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"duffers":{
"as in bunglers , fumblers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunglers",
"fumblers",
"stumblebums",
"stumblers",
"clodhoppers",
"gawkies",
"gawks",
"louts",
"lumps",
"oafs",
"tawpies",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"dubs",
"klutzes",
"loobies",
"lubbers",
"lummoxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bastards , shoddies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bastards",
"brummagems",
"shoddies",
"simulations",
"synthetics",
"frauds",
"gaffs",
"impostures",
"spoofs",
"swindles",
"dummies",
"mock-ups",
"copies",
"facsimiles",
"replicas",
"reproductions",
"copycats",
"knockoffs",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"originals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dustbins":{
"as in junkyards , middens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dustheaps",
"junkyards",
"kitchen middens",
"middens",
"dumps",
"landfills",
"sanitary landfills",
"tips",
"transfer stations",
"messes",
"pigpens",
"pigsties",
"sties",
"styes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duck soup":{
"something that is easy to do":{
"examples":[
"hooking up this home theater should be duck soup \u2014right?"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeze",
"cake",
"cakewalk",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"cream puff",
"kid stuff",
"picnic",
"pushover",
"roses",
"snap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-brainer",
"nothing",
"sitting duck",
"gimme",
"laugher",
"walkaway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"horror show",
"killer",
"labor",
"murder",
"pain",
"sticky wicket",
"stinker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duding (up)":{
"as in togging (out or up) , rigging (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"accessorizing",
"preening",
"primping",
"prinking",
"smartening (up)",
"dolling up",
"dressing",
"dressing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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