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40713 lines
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{
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"moaning":{
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"as in crying , groaning":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"crying",
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"groaning",
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"howling",
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"keening",
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"yammering",
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"brokenhearted",
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"careworn",
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"crestfallen",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"forlorn",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"low-spirited",
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"miserable",
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"sad",
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"triste",
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"unhappy",
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"woebegone",
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"bleeding",
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"suffering",
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"dejected",
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"depressed",
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"despondent",
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"disconsolate",
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"dispirited",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"heartsick",
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"heartsore",
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"inconsolable",
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"tearful",
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"black",
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"bleak",
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"cheerless",
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"comfortless",
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"dark",
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"darkening",
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"desolate",
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"dismal",
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"dreary",
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"funereal",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"joyless",
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"low",
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"miserable",
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"moody",
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"morbid",
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"morose",
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"pathetic",
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"pessimistic",
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"piteous",
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"saturnine",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sullen",
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"wretched",
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"dirgelike",
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"elegiac",
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"elegiacal",
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"melancholy",
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"aching",
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"agonized",
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"anguished",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"bitter",
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"deploring",
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"doleful",
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"dolesome",
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"dolorous",
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"funeral",
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"grieving",
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"heartbroken",
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"lamentable",
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"lugubrious",
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"mournful",
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"plaintive",
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"plangent",
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"regretful",
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"rueful",
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"sorrowful",
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"sorry",
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"wailing",
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"weeping",
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"woeful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delighted",
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"exulting",
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"glorying",
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"happy",
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"joyful",
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"rejoicing",
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"triumphant",
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"bright",
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"cheerful",
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"cheering",
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"cheery",
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"laughing",
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"smiling",
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"blissful",
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"blithe",
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"blithesome",
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"buoyant",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"joyous",
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"lighthearted",
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"merry",
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"mirthful",
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"encouraging",
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"ecstatic",
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"elated",
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"euphoric",
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"exhilarated",
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"giddy",
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"heady",
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"rapturous",
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"rhapsodic",
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"rhapsodical"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to utter a moan":{
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"examples":[
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"he moaned and cried for days after his dog, his only companion, died"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groaning",
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"wailing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubbering",
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"crying",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping",
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"sniffing",
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"sniveling",
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"snivelling",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"deploring",
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"keening",
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"lamenting",
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"ruing",
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"agonizing",
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"anguishing",
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"bleeding",
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"grieving",
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"hurting",
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"mourning",
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"sorrowing",
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"suffering",
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"bawling",
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"howling",
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"shrieking",
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"squalling",
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"yammering",
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"yelping",
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"yowling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackling",
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"chortling",
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"chuckling",
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"cracking up",
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"giggling",
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"guffawing",
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"laughing",
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"snickering",
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"tittering",
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"twittering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"their son moaned whenever anyone asked him to do some work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefing",
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"bellyaching",
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"bitching",
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"bleating",
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"carping",
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"caterwauling",
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"complaining",
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"crabbing",
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"croaking",
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"fussing",
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"griping",
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"grizzling",
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"grouching",
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"grousing",
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"growling",
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"grumbling",
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"grumping",
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"hollering",
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"inveighing",
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"keening",
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"kicking",
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"kvetching",
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"maundering",
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"murmuring",
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"muttering",
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"nagging",
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"repining",
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"screaming",
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"squawking",
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"squealing",
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"wailing",
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"whimpering",
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"whinging",
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"whingeing",
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"whining",
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"yammering",
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"yawping",
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"yauping",
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"yowling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objecting (to)",
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"protesting",
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"quarreling (with)",
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"quarrelling (with)",
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"caviling",
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"cavilling",
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"quibbling",
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"fretting",
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"stewing",
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"worrying",
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"blubbering",
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"crying",
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"sobbing",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"deploring",
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"lamenting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"bearing",
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"countenancing",
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"enduring",
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"taking",
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"tolerating",
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"applauding",
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"cheering",
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"commending"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crowing",
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"delighting",
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"rejoicing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"moans":{
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"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
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"examples":[
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"she uttered an agonized moan and clutched her stomach"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groans",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"whinings",
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"keens",
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"lamentations",
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"laments",
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"plaints",
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"bawls",
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"cries",
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"howls",
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"shrieks",
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"squalls",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"yelps",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackles",
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"chortles",
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"chuckles",
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"giggles",
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"guffaws",
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"laughs",
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"snickers",
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"sniggers",
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"titters",
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"twitters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a crying out in grief":{
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"examples":[
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"moans arose from the crowd as the funeral procession for the well-loved senator made its way down the street"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groans",
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"howls",
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"keens",
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"lamentations",
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"laments",
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"plaints",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"tears",
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"mournings",
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"sufferings",
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"hand-wringings",
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"regrets",
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"complaints",
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"cris de coeur",
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"outcries",
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"protests",
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"anguishes",
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"dolors",
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"griefs",
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"heartaches",
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"heartbreaks",
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"sorrows",
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"woes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"exultations",
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"rejoicings"
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]
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},
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"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
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"examples":[
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"the crowd responded with a moan when it was announced that the rest of the show would be cancelled due to the weather"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
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"bitches",
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"bleats",
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"carps",
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"complaints",
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"fusses",
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"grievances",
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"gripes",
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"grouches",
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"grouses",
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"grumbles",
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"hollers",
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"kvetches",
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"laments",
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"misereres",
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"murmurs",
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"plaints",
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"squawks",
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"wails",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"whinges",
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"yammers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenges",
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"demurs",
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"expostulations",
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"kicks",
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"niggles",
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"objections",
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"protests",
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"quibbles",
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"remonstrances",
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"stinks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commendations",
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"compliments",
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"plaudits",
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"acclaim",
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"applauses",
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"praises",
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"approvals",
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"endorsements",
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"indorsements",
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"sanctions"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to utter a moan":{
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"examples":[
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"he moaned and cried for days after his dog, his only companion, died"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groans",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"weeps",
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"sniffs",
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"snivels",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"bemoans",
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"bewails",
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"deplores",
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"keens",
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"laments",
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"rues",
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"agonizes",
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"anguishes",
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"bleeds",
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"grieves",
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"hurts",
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"mourns",
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"sorrows",
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"suffers",
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"bawls",
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"howls",
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"shrieks",
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"squalls",
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"yammers",
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"yelps",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackles",
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"chortles",
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"chuckles",
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"cracks up",
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"giggles",
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"guffaws",
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"laughs",
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"snickers",
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"titters",
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"twitters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"their son moaned whenever anyone asked him to do some work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
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"bellyaches",
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"bitches",
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"bleats",
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"carps",
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"caterwauls",
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"complains",
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"crabs",
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"croaks",
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"fusses",
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"gripes",
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"grizzles",
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"grouches",
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"grouses",
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"growls",
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"grumbles",
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"grumps",
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"hollers",
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"inveighs",
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"keens",
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"kicks",
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"kvetches",
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"maunders",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"nags",
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"repines",
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"screams",
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"squawks",
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"squeals",
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"wails",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"whinges",
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"yammers",
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"yawps",
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"yaups",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objects (to)",
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"protests",
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"quarrels (with)",
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"cavils",
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"quibbles",
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"frets",
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"stews",
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"worries",
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"bemoans",
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"bewails",
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"deplores",
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"laments"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepts",
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"bears",
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"countenances",
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"endures",
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"takes",
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"tolerates",
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"applauds",
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"cheers",
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"commends"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crows",
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"delights",
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"rejoices"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mobilities":{
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"as in locomotions , motilities":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"locomotions",
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"motilities",
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"motivities",
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"dislocations",
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"migrations",
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"relocations",
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"fiddlings",
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"squirms",
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"motions",
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"movements",
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"moves",
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"shifts",
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"stirrings",
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"stirs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immobilities",
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"inertias",
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"cessations",
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"discontinuances",
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"endings",
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"expirations",
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"finishes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"pauses",
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"shutdowns",
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"shutoffs",
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"stoppages",
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"stops",
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"surceases",
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"terminations"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mobility":{
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"as in locomotion , motility":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"locomotion",
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"motility",
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"motivity",
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"motion",
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"move",
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"movement",
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"shift",
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"shifting",
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"stir",
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"stirring",
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"dislocation",
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"migration",
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"relocation",
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"fiddling",
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"fidgeting",
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"squirm",
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"squirming",
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"twitching",
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"wriggling",
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"writhing",
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"flailing",
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"flapping",
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"waving"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immobility",
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"inertia",
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"inertness",
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"stillness",
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"cessation",
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"discontinuance",
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"ending",
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"expiration",
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"finish",
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"halt",
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"lapse",
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"pause",
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"shutdown",
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"shutoff",
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"stop",
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"stoppage",
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"surcease",
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"termination",
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"motionlessness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mocker":{
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"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
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"examples":[
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"the players paid no attention to the mockers in the stands"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baiter",
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"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mod":{
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young artist's converted loft is decorated in a self-consciously mod style"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a chichi boutique for mod dressers with deep pockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"def",
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"hep",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"turned-on",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unhip",
|
|
"untrendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mode":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"phraseology",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when I'm in my cooking mode , I just have to go into the kitchen and make something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slim, tanned bodies are definitely the mode at this beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonder",
|
|
"nine day wonder",
|
|
"new wave",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"wrinkle",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"whim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modelling":{
|
|
"as in matching , patterning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderated":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dropped (off)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernized":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporized",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"updated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modest":{
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was awarded a modest pension when he retired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tended to wear more modest swimsuits than the thong-clad guests at the resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"vestal",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virginal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untarnished",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a modest winner who said a quick thank-you and promptly left the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"appealingly modest about her success in the fashion industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecating",
|
|
"self-deprecatory",
|
|
"self-effacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modesty":{
|
|
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his natural modesty makes him reluctant to run for public office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"unchasteness",
|
|
"unchastity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this day and age, that's very becoming modesty in a teenager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unrighteousness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"immaculacy",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modified":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"widened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"narrowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"revolutionized",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"retooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modify":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"narrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broaden",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"widen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"revolutionize",
|
|
"transfigure",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"transmute",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"retool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulated":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"phased",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"redrew",
|
|
"restyled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"debugged",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulates":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"redraws",
|
|
"restyles",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"debugs",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mogul":{
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"movie moguls promising to turn young actresses into stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"Napoleon",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"tycoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"main man",
|
|
"mover and shaker",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"supremo",
|
|
"VIP",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"god"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"small-timer",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"zero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moguls":{
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"movie moguls promising to turn young actresses into stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"Napoleons",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"movers and shakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moil":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry mob moiled around the courthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"subside"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"churn",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"seethe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"moisturized":{
|
|
"as in hydrated , moistened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moisturizing":{
|
|
"as in hydrating , moistening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molder":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves moldering in the compost pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molders":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves moldering in the compost pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molds":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plants molding in the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moldy":{
|
|
"as in antiquated , obsolete":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"rinky-dink",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-timey",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"old hat",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernist",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rotting , decaying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"gangrenous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mole":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moll":{
|
|
"as in mistress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollification":{
|
|
"as in decrease , mitigation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"mitigation",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollified":{
|
|
"as in appeased , placated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"ired",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apology would probably mollify your friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"endeared (to)",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"dulcified",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollify":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apology would probably mollify your friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"endear (to)",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"dulcify",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollifying":{
|
|
"tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a future son-in-law using mollifying flattery to overcome a bad first impression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apology would probably mollify your friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"endearing (to)",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dulcifying",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molt":{
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crab molts its shell as it grows larger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliate",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentous":{
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a momentous occasion that will go down in the history books"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monasticism":{
|
|
"as in austerity , asceticism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austereness",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"dourness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"exactingness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"stringency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moneybags":{
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old moneybags was used to being deferred to by his fellow townspeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moneyed":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monikers":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"anonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard\" is his rather unwieldy moniker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"matronymics",
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers",
|
|
"brand names",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"trade names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monitoring":{
|
|
"as in observation , policing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"policing",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"trusteeship",
|
|
"tutelage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveilling",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"peeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeying":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that monkeying was sure to end in someone or something getting hurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeys":{
|
|
"a physiological need for certain drugs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"joneses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholisms",
|
|
"heroinisms",
|
|
"morphinisms",
|
|
"habituations",
|
|
"tolerances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come back here, you little monkey !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"urchins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"larkers",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"disrupters",
|
|
"misbehavers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"gamins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mimics , apes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades (as)",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses (as)",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"portrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)":{
|
|
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriccio",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"shavie",
|
|
"shine(s)",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"waggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monochromic":{
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dull, monochromic decor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomania":{
|
|
"as in obsession , phobia":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomaniac":{
|
|
"as in obsessed , monomaniacal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monopolized":{
|
|
"to have complete control over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is illegal in the United States to monopolize an entire industry",
|
|
"you shouldn't monopolize the exercise equipment while others are waiting to use it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sewed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"hogged",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monstrosities":{
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"miscreations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"aberrants",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"normals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueries",
|
|
"grotesques",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogresses",
|
|
"Frankensteins",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyesores",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"hideosities",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"sights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye-catchers",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"months":{
|
|
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that meeting lasted for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"blue moon",
|
|
"coon's age",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"nanosecond"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monument":{
|
|
"a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Quakers disapproved of monuments , regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gravestone",
|
|
"headstone",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"tombstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"monolith",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moving monument to the great war and a tribute to the untold millions who died in it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorative",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"memorabilia",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"cairn",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"cenotaph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooched":{
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leeched",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloaded",
|
|
"sponged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moocher":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, too many people at the community potluck were moochers who didn't bring any food of their own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsucker",
|
|
"free rider",
|
|
"freeloader",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonbeam":{
|
|
"as in sunbeam , sunburst":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"sunburst",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"laser",
|
|
"spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonshine":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during Prohibition, moonshine and \"bathtub gin\" were made secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"mountain dew",
|
|
"white lightning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gin",
|
|
"red-eye",
|
|
"rotgut",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
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"guff",
|
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"hogwash",
|
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"hokeypokey",
|
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"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
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"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moony":{
|
|
"as in dreamy , nostalgic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooring":{
|
|
"as in berth , slip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"levee",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"quai",
|
|
"quay",
|
|
"wharf",
|
|
"embarcadero",
|
|
"dockyard",
|
|
"marina",
|
|
"quayage",
|
|
"shipyard",
|
|
"wharfage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in port , anchorage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"oasis",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"asylum",
|
|
"bolt-hole",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"sanctuary",
|
|
"sanctum",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"hideaway",
|
|
"hideout",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"lee",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"windbreak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moored the boat to the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moot":{
|
|
"open to question or dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a moot question what might have happened if the American colonies had not broken away from Great Britain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"issuable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"questionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"refutable",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undebatable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"speak (of)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"thrash (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moots":{
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"speaks (of)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"thrashes (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"speaks (about)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"talks out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"wrestles (with)",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bandies",
|
|
"bats (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over or out)",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moped":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"dwelled (on)",
|
|
"dwelt (on)",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"mused (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"petted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morbid":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pessimist who is given to morbid introspection and thoughts of death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moron":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some moron forgot to lock the doors before going home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morons":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some moron forgot to lock the doors before going home"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morose":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morosely":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphs":{
|
|
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigures",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"transposes",
|
|
"transubstantiates",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"varies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"turns around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortarman":{
|
|
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"servicewoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortifications":{
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"flusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"humble pies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"equanimities",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"self-confidences",
|
|
"self-possessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortified":{
|
|
"as in chagrined , flustered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"self-conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"shamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortify":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mote":{
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"halfpenny",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motet":{
|
|
"as in madrigal , aria":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moth-eaten":{
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother-naked":{
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked to find that many of the participants at the spring break bacchanal were mother-naked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"starkers",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothered":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthed",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"calved",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"kittened",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"pupped",
|
|
"whelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"miscarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered (to)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherless":{
|
|
"as in fatherless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherless",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motifs":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asides",
|
|
"digressions",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"tangents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subject matters",
|
|
"talking points",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"grists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"debates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motion":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"gesticulate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signalize",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motion sickness":{
|
|
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motionlessness":{
|
|
"as in inaction , inertia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"coma",
|
|
"hibernation",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"layoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"recommencement",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"resumption",
|
|
"resuscitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivates":{
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motived":{
|
|
"as in inspired , motivated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivity":{
|
|
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor":{
|
|
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"engine",
|
|
"machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"converter",
|
|
"transformer",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
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"station wagon",
|
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"SUV",
|
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"town car",
|
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"wagon",
|
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"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
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"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
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"V-8",
|
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"gas-guzzler",
|
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"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"tool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor vehicles":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motored":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiled",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"tooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"chauffeured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"taxied",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"raced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motormouth":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbler",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"windbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"blatherer",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motors":{
|
|
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"converters",
|
|
"transformers",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"equipments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"mills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"engines",
|
|
"machines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"tools"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain":{
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pyramid",
|
|
"rick",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"cairn",
|
|
"pyre",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"pileup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain man":{
|
|
"as in woodsman , bushranger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bushranger",
|
|
"woodsman",
|
|
"explorer",
|
|
"pathfinder",
|
|
"trailblazer",
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"colonizer",
|
|
"frontiersman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountainous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"mountainousness":{
|
|
"as in immensity , enormity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"mightiness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"voluminousness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"muchness",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountains":{
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"mountain ranges",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebankery":{
|
|
"as in subterfuge , chicanery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moused":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousiness":{
|
|
"as in diffidence , timidity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"gutlessness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"pusillanimity",
|
|
"spinelessness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousy":{
|
|
"easily frightened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth":{
|
|
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"kisser",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"piehole",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"visage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"mandible",
|
|
"maxilla",
|
|
"gullet",
|
|
"maw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"moue",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't tolerate you giving your mother mouth about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"mug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"contort",
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"buzz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth (down)":{
|
|
"as in swallow , down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"speechify",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"perorate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthful":{
|
|
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collop",
|
|
"medallion",
|
|
"noisette",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"appetizer",
|
|
"canap\u00e9",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouths (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"perorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"speechifies",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouton":{
|
|
"as in fleece":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movement":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden movement in the far corner of the room made her turn in that direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movement for political reform in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moviemaking":{
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director with 25 years of experience at moviemaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"silver screen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mowed":{
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you really should mow the lawn before it gets much higher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"lopped",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"sheared",
|
|
"snipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an afternoon spent mowing hay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopped (down)",
|
|
"cut (down)",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"hewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moxie":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was old-fashioned military moxie that got medical supplies to the disaster site in record time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fearless journalist who denounced McCarthyism when few had the moxie to do so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"say, you're full of moxie this morning!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkey (around)":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"hotdog",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"showboat",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"misbehave",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"maffick",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would rather just monkey around instead of doing work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooncalves":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was a helpless mooncalf when it came to making decisions about even the most trivial things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ding-a-lings",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"gits",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonlight":{
|
|
"the light of the moon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A figure appeared in the moonlight .",
|
|
"a moonlight cruise down the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moist":{
|
|
"slightly or moderately wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, my new suede shoes are only a bit moist after I accidentally wore them in the rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"wettish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"tropical",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifies":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"narrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"widens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"revolutionizes",
|
|
"transfigures",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"retools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderating":{
|
|
"as in waning , ebbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monitor":{
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveil",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in observer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"experimenter",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"researcher",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist",
|
|
"fact finder",
|
|
"field-worker",
|
|
"examiner",
|
|
"inspector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mockery":{
|
|
"a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the predetermined outcome of the hearings made them a mockery of true justice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"simulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"tribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you won't make a mockery of me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"target"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fall guy",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"pet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"insulted by their mockery of his mannerisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"mimicry",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monitored":{
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surveilled",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottling":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monopolizing":{
|
|
"to have complete control over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is illegal in the United States to monopolize an entire industry",
|
|
"you shouldn't monopolize the exercise equipment while others are waiting to use it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sewing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"hogging",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"reigning (over)",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motives":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matters",
|
|
"talking points",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"grists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"debates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asides",
|
|
"digressions",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"tangents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated with a paisley motive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"wherefores",
|
|
"whys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"stimuli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inspires , motivates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"impassions",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"revs (up)",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothballed":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouths":{
|
|
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"kissers",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pieholes",
|
|
"pie holes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"visages",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"mandibles",
|
|
"maxillae",
|
|
"maxillas",
|
|
"gullets",
|
|
"maws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"mugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"contorts",
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"buzzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moils":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeyworks",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadeworks",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tediums",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressions",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"leisures",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"inertias"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry mob moiled around the courthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"seethes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"subsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molten":{
|
|
"melted by heat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"molten metal",
|
|
"molten lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moo":{
|
|
"as in meow , cluck":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motley":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ship with a motley crew of old salts, young adventurers, and shifty characters of all ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tropical bird with motley plumage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"merry-andrew",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"money order":{
|
|
"as in cashier's check , promissory note":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"note",
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|
"promissory note",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
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"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molestation":{
|
|
"as in offense , torture":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"persecution",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bedevilment",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"harassment",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"mischief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molls":{
|
|
"as in mistresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"old ladies",
|
|
"women",
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain sickness":{
|
|
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"seasickness",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourns":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"pines (away)",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"sympathizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"grieves (for)",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"wails (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegizes",
|
|
"cries (for)",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults (in)",
|
|
"glories (in)",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"rejoices (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderator":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"chairperson",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"presider",
|
|
"prolocutor",
|
|
"speaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwoman",
|
|
"cochair",
|
|
"cochairman",
|
|
"cochairperson",
|
|
"cochairwoman",
|
|
"copresident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphinisms":{
|
|
"as in alcoholisms , heroinisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholisms",
|
|
"heroinisms",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"joneses",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"habituations",
|
|
"tolerances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moored":{
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moored the boat to the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"tore (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unfixed",
|
|
"unloosed",
|
|
"unloosened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mockers":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players paid no attention to the mockers in the stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernizes":{
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporizes",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"updates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monumental":{
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monumental misunderstanding that had far-reaching consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"serves a monumental sundae that usually requires three people to finish it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moon landing was seen as a monumental event in human history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobbed":{
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monologs":{
|
|
"a long discourse delivered by a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His monologue on the failings of modern society continued long after everyone else had stopped listening."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soliloquies",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molded":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plants molding in the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor homes":{
|
|
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campers",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"mobile homes",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouses":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralizes":{
|
|
"as in preaches , lectures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"instils",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"homeschools",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"imparts (to)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motions":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"waves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"gesticulates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signalizes",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralizer":{
|
|
"as in preacher , lecturer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in moralist , prude":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluenose",
|
|
"moralist",
|
|
"Mrs. Grundy",
|
|
"nice nelly",
|
|
"prude",
|
|
"puritan",
|
|
"wowser",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"old maid",
|
|
"prig",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"stuffed shirt",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"Goody Two-shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoralist",
|
|
"libertarian",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"misbehaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modishness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being fashionable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to clothes, she prefers modesty to modishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"hipsterism",
|
|
"stylishness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"voguishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chicness",
|
|
"dapperness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"tackiness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unfashionableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of enjoying widespread approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the modishness of that hairstyle is now so transparent that the really hip people have moved on to something else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionability",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mowed (down)":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd rushing in for the sale mowed down the poor clerks standing at the front entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"KO'd",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"threw down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollifies":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apology would probably mollify your friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"endears (to)",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"dulcifies",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthed":{
|
|
"as in whispered , muttered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimaced",
|
|
"mugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloomed",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sneered",
|
|
"simpered",
|
|
"smirked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"buzzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moneymakers":{
|
|
"as in money-spinners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"multimillionairesses",
|
|
"multi-millionairesses",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobilizes":{
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we are prepared to mobilize the troops on very short notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"rallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"calls (up)",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobilizes",
|
|
"demobs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moccasin":{
|
|
"as in rattlesnake , copperhead":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moaner":{
|
|
"as in screamer , weeper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawler",
|
|
"bleater",
|
|
"screamer",
|
|
"squawker",
|
|
"wailer",
|
|
"weeper",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fussbudget",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"fusspot",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"kvetcher",
|
|
"sniveler",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"malcontent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother tongues":{
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolects",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"idiolects",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moon":{
|
|
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've been planning this big event for many moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"blue moon",
|
|
"coon's age",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"nanosecond"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moniker":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"anonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard\" is his rather unwieldy moniker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"appellative",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"compellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nomenclature",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"matronymic",
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"monomial",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"misnomer",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"trade name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthfuls":{
|
|
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collops",
|
|
"medallions",
|
|
"noisettes",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"canap\u00e9s",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphing":{
|
|
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"transfiguring",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"transposing",
|
|
"transubstantiating",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"turning around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain dew":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"white lightning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gin",
|
|
"red-eye",
|
|
"rotgut",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebank":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modes":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"phraseologies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when I'm in my cooking mode , I just have to go into the kitchen and make something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slim, tanned bodies are definitely the mode at this beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hot tickets",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonders",
|
|
"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaineer":{
|
|
"a person who climbs mountains; a mountain climber":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were guided on the adventure by an experienced mountaineer who had scaled many of the country's highest peaks."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinist",
|
|
"backpacker",
|
|
"climber",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"hiker",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"tramper",
|
|
"walker",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulate":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"redraw",
|
|
"restyle",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"debug",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monarchy":{
|
|
"a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Under a monarchy , the position of ruler is often passed down from parent to child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people who live in a territory ruled by a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The country was formerly a monarchy , but has now transitioned to a republic."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moment":{
|
|
"a particular point at which an event takes place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that moment he suddenly turned around and headed toward me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an event of great moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll be there in just a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the time currently existing or in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not doing anything at the moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"here and now",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"history",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yesteryear",
|
|
"yore",
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivities":{
|
|
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mope":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"dwell (on)",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"muse (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"pet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monocracy":{
|
|
"a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Until its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union operated under a monocracy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooching":{
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloading",
|
|
"sponging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leeching",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gadding (about)",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"gypsying",
|
|
"hoboing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"vagabonding",
|
|
"milling (about or around)",
|
|
"straggling",
|
|
"straying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movable":{
|
|
"capable of being moved especially with ease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"portable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"manageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkey":{
|
|
"a physiological need for certain drugs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"jones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholism",
|
|
"heroinism",
|
|
"morphinism",
|
|
"habituation",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come back here, you little monkey !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"urchin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"larker",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"disrupter",
|
|
"misbehaver",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"gamin",
|
|
"gamine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mimic , ape":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade (as)",
|
|
"personate",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mossy":{
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mossy rules of etiquette that date from the Victorian era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monthlies":{
|
|
"an occurrence of menstruating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she couldn't go swimming because of her monthlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"menstruation",
|
|
"period"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"menses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mommies":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little boy cried for his mommy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"maters",
|
|
"moms",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"old ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"matrons",
|
|
"stepmothers",
|
|
"supermoms",
|
|
"superwomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morals":{
|
|
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at issue were the doctor's professional ethics, not her private morals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"ethos",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"tenets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortgaging":{
|
|
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"trothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"vowing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"signing on",
|
|
"signing up",
|
|
"overcommitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reneging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Montezuma's revenge":{
|
|
"abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the one person in the tour group who didn't drink the water was spared Montezuma's revenge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Delhi belly",
|
|
"diarrhea",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"turista"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dysentery",
|
|
"shigellosis",
|
|
"scour(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mow (down)":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd rushing in for the sale mowed down the poor clerks standing at the front entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"throw down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moveables":{
|
|
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when painting a room, you should first cover or remove all of the movables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"cabinetwork",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"case goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built-ins",
|
|
"fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"packed our movables into the van and headed off to our new home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain ranges":{
|
|
"as in ranges , sierras":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moue":{
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mowing (down)":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd rushing in for the sale mowed down the poor clerks standing at the front entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"prostrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"KO'ing",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"throwing down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"money orders":{
|
|
"as in drafts , checks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"currencies",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"C-notes",
|
|
"fifties",
|
|
"fins",
|
|
"fivers",
|
|
"fives",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"ones",
|
|
"sawbucks",
|
|
"tenners",
|
|
"tens",
|
|
"twenties",
|
|
"twos",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"dollars",
|
|
"simoleons",
|
|
"smackers",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrips",
|
|
"banknotes",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"greenbacks",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motif":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matter",
|
|
"talking point",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"grist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobs":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"Mafias",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"syndicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"juntas",
|
|
"oligarchies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"political speeches designed to appeal to the mob"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebes",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentilities",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"haute mondes",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"patriciates",
|
|
"peerages",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mocked":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"sent up",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"pasquinaded",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"laughed (at)",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"skewered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"twitted",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"catcalled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"targeted",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"took off (on)",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disobliged",
|
|
"mutinied (against)",
|
|
"revolted (against)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"brushed (off)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"deferred (to)",
|
|
"goose-stepped (to)",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"stooped (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"cooperated (with)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morning sickness":{
|
|
"as in altitude sickness , motion sickness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"seasickness",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modicum":{
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bubkes",
|
|
"bupkes",
|
|
"bupkus",
|
|
"continental",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"diddly",
|
|
"diddly-squat",
|
|
"doodley-squat",
|
|
"doodly-squat",
|
|
"fig",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monumentally":{
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your parents will be monumentally disappointed if you don't go to college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralized":{
|
|
"as in preached , lectured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"lessoned",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"imparted (to)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monograph":{
|
|
"as in tract , treatise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"article",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"prolegomenon",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"editorial",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up",
|
|
"dissertation",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortality":{
|
|
"the death especially of large numbers of people or animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"bloodletting",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morns":{
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my herald of the morn is my cat, sticking his paw in my face to wake me up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"suns",
|
|
"sunups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"forenoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"midnights",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"afternoons",
|
|
"middays",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"eventides",
|
|
"gloamings",
|
|
"twilights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so, how are you this lovely morn ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forenoons",
|
|
"mornings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"sunups",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"twilights",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"afternoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousers":{
|
|
"as in cats , kittens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"felines",
|
|
"house cats",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"moggies",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"pussycats",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"alley cats",
|
|
"tabbies",
|
|
"gibs",
|
|
"tomcats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moldable":{
|
|
"capable of being easily molded or modeled":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the clay dries out, it becomes less and less moldable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"shapable",
|
|
"shapeable",
|
|
"waxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"bendy",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"flexile",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernize":{
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporize",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"update"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monachal":{
|
|
"as in monastic , mendicant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"caliphal",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical",
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"diaconal",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerkly",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"sacerdotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotonous":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mama",
|
|
"mamma",
|
|
"momma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mater",
|
|
"mom",
|
|
"mommy",
|
|
"old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"stepmother",
|
|
"supermom",
|
|
"superwoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"whelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motionless":{
|
|
"not moving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The deer stood there absolutely motionless , listening attentively."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"unbudging",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"gestic",
|
|
"gesticulant",
|
|
"gesticulative",
|
|
"gesticulatory",
|
|
"gestural",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"expressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobbing":{
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monopolist":{
|
|
"as in engrosser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engrosser",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"storekeeper",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"provider",
|
|
"provisioner",
|
|
"purveyor",
|
|
"supplier",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"marketer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"businessman",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"entrepreneur",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"trafficker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moat":{
|
|
"a deep, wide excavation that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ha-ha",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"sunk fence",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fosse",
|
|
"foss",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"sheugh",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"acequia",
|
|
"culvert",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"kennel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournful":{
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mournful death of a beloved entertainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moneymaking":{
|
|
"yielding a profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrity chef with a moneymaking line of cookware"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economic",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"juicy",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"money-spinning",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"remunerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"bankable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving (to)":{
|
|
"as in relocating (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relocating (to)",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"colonizing",
|
|
"peopling",
|
|
"populating",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulating",
|
|
"unpeopling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molecular":{
|
|
"as in specific , detailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"inventoried",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"bird's-eye",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moronic":{
|
|
"as in stupid , dumb":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Mother Hubbard":{
|
|
"as in sweaterdress , granny dress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemise",
|
|
"coatdress",
|
|
"granny dress",
|
|
"housedress",
|
|
"jumper",
|
|
"kimono",
|
|
"kirtle",
|
|
"minidress",
|
|
"muumuu",
|
|
"overdress",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shirtdress",
|
|
"shirtwaist",
|
|
"sundress",
|
|
"sweaterdress",
|
|
"tea gown",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monologuists":{
|
|
"as in prima donnas , leading ladies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"tragedians",
|
|
"tragediennes",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"spear-carriers",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monastery":{
|
|
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbey",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"friary",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"priory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house",
|
|
"convent",
|
|
"nunnery",
|
|
"lamasery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"move (to)":{
|
|
"as in relocate (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relocate (to)",
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"colonize",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"populate",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulate",
|
|
"unpeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moisturize":{
|
|
"as in hydrate , moisten":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modish":{
|
|
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strikingly modish gowns that actresses wear to award shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"doggish",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unchic",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unmodish",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a modish chef who is currently the darling of the restaurant reviewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"crowd-pleasing",
|
|
"du jour",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"faddy",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkish":{
|
|
"as in monastic , ascetic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"rock-ribbed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"relentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monsignors":{
|
|
"as in bishops , archbishops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcars":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a convention for those who love antique motorcars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monied":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monochrome":{
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in daguerreotype , sepia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daguerreotype",
|
|
"ferrotype",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"tintype",
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"pic",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snapshot",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"telephoto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain bikes":{
|
|
"as in tandem bicycles , ten-speeds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tandem bicycles",
|
|
"ten-speeds",
|
|
"bicycles",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"push-bikes",
|
|
"push bicycles",
|
|
"two-wheelers",
|
|
"velocipedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherly":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she showed a sweet motherly tenderness toward the tiny kitten she was taking care of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotone":{
|
|
"a tedious lack of variety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a monotone to the landscape in that part of the state: uniformly flat land in all directions, for as far as the eye can see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"blahs",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"drabness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"tiresomeness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"wearisomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in solid , monochromatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"model":{
|
|
"an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dollhouse was a tiny, perfect model of the family's actual house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miniature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"enlargement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most famous models can earn thousands of dollars an hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"mannequin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"supermodel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's the very model of the dedicated teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau ideal",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"eidolon",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"nonesuch",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"paragon",
|
|
"patron saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"mirror",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"guideline",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apotheosis",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why can't you be like your sister, who is such a well-behaved model child?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"imitable",
|
|
"paradigmatic",
|
|
"quintessential",
|
|
"textbook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in match , pattern":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderations":{
|
|
"avoiding extremes in behavior or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was only a moderate drinker, generally stopping after a couple of glasses of wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moderate snowfall was forecast for the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that is celebrated for its moderate climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who holds moderate views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"compromiser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"liberal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultraist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who does everything in moderation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotheism":{
|
|
"as in paganism , polytheism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"theism",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monicker":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"anonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard\" is his rather unwieldy moniker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"appellative",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"compellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nomenclature",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"matronymic",
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"monomial",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"misnomer",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"trade name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mock-up":{
|
|
"a full-sized model of something (such as a boat or a car) that is used for studying, testing, or showing its features":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"rubber stamp",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"reincarnation",
|
|
"version",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moles":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"spymasters",
|
|
"superspies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molest":{
|
|
"as in violate , outrage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"brutalize",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mess over",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"work (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morn":{
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my herald of the morn is my cat, sticking his paw in my face to wake me up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytime",
|
|
"forenoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"nighttime",
|
|
"afternoon",
|
|
"midday",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"eventide",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"twilight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so, how are you this lovely morn ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forenoon",
|
|
"morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daytime",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"nighttime",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounted":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"staged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upreared",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upthrusted",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"towered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheaved",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell (off)",
|
|
"plunged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralities":{
|
|
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"given his reputation for unswerving morality , scandal of any kind would wreck his political career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"morals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the morality that members of the Mafia are expected to adhere to\u2014or suffer the consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"ethos",
|
|
"morals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"tenets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monitory":{
|
|
"serving as or offering a warning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"historically natural disasters have often been interpreted by some as punitive or monitory measures against sin-ridden humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"premonitory",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"punishing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernity":{
|
|
"as in currency , freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness",
|
|
"newness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness",
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monsignori":{
|
|
"as in bishops , archbishops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molted":{
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crab molts its shell as it grows larger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliated",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"sluffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mommy":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little boy cried for his mommy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mama",
|
|
"mamma",
|
|
"momma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mater",
|
|
"mom",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"stepmother",
|
|
"supermom",
|
|
"superwoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motile":{
|
|
"as in moving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"portable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifying":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"narrowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"revolutionizing",
|
|
"transfiguring",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"retooling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorist":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilist",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"wheelman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"codriver",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"carpooler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mod con":{
|
|
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bedrooms at the English country inn are filled with 18th-century charm, while the bathrooms have all the mod cons that 21st-century tourists demand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodation",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"creature comfort",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"nicety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernizing":{
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporizing",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"updating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monocle":{
|
|
"a single round lens for one eye that helps people see and that is held in place by the muscles around the eye":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His outfit for the party, consisting of a cape, tophat, and monocle , was sure to attract attention."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lorgnette",
|
|
"pince-nez",
|
|
"eyeglasses",
|
|
"glasses",
|
|
"specs",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"bifocals",
|
|
"half-glasses",
|
|
"trifocals",
|
|
"sunglasses",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"contact lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"money-spinning":{
|
|
"yielding a profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turning his stately ancestral home into a tourist attraction proved to be a money-spinning venture for the earl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economic",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"juicy",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"moneymaking",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"remunerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"bankable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooch":{
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeload",
|
|
"sponge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"gad (about)",
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"mill (about or around)",
|
|
"straggle",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moisture":{
|
|
"the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dew is really just moisture from the air that condenses and collects when the temperature drops at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"humidity",
|
|
"moistness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"soddenness",
|
|
"sogginess",
|
|
"wetness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moola":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monogamies":{
|
|
"as in marriages , relationships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortification":{
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"fluster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"humble pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-possession"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motes":{
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"halfpence",
|
|
"halfpennies",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monsters":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueries",
|
|
"grotesques",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogresses",
|
|
"Frankensteins",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"miscreations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"aberrants",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"normals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something large of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"dreadnoughts",
|
|
"elephants",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"Goliaths",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"mastodons",
|
|
"titans",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazons",
|
|
"giantesses",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"steamrollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wisps",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomaniacs":{
|
|
"as in obsessed , monomaniacal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morning":{
|
|
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working in the fields all morning , we were ready for a hearty lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forenoon",
|
|
"morn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daytime",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"nighttime",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"morning has broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"morn",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytime",
|
|
"forenoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"nighttime",
|
|
"afternoon",
|
|
"midday",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"eventide",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"twilight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the period when people in ancient Mesopotamia began living in cities is usually regarded as the morning of civilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebanks":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor home":{
|
|
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camper",
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"van"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moggie":{
|
|
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unattached schoolteacher who lives in a London flat with a moggy as her only companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mouser",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"gib",
|
|
"tomcat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomials":{
|
|
"as in binomials":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binomials",
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"aliases",
|
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"cryptonyms",
|
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"noms de guerre",
|
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"noms de plume",
|
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"pen names",
|
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"pseudonyms",
|
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"trivial names",
|
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"vernaculars",
|
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"banners",
|
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"rubrics",
|
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"tags",
|
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"misnomers",
|
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"bynames",
|
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"diminutives",
|
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"epithets",
|
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"hypocorisms",
|
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"nicknames",
|
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"sobriquets",
|
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"soubriquets",
|
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"brand names",
|
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"labels",
|
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"trademarks",
|
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"trade names",
|
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"matronymics",
|
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"patronymics",
|
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"family names",
|
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"maiden names",
|
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"middle names",
|
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"surnames",
|
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"baptismal names",
|
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"Christian names",
|
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"first names",
|
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"forenames",
|
|
"given names"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
|
},
|
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"monstrousness":{
|
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"as in stupendousness , tremendousness":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
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"bigness",
|
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"bulkiness",
|
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"enormousness",
|
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"grandness",
|
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"greatness",
|
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"grossness",
|
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"heftiness",
|
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"hugeness",
|
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"immenseness",
|
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"immensity",
|
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"largeness",
|
|
"mass",
|
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"massiveness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"voluminousness",
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"roominess",
|
|
"spaciousness",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"dimension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"size"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modeling":{
|
|
"as in matching , patterning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthwatering":{
|
|
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eye-catching display of mouthwatering cakes and pastries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeying (around)":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"hotdogging",
|
|
"showboating",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"mafficking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"wassailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would rather just monkey around instead of doing work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifiable":{
|
|
"capable of being readily changed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"architects designed the arena to be easily modifiable for staging a variety of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"labile",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unadaptable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unbudgeable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouser":{
|
|
"as in cat , kitten":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"moggy",
|
|
"moggie",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"gib",
|
|
"tomcat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderate":{
|
|
"avoiding extremes in behavior or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was only a moderate drinker, generally stopping after a couple of glasses of wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moderate snowfall was forecast for the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that is celebrated for its moderate climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who holds moderate views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"compromiser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"liberal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultraist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeyshine":{
|
|
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriccio",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"shavie",
|
|
"shine(s)",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"waggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthpiece":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statement read by the official mouthpiece of the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mown (down)":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd rushing in for the sale mowed down the poor clerks standing at the front entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"throw down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother country":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplace",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"Blighty",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonless":{
|
|
"as in starless , sunless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monolith":{
|
|
"a very large stone that is usually tall and narrow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Archaeologists have reported the discovery of an ancient monolith ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"megalith",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb",
|
|
"gravestone",
|
|
"headstone",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"tombstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotony":{
|
|
"a tedious lack of variety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monotony of the cafeteria's selections was as bad as the quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"blahs",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"drabness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"tiresomeness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"wearisomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousses":{
|
|
"as in froths , sprays":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"spumes",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"spindrifts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"scums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortifies":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motels":{
|
|
"as in resorts , courts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"motor courts",
|
|
"motor inns",
|
|
"motor lodges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"tourist courts",
|
|
"youth hostels",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"campgrounds",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"apartment hotels",
|
|
"bunkhouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"B and Bs",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfasts",
|
|
"guesthouses",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"auberges",
|
|
"caravansaries",
|
|
"caravanserais",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"hostelries",
|
|
"hostels",
|
|
"hotels",
|
|
"inns",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"doss-houses",
|
|
"fleabags",
|
|
"flophouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomanias":{
|
|
"as in obsessions , phobias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsessions",
|
|
"phobias",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"senile dementias",
|
|
"hallucinoses",
|
|
"hypomanias",
|
|
"paranoias",
|
|
"schizophrenias",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"instabilities",
|
|
"irrationalities",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"dementias",
|
|
"derangements",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"manias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"neuroses",
|
|
"psychoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lucidities",
|
|
"rationalities",
|
|
"reasonabilities",
|
|
"normalities",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountings":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a new mounting for the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousily":{
|
|
"as in timidly , fearfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moment of truth":{
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hours that the coach devoted to having the team practice the play proved worthwhile when the moment of truth arrived."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a particular and often important moment in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was a moment of truth for the contestants as they waited to hear the winner's name called."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"juncture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"tick",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"verge",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monastic":{
|
|
"as in ascetic , monkish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"rock-ribbed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"relentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mendicant , conventual":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monachal",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"caliphal",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical",
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"diaconal",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerkly",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"sacerdotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in monk , mendicant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"nun",
|
|
"abbess",
|
|
"anchoress",
|
|
"ancress",
|
|
"cloistress",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"prioress",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousse":{
|
|
"as in froth , spray":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"scum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monks":{
|
|
"as in brothers , friars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"anchoresses",
|
|
"ancresses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"perorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"speechifying",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottled":{
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mottled complexion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mottled leather upholstery that isn't supposed to look perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mop":{
|
|
"as in wash , brush":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"muck (out)",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"deterge",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"unclutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaintop":{
|
|
"as in summit , pinnacle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monstrous":{
|
|
"badly or imperfectly formed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monstrous melon that was clearly not fit to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"asymmetrical",
|
|
"asymmetric",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
"nonsymmetrical",
|
|
"overbalanced",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unattractive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeformed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monstrous measures taken by the dictator against anyone who opposed his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"bloodcurdling",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"gut-wrenching",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monstrous tomato as big as a basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some monstrous high-rises have begun to spoil that lovely residential neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly",
|
|
"vile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monstrous pretty gal, she was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moor":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as she wanders the windswept moor , the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"down(s)",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moored the boat to the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monthly":{
|
|
"as in daily , weekly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"yearly",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in weekly , biweekly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modelled":{
|
|
"as in matched , patterned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"refigured",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refocused",
|
|
"reinvented",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"transformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulating":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"redrawing",
|
|
"restyling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"debugging",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthpieces":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statement read by the official mouthpiece of the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monster":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogress",
|
|
"Frankenstein",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monstrosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"miscreation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something large of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"dreadnought",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"Goliath",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazon",
|
|
"giantess",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"steamroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wisp",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monster truck competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherliness":{
|
|
"motherly character or qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he cherished his foster parent for her motherliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"fertileness",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"richness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mount":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mount Everest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hammered together a mount for the cameras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molestations":{
|
|
"as in offenses , tortures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"persecutions",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"bedevilments",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"harassments",
|
|
"importunities",
|
|
"vexations",
|
|
"devilments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"mischiefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouse":{
|
|
"as in coward , pussy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"nebbish",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy",
|
|
"doormat",
|
|
"jellyfish",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"reed",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"mensch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in iceberg , cold fish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold fish",
|
|
"iceberg",
|
|
"icicle",
|
|
"introvert",
|
|
"shrinking violet",
|
|
"wallflower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrovert",
|
|
"extravert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollifications":{
|
|
"as in decreases , mitigations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasements",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"mitigations",
|
|
"moderations",
|
|
"alleviations",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"reliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"twinges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottles":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvases covered with streaks and mottles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monographs":{
|
|
"as in tracts , treatises":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"prolegomena",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"primers",
|
|
"textbooks",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"editorials",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups",
|
|
"dissertations",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mod cons":{
|
|
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bedrooms at the English country inn are filled with 18th-century charm, while the bathrooms have all the mod cons that 21st-century tourists demand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"conveniences",
|
|
"creature comforts",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"niceties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mosques":{
|
|
"a building that is used for Muslim religious services":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pagodas",
|
|
"shuls",
|
|
"synagogues",
|
|
"synagogs",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"kirks",
|
|
"tabernacles",
|
|
"temples",
|
|
"abbeys",
|
|
"bethels",
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
|
"chapels",
|
|
"minsters",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"oratories",
|
|
"sanctuaries",
|
|
"shrines",
|
|
"meetinghouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moms":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to tell your mom and dad that you'll be home late for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"maters",
|
|
"mommies",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"old ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"matrons",
|
|
"stepmothers",
|
|
"supermoms",
|
|
"superwomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moping":{
|
|
"as in brooding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"mopey",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"dwelling (on)",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"musing (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"frowning",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"scowling",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"petting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moldering":{
|
|
"as in rotting , decaying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"gangrenous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fermentation , curdling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves moldering in the compost pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonshines":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during Prohibition, moonshine and \"bathtub gin\" were made secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegs",
|
|
"mountain dews",
|
|
"white lightnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gins",
|
|
"red-eyes",
|
|
"rotguts",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollycoddled":{
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"cockered",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"cosseted",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"wet-nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing":{
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimacing",
|
|
"mugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"contorting",
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"frowning",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glooming",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"scowling",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"ogling",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sneering",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"smirking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"buzzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moggy":{
|
|
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unattached schoolteacher who lives in a London flat with a moggy as her only companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mouser",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"gib",
|
|
"tomcat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralizing":{
|
|
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I found the novel's moralizing tone a bit much for beach reading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"homiletic",
|
|
"homiletical",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"preachy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"sermonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"self-righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in preaching , pontificating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"sermon",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"remonstration",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"advisement",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"data",
|
|
"feedback",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in preaching , lecturing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"homeschooling",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"lessoning",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"imparting (to)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing (down)":{
|
|
"as in swallowing , downing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"tucking (away or in)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chowing (down on)",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting (on)",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"snarfing (down)",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"polishing off",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monarchs":{
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corulers",
|
|
"co-rulers",
|
|
"Caesars",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"emirs",
|
|
"amirs",
|
|
"ameers",
|
|
"emperors",
|
|
"empresses",
|
|
"kaisers",
|
|
"khans",
|
|
"khedives",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"mikados",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"satraps",
|
|
"shahs",
|
|
"sultans",
|
|
"suzerains",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"despots",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"tyrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the glitzy gala was attended by most of the reigning monarchs of the recording industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"Napoleons",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"movers and shakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobilized":{
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we are prepared to mobilize the troops on very short notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"rallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"called (up)",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobbed",
|
|
"demobilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molested":{
|
|
"as in violated , outraged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"brutalized",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"messed over",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"wronged",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"worked (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mooting":{
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"speaking (of)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"thrashing (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"speaking (about)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mostly":{
|
|
"for the most part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the weather this month has been mostly mild"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"unqualifiedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one could fail to realize the momentousness of the occasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mops":{
|
|
"as in washes , brushes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mucks (out)",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"deterges",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mosque":{
|
|
"a building that is used for Muslim religious services":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pagoda",
|
|
"shul",
|
|
"synagogue",
|
|
"synagog",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"kirk",
|
|
"tabernacle",
|
|
"temple",
|
|
"abbey",
|
|
"bethel",
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"chapel",
|
|
"minster",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"sanctuary",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"meetinghouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivating":{
|
|
"serving or likely to arouse action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The biggest motivating factor behind her decision to change jobs was the pay increase.",
|
|
"The positive feedback he received was very motivating ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivational",
|
|
"motivative",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"noninflammatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"impassioning",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bribing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monochromatic":{
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although marble and bronze sculptures are monochromatic , they can be amazingly lifelike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monochromatic portrayal of a hero seemingly without flaws or even distinctive traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain men":{
|
|
"as in woodsmen , bushrangers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bushrangers",
|
|
"woodsmen",
|
|
"explorers",
|
|
"pathfinders",
|
|
"trailblazers",
|
|
"colonials",
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"colonizers",
|
|
"frontiersmen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monorails":{
|
|
"as in rails , roads":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"railroads",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"railways",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"elevated railroads",
|
|
"elevateds",
|
|
"els"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousetrapping":{
|
|
"as in trapping , ensnaring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"sallying",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"preying (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"pouncing (on)",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulations":{
|
|
"as in regulations , adjustments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"rectifications",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"changeovers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"deformations",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"reconversions",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"substitutions",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redos",
|
|
"alterations",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"modifications",
|
|
"reformations",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"revisions",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"stabilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"more or less":{
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lot is 16 acres more or less"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"close to but not exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the box weighs 60 pounds more or less"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"some"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"loosely",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modular":{
|
|
"having parts that can be connected or combined in different ways":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In many offices, desks are separated by modular walls that can be moved around."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"portable",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"manageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorists":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilists",
|
|
"drivers",
|
|
"wheelmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"codrivers",
|
|
"co-drivers",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"carpoolers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherhood":{
|
|
"as in maternity , mothering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"fatherhood",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"paternity",
|
|
"caregiving",
|
|
"caretaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upbringing",
|
|
"parenthood",
|
|
"parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mollycoddle":{
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motioned":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"gestured",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"waved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"gesticulated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signalized",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"shrugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobile homes":{
|
|
"as in house trailers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"campers",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"motor homes",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkhoods":{
|
|
"as in priesthoods , clerkships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clerkships",
|
|
"priesthoods",
|
|
"diaconates",
|
|
"episcopates",
|
|
"hierarchies",
|
|
"presbyteries",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"clergies",
|
|
"cloths",
|
|
"first estates",
|
|
"ministries",
|
|
"spiritualities",
|
|
"spiritualties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor ships":{
|
|
"as in aircraft carriers , merchant ships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moody":{
|
|
"frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teenagers are often both moody and changeable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"temperamental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mopes":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's got the mopes because his girlfriend is mad at him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"dwells (on)",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"muses (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"pets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moseyed":{
|
|
"to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet.",
|
|
"He moseyed up to the bar."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"ambulated",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"trooped",
|
|
"power walked",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"footslogged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"gimped",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momenta":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former president's endorsement was all the momentum the campaign needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moveless":{
|
|
"as in static , stationary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"unbudging",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"portable",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monarchal":{
|
|
"fit for or worthy of a royal ruler":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing superstar with a monarchal haughtiness that drives her assistants crazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"monarchical",
|
|
"monarchic",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottos":{
|
|
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
|
|
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortician":{
|
|
"a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"funeral director",
|
|
"undertaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embalmer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mold":{
|
|
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mold so rich that just about anything will grow in it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackland",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"topsoil",
|
|
"alluvium",
|
|
"colluvium",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loess",
|
|
"marl",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plants molding in the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounding":{
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"hilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"embanking",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"wadding",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"layering",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving pictures":{
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"films",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"motion pictures",
|
|
"movies",
|
|
"pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated cartoons",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"documentaries",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"featurettes",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"short subjects",
|
|
"silents",
|
|
"talkies",
|
|
"B movies",
|
|
"B pictures",
|
|
"cofeatures",
|
|
"co-features"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralists":{
|
|
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a smattering of moralists around the country tried to get the songs banned from the radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluenoses",
|
|
"Mrs. Grundys",
|
|
"nice nellies",
|
|
"prudes",
|
|
"puritans",
|
|
"wowsers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moralizers",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"prigs",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"libertarians",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"misbehavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoralists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moons":{
|
|
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've been planning this big event for many moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"blue moons",
|
|
"coon's ages",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"nanoseconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mossbacks":{
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvians",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"fuds",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"old maids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"radicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipsters",
|
|
"moderns",
|
|
"trendies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcades":{
|
|
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armadas",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"cavalcades",
|
|
"fleets",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"flotillas",
|
|
"navies",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherland":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplace",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"mother country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"Blighty",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"mother country",
|
|
"sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monosyllabic":{
|
|
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sullen teenager would give only a monosyllabic response to even the friendliest question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monologists":{
|
|
"as in prima donnas , leading ladies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"tragedians",
|
|
"tragediennes",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"spear-carriers",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motleys":{
|
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"merry-andrews",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moues":{
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotheisms":{
|
|
"as in paganisms , polytheisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"heathenisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"polytheisms",
|
|
"theisms",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mossback":{
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fud",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"old maid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipster",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"trendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morocco":{
|
|
"as in goatskin , calfskin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortals":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just an ordinary mortal living an ordinary life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeyed (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't monkey with that broken lawnmower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fooled (with)",
|
|
"messed (with)",
|
|
"played (with)",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"tinkered (with)",
|
|
"toyed (with)",
|
|
"twiddled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"meddled",
|
|
"mucked (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monodramas":{
|
|
"as in comedies , tragedies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"comedy dramas",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"dramedies",
|
|
"melodramas",
|
|
"musical comedies",
|
|
"musicals",
|
|
"psychodramas",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tragicomedies",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"playlets",
|
|
"magnum opuses",
|
|
"opera",
|
|
"opuses",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"dramas",
|
|
"dramatizations",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"adaptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mob":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club owner was accused of having connections with a mob of racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"Mafia",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"oligarchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"political speeches designed to appeal to the mob"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"peerage",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monodies":{
|
|
"as in elegiacs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegiacs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"most":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a most careful driver, especially in bad weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cost of most everything is higher nowadays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player with the most ability on the tennis team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"max",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"nth",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"uttermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"biggest",
|
|
"hugest",
|
|
"largest",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"minutest",
|
|
"smallest",
|
|
"tiniest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"fewest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"slightest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the greatest amount, number, or part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this room will accommodate 50 people at the most"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"max",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"best",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"extreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monsoon":{
|
|
"as in storm , downpour":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thunderstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothball":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"put aside",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"flick (off)",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"chock",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralism":{
|
|
"a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moralism that the candidate displays on the campaign trail is seen by some as hypocritical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nice-nellyism",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Comstockery",
|
|
"old-maidishness",
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"prurience",
|
|
"pruriency",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"libertarianism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moribund":{
|
|
"nearly dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with its run-down look and empty aisles, the grocery store appeared moribund"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"terminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"youngsters snickering at the moribund slang their parents were using"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modishly":{
|
|
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moroccos":{
|
|
"as in goatskins , calfskins":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"antelopes",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"cabrettas",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"capeskins",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"nubucks",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moats":{
|
|
"a deep, wide excavation that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ha-has",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"sunk fences",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"fosses",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"sheughs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"acequias",
|
|
"culverts",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"kennels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernisms":{
|
|
"a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modernisms like \"blog\" and \"life hack\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortgage":{
|
|
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"sign on",
|
|
"sign up",
|
|
"overcommit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"renege"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphemes":{
|
|
"as in monosyllables , linguistic forms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobile":{
|
|
"capable of being moved especially with ease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mobile electric generator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"portable"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
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"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"manageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobile workers who work the New England resorts in the summer and the ones in Florida during the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"migratory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"itinerant",
|
|
"nomadic",
|
|
"peregrine",
|
|
"peripatetic",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wayfaring",
|
|
"ambulant",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"gadabout",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"walking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sedentary",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmigrant",
|
|
"nonmigratory",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monologuist":{
|
|
"as in prima donna , leading lady":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
|
"tragedienne",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"farceur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivated":{
|
|
"having a strong desire for personal advancement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was lauded by faculty as an exceptionally hardworking, curious, and motivated student.",
|
|
"The company was looking for motivated self-starters to fill the sales position."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-flying",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"rivalrous",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"hard-driving",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"unambitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bribed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournfully":{
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cried out mournfully for the son who would never return home from the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motive":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matter",
|
|
"talking point",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"grist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated with a paisley motive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"wherefore",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inspire , motivate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"impassion",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rev (up)",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mongrel":{
|
|
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mongrel dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldblood",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"dihybrid",
|
|
"trihybrid",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"linebred",
|
|
"straightbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mongrels often suffer fewer health problems than purebreds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossbreed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mule",
|
|
"outcross",
|
|
"half-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mordant":{
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mordant review of the movie that compared it to having one's teeth pulled for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moisten":{
|
|
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moisten the cloth before cleaning with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"immerge",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"remoisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidify",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moggies":{
|
|
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unattached schoolteacher who lives in a London flat with a moggy as her only companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"felines",
|
|
"house cats",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"pussycats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mousers",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"alley cats",
|
|
"tabbies",
|
|
"gibs",
|
|
"tomcats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monochromes":{
|
|
"as in daguerreotypes , sepias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daguerreotypes",
|
|
"ferrotypes",
|
|
"sepias",
|
|
"tintypes",
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"pics",
|
|
"pix",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snapshots",
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"close-ups",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"telephotos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monarchic":{
|
|
"fit for or worthy of a royal ruler":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guests who stay in the hotel's most expensive suite live in monarchical splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"monarchal",
|
|
"monarchial",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movements":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden movement in the far corner of the room made her turn in that direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movement for political reform in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottoes":{
|
|
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
|
|
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molding":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plants molding in the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain bike":{
|
|
"as in tandem bicycle , ten-speed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tandem bicycle",
|
|
"ten-speed",
|
|
"bicycle",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"push-bike",
|
|
"push bicycle",
|
|
"two-wheeler",
|
|
"velocipede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movables":{
|
|
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when painting a room, you should first cover or remove all of the movables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"cabinetwork",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"case goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built-ins",
|
|
"fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"packed our movables into the van and headed off to our new home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moorings":{
|
|
"as in berths , slips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"landings",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"quais",
|
|
"quays",
|
|
"wharves",
|
|
"wharfs",
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"wharfages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ports , anchorages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"ports",
|
|
"oases",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"asylums",
|
|
"bolt-holes",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"sanctuaries",
|
|
"sanctums",
|
|
"sancta",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residences",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"windbreaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernism":{
|
|
"a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modernisms like \"blog\" and \"life hack\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"speech form",
|
|
"polysyllable",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monorail":{
|
|
"as in rail , road":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"railroad",
|
|
"railway",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"el",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"elevated railroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothering":{
|
|
"as in motherhood , maternity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity",
|
|
"motherhood",
|
|
"fatherhood",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"paternity",
|
|
"caregiving",
|
|
"caretaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upbringing",
|
|
"parenthood",
|
|
"parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderately":{
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was raining moderately hard outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movies":{
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"moviemaking",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"silver screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortuary":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge department store's mortuary atmosphere in its sad, last weeks of operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mosey":{
|
|
"to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet.",
|
|
"He moseyed up to the bar."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"ambulate",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"leg (it)",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"troop",
|
|
"power walk",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"footslog",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"gimp",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motormouths":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphed":{
|
|
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"transposed",
|
|
"transubstantiated",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"turned around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mornings":{
|
|
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working in the fields all morning , we were ready for a hearty lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forenoons",
|
|
"morns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"sunups",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"twilights",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"afternoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"morning has broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"morns",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"suns",
|
|
"sunups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"forenoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"midnights",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"afternoons",
|
|
"middays",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"eventides",
|
|
"gloamings",
|
|
"twilights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the period when people in ancient Mesopotamia began living in cities is usually regarded as the morning of civilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"more":{
|
|
"in addition to what has been said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sci-fi movie was totally unbelievable and, what's more , it was boring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"furthermore",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"moreover",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"withal",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a greater or higher extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxers for this bout are more evenly matched than the last two were"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"resulting in an increase in amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought more apples in order to make a bigger pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"another",
|
|
"else",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"supervenient",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"complementary",
|
|
"contributory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fewer",
|
|
"less"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add a little more to the mixture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moaners":{
|
|
"as in screamers , weepers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawlers",
|
|
"bleaters",
|
|
"screamers",
|
|
"squawkers",
|
|
"wailers",
|
|
"weepers",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussbudgets",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"fusspots",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"kvetchers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"snivelers",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"malcontents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounting":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a new mounting for the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"staging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"tendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mores":{
|
|
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"proprieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"formalities",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mock-ups":{
|
|
"a full-sized model of something (such as a boat or a car) that is used for studying, testing, or showing its features":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"miniatures",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"carbons",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"reduplications",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"replications",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"rubber stamps",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"approximations",
|
|
"reincarnations",
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"prototypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monickers":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"anonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard\" is his rather unwieldy moniker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"matronymics",
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers",
|
|
"brand names",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"trade names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monitors":{
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveils",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in observers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"experimenters",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"empiricists",
|
|
"empirics",
|
|
"fact finders",
|
|
"field-workers",
|
|
"examiners",
|
|
"inspectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivation":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moneymaker":{
|
|
"as in money-spinner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mojoes":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mojo is a type of voodoo charm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"periapts",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"jujus",
|
|
"philters",
|
|
"toadstones",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"totems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he joked that he had worked his mojo to assure a sunny day for the picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"diableries",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"ensorcellments",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"thaumaturgies",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"periapts",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"crystal gazings",
|
|
"divinations",
|
|
"fortune-tellings",
|
|
"soothsayings",
|
|
"sortileges",
|
|
"hexereis",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"occultisms",
|
|
"spiritualisms",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"exorcisms",
|
|
"alchemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sciences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounds":{
|
|
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounds of snow after the plow had passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snowbanks",
|
|
"snowdrifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"sandbars",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"tufts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pitcher's mound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"embanks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeying (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't monkey with that broken lawnmower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fooling (with)",
|
|
"messing (with)",
|
|
"playing (with)",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"tinkering (with)",
|
|
"toying (with)",
|
|
"twiddling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moaned":{
|
|
"to utter a moan":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he moaned and cried for days after his dog, his only companion, died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"wailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"sniffed",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"rued",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yelped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chortled",
|
|
"chuckled",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"giggled",
|
|
"guffawed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"snickered",
|
|
"tittered",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their son moaned whenever anyone asked him to do some work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monomial":{
|
|
"as in binomial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"misnomer",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"trade name",
|
|
"matronymic",
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monodrama":{
|
|
"as in comedy , tragedy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comedy drama",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"dramedy",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"musical comedy",
|
|
"psychodrama",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"tragicomedy",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"playlet",
|
|
"magnum opus",
|
|
"opus",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatization",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"adaptation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monsoons":{
|
|
"as in storms , downpours":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"thunderstorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothballing":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"putting aside",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"flicking (off)",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"chocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moralistic":{
|
|
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parental opinion was divided on the school's moralistic curriculum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"homiletic",
|
|
"homiletical",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"preachy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"sermonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"self-righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorboats":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"sportfishermen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorizations":{
|
|
"as in electrifications":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"electrifications",
|
|
"computerizations",
|
|
"cybernations",
|
|
"automations",
|
|
"mechanizations",
|
|
"robotizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moir\u00e9":{
|
|
"as in marbled , veined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monocultural":{
|
|
"as in arable , agronomic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agronomic",
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"farming",
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"pastoralist",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"aquacultural",
|
|
"arboricultural",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"villatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"industrial",
|
|
"industrialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mood":{
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"losing my favorite sweater left me in a bad mood for the rest of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a haunting mood of melancholy about the ruined old castle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"ambience",
|
|
"ambiance",
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"climate",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"karma",
|
|
"nimbus",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"vibration(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"mystique",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"genius loci",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his mood , the king spared no one his venomous tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain dews":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegs",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"white lightnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gins",
|
|
"red-eyes",
|
|
"rotguts",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modicums":{
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"continentals",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"diddlies",
|
|
"diddly-squats",
|
|
"doodley-squats",
|
|
"doodly-squats",
|
|
"figs",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"whoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifications":{
|
|
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rough draft needed only a few modifications before it was ready to hand in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alterations",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"revisions",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"rectifications",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"deformations",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"substitutions",
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"modulations",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"stabilizations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modi operandi":{
|
|
"a usual way of doing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief's modus operandi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"hows",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methodologies",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"policies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mokes":{
|
|
"a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scolded his assistant for having no more intelligence than a moke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asses",
|
|
"burros",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"jackasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jennets",
|
|
"jennies",
|
|
"hinnies",
|
|
"mules",
|
|
"pack animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherlands":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplaces",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometowns",
|
|
"Blighties",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"nativities",
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries",
|
|
"sods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"neighborhoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkey (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't monkey with that broken lawnmower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fool (with)",
|
|
"mess (with)",
|
|
"play (with)",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"tinker (with)",
|
|
"toy (with)",
|
|
"twiddle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"muck (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourning":{
|
|
"as in sad , grieving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"orphaned",
|
|
"widowed",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"bereaved",
|
|
"bereft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in suffering , grieving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"lamentation",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"cri de coeur",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"pining (away)",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sympathizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"grieving (for)",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"wailing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegizing",
|
|
"crying (for)",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting (in)",
|
|
"glorying (in)",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momes":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a mome , but a harmless fellow for all of that"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morphinism":{
|
|
"as in alcoholism , heroinism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholism",
|
|
"heroinism",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"habituation",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monumentalizes":{
|
|
"to be a memorial of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adding to the appeal of the Taj Mahal is the fact that it monumentalizes one man's undying love for his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorates",
|
|
"memorializes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"solemnizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monogram":{
|
|
"a sign of identity that has the first letters of a person's first, middle, and last names and that is put on towels, blankets, clothes, etc., as a decoration or to show ownership":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"impresa",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"totem",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"logogram",
|
|
"logograph",
|
|
"colophon",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monstrosity":{
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any monstrosities born to the farm animals were sent to the agricultural college for study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"miscreation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filled the haunted house with all sorts of spooks and mechanical monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogress",
|
|
"Frankenstein",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were glad when the city tore down that monstrosity that used to stand across from the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyesore",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"hideosity",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye-catcher",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monstrosity of the famine can scarcely be conveyed to those who have not witnessed it in person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"awfulness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"frightfulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"grisliness",
|
|
"gruesomeness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"horridness",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"deplorableness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"detestableness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"creepiness",
|
|
"eeriness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fearsomeness",
|
|
"ghostliness",
|
|
"ghoulishness",
|
|
"scariness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasurableness",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monstrosity of the terrorists' actions shocked the entire civilized world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moistening":{
|
|
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moisten the cloth before cleaning with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"immerging",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"remoistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidifying",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotheist":{
|
|
"as in theist , polytheist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deist",
|
|
"polytheist",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"pietist",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"churchgoer",
|
|
"communicant",
|
|
"congregant",
|
|
"fundamentalist",
|
|
"believer",
|
|
"religionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moistened":{
|
|
"to make or become slightly or moderately wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"moisten the cloth before cleaning with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"immerged",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"remoistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidified",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain range":{
|
|
"as in range , sierra":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morosity":{
|
|
"as in drear , moroseness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moseys":{
|
|
"to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet.",
|
|
"He moseyed up to the bar."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"ambulates",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"legs (it)",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"power walks",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"footslogs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"gimps",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momma":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not your mama \u2014you'll have to clean up after yourself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mater",
|
|
"mom",
|
|
"mommy",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"stepmother",
|
|
"supermom",
|
|
"superwoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monody":{
|
|
"as in elegiac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monstrously":{
|
|
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our team wasn't merely bad\u2014we were monstrously inept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monstrously expensive movie that nearly bankrupted the studio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentarily":{
|
|
"at or within a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be finished momentarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moratorium":{
|
|
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the blood bank called for a moratorium in donations until the surplus could be used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"coma",
|
|
"hibernation",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"layoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recommencement",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"resumption",
|
|
"resuscitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortarmen":{
|
|
"as in gunners , riflemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"spearmen",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"carabineers",
|
|
"carabiniers",
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
"cavalrymen",
|
|
"cuirassiers",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"servicewomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mop-up":{
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general announced that the remaining fighting would be only a mop-up to a war that was all but over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finis",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"windup",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moolah":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcade":{
|
|
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armada",
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"cavalcade",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"flotilla",
|
|
"navy",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"procession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor courts":{
|
|
"as in courts , motor inns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"motels",
|
|
"motor inns",
|
|
"motor lodges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"tourist courts",
|
|
"youth hostels",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"campgrounds",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"apartment hotels",
|
|
"bunkhouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"B and Bs",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfasts",
|
|
"guesthouses",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"auberges",
|
|
"caravansaries",
|
|
"caravanserais",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"hostelries",
|
|
"hostels",
|
|
"hotels",
|
|
"inns",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"doss-houses",
|
|
"fleabags",
|
|
"flophouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mordancy":{
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surprising mordancy with which the two physicians contested each other's claim to having discovered an effective vaccine for polio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"sour grapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeyed":{
|
|
"as in mimicked , aped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded (as)",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"portrayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"money-spinner":{
|
|
"as in moneymaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderateness":{
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moderateness of their enthusiasm for my proposed outing suggested that they would rather do something else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molting":{
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crab molts its shell as it grows larger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliating",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"sluffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moistness":{
|
|
"the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moistness of the limestone caves creates an ideal environment for the ripening of Roquefort cheese"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"humidity",
|
|
"moisture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"soddenness",
|
|
"sogginess",
|
|
"wetness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moieties":{
|
|
"one of two equal or nearly equal parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lot was split into two equal moieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"halves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"hemispheres",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"semicircles",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mocking":{
|
|
"as in sardonic , derisive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalistic",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardcase",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncynical",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"positivist",
|
|
"positivistic",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"sentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ridiculing , ribbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"sending up",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"travestying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"pasquinading",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"personating",
|
|
"playing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"laughing (at)",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"skewering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"sneering (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"twitting",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"catcalling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"targeting",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"taking off (on)",
|
|
"travestying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"mutinying (against)",
|
|
"revolting (against)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
|
"brushing (off)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"goose-stepping (to)",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"stooping (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"cooperating (with)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modestly":{
|
|
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoke modestly about his accomplishments as an entrepreneur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with purity of thought and deed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed modestly to go to church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"righteously",
|
|
"virtuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"priggishly",
|
|
"primly",
|
|
"prudishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"lasciviously",
|
|
"lewdly",
|
|
"lustfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"evilly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"impurely",
|
|
"sinfully",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournfulness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the memorial to the war's dead has an aura of mournfulness that cannot be conveyed in words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morass":{
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"mesh(es)",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"noose",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quicksand",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tanglement",
|
|
"toil(s)",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"cobweb",
|
|
"spiderweb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Mother Hubbards":{
|
|
"as in sweaterdresses , granny dresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemises",
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
|
"housedresses",
|
|
"jumpers",
|
|
"kimonos",
|
|
"kirtles",
|
|
"minidresses",
|
|
"muumuus",
|
|
"overdresses",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shirtdresses",
|
|
"shirtwaists",
|
|
"sundresses",
|
|
"sweaterdresses",
|
|
"tea gowns",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"gowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"morsel":{
|
|
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef's cuisine is so good that diners will want to savor every morsel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collop",
|
|
"medallion",
|
|
"noisette",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"appetizer",
|
|
"canap\u00e9",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"searching for any morsel of useful information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"halfpenny",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a morsel like her wouldn't last a week in the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monkeys (around)":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"hotdogs",
|
|
"showboats",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"skylarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"mafficks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would rather just monkey around instead of doing work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"tinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving picture":{
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"film",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"motion picture",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"featurette",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short subject",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"talkie",
|
|
"B movie",
|
|
"B picture",
|
|
"cofeature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moments of truth":{
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hours that the coach devoted to having the team practice the play proved worthwhile when the moment of truth arrived."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a particular and often important moment in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was a moment of truth for the contestants as they waited to hear the winner's name called."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"junctures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"ticks",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"verges",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monologue":{
|
|
"a long discourse delivered by a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His monologue on the failings of modern society continued long after everyone else had stopped listening."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soliloquy",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"oration",
|
|
"peroration",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"keynote address",
|
|
"keynote speech",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"salutatory",
|
|
"homily",
|
|
"sermon",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mortifying":{
|
|
"as in humiliating , humbling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motility":{
|
|
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorways":{
|
|
"as in interstates , autobahns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaineers":{
|
|
"a person who climbs mountains; a mountain climber":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were guided on the adventure by an experienced mountaineer who had scaled many of the country's highest peaks."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"backpackers",
|
|
"climbers",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers",
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentariness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of lasting only for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the momentariness of the pain from the needle prick hardly compares to the lasting good feelings that a blood donor experiences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"evanescence",
|
|
"fleetingness",
|
|
"fugitiveness",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"impermanency",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transiency",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"shortness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"longevity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"permanency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moonstruck":{
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police asked psychiatrists to put together a portrait of the moonstruck marksman who was responsible for the shootings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"movers and shakers":{
|
|
"as in big shots , big boys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"Napoleons",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor lodge":{
|
|
"as in motor inn , motor court":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"court",
|
|
"motel",
|
|
"motor court",
|
|
"motor inn",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"tourist court",
|
|
"youth hostel",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campground",
|
|
"apartment hotel",
|
|
"bunkhouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"B and B",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfast",
|
|
"guesthouse",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"auberge",
|
|
"caravansary",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospice",
|
|
"hostel",
|
|
"hostelry",
|
|
"hotel",
|
|
"inn",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"doss-house",
|
|
"fleabag",
|
|
"flophouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentum":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former president's endorsement was all the momentum the campaign needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motilities":{
|
|
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernness":{
|
|
"as in currency , currentness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness",
|
|
"newness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness",
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mobilization":{
|
|
"an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
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"rally",
|
|
"rallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call-up",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"mustering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monopolists":{
|
|
"as in engrossers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engrossers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"storekeepers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"entrepreneurs",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherhoods":{
|
|
"as in parenthoods , maternities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherhoods",
|
|
"maternities",
|
|
"parenthoods",
|
|
"paternities",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"parentings",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"genitures",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"stillbirths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modus operandi":{
|
|
"a usual way of doing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief's modus operandi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournings":{
|
|
"as in sufferings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"lamentations",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"dolors",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exultations",
|
|
"rejoicings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moiety":{
|
|
"one of two equal or nearly equal parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lot was split into two equal moieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"half"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"hemisphere",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"semicircle",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moiling":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of moiling work that was done by unskilled laborers before the age of mechanization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry mob moiled around the courthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"churning",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"seething"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"subsiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mom":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to tell your mom and dad that you'll be home late for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mama",
|
|
"mamma",
|
|
"momma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mater",
|
|
"mommy",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"stepmother",
|
|
"supermom",
|
|
"superwoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mover":{
|
|
"as in carrier , hauler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"hauler",
|
|
"conveyance",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"transportation",
|
|
"vehicle",
|
|
"transit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in power , driver":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activator",
|
|
"animator",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"energizer",
|
|
"executor",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"launcher",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"yeast",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"momentums":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former president's endorsement was all the momentum the campaign needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monotheists":{
|
|
"as in theist , polytheists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deists",
|
|
"polytheists",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"pietists",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"churchgoers",
|
|
"communicants",
|
|
"congregants",
|
|
"fundamentalists",
|
|
"believers",
|
|
"religionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"molts":{
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crab molts its shell as it grows larger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"sluffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
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"flings (off or away)",
|
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"jettisons",
|
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"junks",
|
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"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
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"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moods":{
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"losing my favorite sweater left me in a bad mood for the rest of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a haunting mood of melancholy about the ruined old castle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"ambiences",
|
|
"ambiances",
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"climates",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"karmas",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"vibrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"mystiques",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"genius locis",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moiled":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry mob moiled around the courthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"churned",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"seethed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"subsided"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"monoculture":{
|
|
"as in pastoralism , animal husbandry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal husbandry",
|
|
"mixed farming",
|
|
"pastoralism",
|
|
"agriculture",
|
|
"farming",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"farmwork",
|
|
"gardening",
|
|
"horticulture",
|
|
"tillage",
|
|
"agribusiness",
|
|
"agroecology",
|
|
"agronomy",
|
|
"agroforestry",
|
|
"arboriculture",
|
|
"pomology",
|
|
"aquaculture",
|
|
"aquiculture",
|
|
"hydroponics",
|
|
"sharecropping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moveable":{
|
|
"capable of being moved especially with ease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"portable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"manageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothers":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"maters",
|
|
"mommies",
|
|
"moms",
|
|
"old ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"matrons",
|
|
"stepmothers",
|
|
"supermoms",
|
|
"superwomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourn":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"pine (away)",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"grieve (for)",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"wail (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegize",
|
|
"cry (for)",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult (in)",
|
|
"glory (in)",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"rejoice (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |