20622 lines
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20622 lines
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{
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"swab":{
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"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
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"examples":[
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"old swabs swapping sea stories as they spend their last days in the veterans' home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gob",
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"hearty",
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"jack",
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"jack-tar",
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"mariner",
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"navigator",
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"sailor",
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"salt",
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"sea dog",
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"seafarer",
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"seaman",
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"shipman",
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"swabbie",
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"swabby",
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"tar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coxswain",
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"crewman",
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"deckhand",
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"shipmate",
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"able-bodied seaman",
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"able seaman",
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"lubber",
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"powerboater",
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"sailboater",
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"lime-juicer",
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"limey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in wash , wipe":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brush",
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"comb",
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"dry-clean",
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"dust",
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"launder",
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"mop",
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"muck (out)",
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"rinse",
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"scour",
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"scrub",
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"shampoo",
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"sponge",
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"sweep",
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"vacuum",
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"wash",
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"wipe",
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"clean",
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"cleanse",
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"deterge",
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"GI",
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"turn out",
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"decontaminate",
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"purge",
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"purify",
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"disinfect",
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"sanitize",
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"brighten",
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"deodorize",
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"freshen",
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"spruce (up)",
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"sweeten",
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"pick up",
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"straighten (up)",
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"tidy",
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"unclutter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begrime",
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"muddy",
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"defile",
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"pollute",
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"taint",
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"blacken",
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"discolor",
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"besmirch",
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"dirty",
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"foul",
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"soil",
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"spot",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swabbing":{
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"as in washing , wiping":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swagged":{
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"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
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"examples":[
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"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drooped",
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"flagged",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"lolled",
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"sagged",
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"wilted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"slouched",
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"slumped",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"crumpled",
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"dropped",
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"fell",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"subsided",
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"yielded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distended",
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"stiffened",
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"rose",
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"straightened",
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"unbent",
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"uncurled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swaggering":{
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"as in cocky , bombastic":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blusterous",
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"blustery",
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"boastful",
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"bombastic",
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"braggart",
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"bragging",
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"braggy",
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"cocky",
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"assured",
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"biggety",
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"biggity",
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"bigheaded",
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"complacent",
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"conceited",
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"consequential",
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"egoistic",
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"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
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"egotistical",
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"important",
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"overweening",
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"pompous",
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"prideful",
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"proud",
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"self-conceited",
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"self-important",
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"self-opinionated",
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"self-satisfied",
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"smug",
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"stuck-up",
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"swellheaded",
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"vain",
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"vainglorious",
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"bumptious",
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"cavalier",
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"chesty",
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"disdainful",
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"fastuous",
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"haughty",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-hat",
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"huffy",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"masterful",
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"peremptory",
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"pontifical",
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"self-asserting",
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"self-assertive",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity",
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"domineering",
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"high-handed",
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"imperious",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"holier-than-thou",
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"pretentious",
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"overconfident",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"confident",
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"self-assured",
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"self-confident",
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"self-adulatory",
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"self-congratulatory",
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"self-contented",
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"self-gratulatory",
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"self-applauding",
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"self-dramatizing",
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"self-glorifying",
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"self-promoting",
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"self-affected",
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"self-centered",
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"self-engrossed",
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"selfish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"egoless",
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"humble",
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"modest",
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"uncomplacent",
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"diffident",
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"self-critical",
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"self-distrustful",
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"self-doubting",
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"self-reproachful",
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"self-reproving",
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"meek",
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"timid",
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"unassertive",
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"down-to-earth",
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"unarrogant",
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"unassuming",
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"unpretentious",
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"bashful",
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"demure",
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"introverted",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"overmodest",
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"retiring",
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"sheepish",
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"shrinking",
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"shy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"examples":[
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"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowing",
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"boasting",
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"bragging",
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"bulling",
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"crowing",
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"gasconading",
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"vaporing",
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"vaunting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blustering",
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"haranguing",
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"puffing",
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"priding",
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"gushing",
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"exulting",
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"glorying",
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"rejoicing",
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"brandishing",
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"displaying",
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"exhibiting",
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"exposing",
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"flaunting",
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"glorifying",
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"parading",
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"showing off",
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"magnifying",
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"maximizing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"deprecating",
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"diminishing",
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"discounting",
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"laughing off",
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"minimizing",
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"playing down",
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"pooh-poohing",
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"poohing",
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"shrugging off",
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"underrating",
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"undervaluing",
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"bemoaning",
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"lamenting",
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"mourning",
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"regretting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
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"examples":[
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"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"prancing",
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"sashaying",
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"stalking",
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"strutting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flouncing",
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"mincing",
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"traipsing",
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"pussyfooting",
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"tiptoeing",
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"sweeping",
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"parading",
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"promenading",
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"padding",
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"stepping",
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"treading",
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"pacing",
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"striding",
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"lumbering",
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"lurching",
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"pounding",
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"shambling",
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"shuffling",
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"staggering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swains":{
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"a male romantic companion":{
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"examples":[
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"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"boyfriends",
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"boys",
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"fellows",
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"men",
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"old men"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"admirers",
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"crushes",
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"steadies",
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"gallants",
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"suitors",
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"wooers",
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"beloveds",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"favorites",
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"flames",
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"honeys",
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"lovers",
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"loves",
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"significant others",
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"soul mates",
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"sparkers",
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"sparks",
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"squeezes",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"valentines",
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"fancy men",
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"gigolos",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"grooms",
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"husbands",
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"fianc\u00e9s",
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"intendeds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
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"examples":[
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"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gallants",
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"suitors",
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"wooers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"boyfriends",
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"fellows",
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"men",
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"old men",
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"significant others",
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"squeezes",
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"admirers",
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"crushes",
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"steadies",
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"beloveds",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"favorites",
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"flames",
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"honeys",
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"lovers",
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"loves",
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"sparks",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"valentines",
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"dates",
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"escorts",
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"fianc\u00e9s",
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"intendeds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"swamp":{
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"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"difficulty",
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"node",
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"hot water",
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"soup",
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"pinch",
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"plight",
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"quandary",
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"scrape",
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"trouble",
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"deadlock",
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"halt",
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"logjam",
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"stalemate",
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"standstill",
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"clutch",
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"crisis",
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"crossroad",
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"emergency",
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"exigency",
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"juncture",
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"strait"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bind",
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"box",
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"catch-22",
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"corner",
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"dilemma",
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"fix",
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"hole",
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"impasse",
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"jackpot",
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"jam",
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"mire",
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"pickle",
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"predicament",
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"quagmire",
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"rabbit hole",
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"rattrap",
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"spot",
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"sticky wicket"
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]
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},
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"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"swale",
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"quagmire",
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"guck",
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"gook",
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"muck",
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"mud",
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"ooze",
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"slime",
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"slop",
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"sludge",
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"slush"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bog",
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"fen",
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"marsh",
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"marshland",
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"mire",
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"moor",
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"morass",
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"muskeg",
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"slough",
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"slew",
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"slue",
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"swampland",
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"wash",
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"wetland"
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]
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},
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"to cover with a flood":{
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"antonyms":[
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"drain"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
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"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dehydrate",
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"dry",
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"parch"
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],
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"related":[
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"avalanche",
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"smother",
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"overcome",
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"overrun",
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"flow",
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"flush",
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"gush",
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"pour",
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"sluice",
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"spout",
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"spurt",
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"stream",
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"douse",
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"dowse",
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"drench",
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"soak",
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"wet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deluge",
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"drown",
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"engulf",
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"flood",
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"gulf",
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"inundate",
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"overflow",
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"overwhelm",
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"submerge",
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"submerse"
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]
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},
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"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"deluge",
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"drown",
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"sink",
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"confute",
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"defeat",
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"refute",
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"break",
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"demoralize",
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"distress",
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"disturb",
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"rock",
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"shatter",
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"stagger",
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"throw",
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"unman",
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"unnerve",
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"upset"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crush",
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"devastate",
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"floor",
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"grind (down)",
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"oppress",
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"overcome",
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"overmaster",
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"overpower",
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"overwhelm",
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"prostrate",
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"snow under",
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"whelm"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"swampland":{
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"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan":{
|
|
"as in stroll , amble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swankily":{
|
|
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanned":{
|
|
"as in strolled , ambled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swapped":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interchanged",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"reciprocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"substituted",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"traded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashbuckling":{
|
|
"as in brave , courageous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatted":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sways":{
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"repercussions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"prestiges",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominations",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ins",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterinfluences",
|
|
"counter-influences",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"marks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"death grips",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"reins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"underwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"domineers",
|
|
"lords (it over)",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"reigns (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweats":{
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"save your sweat : no one will appreciate your efforts anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"energies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"puissances",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"fluencies",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactions",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"indolences",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"languors",
|
|
"quiescences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took years of sweat to bring the farm to the point where it is now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeyworks",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always ends up in a sweat during tax season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"swelters",
|
|
"swivets",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"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 experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"pines",
|
|
"yearns",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil coat may sweat through this varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"transudes",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"gives off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweeping":{
|
|
"having considerable extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"calls for sweeping changes in the way the nation manages security in its major ports"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"widespread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"narrow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind swept across the plain without respite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetened":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we really want you to work for our company\u2014what can we do to sweeten the job offer?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"souped up",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"spruced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candied",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enhanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sister's sweetness was offset by the other's crotchetiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"personableness",
|
|
"pleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"mellowness",
|
|
"sweetness and light",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amicableness",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"empressement",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"enjoyableness",
|
|
"likability",
|
|
"likableness",
|
|
"pleasingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"vinegar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swell":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what a swell time we had at the country club dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in its heyday as a summer resort, the town was known for its swanky hotels and swell restaurants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club membership has really swelled in recent months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"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 make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"stick out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part that sticks out from the general mass of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"convexity",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"projection",
|
|
"protrusion",
|
|
"protuberance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"dilatation",
|
|
"gibbosity",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"knurl",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"obtrusion",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"escalation",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"concave",
|
|
"concavity",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huge swells overwhelmed the tiny craft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sea(s)",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"breaker",
|
|
"whitecap",
|
|
"comber",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"wavelet",
|
|
"ground swell",
|
|
"roller",
|
|
"tidal wave",
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swellheadedness":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the staggering degree of swellheadedness that must be necessary to nominate oneself for person of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
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"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
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"self-confidence",
|
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"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swelling (up)":{
|
|
"as in increasing , raising":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"injecting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interfusing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grafting",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"appending",
|
|
"subjoining",
|
|
"tacking (on)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"bating",
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swelter":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cook , bake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swept (away)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some priceless works of literature were swept away when the library at Alexandria burned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swerved":{
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"sheered",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"yawed",
|
|
"zagged",
|
|
"zigged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewed",
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"about-faced",
|
|
"pivoted",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike path gently swerves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"incurvated",
|
|
"incurved",
|
|
"inflected",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"sloped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hurricane had been following the coastline before it swerved and headed inland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"sheered",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"zigzagged",
|
|
"doubled (back)",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swerving":{
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hurricane had been following the coastline before it swerved and headed inland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"doubling (back)",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewing",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"yawing",
|
|
"zagging",
|
|
"zigging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike path gently swerves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swilled":{
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slugged (down)",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"tossed (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tippled",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"wined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swindle":{
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"identity theft has become one of the most frequent and feared swindles of our time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swindler":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swindlers , representing themselves as land developers, produced a glossy brochure showing beaches, palm trees, and golf links"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swindles":{
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"identity theft has become one of the most frequent and feared swindles of our time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buncos",
|
|
"bunkos",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scams",
|
|
"shell games",
|
|
"stings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"Ponzi schemes",
|
|
"pyramid schemes",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"three-card montes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swipe":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one swipe of a grizzly's paw can do a person in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the pi\u00f1ata with a stick",
|
|
"spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"thud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car just swiped the fender of our car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner",
|
|
"left his phone at the library and it got swiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"filch",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pilfer",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"purloin",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"thieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoplift",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swirls":{
|
|
"as in eddies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swirled her skirts as she danced the tango"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"unscrews",
|
|
"twiddles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swirly":{
|
|
"as in twisting , curving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"helical",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"screwlike",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switchback":{
|
|
"a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switching":{
|
|
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reverting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reversing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the real grapes for fake ones",
|
|
"switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interchanging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"reciprocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"swapping",
|
|
"trading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"joggling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"nodding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sword":{
|
|
"a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadsword",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"scimitar",
|
|
"smallsword"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blade",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swells (up)":{
|
|
"as in increases , raises":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swiftly":{
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swiftly established himself as a star in Hollywood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaths":{
|
|
"a long narrow area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
|
|
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
|
|
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swivel":{
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside",
|
|
"swiveled around in his office chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"unscrew",
|
|
"twiddle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swelled-headed":{
|
|
"as in smug , egotistic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"toffee-nosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"antielitist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swilling":{
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"pigging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"surfeiting",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"tasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting (down)",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"tossing (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tippling",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"wining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanked":{
|
|
"as in boasted , bragged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"plumed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swing":{
|
|
"as in license , rein":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"leeway",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"wiggle room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in movement , sway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"intonation",
|
|
"backbeat",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"throb",
|
|
"hexameter",
|
|
"pentameter",
|
|
"tetrameter",
|
|
"trimeter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in turn , shift":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thinking that we were being followed, we abruptly swung to the left at the next intersection",
|
|
"swing right at James St."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"double (back)",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the sound of gunfire, the cavalry officer swung his horse around and galloped rapidly back to the fort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"redirect",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who's able to swing two full-time jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"cope (with)",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"grapple (with)",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"react (to)",
|
|
"respond (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"scamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he swung the bat as hard as he could but he missed the ball",
|
|
"don't let the wind swing that gate shut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"unscrew",
|
|
"twiddle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beach towels swung up to dry on the lifeguard's high chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangle",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"extend (out)",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"poise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't think that we can swing that hefty a mortgage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"go"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay (for)",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweep (away)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some priceless works of literature were swept away when the library at Alexandria burned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetens":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we really want you to work for our company\u2014what can we do to sweeten the job offer?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enhances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"soups up",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"spruces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamped":{
|
|
"as in hardworking , knee-deep":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in submerged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
|
|
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmastered",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"whelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggers":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"gasconades",
|
|
"vapors",
|
|
"vaunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"laughs off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swoons":{
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackouts",
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"insensibilities",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"syncopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"stupors",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"narcoses",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"somnolences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"elations",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"exhilarations",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"rhapsodies",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"reveries",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"exuberances",
|
|
"gaieties",
|
|
"gayeties",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"jubilances",
|
|
"jubilations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejections",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"despairs",
|
|
"despondencies",
|
|
"disheartenments",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"melancholies",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily swooned at the sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"keels (over)",
|
|
"passes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"zonks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaying":{
|
|
"as in musical , lilting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"metronomic",
|
|
"metronomical",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"cadent",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"metrical",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrhythmic",
|
|
"nonmetrical",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"unrhythmic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in prompting , influencing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"underwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"lording (it over)",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"reigning (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swerves":{
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"yaws",
|
|
"zags",
|
|
"zigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skews",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike path gently swerves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hurricane had been following the coastline before it swerved and headed inland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"doubles (back)",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swimming":{
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"steadying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"rafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"lunging",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swears":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one is allowed to swear in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiances",
|
|
"betroths",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"undertakes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"testifies",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can't you express your frustration without using swears ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sworn":{
|
|
"as in confirmed , inveterate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one is allowed to swear in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"cussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenanted",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"plighted",
|
|
"trothed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"undertaken",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"testified",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swear":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one is allowed to swear in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"undertake",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"testify",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can't you express your frustration without using swears ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetie pie":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you want to tell them how we met, sweetie pie , or should I?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"hon",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"truelove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"swain",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"tootsie",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"duck(s)",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"heartthrob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swelled":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club membership has really swelled in recent months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"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 make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swoon":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily swooned at the sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"keel (over)",
|
|
"pass out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"zonk (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazedness",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reverie",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"levelheadedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"swim",
|
|
"syncope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"somnolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"reverie",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swiftness":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with amazing swiftness , the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swills":{
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took his daily swill of the foul-tasting medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"drops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"pigs out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"tastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"tosses (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatch":{
|
|
"a small piece of cloth that is used as a sample for choosing colors, fabrics, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"slat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swigging":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting (down)",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"tossing (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tippling",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"wining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetheart":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I married my high-school sweetheart as soon as we both finished college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"hon",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"truelove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"swain",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"tootsie",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"duck(s)",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"heartthrob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a charming waterfront cottage that's a real sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathing":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"dressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagging":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweltering":{
|
|
"having a notably high temperature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cooking , baking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"charring",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"lighting (up)",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"deflagrating",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarm":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abound",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"pullulate",
|
|
"teem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamber",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shin",
|
|
"shinny",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"free-climb",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swales":{
|
|
"as in wetlands , swamps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"quagmires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweated":{
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"save your sweat : no one will appreciate your efforts anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took years of sweat to bring the farm to the point where it is now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my boss told me not to get in a sweat about the accident\u2014she'd make sure I wasn't blamed for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always ends up in a sweat during tax season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil coat may sweat through this varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swiping":{
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the cheese swipings abruptly stopped, we wondered if the mouse had met his end elsewhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the pi\u00f1ata with a stick",
|
|
"spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car just swiped the fender of our car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner",
|
|
"left his phone at the library and it got swiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"heisting",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweaterdresses":{
|
|
"as in granny dresses , sundresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemises",
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
|
"housedresses",
|
|
"jumpers",
|
|
"kimonos",
|
|
"kirtles",
|
|
"minidresses",
|
|
"Mother Hubbards",
|
|
"muumuus",
|
|
"overdresses",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shirtdresses",
|
|
"shirtwaists",
|
|
"sundresses",
|
|
"tea gowns",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"gowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweat out":{
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can sweat out one more year of this job\u2014before I totally flip out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggered":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"laughed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swiggers":{
|
|
"as in swillers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swain":{
|
|
"a male romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"old man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparker",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"fancy man",
|
|
"gigolo",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swear in":{
|
|
"as in install , initiate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"credential",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualify",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disbar",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"disenfranchise",
|
|
"disfranchise",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swishes":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the steady swish of the windshield wipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mare brushed away the flies with a sweeping swish of her tail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"nods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with their satin costumes swishing , the little ballerinas chass\u00e9d onto the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"effervesces",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse's tail swishes after every jump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"joggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"nods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swiller":{
|
|
"one who eats greedily or too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the swinish swiller had finally had his fill, he belched loudly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cormorant",
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gorger",
|
|
"gormandizer",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"overeater",
|
|
"pig",
|
|
"stuffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feaster",
|
|
"trencherman",
|
|
"muncher",
|
|
"guzzler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieter",
|
|
"nibbler",
|
|
"picker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweatshop":{
|
|
"as in factory , shop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamps":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
|
|
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmasters",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"whelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowing":{
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"ingesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"pecking (at)",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"polishing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"bottling up",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"squelching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"inferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"misdoubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swine":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you really are a swine \u2014you have no sense of decency at all!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweeten":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we really want you to work for our company\u2014what can we do to sweeten the job offer?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enhance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"soup up",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweepingly":{
|
|
"with attention to all aspects or details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a bold move, the secretary of the treasury sweepingly transformed the nation's banking system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"comprehensively",
|
|
"detailedly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"inside out",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"all out",
|
|
"full blast",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"encyclopedically",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"globally",
|
|
"widely",
|
|
"conclusively",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"narrowly",
|
|
"shallowly",
|
|
"sketchily",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"indeterminately",
|
|
"nebulously",
|
|
"vaguely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swooshing":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashed":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"rippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"spritzed",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swipes":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one swipe of a grizzly's paw can do a person in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the pi\u00f1ata with a stick",
|
|
"spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"thuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car just swiped the fender of our car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner",
|
|
"left his phone at the library and it got swiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"filches",
|
|
"heists",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pilfers",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"purloins",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"thieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"carjacks",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoplifts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swag":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweep":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind swept across the plain without respite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mrs. Griswold has been a teacher for so long that the sweep of her influence extends across three generations of the townspeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"panorama"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggie":{
|
|
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some swaggies were known to take occasional odd jobs at bush stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bindle stiff",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"sundowner",
|
|
"swagman",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaddle":{
|
|
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck (out)",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"underdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swat":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathe":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switchblade":{
|
|
"as in dagger , machete":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bodkin",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv",
|
|
"cleaver",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweethearts":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I married my high-school sweetheart as soon as we both finished college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hons",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"swains",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a charming waterfront cottage that's a real sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauts",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"daisies",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"dillies",
|
|
"doozies",
|
|
"doozers",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdingers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lollapaloozas",
|
|
"lulus",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"pippins",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"rippers",
|
|
"ripsnorters",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"sockdolagers",
|
|
"sockdologers",
|
|
"standouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"imperials",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"plums",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switcheroos":{
|
|
"as in bait and switches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switches",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"about-turns",
|
|
"flip-flops",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"U-turns",
|
|
"volte-faces",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disaffirmances",
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"disownments",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reconsiderations",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"second thoughts",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"irresolutions",
|
|
"vacillations",
|
|
"wobblings",
|
|
"wabblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swigger":{
|
|
"as in swiller":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swath":{
|
|
"a long narrow area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
|
|
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
|
|
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"district",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"slat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan dive":{
|
|
"as in header , belly flop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly flop",
|
|
"header",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"submersion",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swooshes":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whistles , whooshes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switchbacks":{
|
|
"a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweep-stake":{
|
|
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in last week's box office sweepstakes a quirky little comedy handily bested Hollywood's latest special effects extravaganza"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dogfight",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"rivalry",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"nail-biter",
|
|
"showdown",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards the music awards as nothing more than a popularity sweepstakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"classic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swells":{
|
|
"a part that sticks out from the general mass of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"convexities",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"projections",
|
|
"protrusions",
|
|
"protuberances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"dilatations",
|
|
"gibbosities",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"knurls",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"obtrusions",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"escalations",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"concaves",
|
|
"concavities",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huge swells overwhelmed the tiny craft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"waves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"breakers",
|
|
"whitecaps",
|
|
"combers",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"wavelets",
|
|
"ground swells",
|
|
"rollers",
|
|
"tidal waves",
|
|
"tsunamis",
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club membership has really swelled in recent months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
"stands out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"sticks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetness and light":{
|
|
"as in amenability , mellowness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"mellowness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"personableness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amicableness",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"empressement",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"enjoyableness",
|
|
"likability",
|
|
"likableness",
|
|
"pleasingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"unpleasantness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"vinegar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetie":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brought flowers home to his sweetie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"hon",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"truelove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"swain",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"tootsie",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"duck(s)",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"heartthrob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swirl":{
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"churn",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swirled her skirts as she danced the tango"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"unscrew",
|
|
"twiddle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in eddy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"gyration",
|
|
"pirouette",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circulation",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whorl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"orbit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweets":{
|
|
"a food having a high sugar content":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to brush your teeth after eating sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confections",
|
|
"sweetmeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confectionaries",
|
|
"confectioneries",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"afters",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"entremets",
|
|
"pastries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my darling, my sweet , won't you be mine?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hons",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"swains",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swimmingly":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rehearsals were going swimmingly until half the cast came down with the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swish":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the steady swish of the windshield wipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mare brushed away the flies with a sweeping swish of her tail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with their satin costumes swishing , the little ballerinas chass\u00e9d onto the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"effervesce",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse's tail swishes after every jump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a trendy boutique filled with swish accessories for the urban fashionista"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swivelling":{
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside",
|
|
"swiveled around in his office chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"unscrewing",
|
|
"twiddling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"cranking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swinging":{
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thinking that we were being followed, we abruptly swung to the left at the next intersection",
|
|
"swing right at James St."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"doubling (back)",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the sound of gunfire, the cavalry officer swung his horse around and galloped rapidly back to the fort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"redirecting",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"shunting",
|
|
"sidetracking",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who's able to swing two full-time jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"coping (with)",
|
|
"fielding",
|
|
"grappling (with)",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"treating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"finessing",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"reacting (to)",
|
|
"responding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"scamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he swung the bat as hard as he could but he missed the ball",
|
|
"don't let the wind swing that gate shut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"unscrewing",
|
|
"twiddling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"cranking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beach towels swung up to dry on the lifeguard's high chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"suspending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"stringing",
|
|
"extending (out)",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"poising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't think that we can swing that hefty a mortgage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"going"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying (for)",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"bankrolling",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"underwriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swooshed":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switch knives":{
|
|
"as in daggers , bowie knifes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs",
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swirling":{
|
|
"as in spiraling , spiral":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"churning",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swirled her skirts as she danced the tango"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"unscrewing",
|
|
"twiddling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"cranking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swapping":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"trading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchanging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"reciprocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swags":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweating":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"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 experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil coat may sweat through this varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"polling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swampers":{
|
|
"as in workers , laborers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweet-talk":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive praise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enough of this sweet talk \u2014just give me your honest opinion of my performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"taffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"blandishments",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowable":{
|
|
"as in digestible , ingestible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbable",
|
|
"chewable",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"ingestible",
|
|
"comestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"esculent",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nutritious",
|
|
"nutritive",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inedible",
|
|
"nonedible",
|
|
"uneatable",
|
|
"indigestible",
|
|
"nondigestible",
|
|
"nonnutritious",
|
|
"undigestible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swindled":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sway":{
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"repercussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterinfluence",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"death grip",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rein(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"underwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"domineer",
|
|
"lord (it over)",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"reign (over)",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagman":{
|
|
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swagman who roams through the outback is a mythic figure in Australia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bindle stiff",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"sundowner",
|
|
"swaggie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swashing":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"rippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweeps (away)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some priceless works of literature were swept away when the library at Alexandria burned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swineherds":{
|
|
"as in herdsmen , herders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"sheepherders",
|
|
"shepherdesses",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"herders",
|
|
"herdsmen",
|
|
"goatherds",
|
|
"drovers",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swim":{
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"dangle",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"raft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"lunge",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary state of unconsciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the merest glimpse of blood sends him into a swim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"syncope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"somnolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swagger":{
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"maximize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"laugh off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in smart , chic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bravado , bombast":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swivels":{
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside",
|
|
"swiveled around in his office chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"unscrews",
|
|
"twiddles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swishing":{
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with their satin costumes swishing , the little ballerinas chass\u00e9d onto the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"effervescing",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse's tail swishes after every jump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"joggling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"nodding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swinish":{
|
|
"having a huge appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the more swinish diners attacked the all-you-can-eat buffet with gusto"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edacious",
|
|
"esurient",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were appalled by the rude and swinish behavior some people thought it was all right to display in public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"ferine",
|
|
"subhuman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swelling":{
|
|
"a small rounded mass of swollen tissue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swelling at the site of the insect bite was not too concerning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"nodule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"tumor",
|
|
"wart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"blister",
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in surging , billowing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billowing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"rutted",
|
|
"rutty",
|
|
"undulant",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"undulatory",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"unaligned",
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"pitted",
|
|
"pocked",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"knurled",
|
|
"knurly",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"tabular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club membership has really swelled in recent months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"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 make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"following up",
|
|
"parlaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"billowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pooching",
|
|
"pouching",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"standing out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"sticking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doming",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swanking":{
|
|
"as in boasting , bragging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"pluming",
|
|
"priding",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swivet":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's all in a swivet over the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swam":{
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"steadied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"rafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"lunged",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swill":{
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took his daily swill of the foul-tasting medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thick semiliquid substance (as food) that is unattractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't know what's in this swill , but I know that I'm not eating it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glop",
|
|
"slop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"goo",
|
|
"goop",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug (down)",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarthy":{
|
|
"not having a light complexion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dark-eyed, swarthy young man with killer looks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"swart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweaty":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exhausted after a day of sweaty yard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetening":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we really want you to work for our company\u2014what can we do to sweeten the job offer?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candying",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enhancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"souping up",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"sprucing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swami":{
|
|
"as in guru , yogi":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"mahatma",
|
|
"pandit",
|
|
"yogi",
|
|
"yogin",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"rabbi",
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"wise man",
|
|
"pundit",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"scholar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switch":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the real grapes for fake ones",
|
|
"switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"swap",
|
|
"trade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"reciprocate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"revert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck the horse's hide with a leather switch , and it took off at a gallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flogger",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"bullwhip",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that telltale switch of the cat's tail meant there was a mouse under the piano"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in frustration, he gave the mule a sharp switch on the rump, but it still wouldn't budge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
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"sidewinder",
|
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"sucker punch",
|
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"swing",
|
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"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swamis":{
|
|
"as in gurus , yogis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"mahatmas",
|
|
"pandits",
|
|
"yogis",
|
|
"yogins",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"rabbis",
|
|
"polyhistors",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"wise men",
|
|
"pundits",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"savants",
|
|
"scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switches":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the real grapes for fake ones",
|
|
"switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"swaps",
|
|
"trades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchanges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"reciprocates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"joggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"nods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck the horse's hide with a leather switch , and it took off at a gallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that telltale switch of the cat's tail meant there was a mouse under the piano"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"nods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in frustration, he gave the mule a sharp switch on the rump, but it still wouldn't budge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swift":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sleekest, swiftest boat ever to have sailed in the regatta"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to cross the swift -flowing river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swig":{
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug (down)",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swept":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind swept across the plain without respite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweet-talked":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"wheedled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"wangled",
|
|
"wiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabbed":{
|
|
"as in washed , wiped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"mucked (out)",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"shampooed",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"vacuumed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"deterged",
|
|
"GI'd",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"uncluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swarming":{
|
|
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"pullulating",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambering",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shinning",
|
|
"shinnying",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"free-climbing",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"summiting",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swards":{
|
|
"as in grasses , lawns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweat":{
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"save your sweat : no one will appreciate your efforts anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took years of sweat to bring the farm to the point where it is now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my boss told me not to get in a sweat about the accident\u2014she'd make sure I wasn't blamed for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always ends up in a sweat during tax season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil coat may sweat through this varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swellings":{
|
|
"a small rounded mass of swollen tissue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swelling at the site of the insect bite was not too concerning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"nodules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"tumors",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"blisters",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"nubbles",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swankiness":{
|
|
"as in style , chicness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chicness",
|
|
"dapperness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"hipsterism",
|
|
"modishness",
|
|
"stylishness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"voguishness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unfashionableness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"tackiness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swatting":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swerve":{
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"yaw",
|
|
"zag",
|
|
"zig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skew",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike path gently swerves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"incurvate",
|
|
"incurve",
|
|
"inflect",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hurricane had been following the coastline before it swerved and headed inland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"double (back)",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweating blood":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They sweat blood over that house for months but it was worth it in the end."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"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 experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was sweating blood back stage waiting for the show to begin."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swirled":{
|
|
"as in twisted , turning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"unswerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"churned",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swirled her skirts as she danced the tango"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoted",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rotated",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"swiveled",
|
|
"swivelled",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twirled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"unscrewed",
|
|
"twiddled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"cranked",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"circulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swayed":{
|
|
"as in convinced , influenced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"prepossessed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"bipartisan",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"underwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"captained",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"domineered",
|
|
"lorded (it over)",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swearword":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is a list of swearwords that are not permitted on this radio program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweatshops":{
|
|
"as in works , factories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"ateliers",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"workplaces",
|
|
"workrooms",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swords":{
|
|
"a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blades",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadswords",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"scimitars",
|
|
"smallswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggeringly":{
|
|
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swans":{
|
|
"as in strolls , ambles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweet on":{
|
|
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That girl's sweet on you and I think you should ask her out!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted (by)",
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"dotty (over)",
|
|
"enamored (of)",
|
|
"enraptured (by)",
|
|
"gaga (over)",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated (with)",
|
|
"mad (about)",
|
|
"nuts (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung up (on)",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"unenchanted",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"heart-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swearing":{
|
|
"as in profanity , cursing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"pollution",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"sanctification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one is allowed to swear in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"railing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenanting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"trothing",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"testifying",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweltered":{
|
|
"as in cooked , baked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"roasted",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"deflagrated",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"combusted",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swallowed":{
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"got down",
|
|
"ingested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"pecked (at)",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"bottled up",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"squelched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"switchblades":{
|
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs",
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggerers":{
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"boasters",
|
|
"braggadocios",
|
|
"braggarts",
|
|
"braggers",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"cockalorums",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"gasconaders",
|
|
"gascons",
|
|
"vaunters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterers",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"self-advertisers",
|
|
"self-dramatizers",
|
|
"self-promoters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swap":{
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"reciprocate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we made a swap : I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"quid pro quo",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"substitution",
|
|
"reciprocation",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"transaction",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse trading",
|
|
"logrolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweaterdress":{
|
|
"as in granny dress , sundress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemise",
|
|
"coatdress",
|
|
"granny dress",
|
|
"housedress",
|
|
"jumper",
|
|
"kimono",
|
|
"kirtle",
|
|
"minidress",
|
|
"Mother Hubbard",
|
|
"muumuu",
|
|
"overdress",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shirtdress",
|
|
"shirtwaist",
|
|
"sundress",
|
|
"tea gown",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swivets":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's all in a swivet over the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"swelters",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabby":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swearing in":{
|
|
"as in installing , initiating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"credentialing",
|
|
"credentialling",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifying",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disbarring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"disfranchising",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swooning":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily swooned at the sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"fainting",
|
|
"keeling (over)",
|
|
"passing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"zonking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coming around",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaggerer":{
|
|
"someone who boasts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swan dives":{
|
|
"as in headers , belly flops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly flops",
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immersions",
|
|
"submersions",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swathed":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"dressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swimming pool":{
|
|
"as in pool , lake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"puddle",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"lake",
|
|
"pond",
|
|
"water hole",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"sinkhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweats blood":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They sweat blood over that house for months but it was worth it in the end."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"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 experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was sweating blood back stage waiting for the show to begin."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"pines",
|
|
"yearns",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetie pies":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you want to tell them how we met, sweetie pie , or should I?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hons",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"swains",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swots":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every time he begged off a night at the pub\u2014saying he had to study\u2014his mates teased him for being a swot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"weenies",
|
|
"wonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"bookmen",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"gearheads",
|
|
"techies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goof-offs",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"underachievers",
|
|
"lowbrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in grinds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"bones (up)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"memorizes",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"restudies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweet talk":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive praise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enough of this sweet talk \u2014just give me your honest opinion of my performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap",
|
|
"taffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"blandishments",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweetmeats":{
|
|
"a food having a high sugar content":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"16th-century Naples carried on a vast export trade in silks and sweetmeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confections",
|
|
"sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confectionaries",
|
|
"confectioneries",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"afters",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"entremets",
|
|
"pastries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swindling":{
|
|
"as in cheating , defrauding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"extortion",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swank":{
|
|
"excessive or unnecessary display":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"service that is the essence of swank : the waiters pull out your chair for you and even place your napkin on your lap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"\u00e9clat",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"fanfare",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"pomp",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"razzmatazz",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"fanciness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"luridness",
|
|
"meretriciousness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservativeness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"understatement",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"minimalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"severity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessively showy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove up in a red sports car, the swank interior of which was decorated in silver and black"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"over-the-top",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"zooty",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"overbright",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"tinselly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in boast , brag":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swaddles":{
|
|
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks (out)",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"gowns",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"togs (up or out)",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"vestures",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"accoutres",
|
|
"accouters",
|
|
"bedights",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"underdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"untrusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweat blood":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They sweat blood over that house for months but it was worth it in the end."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was sweating blood back stage waiting for the show to begin."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
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"abide",
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"bear",
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"endure",
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"stick out",
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"stomach",
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"sustain",
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"take",
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"tolerate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"sweated out":{
|
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"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
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"examples":[
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"I can sweat out one more year of this job\u2014before I totally flip out"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"abide",
|
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"absorb",
|
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"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
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"countenance",
|
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"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sweating out":{
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can sweat out one more year of this job\u2014before I totally flip out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"reconciling (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (with or to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swigs":{
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"drops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"tosses (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"swabbie":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |