21745 lines
419 KiB
JSON
21745 lines
419 KiB
JSON
{
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"whammed":{
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"as in hit , whacked":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whomped",
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"fustigated",
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"horsewhipped",
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"leathered",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"strapped",
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"gored",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"whams":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"examples":[
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"gave the TV a good wham with her fist, and suddenly the picture came back on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bangs",
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"bashes",
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"bats",
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"beats",
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"belts",
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"biffs",
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"blows",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"buffets",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"dabs",
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"douses",
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"fillips",
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"hacks",
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"haymakers",
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"hits",
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"hooks",
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"knocks",
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"larrups",
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"lashes",
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"licks",
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"pelts",
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"picks",
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"plumps",
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"pokes",
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"pounds",
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"punches",
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"raps",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"stingers",
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"stripes",
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"strokes",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"switches",
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"thuds",
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"thumps",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"welts",
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"whacks",
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"whops",
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"whaps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"counterblows",
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"counter-blows",
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"counterpunches",
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"counters",
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"counterstrokes",
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"counter-strokes",
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"body blows",
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"hands",
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"kicks",
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"knees",
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"lefts",
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"one-twos",
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"rabbit punches",
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"right-handers",
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"rights",
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"roundhouses",
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"shivers",
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"sidewinders",
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"sucker punches",
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"swings",
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"uppercuts",
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"crunchers",
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"kayos",
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"knockdowns",
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"knockouts",
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"KOs",
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batterings",
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"beatings",
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"drubbings",
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"lickings",
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"pastings",
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"thrashings",
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"wallopings",
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"whippings",
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"whips"
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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 hits , whacks":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cudgels",
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"cuffs",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"hits",
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"jumps (on)",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"lays on",
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"pastes",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"punches",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"storms",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"whacks",
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"whomps",
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belabors",
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"belts",
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"birches",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs up",
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"clubs",
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"curries",
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"does",
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"drubs",
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"fibs",
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"flogs",
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"hammers",
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"hides",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lashes",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mauls",
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"messes (up)",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"punches out",
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"roughs (up)",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"thrashes",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"wallops",
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"whales",
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"whips",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"cowhides",
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"flagellates",
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"fustigates",
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"horsewhips",
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"leathers",
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"pistol-whips",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"straps",
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"gores",
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"lacerates",
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"wounds",
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"maims",
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"mangles",
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"mutilates"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"whap":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"examples":[
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"the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"beat",
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"belt",
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"biff",
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"blow",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"buffet",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"dab",
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"douse",
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"fillip",
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"hack",
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"haymaker",
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"hit",
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"hook",
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"knock",
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"larrup",
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"lash",
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"lick",
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"pelt",
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"pick",
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"plump",
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"poke",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"stinger",
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"stripe",
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"stroke",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"switch",
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"thud",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"welt",
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"whack",
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"wham"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"counter",
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"counterblow",
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"counterpunch",
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"counterstroke",
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"body blow",
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"hand",
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"kick",
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"knee",
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"left",
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"one-two",
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"rabbit punch",
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"right",
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"right-hander",
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"roundhouse",
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"shiver",
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"sidewinder",
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"sucker punch",
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"swing",
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"uppercut",
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"cruncher",
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"kayo",
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"knockdown",
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"knockout",
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"KO",
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"bludgeoning",
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"clobbering",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"drubbing",
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"hammering",
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"lambasting",
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"licking",
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"pasting",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"thrashing",
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"flogging",
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"walloping",
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"whip",
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"whipping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
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"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"blow away",
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"bomb",
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"bury",
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"clobber",
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"cream",
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"drub",
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"dust",
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"flatten",
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"paste",
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"rout",
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"shellac",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"smoke",
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"smother",
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"snow under",
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"thrash",
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"trim",
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"tromp",
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"trounce",
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"wallop",
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"wax",
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"whip",
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"whomp",
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"whup"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweep",
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"upset",
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"beat",
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"best",
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"conquer",
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"dispatch",
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"hurdle",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overbear",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"take",
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"throw",
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"triumph (over)",
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"win (against)",
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"worst",
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"crush",
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"knock off",
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"knock over",
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"overpower",
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"overthrow",
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"overwhelm",
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"subjugate",
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"upend",
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"vanquish",
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"ace (out)",
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"better",
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"eclipse",
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"exceed",
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"outdistance",
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"outdo",
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"outfight",
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"outshine",
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"outstrip",
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"overtop",
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"surpass",
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"top",
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"transcend",
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"edge (out)",
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"nose out",
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"pip",
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"cap",
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"excel",
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"flourish",
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"score",
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"succeed",
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"break",
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"destroy",
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"do in",
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"finish",
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"sink",
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"slaughter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"flog",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"maul",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cudgel",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"whaps":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"examples":[
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|
"the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
|
|
"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what":{
|
|
"how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what ! I can't believe we won!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"aha",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"my word",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"lo",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"there",
|
|
"oops",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"woops",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"egad",
|
|
"gad",
|
|
"gadzooks",
|
|
"(the) deuce",
|
|
"the devil",
|
|
"the dickens",
|
|
"zounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatchamacallits":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need one of those whatchamacallits to connect the two patch cords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatnots",
|
|
"whatsits",
|
|
"whatses",
|
|
"what-is-its"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheedled":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"sweet-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheel":{
|
|
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wheel of the tape reel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyration",
|
|
"pirouette",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circulation",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whorl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"swirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wheel of time turns: the children are now the parents, and their children have taken their place at the school desks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"merry-go-round",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"zodiac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"syndrome",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnover",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now that I've got wheels , I can go to the outlet mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"motorcar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"redirect",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"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 move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"unscrew",
|
|
"twiddle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrate",
|
|
"pinwheel",
|
|
"pirouette",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"swivel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"double (back)",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeler-dealers":{
|
|
"as in smoothies , slicks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelping":{
|
|
"as in littering , pupping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whey-faced":{
|
|
"as in white-faced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"white-faced",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiffing":{
|
|
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whiffed the pot of chili on the stove and announced that he was staying for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"scenting",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"sniffing",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"respiring",
|
|
"snorting",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whim":{
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on a whim , we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsey":{
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsy":{
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whined":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the whole of our vacation, the kids whined on and on about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whinged":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dutifully cares for his elderly mum, despite her tendency to whinge about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipped (up)":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped up protests against the proposed amendment to the state's constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipping (up)":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped up protests against the proposed amendment to the state's constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"livening (up)",
|
|
"pepping (up)",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"taming",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipstocks":{
|
|
"as in crops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hilts",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"broomsticks",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"handlebars",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hafts",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"helves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirls":{
|
|
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whirl of the mechanical ride made him dizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrations",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotations",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circulations",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"swirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so many changes at once had her all in a whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflements",
|
|
"bamboozlements",
|
|
"befuddlements",
|
|
"bemusements",
|
|
"bewilderments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discombobulations",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"head-scratchings",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"perplexities",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashments",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"mortifications",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"turmoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"certitudes",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"convictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost an earring in the whirl of the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm pretty good at fixing things, so how about if I give it a whirl ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whirled the chocolate syrup into the milk with a spoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the figure skater whirled his partner with effortless grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"unscrews",
|
|
"twiddles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gambler held his breath as the roulette wheel whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrates",
|
|
"pinwheels",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"swivels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cars whirling by on the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mind whirled from all of the excitement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"steadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirlybird":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircraft",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiro",
|
|
"autogyro",
|
|
"convertiplane",
|
|
"convertaplane",
|
|
"gyroplane",
|
|
"tilt-rotor",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopper",
|
|
"copter",
|
|
"eggbeater",
|
|
"helicopter",
|
|
"helo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirlybirds":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiros",
|
|
"autogyros",
|
|
"convertiplanes",
|
|
"convertaplanes",
|
|
"gyroplanes",
|
|
"tilt-rotors",
|
|
"slicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choppers",
|
|
"copters",
|
|
"eggbeaters",
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
"helos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirrs":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whir coming from the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"suspirations",
|
|
"susurrations",
|
|
"susurruses",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hummingbird whirred as it hovered over a flower",
|
|
"our tires whirred as we traveled over the rough road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiskered":{
|
|
"as in bearded , mustachioed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"mustachioed",
|
|
"moustachioed",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"brushy",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly",
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"stubbly",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiskey":{
|
|
"as in vodka , tequila":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"Dutch courage",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whispering":{
|
|
"as in tale , whisper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
"disinformation",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"urban legend",
|
|
"urban myth",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruiting (about)",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistling":{
|
|
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whistling sound of missiles as they sped toward their targets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whooshing , zipping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"effervescing",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white":{
|
|
"lacking an addition of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dazzlingly white paint on the walls of the new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"tintless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"snow-white",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"whited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorized",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"hued",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinct",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told a little white lie to spare her feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tendency to see everything and everyone as morally black or white"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"sinless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"virtueless",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
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"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"peccant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white dwarf":{
|
|
"as in neutron star , red dwarf":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white lightning":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"mountain dew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gin",
|
|
"red-eye",
|
|
"rotgut",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whited":{
|
|
"as in snowy , snow-white":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snow-white",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"tintless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorized",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"hued",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinct",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiten":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitened":{
|
|
"as in white":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"white",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in washed , bleached":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"antibacterial",
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"germicidal",
|
|
"microbicidal",
|
|
"germproof",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"miasmic",
|
|
"pathogenetic",
|
|
"pathogenic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitening":{
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitewash":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"wave (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"explain away",
|
|
"extenuate",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"palliate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoat",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"apologize",
|
|
"atone",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pretext , pretense":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"extenuation",
|
|
"palliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shutout , washout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"shutout",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"nonsuccess",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"cakewalk",
|
|
"landslide",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"walkaway",
|
|
"walkover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitewashed":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"apologized",
|
|
"atoned",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"explained away",
|
|
"extenuated",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"palliated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whittling":{
|
|
"to cause to diminish gradually by or as if by cutting off bits with a knife":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was sitting on the porch, whittling a stick."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whizz":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whiz of an arrow flying by at an uncomfortably close range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irritating whiz of a bee in the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer whiz to whom we all go when we're having problems, which is fairly often"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very smart person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of those whizzes who does very well in every subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just hearing the bullets whiz as they fly by their heads must be terrifying for soldiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"effervesce",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many vehicles were whizzing past us at breakneck speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"who's who":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholesale":{
|
|
"as in mass-produced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"corporate",
|
|
"marketable",
|
|
"mass-market",
|
|
"salable",
|
|
"saleable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncommercial",
|
|
"nonsalable",
|
|
"uncommercial",
|
|
"unmarketable",
|
|
"unsalable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wide , broad":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"broadscale",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overarching",
|
|
"pervasive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"across-the-board",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"broad-brush",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"worldwide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"cross-sectional",
|
|
"divisional",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localized",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"sectional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cheap , affordable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap",
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in retail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"trade (in)",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholesaled":{
|
|
"as in retailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"traded (in)",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholesaler":{
|
|
"as in retailer , distributor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"exporter",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholesales":{
|
|
"as in retails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"trades (in)",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoopee":{
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whoopee ! I got the job I wanted!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hurray",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for New Year's Eve I'm planning to make whoopee at several clubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whooshes":{
|
|
"to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Cars whooshed along the highway.",
|
|
"Water whooshed down the pipe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whistles , swooshes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whop":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
|
|
"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"why":{
|
|
"how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why , what a strange thing to say!",
|
|
"why , that's not possible!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"aha",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"my word",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"what"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"lo",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"there",
|
|
"oops",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"woops",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"egad",
|
|
"gad",
|
|
"gadzooks",
|
|
"(the) deuce",
|
|
"the devil",
|
|
"the dickens",
|
|
"zounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the whys behind the surprising decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how one decides that a certain person is \"the one\" is one of the great whys of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed book",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"head-scratcher",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whippings":{
|
|
"failure to win a contest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered a whipping that took them out of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"plasterings",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellackings",
|
|
"trimmings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"shutouts",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"runaways",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"walkovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whorehouses":{
|
|
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he visited a whorehouse while stationed overseas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagnios",
|
|
"bawdy houses",
|
|
"bordellos",
|
|
"brothels",
|
|
"cathouses",
|
|
"disorderly houses",
|
|
"sporting houses",
|
|
"stews"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"call houses",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"massage parlors",
|
|
"harems",
|
|
"seraglios"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whishing":{
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"curring",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the match whished as it burst into flame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whizzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"effervescing",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiny":{
|
|
"as in whining , squealing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimper":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patiently posed for dozens of photographs without so much as a whimper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog whimpered to be let in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blub",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-hearted person, but given to whimpering about trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whorl":{
|
|
"as in spiral , twist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circulation",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"gyration",
|
|
"pirouette",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"swirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what have you":{
|
|
"any of various other things that might also be mentioned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a shop full of baubles, trinkets, and what have you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"what all",
|
|
"whatever",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anything",
|
|
"whichever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiles":{
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we stayed at the fair for a while longer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"perpetuities",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's not worth my while to fix it, so we'll get a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatnot":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store sells an array of whatnots for the do-it-yourself plumber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatsit",
|
|
"whatsis",
|
|
"what-is-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"any of various other things that might also be mentioned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drawer is full of spare pens, paper clips, stray elastics and whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"what all",
|
|
"whatever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anything",
|
|
"whichever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whupping":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsicalness":{
|
|
"an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at times she displays a certain whimsicalness that is charming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mercurialness",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"flakiness",
|
|
"arbitrariness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wharfs":{
|
|
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tied the rowboat up at the wharf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"landings",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"quais",
|
|
"quays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"wharfages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatnots":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store sells an array of whatnots for the do-it-yourself plumber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatsits",
|
|
"whatses",
|
|
"what-is-its"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitewashes":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"explains away",
|
|
"extenuates",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"palliates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoats",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"apologizes",
|
|
"atones",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pretexts , pretenses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"cop-outs",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"extenuations",
|
|
"palliations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shutouts , washouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"shutouts",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"plasterings",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellackings",
|
|
"trimmings",
|
|
"whippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"runaways",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"walkovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirr":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whir coming from the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hummingbird whirred as it hovered over a flower",
|
|
"our tires whirred as we traveled over the rough road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white-faced":{
|
|
"as in whey-faced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whackos":{
|
|
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a wacko talking to himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"head cases",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
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"psychopaths",
|
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"psychos",
|
|
"sickies",
|
|
"sickos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"abnormals",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"monomaniacs",
|
|
"mythomaniacs",
|
|
"neurotics",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsives",
|
|
"obsessives",
|
|
"paranoids",
|
|
"psychotics",
|
|
"schizophrenics",
|
|
"sociopaths",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"fantastics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whittles":{
|
|
"to cause to diminish gradually by or as if by cutting off bits with a knife":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was sitting on the porch, whittling a stick."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelp":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in litter , pup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whores":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a short story about a whore in a brothel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawds",
|
|
"call girls",
|
|
"cocottes",
|
|
"courtesans",
|
|
"drabs",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"sex workers",
|
|
"streetwalkers",
|
|
"tarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"chippies",
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"floozies",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"tempters",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whether or not":{
|
|
"in spite of everything":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We're going grocery shopping whether you want to or no ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anyways",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"whatever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after all",
|
|
"however",
|
|
"nevertheless",
|
|
"always"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeling and dealing":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"paltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"comparison shopping",
|
|
"shopping (around)",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistle":{
|
|
"as in zip , whoosh":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whoosh , zip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"effervesce",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoops":{
|
|
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let out a whoop of joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ejaculations",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he acts so rudely that I doubt he gives a whoop about other people's feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"continentals",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"diddlies",
|
|
"diddly-squats",
|
|
"doodley-squats",
|
|
"doodly-squats",
|
|
"figs",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hollos",
|
|
"halloos",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"ululates",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheelbarrows":{
|
|
"a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"hand trucks",
|
|
"pushcarts",
|
|
"trams",
|
|
"trucks",
|
|
"carts",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"wains",
|
|
"drays",
|
|
"jolt-wagons",
|
|
"oxcarts",
|
|
"spring wagons",
|
|
"wagonettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whisper":{
|
|
"a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were whispers that the starlet was secretly married"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"dirty laundry",
|
|
"dirty linen",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruit (about)",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"noise (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandy (about)",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiz":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whiz of an arrow flying by at an uncomfortably close range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irritating whiz of a bee in the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer whiz to whom we all go when we're having problems, which is fairly often"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very smart person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of those whizzes who does very well in every subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just hearing the bullets whiz as they fly by their heads must be terrifying for soldiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"effervesce",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many vehicles were whizzing past us at breakneck speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white-hot":{
|
|
"having a notably high temperature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheat cake":{
|
|
"as in oatcake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oatcake",
|
|
"flapjack",
|
|
"griddle cake",
|
|
"hotcake",
|
|
"pancake",
|
|
"slapjack",
|
|
"blin",
|
|
"blintze",
|
|
"blintz",
|
|
"crepe",
|
|
"cr\u00eape",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whinges":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bloke always has some whinge about how women don't understand him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dutifully cares for his elderly mum, despite her tendency to whinge about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whether or no":{
|
|
"in spite of everything":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We're going grocery shopping whether you want to or no ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anyways",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"whatever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after all",
|
|
"however",
|
|
"nevertheless",
|
|
"always"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whaleboat":{
|
|
"as in trawler , whaler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoppers":{
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told a whopper to get out of jury duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"taradiddles",
|
|
"tarradiddles",
|
|
"untruths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"ambiguities",
|
|
"equivocations",
|
|
"obliquities",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"perjuries",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"falsifications",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"dishonesties",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fraudulences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"veracities",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whopper of a fish that won first prize in the derby",
|
|
"the season finale ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"dreadnoughts",
|
|
"elephants",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"Goliaths",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"mastodons",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazons",
|
|
"giantesses",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"steamrollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wisps",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoosh":{
|
|
"to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Cars whooshed along the highway.",
|
|
"Water whooshed down the pipe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whistle , swoosh":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoremonger":{
|
|
"as in whoremaster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whoremaster",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"amorist",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ladies' man",
|
|
"lady's man",
|
|
"lady-killer",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"Romeo",
|
|
"Casanova",
|
|
"Don Juan",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"lothario",
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
|
"masher",
|
|
"philanderer",
|
|
"satyr",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"womanizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whales":{
|
|
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whale of a pickup truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"dreadnoughts",
|
|
"elephants",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"Goliaths",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"mastodons",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazons",
|
|
"giantesses",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"steamrollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wisps",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whaled the ball so hard that it sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"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 strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whaled the rug with a broom to knock the dirt out of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"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 strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mercilessly whaled the pickpocket for stealing from her purse"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whingeing":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dutifully cares for his elderly mum, despite her tendency to whinge about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whip (up)":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped up protests against the proposed amendment to the state's constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whinging":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dutifully cares for his elderly mum, despite her tendency to whinge about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whittle (down)":{
|
|
"as in cut , cut down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whole-souled":{
|
|
"characterized by unqualified enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expressed their whole-souled commitment to the cause of peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wholehearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitecap":{
|
|
"as in breaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaker",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"comber",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"sea(s)",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"wavelet",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"ground swell",
|
|
"roller",
|
|
"tidal wave",
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoreson":{
|
|
"an illegitimate child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a notorious 17th-century libertine who supposedly left a brood of whoresons across the breadth of England"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"by-blow",
|
|
"love child"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nephew",
|
|
"niece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whore":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a short story about a whore in a brothel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"tempter",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whacky":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raised by an uncle with a rather wacky philosophy of parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a series of bizarre letters that the killer sent to the police, detailing his wacky , disturbed view of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
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"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
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"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one club member whose wacky ideas for fund-raisers usually produced groans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whooping":{
|
|
"as in crowing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"holloing",
|
|
"hallooing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"ululating",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whupped":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whump":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crate of oranges landed on the floor with a whump",
|
|
"a whump in the kitchen startled the dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"thunderclap",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whomp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunk",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimpered":{
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog whimpered to be let in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbed",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"yelped",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"roared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-hearted person, but given to whimpering about trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
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"carped",
|
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"caterwauled",
|
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"complained",
|
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"crabbed",
|
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"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
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"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
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"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
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"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
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"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
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"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
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"wailed",
|
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"whined",
|
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"whinged",
|
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"yammered",
|
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"yawped",
|
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"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
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"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
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"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimseys":{
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bees",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"maggots",
|
|
"megrims",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"vagrancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"impetuosities",
|
|
"whimsicalities",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"mind's eyes",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whangs":{
|
|
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incessant whang of a wrench on the exhaust pipe as she fixed the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tintinnabulations",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clinkety-clanks",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"tinkles",
|
|
"twangs",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clip-clops",
|
|
"clops",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"thumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whomping":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whaling":{
|
|
"as in attack , battering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whaled the ball so hard that it sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"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 strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whaled the rug with a broom to knock the dirt out of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mercilessly whaled the pickpocket for stealing from her purse"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatses":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatnots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipper":{
|
|
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the whippers of teams from much larger schools, our players have much to be proud of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"conqueror",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"subduer",
|
|
"trimmer",
|
|
"vanquisher",
|
|
"victor",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"finalist",
|
|
"placer",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"overdog",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"subjugator",
|
|
"top dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"punching bag",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"underdog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whole number":{
|
|
"a character used to represent a mathematical value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers , the total will not be exactly equal to 100%"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digit",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"integer",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"numeral",
|
|
"numeric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimal",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wharves":{
|
|
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tied the rowboat up at the wharf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"landings",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"quais",
|
|
"quays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"wharfages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelm":{
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmaster",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheedle":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"sweet-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whip":{
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a 100-year-old whip that was once used by a coachman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flogger",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"switch"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we whipped them 13-0 in the last game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"redirect",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her hair whipped in the wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huge raindrops whipped the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiffs":{
|
|
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a whiff of appreciation for everything I've done for her would have been nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"permeations",
|
|
"pervasions",
|
|
"saturations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whiffed the pot of chili on the stove and announced that he was staying for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"sniffs",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"respires",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoopees":{
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whoopee ! I got the job I wanted!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hurray",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for New Year's Eve I'm planning to make whoopee at several clubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white-tie":{
|
|
"as in black-tie , evening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black-tie",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"semiformal",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"costumey",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"sportif",
|
|
"sporty",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsies":{
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bees",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"maggots",
|
|
"megrims",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"vagrancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"impetuosities",
|
|
"whimsicalities",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"mind's eyes",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistles":{
|
|
"as in zips , whooshes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whooshes , zips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"effervesces",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white heat":{
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the novel was written at white heat in a tremendous, unbroken burst of creativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"passionateness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheat cakes":{
|
|
"as in oatcakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oatcakes",
|
|
"flapjacks",
|
|
"griddle cakes",
|
|
"hotcakes",
|
|
"pancakes",
|
|
"slapjacks",
|
|
"blini",
|
|
"blinis",
|
|
"blintzes",
|
|
"crepes",
|
|
"cr\u00eapes",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheelman":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need someone to be our wheelman for the heist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilist",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"motorist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"codriver",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"carpooler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whippy":{
|
|
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whippy branches of a weeping willow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistled":{
|
|
"as in whooshed , zipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whooshed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"effervesced",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatsis":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whacking":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"harvested a whacking number of zucchini from the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clown wore a whacking big pair of shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"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 put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipping boys":{
|
|
"a person or thing taking the blame for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used the government's economic policies as the whipping boy for every bad decision the company made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall guys",
|
|
"goats",
|
|
"scapegoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelms":{
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmasters",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeled":{
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"redirected",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"rechanneled",
|
|
"rechannelled",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"shunted",
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"swiveled",
|
|
"swivelled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"zigzagged",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoted",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rotated",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"swiveled",
|
|
"swivelled",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twirled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"unscrewed",
|
|
"twiddled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"cranked",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"circulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrated",
|
|
"pinwheeled",
|
|
"pirouetted",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rotated",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twirled",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"pivoted",
|
|
"swiveled",
|
|
"swivelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"sheered",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"zigzagged",
|
|
"doubled (back)",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whish":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whish of tires on wet pavement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the match whished as it burst into flame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"effervesce",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whomped":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whinge":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bloke always has some whinge about how women don't understand him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dutifully cares for his elderly mum, despite her tendency to whinge about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whys":{
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the whys behind the surprising decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"wherefores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"stimuli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how one decides that a certain person is \"the one\" is one of the great whys of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed books",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"head-scratchers",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"secrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"perplexities",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiskeys":{
|
|
"as in vodkas , tequilas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"Dutch courages",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whittles (down)":{
|
|
"as in cuts , cuts down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whished":{
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred",
|
|
"thrummed",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"curred",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the match whished as it burst into flame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whizzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"effervesced",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whilst":{
|
|
"at or during the time that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like to get my knitting done whilst watching the telly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"as",
|
|
"so long as",
|
|
"when",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"after"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in spite of the fact that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whilst a good worker, he's not a very good manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"albeit",
|
|
"although",
|
|
"altho",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"howbeit",
|
|
"much as",
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"though",
|
|
"when",
|
|
"whereas",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"but",
|
|
"if"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiney":{
|
|
"as in whining , squealing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitish":{
|
|
"as in white , pale":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"where it's at":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When visiting Paris, the Eiffel Tower is where it's at ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white water":{
|
|
"as in shoot , chute":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chute",
|
|
"shute",
|
|
"rapid(s)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"fall(s)",
|
|
"waterfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whet":{
|
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whetted the knife with the grindstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"strop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shot , nip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"where":{
|
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where will you be tonight?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"whereabouts",
|
|
"whereabout",
|
|
"whither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wherever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in what manner or way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cannot see where the explanation is mistaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"how",
|
|
"wherein"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"thusly",
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've decided on the when, but we still haven't resolved the where for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"here",
|
|
"there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whereabouts":{
|
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whereabouts do you expect to be on your journey tonight?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"where",
|
|
"whither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wherever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholehearted":{
|
|
"characterized by unqualified enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wholehearted praise for the novel by the leading critics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"whole-souled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whang":{
|
|
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incessant whang of a wrench on the exhaust pipe as she fixed the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"tintinnabulation",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"clinkety-clank",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"tinkle",
|
|
"twang",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip-clop",
|
|
"clop",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"thump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whaler":{
|
|
"as in trawler , whaleboat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white knight":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deserving cause in need of a charismatic white knight who will galvanize public support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimpering":{
|
|
"as in crying , sobbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary",
|
|
"weepy",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crying , weeping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"lamentation",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog whimpered to be let in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"blubbing",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"roaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-hearted person, but given to whimpering about trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whir":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whir coming from the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hummingbird whirred as it hovered over a flower",
|
|
"our tires whirred as we traveled over the rough road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatever":{
|
|
"in spite of everything":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whatever the reviews say, I still think it was a great play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anyways",
|
|
"regardless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after all",
|
|
"however",
|
|
"nevertheless",
|
|
"always"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"any of various other things that might also be mentioned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a job as writer or editor\u2014or whatever \u2014with a TV network newscast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"what all",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anything",
|
|
"whichever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheedling":{
|
|
"as in entreaty , coaxing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"sweet-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"finagling",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"wangling",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsicality":{
|
|
"an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her whimsicality made her an unpredictable companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"whimsicalness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mercurialness",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"flakiness",
|
|
"arbitrariness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeler-dealer":{
|
|
"as in smoothy , slick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholeness":{
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"young people who don't appreciate their wholeness and youthfulness while they have it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wholeness of my faith in our new governor is not lessened by these early missteps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"perfectness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"inclusiveness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"thoroughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"limitedness",
|
|
"narrowness",
|
|
"patchiness",
|
|
"sketchiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"imperfectness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whangee":{
|
|
"as in crook , walking stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whaleboats":{
|
|
"as in trawlers , whalers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"seiners",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"airboats",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"hovercrafts",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"hydroplanes",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"assault boats",
|
|
"PT boats",
|
|
"torpedo boats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeze":{
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hyperventilate",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"puff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"snore",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whistle , whoosh":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"sibilance",
|
|
"sibilant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clich\u00e9 , platitude":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"platitude",
|
|
"adage",
|
|
"aphorism",
|
|
"apothegm",
|
|
"byword",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"maxim",
|
|
"proverb",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"sententia",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"motto",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wherries":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"curraghs",
|
|
"currachs",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiteheads":{
|
|
"as in blackheads , blisters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackheads",
|
|
"blisters",
|
|
"milia",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"papules",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"pocks",
|
|
"pustules",
|
|
"whelks",
|
|
"zits",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"protuberances",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"weals",
|
|
"welts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white flag":{
|
|
"as in black flag , Jolly Roger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"signaler",
|
|
"signaller",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whispers":{
|
|
"a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were whispers that the starlet was secretly married"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talebearings",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"dirty laundry",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruits (about)",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"noises (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandies (about)",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoring":{
|
|
"as in debauchery , lechery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"virginity",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whup":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
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"bury",
|
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"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
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"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
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"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoremasters":{
|
|
"as in whoremongers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whoremongers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"amorists",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
|
"lady's men",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"Romeos",
|
|
"Casanovas",
|
|
"Don Juans",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"lotharios",
|
|
"lounge lizards",
|
|
"mashers",
|
|
"philanderers",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whining":{
|
|
"as in complaining , protesting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"intolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whiny , squealing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crying , weeping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"lamentation",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the whole of our vacation, the kids whined on and on about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheels":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now that I've got wheels , I can go to the outlet mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"redirects",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"unscrews",
|
|
"twiddles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrates",
|
|
"pinwheels",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"swivels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"doubles (back)",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheels and deals":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The buyer and seller wheeled and dealed before finally coming to an agreement."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"palters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"comparison shops",
|
|
"shops (around)",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whisk":{
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum guide kept whisking us along, telling us there was much more we had to see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fast-track",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"expedite",
|
|
"facilitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipping":{
|
|
"failure to win a contest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered a whipping that took them out of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"trouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"nonsuccess",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"shutout",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"whitewash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"cakewalk",
|
|
"landslide",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"walkaway",
|
|
"walkover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory",
|
|
"win"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we whipped them 13-0 in the last game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"redirecting",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her hair whipped in the wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"fluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huge raindrops whipped the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
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"belaboring",
|
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"belting",
|
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"birching",
|
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"bludgeoning",
|
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"buffeting",
|
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"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",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wherever":{
|
|
"as in where , whither":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"where",
|
|
"whereabouts",
|
|
"whereabout",
|
|
"whither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whapping":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered a whopping 10-pound baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
|
|
"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimpers":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patiently posed for dozens of photographs without so much as a whimper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog whimpered to be let in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"blubs",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-hearted person, but given to whimpering about trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelps":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in litters , pups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whereabout":{
|
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whereabouts do you expect to be on your journey tonight?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"where",
|
|
"whither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wherever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whopper":{
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told a whopper to get out of jury duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whopper of a fish that won first prize in the derby",
|
|
"the season finale ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"dreadnought",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"Goliath",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazon",
|
|
"giantess",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"steamroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wisp",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheres":{
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've decided on the when, but we still haven't resolved the where for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeling":{
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"redirecting",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"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 move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"unscrewing",
|
|
"twiddling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"cranking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrating",
|
|
"pinwheeling",
|
|
"pirouetting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"doubling (back)",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whimsically":{
|
|
"as in casually , carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whetted":{
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll need a well- whetted axe to split the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clawlike",
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whetted the knife with the grindstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"stropped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipcord":{
|
|
"as in bungee cord":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungee cord",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"halyard",
|
|
"lanyard",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"cable",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheezes":{
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hyperventilates",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"puffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"asphyxiates",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"snores",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whistles , whooshes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clich\u00e9s , platitudes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"mottoes",
|
|
"mottos",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelk":{
|
|
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unsightly whelks covered the beggar's face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"papule",
|
|
"pimple",
|
|
"pock",
|
|
"pustule",
|
|
"zit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhead",
|
|
"blister",
|
|
"milium",
|
|
"whitehead",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"protuberance",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"wart",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whippersnapper":{
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some young whippersnapper piped up with a pointless comment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirlpools":{
|
|
"water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in The Odyssey , Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"maelstroms",
|
|
"vortices",
|
|
"vortexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tourbillions",
|
|
"tourbillons",
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whisky":{
|
|
"as in vodka , tequila":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"Dutch courage",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whatchamacallit":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need one of those whatchamacallits to connect the two patch cords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatnot",
|
|
"whatsit",
|
|
"whatsis",
|
|
"what-is-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whole numbers":{
|
|
"a character used to represent a mathematical value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers , the total will not be exactly equal to 100%"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digits",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"integers",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"numerals",
|
|
"numerics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimals",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whammy":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you tell anyone about this, I swear I'll put the whammy on you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrip",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that brings bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the whammy on herself by publicly predicting that she would win the tennis tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"Indian sign",
|
|
"jinx"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Jonah",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil eye",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistle-blowers":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitecaps":{
|
|
"as in breakers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakers",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"combers",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"wavelets",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"ground swells",
|
|
"rollers",
|
|
"tidal waves",
|
|
"tsunamis",
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whomp":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dish fell off the table and hit the hardwood floor with a whomp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"thunderclap",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunk",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheelmen":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need someone to be our wheelman for the heist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilists",
|
|
"drivers",
|
|
"motorists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"codrivers",
|
|
"co-drivers",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"carpoolers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wherein":{
|
|
"in what manner or way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wherein this document can be demonstrated to be out of compliance with current standards, that section will be considered null and void"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"how",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"thusly",
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirlwind":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a whirlwind romance of only a few weeks, the couple decided to get married"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what-is-it":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whirlpool":{
|
|
"water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in The Odyssey , Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"vortex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tourbillion",
|
|
"tourbillon",
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whishes":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whish of tires on wet pavement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the match whished as it burst into flame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"effervesces",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whistle-blower":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoremongers":{
|
|
"as in whoremasters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whoremasters",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"amorists",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
|
"lady's men",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"Romeos",
|
|
"Casanovas",
|
|
"Don Juans",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"lotharios",
|
|
"lounge lizards",
|
|
"mashers",
|
|
"philanderers",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheeled and dealed":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The buyer and seller wheeled and dealed before finally coming to an agreement."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"paltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"comparison shopped",
|
|
"shopped (around)",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelks":{
|
|
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unsightly whelks covered the beggar's face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"papules",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"pocks",
|
|
"pustules",
|
|
"zits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackheads",
|
|
"blisters",
|
|
"milia",
|
|
"whiteheads",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"protuberances",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"weals",
|
|
"welts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wholesaling":{
|
|
"as in retailing , merchandising":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in retailing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"trading (in)",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whip hands":{
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unquestionably the company has the whip hand in negotiations with the labor union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"high grounds",
|
|
"inside tracks",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"steads",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"vantages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"transcendencies",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"seniorities",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"imbalances",
|
|
"inequalities",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoredoms":{
|
|
"the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Crane's story of a young woman reduced to whoredom to survive on the streets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"harlotries",
|
|
"prostitutions",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demimondes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whacko":{
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a completely wacko obsession with cleaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a wacko talking to himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"fruitcake",
|
|
"head case",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"nutter",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychopath",
|
|
"sickie",
|
|
"sicko"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"mythomaniac",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"schizo",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopath",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"patient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whacks":{
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a whack at solving the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the wasp's nest a good whack with the bat"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whack echoed around the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"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 put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wharfages":{
|
|
"as in marinas , shipyards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"landings",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"quais",
|
|
"quays",
|
|
"wharves",
|
|
"wharfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"white knights":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deserving cause in need of a charismatic white knight who will galvanize public support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whinnying":{
|
|
"to make the cry typical of a horse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the father whinnied and reared as his young daughter pretended to ride him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neighing",
|
|
"nickering",
|
|
"whickering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whole":{
|
|
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to put your whole effort into this project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"undivided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"unbroken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"fragmental",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whole and happy again after months of recuperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puzzle isn't quite whole , but close enough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"total"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unabridged",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiminished",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"maximal",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-bore",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-on",
|
|
"full-out",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a complete amount of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"cumulativeness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"lion's share",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"enchilada",
|
|
"schmear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"net"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whiff":{
|
|
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a whiff of appreciation for everything I've done for her would have been nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"permeation",
|
|
"pervasion",
|
|
"saturation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whiffed the pot of chili on the stove and announced that he was staying for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"sniff",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"respire",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitewashing":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"explaining away",
|
|
"extenuating",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"palliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"apologizing",
|
|
"atoning",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whumps":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crate of oranges landed on the floor with a whump",
|
|
"a whump in the kitchen startled the dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whomps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what all":{
|
|
"any of various other things that might also be mentioned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book was about family, social differences, and I don't know what all else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"whatever",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anything",
|
|
"whichever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipped":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouted",
|
|
"quirted",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we whipped them 13-0 in the last game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"redirected",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"rechanneled",
|
|
"rechannelled",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"shunted",
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"swiveled",
|
|
"swivelled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"zigzagged",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her hair whipped in the wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flapped",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"fluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huge raindrops whipped the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whipstock":{
|
|
"as in crop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hilt",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"broomstick",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"handlebar",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"haft",
|
|
"handgrip",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"helve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whim-whams":{
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just the sight of a roller coaster gives him the whim-whams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whammies":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you tell anyone about this, I swear I'll put the whammy on you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrips",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that brings bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the whammy on herself by publicly predicting that she would win the tennis tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"Indian signs",
|
|
"jinxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Jonahs",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"evil eyes",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whichever":{
|
|
"any one or ones out of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We can go on Tuesday or Friday, whichever you prefer.",
|
|
"You may leave at 4:00 or when you've finished the job, whichever comes first."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anything",
|
|
"what all",
|
|
"whatever",
|
|
"whatnot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what-is-its":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatnots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wheedles":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"sweet-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whisks":{
|
|
"a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum guide kept whisking us along, telling us there was much more we had to see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"facilitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whispered":{
|
|
"as in muttered , mumbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruited (about)",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whips (up)":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whipped up protests against the proposed amendment to the state's constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whups":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whoop":{
|
|
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let out a whoop of joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ejaculation",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"wail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he acts so rudely that I doubt he gives a whoop about other people's feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bubkes",
|
|
"bupkes",
|
|
"bupkus",
|
|
"continental",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"diddly",
|
|
"diddly-squat",
|
|
"doodley-squat",
|
|
"doodly-squat",
|
|
"fig",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hollo",
|
|
"halloo",
|
|
"hallo",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"ululate",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whitebeard":{
|
|
"as in patriarch , graybeard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"whelming":{
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"rocking",
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"shattering",
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"staggering",
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"throwing",
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"unmanning",
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"unnerving",
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"upsetting"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"what's more":{
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"in addition to what has been said":{
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"examples":[
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"You have a bad attitude, and what's more , you're late all the time."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"additionally",
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"again",
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"also",
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"besides",
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"either",
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"further",
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"furthermore",
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"likewise",
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"more",
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"moreover",
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"then",
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"too",
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"withal",
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"yet"
|
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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} |