4843 lines
95 KiB
JSON
4843 lines
95 KiB
JSON
{
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"food":{
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"substances intended to be eaten":{
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"examples":[
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"a simple, little restaurant with excellent food"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bread",
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"foodstuffs",
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"grub",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"table",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"commissary",
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"rations",
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"supplies",
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"aliment",
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"nutriment",
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"diet",
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"nourishment",
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"nurture",
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"sustenance",
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"mess",
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"pap",
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"ensilage",
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"feed",
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"fodder",
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"forage",
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"silage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"feast",
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"meal",
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"refreshments",
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"regale",
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"repast",
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"spread",
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"board",
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"dish",
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"plate",
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"platter",
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"serving",
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"finger food",
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"natural food"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bane",
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"poison",
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"toxin",
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"venom"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
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"examples":[
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"a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aliment",
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"nourishment",
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"pabulum",
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"sustenance"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"refection"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candy",
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"fluff",
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"pablum",
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"pap",
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"trash"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foodstuffs":{
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"substances intended to be eaten":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bane",
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"poison",
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"toxin",
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"venom"
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],
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"related":[
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"commissary",
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"rations",
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"supplies",
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"aliment",
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"nutriment",
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"diet",
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"nourishment",
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"nurture",
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"sustenance",
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"mess",
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"pap",
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"ensilage",
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"feed",
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"fodder",
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"forage",
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"silage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"feast",
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"meal",
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"refreshments",
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"regale",
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"repast",
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"spread",
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"board",
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"dish",
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"plate",
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"platter",
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"serving",
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"finger food",
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"natural food"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bread",
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"food",
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"grub",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"table",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"fool":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"cuckoo",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"dingbat",
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"ding-dong",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
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"examples":[
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"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"jester",
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"motley"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"buffoon",
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"clown",
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"comedian",
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"comedienne",
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"comic",
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"cutup",
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"droll",
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"harlequin",
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"joker",
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"jokester",
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"madcap",
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"merry-andrew",
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"vice",
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"wag",
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"zany",
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"mime",
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"mummer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm a fool for ice cream"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addict",
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"aficionado",
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"afficionado",
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"buff",
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"bug",
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"devotee",
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"enthusiast",
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"fan",
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"fanatic",
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"fancier",
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"fiend",
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"freak",
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"habitu\u00e9",
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"habitue",
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"head",
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"hound",
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"junkie",
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"junky",
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"lover",
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"maniac",
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"maven",
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"mavin",
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"nut",
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"sucker"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"groupie",
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"admirer",
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"amateur",
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"collector",
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"connoisseur",
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"dilettante",
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"authority",
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"expert",
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"adherent",
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"convert",
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"cultist",
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"disciple",
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"follower",
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"hanger-on",
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"votary",
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"advocate",
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"apostle",
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"backer",
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"champion",
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"evangelist",
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"exponent",
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"friend",
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"patron",
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"promoter",
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"proponent",
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"supporter",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"zealot",
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"booster",
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"rooter",
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"well-wisher",
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"faddist"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nonadmirer",
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"belittler",
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"carper",
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"critic",
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"detractor"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonfan"
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]
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},
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"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
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"examples":[
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"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bug",
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"crackbrain",
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"crazy",
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"fruitcake",
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"head case",
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"loon",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"maniac",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"nutter",
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"psycho",
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"psychopath",
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"sickie",
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"sicko",
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"wacko",
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"whacko"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"madman",
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"abnormal",
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"deviant",
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"monomaniac",
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"mythomaniac",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoid",
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"psychotic",
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"schizo",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopath",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crack",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"eccentric",
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"fantastic",
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"flake",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"oddity",
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"original",
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"quiz",
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"screwball",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"weirdo",
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"zany",
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"case",
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"patient"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"he's always got some fool plan or other"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"foolish",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"notional",
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"buffoonish",
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"clownish",
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"ill-advised",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid",
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"well-advised"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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]
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},
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"examples":[
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"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozle",
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"beguile",
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"bluff",
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"buffalo",
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"burn",
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"catch",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
|
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"delude",
|
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"dupe",
|
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"fake out",
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"gaff",
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"gammon",
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"gull",
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"have",
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"have on",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"hornswoggle",
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"humbug",
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"juggle",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead",
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"snooker",
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"snow",
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"spoof",
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"string along",
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"suck in",
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"sucker",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kid",
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"put on",
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"tease",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"euchre",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"rook",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"sting",
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"swindle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunk",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show up",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"disabuse",
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"disenchant",
|
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"disillusion"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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]
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},
|
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"to make jokes":{
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"examples":[
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"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banter",
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"chaff",
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"fun",
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"gag",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"jive",
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"joke",
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"jolly",
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|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satirize",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolishness":{
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"mental deficiency",
|
|
"mental retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolproof":{
|
|
"done, made, or planned so well that nothing can go wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolproof plan",
|
|
"DNA fingerprinting gives police a virtually foolproof way to link a suspect to a crime scene."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"fallible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot the bill (for)":{
|
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They continued to foot the bill for their son well into his twenties but warned him that their support would soon end and he needed to find a job."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"underwrite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot-draggings":{
|
|
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"holding patterns",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"deferments",
|
|
"deferrals",
|
|
"postponements",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"respites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hastes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"promptitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footle":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"swan",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footing":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's two churches are on a friendly footing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolery":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"howler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forethought",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let the kids have a little foolery once in a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footles":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"swans",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foots (up)":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"casts (up)",
|
|
"summates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalizes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"totes (up)",
|
|
"tots (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"subtracts",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"recomputes",
|
|
"refigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolhardy":{
|
|
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"temerarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"kamikaze",
|
|
"reckless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"freewheeling",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"feckless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"responsible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foozles":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foofaraws":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foofaraw that accompanies any big wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"food chain":{
|
|
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
|
|
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"hierarchy",
|
|
"stratification",
|
|
"caste",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"stratum",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"subcaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foothold":{
|
|
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"bridgehead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging area",
|
|
"staging ground",
|
|
"beachhead",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"airbase",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"battlefront",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"toehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolhardily":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foots":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footed the bill (for)":{
|
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"underwrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"foodie":{
|
|
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"epicurean",
|
|
"gastronome",
|
|
"gastronomist",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"gourmet",
|
|
"savorer",
|
|
"oenophile",
|
|
"turophile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foots the bill (for)":{
|
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"underwrites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"footmark":{
|
|
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"footprint",
|
|
"footstep",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoofprint",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"tread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foozle":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"mess (with)",
|
|
"monkey (with)",
|
|
"play (with)",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"tinker (with)",
|
|
"toy (with)",
|
|
"twiddle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"muck (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footlocker":{
|
|
"as in sea chest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sea chest",
|
|
"carton",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"lockbox",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safe-deposit box",
|
|
"strongbox",
|
|
"bin",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"caddy",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casket",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"trunk",
|
|
"coffin",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"caisson",
|
|
"hope chest",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"hatbox",
|
|
"jewel box",
|
|
"snuffbox",
|
|
"tinderbox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fools (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"messes (with)",
|
|
"monkeys (with)",
|
|
"plays (with)",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"tinkers (with)",
|
|
"toys (with)",
|
|
"twiddles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"meddles",
|
|
"mucks (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footed (it)":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulated",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"trooped",
|
|
"power walked",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"footslogged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"gimped",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"stepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"boogied",
|
|
"boogeyed",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"fox-trotted",
|
|
"gavotted",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jitterbugged",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"mamboed",
|
|
"polkaed",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"shimmied",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tangoed",
|
|
"tap-danced",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foodies":{
|
|
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"bons vivants",
|
|
"bon vivants",
|
|
"epicureans",
|
|
"epicures",
|
|
"gastronomes",
|
|
"gastronomists",
|
|
"gourmands",
|
|
"gourmets",
|
|
"savorers",
|
|
"oenophiles",
|
|
"turophiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footpaces":{
|
|
"a raised platform (as beneath an altar)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u2026 [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave \u2026; then he knelt upon the footpace .",
|
|
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altars",
|
|
"bimahs",
|
|
"pulpits",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"risers",
|
|
"scaffolds",
|
|
"balconies",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"tribunes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolhardiness":{
|
|
"as in recklessness , wildness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"neglectfulness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"remissness",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"irresponsibility",
|
|
"irresponsibleness",
|
|
"malfeasance",
|
|
"malpractice",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"misdirection",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"forgetfulness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"responsibleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot":{
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foot of the pedestal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"vertex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footing (it)":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulating",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"legging (it)",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"striding",
|
|
"trooping",
|
|
"power walking",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"footslogging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"gimping",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"stepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"boogying",
|
|
"boogeying",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"fox-trotting",
|
|
"gavotting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jitterbugging",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"mamboing",
|
|
"polkaing",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tangoing",
|
|
"tap-dancing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"treading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footpads":{
|
|
"as in pirates , bandits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"highwaymen",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"larcenists",
|
|
"pinchers",
|
|
"purloiners",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"stealers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"burglars",
|
|
"cat burglars",
|
|
"cracksmen",
|
|
"housebreakers",
|
|
"picklocks",
|
|
"safecrackers",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"marauders",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"plunderers",
|
|
"ransackers",
|
|
"ravishers",
|
|
"embezzlers",
|
|
"grafters",
|
|
"kleptomaniacs",
|
|
"kleptos",
|
|
"sneak thiefs",
|
|
"cutpurses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"pickpockets",
|
|
"pilferers",
|
|
"shoplifters",
|
|
"abductors",
|
|
"carjackers",
|
|
"hijackers",
|
|
"kidnappers",
|
|
"kidnapers",
|
|
"skyjackers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footloose":{
|
|
"not bound, confined, or detained by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"uncaught",
|
|
"unanchored",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disengaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not held back by rules, duties, or worries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wished I could be as carefree as that footloose toddler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freewheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"uncommitted",
|
|
"self-abandoned",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-reliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"pledged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footsteps":{
|
|
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"saw muddy footsteps on the just-cleaned stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"footmarks",
|
|
"footprints",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vestiges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoofprints",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"treads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot soldiers":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fooled":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantered",
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"funned",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"japed",
|
|
"jested",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joked",
|
|
"jollied",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"quipped",
|
|
"wisecracked",
|
|
"yukked",
|
|
"yucked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entertained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fooling (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"messing (with)",
|
|
"monkeying (with)",
|
|
"playing (with)",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"tinkering (with)",
|
|
"toying (with)",
|
|
"twiddling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foothills":{
|
|
"as in knolls , hillocks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters",
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fooling around":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"hotdogging",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showboating",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"mafficking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"wassailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footslogs":{
|
|
"as in trudges , plods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"gimps",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"power walks",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolishly":{
|
|
"as in insanely , crazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in unwisely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unwisely",
|
|
"undesirably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"extraneously",
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"meaninglessly",
|
|
"pointlessly",
|
|
"senselessly",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"misguidedly",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"infallibly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"germanely",
|
|
"meaningfully",
|
|
"pertinently",
|
|
"relevantly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sagely",
|
|
"wisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fooled around":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"hotdogged",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showboated",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"misbehaved",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"mafficked",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"wassailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"tinkered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot (up)":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"cast (up)",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summate",
|
|
"tot (up)",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"tote (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foozling":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"screwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foozled":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot-dragging":{
|
|
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"deferment",
|
|
"deferral",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"respite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footman":{
|
|
"as in manservant , butler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in infantryman , grunt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"servicewoman",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"serviceman",
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"warrior",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"food chains":{
|
|
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
|
|
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hierarchies",
|
|
"stratifications",
|
|
"castes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"strata",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"subcastes",
|
|
"sub-castes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footnotes":{
|
|
"as in notes , captions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"cross-references",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"references",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"quotations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footling":{
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the assistant's job was to shield the president from such footling problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot (it)":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulate",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"leg (it)",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"troop",
|
|
"power walk",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"footslog",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"gimp",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"boogie",
|
|
"boogy",
|
|
"boogey",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"fox-trot",
|
|
"gavotte",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jitterbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"mambo",
|
|
"polka",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tango",
|
|
"tap-dance",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"tread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footing the bill (for)":{
|
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"staking",
|
|
"underwriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"footprints":{
|
|
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mysterious footprints along the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"footmarks",
|
|
"footsteps",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vestiges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoofprints",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"treads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fooleries":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdities",
|
|
"asininities",
|
|
"b\u00eatises",
|
|
"fatuities",
|
|
"follies",
|
|
"fopperies",
|
|
"idiocies",
|
|
"imbecilities",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"stupidities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"tomfooleries",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddles",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"howlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"forethoughts",
|
|
"prudences",
|
|
"sagacities",
|
|
"wisdoms",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footpad":{
|
|
"as in pirate , bandit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cat burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"picklock",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"embezzler",
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"cutpurse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool's paradises":{
|
|
"as in hells , anti-utopias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anti-utopias",
|
|
"dystopias",
|
|
"hells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"Camelots",
|
|
"Cockaignes",
|
|
"Edens",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"fantasylands",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"lotuslands",
|
|
"never-never lands",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions",
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"dreamlands",
|
|
"dreamworlds",
|
|
"fairylands",
|
|
"wonderlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool around":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"act up",
|
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"clown (around)",
|
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"cut up",
|
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"horse around",
|
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"hotdog",
|
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"monkey (around)",
|
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"show off",
|
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"showboat",
|
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"skylark"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"carry on",
|
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"misbehave",
|
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"roughhouse",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
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"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"maffick",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"doodle",
|
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"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fribble",
|
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"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footnote":{
|
|
"as in note , caption":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"cross-reference",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"quotation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footlights":{
|
|
"as in acting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business",
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatics",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"theatricals",
|
|
"theatrics",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foots (it)":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulates",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"legs (it)",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"power walks",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"footslogs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"gimps",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"boogies",
|
|
"boogeys",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"fox-trots",
|
|
"gavottes",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"jitterbugs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"mambos",
|
|
"polkas",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shimmies",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tangos",
|
|
"tap-dances",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"treads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footmarks":{
|
|
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"footprints",
|
|
"footsteps",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vestiges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoofprints",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"treads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |