dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/idl_MWT.json
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{
"idled":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester",
"we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"vegged out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"idleness":{
"an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{
"antonyms":[
"drive",
"industriousness",
"industry"
],
"examples":[
"the brothers' innate idleness meant that neither did much, either inside or outside their ramshackle cabin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambition",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"initiative",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"diligence",
"perseverance",
"animation",
"briskness",
"energy",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"pep",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
],
"related":[
"apathy",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"supineness",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"synonyms":[
"indolence",
"inertia",
"laziness",
"shiftlessness",
"sloth"
]
},
"lack of action or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"action",
"activeness",
"activity"
],
"examples":[
"a day spent in idleness is nice, but a month of doing nothing is boring!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animateness",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vivacity",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"business",
"diligence",
"employment",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"occupation"
],
"related":[
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"laziness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"shiftlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sloth",
"sluggishness",
"dallying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"synonyms":[
"dormancy",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"inertness",
"nonaction",
"quiescence"
]
},
"lack of use":{
"antonyms":[
"use"
],
"examples":[
"the idleness of the machine was apparent by its thick layer of dust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"neglect",
"abeyance",
"dormancy",
"latency",
"quiescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"desuetude",
"disuse",
"inactivity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"idler":{
"a lazy person":{
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"examples":[
"the hot weather turned us into a bunch of idlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achiever",
"comer",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"live wire",
"powerhouse"
],
"related":[
"bum",
"good-for-nothing",
"ne'er-do-well",
"crawler",
"creeper",
"dawdler",
"laggard",
"putterer",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"straggler",
"clock-watcher",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"dallier",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"loller",
"lounger",
"saunterer",
"delayer",
"procrastinator",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"layabout",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lotus-eater",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed",
"sluggard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"idlers":{
"a lazy person":{
"examples":[
"the hot weather turned us into a bunch of idlers"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potatoes",
"deadbeats",
"do-nothings",
"drones",
"layabouts",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"lotus-eaters",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"crawlers",
"creepers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes",
"snails",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stragglers",
"clock-watchers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"lollers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"delayers",
"procrastinators",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievers",
"comers",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
"antonyms":[
"doers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"idles":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester",
"we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"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"
]
},
"idle":{
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the car was idle for two weeks while they went on vacation",
"the company's competitors have not been idle in developing rival products"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"off",
"unused",
"vacant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abeyant",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"comatose",
"lifeless",
"moribund",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dull",
"slow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"assiduous",
"industrious",
"sedulous",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"feasible",
"practical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"viable"
],
"antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
]
},
"not easily aroused to action or work":{
"examples":[
"an idle employee who always seems to be either on break or at lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"shiftless",
"slothful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"drowsy",
"dull",
"inert",
"languorous",
"lazyish",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"supine",
"torpid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"diligent",
"enterprising",
"zealous",
"active",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"exuberant",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"snappy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"industrious"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester",
"we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"idly":{
"as in inactively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inactively",
"lifelessly",
"sleepily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actively",
"assiduously",
"busily",
"diligently",
"industriously",
"laboriously",
"energetically",
"vigorously",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"idling":{
"as in lounging , loafing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"loafing",
"lounging",
"slacking",
"feast",
"holy day",
"legal holiday",
"interim",
"intermission",
"interval",
"breather",
"relaxation",
"respite",
"rest",
"furlough",
"liberty",
"sabbatical",
"break",
"holiday",
"hols",
"leave",
"recess",
"vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester",
"we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}