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9200 lines
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{
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"stubborn":{
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"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"examples":[
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"he's just being stubborn , refusing even to try the new toothpaste"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adamant",
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"adamantine",
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"bullheaded",
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"dogged",
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"hard",
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"hard-nosed",
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"hardened",
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"hardheaded",
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"headstrong",
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"immovable",
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"implacable",
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"inconvincible",
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"inflexible",
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"intransigent",
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"mulish",
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"obdurate",
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"obstinate",
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"opinionated",
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"ossified",
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"pat",
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"pertinacious",
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"perverse",
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"pigheaded",
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"self-opinionated",
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"self-willed",
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"stiff-necked",
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"unbending",
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"uncompromising",
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"unrelenting",
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"unyielding",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anal-retentive",
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"obsessive",
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"wayward",
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"wrongheaded",
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"determined",
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"hell-bent",
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"inexorable",
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"persistent",
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"relentless",
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"resolved",
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"set",
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"single-minded",
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"steadfast",
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"stouthearted",
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"tenacious",
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"unflinching",
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"firm",
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"hard-line",
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"hard-shell",
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"hard-shelled",
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"iron",
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"severe",
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"stern",
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"strict",
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"hidebound",
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"narrow-minded",
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"rigid",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"contrary",
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"cussed",
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"contumacious",
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"disobedient",
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"froward",
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"insubordinate",
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"intractable",
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"recalcitrant",
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"refractory",
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"uncooperative",
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"ungovernable",
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"unmanageable",
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"unruly",
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"defiant",
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"insurgent",
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"mutinous",
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"indomitable",
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"invincible",
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"unconquerable",
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"confirmed",
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"inveterate",
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"unregenerate",
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"demanding",
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"exacting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"docile",
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"obedient",
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"placable",
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"submissive",
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"tractable",
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"accepting",
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"persuadable",
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"receptive",
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"responsive",
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"willing",
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"governable",
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"manageable",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"slavish",
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"subservient"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acquiescent",
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"agreeable",
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"amenable",
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"compliant",
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"complying",
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"flexible",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"relenting",
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"yielding"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"stud":{
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"a physically attractive man":{
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"examples":[
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"she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefcake",
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"hunk",
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"pretty boy",
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"superstud"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"dish",
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"doll",
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"dreamboat",
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"eye candy",
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"eyeful",
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"fox",
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"knockout",
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"stunner",
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"lady-killer",
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"sheik",
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"womanizer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dog",
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"grotesquerie",
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"grotesquery",
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"monster",
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"nerd"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in set , intersperse":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intersperse",
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"set",
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"band",
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"bar",
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"streak",
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"stripe",
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"bespatter",
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"spatter",
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"blot",
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"dye",
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"stain",
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"blotch",
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"dapple",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"freckle",
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"marble",
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"mottle",
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"pepper",
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"shoot",
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"speck",
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"speckle",
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"splotch",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"stipple"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"studding":{
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"as in setting , interspersing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"interspersing",
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"setting",
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"banding",
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"barring",
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"streaking",
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"striping",
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"bespattering",
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"spattering",
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"blotting",
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"dyeing",
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"staining",
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"blotching",
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"dappling",
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"dotting",
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"flecking",
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"freckling",
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"marbling",
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"mottling",
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"peppering",
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"shooting",
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"specking",
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"speckling",
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"splotching",
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"spotting",
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"sprinkling",
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"stippling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stumbled":{
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"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"got up",
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"rose",
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"stood (up)",
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"uprose"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"collapsed",
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"crumpled",
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"dropped",
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"flumped",
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"keeled",
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"plopped",
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"plunked",
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"plonked",
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"slumped (over)",
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"crashed",
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"free-fell",
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"nose-dived",
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"plummeted",
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"plunged",
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"precipitated",
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"wiped out",
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"skidded",
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"slid"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fell",
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"slipped",
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"toppled",
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"tripped",
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"tumbled"
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]
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},
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"to make a mistake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"nodded",
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"bobbled",
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"botched",
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"bungled",
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"butchered",
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"foozled",
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"mangled",
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"mishandled",
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"muffed",
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"murdered",
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"miscalculated",
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"misconceived",
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"miscounted",
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"miscued",
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"misdeemed",
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"misgauged",
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"misgaged",
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"misjudged",
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"mistook",
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"misconstrued",
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"misinterpreted",
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"misunderstood"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blundered",
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"boobed",
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"erred",
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"flubbed",
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"fluffed",
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"fouled up",
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"fumbled",
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"goofed (up)",
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"loused up",
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"messed (up)",
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"screwed up",
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"slipped up",
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"tripped"
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]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breezed",
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"coasted",
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"glided",
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"slid",
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"waltzed",
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"whisked"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drifted",
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"floated",
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"hovered",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"poised",
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"wafted"
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],
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"related":[
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"dragged",
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"flopped",
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"hauled",
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"blundered",
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"careened",
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"doddered",
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"lurched",
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"reeled",
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"staggered",
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"swayed",
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"teetered",
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"tottered",
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"waddled",
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"weaved",
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"wobbled",
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"wabbled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barged",
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"clumped",
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"flogged",
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"floundered",
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"galumphed",
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"lumbered",
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"lumped",
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"plodded",
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"pounded",
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"scuffed",
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"scuffled",
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"shambled",
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"shuffled",
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"slogged",
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"sloughed",
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"stamped",
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"stomped",
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"stumped",
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"tramped",
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"tromped",
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"trudged"
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]
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},
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"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coasted",
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"flew",
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"glided",
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"kilted",
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"sailed",
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"zipped",
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"zoomed"
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],
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"related":[
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"jogged",
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"shambled",
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"shuffled",
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"wallowed",
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"weltered",
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"faltered",
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"lurched",
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"reeled",
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"staggered",
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"swayed",
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"teetered",
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"tottered",
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"fumbled",
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"muddled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blundered",
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"bumbled",
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"flogged",
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"floundered",
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"limped",
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"lumbered",
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"plodded",
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"struggled",
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"trudged"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stumbles":{
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble , or was it made with artful intention?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accuracies",
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"exactitudes",
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"precisions",
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"inerrancies",
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"infallibilities",
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"perfections"
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],
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"related":[
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"bloomers",
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"bloopers",
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"boners",
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"howlers",
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"pratfalls",
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"foul-ups",
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"snafus",
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"misapprehensions",
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"miscalculations",
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"miscomprehensions",
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"misconceptions",
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"misconstructions",
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"misdescriptions",
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"misimpressions",
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"misinterpretations",
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"misjudgments",
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"misreadings",
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"misstatements",
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"misunderstandings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"bobbles",
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"boo-boos",
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"boobs",
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"bricks",
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"clangers",
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"clinkers",
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"errors",
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"faults",
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"flubs",
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"fluffs",
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"fumbles",
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"gaffes",
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"gaffs",
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"goofs",
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"inaccuracies",
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"lapses",
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"miscues",
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"missteps",
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"mistakes",
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"oversights",
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"screwups",
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"slips",
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"slipups",
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"trips"
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]
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},
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"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"headers",
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"pratfalls",
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"missteps",
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"trips",
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"descents",
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"dives",
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"plunges",
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"skids",
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"slides",
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"free-falls"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"falls",
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"slips",
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"spills",
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"tumbles"
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]
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},
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"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"gets up",
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"rises",
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"stands (up)",
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"uprises"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"collapses",
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"crumples",
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"drops",
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"flumps",
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"keels",
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"plops",
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"plunks",
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"plonks",
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"slumps (over)",
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"crashes",
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"free-falls",
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"nose-dives",
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"plummets",
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"plunges",
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"precipitates",
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"wipes out",
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"skids",
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"slides"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"falls",
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"slips",
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"topples",
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"trips",
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"tumbles"
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]
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},
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"to make a mistake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"nods",
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"bobbles",
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"botches",
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"bungles",
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"butchers",
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"foozles",
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"mangles",
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"mishandles",
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"muffs",
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"murders",
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"miscalculates",
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"misconceives",
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"miscounts",
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"miscues",
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"misdeems",
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"misgauges",
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"misjudges",
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"mistakes",
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"misconstrues",
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"misinterprets",
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"misunderstands"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"boobs",
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"errs",
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"flubs",
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"fluffs",
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"fouls up",
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"fumbles",
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"goofs (up)",
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"louses up",
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"messes (up)",
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"screws up",
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"slips up",
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"trips"
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]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breezes",
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"coasts",
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"glides",
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"slides",
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"waltzes",
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"whisks"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drifts",
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"floats",
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"hangs",
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"hovers",
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"poises",
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"wafts"
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],
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"related":[
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"drags",
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"flops",
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"hauls",
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"blunders",
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"careens",
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"dodders",
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"lurches",
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"reels",
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"staggers",
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"sways",
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"teeters",
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"totters",
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"waddles",
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"weaves",
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"wobbles",
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"wabbles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barges",
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"clumps",
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"flogs",
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|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumped":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"outfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumper":{
|
|
"as in puzzle , conundrum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"stickler",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"interrogative",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"response",
|
|
"solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunned":{
|
|
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"realizing that they had been left out of the will, the billionaire's relatives just sat there, stunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unruffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"widemouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loud noise left her momentarily stunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news of their boss's termination stunned the staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"rocked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunt":{
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"performs mental stunts , such as pronouncing words backwards as soon as you say them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"tour de force",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefy":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sturdiness":{
|
|
"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demonstrated the suitcase's sturdiness by dropping it from a third-floor window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"cohesion",
|
|
"toughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unsubstantiality",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unstableness",
|
|
"unsteadiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupes":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with stupes like that, no wonder city hall is a mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbled (on or onto)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chanced (upon)",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"happened (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"lit (on or upon)",
|
|
"lighted (on or upon)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pitched (upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"studs":{
|
|
"a physically attractive man":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"pretty boys",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"eye candies",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"sheiks",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"grotesqueries",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sets , intersperses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubbing":{
|
|
"as in stamping (out) , blowing out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck (to)":{
|
|
"as in hugged , clung (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Sturm und Drang":{
|
|
"a disturbed or uneasy state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang , the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"tumultuousness",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"unsettlement",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"inquietude",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studying":{
|
|
"to use the mind to acquire knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boning (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"swotting",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"memorizing",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"researching",
|
|
"restudying",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"memorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harking back (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recollecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"reminiscing (about)",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"thinking (of)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembering",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"misremembering",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scientists who study the origin of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumpy":{
|
|
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumpy penguins become agile swimmers the moment they hit the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"thickset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"student teacher":{
|
|
"as in reader , practice teacher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"moralizer",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"headmaster",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuttered":{
|
|
"to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I used to stutter when I was a child.",
|
|
"She stutters when she gets excited."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupor":{
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked by news of impending layoffs, the workers shuffled through their shift in a quiet stupor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefaction":{
|
|
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon hearing the unexpected news, she just sat there in total stupefaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"astonishment",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startlement",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"dismay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"student teachers":{
|
|
"as in readers , practice teachers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"practice teachers",
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"homeschoolers",
|
|
"catechists",
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"moralizers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academicians",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"didacts",
|
|
"pedants",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"docents",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"professors",
|
|
"profs",
|
|
"regius professors",
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"inculcators",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"tutoresses",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"preparers",
|
|
"trainers",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"instructresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"schoolmarms",
|
|
"schoolma'ams",
|
|
"schoolmistresses",
|
|
"headmasters",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"schoolmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studio couches":{
|
|
"as in bunk beds , couches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunk beds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"daybeds",
|
|
"feather beds",
|
|
"four-posters",
|
|
"hammocks",
|
|
"Murphy beds",
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"sleigh beds",
|
|
"sofa beds",
|
|
"sofas",
|
|
"trundle beds",
|
|
"water beds",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"dosses",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"bedsteads",
|
|
"futons",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattresses",
|
|
"pallets",
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"carry-cots",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffed":{
|
|
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had never seen shelves so stuffed with books"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimful",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"chockablock",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having one's appetite completely satisfied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were still stuffed from our huge breakfast and didn't want lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"full",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overstuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"caulked",
|
|
"calked",
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"restuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"shoveled",
|
|
"shovelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with food to capacity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbled",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"cloyed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"regaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieted",
|
|
"fasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed all the kids into the back of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"silted",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"refilled",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"reloaded",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"replenished",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"honeycombed",
|
|
"penetrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stutter-steps":{
|
|
"as in pump-fakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pump-fakes",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"maneuvers (around)",
|
|
"dekes",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"jukes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffy":{
|
|
"lacking fresh air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house was very stuffy after being closed up for a month"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airless",
|
|
"unventilated",
|
|
"fuggy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"ventilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"unstuffy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing stuffy about this science museum\u2014it's all interactive and fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
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"hair-raising",
|
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"inspiring",
|
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"invigorating",
|
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"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
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"amusing",
|
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"diverting",
|
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"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
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"mesmerizing",
|
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"spellbinding",
|
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"suspenseful",
|
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"arresting",
|
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"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
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"engrossing",
|
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"gripping",
|
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"interesting",
|
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"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those nursing home residents with a reputation for being chronically stuffy were usually the last to receive attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupidity":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stupidity of the dialogue between the two romantic leads had movie audiences giggling uncontrollably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the succession of stupidities by the company's owners was bound to result in bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaving her bags unguarded inside the airport terminal was nothing but stupidity on her part"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunners":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not only is she smart, she's a real stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as expected, the box-office champ was another superhero actioner, but the real stunner was the second-place finish for the low-budget comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jaw-droppers",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"eye-openers",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"shockers",
|
|
"amazements",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stun":{
|
|
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"rock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"paralyze",
|
|
"benumb",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pummel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news of their boss's termination stunned the staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck up for":{
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
"underscored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"seconded",
|
|
"sided (with)",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupe":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with stupes like that, no wonder city hall is a mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffings":{
|
|
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never heard of using goose down as stuffing for comforters until she moved to a cold climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"waddings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"packings",
|
|
"interlinings",
|
|
"linings",
|
|
"quiltings",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffed shirt":{
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fud",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"mossback",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"old maid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipster",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"trendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuff":{
|
|
"a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guy who has the stuff it takes to be head of a major corporation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"qualification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"makings",
|
|
"potentiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the basic elements from which something can be developed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reading, writing, and arithmetic\u2014the stuff of an education"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"making",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"raw material",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"timber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"metal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the real stuff of nobility of character isn't riches or a title, but honor and integrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gather up your stuff so that we can get going"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"missed a great photo opportunity because all of my camera stuff was at home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"caulk",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"restuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with food to capacity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobble",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"cloy",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed all the kids into the back of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"sandwich",
|
|
"shoehorn",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"refill",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"reload",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"replenish",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"honeycomb",
|
|
"penetrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stutter":{
|
|
"to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I used to stutter when I was a child.",
|
|
"She stutters when she gets excited."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumblebums":{
|
|
"as in sluggers , palookas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palookas",
|
|
"sluggers",
|
|
"boxers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"gladiators",
|
|
"prizefighters",
|
|
"pugilists",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"bantamweights",
|
|
"cruiserweights",
|
|
"featherweights",
|
|
"flyweights",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"light heavyweights",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"middleweights",
|
|
"superheavyweights",
|
|
"welterweights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bunglers , duffers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunglers",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"fumblers",
|
|
"stumblers",
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"gawkies",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"tawpies",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"klutzes",
|
|
"loobies",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"lummoxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbling (on or onto)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chancing (upon)",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"happening (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting (upon)",
|
|
"lighting (on or upon)",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"pitching (upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lucking (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stutter-stepped":{
|
|
"as in pump-faked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pump-faked",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"maneuvered (around)",
|
|
"deked",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"juked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studio apartment":{
|
|
"a small private dwelling that is one of a group of dwellings in one building or block":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Most of the grad students lived in studio apartments adjacent to campus."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"efficiency apartment",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"floor-through",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffer":{
|
|
"one who eats greedily or too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the different kinds of hot dog eaters: the stuffer who downs it in two bites; the nibbler; the mustard loader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cormorant",
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gorger",
|
|
"gormandizer",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"overeater",
|
|
"pig",
|
|
"swiller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feaster",
|
|
"trencherman",
|
|
"muncher",
|
|
"guzzler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieter",
|
|
"nibbler",
|
|
"picker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studio couch":{
|
|
"as in bunk bed , couch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunk bed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"feather bed",
|
|
"four-poster",
|
|
"hammock",
|
|
"Murphy bed",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"sleigh bed",
|
|
"sofa",
|
|
"sofa bed",
|
|
"trundle bed",
|
|
"water bed",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"doss",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"bedstead",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattress",
|
|
"pallet",
|
|
"bassinet",
|
|
"carry-cot",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck-up":{
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that the kids at his new school were snobbish and stuck-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in held up , robbed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"burgled",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunningly":{
|
|
"as in surprisingly , amazingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"astoundingly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"surprisingly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"unanticipatedly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"unusually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expectedly",
|
|
"unsurprisingly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"obviously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunting":{
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarfing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupidness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not sure if he leaves his front door unlocked from carelessness or just plain stupidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck in one's craw":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That new pop song sticks in his craw every time it's played."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck out":{
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no feet sticking out in the aisles, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumps":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"outfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in remains , residues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residuals",
|
|
"residues",
|
|
"scrapings",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"fag ends",
|
|
"leftovers",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"remainders",
|
|
"remnants",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"stubs",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffers":{
|
|
"one who eats greedily or too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the different kinds of hot dog eaters: the stuffer who downs it in two bites; the nibbler; the mustard loader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cormorants",
|
|
"gluttons",
|
|
"gorgers",
|
|
"gormandizers",
|
|
"gourmands",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"overeaters",
|
|
"pigs",
|
|
"swillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feasters",
|
|
"trenchermen",
|
|
"munchers",
|
|
"guzzlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieters",
|
|
"nibblers",
|
|
"pickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbles (upon)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"chances (upon)",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"happens (upon)",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"collides (with)",
|
|
"crashes (into)",
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"hits (upon)",
|
|
"lights (upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"reencounters",
|
|
"remeets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck up":{
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that the kids at his new school were snobbish and stuck-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in held up , robbed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"burgled",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"students":{
|
|
"one who attends a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a straight-A student at the local high school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"studiers",
|
|
"day students",
|
|
"preppies",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolfellows",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"coeds",
|
|
"collegians",
|
|
"postgraduates",
|
|
"undergraduates",
|
|
"high schoolers",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"middlers",
|
|
"middle schoolers",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"sophomores",
|
|
"underclassmen",
|
|
"undergrads",
|
|
"upperclassmen",
|
|
"exchange students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbling (upon)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"chancing (upon)",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"happening (upon)",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"colliding (with)",
|
|
"crashing (into)",
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"hitting (upon)",
|
|
"lighting (upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"reencountering",
|
|
"re-encountering",
|
|
"remeeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbler":{
|
|
"as in bungler , duffer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"stumblebum",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"tawpie",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"butterfingers",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"klutz",
|
|
"looby",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"lummox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumble":{
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"slump (over)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"muddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"kilt",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble , or was it made with artful intention?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"header",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"free-fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffed shirts":{
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvians",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"fuds",
|
|
"mossbacks",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"old maids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"radicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipsters",
|
|
"moderns",
|
|
"trendies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbles (on or onto)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chances (upon)",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"happens (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits (upon)",
|
|
"lights (on or upon)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pitches (upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"studios":{
|
|
"a building in which things are made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He had a small art studio downtown.",
|
|
"She headed to the studio to record her first album."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ateliers",
|
|
"workplaces",
|
|
"workrooms",
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"sweatshops",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small private dwelling that is one of a group of dwellings in one building or block":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were looking for a larger apartment, but decided instead to rent a studio because of its central location."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"studio apartments",
|
|
"bed-sitters",
|
|
"bedsits",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousings",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"duplex apartments",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"efficiencies",
|
|
"efficiency apartments",
|
|
"flatlets",
|
|
"floor-throughs",
|
|
"garden apartments",
|
|
"granny flats",
|
|
"maisonettes",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"railroad flats",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"apartment buildings",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tenements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefied":{
|
|
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gazed, stupefied , as humanoids with large heads emerged from the crashed UFO"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"widemouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unruffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the plane began to nose-dive, the stupefied passengers were unsure how to act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupendousness":{
|
|
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for stunning stupendousness the world had never seen anything the equal of the Palace of Versailles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"formidability",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"wonderfulness",
|
|
"wondrousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"princeliness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"ritziness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"remarkableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stutter-stepping":{
|
|
"as in pump-faking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pump-faking",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"maneuvering (around)",
|
|
"dekeing",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"juking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunts":{
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"performs mental stunts , such as pronouncing words backwards as soon as you say them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"tours de force",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunk":{
|
|
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their team really stinks this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitten",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"sucked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studier":{
|
|
"as in reader":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"day student",
|
|
"preppy",
|
|
"preppie",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolfellow",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"coed",
|
|
"collegian",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"undergraduate",
|
|
"high schooler",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"middler",
|
|
"middle schooler",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"sophomore",
|
|
"underclassman",
|
|
"undergrad",
|
|
"upperclassman",
|
|
"exchange student"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupids":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studly":{
|
|
"as in hunky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"vampish",
|
|
"vampy",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuns":{
|
|
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"paralyzes",
|
|
"benumbs",
|
|
"numbs",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pummels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news of their boss's termination stunned the staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"thunderstrikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"blindsides",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"shakes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunner":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not only is she smart, she's a real stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as expected, the box-office champ was another superhero actioner, but the real stunner was the second-place finish for the low-budget comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jaw-dropper",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"thunderclap",
|
|
"eye-opener",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"shocker",
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupendously":{
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stupendously successful Broadway debut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studiers":{
|
|
"as in readers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"day students",
|
|
"preppies",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolfellows",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"coeds",
|
|
"collegians",
|
|
"postgraduates",
|
|
"undergraduates",
|
|
"high schoolers",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"middlers",
|
|
"middle schoolers",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"sophomores",
|
|
"underclassmen",
|
|
"undergrads",
|
|
"upperclassmen",
|
|
"exchange students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefying":{
|
|
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stupefying figures for poverty and starvation in some parts of the reputedly rich country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"blindsiding",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"jaw-dropping",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"surprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsurprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"thunderstriking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"blindsiding",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"shaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupidities":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the succession of stupidities by the company's owners was bound to result in bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdities",
|
|
"asininities",
|
|
"b\u00eatises",
|
|
"fatuities",
|
|
"follies",
|
|
"fooleries",
|
|
"fopperies",
|
|
"idiocies",
|
|
"imbecilities",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunk up":{
|
|
"as in deodorized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"odorized",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"scented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"student":{
|
|
"one who attends a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a straight-A student at the local high school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"scholar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"studier",
|
|
"day student",
|
|
"preppy",
|
|
"preppie",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolfellow",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"coed",
|
|
"collegian",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"undergraduate",
|
|
"high schooler",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"middler",
|
|
"middle schooler",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"sophomore",
|
|
"underclassman",
|
|
"undergrad",
|
|
"upperclassman",
|
|
"exchange student"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubs":{
|
|
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ashtray full of cigarette stubs",
|
|
"ticket stubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"fag ends",
|
|
"leftovers",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"remainders",
|
|
"remnants",
|
|
"scraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residuals",
|
|
"residues",
|
|
"scrapings",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stamps (out) , blows out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snubs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck (to or with)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for sticking with me after all my other so-called friends turned their backs",
|
|
"the governor has sworn to stick to his campaign promises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hewed (to)",
|
|
"kept (to)",
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"reconsidered",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defected (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuffs":{
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"caulks",
|
|
"calks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"restuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"shovels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with food to capacity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"surfeits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbles",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"cloys",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"regales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"fasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed all the kids into the back of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"sandwiches",
|
|
"shoehorns",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"corks",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"silts",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens (up)",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mats",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"reloads",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"replenishes",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"honeycombs",
|
|
"penetrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubbornly":{
|
|
"as in willfully , obstinately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obstinately",
|
|
"willfully",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly",
|
|
"unflaggingly",
|
|
"untiringly",
|
|
"wearilessly",
|
|
"ardently",
|
|
"attentively",
|
|
"conscientiously",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studio":{
|
|
"a building in which things are made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He had a small art studio downtown.",
|
|
"She headed to the studio to record her first album."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small private dwelling that is one of a group of dwellings in one building or block":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were looking for a larger apartment, but decided instead to rent a studio because of its central location."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"studio apartment",
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"efficiency apartment",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"floor-through",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumpers":{
|
|
"as in puzzles , conundrums":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"sticklers",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"interrogatives",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"responses",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stutters":{
|
|
"to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I used to stutter when I was a child.",
|
|
"She stutters when she gets excited."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefies":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"thunderstrikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"blindsides",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"shakes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubby":{
|
|
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seven stubby little fellows carried the sleeping Snow White back to their home in a cave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thickset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sturdily":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no longer so sturdily maintained his innocence when his alibi proved to be a fabrication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumblebum":{
|
|
"as in slugger , palooka":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palooka",
|
|
"slugger",
|
|
"boxer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"gladiator",
|
|
"prizefighter",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"pugilist",
|
|
"bantamweight",
|
|
"cruiserweight",
|
|
"featherweight",
|
|
"flyweight",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"light heavyweight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"middleweight",
|
|
"superheavyweight",
|
|
"welterweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bungler , duffer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungler",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"fumbler",
|
|
"stumbler",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"tawpie",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"butterfingers",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"klutz",
|
|
"looby",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"lummox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studiedly":{
|
|
"as in calculatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculatedly",
|
|
"advisedly",
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely",
|
|
"purposively",
|
|
"willfully",
|
|
"wittingly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"willingly",
|
|
"premeditatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"incidentally",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubbly":{
|
|
"as in stubbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"mustachioed",
|
|
"moustachioed",
|
|
"whiskered",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"brushy",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stump":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"outface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in remains , residue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"scraping(s)",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"ribbon(s)",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbling":{
|
|
"as in hesitant , halting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"unvocal",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongueless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"keeling",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"slumping (over)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"free-falling",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"standing (up)",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupid":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we watched as the stupid squirrels tried unsuccessfully to find a way to get the seeds from the new bird feeder",
|
|
"there are no stupid questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't believe we sat through the whole stupid movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not liking the captain is a stupid reason to quit the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studied":{
|
|
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a studied move by the company that was designed to put the competition out of business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"thought-out",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"prudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"uncalculated",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use the mind to acquire knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boned (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"swotted",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"memorized",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"researched",
|
|
"restudied",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"memorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harked back (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced (about)",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"thought (of)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembered",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misremembered",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scientists who study the origin of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubbed":{
|
|
"as in stamped (out) , blew out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snubbed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbling block":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only stumbling block to our move across the country was finding someone to adopt our cats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
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"trammel"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catch",
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"hitch",
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"rub",
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"snag",
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"barrier",
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"blockade",
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"blockage",
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"brick wall",
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"stone wall",
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"arrest",
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"bit",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"hobble",
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"rein",
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"restraint",
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"embargo",
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"stoppage",
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"delay",
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"holdup",
|
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"stall",
|
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"burden",
|
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"cumber",
|
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"load",
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"danger",
|
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"hazard",
|
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"peril",
|
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"reef",
|
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"adversity",
|
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"difficulty",
|
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"disadvantage",
|
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"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catalyst",
|
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"goad",
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"impetus",
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"incentive",
|
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"spur",
|
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"stimulant",
|
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"stimulus",
|
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"advantage",
|
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"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
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"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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} |