5521 lines
107 KiB
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5521 lines
107 KiB
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{
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"snakelike":{
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"as in devious , scurvy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"snakeskins":{
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"as in calfskins , lambskins":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"snaking":{
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"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"snaking softly through the brush"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"edging",
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"inching",
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"worming",
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"ghosting",
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"padding",
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"tiptoeing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lurking",
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"mooching",
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"mousing",
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"pussyfooting",
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"shirking",
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"skulking",
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"sliding",
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"slinking",
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"slipping",
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"sneaking",
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"stealing"
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]
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},
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"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"crouching",
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"squatting",
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"edging",
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"inching",
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"nosing",
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"skulking",
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"sneaking",
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"stealing",
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"tiptoeing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellying",
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"groveling",
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"grovelling",
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"sliding",
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"slithering",
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"worming",
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"wriggling"
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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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"snap":{
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"to speak sharply or irritably":{
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"examples":[
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"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bark",
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"snarl"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"roar",
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"scream",
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"shout",
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"shriek",
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"yell",
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"fulminate",
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"rage",
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"rant",
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"rave",
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"sputter",
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"storm",
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"tee off",
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"vent",
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"vituperate",
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"blow up",
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"explode",
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"flare (up)",
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"flip (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm (down)",
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"simmer down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crack",
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"pop"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rend",
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"rive",
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"split",
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"crackle",
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"hiss",
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"sizzle",
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"sputter",
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"burst",
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"explode",
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"shatter",
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"clack",
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"clatter",
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"click"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take a photograph of":{
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"examples":[
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"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mug",
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"photo",
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"photograph",
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"shoot"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"image",
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"picture",
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"rephotograph",
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"retake",
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"film",
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"videotape"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
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"examples":[
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"she abruptly snapped alert"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"change",
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"fluctuate",
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"mutate",
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"shift",
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"vary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"metamorphose",
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"morph",
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"transmute",
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"better",
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"improve",
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"deteriorate",
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"worsen",
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"turn around",
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"seesaw",
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"teeter",
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"vacillate",
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"waver"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"plateau",
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"stabilize"
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]
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},
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"a loud explosive sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the plastic coat hook broke off with a loud snap when he tried to hang the heavy bag on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"blast",
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"boom",
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"clap",
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"crack",
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"crash",
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"pop",
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"report",
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"slam",
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"smash",
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"thunderclap",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"whomp",
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"whump"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"thunk",
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"wham",
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"clang",
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"clangor",
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"clank",
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"clash",
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"knock",
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"rap",
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"tap",
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"blare",
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"clamor",
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"howl",
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"hubbub",
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"hue and cry",
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"hullabaloo",
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"outcry",
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"roar",
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"tumult",
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"uproar"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
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"examples":[
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"took several snaps of his family for the scrapbook"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"photo",
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"photograph",
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"pic",
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"print",
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"shot",
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"snapshot"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blowup",
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"close-up",
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"enlargement",
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"still",
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"telephoto",
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"daguerreotype",
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"ferrotype",
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"monochrome",
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"sepia",
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"tintype"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"active strength of body or mind":{
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"examples":[
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"the team is showing a lot of snap tonight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beans",
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"bounce",
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"brio",
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"dash",
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"drive",
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"dynamism",
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"energy",
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"esprit",
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"gas",
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"get-up-and-go",
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"ginger",
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"go",
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"gusto",
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"hardihood",
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"juice",
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"life",
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"moxie",
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"oomph",
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"pep",
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"punch",
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"sap",
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"starch",
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"verve",
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"vigor",
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"vim",
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"vinegar",
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"vitality",
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"zing",
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"zip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animal spirits",
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"animation",
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"briskness",
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"jauntiness",
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"liveliness",
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"snappiness",
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"spirit",
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"spiritedness",
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"sprightliness",
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"spunk",
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"spunkiness",
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"vibrance",
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"vibrancy",
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"vivaciousness",
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"vivacity",
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"ardor",
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"\u00e9lan",
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"fervor",
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"fire",
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"passion",
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"zeal",
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"main",
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"metal",
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"mettle",
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"might",
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"muscle",
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"potency",
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"power",
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"puissance",
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"stamina",
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"strength",
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"brawniness",
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"fitness",
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"hardiness",
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"huskiness",
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"sturdiness",
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"virility",
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"health",
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"healthiness",
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"soundness",
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"verdure",
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"wellness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indolence",
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"laziness",
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"debilitation",
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"debility",
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"delicacy",
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"disablement",
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"enfeeblement",
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"faintness",
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"feebleness",
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"frailness",
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"frailty",
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"impotence",
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"impotency",
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"infirmity",
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"powerlessness",
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"puniness",
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"slightness",
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"softness",
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"tenderness",
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"weakness",
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"enervation",
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"exhaustion",
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"inanition",
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"prostration"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lethargy",
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"listlessness",
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"sluggishness",
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"torpidity"
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]
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},
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"a weather condition marked by low temperatures":{
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"examples":[
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"a prolonged cold snap"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cold",
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"cold wave",
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"deep freeze",
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"freeze"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cold front",
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"frost",
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"bite",
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"chill",
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"chilliness",
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"chillness",
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"coldness",
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"frigidness",
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"nip",
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"wintriness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dog days",
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"torridity",
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"torridness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"heat",
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"heat wave"
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]
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},
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"a very small amount":{
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"examples":[
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"I don't care a snap about gossip"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"crumb",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"particle",
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"peanuts",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"shred",
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"skosh",
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"smack",
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"smell",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"soup\u00e7on",
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"spark",
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"spatter",
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"speck",
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"splash",
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"spot",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hoot",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"minim",
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"minimum",
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"modicum",
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"semblance",
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"syllable",
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"tittle",
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"vestige",
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"whit",
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"atom",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"molecule",
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"morsel",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"patch",
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"scrap",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"pinch",
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"part",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"bite",
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"nibble",
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"taste",
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"handful",
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"scattering",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dose",
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"shot",
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"chip",
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"flake",
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"fragment",
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"shard",
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"shiver",
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"sliver",
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"smithereens",
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"splinter",
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"tatter",
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"clipping",
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"paring",
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"shaving"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"deal",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"heaps",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"oodles",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plenty",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"stack",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"volume",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overflow",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"chunk",
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"hunk",
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"lump",
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"slab"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that is easy to do":{
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"examples":[
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"this test will be a snap"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"cake",
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"cakewalk",
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"child's play",
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"cinch",
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"cream puff",
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"duck soup",
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"kid stuff",
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"picnic",
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"pushover",
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"roses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"no-brainer",
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"nothing",
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"sitting duck",
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"gimme",
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"laugher",
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"walkaway"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainteaser",
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"poser",
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"stumper",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"bother",
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"nuisance",
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"trouble"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bear",
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"beast",
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"chore",
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"headache",
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"horror show",
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"killer",
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"labor",
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"murder",
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"pain",
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"sticky wicket",
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"stinker"
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]
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},
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"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
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"examples":[
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"a snap course that even an idiot could pass"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"downhill",
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"easy",
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"effortless",
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"facile",
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"fluent",
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"fluid",
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"hands-down",
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"light",
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"painless",
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"ready",
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"royal",
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"simple",
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"smooth",
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"soft"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"idiotproof",
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"mindless",
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"quick",
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"straightforward",
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"unchallenging",
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"uncomplicated",
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"apparent",
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"clear",
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"clear-cut",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"manifest",
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"obvious",
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"open-and-shut",
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"palpable",
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"patent",
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"perspicuous",
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"plain",
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"transparent",
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"unambiguous",
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"unequivocal",
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"unmistakable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"toilful",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a snap decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snap (up)":{
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapped (up)":{
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snaps":{
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"crackles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"clacks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a photograph of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"rephotographs",
|
|
"retakes",
|
|
"films",
|
|
"videotapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she abruptly snapped alert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"morphs",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"turns around",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plastic coat hook broke off with a loud snap when he tried to hang the heavy bag on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took several snaps of his family for the scrapbook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"pics",
|
|
"pix",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"snapshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"close-ups",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"telephotos",
|
|
"daguerreotypes",
|
|
"ferrotypes",
|
|
"monochromes",
|
|
"sepias",
|
|
"tintypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care a snap about gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is easy to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this test will be a snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"roses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-brainers",
|
|
"sitting ducks",
|
|
"gimmes",
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"walkaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"horror shows",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snare":{
|
|
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you fell for my clever snare , you fool!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshment",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"mesh(es)",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"noose",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quicksand",
|
|
"tanglement",
|
|
"toil(s)",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"cobweb",
|
|
"spiderweb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarls":{
|
|
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to no avail, the city promotes carpooling to help ease the traffic snarls that always accompany rush hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam-ups",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"tailbacks",
|
|
"tie-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"congestions",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stoppages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"intertwists",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"entwists",
|
|
"inweaves",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknots",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"unweaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarly":{
|
|
"as in surly , ornery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snared":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"birdlimed",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snail":{
|
|
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"straggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler",
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speedster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creak (along)",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"slouch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snail-paced":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my snail-paced dial-up connection is essentially worthless for video downloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snakes":{
|
|
"a limbless reptile with a long body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snakes are cold-blooded, so they regulate their body temperature by alternately basking in sunlight and seeking shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why, that dirty, rotten snake !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what a snake she was\u2014having an affair with my husband while I was in the hospital!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"backstabbers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"Judases",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"subverters",
|
|
"coconspirators",
|
|
"co-conspirators",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"intriguers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rumormongers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snaking softly through the brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"mouses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slithers",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snappishness":{
|
|
"as in trouble , irritableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snatching":{
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an industry in which the snatching of trade secrets is greatly feared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brazen seagull snatched the french fry right from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snares":{
|
|
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you fell for my clever snare , you fool!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshments",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nooses",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quicksands",
|
|
"tanglements",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cat's cradles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"cobwebs",
|
|
"spiderwebs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entoils",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"birdlimes",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarling":{
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"entwisting",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotting",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"unweaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snakeskin":{
|
|
"as in calfskin , lambskin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapped back":{
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"pulled round",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"recouped",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"pulled through",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"relapsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced (back)",
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snazzy":{
|
|
"attractively eye-catching in style":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fond of tooling around town in a snazzy car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snakebitten":{
|
|
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"hard-luck",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snails":{
|
|
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stragglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers",
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speedsters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creaks (along)",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"slouches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snappy":{
|
|
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that snappy outfit really should impress your date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"doggish",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unchic",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unmodish",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to avoid her when she was acting snappy , which was all too often"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"typically snappy weather for March"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much snappy repartee at the party celebrating the new art gallery's opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bring us some more french fries, and make it snappy !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snappy outfits worn by the young, attractive staff at the hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"spiffed-up",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snappish":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always start feeling snappish whenever I get really hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snag":{
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ran into a slight snag the night before the show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"gotcha",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trip wire",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"lure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarfing (down)":{
|
|
"as in chowing (down on) , gobbling (up or down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chowing (down on)",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting (on)",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"tucking (away or in)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"polishing off",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapshot":{
|
|
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"pic",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"telephoto",
|
|
"daguerreotype",
|
|
"ferrotype",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"tintype"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snack bars":{
|
|
"as in cafeterias , lunchrooms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cafeterias",
|
|
"lunch counters",
|
|
"luncheonettes",
|
|
"lunchrooms",
|
|
"beaneries",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"caffs",
|
|
"diners",
|
|
"eateries",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"restaurants",
|
|
"greasy spoons",
|
|
"hash houses",
|
|
"chophouses",
|
|
"steak houses",
|
|
"pizzerias",
|
|
"coffeehouses",
|
|
"coffee shops",
|
|
"estaminets",
|
|
"teahouses",
|
|
"tearooms",
|
|
"tea shops",
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"inns",
|
|
"taverns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snaked":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snaking softly through the brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slithered",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snaillike":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the application process for an overseas adoption has been moving at a snaillike pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapping":{
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"crackling",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"clacking",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a photograph of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"photographing",
|
|
"photoing",
|
|
"shooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"rephotographing",
|
|
"retaking",
|
|
"filming",
|
|
"videotaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she abruptly snapped alert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"morphing",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"turning around",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateauing",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snakebit":{
|
|
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"hard-luck",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snailing":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creaking (along)",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"slouching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snags":{
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ran into a slight snag the night before the show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"gotchas",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"trip wires",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snap back":{
|
|
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor predicted a quick snapback for the rugged young soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"pull round",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recoup",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pull through",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"come down",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce (back)",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapback":{
|
|
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor predicted a quick snapback for the rugged young soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"pull round",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recoup",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pull through",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"come down",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce (back)",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snafu":{
|
|
"a problem that makes a situation difficult or confusing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A major scheduling snafu led to two meetings starting at the same time."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapshots":{
|
|
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"pics",
|
|
"pix",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"close-ups",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"telephotos",
|
|
"daguerreotypes",
|
|
"ferrotypes",
|
|
"monochromes",
|
|
"sepias",
|
|
"tintypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snailed":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"creaked (along)",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"slouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"tore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarled":{
|
|
"as in tangled , knotted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"entwisted",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotted",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"unwove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snake pit":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snaps back":{
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"pulls round",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"pulls through",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"comes down",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
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"wastes (away)",
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"weakens",
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"wilts",
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"withers",
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"worsens",
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"regresses",
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"relapses"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to regain a former or normal state":{
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"examples":[
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"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bounces (back)",
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"comes back",
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"rallies",
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"rebounds",
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"recovers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reanimates",
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"revitalizes",
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"revives"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"declines",
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"fails",
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"worsens"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"snagged":{
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"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
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"examples":[
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"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bagged",
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"captured",
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"caught",
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"collared",
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"copped",
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"corralled",
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"glommed",
|
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"got",
|
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"grabbed",
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"grappled",
|
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"hooked",
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"landed",
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"nabbed",
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"nailed",
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"netted",
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"nobbled",
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"rapped",
|
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"seized",
|
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"snapped (up)",
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"snared",
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"snatched",
|
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"trapped"
|
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"gloved",
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"haltered",
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"lassoed",
|
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"roped",
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"apprehended",
|
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"arrested",
|
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"detained",
|
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"bayed",
|
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"cornered",
|
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"clasped",
|
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"clutched",
|
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"fastened (on)",
|
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"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
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"rended",
|
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"wrested",
|
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"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snapping (up)":{
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"snarfed (down)":{
|
|
"as in chowed (down on) , gobbled (up or down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"chowed (down on)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted (on)",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"picked (at)",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"ingested",
|
|
"partook (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"tucked (away or in)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"polished off",
|
|
"breakfasted",
|
|
"lunched",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"snacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |