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{
"babbles":{
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbles",
"chats",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"drools",
"gabbles",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"prattles",
"sputters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"blathers",
"bleats",
"blithers",
"gabs",
"jangles",
"jaws",
"patters",
"prates",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"smatters",
"tittle-tattles",
"trolls",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"chunters",
"maunders",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"stammers",
"stutters",
"screeches",
"shouts",
"shrieks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulates",
"enunciates",
"pronounces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"babbling":{
"as in chatter , babble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"prattling",
"rambling",
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"grunt",
"grunting",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbling",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"prattling",
"sputtering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbering",
"blathering",
"bleating",
"blithering",
"gabbing",
"jangling",
"jawing",
"pattering",
"prating",
"rattling",
"running on",
"smattering",
"tittle-tattling",
"trolling",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"chuntering",
"maundering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"stammering",
"stuttering",
"screeching",
"shouting",
"shrieking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating",
"pronouncing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"back (up)":{
"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , harden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flow",
"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottleneck",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangle",
"gridlock",
"lock",
"congestion",
"traffic",
"crawl",
"delay",
"slowdown",
"stoppage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alternate , proxy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
"makeshift",
"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute",
"acting",
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"back away":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"synonyms":[
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back-and-forths":{
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"reciprocations",
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
"synonyms":[
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks"
]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backache":{
"as in headache , stomachache":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backbone":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"examples":[
"found the backbone of a fish lying on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"chine",
"spinal column",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back",
"spinal cord",
"vertebra"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backboned":{
"as in hard , strong":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weakened",
"weak-kneed",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy",
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"backed (up or away)":{
"as in retired , withdrew":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approached",
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed",
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backed down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed off",
"backed out",
"copped out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backed off":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed down",
"backed out",
"copped out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backed out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"related":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed down",
"backed off",
"copped out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backed up":{
"as in set , hardened":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in testified (to) , vouched (for)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backing":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrance"
]
},
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
"examples":[
"the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"patronage",
"sponsorship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"endowment",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"encouragement",
"fosterage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"seconding",
"siding (with)",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"plugging",
"preaching",
"talking up",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backstopping",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"launching",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"succoring",
"sustaining",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"guiding",
"mentoring",
"nurturing",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"favoring",
"obliging",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"strangling",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"inconveniencing",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stifling",
"straitening",
"stunting",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindering"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstering",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"substantiating",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backlash":{
"a strong public response against something":{
"examples":[
"There was swift backlash to the senator's controversial comments."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kickback",
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"take",
"counteraction",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backlashes":{
"a strong public response against something":{
"examples":[
"There was swift backlash to the senator's controversial comments."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kickbacks",
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"takes",
"counteractions",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backsliders":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"the evangelist was determined to win back the backsliders who had fallen away"
],
"synonyms":[
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backtrack":{
"as in revert , about-face":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"about-face",
"countermand",
"revert",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"overturn",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"strike down",
"reverse",
"switch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backpedal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpedal",
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backups":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottlenecks",
"jams",
"jam-ups",
"logjams",
"snarls",
"tailbacks",
"tie-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangles",
"gridlocks",
"locks",
"congestions",
"traffic",
"crawls",
"delays",
"slowdowns",
"stoppages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backward":{
"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"related":[
"reverse",
"reversed",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"synonyms":[
"rearward",
"retrograde"
]
},
"not comfortable around people":{
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
],
"examples":[
"curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"related":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
]
},
"toward the opposite direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clockwise",
"deasil"
],
"related":[
"behind",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"obversely",
"reversely",
"across",
"athwart",
"counter",
"counterclockwise",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"back",
"round"
]
},
"toward the rear":{
"antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"examples":[
"looking backward , we could see the town receding in the distance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"before"
],
"related":[
"astern",
"sternforemost",
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"reversely",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"backwoods":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"lived far out in the backwoods and raised hogs for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwater",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in provincial , countrified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoodsy",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"bucolic",
"country",
"pastoral",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"nonurban",
"semirural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"urban",
"citified",
"urbanized",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"municipal",
"nonagricultural",
"nonfarm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
]
},
"backwoodsy":{
"as in provincial , backwoods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoods",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"bucolic",
"country",
"pastoral",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"nonurban",
"semirural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"urban",
"citified",
"urbanized",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"municipal",
"nonagricultural",
"nonfarm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bad":{
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
],
"examples":[
"sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"related":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
]
},
"engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior":{
"antonyms":[
"behaved",
"behaving",
"nice",
"orderly"
],
"examples":[
"the children were bad , so they didn't get dessert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"complying",
"dutiful",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"moral",
"proper",
"respectable",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"kindly",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"divine",
"heavenly",
"amenable",
"docile",
"governable",
"tractable",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"good-natured",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"discreet",
"modest",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
],
"related":[
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impolite",
"improper",
"impudent",
"indecorous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"unmannerly",
"disobedient",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"transgressing",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"balky",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"wayward",
"wild",
"arch",
"elfish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"ornery",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"waggish",
"dissolute",
"perverse",
"wrongheaded",
"disorderly",
"rowdy",
"ruffianly",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"wicked",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"disobliging",
"inconsiderate",
"selfish",
"thoughtless",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"babyish",
"childish",
"immature",
"infantile",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrary",
"errant",
"froward",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"hearing about the world's miseries always makes him feel bad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
]
},
"having a fault":{
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
],
"examples":[
"a bad video connection that is causing some picture loss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"related":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
]
},
"having no legal or binding force":{
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"good",
"valid"
],
"examples":[
"all known claims on the property were dismissed by the court as bad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legal",
"working"
],
"related":[
"illegal",
"useless",
"worthless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual"
],
"synonyms":[
"inoperative",
"invalid",
"nonbinding",
"nonvalid",
"nugatory",
"null",
"null and void",
"void"
]
},
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
],
"examples":[
"with all of his tattoos and piercings, that skinhead looks like one really bad dude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"related":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
]
},
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
],
"examples":[
"I think the milk has turned bad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"related":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
]
},
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"examples":[
"you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"related":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"synonyms":[
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"stealing is just plain bad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"related":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"synonyms":[
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"the air in the damp basement had a very bad smell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"examples":[
"bad shoes that fell apart within a week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
]
},
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"I've been feeling bad all week with this cold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
]
},
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
"antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue"
],
"examples":[
"there's bad and good in people of every race and nationality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"balefulness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu"
],
"synonyms":[
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bad blood":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"there's been bad blood between the two families for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouthed":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baddy":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badger":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nag",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"hound",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"egg",
"goad",
"incite",
"prod",
"prompt",
"spur",
"urge",
"exhort",
"insist",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the pelt or fur of a badger":{
"examples":[
"The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger , fox, and ermine."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"badness":{
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"the villain's complete badness made him a good foil for the unfailingly virtuous hero"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bafflement":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his complete bafflement as to the point of the joke was in itself funny"
],
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"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"related":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baggage":{
"as in luggage , bags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"luggage",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"attach\u00e9",
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bailiwicks":{
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"questions about organization of the fund drive are my bailiwick"
],
"synonyms":[
"areas",
"arenas",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontiers",
"studies",
"subjects",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"subfields",
"subspecialties",
"sub-specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bails":{
"as in bonds , recognizances":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in hods":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in loops , bows":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"examples":[
"after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"related":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bale":{
"a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped":{
"examples":[
"a bale of cotton/paper"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight",
"consignment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"overload",
"surcharge",
"manifest",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balloons":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
],
"examples":[
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"related":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ballyragging":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"bogarting",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"strong-arming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustering",
"trash-talking",
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"menacing",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"bludgeoning",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing around",
"demoralizing",
"psyching (out)",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"steeling",
"convincing",
"persuading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"band together":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborate",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banded (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborated",
"concerted",
"concurred",
"conjoined",
"conspired",
"cooperated",
"joined",
"leagued",
"teamed (up)",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connived",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"combined",
"confederated",
"hung together",
"interfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandied words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bandwagons":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"campaigns",
"causes",
"crusades",
"drives",
"juggernauts",
"movements",
"pushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"maneuvers",
"marches",
"offensives",
"actions",
"bids",
"enterprises",
"initiatives",
"missions",
"projects",
"undertakings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandy":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banging":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"related":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"related":[
"closing",
"shutting",
"stopping",
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"sealing",
"securing"
],
"synonyms":[
"slamming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banish":{
"to drive or force out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"related":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"read out",
"shut out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
"synonyms":[
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
]
},
"to force to leave a country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalize",
"repatriate",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"shelter"
],
"related":[
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"eject",
"eliminate",
"evict",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expulse",
"kick out",
"oust",
"run out",
"throw out",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"dispossess"
],
"synonyms":[
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banishing":{
"to drive or force out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"related":[
"deforcing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"dispossessing",
"evicting",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"ostracizing",
"reading out",
"shutting out",
"axing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"defenestrating",
"discharging",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating"
],
"synonyms":[
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"dismissing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)",
"turning out"
]
},
"to force to leave a country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizing",
"repatriating",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"sheltering"
],
"related":[
"casting out",
"dismissing",
"ejecting",
"eliminating",
"evicting",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expulsing",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"running out",
"throwing out",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"dispossessing"
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"relegating",
"transporting"
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"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
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"run",
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"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
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"knot",
"lot",
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"passel",
"set",
"suite"
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"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
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"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
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"cue",
"file",
"line",
"procession",
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"train",
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"bundle",
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"group"
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"she always banks half of her paycheck"
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"take out",
"disburse",
"expend",
"give",
"lay out",
"pay",
"spend"
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"hoard",
"lay away",
"reserve",
"salt away",
"save",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"store",
"stow",
"invest"
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"deposit"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
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"as in trawler , hooker":{
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"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"torpedo boat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat"
],
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"noun"
]
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"as in counts (on or upon) , relies (on or upon)":{
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"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"trusts"
],
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"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"disbelieves",
"discounts",
"discredits",
"negates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banned":{
"that may not be permitted":{
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"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
],
"examples":[
"at one time books, movies, and plays could use \" banned in Boston\" as a selling point"
],
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"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
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"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
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"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
],
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"related":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
],
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"related":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bans":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"embargoes",
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"malisons",
"winzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
]
},
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"embargoes",
"interdictions",
"interdicts",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"vetoes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no's",
"no-nos",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"constraints",
"inhibitions",
"limitations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"deterrents",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"preventions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"objections",
"protests",
"caveats",
"warnings",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"mandates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferances",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"supports",
"compliances",
"obediences",
"submissions",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescriptions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baptism":{
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"examples":[
"the baptism of the new members of the college fraternity"
],
"synonyms":[
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"initiation",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture",
"investment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barb":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbed":{
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"barbed satire on American academia"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bare-knuckled":{
"as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bares":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bargain-basement":{
"costing little":{
"examples":[
"throughout the trip we ate at bargain-basement restaurants in order to save money"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"bargain-basement shoes that fell apart after a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
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"noun"
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"the big man barged into the room"
],
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"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"related":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"synonyms":[
"clump",
"flog",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barge (in)":{
"as in bother , horn in":{
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"near synonyms":[
"bother",
"horn in",
"break in",
"chime in",
"chip in",
"cut in",
"interpose",
"interrupt",
"intrude",
"add",
"contribute",
"put in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blow in , breeze (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"debark",
"disembark",
"check in",
"clock (in)",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"leave",
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in run in , drop in":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"come by",
"come over",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"run (over)",
"run in",
"step in",
"stop (by or in)",
"visit",
"frequent",
"hang (at)",
"haunt",
"resort (to)",
"bop (into)",
"happen (by)",
"look up",
"see"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barged":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
],
"examples":[
"the big man barged into the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"related":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"clumped",
"flogged",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barges (in)":{
"as in bothers , horns in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"bothers",
"horns in",
"breaks in",
"chimes in",
"chips in",
"cuts in",
"interposes",
"interrupts",
"intrudes",
"adds",
"contributes",
"puts in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blows in , breezes (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves",
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in runs in , drops in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"comes by",
"comes over",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"runs (over)",
"runs in",
"steps in",
"stops (by or in)",
"visits",
"frequents",
"hangs (at)",
"haunts",
"resorts (to)",
"bops (into)",
"happens (by)",
"looks up",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barging (in)":{
"as in bothering , horning in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bothering",
"horning in",
"breaking in",
"chiming in",
"chipping in",
"cutting in",
"interposing",
"interrupting",
"intruding",
"adding",
"contributing",
"putting in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blowing in , breezing (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving",
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in running in , dropping in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calling",
"coming by",
"coming over",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"running (over)",
"running in",
"stepping in",
"stopping (by or in)",
"visiting",
"frequenting",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"resorting (to)",
"bopping (into)",
"happening (by)",
"looking up",
"seeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bark":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flay",
"hull",
"husk",
"peel",
"shell",
"shuck",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"scale",
"strip",
"pare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snap",
"snarl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growl",
"grumble",
"roar",
"scream",
"shout",
"shriek",
"yell",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"blow up",
"explode",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"took a small bark out on the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bugeye",
"brigantine",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"ship",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barked":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flayed",
"hulled",
"husked",
"peeled",
"shelled",
"shucked",
"skinned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"scaled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"pared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snapped",
"snarled"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barking":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flaying",
"hulling",
"husking",
"peeling",
"shelling",
"shucking",
"skinning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"scaling",
"stripping",
"paring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snapping",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barley-broo":{
"as in whiskey , vodka":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"Dutch courage",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baron":{
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
"examples":[
"a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks"
],
"synonyms":[
"captain",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"lord",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
"Napoleon",
"prince",
"tycoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"big gun",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"figure",
"heavy",
"heavyweight",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"main man",
"mover and shaker",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"notable",
"personage",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"supremo",
"VIP",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"star",
"superstar",
"deity",
"demigod",
"god"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half-pint",
"lightweight",
"small-timer",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"nobody",
"nothing",
"zero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baronial":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"related":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"baroque":{
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
"examples":[
"eventually even the movie seems bored by its baroque violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilish",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unbearable",
"unjustifiable",
"unwarranted",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"thick",
"unseemly",
"unrestrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"minimal",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
]
},
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
"examples":[
"a thriller with a baroque plot that is sure to baffle many readers"
],
"synonyms":[
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated",
"tangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barracks":{
"a building or group of buildings typically used to house soldiers":{
"examples":[
"The soldier was moved to a different barracks .",
"He was confined to barracks for insubordination."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billet",
"cantonment",
"fort",
"garrison",
"installation",
"post",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof",
"camp",
"encampment",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in taunts , heckles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baits",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"takes off (on)",
"travesties",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"sneers (at)",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"laughs (at)",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in houses , bivouacs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in",
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barrage":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"related":[
"broadside",
"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
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"examples":[
"the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
],
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"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"catechize",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"flood",
"inundate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bombard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barred":{
"having stripes":{
"examples":[
"a tabby is a barred cat, often with black stripes"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"streaked",
"striped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corded",
"tabby"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"that may not be permitted":{
"examples":[
"smoking is barred inside the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
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"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"streaked",
"striped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazed"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
],
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"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
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"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked (off)",
"closed (off)",
"guarded",
"walled (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained (off)",
"screened (off)",
"diked",
"fenced",
"gated",
"hedged",
"bolted",
"locked",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopened",
"unblocked",
"unbolted"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"barrelled":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barrow":{
"as in truck , wheelbarrow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hand truck",
"pushcart",
"tram",
"truck",
"wheelbarrow",
"cart",
"wagon",
"wain",
"dray",
"jolt-wagon",
"oxcart",
"spring wagon",
"wagonette"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cairn , pyre":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cairn",
"pyre",
"cock",
"heap",
"hill",
"mound",
"mountain",
"pile",
"stack",
"bank",
"bar",
"drift",
"embankment",
"bed",
"layer",
"mow",
"pyramid",
"rick",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"array",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"conglomeration",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"hoard",
"huddle",
"jumble",
"knot",
"pileup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bars":{
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
"examples":[
"all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
],
"synonyms":[
"billets",
"rods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbors",
"beams",
"boards",
"crossbars",
"crossbeams",
"girders",
"bands",
"strips",
"blooms",
"ingots",
"slabs",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"crossbars",
"pinstripes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
"examples":[
"more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"banks",
"drifts",
"mounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbanks",
"snowdrifts",
"embankments",
"sandbars",
"heaps",
"hills",
"masses",
"mountains",
"stacks",
"tufts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrooms",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"cantinas",
"dramshops",
"gin mills",
"grogshops",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taprooms",
"taverns",
"watering holes",
"watering places"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouses",
"barrelhouses",
"bistros",
"bottle clubs",
"brewpubs",
"cabarets",
"dives",
"joints",
"nightclubs",
"roadhouses",
"speakeasies",
"sports bars",
"wineshops",
"package stores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
"examples":[
"rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"benches",
"courts",
"forums",
"fora",
"tribunals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal courts",
"judicatories",
"judicatures",
"judiciaries",
"high courts",
"supreme courts",
"courts-martial",
"court-martials",
"drumhead court-martials",
"inquisitions",
"kangaroo courts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"barometers",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"gold standards",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"metrics",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"instances",
"averages",
"norms",
"rules",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"deviations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"embargoes",
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks (off)",
"closes (off)",
"guards",
"walls (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains (off)",
"screens (off)",
"dikes",
"fences",
"gates",
"hedges",
"bolts",
"locks",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopens",
"unblocks",
"unbolts"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"base":{
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"staging area",
"staging ground",
"beachhead",
"camp",
"center",
"emplacement",
"footing",
"front",
"headquarters",
"installation",
"station",
"airbase",
"bastion",
"fastness",
"fortress",
"stronghold",
"battlefront",
"field",
"toehold"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridgehead",
"foothold"
]
},
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the firm belief that complete trust between partners is the base of any successful marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
]
},
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
"antonyms":[
"high",
"high-minded",
"honorable",
"lofty",
"noble",
"straight",
"upright",
"venerable",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"just",
"principled",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"commendable",
"excellent",
"exemplary",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"decent",
"proper",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"incorruptible",
"irreproachable",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring"
],
"related":[
"bad",
"evil",
"foul",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"cruel",
"vicious",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"atrocious",
"villainous",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"shameful",
"unworthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemptible",
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"dirty",
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"execrable",
"ignoble",
"ignominious",
"low",
"low-down",
"low-minded",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"snide",
"sordid",
"vile",
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],
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"high-handed",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"uppity"
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"lamblike",
"sheepish",
"demure",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"retiring",
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"fawning",
"sycophant",
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"toadyish"
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"servile",
"slavish"
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"top",
"vertex"
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"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"culmination",
"height",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
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"bed",
"bedrock",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"seat",
"underpinning"
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"bottom",
"foot",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
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"the army base is three miles down the road"
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"seat"
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"command post",
"headquarters"
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"she based her argument on careful research"
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"assume",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"suppose"
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"rest"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
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"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
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"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
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},
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"noun"
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"he hasn't been the same ever since he received that bash on his head"
],
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"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
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"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
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"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
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"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
]
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"examples":[
"I'm throwing a New Year's bash this year"
],
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"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas"
],
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"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
]
},
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"examples":[
"while golf isn't my game, I had to give it a bash while at Saint Andrews in Scotland"
],
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"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
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"assays",
"attempts",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
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"examples":[
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"related":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
],
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"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"fulminates",
"lashes (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in pounding , thrashing":{
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"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch",
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"basic":{
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
"examples":[
"you'll need a basic knowledge of computers to get any sort of office work"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"basal",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"simple",
"crude",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"rude",
"uncomplicated",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crucial",
"important",
"key"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"extensive",
"intricate",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"as in essential , must":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"essential",
"must",
"drive",
"need",
"requirement",
"stipulation",
"imposition",
"desire",
"request",
"want",
"wish",
"condition",
"provision",
"claim",
"demand",
"dun",
"importunity",
"requisition",
"ultimatum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"basis":{
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"examples":[
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination"
],
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"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basket case":{
"as in anxiety , nervous breakdown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"disquiet",
"breakdown",
"crack-up",
"nervous breakdown",
"tailspin",
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"frazzle",
"freak-out",
"meltdown",
"excitability",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"self-possession",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basket cases":{
"as in anxieties , nervous breakdowns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alarms",
"alarums",
"anxieties",
"apprehensions",
"disquiets",
"breakdowns",
"crack-ups",
"nervous breakdowns",
"tailspins",
"agitations",
"discomposures",
"perturbations",
"frazzles",
"freak-outs",
"meltdowns",
"disturbances",
"excitabilities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplombs",
"composures",
"imperturbabilities",
"placidities",
"self-possessions",
"serenities",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastardizing":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
],
"examples":[
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"related":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"diluting",
"dirtying",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"thinning",
"watering down",
"weakening",
"descending",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"blemishing",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"destroying",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tarnishing",
"wrecking",
"depreciating",
"downgrading"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baste":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bastilles":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
],
"synonyms":[
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastinade":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastinado":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastinadoes":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
],
"synonyms":[
"batons",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathe":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lap",
"lave",
"lip",
"splash",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubble",
"gurgle",
"plash",
"ripple",
"slosh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beacon",
"emblaze",
"illume",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"light",
"lighten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"beam",
"beat (down)",
"radiate",
"shine",
"enhalo",
"halo",
"floodlight",
"highlight",
"spotlight",
"blaze",
"burn",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"ignite",
"incinerate",
"kindle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"gleam",
"glisten",
"glitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure",
"cover",
"shroud",
"veil",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blacken",
"darken",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathroom":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battalions":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"arrays",
"hosts",
"legions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militias",
"national guards",
"standing armies",
"infantries",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batters":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"cannonades",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilades",
"rakes",
"strafes",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"devastates",
"hits",
"pounds",
"ravages",
"strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battery":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle-axes":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"viragoes",
"viragos",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battlefield":{
"a place where a battle takes place":{
"examples":[
"wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield"
],
"synonyms":[
"battleground",
"field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle line",
"front",
"front line",
"ground",
"beachhead",
"bridgehead",
"foothold",
"killing field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battling":{
"as in fighting , warring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fighting",
"warring",
"savage",
"vicious",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bristly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"stroppy",
"surly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"ugly",
"waspish",
"antagonistic",
"fierce",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered",
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious",
"anti-imperialist",
"antimilitarist",
"unwarlike",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"conciliatory",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"kindhearted",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"mild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"fighting",
"racing",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"vying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encountering",
"engaging",
"facing",
"meeting",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulating",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"opposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"retreating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
"warring (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"oppugning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bawled":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"he bawled for days after his dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greeted",
"grieved",
"keened",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"howled",
"screamed",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"sounded off",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bayed":{
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bawled",
"caterwauled",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squalled",
"squealed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yelled",
"yelped"
],
"synonyms":[
"howled",
"keened",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yowled"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mob was baying for revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"related":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"sounded off",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bayoneted":{
"as in piked , quilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"spindled",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced",
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bayoneting":{
"as in piking , quilling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bargained":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated",
"paltered"
],
"related":[
"argued",
"bickered",
"clashed",
"fought",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"comparison shopped",
"shopped (around)",
"bartered",
"exchanged",
"traded",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bought",
"purchased"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed",
"contracted",
"covenanted"
],
"related":[
"came around",
"came round",
"subscribed",
"underwrote",
"arranged",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differed",
"dissented",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"reneged",
"revoked",
"argued",
"contested",
"disputed",
"objected"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreed"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"negotiated"
],
"related":[
"settled (on or upon)",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"agreed",
"contracted",
"covenanted",
"argued",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hammered out",
"hashed (over)",
"reasoned",
"talked",
"talked over",
"worked out",
"renegotiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barbecue":{
"as in roast , fry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"luau",
"roast",
"festivity",
"buffet",
"luncheon",
"smorgasbord",
"blowout",
"carnival",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"party",
"shindig",
"chow",
"mess",
"repast",
"table",
"banquet",
"dinner",
"feast",
"feed",
"regale",
"spread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrows":{
"as in trucks , wheelbarrows":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hand trucks",
"pushcarts",
"trams",
"trucks",
"wheelbarrows",
"carts",
"wagons",
"wains",
"drays",
"jolt-wagons",
"oxcarts",
"spring wagons",
"wagonettes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cairns , pyres":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cairns",
"pyres",
"cocks",
"heaps",
"hills",
"mounds",
"mountains",
"piles",
"stacks",
"banks",
"bars",
"drifts",
"embankments",
"beds",
"layers",
"mows",
"pyramids",
"ricks",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"conglomerations",
"gatherings",
"groupings",
"hoards",
"huddles",
"jumbles",
"knots",
"pileups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballyhoo":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause":{
"examples":[
"the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"hype",
"publicity",
"puffery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ad",
"advertisement",
"commercial",
"message",
"plug",
"promotion",
"spot",
"word",
"banner",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"poster",
"sign",
"advertising",
"marketing",
"propaganda",
"pronouncement",
"publication",
"release",
"broadcast",
"bulletin",
"dispatch",
"newscast",
"report",
"story",
"ink",
"testimonial",
"write-up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"crack up",
"cry up",
"glorify",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"magnify",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"advance",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"boost",
"herald",
"offer",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"lay down",
"make out",
"proclaim",
"pronounce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"talk up",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandies words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercates",
"argues",
"argufies",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bail (out)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring off",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"related":[
"salvage",
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"recover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
"examples":[
"passing the medical licensing exam was an uphill battle , but she succeeded"
],
"synonyms":[
"fight",
"fray",
"scrabble",
"struggle",
"throes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"work",
"drudgery",
"grind",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"strife",
"tussle",
"war",
"warfare",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"try"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"a battle between rival gangs left two people lying dead on the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
"examples":[
"soldiers who desperately wanted to forget the horrors that they had witnessed in battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"combat",
"field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"fire",
"firefight",
"pitched battle",
"single combat",
"hostilities",
"operations",
"warfare",
"duty",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"the chess game was a real battle between two of the world's best players"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"compete",
"contend",
"face off",
"fight",
"race",
"rival",
"vie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"engage",
"play",
"jockey",
"jostle",
"maneuver",
"go out",
"try out",
"train",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encounter",
"engage",
"face",
"meet",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)",
"war (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose",
"oppugn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"checkmate",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"resist",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"confront",
"defy",
"face",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"suffer",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bands":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a band of cloth tied around his wrist"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"wreaths",
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"numerous bands of plastic held the toy securely in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"bonds",
"bracelets",
"chains",
"cuffs",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"irons",
"ligatures",
"manacles",
"shackles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"enchainments",
"enslavements",
"hindrances",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"entanglements",
"nets",
"trammels",
"traps",
"collars",
"straitjackets",
"straightjackets",
"fasteners",
"hobbles",
"hold-downs",
"holdings",
"holds",
"ties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"skunks have a band of white down their backs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"crossbars",
"pinstripes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually large group of musicians playing together":{
"examples":[
"that band is looking for a new singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"orchestras",
"philharmonics",
"symphonies",
"symphony orchestras"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brass bands",
"chamber orchestras",
"sinfoniettas",
"brasses",
"strings",
"woodwinds",
"combos",
"ensembles",
"groups",
"companies",
"troupes",
"duos",
"octets",
"quartets",
"quartettes",
"quintets",
"septets",
"sextets",
"trios"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a band of volunteer searchers found the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"brigades",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of songbirds"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begirds",
"belts",
"engirdles",
"engirds",
"enwinds",
"girdles",
"girds",
"girths",
"girts",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ties up",
"trusses",
"circles",
"enwreathes",
"loops",
"winds",
"wreathes",
"bandages",
"enswathes",
"swathes",
"chains",
"cords",
"enchains",
"lashes",
"ropes",
"shackles",
"tapes",
"wires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unlashes",
"unshackles",
"unties",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirds",
"unwraps"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"ties",
"trusses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinches",
"cords",
"ropes",
"straps",
"threads",
"wires",
"girds",
"girts",
"lashes",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"laces",
"entangles",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"twists",
"coils",
"winds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unlaces",
"unlashes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses",
"unstraps",
"unstrings",
"unthreads",
"unleashes",
"untethers",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"untangles",
"untwines",
"untwists",
"uncoils",
"unspools",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unties"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bafflements":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"his complete bafflement as to the point of the joke was in itself funny"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozlements",
"befuddlements",
"bemusements",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"discombobulations",
"distractions",
"fogs",
"head-scratchings",
"mazes",
"muddles",
"mystifications",
"perplexities",
"puzzlements",
"tangles",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashments",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"embarrassments",
"mortifications",
"agitations",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"bothers",
"commotions",
"dithers",
"flurries",
"flusters",
"fusses",
"stews",
"turmoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bails (out)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings off",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvages",
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"recovers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"perils",
"risks",
"ventures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bangs":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a sharp bang that rattled the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a sudden bang made the cat jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"pops",
"reports",
"slams",
"smashes",
"snaps",
"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 pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the most bang for her money at the attractions at the county fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"boots",
"charges",
"exhilarations",
"frissons",
"jollies",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"thrills",
"titillations",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousals",
"buzzes",
"electrifications",
"highs",
"intoxications",
"jolts",
"shocks",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"delectations",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"joys",
"lifts",
"pleasures",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"treats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closes",
"shuts",
"stops",
"bars",
"battens (down)",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"seals",
"secures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bakers":{
"someone who bakes bread, cakes, etc.":{
"examples":[
"I'm a very good baker , especially of pies.",
"She's a successful baker who opened a chain of bakeries."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"p\u00e2tissiers",
"patissiers",
"chefs",
"cookers",
"cooks",
"culinarians",
"barbecuers",
"grillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balkiness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"the teen's unrelenting balkiness was truly frustrating"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"related":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barricades":{
"a physical object that blocks the way":{
"examples":[
"the police put up barricades to block off the parade route"
],
"synonyms":[
"barriers",
"fences",
"hedges",
"walls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"pales",
"palings",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"roadblocks",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"restraints",
"snags",
"buffers",
"bulwarks",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"dams",
"fenders",
"pads",
"ramparts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"gates",
"portals",
"breaks",
"gaps",
"passes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"blockades",
"blocks (off)",
"closes (off)",
"guards",
"walls (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains (off)",
"screens (off)",
"dikes",
"fences",
"gates",
"hedges",
"bolts",
"locks",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopens",
"unblocks",
"unbolts"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banked":{
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hilled",
"mounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaped",
"piled",
"pyramided",
"stacked",
"embanked",
"bunched",
"bundled",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"massed",
"wadded",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collected",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"grouped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid away",
"reserved",
"salted away",
"saved",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"stored",
"stowed",
"invested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took out",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"gave",
"laid out",
"paid",
"spent"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barnstorms":{
"as in traipses , gallivants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"knocks (about)",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders",
"buses",
"busses",
"cabs",
"coaches",
"cruises",
"drives",
"flies",
"gigs",
"jets",
"motors",
"navigates",
"rides",
"rolls",
"sails",
"trundles",
"journeys",
"peregrinates",
"pilgrimages",
"tours",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"voyages",
"migrates",
"road-trips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"basing":{
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"she based her argument on careful research"
],
"synonyms":[
"grounding",
"hanging",
"predicating",
"resting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"assuming",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"supposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankable":{
"as in lucrative , profitable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"economic",
"fat",
"gainful",
"juicy",
"lucrative",
"moneymaking",
"money-spinning",
"paying",
"profitable",
"remunerative",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"favorable",
"rewarding",
"useful",
"worthwhile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unprofitable",
"disadvantageous",
"unfavorable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"balled":{
"as in bulbous , rounded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"spherical",
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form into a round compact mass":{
"examples":[
"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerated",
"rolled",
"rounded",
"wadded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"beaded",
"pearled",
"pelleted",
"pelletized",
"sphered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flattened",
"opened",
"smoothed",
"spread",
"unfolded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrolled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"balloon":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"related":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"related":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backlog":{
"a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed":{
"examples":[
"We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barters":{
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"examples":[
"according to our barter agreement, I do all of the mechanical work on my neighbor's car, and he does all of my snow removal"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-and-forths",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"reciprocations",
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in negotiates , transacts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargains",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates",
"transacts",
"deals",
"trades",
"traffics",
"auctions",
"exchanges",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"rebuys",
"resells",
"swaps",
"buys",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"distributes",
"fair-trades",
"markets",
"peddles",
"retails",
"sells",
"supplies",
"vends",
"wholesales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banishments":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment , he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportations",
"displacements",
"exiles",
"expatriations",
"expulsions",
"relegations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracisms",
"extraditions",
"diasporas",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"emigrations",
"migrations",
"evacuations",
"ethnic cleansings",
"transportations",
"dispossessions",
"ejections",
"ousters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriations",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baseness":{
"as in hellishness , cursedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barouches":{
"as in caroches , buckboards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banged away (at)":{
"as in battered , buffeted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"enveloped",
"flanked",
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baby carriage":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"twins in a double baby carriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggy",
"buggy",
"perambulator",
"pram",
"pushchair",
"stroller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinet",
"cradle",
"crib",
"carry-cot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batons":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang-up":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"you did a bang-up job on this sales report"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in break , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"shatter",
"spoil",
"graffiti",
"tag",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"raven",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"desecrate",
"violate",
"sabotage",
"deface",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"depredate",
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack",
"spoliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"salvage",
"build",
"rebuild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"balancing":{
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
"examples":[
"tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child"
],
"synonyms":[
"equalizing",
"equating",
"evening",
"leveling",
"levelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equilibrating",
"equipoising",
"accommodating",
"adjusting",
"compensating",
"fitting",
"counterbalancing",
"homogenizing",
"normalizing",
"regularizing",
"standardizing",
"democratizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disequilibrating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election"
],
"synonyms":[
"dithering",
"faltering",
"halting",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"scrupling",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hawing",
"hemming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"lingering",
"pausing",
"procrastinating",
"waiting",
"backing down",
"chickening (out)",
"considering",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"waffling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deciding",
"budging",
"stirring",
"advancing",
"continuing"
],
"antonyms":[
"diving (in)",
"plunging (in)"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"babblings":{
"as in chatter , babbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabbles",
"jabberings",
"jabbers",
"prattles",
"ramblings",
"rumors",
"undertones",
"whispers",
"grunts",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bazaar":{
"an establishment where goods are sold to consumers":{
"examples":[
"we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts"
],
"synonyms":[
"emporium",
"shop",
"shoppe",
"store"
],
"near synonyms":[
"market",
"marketplace",
"outlet",
"showroom",
"boutique",
"chain store",
"department store",
"dime store",
"exchange",
"five-and-ten",
"five-and-dime",
"mart",
"mini-mart",
"thrift shop",
"variety store",
"big box",
"supercenter",
"superstore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bar":{
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
"examples":[
"all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
],
"synonyms":[
"billet",
"rod"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbor",
"beam",
"board",
"crossbar",
"crossbeam",
"girder",
"band",
"strip",
"bloom",
"ingot",
"slab",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"crossbar",
"pinstripe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
"examples":[
"more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"bank",
"drift",
"mound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbank",
"snowdrift",
"embankment",
"sandbar",
"heap",
"hill",
"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
"examples":[
"rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"bench",
"court",
"forum",
"tribunal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal court",
"judicatory",
"judicature",
"judiciary",
"high court",
"supreme court",
"court-martial",
"drumhead court-martial",
"inquisition",
"kangaroo court"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"halt",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stop",
"embargo",
"exclude",
"rule out",
"shut out",
"debar",
"deprive",
"disallow",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"veto",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"authorize",
"license",
"licence",
"warrant",
"abet",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"support",
"bid",
"command",
"order",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricade",
"block (off)",
"blockade",
"close (off)",
"guard",
"wall (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain (off)",
"screen (off)",
"dike",
"fence",
"gate",
"hedge",
"bolt",
"lock",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopen",
"unblock",
"unbolt"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar"
]
},
"not including":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the company is invited, bar none"
],
"synonyms":[
"apart from",
"aside from",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"baddies":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"synonyms":[
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawdries":{
"as in languages , scurrilities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"languages",
"scurrilities",
"curses",
"cusses",
"cusswords",
"dirty words",
"expletives",
"four-letter words",
"obscenities",
"profanities",
"swears",
"swearwords",
"vulgarisms",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"epithets",
"names",
"oaths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle royals":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baring":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confiding",
"sharing",
"debunking",
"showing up",
"unclothing",
"undraping",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"bringing out",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"giving away",
"leaking",
"informing",
"squealing",
"talking",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"relating",
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"owning",
"disinterring",
"raking up",
"smoking out",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balk":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"the constant interruptions proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffle",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"clog",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"set back",
"short-circuit",
"stall",
"stop",
"avert",
"forestall",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"counteract",
"offset",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"overcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backstabbings":{
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayals",
"businesses",
"disloyalties",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"sellouts",
"treacheries",
"treasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"guiles",
"frauds",
"talebearings",
"trickeries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependabilities",
"reliabilities",
"defenses",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiances",
"devotions",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bashfully":{
"as in shyly , diffidently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"barbaric":{
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"a barbaric dictator who tortured his own people with no qualms"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
]
},
"not civilized":{
"examples":[
"the barbaric forebears of modern mankind"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"barbarous",
"heathen",
"heathenish",
"natural",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"rude",
"savage",
"uncivil",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rough",
"uncouth",
"uncultured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultured",
"enlightened",
"humane",
"sophisticated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"polite",
"refined",
"urbane",
"well-bred",
"semicivilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"balks":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"the constant interruptions proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffles",
"beats",
"checkmates",
"discomfits",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"clogs",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"sets back",
"short-circuits",
"stalls",
"stops",
"averts",
"forestalls",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"counteracts",
"offsets",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"overcomes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baths":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"after a night in that tropical heat I was practically drowning in a bath of sweat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"retired to the upstairs bath to freshen up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawdiness":{
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"examples":[
"the bawdiness of the song makes it inappropriate for children"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang up":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"you did a bang-up job on this sales report"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in break , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"shatter",
"spoil",
"graffiti",
"tag",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"raven",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"desecrate",
"violate",
"sabotage",
"deface",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"depredate",
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack",
"spoliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"salvage",
"build",
"rebuild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"baksheesh":{
"as in payoff , kickback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kickback",
"payoff",
"backhander",
"boodle",
"bribe",
"cumshaw",
"fix",
"sop",
"slush fund",
"incentive",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"inducement",
"allurement",
"bait",
"enticement",
"lure",
"seduction",
"temptation",
"turn-on",
"flattery",
"persuasion",
"decoy",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barricading":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"blockading",
"blocking (off)",
"closing (off)",
"guarding",
"walling (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining (off)",
"screening (off)",
"diking",
"fencing",
"gating",
"hedging",
"bolting",
"locking",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopening",
"unblocking",
"unbolting"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banning":{
"the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the banning of the use of foul language at town council meetings was long overdue"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"charging",
"decreeing",
"dictation",
"direction",
"instruction",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"dissuading",
"repression",
"suppression",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowance",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"toleration",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"encouragement",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"halting",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"stopping",
"embargoing",
"excluding",
"ruling out",
"shutting out",
"debarring",
"depriving",
"disallowing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"vetoing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"authorizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"warranting",
"abetting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"supporting",
"bidding",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"closing out",
"counting (out)",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"freezing out",
"ruling out",
"shutting out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"suspending",
"deterring",
"staving off",
"warding (off)",
"checking off",
"disregarding",
"combing (out)",
"weeding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"embracing",
"entertaining",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"unbanning"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitting",
"including"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandits":{
"a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals":{
"examples":[
"They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"muggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backpacking":{
"as in caravanning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caravanning",
"caravaning",
"bedding (down)",
"sleeping out",
"tenting",
"bivouacking",
"camping (out)",
"encamping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baldrics":{
"as in bandoliers , Sam Browne belts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandoliers",
"bandoleers",
"Sam Browne belts",
"circles",
"loops",
"ribbons",
"rings",
"cesti",
"obis",
"bands",
"waistbands",
"belts",
"ceintures",
"cinctures",
"cummerbunds",
"cumberbunds",
"girdles",
"sashes",
"self-belts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballooning":{
"as in dilating , turgescent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dilating",
"turgescent",
"ventricose",
"bulging",
"dilated",
"protuberant",
"ballooned",
"blown up",
"expanded",
"bloated",
"blown",
"distended",
"overinflated",
"puffed",
"swollen",
"tumescent",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"varicose",
"varicosed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"detumescent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skydiving , paragliding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring",
"aeronautics",
"aviation",
"flight",
"flying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pooching",
"pouching",
"pouting",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barques":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flay",
"hull",
"husk",
"peel",
"shell",
"shuck",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"scale",
"strip",
"pare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snap",
"snarl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growl",
"grumble",
"roar",
"scream",
"shout",
"shriek",
"yell",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"blow up",
"explode",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"took a small bark out on the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bugeye",
"brigantine",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"ship",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backwater":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battering":{
"as in pounding , thrashing":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"bashing",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch",
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
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"bashing",
"basting",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzing",
"blitzkrieging",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bathing":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapping",
"laving",
"lipping",
"splashing",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbling",
"gurgling",
"plashing",
"rippling",
"sloshing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaconing",
"emblazing",
"illuminating",
"illuming",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"lighting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"beaming",
"beating (down)",
"radiating",
"shining",
"enhaloing",
"haloing",
"floodlighting",
"highlighting",
"spotlighting",
"blazing",
"burning",
"firing",
"flaming",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"igniting",
"incinerating",
"kindling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"gleaming",
"glistening",
"glittering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring",
"covering",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackening",
"darkening",
"obfuscating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathed":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"covered the victim's burns with bathed bandages"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapped",
"laved",
"lipped",
"splashed",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbled",
"gurgled",
"plashed",
"rippled",
"sloshed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaconed",
"emblazed",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"beamed",
"beat (down)",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"enhaloed",
"haloed",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"flamed",
"glared",
"glowed",
"ignited",
"incinerated",
"kindled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"gleamed",
"glistened",
"glittered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured",
"covered",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackened",
"darkened",
"obfuscated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"backs (up)":{
"as in testifies (to) , vouches (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouches",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses",
"argues",
"attests",
"authenticates",
"bears out",
"certifies",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"supports",
"validates",
"verifies",
"vindicates",
"guarantees",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"professes",
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sets , hardens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"hardens",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flows",
"pours",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams",
"arises",
"disembogues",
"effuses",
"emanates",
"issues",
"springs",
"courses",
"races",
"rushes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back of":{
"at, to, or toward the rear of":{
"examples":[
"the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"abaft",
"behind"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"ahead of"
],
"antonyms":[
"before"
]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"bauble":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"picked up some cheap baubles at the fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"conversation piece",
"collectible",
"collectable",
"collector's item"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barnyard":{
"as in earthy , vulgar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"leering",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bags":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"she carries her towel and other supplies to the beach in a bright, colorful bag slung over her arm"
],
"synonyms":[
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"traveling bags",
"wallets",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"backpacks",
"barracks bags",
"duffel bags",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"rucksacks",
"satchels",
"totes",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"tote bags",
"ditty bags",
"flight bags",
"garment bags",
"kit bags",
"shopping bags",
"work bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"she keeps her keys, phone, and wallet each in separate compartments in her bag so that she always knows where they are"
],
"synonyms":[
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"billfolds",
"wallets",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the shirt bagged at the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"balloons",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"bagged a deer while hunting last weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"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"
]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"if the supervisor says one more nasty thing to me, I'm going to bag this stupid job"
],
"synonyms":[
"chucks",
"leaves",
"quits",
"resigns (from)",
"retires (from)",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"vacates",
"drops out (of)",
"throws up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stays (at)"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged a full fellowship at one of the nation's leading universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged an acting nomination for a truly inspired performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bangles":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"charms",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lockets",
"teardrops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basal":{
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
"examples":[
"many students lacked even a basal familiarity with the topic"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"simple",
"crude",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"rude",
"uncomplicated",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crucial",
"important",
"key"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"extensive",
"intricate",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"refined"
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"advanced"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in philistinism , barbarianism":{
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"barbarianism",
"philistinism",
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"polish",
"refinement",
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bartering":{
"as in trade , business":{
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"near synonyms":[
"business",
"commerce",
"marketplace",
"trade",
"traffic",
"e-tail",
"merchandising",
"retailing",
"wholesaling",
"dealings",
"horse-trading",
"black market",
"gray market",
"free trade"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in negotiating , transacting":{
"examples":[],
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"bargaining",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"transacting",
"dealing",
"trading",
"trafficking",
"auctioning",
"exchanging",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"rebuying",
"reselling",
"swapping",
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"distributing",
"fair-trading",
"marketing",
"peddling",
"retailing",
"selling",
"supplying",
"vending",
"wholesaling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandage":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
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"bind",
"dress",
"swathe"
],
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"attend",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"treat",
"cure",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tape , strap":{
"examples":[],
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"band",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"strip",
"slat"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ballasts":{
"heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air \u2014 often used figuratively":{
"examples":[
"A large amount of ballast kept the boat from capsizing.",
"She provided the ballast the family needed in times of stress."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"deadweights",
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights",
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backhanders":{
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
"examples":[
"the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm"
],
"synonyms":[
"boodles",
"bribes",
"cumshaws",
"fixes",
"sops"
],
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"baksheeshs",
"kickbacks",
"payoffs",
"slush funds",
"incentives",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulations",
"stimuli",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"inducements",
"allurements",
"baits",
"enticements",
"lures",
"seductions",
"temptations",
"turn-ons",
"flatteries",
"persuasions",
"decoys",
"snares",
"traps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankrupt":{
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the company's product development team was bankrupt of ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"devoid",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank",
"empty",
"innocent",
"stark",
"vacant",
"wanting",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"partial",
"short",
"absent",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"abounding",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"ruin"
],
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"beggar",
"impoverish",
"pauperize",
"reduce",
"straiten",
"clean (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enrich",
"richen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in delinquent , derelict":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insolvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insolvent",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif",
"almsman",
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"ne'er-do-well",
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"have-not",
"indigent",
"pauper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"billionaire",
"billionairess",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"millionairess",
"magnate",
"moneymaker",
"nabob",
"success",
"tycoon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backstage":{
"in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others":{
"examples":[
"some of the most important decisions were made backstage , and only presented to the full committee afterward"
],
"synonyms":[
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
]
},
"as in offstage , offscreen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"personal",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"barometer":{
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banquet":{
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinner",
"feast",
"feed",
"regale",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"mess",
"repast",
"table",
"blowout",
"carnival",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"party",
"shindig",
"festivity",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"luau",
"roast",
"buffet",
"luncheon",
"smorgasbord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dine",
"feast",
"junket",
"regale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"cater",
"feed",
"provision",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"recognize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banderol":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backsliding":{
"as in unfaithful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unfaithful",
"nonreligious",
"secular",
"unspiritual",
"worldly",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"antireligious",
"faithless",
"godless",
"impious",
"irreligious",
"ungodly",
"unholy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"spiritual",
"worshipful",
"pietistic",
"religiose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in relapsing , lapsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapsing",
"relapsing",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"returning",
"reverting",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ballistic":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"she went ballistic when she discovered her brother reading her e-mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bashings":{
"as in thrashings , batterings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches",
"bumps",
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathtub gin":{
"as in red-eye , rotgut":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"red-eye",
"rotgut",
"bootleg",
"moonshine",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning",
"alcohol",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"potable",
"rum",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a band of cloth tied around his wrist"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"wreath",
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"furl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"spire",
"twirl",
"whorl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"numerous bands of plastic held the toy securely in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"manacle(s)",
"shackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"constraint",
"curb",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"hindrance",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"entanglement",
"net",
"trammel",
"trap",
"collar",
"straitjacket",
"straightjacket",
"fastener",
"hobble",
"hold",
"hold-down",
"holding",
"tie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"skunks have a band of white down their backs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"crossbar",
"pinstripe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually large group of musicians playing together":{
"examples":[
"that band is looking for a new singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"orchestra",
"philharmonic",
"symphony",
"symphony orchestra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brass band",
"chamber orchestra",
"sinfonietta",
"brasses",
"strings",
"woodwinds",
"combo",
"ensemble",
"group",
"company",
"troupe",
"duo",
"octet",
"quartet",
"quartette",
"quintet",
"septet",
"sextet",
"trio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a band of volunteer searchers found the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"brigade",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"platoon",
"squad",
"team"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalion",
"corps",
"troop",
"force",
"host",
"posse",
"stable",
"troupe",
"administration",
"department",
"help",
"personnel",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
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"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of songbirds"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tie up",
"truss",
"circle",
"enwreathe",
"loop",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"bandage",
"enswathe",
"swathe",
"chain",
"cord",
"enchain",
"lash",
"rope",
"shackle",
"tape",
"wire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unlash",
"unshackle",
"untie",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"tie",
"truss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinch",
"cord",
"rope",
"strap",
"thread",
"wire",
"gird",
"girt",
"lash",
"leash",
"tether",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"lace",
"entangle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"twist",
"coil",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unlace",
"unlash",
"unloose",
"unloosen",
"unstrap",
"unstring",
"unthread",
"unleash",
"untether",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist",
"uncoil",
"unspool",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"untie"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barbarous":{
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"a monarch resorting to whatever barbarous means he deemed necessary to protect his throne"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
]
},
"not civilized":{
"examples":[
"an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"barbaric",
"heathen",
"heathenish",
"natural",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"rude",
"savage",
"uncivil",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rough",
"uncouth",
"uncultured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultured",
"enlightened",
"humane",
"sophisticated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"polite",
"refined",
"urbane",
"well-bred",
"semicivilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"baggy":{
"as in saggy , blousy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blousy",
"saggy",
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight",
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"baptismal name":{
"as in first name , Christian name":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"misnomer",
"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nomenclature",
"title",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babel":{
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
"examples":[
"on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedlam",
"circus",
"madhouse",
"scrum",
"three-ring circus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"pandemonium",
"racket",
"ruckus",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"brouhaha",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"din",
"hubbub",
"noise",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mess",
"muss",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arcadia",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"order",
"orderliness",
"organization",
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"respite",
"hush",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backdrops":{
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
"examples":[
"visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop"
],
"synonyms":[
"backgrounds",
"grounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"stages",
"entourages",
"environments",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foregrounds",
"centers",
"focal points",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battens (down)":{
"as in locks , bars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"closes",
"makes",
"shuts",
"steeks",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"secures",
"bangs",
"claps",
"slams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unchains",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backs down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs off",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"finks out",
"reneges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"backpedals",
"backtracks",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupted":{
"as in bankrupt , insolvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous",
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"ruined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"impoverished",
"pauperized",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"backslides":{
"as in lapses , relapses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapses",
"relapses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions",
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in relapses , lapses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapses",
"relapses",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"returns",
"reverts",
"throws back",
"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses",
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backstreet":{
"as in crossroad , branch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corridor",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barcarolles":{
"as in chanteys , folk songs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastards":{
"an illegitimate child":{
"examples":[
"one of history's most illustrious bastards was England's first Norman king, William the Conqueror"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-blows",
"love children",
"whoresons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nephews",
"nieces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"that lucky bastard has won the raffle three times in a row"
],
"synonyms":[
"blokes",
"bucks",
"cats",
"chappies",
"chaps",
"dudes",
"fellas",
"fellers",
"fellows",
"galoots",
"gentlemen",
"gents",
"guys",
"hombres",
"jacks",
"joes",
"jokers",
"lads",
"males",
"men"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masters",
"misters",
"sirs",
"buddies",
"busters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"that bastard's behavior was completely out of line"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"snakes",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banes":{
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane , the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"curses",
"nemeses",
"scourges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"armors",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"safeties",
"securities",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
]
},
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
"examples":[
"a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf"
],
"synonyms":[
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidotes",
"antivenins",
"antivenoms",
"mithridates",
"cures",
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"panaceas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bargaining":{
"as in dealing , haggling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"logrolling",
"reciprocation",
"recompense",
"requital",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"back-and-forth",
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"paltering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bickering",
"clashing",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"comparison shopping",
"shopping (around)",
"bartering",
"exchanging",
"trading",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"buying",
"purchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"subscribing",
"underwriting",
"arranging",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differing",
"dissenting",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"reneging",
"revoking",
"arguing",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"objecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeing"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"negotiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settling (on or upon)",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hammering out",
"hashing (over)",
"reasoning",
"talking",
"talking over",
"working out",
"renegotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bach":{
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
"examples":[
"maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabin",
"camp",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"lodge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dacha",
"summerhouse",
"bungalow",
"cot",
"hut",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bag":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"she carries her towel and other supplies to the beach in a bright, colorful bag slung over her arm"
],
"synonyms":[
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"backpack",
"barracks bag",
"duffel bag",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"rucksack",
"satchel",
"tote",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"tote bag",
"ditty bag",
"flight bag",
"garment bag",
"kit bag",
"shopping bag",
"work bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"she keeps her keys, phone, and wallet each in separate compartments in her bag so that she always knows where they are"
],
"synonyms":[
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"clutch bag",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"billfold",
"wallet",
"compact",
"vanity",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"shoulder bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the shirt bagged at the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"bagged a deer while hunting last weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"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"
]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"if the supervisor says one more nasty thing to me, I'm going to bag this stupid job"
],
"synonyms":[
"chuck",
"leave",
"quit",
"resign (from)",
"retire (from)",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"vacate",
"drop out (of)",
"throw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stay (at)"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged a full fellowship at one of the nation's leading universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged an acting nomination for a truly inspired performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banqueting":{
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"feasting",
"junketing",
"regaling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"recognizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupts":{
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"busts",
"ruins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"impoverishes",
"pauperizes",
"reduces",
"straitens",
"cleans (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriches",
"richens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in delinquents , derelicts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insolvents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insolvents",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"almsmen",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"have-nots",
"indigents",
"paupers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluents",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"moneybags",
"plutocrats",
"billionaires",
"billionairesses",
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"millionairesses",
"magnates",
"moneymakers",
"nabobs",
"successes",
"tycoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backed away":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"dropped back",
"fell back",
"pulled out",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flew",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barracks bag":{
"as in backpack , tote":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpack",
"duffel bag",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"rucksack",
"satchel",
"tote",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"carryall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"tote bag",
"ditty bag",
"flight bag",
"garment bag",
"kit bag",
"shopping bag",
"work bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawl out":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ballyhooing":{
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"cracking up",
"crying up",
"glorifying",
"touting",
"trumpeting",
"tub-thumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"advancing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"boosting",
"heralding",
"offering",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"laying down",
"making out",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"hyping",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"talking up",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"barking",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"selling",
"pushing",
"acclaiming",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"recommending",
"reviewing",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bards":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetesses",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bayous":{
"a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{
"examples":[
"a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluents",
"branches",
"confluents",
"feeders",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwaters",
"brooklets",
"brooks",
"creeks",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runs",
"streamlets",
"fountainheads",
"heads",
"headstreams",
"headwaters",
"sources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distributaries",
"effluents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backhanded":{
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
"examples":[
"\"I'm amazed you did so well\" is a bit of a backhanded compliment"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"canting",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"battles royale":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banderole":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankrolls":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battening":{
"as in buttoning , belaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up",
"affixing",
"bending",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"adhering",
"bolting",
"cinching",
"clamping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinching",
"clipping",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"hanging",
"harnessing",
"hasping",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pinning",
"plastering",
"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tacking",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring"
],
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"breaking up",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unbinding",
"unfixing",
"unlashing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in filling , fattening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fattening",
"filling",
"messing",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"underfeeding",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"serving",
"waiting",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning",
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barque":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flay",
"hull",
"husk",
"peel",
"shell",
"shuck",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"scale",
"strip",
"pare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snap",
"snarl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growl",
"grumble",
"roar",
"scream",
"shout",
"shriek",
"yell",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"blow up",
"explode",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"took a small bark out on the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bugeye",
"brigantine",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"ship",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"back-channel":{
"as in closed-door , off-the-record":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public",
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barbeques":{
"as in roasts , fries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"festivities",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"regales",
"spreads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backers":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"examples":[
"backers of prison reform held a rally in front of the statehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"advocators",
"apostles",
"boosters",
"champions",
"espousers",
"exponents",
"expounders",
"friends",
"gospelers",
"gospellers",
"heralds",
"hierophants",
"high priests",
"paladins",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"protagonists",
"supporters",
"true believers",
"tub-thumpers",
"white knights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalists",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"stalwarts",
"adherents",
"cohorts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"interpreters",
"applauders",
"cheerleaders",
"encouragers",
"fellow travelers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes",
"rivals",
"belittlers",
"critics",
"faultfinders"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"opponents"
]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"all financial backers will be expected to offer some input into the company's decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarantors",
"patrons",
"sponsors",
"sureties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"advocates",
"champions",
"supporters",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"underwriters",
"coaches",
"mentors",
"teachers",
"cosponsors",
"co-sponsors",
"cosignatories",
"cosigners"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"the student's backers spoke at the school board meeting on her behalf"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"allies",
"bedfellows",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizers",
"well-wishers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"back talk":{
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
"examples":[
"his mother sent him to his room because of his constant back talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"retort",
"riposte",
"wisecrack",
"cuteness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"guff",
"impoliteness",
"nonsense",
"rudeness",
"tactlessness",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"coarseness",
"crassness",
"crudity",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluffness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crossness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"surliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"consideration",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"deference",
"respect",
"affability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backing (up)":{
"as in testifying (to) , vouching (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"arguing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in setting , hardening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelling",
"hardening",
"setting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowing",
"pouring",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming",
"arising",
"disemboguing",
"effusing",
"emanating",
"issuing",
"springing",
"coursing",
"racing",
"rushing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandit":{
"a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals":{
"examples":[
"They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"mugger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baksheeshs":{
"as in payoffs , kickbacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kickbacks",
"payoffs",
"backhanders",
"boodles",
"bribes",
"cumshaws",
"fixes",
"sops",
"slush funds",
"incentives",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulations",
"stimuli",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"inducements",
"allurements",
"baits",
"enticements",
"lures",
"seductions",
"temptations",
"turn-ons",
"flatteries",
"persuasions",
"decoys",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banquettes":{
"as in benches , ottomans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benches",
"ottomans",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"loungers",
"love seats",
"recamiers",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"sofas",
"squabs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandied (about)":{
"as in circulated , rumored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulated",
"noised (about or abroad)",
"rumored",
"blabbed",
"dished",
"gossiped",
"talked",
"tattled",
"wagged",
"blabbered",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"revealed",
"told",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"let on",
"suggested",
"informed",
"reported",
"snitched",
"squealed",
"tipped (off)",
"babbled",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"confided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clammed up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backpedal":{
"as in backtrack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backtrack",
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstab":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give away",
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"stand by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bangle":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"charm",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locket",
"teardrop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bareness":{
"the quality or state of being empty":{
"examples":[
"the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"vacantness",
"vacuity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hollowness",
"blankness",
"vacuum",
"void",
"nothingness",
"barrenness",
"bleakness",
"desolateness",
"availability",
"clearness",
"openness",
"depletion",
"dryness",
"exhaustion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completeness",
"abundance",
"fatness",
"repleteness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness"
]
},
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
"examples":[
"as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"birthday suit",
"bottomlessness",
"buff",
"nakedness",
"nude",
"nudity",
"raw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toplessness",
"naturism",
"nudism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrels":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
"examples":[
"a trash barrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"canisters",
"cannisters",
"cans",
"drums",
"tins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buckets",
"pails",
"cannikins",
"tin cans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"examples":[
"barrels of fine wine aging in the winery's cellar"
],
"synonyms":[
"butts",
"casks",
"firkins",
"hogsheads",
"kegs",
"kilderkins",
"pipes",
"puncheons",
"rundlets",
"runlets",
"tuns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cisterns",
"tubs",
"vats",
"cans",
"drums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barbecues":{
"as in roasts , fries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"festivities",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"regales",
"spreads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basting":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baited":{
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"I wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"needled",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"frosted",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"hagrode",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"nagged",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"troubled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"aggravated",
"exasperated",
"goaded",
"tested",
"tried",
"aggrieved",
"agitated",
"bedeviled",
"beleaguered",
"discomforted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"hectored",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"terrorized",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"beguiled",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"solicited",
"tempted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drew in",
"inveigled",
"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backgrounds":{
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
"examples":[
"they got married on a mountain top with the sunset as background"
],
"synonyms":[
"backdrops",
"grounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"stages",
"entourages",
"environments",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foregrounds",
"centers",
"focal points",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
"examples":[
"the background of that movie is the World War II era"
],
"synonyms":[
"locales",
"scenes",
"settings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrops",
"sceneries",
"sets",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"tableaux",
"tableaus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banged away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balked":{
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffled",
"beat",
"checkmated",
"discomfited",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"clogged",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"set back",
"short-circuited",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"averted",
"forestalled",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"counteracted",
"offset",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"overcame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baptized":{
"as in named , christened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed",
"denominated",
"designated",
"specified",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"tabbed",
"titled",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"exceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled",
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"baptized the child \"Anne\""
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"denoted",
"specified",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"surnamed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"examples":[
"the new sisters will be baptized with special initiation rites at the sorority house"
],
"synonyms":[
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"invested",
"seated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swore in",
"consecrated",
"enshrined",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"enlisted",
"enrolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canned",
"discharged",
"fired",
"terminated",
"mustered out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"backhands":{
"as in prints , cursives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copperplates",
"cursives",
"prints",
"running hands",
"hands",
"handwritings",
"penmanships",
"scripts",
"cacographies",
"hen scratches",
"hen tracks",
"scratches",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"autographs",
"John Hancocks",
"John Henrys",
"signatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banks on":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"He was banking on extra tips tonight to pay his bills."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"reckons",
"relies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"batching":{
"as in bunching , clustering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balling",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"archiving",
"arranging",
"collating",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backs away":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bases":{
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"she based her argument on careful research"
],
"synonyms":[
"grounds",
"hangs",
"predicates",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"assumes",
"postulates",
"premises",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"supposes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
"examples":[
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridgeheads",
"footholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"staging areas",
"staging grounds",
"beachheads",
"camps",
"centers",
"emplacements",
"footings",
"fronts",
"headquarters",
"installations",
"stations",
"airbases",
"bastions",
"fortresses",
"strongholds",
"battlefronts",
"fields",
"toeholds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"capitals",
"centers",
"centrals",
"cores",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"ground zeros",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"loci",
"meccas",
"navels",
"nerve centers",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"omphali",
"seats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting grounds",
"hives",
"hotbeds",
"hot spots",
"playgrounds",
"playlands",
"kernels",
"nubs",
"piths",
"deeps",
"thicks",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"attractions",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets",
"polestars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"the base of the mountain extends over a huge area",
"make sure the base of the stove rests evenly on the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"basements",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedrocks",
"beds",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"seats",
"underpinnings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"culminations",
"heights",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[
"heads",
"tops",
"vertices",
"vertexes"
]
},
"the place from which a commander runs operations":{
"examples":[
"the army base is three miles down the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"command posts",
"commands",
"headquarters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homes",
"seats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barony":{
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families"
],
"synonyms":[
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bantam":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"as in peewee , dwarf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"scrub",
"shrimp",
"Tom Thumb",
"mini",
"miniature",
"homunculus",
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"nubbin",
"half-pint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behemoth",
"colossus",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bamboozle":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"babysitting":{
"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
"examples":[
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babying",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching",
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backfire":{
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
"examples":[
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"boomerang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"succeed",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wildfire , bonfire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bonfire",
"brush fire",
"campfire",
"forest fire",
"wildfire",
"conflagration",
"holocaust",
"inferno",
"blaze",
"flare-up",
"arson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backpedals":{
"as in backtracks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backtracks",
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"finks out",
"reneges",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bath":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"after a night in that tropical heat I was practically drowning in a bath of sweat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"retired to the upstairs bath to freshen up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouths":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandying":{
"as in quipping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quipping",
"bantering",
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"arguing",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bawling":{
"as in crying , sobbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"keening",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"sentimental",
"misty",
"misty-eyed",
"moist",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary",
"weepy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"lugubrious",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"miserable",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jovial",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"he bawled for days after his dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbering",
"blubbing",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greeting",
"grieving",
"keening",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"howling",
"screaming",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"holloing",
"hallooing",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"sounding off",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowing",
"whooping",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrilling",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"ululating",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"hailing",
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"balmy":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back"
],
"synonyms":[
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
"examples":[
"a balmy spring day"
],
"synonyms":[
"clement",
"equable",
"genial",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
]
},
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
"examples":[
"a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"gentle",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"softening",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"the balmy notion that the IRS wouldn't collect taxes on his lottery winnings"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bastions":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup"
],
"synonyms":[
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babysitter":{
"a person employed to care for a young child or children":{
"examples":[
"a babysitter who is a great favorite with the kids because he's always thinking of fun things to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry nurse",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"nursemaid",
"nurser",
"sitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amah",
"ayah",
"au pair",
"bonne",
"mammy",
"duenna",
"fraulein",
"governess",
"mademoiselle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bah":{
"as in ah , boo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ah",
"boo",
"humph",
"pish",
"pooh",
"pshaw",
"sheesh",
"tush",
"tut",
"tut-tut",
"faugh",
"fie",
"phew",
"phooey",
"rats",
"ugh",
"yech",
"yecch",
"yuck",
"yuk",
"alack",
"alas",
"woe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"barnstormers":{
"as in aces , flyboys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bush pilots",
"copilots",
"flyboys",
"test pilots",
"airmen",
"aviators",
"birdmen",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in performers , entertainers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enactors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"actors",
"impersonators",
"mummers",
"players",
"thespians",
"thesps",
"troupers",
"actresses",
"starlets",
"leading ladies",
"leading men",
"leads",
"stars",
"coactors",
"co-actors",
"costars",
"co-stars",
"extras",
"spear-carriers",
"supernumeraries",
"walk-ons",
"monologuists",
"monologists",
"prima donnas",
"scene-stealers",
"doubles",
"understudies",
"comedians",
"farceurs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrios":{
"as in ghettos , enclaves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enclaves",
"ghettos",
"ghettoes",
"hoods",
"'hoods",
"districts",
"nabes",
"neighborhoods",
"quarters",
"sections",
"belts",
"zones",
"departments",
"divisions",
"parts",
"precincts",
"wards",
"backyards",
"localities",
"places",
"regions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batting (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"arguing",
"bandying",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bailing":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstairs":{
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"an influential Washington lobbyist who has been involved in a number of backstairs deals to limit regulation of financial institutions"
],
"synonyms":[
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barters (for)":{
"as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"bids",
"offers",
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandying (about)":{
"as in circulating , rumoring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbing",
"dishing",
"gossiping",
"talking",
"tattling",
"wagging",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baubles":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"picked up some cheap baubles at the fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backstopped":{
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"launched",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"succored",
"sustained",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"nurtured",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"favored",
"obliged",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"strangled",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"inconvenienced",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stifled",
"straitened",
"stunted",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baptisms of fire":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"The EMT received a baptism of fire when she was called to a serious emergency her first day on the job."
],
"synonyms":[
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"ordeals",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"adversities",
"afflictions",
"asperities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"privations",
"tragedies",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"vicissitudes",
"woes",
"acid tests",
"litmus tests",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"annoyances",
"discomforts",
"inconveniences",
"nuisances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bandied":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"argued",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstreets":{
"as in crossroads , branches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"corridors",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barley-brees":{
"as in whiskeys , vodkas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"Dutch courages",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"background":{
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
"examples":[
"they got married on a mountain top with the sunset as background"
],
"synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"ground"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set",
"stage",
"entourage",
"environment",
"milieu",
"setting",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreground",
"center",
"focal point",
"focus",
"heart"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
"examples":[
"the background of that movie is the World War II era"
],
"synonyms":[
"locale",
"scene",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"scenery",
"set",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"tableau"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backpacks":{
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"kit bags",
"knapsacks",
"packs",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversacks",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"fanny packs",
"school bags",
"seabags",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in caravans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caravans",
"beds (down)",
"sleeps out",
"tents",
"bivouacs",
"camps (out)",
"encamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barged (in)":{
"as in bothered , horned in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bothered",
"horned in",
"broke in",
"chimed in",
"chipped in",
"cut in",
"interposed",
"interrupted",
"intruded",
"added",
"contributed",
"put in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blew in , breezed (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"left",
"went",
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ran in , dropped in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"called",
"came by",
"came over",
"dropped by",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"ran (over)",
"ran in",
"stepped in",
"stopped (by or in)",
"visited",
"frequented",
"haunted",
"hung (at)",
"hanged (at)",
"resorted (to)",
"bopped (into)",
"happened (by)",
"looked up",
"saw"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balance":{
"a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another":{
"examples":[
"in order to determine the weight of that beaker, you need to get the two pans of the scale in perfect balance"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterpoise",
"equilibration",
"equilibrium",
"equipoise",
"poise",
"stasis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterbalance",
"offset",
"firmness",
"fixedness",
"security",
"stability",
"steadiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"changeability",
"fluctuation",
"inconstancy",
"insecurity",
"instability",
"mutability",
"precariousness",
"shakiness",
"unsteadiness",
"volatility"
],
"antonyms":[
"disequilibration",
"disequilibrium",
"imbalance",
"nonequilibrium",
"unbalance"
]
},
"a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts":{
"examples":[
"the balance of the landscaping is in keeping with the symmetry of so many 18th-century mansions"
],
"synonyms":[
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symmetry",
"symphony",
"unity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordination",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"equalization",
"equilibrium",
"evenness",
"order",
"orderliness",
"regularity",
"uniformity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorganization",
"dissonance",
"disturbance",
"tension",
"disconnectedness",
"disjointedness",
"incompatibility",
"irregularity",
"unevenness"
],
"antonyms":[
"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"incoherence",
"violence"
]
},
"a device for measuring weight":{
"examples":[
"use a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"scale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravimeter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
"examples":[
"the balance to the mountain of complaints are the many letters of praise that we also receive"
],
"synonyms":[
"canceler",
"canceller",
"corrective",
"counter",
"counteraction",
"counterbalance",
"counterforce",
"counterpoise",
"counterweight",
"equipoise",
"neutralizer",
"offset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trade-off",
"ballast",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"and the balance of the contestants should stand in that last corner"
],
"synonyms":[
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
"examples":[
"tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child"
],
"synonyms":[
"equalize",
"equate",
"even",
"level"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equilibrate",
"equipoise",
"accommodate",
"adjust",
"compensate",
"fit",
"counterbalance",
"homogenize",
"normalize",
"regularize",
"standardize",
"democratize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disequilibrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election"
],
"synonyms":[
"dither",
"falter",
"halt",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"scruple",
"shilly-shally",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haw",
"hem",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"linger",
"pause",
"procrastinate",
"wait",
"back down",
"chicken (out)",
"consider",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decide",
"budge",
"stir",
"advance",
"continue"
],
"antonyms":[
"dive (in)",
"plunge (in)"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"backbiting":{
"as in defamation , slander":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"put-down",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification",
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bazaars":{
"an establishment where goods are sold to consumers":{
"examples":[
"we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts"
],
"synonyms":[
"emporiums",
"emporia",
"shops",
"shoppes",
"stores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marketplaces",
"markets",
"outlets",
"showrooms",
"boutiques",
"chain stores",
"department stores",
"dime stores",
"exchanges",
"five-and-tens",
"five-and-dimes",
"marts",
"mini-marts",
"thrift shops",
"variety stores",
"big boxes",
"supercenters",
"superstores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banishment":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment , he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracism",
"extradition",
"diaspora",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"emigration",
"migration",
"evacuation",
"ethnic cleansing",
"transportation",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ouster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriation",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastardized":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"took down",
"blemished",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"wrecked",
"depreciated",
"downgraded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bayonetting":{
"as in piking , quilling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"spindling",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing",
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balefully":{
"as in cruelly , ruthlessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"baseless":{
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
"examples":[
"baseless rumors that the baseball player was using steroids"
],
"synonyms":[
"foundationless",
"groundless",
"invalid",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"unreasonable",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"illogical",
"irrational",
"nonlogical",
"unconscionable",
"unsound",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misled",
"wrong",
"gratuitous",
"uncalled-for",
"unnecessary",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"misleading",
"specious",
"unconvincing",
"untenable",
"weak",
"ill-advised",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"brainless",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"informed",
"logical",
"rational",
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"actual",
"genuine",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"good",
"hard",
"just",
"justified",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bagged":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the shirt bagged at the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pooched",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"bagged a deer while hunting last weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"if the supervisor says one more nasty thing to me, I'm going to bag this stupid job"
],
"synonyms":[
"chucked",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"resigned (from)",
"retired (from)",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"vacated",
"dropped out (of)",
"threw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stayed (at)"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged a full fellowship at one of the nation's leading universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged an acting nomination for a truly inspired performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backwash":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawler":{
"as in screamer , squawker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bleater",
"moaner",
"screamer",
"squawker",
"wailer",
"weeper",
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"griper",
"grumbler",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"sniveler",
"whiner",
"crab",
"grump",
"malcontent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babble":{
"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
"examples":[
"the baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"blabber",
"burble",
"double Dutch",
"double-talk",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"jabberwocky",
"mumbo jumbo",
"nonsense",
"prattle",
"slobber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"hocus-pocus",
"hokeypokey",
"twaddle",
"chatter",
"gab",
"patter",
"prate",
"tattle",
"twitter",
"cackle",
"clack",
"clatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"sputter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabber",
"blather",
"bleat",
"blither",
"gab",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"patter",
"prate",
"rattle",
"run on",
"smatter",
"tittle-tattle",
"troll",
"yak",
"yack",
"chunter",
"maunder",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"stammer",
"stutter",
"screech",
"shout",
"shriek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate",
"pronounce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
],
"synonyms":[
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bawds":{
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
"examples":[
"in the 17th century the port was a notorious hangout for Caribbean pirates and their bawds"
],
"synonyms":[
"call girls",
"cocottes",
"courtesans",
"drabs",
"hookers",
"hustlers",
"prostitutes",
"sex workers",
"streetwalkers",
"tarts",
"whores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madames",
"mesdames",
"madams",
"chippies",
"doxies",
"floozies",
"tramps",
"hussies",
"jades",
"minxes",
"coquettes",
"flirts",
"libertines",
"sirens",
"tempters",
"temptresses",
"vamps",
"wenches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babyish":{
"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
"examples":[
"the boy now thinks that playing with blocks is a rather babyish activity"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"childish",
"immature",
"infantile",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boyish",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"childlike",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simplistic",
"unsophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unchildlike",
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"back up":{
"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , harden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flow",
"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottleneck",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangle",
"gridlock",
"lock",
"congestion",
"traffic",
"crawl",
"delay",
"slowdown",
"stoppage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alternate , proxy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
"makeshift",
"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute",
"acting",
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barcaroles":{
"as in chanteys , folk songs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balkanized":{
"as in fractionalized , fractionated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"split",
"cohesionless",
"factious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unanimous",
"undivided",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bang away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ballroom":{
"as in hall , theater":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amphitheater",
"arena",
"auditorium",
"garden",
"hall",
"theater",
"theatre",
"arena theater",
"music hall",
"odeum",
"playhouse",
"theater-in-the-round",
"chamber",
"house",
"senate",
"cafetorium",
"lyceum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backpacker":{
"as in climber , mountaineer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alpinist",
"climber",
"mountaineer",
"ambler",
"hiker",
"perambulator",
"rambler",
"tramper",
"walker",
"pedestrian",
"roamer",
"rover",
"trekker",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banking (on or upon)":{
"as in counting (on or upon) , relying (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"negating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"back-and-forth":{
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"examples":[
"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
],
"synonyms":[
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"replacement",
"substitution",
"reciprocation",
"recompense",
"requital",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"bargaining",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"logrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
],
"synonyms":[
"argument",
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banging up":{
"as in breaking , hurting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"shattering",
"spoiling",
"graffitiing",
"graffiting",
"tagging",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"ravening",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"desecrating",
"violating",
"sabotaging",
"defacing",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"depredating",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"sacking",
"spoliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"salvaging",
"building",
"rebuilding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ban":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"halt",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stop",
"embargo",
"exclude",
"rule out",
"shut out",
"debar",
"deprive",
"disallow",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"veto",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"authorize",
"license",
"licence",
"warrant",
"abet",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"support",
"bid",
"command",
"order",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescription"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandy (about)":{
"as in circulate , rumor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulate",
"noise (about or abroad)",
"rumor",
"blab",
"dish",
"gossip",
"talk",
"tattle",
"wag",
"blabber",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"reveal",
"tell",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"let on",
"suggest",
"inform",
"report",
"snitch",
"squeal",
"tip (off)",
"babble",
"spill",
"confide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clam up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balked (at)":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she balked at lending him any more money"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battened":{
"as in buttoned , belayed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belayed",
"buttoned",
"did up",
"affixed",
"bent",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"adhered",
"bolted",
"cinched",
"clamped",
"clasped",
"clenched",
"clinched",
"clipped",
"glued",
"harnessed",
"hasped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"lashed",
"latched",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pinned",
"plastered",
"riveted",
"screwed",
"shackled",
"stapled",
"strapped",
"stuck",
"tacked",
"tackled",
"tied",
"toggled",
"yoked",
"coapted",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unbound",
"unfixed",
"unlashed",
"untied",
"detached",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unhooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in filled , fattened":{
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"fattened",
"filled",
"messed",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"underfed",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"served",
"waited",
"refed",
"reprovisioned",
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back":{
"earlier than the present time":{
"examples":[
"that's longer back than I can remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"ago",
"agone",
"since",
"syne"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"hence"
]
},
"toward the opposite direction":{
"examples":[
"turned back for one last comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"backward",
"backwards",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behind",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"obversely",
"reversely",
"across",
"athwart",
"counter",
"counterclockwise",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clockwise",
"deasil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"toward the rear":{
"examples":[
"concert security asked the crowd to move back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"backwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astern",
"sternforemost",
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"reversely",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"before"
],
"antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the back of the page was blank"
],
"synonyms":[
"rear",
"reverse",
"tail"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"a vulnerable point":{
"examples":[
"a candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back"
],
"synonyms":[
"Achilles' heel",
"chink",
"jugular",
"soft spot",
"underbelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downfall",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"hamartia",
"tragic flaw"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"backstop",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"succor",
"sustain",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"antonyms":[
"hinder"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being at or in the part of something opposite the front part":{
"examples":[
"she carried all the presents in the back door, as the children were playing in the front yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"hinder",
"hindmost",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rearward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dorsal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ventral"
],
"antonyms":[
"anterior",
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"frontal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bait":{
"something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap":{
"examples":[
"cheese is the traditional bait for trapping mice"
],
"synonyms":[
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambush",
"net",
"trap",
"hook",
"snare",
"troll",
"plug",
"scent",
"spinner",
"stool pigeon",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"call",
"draw",
"incentive",
"pull",
"enticement",
"seducement",
"seduction",
"temptation",
"entanglement",
"entrapment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
"examples":[
"the promise of free vacation is surefire bait to get people to agree to be chaperones for school trips"
],
"synonyms":[
"allurement",
"come-on",
"enticement",
"lure",
"siren song",
"temptation",
"turn-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"call",
"attraction",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"motivation",
"persuasion",
"seducement",
"seduction",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"decoy",
"snare",
"trap",
"entrapment",
"mousetrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"I wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"needle",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"fret",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"hagride",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nag",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"trouble",
"vex",
"aggravate",
"exasperate",
"goad",
"test",
"try",
"aggrieve",
"agitate",
"bedevil",
"beleaguer",
"discomfort",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"browbeat",
"bully",
"hector",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"plague",
"terrorize",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"solicit",
"tempt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"draw in",
"inveigle",
"persuade",
"rope (in)",
"snow",
"catch",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"magnetize",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"ward (off)",
"warn",
"drive (away or off)",
"repulse",
"turn away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bat (around)":{
"as in kick around , argue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bandy",
"chew over",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"kick around",
"moot",
"palaver",
"talk",
"talk over",
"ventilate",
"advise",
"confab",
"confabulate",
"confer",
"consult",
"counsel",
"parley",
"treat",
"rehash",
"coach",
"guide",
"tutor",
"recommend",
"suggest",
"direct",
"refer (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle royal":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baptism of fire":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"The EMT received a baptism of fire when she was called to a serious emergency her first day on the job."
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crucible",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptism",
"initiation",
"adversity",
"affliction",
"asperity",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"privation",
"tragedy",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"vicissitude",
"woe",
"acid test",
"litmus test",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"annoyance",
"discomfort",
"inconvenience",
"nuisance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"banners":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"the boat flew a bright red banner for the seaport's harbor festival"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"after the near accident, the nuclear power station is now operating under the banner of \"safety first\""
],
"synonyms":[
"catchphrases",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressions",
"idioms",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"battle cries",
"war cries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backer":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"examples":[
"backers of prison reform held a rally in front of the statehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"booster",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalist",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"stalwart",
"adherent",
"cohort",
"disciple",
"follower",
"interpreter",
"applauder",
"cheerleader",
"encourager",
"fellow traveler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe",
"rival",
"belittler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"all financial backers will be expected to offer some input into the company's decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarantor",
"patron",
"sponsor",
"surety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"advocate",
"champion",
"supporter",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"underwriter",
"coach",
"mentor",
"teacher",
"cosponsor",
"cosignatory",
"cosigner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"the student's backers spoke at the school board meeting on her behalf"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"ally",
"bedfellow",
"confederate",
"fellow traveler",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizer",
"well-wisher",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"coalitionist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"adjunct",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"fellow",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittler",
"detractor",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"opponent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bard":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetess",
"poet laureate",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backlands":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boondocks",
"boonies",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bantamweight":{
"as in heavyweight , featherweight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cruiserweight",
"featherweight",
"flyweight",
"heavyweight",
"light heavyweight",
"lightweight",
"middleweight",
"superheavyweight",
"welterweight",
"palooka",
"slugger",
"stumblebum",
"boxer",
"fighter",
"gladiator",
"prizefighter",
"pug",
"pugilist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battened (down)":{
"as in locked , barred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"closed",
"made",
"shut",
"steeked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bamboozlement":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"their bamboozlement is understandable, considering the lame instructions they got"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baking":{
"as in cremating , incinerating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"charring",
"scorching",
"searing",
"singeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banished":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deported",
"displaced",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"relegated",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast out",
"dismissed",
"ejected",
"eliminated",
"evicted",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expulsed",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"ran out",
"threw out",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"dispossessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalized",
"repatriated",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"dismissed",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforced",
"deported",
"displaced",
"dispossessed",
"evicted",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"ostracized",
"read out",
"shut out",
"axed",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"defenestrated",
"discharged",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bat":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sharp bat with a rolled-up newspaper and that fly was a goner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"riot policemen armed with bats and tear gas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"batted the lamp off the table with one strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"batted the pi\u00f1ata until it finally broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"balking (at)":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she balked at lending him any more money"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bartered (for)":{
"as in exchanged (for) , dealt (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backslide":{
"as in lapse , relapse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapse",
"relapse",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"atavism",
"return",
"nondevelopment",
"decline",
"degeneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"progression",
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in relapse , lapse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapse",
"relapse",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"return",
"revert",
"throw back",
"ebb",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"drop",
"fall",
"retrograde",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"develop",
"evolve",
"progress",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barracked":{
"as in taunted , heckled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baited",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in housed , bivouacked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered",
"took in",
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battled":{
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"competed",
"contended",
"faced off",
"fought",
"raced",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"vied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"engaged",
"played",
"jockeyed",
"jostled",
"maneuvered",
"tried out",
"went out",
"trained",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encountered",
"engaged",
"faced",
"met",
"took on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulated",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"contended",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"retreated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"scrimmaged (with)",
"skirmished (with)",
"warred (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueled",
"duelled",
"jousted",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bopped",
"buffeted",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"grappled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bumped",
"collided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"oppugned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"checkmated",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"resisted",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"suffered",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barreling":{
"as in careering , breakneck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bathing beauty":{
"as in cover girl , pinup girl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"houri",
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baffle":{
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"clog",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"set back",
"short-circuit",
"stall",
"stop",
"avert",
"forestall",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"counteract",
"offset",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"overcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she was baffled by the wording of the clause in the insurance policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in muffler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muffler",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"cocoon",
"cushion",
"cushioning",
"fender",
"pad",
"padding",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"barricade",
"cordon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bails out":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings off",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvages",
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"recovers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"perils",
"risks",
"ventures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balefulness":{
"as in darkness , devilishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"bad",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawls":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"he bawled for days after his dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greets",
"grieves",
"keens",
"laments",
"mourns",
"howls",
"screams",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"mewls",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hollos",
"halloos",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sounds off",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cries , howls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cries",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"yelps",
"yowls",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"plaints",
"whinings",
"groans",
"moans",
"wails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barter":{
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"examples":[
"according to our barter agreement, I do all of the mechanical work on my neighbor's car, and he does all of my snow removal"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-and-forth",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"replacement",
"substitution",
"reciprocation",
"recompense",
"requital",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"bargaining",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"logrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in negotiate , transact":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargain",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"transact",
"deal",
"trade",
"traffic",
"auction",
"exchange",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"rebuy",
"resell",
"swap",
"buy",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"distribute",
"fair-trade",
"market",
"peddle",
"retail",
"sell",
"supply",
"vend",
"wholesale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bald-faced":{
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"I took the remark as a bald-faced accusation that I had cheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ballyhoos":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"cracks up",
"cries up",
"glorifies",
"touts",
"trumpets",
"tub-thumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes",
"advances",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"boosts",
"heralds",
"offers",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"lays down",
"makes out",
"proclaims",
"pronounces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"hypes",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"talks up",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"barks",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"sells",
"pushes",
"acclaims",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"recommends",
"reviews",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bade":{
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"directed",
"enjoined",
"instructed",
"ordered",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"invited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"solicited",
"beckoned",
"called",
"summoned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bared":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barnstormer":{
"as in ace , flyboy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bush pilot",
"copilot",
"flyboy",
"test pilot",
"airman",
"aviator",
"birdman",
"flier",
"flyer",
"pilot",
"captain",
"skipper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in performer , entertainer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enactor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"actor",
"impersonator",
"mummer",
"player",
"thesp",
"thespian",
"trouper",
"actress",
"starlet",
"lead",
"leading lady",
"leading man",
"star",
"coactor",
"costar",
"extra",
"spear-carrier",
"supernumerary",
"walk-on",
"monologuist",
"monologist",
"prima donna",
"scene-stealer",
"double",
"understudy",
"comedian",
"farceur"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basins":{
"a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing":{
"examples":[
"They washed their clothes in a basin ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels",
"bottles",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats",
"carriers",
"cartridges",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a depressed or sunken area of land":{
"examples":[
"The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"valleys",
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses",
"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dells",
"dingles",
"glens",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"kloofs",
"ravines",
"rift valleys",
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids",
"boreholes",
"chuckholes",
"craters",
"postholes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors",
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bashfulness":{
"as in shyness , embarrassment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"constraint",
"embarrassment",
"inhibition",
"restraint",
"shyness",
"skittishness",
"faintheartedness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"concern",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"fear",
"panic",
"upset",
"worry",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"spinelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"cojones",
"guts",
"nerve",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assertiveness",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"composure",
"coolness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"backbone",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"fiber",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"gameness",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"spunk",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gutsiness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"valor",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baches":{
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
"examples":[
"maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabins",
"camps",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"lodges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dachas",
"summerhouses",
"bungalows",
"cots",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basely":{
"as in dishonorably , ignobly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly",
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"sorrily",
"wretchedly",
"degenerately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gallantly",
"grandly",
"greatheartedly",
"greatly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly",
"loftily",
"venerably",
"magnificently",
"majestically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bail":{
"as in bond , recognizance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"recognizance",
"gage",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"security",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"earnest",
"handsel",
"surety",
"warranty",
"assurance",
"oath",
"troth",
"word",
"commitment",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in loop , bow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bow",
"loop",
"bar",
"handlebar",
"hilt",
"shaft",
"grip",
"haft",
"handgrip",
"handle",
"helve",
"crop",
"whipstock",
"broomstick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hod":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hod",
"canteen",
"flagon",
"jar",
"jug",
"pitcher",
"tank",
"tub",
"vat",
"cauldron",
"kettle",
"pot",
"holder",
"receptacle",
"vessel",
"bucket",
"pail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banditries":{
"as in piracies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"piracies",
"black marketeerings",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"pilferages",
"petit larcenies",
"petty larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathos":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"a novel that wallows in bathos"
],
"synonyms":[
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battered":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzed",
"blitzkrieged",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"babying":{
"as in coddling , pampering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coddling",
"pampering",
"concern",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"lovingness",
"solicitousness",
"solicitude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carelessness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"cockering",
"coddling",
"cosseting",
"dandling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"nursing",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"wet-nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"mothering",
"obliging",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"disciplining",
"restraining",
"oppressing",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"victimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"balustrade":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"an ornately carved balustrade for the staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"banister",
"bannister",
"guardrail",
"rail",
"railing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrail",
"taffrail",
"fender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barouche":{
"as in caroche , buckboard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balm":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the balm of the restaurant's backyard garden enhances the aura of romance"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent",
"spice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawled out":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bawdy house":{
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
"examples":[
"a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagnio",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"cathouse",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"stew",
"whorehouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call house",
"crib",
"massage parlor",
"harem",
"seraglio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battlements":{
"as in ramparts , bulwarks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballyrags":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"bogarts",
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"strong-arms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusters",
"trash-talks",
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"frightens",
"horrifies",
"scares",
"shocks",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"menaces",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"bludgeons",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"forces",
"makes",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes around",
"demoralizes",
"psychs (out)",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"steels",
"convinces",
"persuades"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bailing out":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing off",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvaging",
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"recovering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"periling",
"perilling",
"risking",
"venturing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle-ax":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbarian":{
"not civilized":{
"examples":[
"people who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"heathen",
"heathenish",
"natural",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"rude",
"savage",
"uncivil",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rough",
"uncouth",
"uncultured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultured",
"enlightened",
"humane",
"sophisticated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"polite",
"refined",
"urbane",
"well-bred",
"semicivilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized"
]
},
"an uncivilized person":{
"examples":[
"the invading Germanic tribes were viewed as barbarians by the citizens of ancient Rome"
],
"synonyms":[
"heathen",
"savage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Neanderthal",
"primitive",
"noble savage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"backwoodsman":{
"as in mountaineer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mountaineer",
"peasant",
"peon",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate",
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banishes":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deports",
"displaces",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"relegates",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casts out",
"dismisses",
"ejects",
"eliminates",
"evicts",
"excludes",
"expels",
"expulses",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"runs out",
"throws out",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"dispossesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizes",
"repatriates",
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes in",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"boots (out)",
"bounces",
"casts out",
"chases",
"dismisses",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"extrudes",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"outs",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out",
"turfs (out)",
"turns out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforces",
"deports",
"displaces",
"dispossesses",
"evicts",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"ostracizes",
"reads out",
"shuts out",
"axes",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"defenestrates",
"discharges",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandbox":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"a small bandbox bed-and-breakfast decorated with taste and charm"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"as in hatbox , tinderbox":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"canteen",
"compartment",
"vault",
"coffin",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"carton",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"banister":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrade",
"guardrail",
"rail",
"railing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrail",
"taffrail",
"fender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baguettes":{
"as in cameos , teardrops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"birthstones",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balk (at)":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she balked at lending him any more money"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bay":{
"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
"examples":[
"the garage has three separate bays for cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabin",
"cell",
"chamber",
"compartment",
"cube",
"cubicle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cubbyhole",
"pigeonhole",
"snuggery",
"alcove",
"niche",
"nook",
"recess",
"cabinet",
"drawer",
"locker",
"cavity",
"hole",
"hollow",
"booth",
"box",
"crib",
"loge",
"stall",
"bunker",
"crypt",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"the bay is a favorite cruising ground for weekend yachtsmen"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"he wrote for his own personal satisfaction, not for any bays that the literary establishment might deign to bestow"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mob was baying for revenge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
"examples":[
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"keen",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawl",
"caterwaul",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yell",
"yelp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bawdy":{
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"examples":[
"a bawdy limerick that mischievous storytellers love to recite"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"baldric":{
"as in bandolier , Sam Browne belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandolier",
"bandoleer",
"Sam Browne belt",
"circle",
"loop",
"ribbon",
"ring",
"cestus",
"obi",
"band",
"waistband",
"belt",
"ceinture",
"cincture",
"cummerbund",
"cumberbund",
"girdle",
"sash",
"self-belt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barroom":{
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barfed":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
],
"synonyms":[
"gagged",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"puked",
"retched",
"spewed",
"spit up",
"spat up",
"threw up",
"upchucked",
"vomited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorged",
"regurgitated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"nauseated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banderoles":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandaging":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"dressing",
"swathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"treating",
"curing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstabbed":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ball game":{
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"I'm still in this ball game , so don't count me out yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
"examples":[
"with the new regulations in place, investors are facing a whole new ball game"
],
"synonyms":[
"deal",
"footing",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rank",
"standing",
"place",
"spot",
"state",
"score",
"status quo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balminess":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"only sheer balminess would possess someone to invest in that loser of a stock"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bardic":{
"having qualities suggestive of poetry":{
"examples":[
"\"Now the trumpet summons us again\" is one of the many bardic phrases in President Kennedy's inaugural address"
],
"synonyms":[
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"poetic",
"poetical",
"poeticized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metrical",
"metric",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"ornate",
"purple",
"glamorized",
"glamourized",
"idealized",
"romanticized",
"figurative",
"metaphoric",
"metaphorical",
"symbolic",
"symbolical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factual",
"literal",
"matter-of-fact",
"antipoetic"
],
"antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"prose",
"unlyrical",
"unpoetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"banshees":{
"a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon":{
"examples":[
"claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"hags",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"vampires",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"afreets",
"afrits",
"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrages":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"flurries",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"earfuls",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombards",
"bombs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes",
"debriefs",
"cross-examines",
"catechizes",
"annoys",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"floods",
"inundates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banshee":{
"a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon":{
"examples":[
"claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan",
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barmen":{
"as in bartenders , barkeeps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barkeeps",
"barkeepers",
"bartenders",
"waitresses",
"sommeliers",
"gar\u00e7ons",
"servers",
"waiters",
"waitpersons",
"stewardesses",
"stewards",
"headwaiters",
"ma\u00eetre d's",
"maitre d's",
"ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backdrop":{
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
"examples":[
"visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop"
],
"synonyms":[
"background",
"ground"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set",
"stage",
"entourage",
"environment",
"milieu",
"setting",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreground",
"center",
"focal point",
"focus",
"heart"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballyragged":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacked",
"bogarted",
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"strong-armed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustered",
"trash-talked",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"menaced",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"bludgeoned",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"forced",
"made",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed around",
"demoralized",
"psyched (out)",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"steeled",
"convinced",
"persuaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barring":{
"the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"most of the restaurant's customers applauded the barring of the use of cell phones in the dining room"
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"charging",
"decreeing",
"dictation",
"direction",
"instruction",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"dissuading",
"repression",
"suppression",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowance",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"toleration",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"encouragement",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not including":{
"examples":[
"we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"save",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
],
"synonyms":[
"banding",
"streaking",
"striping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"halting",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"stopping",
"embargoing",
"excluding",
"ruling out",
"shutting out",
"debarring",
"depriving",
"disallowing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"vetoing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"authorizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"warranting",
"abetting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"supporting",
"bidding",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"closing out",
"counting (out)",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"freezing out",
"ruling out",
"shutting out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"suspending",
"deterring",
"staving off",
"warding (off)",
"checking off",
"disregarding",
"combing (out)",
"weeding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"embracing",
"entertaining",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"unbanning"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitting",
"including"
]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking (off)",
"closing (off)",
"guarding",
"walling (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining (off)",
"screening (off)",
"diking",
"fencing",
"gating",
"hedging",
"bolting",
"locking",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopening",
"unblocking",
"unbolting"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"baton":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandanna":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushka",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras",
"mantilla"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"hankie",
"hanky"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banal":{
"lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character":{
"examples":[
"unlike their early work, the band's latest offering is banal and uninspiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"flat",
"insipid",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"watery",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unexciting",
"uninspiring",
"unrewarding",
"bland",
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"inane",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"mild",
"soft",
"subdued",
"tame",
"weak",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"stale",
"unexceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piquant",
"poignant",
"pungent",
"racy",
"spicy",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"entertaining",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"please find new ways of phrasing your thoughts instead of relying on banal expressions"
],
"synonyms":[
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bankrolled":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barfs":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf"
],
"synonyms":[
"gags",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"pukes",
"retches",
"spews",
"spits up",
"throws up",
"upchucks",
"vomits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorges",
"regurgitates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"nauseates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baseborn":{
"belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{
"examples":[
"in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"inferior",
"low",
"low-life",
"lowborn",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"lumpen",
"mean",
"plebeian",
"prole",
"proletarian",
"unwashed",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bourgeois",
"middle-class",
"plain",
"poor",
"simple",
"working-class",
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
"down-market",
"downscale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent"
],
"antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"high",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"lofty",
"noble",
"patrician",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
]
},
"born to a father and mother who are not married":{
"examples":[
"a baseborn child who rose to prominence in 19th-century London society"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"misbegotten",
"natural",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unfathered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatherless",
"motherless",
"nameless",
"adopted",
"orphaned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"legitimate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"babyhoods":{
"as in infancies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infancies",
"manhoods",
"womanhoods",
"majorities",
"maturities",
"blooms",
"flushes",
"heydays",
"primes",
"boyhoods",
"girlhoods",
"preadolescences",
"youths",
"adolescences",
"minorities",
"nonages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bangers":{
"a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing":{
"examples":[
"bangers and mash is classic British pub cuisine"
],
"synonyms":[
"links",
"sausages",
"wursts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bolognas",
"frankfurters",
"franks",
"hot dogs",
"kielbasas",
"kielbasy",
"knockwursts",
"knackwursts",
"liver sausages",
"liver puddings",
"liverwursts",
"pepperonis",
"salamis",
"Vienna sausages",
"weenies",
"wieners",
"weiners",
"wienerwursts",
"blood sausages",
"blood puddings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balks (at)":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she balked at lending him any more money"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barracudas":{
"an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{
"examples":[
"the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"fire-breather",
"fire-eater",
"pit bull",
"tiger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack dog",
"hatchet man",
"aggressor",
"bully",
"shark",
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"self-starter",
"battler",
"fighter",
"scrapper",
"diehard",
"militant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pushover",
"pussycat",
"reed",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"antonyms":[
"milquetoast"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"back-to-back":{
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises"
],
"synonyms":[
"consecutive",
"sequent",
"sequential",
"straight",
"succeeding",
"successional",
"successive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serial",
"constant",
"continuous",
"uninterrupted",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"next",
"posterior",
"subsequent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inconsecutive",
"inconsequent",
"nonconsecutive",
"nonsequential"
]
},
"in succession without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"consecutively",
"hand running",
"running",
"sequentially",
"seriatim",
"successionally",
"successively",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serially",
"constantly",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"repeatedly",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"subsequently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontinuously",
"intermittently",
"interruptedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"badgered":{
"as in pestered , harassed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nagged",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"egged",
"goaded",
"incited",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"spurred",
"urged",
"exhorted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bays":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"he wrote for his own personal satisfaction, not for any bays that the literary establishment might deign to bestow"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mob was baying for revenge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hollos",
"halloos",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sounds off",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
"examples":[
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"keens",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawls",
"caterwauls",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"battler":{
"as in fighter , scrapper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fighter",
"scrapper",
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"self-starter",
"diehard",
"militant",
"aggressor",
"bully",
"shark",
"attack dog",
"hatchet man",
"barracuda",
"fire-breather",
"fire-eater",
"pit bull",
"tiger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussycat",
"reed",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backing (up or away)":{
"as in retiring , withdrawing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing",
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"barranco":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"tor",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backstabbing":{
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"betraying",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving away",
"informing (on)",
"peaching",
"ratting (on)",
"shopping",
"snitching (on)",
"splitting (on)",
"telling (on)",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"saving",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"standing by"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baby buggies":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"a proud father-to-be who's looking forward to pushing a baby buggy around the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby carriages",
"buggies",
"perambulators",
"prams",
"pushchairs",
"strollers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinets",
"cradles",
"cribs",
"carry-cots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backing up":{
"as in testifying (to) , vouching (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"arguing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in setting , hardening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelling",
"hardening",
"setting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowing",
"pouring",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming",
"arising",
"disemboguing",
"effusing",
"emanating",
"issuing",
"springing",
"coursing",
"racing",
"rushing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bassinets":{
"as in cribs , cradles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cradles",
"cribs",
"baby buggies",
"baby carriages",
"buggies",
"perambulators",
"prams",
"pushchairs",
"strollers",
"carry-cots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backyard":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"purlieus",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being such only for recreation":{
"examples":[
"an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"avocational",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"Sunday"
],
"near synonyms":[
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"self-taught",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"part-time",
"weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bangs up":{
"as in breaks , hurts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"shatters",
"spoils",
"graffitis",
"tags",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ravens",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"desecrates",
"violates",
"sabotages",
"defaces",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"depredates",
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks",
"spoliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"salvages",
"builds",
"rebuilds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baronets":{
"as in viscounts , marquesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"counts",
"dukes",
"earls",
"esquires",
"marchesi",
"margraves",
"marquesses",
"marquises",
"marquis",
"masters",
"princelets",
"princelings",
"princes",
"rajas",
"viscounts",
"dons",
"hidalgos",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"seigneurs",
"seigniors",
"sheikhs",
"sheiks",
"lordships",
"sires",
"cavaliers",
"chevaliers",
"knights",
"country gentlemen",
"squires",
"gentlemen",
"grandees",
"lords",
"milords",
"noblemen",
"peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boors",
"churls",
"cottars",
"cotters",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"toilers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battening (down)":{
"as in locking , barring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"closing",
"making",
"shutting",
"steeking",
"plugging",
"sealing",
"stoppering",
"securing",
"banging",
"clapping",
"slamming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unchaining",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bafflegab":{
"language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions":{
"examples":[
"I kept asking the telemarketer what the final cost of the \"special offer\" was, and all I got was more bafflegab about deferred payments, option to cancel at any point, etc."
],
"synonyms":[
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"legalese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baiting":{
"as in mocking , taunting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"bandying",
"quipping",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful",
"bantering",
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"I wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"hassling",
"hazing",
"heckling",
"needling",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"hagriding",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"nagging",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"troubling",
"vexing",
"aggravating",
"exasperating",
"goading",
"testing",
"trying",
"aggrieving",
"agitating",
"bedeviling",
"beleaguering",
"discomforting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"terrorizing",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"betraying",
"decoying",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"soliciting",
"tempting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing in",
"inveigling",
"persuading",
"roping (in)",
"snowing",
"catching",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"magnetizing",
"wiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"warding (off)",
"warning",
"driving (away or off)",
"repulsing",
"turning away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"balling":{
"to form into a round compact mass":{
"examples":[
"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerating",
"rolling",
"rounding",
"wadding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"beading",
"pearling",
"pelleting",
"pelletizing",
"sphering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flattening",
"opening",
"smoothing",
"spreading",
"unfolding"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrolling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bastes":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banking":{
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hilling",
"mounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaping",
"piling",
"pyramiding",
"stacking",
"embanking",
"bunching",
"bundling",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"massing",
"wadding",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"reserving",
"salting away",
"saving",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"storing",
"stowing",
"investing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking out",
"disbursing",
"expending",
"giving",
"laying out",
"paying",
"spending"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bargain":{
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
"examples":[
"those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"closeout",
"markdown",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"made a bargain that one would help the other next week"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"treaty",
"binder",
"pledge",
"promise",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"palter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bicker",
"clash",
"fight",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"comparison shop",
"shop (around)",
"barter",
"exchange",
"trade",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"subscribe",
"underwrite",
"arrange",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differ",
"dissent",
"cancel",
"renege",
"revoke",
"argue",
"contest",
"dispute",
"object"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagree"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"negotiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settle (on or upon)",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hammer out",
"hash (over)",
"reason",
"talk",
"talk over",
"work out",
"renegotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandies":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barbarousness":{
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"the utter barbarousness of slavery outraged the abolitionists"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"antonyms":[
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badly":{
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"blood donors are badly needed this time of year"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"basted":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"batteaux":{
"as in skiffs , pirogues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbecuer":{
"as in griller":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"griller",
"baker",
"p\u00e2tissier",
"patissier",
"chef",
"cook",
"cooker",
"culinarian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balls":{
"a more or less round body or mass":{
"examples":[
"the little rubber ball used in racquetball",
"a ball of string"
],
"synonyms":[
"globes",
"orbs",
"spheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"globules",
"eggs",
"ellipses",
"loops",
"ovals",
"spheroids",
"circles",
"rings",
"rondures",
"rounds",
"chunks",
"clumps",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"cubes",
"rectangles",
"squares"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
"examples":[
"found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullets",
"pellets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunitions",
"cannonballs",
"caps",
"cartridges",
"charges",
"dumdums",
"gunshots",
"leads",
"loads",
"missiles",
"pops",
"projectiles",
"rounds",
"shells",
"shots",
"slugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"a ball to celebrate the inauguration"
],
"synonyms":[
"cotillions",
"cotillons",
"dances",
"formals",
"hops",
"proms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"celebrations",
"events",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"masquerades",
"masques",
"masks",
"mixers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"hoedowns",
"square dances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form into a round compact mass":{
"examples":[
"balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"beads",
"pearls",
"pelletizes",
"pellets",
"spheres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrolls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banknote":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"greenback",
"note"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"buck",
"dollar",
"simoleon",
"smacker",
"C-note",
"fifty",
"fin",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"check",
"draft",
"money order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandaged":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"dressed",
"swathed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"treated",
"cured",
"healed",
"mended",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backs up":{
"as in testifies (to) , vouches (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouches",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses",
"argues",
"attests",
"authenticates",
"bears out",
"certifies",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"supports",
"validates",
"verifies",
"vindicates",
"guarantees",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"professes",
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sets , hardens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"hardens",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flows",
"pours",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams",
"arises",
"disembogues",
"effuses",
"emanates",
"issues",
"springs",
"courses",
"races",
"rushes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backbreaking":{
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"basics":{
"general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based":{
"examples":[
"if you don't learn the basics of algebra now, you'll never master calculus"
],
"synonyms":[
"ABC(s)",
"alphabet",
"elements",
"essentials",
"fundamentals",
"grammar",
"principles",
"rudiments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basis",
"bedrock",
"cornerstone",
"foundation",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"underpinning",
"nitty-gritty",
"belief",
"canon",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"faith",
"philosophy",
"axiom",
"law",
"precept",
"tenet",
"rule",
"standard",
"theorem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"details",
"trivia"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bandoleer":{
"as in baldric , Sam Browne belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baldric",
"Sam Browne belt",
"circle",
"loop",
"ribbon",
"ring",
"cestus",
"obi",
"band",
"waistband",
"belt",
"ceinture",
"cincture",
"cummerbund",
"cumberbund",
"girdle",
"sash",
"self-belt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbs":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastardizes":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bargains (with)":{
"as in palters (with) , horse-trades (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bids",
"offers",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"rebuys",
"repurchases",
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barrancos":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the intimidating barrancas that can be found in the Sierra Nevada"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"escarpments",
"palisades",
"precipices",
"scarps",
"scars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buttes",
"cuestas",
"hogbacks",
"tors",
"bulwarks",
"embankments",
"declivities",
"drop-offs",
"pitches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bassinet":{
"as in crib , cradle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cradle",
"crib",
"baby buggy",
"baby carriage",
"buggy",
"perambulator",
"pram",
"pushchair",
"stroller",
"carry-cot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastion":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backland":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bare-knuckle":{
"as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blood-and-guts",
"in-your-face",
"take-no-prisoners",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"scrappy",
"warlike",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"grim",
"savage",
"vicious",
"menacing",
"threatening",
"bestial",
"brute",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"barbaric",
"uncivilized",
"wild",
"heartless",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"ruthless",
"unrelenting",
"wanton",
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive",
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hearty",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"compliant",
"submissive",
"tame",
"benign",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"merciful",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"human",
"humane",
"civilized",
"cultured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barrier":{
"a physical object that blocks the way":{
"examples":[
"there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying \"Keep Out\" around the trash compactor"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricade",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"pale",
"paling",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"roadblock",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"manacle",
"shackle(s)",
"constraint",
"curb",
"restraint",
"snag",
"buffer",
"bulwark",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"dam",
"fender",
"pad",
"rampart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"gate",
"portal",
"break",
"gap",
"pass"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastard":{
"born to a father and mother who are not married":{
"examples":[
"Alexander Hamilton appears to have been bothered by the fact that he was a bastard child"
],
"synonyms":[
"baseborn",
"illegitimate",
"misbegotten",
"natural",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unfathered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatherless",
"motherless",
"nameless",
"adopted",
"orphaned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"legitimate"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"an illegitimate child":{
"examples":[
"one of history's most illustrious bastards was England's first Norman king, William the Conqueror"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-blow",
"love child",
"whoreson"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nephew",
"niece"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"that lucky bastard has won the raffle three times in a row"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"that bastard's behavior was completely out of line"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"barkeeper":{
"as in bartender , barman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barman",
"bartender",
"waitress",
"sommelier",
"gar\u00e7on",
"server",
"waiter",
"waitperson",
"steward",
"stewardess",
"headwaiter",
"ma\u00eetre d'",
"maitre d'",
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basking":{
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"we blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday"
],
"synonyms":[
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backbeats":{
"as in rhythms , cadences":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beats",
"cadences",
"measures",
"meters",
"rhythms",
"hexameters",
"pentameters",
"tetrameters",
"trimeters",
"lilts",
"movements",
"sways",
"swings",
"accents",
"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"drums",
"throbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basic training":{
"as in boot camp , cadetship":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boot camp",
"cadetship",
"apprenticeship",
"externship",
"internship",
"practicum",
"training",
"education",
"grounding",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"tutelage",
"candidacy",
"probation",
"trial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backstabbers":{
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrens":{
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
"examples":[
"lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"deserts",
"desolations",
"heaths",
"no-man's-lands",
"wastelands",
"wastes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badlands",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"dust bowls",
"outdoors",
"natures",
"wildernesses",
"wilds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baddie":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bairn":{
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"examples":[
"at the Scottish festival there were traditional contests of strength and endurance, Celtic fiddlers, and groups of bairns performing Highland flings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"devil",
"hellion",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"subteen",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouth":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banditry":{
"as in piracy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"piracy",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"burglary",
"housebreaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bannister":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrade",
"guardrail",
"rail",
"railing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrail",
"taffrail",
"fender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banters":{
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffs",
"fools",
"funs",
"gags",
"japes",
"jests",
"jives",
"jokes",
"jollies",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quips",
"wisecracks",
"yuks",
"yucks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hazes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"rags",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"ridicules",
"teases",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"parodies",
"satirizes",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bantlings":{
"as in babies , infants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babes",
"babies",
"infants",
"neonates",
"nestlings",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprats",
"sprat",
"sprouts",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolkids",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"subteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"adults",
"grown-ups"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baffled":{
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
"examples":[
"baffled viewers didn't know what to make of the strange antics of the talk show host"
],
"synonyms":[
"confounded",
"hard put",
"hard-pressed",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bewildered",
"confused",
"disconcerted",
"fazed",
"embarrassed",
"flustered",
"put out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undaunted",
"unfazed",
"composed",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked",
"beat",
"checkmated",
"discomfited",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"clogged",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"set back",
"short-circuited",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"averted",
"forestalled",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"counteracted",
"offset",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"overcame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she was baffled by the wording of the clause in the insurance policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"backtracks":{
"as in reverts , about-faces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"countermands",
"reverts",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"overturns",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"strikes down",
"reverses",
"switches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backpedals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpedals",
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"finks out",
"reneges",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baloney":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"just follow my orders, and stop the baloney"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad faith":{
"as in dishonesty , deceit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batted (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"argued",
"bandied",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"ball of wax":{
"something to be dealt with":{
"examples":[
"We've moved all the boxes, but the furniture's another ball of wax ."
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"business",
"matter",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"strait",
"zero hour",
"concern",
"trouble",
"worry",
"care",
"lookout",
"responsibility",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"pickle",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"babbler":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"spending too much time with that babbler gives me a headache"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"prattler",
"talker",
"windbag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"blatherer",
"blatherskite",
"converser",
"discourser"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballparks":{
"as in parks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parks",
"bowls",
"circuses",
"coliseums",
"colosseums",
"stadiums",
"stadia",
"gymnasiums",
"gymnasia",
"gyms",
"spas",
"arenas",
"domes",
"hippodromes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang":{
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"the reform movement was just beginning when it bang ran into opposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a sharp bang that rattled the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a sudden bang made the cat jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the most bang for her money at the attractions at the county fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"boot",
"charge",
"exhilaration",
"frisson",
"jollies",
"kick",
"rush",
"thrill",
"titillation",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousal",
"buzz",
"electrification",
"high",
"intoxication",
"jolt",
"shock",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"lift",
"pleasure",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"treat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slam"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"shut",
"stop",
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"seal",
"secure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bass":{
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
"examples":[
"a man with an impressive bass voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"deep",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomy",
"tubby",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"squealing",
"thin",
"earsplitting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"strident",
"peeping",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"batting (around)":{
"as in kicking around , arguing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bandying",
"chewing over",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"kicking around",
"mooting",
"palavering",
"talking",
"talking over",
"ventilating",
"advising",
"confabbing",
"confabulating",
"conferring",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"parleying",
"treating",
"rehashing",
"coaching",
"guiding",
"tutoring",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"directing",
"referring (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baskets":{
"as in boxes , cases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"cartridges",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"carriers",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badland":{
"as in desert , wasteland":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"desert",
"waste",
"wasteland",
"outside",
"without",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"country",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"sticks",
"up-country",
"nature",
"open",
"open air",
"outdoors",
"out-of-doors",
"wild",
"wilderness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandages":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"dresses",
"swathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"treats",
"cures",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tapes , straps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bands",
"belts",
"bindings",
"girths",
"straps",
"swatches",
"swaths",
"swathes",
"tapes",
"lists",
"ribbons",
"slips",
"strips",
"slats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bait and switches":{
"a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"switcheroos",
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backfired":{
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
"examples":[
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"boomeranged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"succeeded",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"basketfuls":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babies":{
"a recently born person":{
"examples":[
"the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"children",
"infants",
"neonates",
"newborn",
"newborns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"foundlings",
"nurslings",
"sucklings",
"preemies",
"premies",
"bantlings",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"boys",
"nippers",
"tads",
"juveniles",
"minors",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"imps",
"squirts",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"girls",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"elders",
"graybeards",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"I don't care what you want, there'll be no more work for this baby today"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"acquirements",
"attainments",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a baby \u2014the shot didn't hurt that much"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussbudgets",
"fussers",
"fusspots",
"gripers",
"grumblers",
"kvetchers",
"kvetches",
"snivelers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawlers",
"bleaters",
"moaners",
"screamers",
"squawkers",
"wailers",
"weepers",
"crabs",
"grumps",
"malcontents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"cockers",
"coddles",
"cossets",
"dandles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"nurses",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"mothers",
"obliges",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"disciplines",
"restrains",
"oppresses",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"victimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bantered":{
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffed",
"fooled",
"funned",
"gagged",
"japed",
"jested",
"jived",
"joked",
"jollied",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quipped",
"wisecracked",
"yukked",
"yucked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hazed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ragged",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"ridiculed",
"teased",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"parodied",
"satirized",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barley-broos":{
"as in whiskeys , vodkas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"Dutch courages",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bachelorettes":{
"as in maids , maidens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maidens",
"maids",
"spinsters",
"bachelors",
"singles",
"exes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better halves",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"soul mates",
"domestic partners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastardize":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"balustrades":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"an ornately carved balustrade for the staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"banisters",
"bannisters",
"guardrails",
"railings",
"rails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrails",
"taffrails",
"fenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backed":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backstopped",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"launched",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"succored",
"sustained",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"nurtured",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"favored",
"obliged",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"strangled",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"inconvenienced",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stifled",
"straitened",
"stunted",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindered"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bats (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bashed":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bat (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bands (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborates",
"concerts",
"concurs",
"conjoins",
"conspires",
"cooperates",
"joins",
"leagues",
"teams (up)",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connives",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"combines",
"confederates",
"hangs together",
"interfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allies",
"associates",
"clubs",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"cooperates",
"federates",
"leagues",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabals",
"collaborates",
"gangs up",
"hangs together",
"teams (up)",
"incorporates",
"organizes",
"unionizes",
"affiliates",
"amalgamates",
"combines",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"converges",
"groups",
"joins",
"merges",
"knots",
"links",
"ties",
"weds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"dissolves",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"parts",
"segregates",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"falls out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backs (up or away)":{
"as in retires , withdraws":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs",
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bade fair":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"The weather conditions bid fair to yield a good crop."
],
"synonyms":[
"augured",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"promised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"forewarned",
"warned",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"betokened",
"foreshadowed",
"harbingered",
"portended",
"prefigured",
"presignified",
"indicated",
"signified",
"alluded",
"connoted",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bathes":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"laps",
"laves",
"lips",
"splashes",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbles",
"gurgles",
"plashes",
"ripples",
"sloshes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beacons",
"emblazes",
"illumes",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"lights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"beams",
"beats (down)",
"radiates",
"shines",
"enhaloes",
"haloes",
"floodlights",
"highlights",
"spotlights",
"blazes",
"burns",
"fires",
"flames",
"glares",
"glows",
"ignites",
"incinerates",
"kindles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"gleams",
"glistens",
"glitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures",
"covers",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackens",
"darkens",
"obfuscates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ballots":{
"a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election":{
"examples":[
"we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president"
],
"synonyms":[
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ayes",
"yeas",
"nays",
"noes",
"nos",
"non placets",
"blackballs",
"referenda",
"referendums",
"tickets",
"absentee ballots",
"Australian ballots",
"secret ballots",
"short ballots",
"write-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
"examples":[
"believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisements",
"franchises",
"suffrages",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"says",
"say-sos",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disenfranchisements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backlogs":{
"a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed":{
"examples":[
"We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"funds",
"hoards",
"inventories",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies",
"accretions",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"cumulations",
"cumuli",
"gatherings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pileups",
"agglomerates",
"assortments",
"congeries",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"motleys",
"potpourris",
"agglomerations",
"clutters",
"hashes",
"heaps",
"litters",
"masses",
"piles",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"sums",
"totalities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagnios":{
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
"examples":[
"the police staged a raid on the London bagnio , causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy houses",
"bordellos",
"brothels",
"cathouses",
"disorderly houses",
"sporting houses",
"stews",
"whorehouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call houses",
"cribs",
"massage parlors",
"harems",
"seraglios"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bastille":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
],
"synonyms":[
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babushka":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandanna",
"bandana",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras",
"mantilla"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"hankie",
"hanky"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backs off":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs down",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"finks out",
"reneges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"backpedals",
"backtracks",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banknotes":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"greenbacks",
"notes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrips",
"bucks",
"dollars",
"simoleons",
"smackers",
"C-notes",
"fifties",
"fins",
"fivers",
"fives",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"ones",
"sawbucks",
"tenners",
"tens",
"twenties",
"twos",
"cash",
"chips",
"currencies",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"checks",
"drafts",
"money orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bartering (for)":{
"as in exchanging (for) , dealing (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"bidding",
"offering",
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banging away (at)":{
"as in battering , buffeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"enveloping",
"flanking",
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backs":{
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the back of the page was blank"
],
"synonyms":[
"rears",
"reverses",
"tails"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
]
},
"a vulnerable point":{
"examples":[
"a candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back"
],
"synonyms":[
"Achilles' heels",
"chinks",
"jugulars",
"soft spots",
"underbellies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downfalls",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"hamartias",
"tragic flaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"seconds",
"sides (with)",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"plugs",
"preaches",
"talks up",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backstops",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"launches",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"comforts",
"ministers (to)",
"succors",
"sustains",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advises",
"counsels",
"guides",
"mentors",
"nurtures",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"benefits",
"favors",
"obliges",
"profits",
"serves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"restrains",
"strangles",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"inconveniences",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"represses",
"retards",
"stifles",
"straitens",
"stunts",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures"
],
"antonyms":[
"hinders"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolsters",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"shores (up)",
"substantiates",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"verifies",
"affirms",
"avouches",
"validates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barons":{
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
"examples":[
"a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks"
],
"synonyms":[
"captains",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"lords",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"monarchs",
"Napoleons",
"princes",
"tycoons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"figures",
"heavies",
"heavyweights",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"main men",
"movers and shakers",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"notables",
"personages",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"supremos",
"VIPs",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"stars",
"superstars",
"deities",
"demigods",
"gods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half-pints",
"lightweights",
"small-timers",
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"nobodies",
"zeros",
"zeroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basketful":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barrier reefs":{
"as in coral reefs , keys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atolls",
"cays",
"coral reefs",
"keys",
"islands",
"isles",
"islets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continents",
"mainlands",
"mains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bawl":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"he bawled for days after his dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"blub",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greet",
"grieve",
"keen",
"lament",
"mourn",
"howl",
"scream",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"mewl",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cry , howl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"groan",
"moan",
"wail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bang-bang":{
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
"examples":[
"the film lacks compelling characters, but it has plenty of bang-bang action"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood-and-guts",
"convulsive",
"cyclonic",
"explosive",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"furious",
"hammer-and-tongs",
"hot",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"paroxysmal",
"rabid",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"volcanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"savage",
"vicious",
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"combustible",
"volatile",
"agitated",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"mad",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"halcyon",
"pacific",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonviolent",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"badgers":{
"the pelt or fur of a badger":{
"examples":[
"The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger , fox, and ermine."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"Persian lambs",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes",
"furs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nags",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barrio":{
"as in ghetto , enclave":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enclave",
"ghetto",
"hood",
"'hood",
"district",
"nabe",
"neighborhood",
"quarter",
"section",
"belt",
"zone",
"department",
"division",
"part",
"precinct",
"ward",
"backyard",
"locality",
"place",
"region"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banter":{
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
"examples":[
"members of the Algonquin Round Table were known for their brilliant and witty banter"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barb",
"crack",
"dig",
"gag",
"gambit",
"jest",
"joke",
"laugh",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"fooling",
"kidding",
"mocking",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay",
"nothings",
"chatter",
"chitchat",
"gossip",
"small talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"fool",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibe",
"jibe",
"haze",
"jeer",
"mock",
"rag",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ridicule",
"tease",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satirize",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bailed out":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"the government bailed out the savings and loan industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought off",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvaged",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"recovered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baneful":{
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"the incredibly baneful effect that drug addiction has on so many communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"batted (around)":{
"as in kicked around , argued":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bandied",
"chewed over",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"kicked around",
"mooted",
"palavered",
"talked",
"talked over",
"ventilated",
"advised",
"confabbed",
"confabulated",
"conferred",
"consulted",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"parleyed",
"treated",
"rehashed",
"coached",
"guided",
"tutored",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"directed",
"referred (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bait and switch":{
"a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"switcheroo",
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barman":{
"as in bartender , barkeep":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barkeep",
"barkeeper",
"bartender",
"waitress",
"sommelier",
"gar\u00e7on",
"server",
"waiter",
"waitperson",
"steward",
"stewardess",
"headwaiter",
"ma\u00eetre d'",
"maitre d'",
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathrooms":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barely":{
"by a very small margin":{
"examples":[
"we barely made it to the church on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"narrowly",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"minimally",
"minutely",
"scantly",
"almost",
"approximately",
"closely",
"more or less",
"nearly",
"partly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"definitely",
"easily",
"plainly",
"positively",
"quite",
"unquestionably",
"abundantly",
"completely",
"copiously",
"fully",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"antonyms":[
"considerably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"vastly",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"banding":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begirding",
"belting",
"engirding",
"engirdling",
"enwinding",
"girding",
"girdling",
"girthing",
"girting",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trussing",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"circling",
"enwreathing",
"looping",
"winding",
"wreathing",
"bandaging",
"enswathing",
"swathing",
"chaining",
"cording",
"enchaining",
"lashing",
"roping",
"shackling",
"taping",
"wiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unlashing",
"unshackling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirding",
"unwrapping"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinching",
"cording",
"roping",
"strapping",
"threading",
"wiring",
"girding",
"girting",
"lashing",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"entangling",
"knotting",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"twisting",
"coiling",
"winding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unlacing",
"unlashing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing",
"unstrapping",
"unstringing",
"unthreading",
"unleashing",
"untethering",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting",
"uncoiling",
"unspooling",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"untying",
"untieing"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battings":{
"as in piles , furs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downs",
"flosses",
"fluffs",
"furs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backup":{
"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , harden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flow",
"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottleneck",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangle",
"gridlock",
"lock",
"congestion",
"traffic",
"crawl",
"delay",
"slowdown",
"stoppage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alternate , proxy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
"makeshift",
"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute",
"acting",
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bacchanalia":{
"as in revelries , orgies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags",
"benders",
"binges",
"busts",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bacchanal , orgy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbers":{
"a person who cuts and arranges hair":{
"examples":[
"went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed"
],
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"haircutters",
"hairdressers",
"hairstylists",
"stylists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauticians",
"coiffeurs",
"coiffeuses",
"cosmetologists",
"trichologists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backbeat":{
"as in rhythm , cadence":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"beat",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"hexameter",
"pentameter",
"tetrameter",
"trimeter",
"lilt",
"movement",
"sway",
"swing",
"accent",
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"drum",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bake":{
"as in tea , supper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
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"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cremate , incinerate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"scald",
"scathe",
"char",
"scorch",
"sear",
"singe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bakes":{
"as in teas , suppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas",
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cremates , incinerates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"chars",
"scorches",
"sears",
"singes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Babbitts":{
"as in plutocrats , rotters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bastards",
"boobs",
"boors",
"bounders",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"finks",
"heels",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"rotters",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"lowbrows",
"materialists",
"philistines",
"capitalists",
"plutocrats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backslappers":{
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
"examples":[
"a career in politics appeals to him, but he's not a backslapper by nature"
],
"synonyms":[
"extroverts",
"extraverts",
"glad-handers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhibitionists",
"show-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"introverts",
"shrinking violets",
"wallflowers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"basements":{
"a room or set of rooms below the surface of the ground":{
"examples":[
"we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cellars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cellarages",
"bunkers",
"crawlways",
"foundations",
"holds",
"vaults",
"cyclone cellars",
"storm cellars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"beds",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"seats",
"underpinnings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"culminations",
"heights",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[
"heads",
"tops",
"vertices",
"vertexes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backed (up)":{
"as in testified (to) , vouched (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avouched",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"argued",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , hardened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"hardened",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowed",
"poured",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed",
"arose",
"disembogued",
"effused",
"emanated",
"issued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"coursed",
"raced",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barging":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"the big man barged into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"clumping",
"flogging",
"floundering",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"plodding",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"slogging",
"sloughing",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"tromping",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragging",
"flopping",
"hauling",
"blundering",
"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poising",
"wafting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezing",
"coasting",
"gliding",
"sliding",
"waltzing",
"whisking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankruptcies":{
"the inability to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"failures",
"insolvencies",
"ruins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chapter 11s"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banks":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a bank of telephones set up for the telethon"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
"examples":[
"a bank of elevators"
],
"synonyms":[
"ranks",
"rows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chains",
"columns",
"cues",
"files",
"lines",
"processions",
"queues",
"ranges",
"strings",
"trains",
"echelons",
"tiers",
"arrays",
"concatenations",
"sequences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
"examples":[
"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"drifts",
"mounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbanks",
"snowdrifts",
"embankments",
"sandbars",
"heaps",
"hills",
"masses",
"mountains",
"stacks",
"tufts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaps",
"piles",
"pyramids",
"stacks",
"embanks",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"masses",
"wads",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"groups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays away",
"reserves",
"salts away",
"saves",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stores",
"stows",
"invests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes out",
"disburses",
"expends",
"gives",
"lays out",
"pays",
"spends"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdraws"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"back out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
],
"synonyms":[
"back down",
"back off",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bateau":{
"as in skiff , pirogue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baleful":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"contends that the violent content of so much of popular entertainment is a baleful influence on our society"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
"examples":[
"a medicine that is beneficial in small doses but baleful in large"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"terminal",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"destructive",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"truculent",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"sublethal",
"toxic",
"virulent",
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"ugly",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"bloody",
"internecine",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficial",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"remedial",
"tonic",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"safe"
],
"antonyms":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bailed":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bay windows":{
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window"
],
"synonyms":[
"beer bellies",
"bellies",
"corporations",
"guts",
"paunches",
"potbellies",
"pots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbaskets",
"stomachs",
"tummies",
"corpulences",
"fat",
"obesities",
"overweights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barmy":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"a farm in Yorkshire that seemed to be run by a barmy old man"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"balderdash":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batter":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baffles":{
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"beats",
"checkmates",
"discomfits",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"clogs",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"sets back",
"short-circuits",
"stalls",
"stops",
"averts",
"forestalls",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"counteracts",
"offsets",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"overcomes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she was baffled by the wording of the clause in the insurance policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mufflers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mufflers",
"buffers",
"bumpers",
"cocoons",
"cushionings",
"cushions",
"fenders",
"pads",
"paddings",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"barricades",
"cordons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bantering":{
"marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing":{
"examples":[
"the gently bantering tone of the couple's conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandying",
"quipping",
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"gagging",
"japing",
"jesting",
"jiving",
"joking",
"jollying",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quipping",
"wisecracking",
"yukking",
"yucking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hazing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ragging",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"teasing",
"caricaturing",
"lampooning",
"parodying",
"satirizing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"backpacked":{
"as in caravanned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caravanned",
"caravaned",
"bedded (down)",
"slept out",
"tented",
"bivouacked",
"camped (out)",
"encamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bassoonists":{
"as in pianists , oboists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banged":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slammed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closed",
"shut",
"stopped",
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"sealed",
"secured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banged up":{
"as in broke , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"shattered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"graffitied",
"tagged",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"ravened",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"desecrated",
"violated",
"sabotaged",
"defaced",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"depredated",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked",
"spoliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"salvaged",
"built",
"rebuilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baggies":{
"as in jeans , corduroys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bare":{
"being this and no more":{
"examples":[
"impoverished people who can no longer afford the bare necessities"
],
"synonyms":[
"mere",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"pure",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"alone",
"lone",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"solitary",
"solo",
"unique"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"free from all additions or embellishment":{
"examples":[
"do you want to know the bare truth?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bald",
"naked",
"plain",
"plain-vanilla",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unembellished",
"unornamented",
"unvarnished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"stripped",
"au naturel",
"earthy",
"elemental",
"homely",
"natural",
"unsophisticated",
"forthright",
"honest",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"clean",
"antiseptic",
"austere",
"bleak",
"severe",
"spartan",
"stark",
"minimalist",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"lurid",
"ornate",
"exaggerated",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"baroque",
"elaborate",
"extravagant",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"bedecked",
"decked-out",
"dressed",
"embroidered",
"garnished",
"trimmed"
],
"antonyms":[
"adorned",
"decorated",
"embellished",
"fancy",
"ornamented"
]
},
"lacking a usual or natural covering":{
"examples":[
"the ground was bare , without a trace of grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bald",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"open",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"uncovered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displayed",
"revealed",
"hairless",
"shaven",
"disrobed",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"furless",
"skinned",
"divested",
"unprotected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mantled",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"overspread",
"bearded",
"hairy"
],
"antonyms":[
"covered"
]
},
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
"examples":[
"the toddler liked to run around bare"
],
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
]
},
"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
"examples":[
"the cupboard was bare \u2014not a thing to eat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"clean",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"hollow",
"available",
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unfilled",
"unfurnished",
"unattended",
"uninhabited",
"unoccupied",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"emptied",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"depleted",
"drained",
"dry",
"exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"replete",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"filled",
"occupied",
"flush",
"overflowing",
"packed",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[
"full"
]
},
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the cupboard was bare of baking supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"devoid",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank",
"empty",
"innocent",
"stark",
"vacant",
"wanting",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"partial",
"short",
"absent",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"abounding",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
]
},
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"battle royales":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bay window":{
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window"
],
"synonyms":[
"beer belly",
"belly",
"corporation",
"gut",
"paunch",
"pot",
"potbelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbasket",
"stomach",
"tummy",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fleshiness",
"obesity",
"overweight",
"paunchiness",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"chunkiness",
"heaviness",
"stoutness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banding (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborating",
"concerting",
"concurring",
"conjoining",
"conspiring",
"cooperating",
"joining",
"leaguing",
"teaming (up)",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conniving",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"combining",
"confederating",
"hanging together",
"interfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allying",
"associating",
"clubbing",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"ganging up",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bartered":{
"as in negotiated , transacted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargained",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated",
"transacted",
"dealt",
"traded",
"trafficked",
"auctioned",
"exchanged",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"rebought",
"resold",
"swapped",
"bought",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"distributed",
"fair-traded",
"marketed",
"peddled",
"retailed",
"sold",
"supplied",
"vended",
"wholesaled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"batted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"batted the lamp off the table with one strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"batted the pi\u00f1ata until it finally broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruised",
"drifted",
"floated",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"mooched",
"rambled",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"vagabonded",
"milled (about or around)",
"straggled",
"strayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bare-bones":{
"including only what is most basic or needed":{
"examples":[
"a bare-bones website",
"a bare-bones wedding ceremony",
"The hotel rooms are bare-bones ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barks":{
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
"examples":[
"took a small bark out on the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinghies",
"sailboats",
"windjammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catamarans",
"catboats",
"cat rigs",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"ships",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
],
"synonyms":[
"flays",
"hulls",
"husks",
"peels",
"shells",
"shucks",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"scales",
"strips",
"pares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"snaps",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baronies":{
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families"
],
"synonyms":[
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontiers",
"studies",
"subjects",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"subfields",
"subspecialties",
"sub-specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandog":{
"as in hunter , sled dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ballot":{
"a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election":{
"examples":[
"we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president"
],
"synonyms":[
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aye",
"ay",
"yea",
"nay",
"no",
"non placet",
"blackball",
"referendum",
"ticket",
"absentee ballot",
"Australian ballot",
"secret ballot",
"short ballot",
"write-in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
"examples":[
"believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisement",
"franchise",
"suffrage",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"say",
"say-so",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disenfranchisement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baggages":{
"as in bags , luggage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"luggage",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barnstormed":{
"as in traipsed , gallivanted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"hopped",
"jaunted",
"knocked (about)",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered",
"bused",
"bussed",
"cabbed",
"coached",
"cruised",
"drove",
"flew",
"gigged",
"jetted",
"motored",
"navigated",
"rode",
"rid",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"trundled",
"journeyed",
"peregrinated",
"pilgrimaged",
"toured",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trekked",
"tripped",
"voyaged",
"migrated",
"road-tripped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"basically":{
"for the most part":{
"examples":[
"your answer is basically correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near synonyms":[
"about",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"some",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"approximately",
"broadly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"incompletely",
"partially",
"partly",
"rather",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"unqualifiedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"babels":{
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
"examples":[
"on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedlams",
"circuses",
"madhouses",
"scrums",
"three-ring circuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bustles",
"commotions",
"pandemoniums",
"rackets",
"ruckuses",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"brouhahas",
"clamors",
"clatters",
"dins",
"hubbubs",
"noises",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"havoc",
"hells",
"messes",
"musses",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arcadias",
"heavens",
"paradises",
"utopias",
"orders",
"organizations",
"calms",
"lulls",
"peaces",
"respites",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"silences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"blares",
"bluster",
"bowwows",
"brawls",
"bruits",
"cacophonies",
"chatters",
"clamors",
"clangors",
"decibels",
"dins",
"discordances",
"katzenjammers",
"noises",
"rackets",
"rattles",
"roars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discords",
"dissonances",
"commotions",
"furors",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"rumpuses",
"tumults",
"uproars",
"clatters",
"jangles",
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"lulls",
"quietudes",
"serenities",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiets",
"silences",
"stills"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankroll":{
"available money":{
"examples":[
"my total bankroll right now is $2,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstake",
"cofinance",
"refinance",
"advocate",
"aid",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"sponsor",
"support",
"maintain",
"nourish",
"provide (for)",
"clear",
"defray",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand",
"refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defund"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"band (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborate",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bacchanal":{
"as in carouser , binger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in orgy , bacchanalia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bacchanals":{
"as in carousers , bingers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"partygoers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in orgies , bacchanalia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle-axe":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baby buggy":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"a proud father-to-be who's looking forward to pushing a baby buggy around the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby carriage",
"buggy",
"perambulator",
"pram",
"pushchair",
"stroller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinet",
"cradle",
"crib",
"carry-cot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandwagon":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitz",
"campaign",
"cause",
"crusade",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement",
"push"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"maneuver",
"march",
"offensive",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bagging":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the shirt bagged at the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballooning",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pooching",
"pouching",
"pouting",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"bagged a deer while hunting last weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"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"
]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"if the supervisor says one more nasty thing to me, I'm going to bag this stupid job"
],
"synonyms":[
"chucking",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"resigning (from)",
"retiring (from)",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"vacating",
"dropping out (of)",
"throwing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"staying (at)"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged a full fellowship at one of the nation's leading universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"bagged an acting nomination for a truly inspired performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstabber":{
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"subverter",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bales":{
"a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped":{
"examples":[
"a bale of cotton/paper"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights",
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baby carriages":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"twins in a double baby carriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggies",
"buggies",
"perambulators",
"prams",
"pushchairs",
"strollers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinets",
"cradles",
"cribs",
"carry-cots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batty":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"a batty old lady who lives with 100 cats"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"badge":{
"as in insignia , crest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coat of arms",
"cognizance",
"crest",
"insignia",
"monogram",
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark",
"attribute",
"icon",
"ikon",
"pictograph",
"logogram",
"logograph",
"colophon",
"stamp",
"token"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in medal , trophy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crown",
"cup",
"laurel",
"medal",
"order",
"plaque",
"plate",
"ribbon",
"trophy",
"accolade",
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"plume",
"premium",
"prize",
"applause",
"bravo",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"hallelujah",
"homage",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"plaudit",
"tribute",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"honorable mention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batched":{
"as in bunched , clustered":{
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"near synonyms":[
"balled",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baguette":{
"as in cameo , teardrop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"birthstone",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backslapper":{
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
"examples":[
"a career in politics appeals to him, but he's not a backslapper by nature"
],
"synonyms":[
"extrovert",
"extravert",
"glad-hander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhibitionist",
"show-off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"introvert",
"shrinking violet",
"wallflower"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baker":{
"someone who bakes bread, cakes, etc.":{
"examples":[
"I'm a very good baker , especially of pies.",
"She's a successful baker who opened a chain of bakeries."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"p\u00e2tissier",
"patissier",
"chef",
"cook",
"cooker",
"culinarian",
"barbecuer",
"griller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Babylonian":{
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"backslider":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"the evangelist was determined to win back the backsliders who had fallen away"
],
"synonyms":[
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bargainer":{
"as in negotiator , negotiant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"moderator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in haggler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haggler",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"regular",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"account",
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bating":{
"as in taking off , abating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adding",
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)",
"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backpackers":{
"as in climbers , mountaineers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alpinists",
"Alpinists",
"climbers",
"mountaineers",
"amblers",
"hikers",
"perambulators",
"ramblers",
"trampers",
"walkers",
"pedestrians",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"trekkers",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barraged":{
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombarded",
"bombed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed",
"debriefed",
"cross-examined",
"catechized",
"annoyed",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"flooded",
"inundated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backpack":{
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"kit bag",
"knapsack",
"pack",
"packsack",
"rucksack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversack",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"fanny pack",
"school bag",
"seabag",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in caravan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caravan",
"bed (down)",
"sleep out",
"tent",
"bivouac",
"camp (out)",
"encamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandboxes":{
"as in hatboxes , tinderboxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"canteens",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"coffins",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"cartons",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"babysat":{
"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
"examples":[
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babied",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched",
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backings":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetments",
"aids",
"assistances",
"assists",
"boosts",
"hands",
"help",
"helping hands",
"legs up",
"lifts",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancements",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"furtherances",
"nurturances",
"benefactions",
"patronages",
"promotions",
"sponsorships",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"hand-holdings",
"services",
"beneficences",
"charities",
"favors",
"philanthropies",
"assuagements",
"palliations",
"reliefs",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"frustrations",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"obstructions",
"repressions",
"restraints",
"deterrences",
"discouragements"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrances"
]
},
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
"examples":[
"the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"patronages",
"sponsorships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endowments",
"financings",
"subsidies",
"encouragements",
"fosterages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bayonet":{
"a long blade that is attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"cleaver",
"hack",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pike , quill":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"spindle",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice",
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barter (for)":{
"as in exchange (for) , deal (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"bid",
"offer",
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battalion":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"array",
"host",
"legion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militia",
"national guard",
"standing army",
"infantry",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batches":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a batch of essays to correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"send in the next batch of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bunches , clusters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balls",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"barcarole":{
"as in chantey , folk song":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backwaters":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bamboozles":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backstabs":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrays",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives away",
"informs (on)",
"peaches",
"rats (on)",
"shops",
"snitches (on)",
"splits (on)",
"tells (on)",
"turns in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"saves",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"stands by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"barkeep":{
"as in bartender , barman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barman",
"bartender",
"waitress",
"sommelier",
"gar\u00e7on",
"server",
"waiter",
"waitperson",
"steward",
"stewardess",
"headwaiter",
"ma\u00eetre d'",
"maitre d'",
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baldly":{
"as in openly , frankly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"impolitely",
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"truthfully",
"veraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"backfiring":{
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
"examples":[
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"boomeranging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"succeeding",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankrolling":{
"as in funding , financing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"endowment",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"backing",
"patronage",
"sponsorship",
"encouragement",
"fosterage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"babyhood":{
"as in infancy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infancy",
"immaturity",
"juvenility",
"adolescence",
"juvenescence",
"minority",
"boyhood",
"girlhood",
"toddlerhood",
"childhood",
"nonage",
"springtime",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulthood",
"majority",
"middle age",
"midlife",
"senectitude",
"sunset",
"winter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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