24320 lines
474 KiB
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24320 lines
474 KiB
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{
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"hub":{
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"examples":[
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"Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axis",
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"base",
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"capital",
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"center",
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"central",
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"core",
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"cynosure",
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"epicenter",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"ground zero",
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"heart",
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"locus",
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"mecca",
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"navel",
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"nerve center",
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"nexus",
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"nucleus",
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"omphalos",
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"seat"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting ground",
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"hive",
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"hotbed",
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"hot spot",
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"playground",
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"playland",
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"kernel",
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"nub",
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"pith",
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"deep",
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"thick",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"attraction",
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"lodestone",
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"loadstone",
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"magnet",
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"polestar"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"huddling":{
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"to gather into a closely packed group":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the puppies huddled together to keep warm"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breaking up",
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"disbanding",
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"dispersing",
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"splitting (up)"
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],
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"related":[
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"assembling",
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"collecting",
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"concentering",
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"concentrating",
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"conglomerating",
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"congregating",
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"convening",
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"converging",
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"flocking",
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"forgathering",
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"foregathering",
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"herding",
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"swarming",
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"thronging",
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"encircling",
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"mobbing",
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"surrounding",
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"embracing",
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"hugging"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bunching",
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"clustering",
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"crowding",
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"piling",
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"pressing"
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]
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},
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"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"curling up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"couching",
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"crouching",
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"hunching",
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"hunkering (down)",
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"scrunching",
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"squatting",
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"squinching"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"huff":{
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"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
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"examples":[
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"was in a huff because everyone was running late and the school bus would stop to pick them up in a matter of minutes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dither",
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"fluster",
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"fret",
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"fuss",
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"lather",
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"pother",
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"stew",
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"sweat",
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"swelter",
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"swivet",
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"tizzy",
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"twitter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bother",
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"dudgeon",
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"pique",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"hand-wringing",
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"panic",
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"ado",
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"agitation",
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"delirium",
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"distraction",
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"furor",
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"hysteria",
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"uproar",
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"nervous breakdown"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
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"examples":[
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"gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowup",
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"explosion",
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"fireworks",
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"fit",
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"hissy",
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"hissy fit",
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"scene",
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"tantrum"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eruption",
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"flare-up",
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"outburst",
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"storm",
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"uproar",
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"agitation",
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"delirium",
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"distraction",
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"frenzy",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fury",
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"hysteria",
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"rage",
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"rampage",
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"convulsion(s)",
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"paroxysm",
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"seizure",
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"spasm",
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"upheaval",
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"angriness",
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"choler",
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"indignation",
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"irateness",
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"ire",
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"lividity",
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"lividness",
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"spleen",
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"wrath",
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"wrathfulness",
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"reaction",
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"rise",
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"dander",
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"temper",
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"grouch",
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"hump",
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"pet",
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"pouts",
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"snit",
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"sulk(s)",
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"sulkiness",
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"sullenness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
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"examples":[
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"left the restaurant in a huff after waiting 15 minutes to be seated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dudgeon",
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"miff",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"peeve",
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"pique",
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"resentment",
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"umbrage"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aggravation",
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"anger",
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"annoyance",
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"bother",
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"botheration",
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"discomfort",
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"exasperation",
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"frustration",
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"grief",
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"irritation",
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"vexation",
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"agitation",
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"angriness",
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"displeasure",
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"distress",
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"disturbance",
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"indignation",
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"irateness",
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"ire",
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"outrage",
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"perturbation",
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"upset",
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"dander",
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"temper",
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"fit",
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"pet",
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"pouts",
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"sulk(s)",
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"tantrum",
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"tizzy",
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"affront",
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"barb",
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"brickbat",
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"dig",
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"indignity",
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"insult",
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"put-down",
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"slap",
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"slight",
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"slur"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"satisfaction",
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"appeasement",
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"mollification",
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"pacification",
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"contentment",
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"delight",
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"gratification",
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"happiness",
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"pleasure"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to talk loudly and wildly":{
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"examples":[
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"demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bluster",
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"fulminate",
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"rant",
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"rave",
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"spout"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sound off",
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"speak out",
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"speak up",
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"blare",
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"blurt (out)",
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"bolt",
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"bloviate",
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"blow",
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"declaim",
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"harangue",
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"mouth (off)",
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"orate",
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"pontificate",
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"carry on",
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"rage",
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"storm",
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"take on"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grunt",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"slur",
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"breathe",
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"whisper"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"huffiness":{
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"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
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"examples":[
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"the huffiness in his voice put off his coworkers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arrogance",
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"assumption",
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"bumptiousness",
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"consequence",
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"haughtiness",
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"hauteur",
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"high horse",
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"imperiousness",
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"loftiness",
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"lordliness",
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"masterfulness",
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"peremptoriness",
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"pomposity",
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"pompousness",
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"presumptuousness",
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"pretense",
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"pretence",
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"pretension",
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"pretentiousness",
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"self-consequence",
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"self-importance",
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"superciliousness",
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"superiority",
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"toploftiness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authoritativeness",
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"bossiness",
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"bowwow",
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"brag",
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"dominance",
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"high-handedness",
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"condescension",
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"disdain",
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"scorn",
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"chest-thumping",
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"inflation",
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"self-assertion",
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"side",
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"snobbery",
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"snobbishness",
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"snobbism",
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"snootiness",
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"attitude",
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"cheek",
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"cheekiness",
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"impertinence",
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"impudence",
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"sauciness",
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"boastfulness",
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"bombast",
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"braggadocio",
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"bravado",
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"strut",
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"swagger",
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"triumphalism",
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"vaingloriousness",
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"vainglory",
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"cockiness",
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"complacence",
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"conceit",
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"egoism",
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"egotism",
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"pride",
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"pridefulness",
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"self-assumption",
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"self-centeredness",
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"self-complacency",
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"self-conceit",
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"self-content",
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"self-contentment",
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"self-opinion",
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"self-partiality",
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"self-satisfaction",
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"smugness",
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"swelled head",
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"vanity",
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"superiority complex"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bashfulness",
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"demureness",
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"retiringness",
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"shyness",
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"diffidence",
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"self-distrust",
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"self-doubt",
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"timidity",
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"timidness",
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"lowliness",
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"meekness",
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"mousiness",
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"passiveness",
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"passivity",
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"submissiveness",
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"quietness",
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"reserve",
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"reservedness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"humility",
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"modesty",
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"unassumingness",
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"unpretentiousness"
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]
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},
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"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
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"examples":[
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"there's no point in telling her what you think unless you want to put up with her huffiness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"biliousness",
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"choler",
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"crankiness",
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"crossness",
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"crotchetiness",
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"grouchiness",
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"grumpiness",
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"irascibility",
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"irascibleness",
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"irritability",
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"irritableness",
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"peevishness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversity",
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"pettishness",
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"petulance",
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"testiness",
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"waspishness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cantankerousness",
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"crustiness",
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"curmudgeonliness",
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"disagreeableness",
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"dyspepsia",
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"fretfulness",
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"orneriness",
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"sulkiness",
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"surliness",
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"aggression",
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"aggressiveness",
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"bellicosity",
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"belligerence",
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"belligerency",
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"combativeness",
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"contentiousness",
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"contrariness",
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"disputatiousness",
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"feistiness",
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"fight",
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"pugnaciousness",
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"pugnacity",
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"quarrelsomeness",
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"scrappiness",
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"truculence",
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"truculency",
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"fussiness",
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"querulousness",
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"rudeness",
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"oversensitiveness",
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"sensitivity",
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"supersensitivity",
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"touchiness",
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"animosity",
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"fierceness",
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"hostility",
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"jaundice",
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"rancor",
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"unfriendliness",
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"anger",
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"exasperation",
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"fury",
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"indignation",
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"rage",
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"spleen",
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"wrath",
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"hot-bloodedness",
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"passion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forbearance",
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"long-suffering",
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"patience",
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"tolerance",
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"understanding",
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"affability",
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"agreeableness",
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"amenity",
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"amicability",
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"cordiality",
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"friendliness",
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"geniality",
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"sociability",
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"amiability",
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"amiableness",
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"good-humoredness",
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"good-naturedness",
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"good-temperedness",
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"coolness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"easygoingness",
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"gentleness",
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"kindliness",
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"mildness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"huffish":{
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"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"lowly",
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"modest",
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"unarrogant",
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"unpretentious"
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],
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"examples":[
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"huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bashful",
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"cowering",
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"cringing",
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"demure",
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"diffident",
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"introverted",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"overmodest",
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"self-critical",
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"self-doubting",
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"sheepish",
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"shrinking",
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"shy",
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"subdued",
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"timid",
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"acquiescent",
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"compliant",
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"deferential",
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"meek",
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"passive",
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"submissive",
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"unaggressive",
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"unassertive",
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"unassuming",
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"unobtrusive",
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"yielding",
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"quiet",
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"reserved",
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"retiring"
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],
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"related":[
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"authoritarian",
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"bossy",
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"dominant",
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"dominating",
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"domineering",
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"magisterial",
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"pontifical",
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"pontificating",
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"condescending",
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"disdainful",
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"patronizing",
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"impertinent",
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"impudent",
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"saucy",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"blusterous",
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"blustery",
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"boastful",
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"bombastic",
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"braggart",
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"bragging",
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"braggy",
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"cocky",
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"swaggering",
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"vain",
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"vainglorious",
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"complacent",
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"conceited",
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"egocentric",
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"egoistic",
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"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
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"egotistical",
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"hubristic",
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"narcissistic",
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"orgulous",
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"prideful",
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"proud",
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"self-affected",
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"self-applauding",
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"self-centered",
|
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"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hug":{
|
|
"to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hug",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclasp",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"snuggle",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in embrace , clinch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"toehold",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handgrip",
|
|
"handhold",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugging":{
|
|
"to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugging",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclasping",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulk(s)":{
|
|
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"palookas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos",
|
|
"anthropoids",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hull":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coffin was placed in a cement hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"cassette",
|
|
"casette",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hull the pinto beans before adding them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"shuck",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"pare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulls":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coffin was placed in a cement hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hull the pinto beans before adding them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"pares"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shucks",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"human being":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're all human beings , regardless of our differences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humane":{
|
|
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humane guards who treated the prisoners decently",
|
|
"the Geneva conventions spelled out standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
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"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
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"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's humane depiction of people who are physically and mentally challenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserative",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"empathic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"ruthful",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"unaffectionate",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"small-minded",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanitarianism":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanoid":{
|
|
"as in homo , hominid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"looking or acting like a human being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humanoid robots",
|
|
"The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humble":{
|
|
"not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a medical scientist who remained remarkably humble even after winning the Nobel Prize",
|
|
"even though she'd been proven wrong, her attitude was still far from humble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecating",
|
|
"self-deprecatory",
|
|
"self-effacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a humble peasant girl who claimed she was chosen by God to restore the French king to his throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please accept my humble thanks for this unexpected favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"toadyish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbles":{
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enskies",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"exalts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbug":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tests showed that the \"old\" map of America was a cleverly made humbug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those UFO stories are a lot of humbug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbuggery":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lot of humbuggery about a mean old witch that lives in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humiliation":{
|
|
"as in debasement , abasement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"reduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humongous":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humped":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humps":{
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"mountain ranges",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunch":{
|
|
"as in hump":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in idea , notion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in theory , speculation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunching":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung (over)":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hovered (over)",
|
|
"impended (over)",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"threatened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeopardized",
|
|
"periled",
|
|
"perilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung about":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"tinkered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung up":{
|
|
"having extreme or relentless concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"queer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"prepossessed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"uninvolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so hung up about having his tax returns audited that he can't sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunker (down)":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunks":{
|
|
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a horrible old hunks who refused to lend money to his destitute brother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"penny-pincher",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarder",
|
|
"pack rat",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunted (down or up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to hunt down his ancestors, who arrived back to the 16th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunting (through)":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"sorting (through)",
|
|
"trolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"patting down",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"auditing",
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"grubbing (about)",
|
|
"poking (around)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"skirmishing",
|
|
"snooping",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"glancing (over)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunts":{
|
|
"an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soon the whole family was involved in the hunt for Mom's car keys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"searches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"reconnaissances",
|
|
"recons",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"forages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"stalks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"ferrets",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"guns (for)",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"culls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts about (for)",
|
|
"casts around (for)",
|
|
"chases (down)",
|
|
"forages (for)",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"shops (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"roots (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"skirrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiters",
|
|
"reconnoitres",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurdles":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
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"lets",
|
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"manacles",
|
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"obstacles",
|
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"obstructions",
|
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"shackles",
|
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"stops",
|
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"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
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"barriers",
|
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"blockades",
|
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"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bounces , skips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"skyrockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in takes , overcomes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurled":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"puked",
|
|
"retched",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"spat up",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"upchucked",
|
|
"vomited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"regurgitated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fighter jet hurled through the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurled snowballs at each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurray":{
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\" Hooray !\" he cried when he heard that his team had won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurries":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"facilitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurrying":{
|
|
"as in scurrying , rushing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"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",
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"languid",
|
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"leisurely",
|
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"poking",
|
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"poky",
|
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"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
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"snaillike",
|
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"snail-paced",
|
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"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
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"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
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"inert",
|
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"lethargic",
|
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"loafing",
|
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"lounging"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"bundling",
|
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"fast-tracking",
|
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"hastening",
|
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"quickening",
|
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"rushing",
|
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"speeding (up)",
|
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"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"prodding",
|
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"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
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"expediting",
|
|
"facilitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtfully":{
|
|
"as in cruelly , ill":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurting":{
|
|
"causing or feeling bodily pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a badly hurting finger kept her from writing neatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"afflictive",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"remedial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"painless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my head hurts",
|
|
"a bad sprain that really hurts",
|
|
"I hurt all over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"smarting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"throbbing",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"twinging",
|
|
"twingeing",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"crossing (up)",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause bodily damage to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"contusing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"pining (away)",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sympathizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtles":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
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"blows",
|
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"bolts",
|
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"bombs",
|
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"bowls",
|
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"breezes",
|
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"bundles",
|
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"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
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"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
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"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
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"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"lofts",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurts":{
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"alleviations",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"well-beings"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"asperities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"rigors",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"jeopardies",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"excruciations",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disservices",
|
|
"injustices",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilations",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"lesions",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"lacerations",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"injuries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause bodily damage to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contuses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"aggrieves",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"wounds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"sympathizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"pines (away)",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my head hurts",
|
|
"a bad sprain that really hurts",
|
|
"I hurt all over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"throbs",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"smarts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"crosses (up)",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hushed":{
|
|
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entered the hushed interior of the Gothic church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadian",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ultraquiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hushed lake was smooth as glass the morning after the storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"windless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blizzardy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hushed sickroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"tumultuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not known or meant to be known by the general populace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hushed negotiations between the two countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"nonpublic",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"unmentioned",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"backstage",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"zoned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted (down)",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hushed (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burked",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"throttled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husked":{
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tedious task of husking coconuts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hulled",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"shelled",
|
|
"shucked",
|
|
"skinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"pared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husks":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corn husks",
|
|
"a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tedious task of husking coconuts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"pares"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shucks",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustles":{
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clever hustle that tricked people into revealing their bank account information"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"Ponzi schemes",
|
|
"pyramid schemes",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"three-card montes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buncos",
|
|
"bunkos",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"scams",
|
|
"shell games",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutch":{
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"cabana",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"hogan",
|
|
"wickiup",
|
|
"wigwam",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"sideboard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcase",
|
|
"breakfront",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"china closet",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credenza",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
|
|
"etagere",
|
|
"secretary",
|
|
"showcase",
|
|
"taboret",
|
|
"tabouret",
|
|
"vitrine",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"dresser",
|
|
"pie safe",
|
|
"armoire",
|
|
"clothespress",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"cabinetry",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the owner took the rabbit out of the hutch so the children could pet it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kennel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"kraal",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"cote",
|
|
"dovecote",
|
|
"dovecot",
|
|
"henhouse",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"sheepfold",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"aquarium",
|
|
"terrarium",
|
|
"live-box",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutment":{
|
|
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campground",
|
|
"campsite",
|
|
"encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"tentage",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"plantation",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"Hooverville",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"shantytown",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"cantonment",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"laager",
|
|
"leaguer",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"cabana",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"hogan",
|
|
"wickiup",
|
|
"wigwam",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubbubs":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the people who had been in line for tickets made a huge hubbub when they were told that the concert was all sold out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"vociferations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"rumblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung one on":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The bouncer at the club hung one on him when he tried to jump the rope."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humiliations":{
|
|
"as in debasements , abasements":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"sackings",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"demotions",
|
|
"reductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humoristic":{
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a somewhat humoristic scene in an otherwise dark and brooding drama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"unhumorous",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huddle":{
|
|
"a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after an all-night huddle , the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clinic",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"conclave",
|
|
"synod",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"interview",
|
|
"session"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies huddled together to keep warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"press"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"forgather",
|
|
"foregather",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunkers (down)":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hue and cries":{
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"vociferations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"rumblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurriedly":{
|
|
"with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly dashed off a note to let them know she'd been called away for an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hut":{
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"cabana",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"hogan",
|
|
"wickiup",
|
|
"wigwam",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huffing":{
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"spouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humored":{
|
|
"to give in to (a desire)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"pleasured",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hummocks":{
|
|
"a small hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hummocks of grass dotting the landscape were easy to traverse."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters",
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husbandry":{
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculture",
|
|
"farming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"farmwork",
|
|
"gardening",
|
|
"horticulture",
|
|
"tillage",
|
|
"agribusiness",
|
|
"agroecology",
|
|
"agronomy",
|
|
"agroforestry",
|
|
"arboriculture",
|
|
"pomology",
|
|
"aquaculture",
|
|
"aquiculture",
|
|
"hydroponics",
|
|
"animal husbandry",
|
|
"mixed farming",
|
|
"monoculture",
|
|
"pastoralism",
|
|
"sharecropping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huzzahs":{
|
|
"as in hurrahs , hails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"hosannas",
|
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"hurrahs",
|
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"hoorays",
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"hoorahs",
|
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"acclamations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"ovations",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"r\u00e9clames",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
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"kudos",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurt":{
|
|
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"my head hurts",
|
|
"a bad sprain that really hurts",
|
|
"I hurt all over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"throb",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause bodily damage to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contuse",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"pine (away)",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in broken , injured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"unspoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"excruciation",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"strait(s)",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"soreness",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugger-mugger":{
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hugger-mugger presentation of the facts of the case that left everyone confused"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tale of hugger-mugger doings and international espionage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hump":{
|
|
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"fantods",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"sociality",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude(s)",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"highland",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"mesa",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"sugarloaf",
|
|
"foothill",
|
|
"hillock",
|
|
"hummock",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knoll",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"tidewater"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurdled":{
|
|
"as in bounced , skipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vaulted",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in took , overcame":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunches":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in theories , speculations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in humps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"tumors",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"nodules",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"blisters",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"nubbles",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ideas , notions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"guideposts",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huffed":{
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"spouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humankind":{
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all humankind shares the desire for peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Homo sapiens",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mankind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbleness":{
|
|
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a display of true humbleness he gave much of the credit for his discovery to others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunt (through)":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"sort (through)",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"pat down",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"grub (about)",
|
|
"poke (around)",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"glance (over)",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humiliate":{
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunky":{
|
|
"as in studly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"vampish",
|
|
"vampy",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugs":{
|
|
"to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugs",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"enclasps",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clings",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in embraces , clinches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"toeholds",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handholds",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humdrum":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she leads a humdrum life that will never be made into a major motion picture",
|
|
"a humdrum meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a tedious lack of variety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loathed the humdrum of daily life in a small town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"blahs",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"drabness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"tiresomeness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"wearisomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurricanes":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubbub":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the people who had been in line for tickets made a huge hubbub when they were told that the concert was all sold out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"vociferation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"cri de coeur",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"rumble",
|
|
"rumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huckster":{
|
|
"one who sells things outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"costermonger",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"pusher",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huts":{
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"hutments",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"cabanas",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"hogans",
|
|
"wickiups",
|
|
"wigwams",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunting (down or up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorlessness":{
|
|
"as in gravitas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"staidness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorist":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husbands":{
|
|
"a male partner in a marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"Mr. Rights",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"benedicts",
|
|
"widowers",
|
|
"househusbands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugged":{
|
|
"to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugged",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclasped",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humaneness":{
|
|
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with more humaneness than good sense, I decided to take in yet another stray cat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassionateness",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"cold-bloodedness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"unkindliness",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulling":{
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hull the pinto beans before adding them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"husking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"shelling",
|
|
"shucking",
|
|
"skinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"paring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hullabaloo":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a lot of needless hullabaloo as the new millennium approached"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was such a hullabaloo in the room that he couldn't hear himself think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"vociferation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"cri de coeur",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"rumble",
|
|
"rumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hush (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burke",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbugs":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunters":{
|
|
"a person who hunts game":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hunters must have a license to shoot deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportsmen",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorousness":{
|
|
"the amusing quality or element in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the humorousness of falling on a banana peel is usually lost on the person who falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comicality",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"uproariousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"irony",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"wittiness",
|
|
"wryness",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jokiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"waggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"somberness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pathos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huntresses":{
|
|
"as in sportsmen , sportswomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sportsmen",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"human":{
|
|
"relating to or characteristic of human beings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's human nature to care about what people think of us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthborn",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthropoid",
|
|
"creatural",
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"humanlike",
|
|
"humanoid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"godlike",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"superhuman",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"supernormal",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"omniscient",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"infrahuman",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"subhuman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonhuman"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustlers":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"policemen kept the street clean of hustlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawds",
|
|
"call girls",
|
|
"cocottes",
|
|
"courtesans",
|
|
"drabs",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler , the sky's the limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beavers",
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"he-men",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"ignorers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"neglecters",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humor":{
|
|
"the amusing quality or element in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we failed to see any humor in his mean and juvenile jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comicality",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"uproariousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"irony",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"wittiness",
|
|
"wryness",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jokiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"waggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"somberness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pathos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorous entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a screenwriter best known for lowbrow humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"slapstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high comedy",
|
|
"low comedy",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prospect of going out to dinner put her in a good humor all day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was seized by a sudden humor to contact an old college friend that she hadn't seen in ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give in to (a desire)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humdinger":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concert concluded with a humdinger of a fireworks display"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurrah":{
|
|
"as in hail , huzzah":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hosanna",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"huzza",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"rave(s)",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunter":{
|
|
"a person who hunts game":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hunters must have a license to shoot deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husbanded":{
|
|
"to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung back":{
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hung back in offering her opinion about her daughter's career choices because it wasn't her business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunter-gatherers":{
|
|
"a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribe of hunter-gatherers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportsmen",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husking":{
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tedious task of husking coconuts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hulling",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"shelling",
|
|
"shucking",
|
|
"skinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"paring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung (around or out)":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"humidifies":{
|
|
"as in moistens , moisturizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huffily":{
|
|
"as in haughtily , pompously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hungering (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"voters hungering for honest and upright leadership"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbugged":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbled":{
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"took down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulk":{
|
|
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"palooka"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"anthropoid",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hungers (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"voters hungering for honest and upright leadership"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunger (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"voters hungering for honest and upright leadership"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desiderate",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"yen (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurly-burlies":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost sight of his children in all the hurly-burly of the fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunkering (down)":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubble-bubble":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"amidst the hubble-bubble of Christmas morning we forgot to walk the dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husbandries":{
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculture",
|
|
"farming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"farmwork",
|
|
"gardening",
|
|
"horticulture",
|
|
"tillage",
|
|
"agribusiness",
|
|
"agroecology",
|
|
"agronomy",
|
|
"agroforestry",
|
|
"arboriculture",
|
|
"pomology",
|
|
"aquaculture",
|
|
"aquiculture",
|
|
"hydroponics",
|
|
"animal husbandry",
|
|
"mixed farming",
|
|
"monoculture",
|
|
"pastoralism",
|
|
"sharecropping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung loose":{
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We just hung loose while waiting for the server to take our orders."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"de-stressed",
|
|
"loosened up",
|
|
"mellowed (out)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"vegetated",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"zoned out",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensed (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbuggeries":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tests showed that the \"old\" map of America was a cleverly made humbug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lot of humbuggery about a mean old witch that lives in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung fire":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He asked his team to hang fire until he was ready."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunkers":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree had a stout branch, and I found the boy perched there on his hunkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humping":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hundred":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunched":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hue":{
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated the room in hues of blue and green"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"primary color",
|
|
"secondary color",
|
|
"tertiary color",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"chroma",
|
|
"chromaticity",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"saturation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"coloration",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"colorway",
|
|
"pigmentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humans":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hummer":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"he-man",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is the author's first mystery novel, and it's a hummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutzpa":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanitarians":{
|
|
"as in philanthropists , altruists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruists",
|
|
"philanthropists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentrics",
|
|
"egoists",
|
|
"egomaniacs",
|
|
"egotists",
|
|
"ego-trippers",
|
|
"narcissists",
|
|
"megalomaniacs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunger":{
|
|
"a need or desire for food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no degree of hunger would induce me to eat octopus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"stomach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"malnutrition",
|
|
"starvation",
|
|
"undernourishment",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"sweet tooth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hunger strike",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"gourmandism",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"hoggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"repleteness",
|
|
"repletion",
|
|
"satiation",
|
|
"satiety",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inappetence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lonely girl with a desperate hunger for love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reads everything he can find on airplanes with a seemingly insatiable hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"desirousness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"appetence",
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustle":{
|
|
"excited and often showy or disorderly speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the holiday season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"beeline",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"hotheadedness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his characteristic hustle , he had all the plans for the conference lined up in a matter of days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"initiative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"ambitiousness",
|
|
"killer instinct",
|
|
"overambitiousness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clever hustle that tricked people into revealing their bank account information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulled":{
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hull the pinto beans before adding them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"husked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"shelled",
|
|
"shucked",
|
|
"skinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"pared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugeness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being very large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can only appreciate the hugeness of the dome when you see how tiny the people standing under it look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"giantism",
|
|
"gigantism",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"vastitude",
|
|
"vastness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"sizableness",
|
|
"voluminousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"spaciousness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"immoderacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung on to":{
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can hang on to that necklace if you like."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She hangs on to memories of her traveling days."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"stuck (to)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Can you hang on to my purse while I use the bathroom?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"cradled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unhanded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hang on to this rope for support."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"held on (to)",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huge":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old stadium was replaced by a huge new one that seats 100,000 spectators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunky-dory":{
|
|
"being to one's liking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if she just agrees to cooperate, everything will be hunky-dory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"copacetic",
|
|
"copasetic",
|
|
"copesetic",
|
|
"ducky",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"jake",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"satisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtless":{
|
|
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unlike some parodies, which are mean-spirited, this one was marked by hurtless humor and affectionate exaggeration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hucksters":{
|
|
"one who sells things outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"costermongers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"pushers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorists":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"funnymen",
|
|
"gaggers",
|
|
"gagmen",
|
|
"gagsters",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"banterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"practical jokers",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"quippers",
|
|
"quipsters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"wisecrackers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtled":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husbanding":{
|
|
"as in managing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"cheeseparing",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightfistedness",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung in there":{
|
|
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We're almost ready, so just hang in there ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"knuckled down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubristic":{
|
|
"as in egotistic , prideful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurry-skurry":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutzpah":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustler":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"policemen kept the street clean of hustlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"whore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"tempter",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler , the sky's the limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"he-man",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humus":{
|
|
"a brown or black material in soil that is formed when plants and animals decay":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"topsoil",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"blackland",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"alluvium",
|
|
"colluvium",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loess",
|
|
"marl",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurl":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barf",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"puke",
|
|
"retch",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"upchuck",
|
|
"vomit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"regurgitate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"nauseate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fighter jet hurled through the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurled snowballs at each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung together":{
|
|
"as in combined , associated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"interfaced",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"connived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hummed":{
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounded",
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"pullulated",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"teemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a helicopter hummed overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred",
|
|
"thrummed",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"curred",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustled":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutches":{
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutments",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"cabanas",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"hogans",
|
|
"wickiups",
|
|
"wigwams",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the owner took the rabbit out of the hutch so the children could pet it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kennels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"kraals",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"cotes",
|
|
"dovecotes",
|
|
"dovecots",
|
|
"henhouses",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"sheepfolds",
|
|
"pigpens",
|
|
"aquariums",
|
|
"aquaria",
|
|
"terraria",
|
|
"terrariums",
|
|
"live-boxes",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huzzah":{
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beleaguered soldiers cried, \" Huzzah !\" as badly needed reinforcements appeared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hurray",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hurrah , hail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hosanna",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hoorah",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"rave(s)",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hushing":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"zoning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"cutting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
"quieting (down)",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"cooling (down)",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunkered (down)":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunter-gatherer":{
|
|
"a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribe of hunter-gatherers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humidify":{
|
|
"as in moisten , moisturize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung (at)":{
|
|
"to go to or spend time in often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"resorted (to)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran (in)",
|
|
"camped (out in)",
|
|
"sojourned (at)",
|
|
"stayed (at)",
|
|
"stopped (over)",
|
|
"tarried (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humidity":{
|
|
"the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oppressive humidity made the hot day seem even hotter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"moistness",
|
|
"moisture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"soddenness",
|
|
"sogginess",
|
|
"wetness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huddled":{
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies huddled together to keep warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"pressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubs":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humiliated":{
|
|
"as in embarrassed , disconcerted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"took down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanity":{
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all humanity can learn from this tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a country known for the humanity of its liberal immigration policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity , such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Homo sapiens",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mankind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humorous":{
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair",
|
|
"\"most humorous costume\" went to the girl dressed as Little Bo Peep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humoristic",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"unhumorous",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's a humorous look at love and marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"witty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humidified":{
|
|
"as in moistened , moisturized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husband":{
|
|
"a male partner in a marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hubby",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"old man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"spouse",
|
|
"Mr. Right",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"bridegroom",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"benedict",
|
|
"widower",
|
|
"househusband"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huntings":{
|
|
"as in attacks , traps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"ambushments",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"mousetraps",
|
|
"snares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humble pie":{
|
|
"as in shame , confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"humiliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-possession"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humming":{
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new science center is usually humming with school groups on Thursdays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"pullulating",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a helicopter hummed overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"curring",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hued":{
|
|
"as in colored , painted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorized",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinct",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"tintless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurrahs":{
|
|
"as in hails , huzzahs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"hosannas",
|
|
"huzzahs",
|
|
"huzzas",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"ovations",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"r\u00e9clames",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huddles":{
|
|
"a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after an all-night huddle , the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"conclaves",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"sessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies huddled together to keep warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurts (for)":{
|
|
"as in lacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"cries (for)",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"necessitates",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humph":{
|
|
"as in ah , pshaw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"bah",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humidifying":{
|
|
"as in moistening , moisturizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulking":{
|
|
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strongly and heavily built":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"mesomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huntsman":{
|
|
"a person who hunts game":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huntsman presented the king with two pheasants for the royal table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"nimrod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hutments":{
|
|
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"campgrounds",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"campsites",
|
|
"encampments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"tentages",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"plantations",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"Hoovervilles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"shantytowns",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"cantonments",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"laagers",
|
|
"leaguers",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"cabanas",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"hogans",
|
|
"wickiups",
|
|
"wigwams",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanities":{
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all humanity can learn from this tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humankinds",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"worlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity , such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"humankinds",
|
|
"men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunted":{
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"stalked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"ferreted",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"spoored",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"trailed",
|
|
"gunned (for)",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"culled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast about (for)",
|
|
"cast around (for)",
|
|
"chased (down)",
|
|
"foraged (for)",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"shopped (for)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"rooted (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"prospected",
|
|
"searched",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoitered",
|
|
"reconnoitred",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"plumbed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurdle":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bounce , skip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"skyrocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in take , overcome":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurry-scurry":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbling":{
|
|
"as in humiliating , demeaning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in humiliation , abasement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurly-burly":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost sight of his children in all the hurly-burly of the fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hushing (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burking",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huffs":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in a huff because everyone was running late and the school bus would stop to pick them up in a matter of minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"swelters",
|
|
"swivets",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"hissies",
|
|
"hissy fits",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"tantrums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rampages",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"cholers",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"lividities",
|
|
"spleens",
|
|
"wraths",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snits",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"left the restaurant in a huff after waiting 15 minutes to be seated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"resentments",
|
|
"umbrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"irritations",
|
|
"vexations",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulks",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"satisfactions",
|
|
"appeasements",
|
|
"mollifications",
|
|
"pacifications",
|
|
"contentments",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifications",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"spouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huntsmen":{
|
|
"a person who hunts game":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huntsman presented the king with two pheasants for the royal table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"nimrods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportsmen",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunt (down or up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to hunt down his ancestors, who arrived back to the 16th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurry-skurries":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hue and cry":{
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"vociferation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"cri de coeur",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"rumble",
|
|
"rumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtling":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hushes (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burkes",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurtle":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hunk":{
|
|
"a physically attractive man":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her new boyfriend is quite the hunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"pretty boy",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"eye candy",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"lady-killer",
|
|
"sheik",
|
|
"womanizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hum":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we heard the hum of an outboard motor and a few minutes later the small craft came into sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abound",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"pullulate",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"teem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a helicopter hummed overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hustling":{
|
|
"as in enterprising , industrious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-flying",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"rivalrous",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"hard-driving",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
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"tepid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
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"ambitionless",
|
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"unambitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
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"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
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"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hussy":{
|
|
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Grandma, you hussy !\" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"fancy woman",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"hoochie",
|
|
"Jezebel",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"quean",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trollop",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"grisette",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"trull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"husky":{
|
|
"strongly and heavily built":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a husky weight lifter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"mesomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbors bought a fairly husky lawn mower for their small yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"harsh and dry in sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a voice that was husky from an afternoon of cheering on the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humbugging":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hush":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"zone out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"quiet (down)",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"cool (down)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hubbies":{
|
|
"a male partner in a marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my hubby's been gone on a trip all week, and I really miss him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"Mr. Rights",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"benedicts",
|
|
"widowers",
|
|
"househusbands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hues":{
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated the room in hues of blue and green"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"undertones",
|
|
"primary colors",
|
|
"secondary colors",
|
|
"tertiary colors",
|
|
"chromas",
|
|
"chromaticities",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"saturations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"colorations",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colorways",
|
|
"pigmentations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hullabaloos":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a lot of needless hullabaloo as the new millennium approached"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent shouting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was such a hullabaloo in the room that he couldn't hear himself think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"vociferations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"rumblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung up (on)":{
|
|
"as in obsessed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"besotted (by)",
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"dotty (over)",
|
|
"enamored (of)",
|
|
"enraptured (by)",
|
|
"gaga (over)",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated (with)",
|
|
"mad (about)",
|
|
"nuts (about)",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"unenchanted",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"heart-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hulks":{
|
|
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"palookas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos",
|
|
"anthropoids",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurting (for)":{
|
|
"as in lacking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"crying (for)",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"necessitating",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huskiness":{
|
|
"as in stoutness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hungry":{
|
|
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engorged",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hungry for the latest news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humungous":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurried":{
|
|
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurried shoppers who grab the wrong items",
|
|
"ate a hurried meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"drive-by",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"overhasty",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"horseback",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"drawn-out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"unrushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huffy":{
|
|
"easily offended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"oversensitive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"supersensitive",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"thick-skinned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been acting very huffy ever since he was named head of the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hugest":{
|
|
"as in biggest , largest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biggest",
|
|
"largest",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"max",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"nth",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"uttermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"minutest",
|
|
"smallest",
|
|
"tiniest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"fewest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hurls":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"pukes",
|
|
"retches",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits up",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"upchucks",
|
|
"vomits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"regurgitates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"nauseates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fighter jet hurled through the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurled snowballs at each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"lofts",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hung it up":{
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We've had a good go of it, but I think it's time to hang it up ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"restarted",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"huzzas":{
|
|
"as in hurrahs , hails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"hosannas",
|
|
"hurrahs",
|
|
"hoorays",
|
|
"hoorahs",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"ovations",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"r\u00e9clames",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"humanitarian":{
|
|
"having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"humanitarian efforts to aid the earthquake victims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"do-good",
|
|
"eleemosynary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"compassionate",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"social-minded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"self-indulgent",
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"self-seeking",
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"cheap",
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"closefisted",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
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"parsimonious",
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"stingy",
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"tight",
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"tightfisted",
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"hard-hearted",
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"pitiless",
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"unfeeling",
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"self-obsessed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"self-centered",
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"self-concerned",
|
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"selfish"
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]
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},
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"as in philanthropist , altruist":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"altruist",
|
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"philanthropist"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"egocentric",
|
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"egoist",
|
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"egomaniac",
|
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"egotist",
|
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"ego-tripper",
|
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"narcissist",
|
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"megalomaniac",
|
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"beast",
|
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"boor",
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"cad",
|
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"churl",
|
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"clown",
|
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"creep",
|
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"cretin",
|
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"cur",
|
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"heel",
|
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"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
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"lout",
|
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"skunk",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
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} |