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{
"snakelike":{
"as in devious , scurvy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snakeskins":{
"as in calfskins , lambskins":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snaking":{
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"snaking softly through the brush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"edging",
"inching",
"worming",
"ghosting",
"padding",
"tiptoeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurking",
"mooching",
"mousing",
"pussyfooting",
"shirking",
"skulking",
"sliding",
"slinking",
"slipping",
"sneaking",
"stealing"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouching",
"squatting",
"edging",
"inching",
"nosing",
"skulking",
"sneaking",
"stealing",
"tiptoeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellying",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"sliding",
"slithering",
"worming",
"wriggling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snap":{
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bark",
"snarl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growl",
"grumble",
"roar",
"scream",
"shout",
"shriek",
"yell",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"blow up",
"explode",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack",
"pop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rend",
"rive",
"split",
"crackle",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"sputter",
"burst",
"explode",
"shatter",
"clack",
"clatter",
"click"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a photograph of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
],
"synonyms":[
"mug",
"photo",
"photograph",
"shoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"image",
"picture",
"rephotograph",
"retake",
"film",
"videotape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"she abruptly snapped alert"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"fluctuate",
"mutate",
"shift",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphose",
"morph",
"transmute",
"better",
"improve",
"deteriorate",
"worsen",
"turn around",
"seesaw",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateau",
"stabilize"
]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the plastic coat hook broke off with a loud snap when he tried to hang the heavy bag on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
"examples":[
"took several snaps of his family for the scrapbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snapshot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"close-up",
"enlargement",
"still",
"telephoto",
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the team is showing a lot of snap tonight"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
]
},
"a weather condition marked by low temperatures":{
"examples":[
"a prolonged cold snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold",
"cold wave",
"deep freeze",
"freeze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold front",
"frost",
"bite",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"chillness",
"coldness",
"frigidness",
"nip",
"wintriness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog days",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"antonyms":[
"heat",
"heat wave"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"I don't care a snap about gossip"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is easy to do":{
"examples":[
"this test will be a snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeze",
"cake",
"cakewalk",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"cream puff",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"picnic",
"pushover",
"roses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-brainer",
"nothing",
"sitting duck",
"gimme",
"laugher",
"walkaway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"horror show",
"killer",
"labor",
"murder",
"pain",
"sticky wicket",
"stinker"
]
},
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"a snap course that even an idiot could pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"made a snap decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snap (up)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snapped (up)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"related":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snaps":{
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"snarls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growls",
"grumbles",
"roars",
"screams",
"shouts",
"shrieks",
"yells",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks",
"pops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rends",
"rives",
"splits",
"crackles",
"hisses",
"sizzles",
"sputters",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"shatters",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"clicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a photograph of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
],
"synonyms":[
"mugs",
"photographs",
"photos",
"shoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"images",
"pictures",
"rephotographs",
"retakes",
"films",
"videotapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"she abruptly snapped alert"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluctuates",
"mutates",
"shifts",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphoses",
"morphs",
"transmutes",
"betters",
"improves",
"deteriorates",
"worsens",
"turns around",
"seesaws",
"teeters",
"vacillates",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateaus",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the plastic coat hook broke off with a loud snap when he tried to hang the heavy bag on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"pops",
"reports",
"slams",
"smashes",
"thunderclaps",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whomps",
"whumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunks",
"whams",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"knocks",
"raps",
"taps",
"blares",
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
"examples":[
"took several snaps of his family for the scrapbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snapshots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"close-ups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"telephotos",
"daguerreotypes",
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"tintypes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"I don't care a snap about gossip"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is easy to do":{
"examples":[
"this test will be a snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"breezes",
"cakes",
"cakewalks",
"child's play",
"cinches",
"cream puffs",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"picnics",
"pushovers",
"roses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-brainers",
"sitting ducks",
"gimmes",
"laughers",
"walkaways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainteasers",
"posers",
"stumpers",
"toughies",
"bothers",
"nuisances",
"troubles"
],
"antonyms":[
"bears",
"beasts",
"chores",
"headaches",
"horror shows",
"killers",
"labors",
"murders",
"pains",
"sticky wickets",
"stinkers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snare":{
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
"examples":[
"you fell for my clever snare , you fool!"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambush",
"net",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshment",
"entanglement",
"entrapment",
"envelopment",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"hazard",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag",
"artifice",
"cheat",
"cheating",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"morass",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"cat's cradle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"cobweb",
"spiderweb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"birdlime",
"capture",
"collar",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snarls":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"to no avail, the city promotes carpooling to help ease the traffic snarls that always accompany rush hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"bottlenecks",
"jams",
"jam-ups",
"logjams",
"tailbacks",
"tie-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangles",
"gridlocks",
"locks",
"congestions",
"traffic",
"crawls",
"delays",
"slowdowns",
"stoppages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"snaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growls",
"grumbles",
"roars",
"screams",
"shouts",
"shrieks",
"yells",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangles",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"intertwists",
"interweaves",
"knots",
"tangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumbles",
"scrabbles",
"scrambles",
"braids",
"enlaces",
"entwines",
"entwists",
"inweaves",
"plaits",
"twines",
"weaves",
"winds",
"wreathes",
"writhes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknots",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"unweaves"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"unsnarls",
"untangles",
"untwines",
"untwists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snarly":{
"as in surly , ornery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"surly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sneaked":{
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurked",
"mooched",
"moused",
"pussyfooted",
"shirked",
"skulked",
"slid",
"slipped",
"slunk",
"slinked",
"snaked",
"stole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"edged",
"inched",
"wormed",
"ghosted",
"padded",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrated",
"insinuated",
"slipped",
"worked in",
"wormed",
"wound",
"winded",
"wriggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crept",
"edged",
"wiggled",
"inserted",
"interpolated",
"interposed",
"introduced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneers":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"they brushed off his sneer and went about their business"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughs",
"smiles",
"snickers",
"sniggers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"catcalls",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hoots",
"insults",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"decries",
"despises",
"disdains",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"heckles",
"jives",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases",
"torments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smirks , snickers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"smirks",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"birds",
"boos",
"Bronx cheers",
"catcalls",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"razzes",
"snorts",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts",
"whistles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheers",
"applauses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sniff (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"her carpentry skills are nothing to sniff at"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffles":{
"as in whines , snuffles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fusses",
"snivels",
"snuffles",
"whines",
"bleats",
"mewls",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"peeps",
"squeaks",
"yelps",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squeals",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"calls",
"caterwauls",
"squawks",
"bellows",
"roars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffy":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"she was sniffy about anyone who didn't live up to her standards for \"good manners\""
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"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"
]
},
"sniggered":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"we sniggered as the actor kept forgetting his lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughed",
"smiled",
"sneered",
"snickered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"snorted",
"catcalled",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hooted",
"insulted",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"decried",
"despised",
"disdained",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"heckled",
"jived",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased",
"tormented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snitch (on)":{
"as in turn in , split (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in",
"give away",
"backstab",
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stand by",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snitches (on)":{
"as in turns in , splits (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informs (on)",
"peaches",
"rats (on)",
"shops",
"splits (on)",
"tells (on)",
"turns in",
"gives away",
"backstabs",
"betrays",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stands by",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"saves",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snitching":{
"as in fraud , lying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"talebearing",
"trickery",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"finking",
"grassing (on)",
"informing",
"ratting (on)",
"singing",
"splitting (on)",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"talking",
"telling (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betraying",
"giving away",
"turning in",
"backstabbing",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing",
"blabbing",
"tattling",
"tipping (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriating",
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snivelers":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"the worst supermarket snivelers were the ones who tried to redeem coupons for items they hadn't even bought"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussbudgets",
"fussers",
"fusspots",
"gripers",
"grumblers",
"kvetchers",
"kvetches",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawlers",
"bleaters",
"moaners",
"screamers",
"squawkers",
"wailers",
"weepers",
"crabs",
"grumps",
"malcontents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snivelled":{
"to complain or cry in an annoying way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The child sniveled until he got his way."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snobbery":{
"the behavior or attitude of people who think they are better than other people; the behavior or attitude of snobs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snobs":{
"a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the snobs at the museum fund-raiser turned their little noses up at us because we weren't wearing designer outfits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"elitists",
"name-droppers",
"social climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"snoots",
"snots"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snooker":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
],
"examples":[
"I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"related":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snookered":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan"
],
"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",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"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"
]
},
"snookering":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"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"
]
},
"snookers":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"snootiness":{
"as in snobbishness , snobbery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness",
"naturalness",
"sincerity",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snooting":{
"to show contempt for":{
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
],
"examples":[
"after some modest success, the singer began to snoot the very people who had helped her get her career off the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"related":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snubbing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snoozed":{
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"napped",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropped off",
"drowsed (off)",
"nodded off",
"overslept",
"slept in",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hibernated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"rose",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"drowsed",
"kipped",
"napped",
"slumbered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"couched",
"laid",
"lay",
"roosted",
"lulled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"got up",
"rose",
"roused",
"uprose",
"wakened",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snorters":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"a real snorter of an action movie that lives up to all the hype"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snotty":{
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"a snotty contempt for those brash parvenus who moved into the cookie-cutter mansion next door"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppity",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"prideful",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"swellheaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democratic",
"egalitarian",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"antielitist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snout":{
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts"
],
"synonyms":[
"beak",
"conk",
"honker",
"neb",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pug",
"pugnose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snouts":{
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaks",
"conks",
"honkers",
"nebs",
"noses",
"nozzles",
"proboscises",
"proboscides",
"schnozzes",
"schnozzolas",
"schnozzles",
"smellers",
"snoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pugnoses",
"pugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snow under":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"floor",
"grind (down)",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"swamp",
"whelm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowed under":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"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":[]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushed",
"devastated",
"floored",
"ground (down)",
"oppressed",
"overcame",
"overmastered",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"prostrated",
"swamped",
"whelmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"sank",
"sunk",
"confuted",
"defeated",
"refuted",
"broke",
"demoralized",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"rocked",
"shattered",
"staggered",
"threw",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowing":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"easily snowed by her glib talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"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"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"dulling",
"fading",
"paling",
"washing out",
"whitening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowstorm":{
"a storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
"examples":[
"An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blizzard",
"cloudburst",
"hailstorm",
"ice storm",
"rainsquall",
"rainstorm",
"snow squall",
"thundershower",
"thunderstorm",
"weather",
"windstorm",
"northeaster",
"nor'easter",
"norther",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"cyclone",
"hurricane",
"typhoon",
"sandstorm",
"squall",
"storm",
"tempest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snub":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"rebuff",
"repulse",
"silent treatment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shoulder",
"cut",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"stiff",
"stiff-arm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolate",
"ostracize",
"brush (aside or off)",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"reject",
"repel",
"repulse",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"disregard",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"shrug off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snubs":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"cold shoulders",
"rebuffs",
"repulses",
"silent treatments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"kiss-offs",
"rejections",
"banishments",
"blackballs",
"ostracisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"embraces",
"welcomes",
"glad hands",
"welcome mats"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shoulders",
"cuts",
"high-hats",
"slights",
"stiff-arms",
"stiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolates",
"ostracizes",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"rejects",
"repels",
"repulses",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"shrugs off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"scorns",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snuff (out)":{
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"snuff out the candle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"blow out",
"rub out",
"snub (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"stub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuffed it":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"They thought she might snuff it any day now."
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"snuffing it":{
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
],
"examples":[
"They thought she might snuff it any day now."
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"snuffling":{
"as in sniffing , snorting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"snoring",
"snorting",
"snuffing",
"whiffing",
"breathing",
"respiring",
"blowing (out)",
"drawing",
"expiring",
"inbreathing",
"inspiring",
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"suspiring",
"wheezing",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiating",
"choking",
"gagging",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whining , sniffling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fussing",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"whining",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"blubbing",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"peeping",
"squeaking",
"yelping",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squealing",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"calling",
"caterwauling",
"squawking",
"bellowing",
"roaring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snooper":{
"as in spy , peeper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"spy",
"busybody",
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker",
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"revealer",
"teller",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snifters":{
"as in shots , shooters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snared":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught up",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"netted",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
"bagged",
"birdlimed",
"captured",
"collared",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneer (at)":{
"as in scoff (at) , scorn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"take off (on)",
"travesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snivels":{
"to complain or cry in an annoying way":{
"examples":[
"The child sniveled until he got his way."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"groans",
"moans",
"wails",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"keens",
"laments",
"rues",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows",
"suffers",
"bawls",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"yammers",
"yelps",
"yowls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuff it":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"They thought she might snuff it any day now."
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"part",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"snuffed (out)":{
"as in dead , stamped (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"snuff out the candle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"blew out",
"rubbed out",
"snubbed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"stubbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cleaned (up)",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"snowbird":{
"as in sunseeker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sunseeker",
"journeyer",
"pilgrim",
"wayfarer",
"transient",
"guest",
"hosteler",
"hosteller",
"visitor",
"holidayer",
"holidaymaker",
"vacationer",
"vacationist",
"excursionist",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"sightseer",
"tourist",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"tripper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snail":{
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
"examples":[
"go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawler",
"dallier",
"dawdler",
"dragger",
"laggard",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"straggler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latecomer",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"delayer",
"procrastinator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"scrambler",
"hurrier",
"rusher",
"speeder"
],
"antonyms":[
"speedster"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creak (along)",
"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snail-paced":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"my snail-paced dial-up connection is essentially worthless for video downloads"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snuck":{
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurked",
"mooched",
"moused",
"pussyfooted",
"shirked",
"skulked",
"slid",
"slipped",
"slunk",
"slinked",
"snaked",
"stole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"edged",
"inched",
"wormed",
"ghosted",
"padded",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrated",
"insinuated",
"slipped",
"worked in",
"wormed",
"wound",
"winded",
"wriggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crept",
"edged",
"wiggled",
"inserted",
"interpolated",
"interposed",
"introduced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snakes":{
"a limbless reptile with a long body":{
"examples":[
"snakes are cold-blooded, so they regulate their body temperature by alternately basking in sunlight and seeking shade"
],
"synonyms":[
"serpents",
"vipers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"bushmasters",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"why, that dirty, rotten snake !"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"what a snake she was\u2014having an affair with my husband while I was in the hospital!"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"subverters",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"snaking softly through the brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurks",
"mooches",
"mouses",
"pussyfoots",
"shirks",
"skulks",
"slides",
"slinks",
"slips",
"sneaks",
"steals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"edges",
"inches",
"worms",
"ghosts",
"pads",
"tiptoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies",
"crawls",
"creeps",
"grovels",
"slides",
"slithers",
"worms",
"wriggles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouches",
"squats",
"edges",
"inches",
"noses",
"skulks",
"sneaks",
"steals",
"tiptoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snappishness":{
"as in trouble , irritableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"trouble",
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snigger":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"a love scene that unintentionally drew sniggers from the audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"we sniggered as the actor kept forgetting his lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"laugh",
"smile",
"sneer",
"snicker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"catcall",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snatching":{
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"an industry in which the snatching of trade secrets is greatly feared"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"rip-off",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the brazen seagull snatched the french fry right from my hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snares":{
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
"examples":[
"you fell for my clever snare , you fool!"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambushes",
"nets",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshments",
"entanglements",
"entrapments",
"envelopments",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"hazards",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags",
"artifices",
"cheats",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"subterfuges",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglements",
"meshes",
"morasses",
"nets",
"nooses",
"quagmires",
"quicksands",
"tanglements",
"toils",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"cat's cradles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"cobwebs",
"spiderwebs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches up",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entoils",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"nets",
"tangles",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"birdlimes",
"captures",
"collars",
"embroils",
"implicates",
"involves",
"mires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"extricates",
"clears",
"frees",
"liberates"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"untangles"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"campers trying to snare brook trout for supper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snores":{
"to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping":{
"examples":[
"My husband snores and it keeps me up all night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"snuffs",
"whiffs",
"breathes",
"respires",
"blows (out)",
"draws",
"expires",
"inbreathes",
"inspires",
"gasps",
"huffs",
"pants",
"puffs",
"suspires",
"wheezes",
"yawns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiates",
"chokes",
"gags",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffs":{
"the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"we took a good sniff of the sauce, trying to guess its ingredients"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"odors",
"redolences",
"scents",
"smells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"whiffs",
"attars",
"ottos",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"perfumes",
"ambrosias",
"savors",
"savours",
"spices",
"tangs",
"fetors",
"funks",
"malodors",
"rancidities",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks",
"aromaticities",
"incenses",
"musks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"a curious cat sniffing the flowers in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"noses",
"scents",
"smells",
"snuffs",
"whiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"drinks (in)",
"inhales",
"respires",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sneaker":{
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
"examples":[
"she's such a sneaker I wouldn't trust her any farther than I could throw her"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurker",
"skulk",
"skulker",
"slyboots",
"sneak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skunk",
"snake",
"weasel",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"stalker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snort":{
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"made a snort of derision at the lame suggestion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird",
"boo",
"Bronx cheer",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applause",
"clapping"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheer"
]
},
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"examples":[
"the old cowpoke asked for a snort of whiskey"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"draft",
"drag",
"drink",
"gulp",
"nip",
"quaff",
"shot",
"sip",
"slug",
"sup",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dram",
"drop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sniff , snore":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"snore",
"snuff",
"snuffle",
"whiff",
"breathe",
"respire",
"blow (out)",
"draw",
"expire",
"inbreathe",
"inspire",
"gasp",
"huff",
"pant",
"puff",
"suspire",
"wheeze",
"yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"choke",
"gag",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snarling":{
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barking",
"snapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growling",
"grumbling",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"shouting",
"shrieking",
"yelling",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangling",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"knotting",
"tangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumbling",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling",
"braiding",
"enlacing",
"entwining",
"entwisting",
"inweaving",
"plaiting",
"twining",
"weaving",
"winding",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknotting",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"unweaving"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuffboxes":{
"as in tinderboxes , hatboxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"tinderboxes",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"canteens",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"coffins",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"cartons",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snub (out)":{
"as in stamp (out) , blow out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow out",
"rub out",
"stamp (out)",
"stub",
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowballs":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the little problems we ignored began to snowball into huge headaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snobby":{
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"the snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snooty",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppity",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"prideful",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"swellheaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democratic",
"egalitarian",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"antielitist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snow":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"easily snowed by her glib talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"dull",
"fade",
"pale",
"wash out",
"whiten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"etiolate",
"whitewash",
"frost",
"silver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snakeskin":{
"as in calfskin , lambskin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alligator",
"antelope",
"buckskin",
"cabretta",
"calfskin",
"capeskin",
"chamois",
"cordovan",
"cowhide",
"crocodile",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"kid",
"kidskin",
"lambskin",
"morocco",
"ostrich",
"pigskin",
"seal",
"sharkskin",
"sheepskin",
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"pelt",
"nubuck",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snuffs":{
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"noses",
"scents",
"smells",
"sniffs",
"whiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"drinks (in)",
"inhales",
"respires",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snow squalls":{
"as in weathers , rainsqualls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudbursts",
"hailstorms",
"ice storms",
"rainsqualls",
"rainstorms",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers",
"windstorms",
"blizzards",
"snowstorms",
"northeasters",
"nor'easters",
"northers",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"cyclones",
"hurricanes",
"typhoons",
"sandstorms",
"squalls",
"storms",
"tempests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snapped back":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"came back",
"convalesced",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"pulled round",
"rallied",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to",
"improved",
"picked up",
"revived",
"cheered (up)",
"perked (up)",
"pulled through",
"survived",
"recruited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"regressed",
"relapsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snobbism":{
"as in snobbishness , snobbery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snootiness",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness",
"naturalness",
"sincerity",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snoozing":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"all that snoozing should have you well rested and ready for some hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"oversleeping",
"sleeping in",
"dreaming",
"hibernating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"drowsing",
"kipping",
"napping",
"slumbering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"couching",
"laying",
"lying",
"roosting",
"lulling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"getting up",
"rising",
"rousing",
"uprising",
"wakening",
"waking (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sniper":{
"a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place":{
"examples":[
"The soldiers were attacked by a sniper ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rifleman",
"sharpshooter",
"shooter",
"shot",
"trapshooter",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunner",
"marksman",
"markswoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snickers":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laughs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cachinnations",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughs",
"laughters",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"he snickered at the puzzled look on her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughs",
"smiles",
"sneers",
"sniggers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"catcalls",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hoots",
"insults",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"decries",
"despises",
"disdains",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"heckles",
"jives",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases",
"torments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"hee-haws",
"laughs",
"roars",
"screams",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grins",
"smiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snubbed":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"stiff-armed",
"stiffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolated",
"ostracized",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"rejected",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"shrugged off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemned",
"disdained",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"high-hatted",
"looked down (on or upon)",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deplored",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"lionized",
"hallowed",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"accepted",
"appreciated",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honored",
"respected"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniggering":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"we sniggered as the actor kept forgetting his lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughing",
"smiling",
"sneering",
"snickering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"catcalling",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hooting",
"insulting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"decrying",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"heckling",
"jiving",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"tormenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneak up":{
"as in creep up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"creep up",
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge",
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffing (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"her carpentry skills are nothing to sniff at"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"snooting",
"snubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snoozes":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"took a snooze after lunch to refresh himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"drowses",
"forty winks",
"kips",
"naps",
"siestas",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reposes",
"rests",
"slumbers",
"beds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"man, that novel is a snooze \u2014there's not one interesting character in it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"drags",
"drips",
"droners",
"dullsvilles",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"snoozers",
"yawners",
"yawns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummers",
"downers",
"bromides",
"pills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"uppers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"naps",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drops off",
"drowses (off)",
"nods off",
"oversleeps",
"sleeps in",
"dreams",
"hibernates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakes",
"rises",
"wakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"drowses",
"kips",
"naps",
"slumbers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"couches",
"lays",
"lies",
"roosts",
"lulls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"gets up",
"rises",
"rouses",
"uprises",
"wakens",
"wakes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snuffles":{
"as in sniffs , snorts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"snores",
"snorts",
"snuffs",
"whiffs",
"breathes",
"respires",
"blows (out)",
"draws",
"expires",
"inbreathes",
"inspires",
"gasps",
"huffs",
"pants",
"puffs",
"suspires",
"wheezes",
"yawns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiates",
"chokes",
"gags",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whines , sniffles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fusses",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"whines",
"bleats",
"mewls",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"peeps",
"squeaks",
"yelps",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squeals",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"calls",
"caterwauls",
"squawks",
"bellows",
"roars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniping (at)":{
"as in blazing (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing (at)",
"launching",
"projecting",
"casting",
"catapulting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"lobbing",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing",
"blasting",
"discharging",
"firing",
"loosing",
"shooting",
"squeezing off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneak thiefs":{
"as in thieves , housebreakers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"bandits",
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snickered":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"he snickered at the puzzled look on her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughed",
"smiled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"snorted",
"catcalled",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hooted",
"insulted",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"decried",
"despised",
"disdained",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"heckled",
"jived",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased",
"tormented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"hee-hawed",
"laughed",
"roared",
"screamed",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snore":{
"to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping":{
"examples":[
"My husband snores and it keeps me up all night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"snuff",
"snuffle",
"whiff",
"breathe",
"respire",
"blow (out)",
"draw",
"expire",
"inbreathe",
"inspire",
"gasp",
"huff",
"pant",
"puff",
"suspire",
"wheeze",
"yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"choke",
"gag",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snip":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"snipped the loose ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
"examples":[
"that antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"buy",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"steal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"closeout",
"markdown",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snoot":{
"a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"our neighbor is a tiresome old snoot who keeps talking about how the neighborhood is going downhill"
],
"synonyms":[
"snob",
"snot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elitist",
"name-dropper",
"social climber"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"an overbearing snob who walks around with her snoot up in the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"beak",
"conk",
"honker",
"neb",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pug",
"pugnose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"a snoot that suggested that she thought that she was better than the rest of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"after some modest success, the singer began to snoot the very people who had helped her get her career off the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snuggling":{
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"curling up",
"nestling",
"snugging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowing",
"couching",
"crouching",
"huddling",
"hunching",
"hunkering (down)",
"scrunching",
"squatting",
"squinching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"snuggle up to a friendly cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"snoozling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curling up",
"crouching",
"huddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenching",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"shying",
"starting",
"wincing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snooze":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"took a snooze after lunch to refresh himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"kip",
"nap",
"siesta",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repose",
"rest",
"slumber",
"bed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"man, that novel is a snooze \u2014there's not one interesting character in it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"drag",
"drip",
"droner",
"dullsville",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"snoozer",
"yawn",
"yawner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer",
"bromide",
"pill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blast",
"gas",
"kick",
"rush",
"upper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"nap",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"oversleep",
"sleep in",
"dream",
"hibernate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"kip",
"nap",
"slumber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"couch",
"lay",
"lie",
"roost",
"lull"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"get up",
"rise",
"rouse",
"uprise",
"wake (up)",
"waken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snowy":{
"as in rainy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rainy",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy",
"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"windswept",
"bleak",
"dirty",
"foul",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded",
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in snow-white , whited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snow-white",
"whited",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snazzy":{
"attractively eye-catching in style":{
"examples":[
"fond of tooling around town in a snazzy car"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashy",
"jazzy",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"splashy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cool",
"fresh",
"hip",
"neat",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"chichi",
"dapper",
"dashing",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"spruce",
"faddish",
"fashionable",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish",
"swish",
"trendy",
"custom",
"designer",
"showy",
"striking",
"flamboyant",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"jaunty",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"raffish",
"rakish",
"swank",
"swanky",
"wild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"conservative",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unpretentious",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"old-fashioned",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snuggeries":{
"as in cubbyholes , pigeonholes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cubbyholes",
"pigeonholes",
"bays",
"cabins",
"cells",
"chambers",
"compartments",
"cubes",
"cubicles",
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks",
"recesses",
"cabinets",
"drawers",
"lockers",
"cavities",
"holes",
"hollows",
"booths",
"boxes",
"cribs",
"loges",
"stalls",
"bunkers",
"crypts",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snakebitten":{
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
"examples":[
"in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go"
],
"synonyms":[
"hapless",
"hard-luck",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"jinxed",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"ill",
"inauspicious",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"untoward",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous",
"accursed",
"accurst",
"damned",
"doomed",
"tragic",
"tragical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"favored",
"gifted",
"privileged",
"auspicious",
"fair",
"favorable",
"golden",
"promising",
"propitious"
],
"antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snows":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"easily snowed by her glib talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"blenches",
"decolorizes",
"dulls",
"fades",
"pales",
"washes out",
"whitens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"dims",
"mats",
"mattes",
"matts",
"etiolates",
"whitewashes",
"frosts",
"silvers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"blotches",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"discolors",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"shades",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"tarnishes",
"variegates",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"burnishes",
"polishes",
"shines"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"deepens",
"embrowns"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snails":{
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
"examples":[
"go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawlers",
"dalliers",
"dawdlers",
"draggers",
"laggards",
"laggers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"plodders",
"slowpokes",
"stragglers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latecomers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"loungers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"delayers",
"procrastinators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go-getters",
"hustlers",
"scramblers",
"hurriers",
"rushers",
"speeders"
],
"antonyms":[
"speedsters"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creaks (along)",
"creeps",
"drags",
"inches",
"limps",
"noses",
"oozes",
"plods",
"pokes",
"slouches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbers",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"tramps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"glides",
"sails",
"hurries",
"tears"
],
"antonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"speeds",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sneezes at":{
"as in walks over , thumbs one's nose (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looks down one's nose (at)",
"thumbs one's nose (at)",
"walks over",
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"scorns",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots",
"snubs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuffy":{
"as in grumpy , cantankerous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snowdrifts":{
"as in snowbanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbanks",
"banks",
"bars",
"drifts",
"mounds",
"embankments",
"sandbars",
"heaps",
"hills",
"masses",
"mountains",
"stacks",
"tufts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snubbing (out)":{
"as in stamping (out) , blowing out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing out",
"rubbing out",
"stamping (out)",
"stubbing",
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"blanketing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowbank":{
"as in snowdrift":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowdrift",
"bank",
"bar",
"drift",
"mound",
"embankment",
"sandbar",
"heap",
"hill",
"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snappy":{
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
"examples":[
"that snappy outfit really should impress your date"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"au courant",
"chic",
"cool",
"exclusive",
"fashionable",
"fresh",
"happening",
"hip",
"in",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"stylish",
"supercool",
"swell",
"swish",
"trendy",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downtown",
"edgy",
"funky",
"dapper",
"dashing",
"dressy",
"kicky",
"natty",
"rakish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"chichi",
"classy",
"flossy",
"haute",
"haut",
"nobby",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"soign\u00e9",
"soign\u00e9e",
"swank",
"swanky",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"stately",
"tasteful",
"understated",
"doggish",
"doggy",
"flashy",
"gallant",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"ultrachic",
"ultracool",
"ultrahip",
"ultraposh",
"ultrasmart",
"ultrasophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"tacky",
"unattractive",
"unbecoming",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tasteless",
"trashy",
"unhandsome",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"messy",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"wrinkled",
"shabby",
"sleazy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"out",
"outmoded",
"styleless",
"unchic",
"uncool",
"unfashionable",
"unmodish",
"unstylish"
]
},
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"we tried to avoid her when she was acting snappy , which was all too often"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"typically snappy weather for March"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"examples":[
"much snappy repartee at the party celebrating the new art gallery's opening"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"bring us some more french fries, and make it snappy !"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
"examples":[
"the snappy outfits worn by the young, attractive staff at the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"spruce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dolled up",
"dressy",
"elegant",
"formal",
"spiffed-up",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean"
],
"near antonyms":[
"messy",
"mussed",
"rumpled",
"uncombed",
"untidy",
"wrinkled",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"nasty",
"scroungy",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"scuzzy",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sniveler":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"the worst supermarket snivelers were the ones who tried to redeem coupons for items they hadn't even bought"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"griper",
"grumbler",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawler",
"bleater",
"moaner",
"screamer",
"squawker",
"wailer",
"weeper",
"crab",
"grump",
"malcontent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snipe (at)":{
"as in blaze (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze (at)",
"launch",
"project",
"cast",
"catapult",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"lob",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss",
"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"loose",
"shoot",
"squeeze off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snivelling":{
"as in crying , sobbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"keening",
"sniffling",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"sentimental",
"misty",
"misty-eyed",
"moist",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary",
"weepy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"lugubrious",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"miserable",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jovial",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crying , whining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"groan",
"moan",
"wail",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to complain or cry in an annoying way":{
"examples":[
"The child sniveled until he got his way."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"wailing",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"keening",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"bawling",
"howling",
"shrieking",
"squalling",
"yammering",
"yelping",
"yowling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackling",
"chortling",
"chuckling",
"cracking up",
"giggling",
"guffawing",
"laughing",
"snickering",
"tittering",
"twittering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snipping":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"snipped the loose ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snifter":{
"as in shot , shooter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snappish":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"I always start feeling snappish whenever I get really hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snippersnapper":{
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"examples":[
"an old hand who regards these kids right out of business school as a bunch of snippersnappers who don't know beans"
],
"synonyms":[
"cipher",
"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"insect",
"insignificancy",
"lightweight",
"morsel",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"nullity",
"number",
"pip-squeak",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-name",
"noncelebrity",
"least",
"inferior",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity",
"figurehead",
"puppet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chief",
"head",
"lead",
"leader",
"celebrity",
"luminary",
"notable",
"personality",
"planet",
"star",
"superstar",
"authority",
"superior",
"great power",
"party",
"power"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"eminence",
"figure",
"kahuna",
"kingpin",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"personage",
"somebody",
"VIP"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sneaky":{
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
"examples":[
"his opponent's sneaky campaign manager was clearly up to something"
],
"synonyms":[
"furtive",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"stealthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"slick",
"wily",
"close",
"closemouthed",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"dark",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"duplicitous",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"cheating",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"knavish",
"two-faced",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"serpentine",
"treacherous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"plainspoken",
"straightforward",
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"open",
"plain",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"a sneaky plan to replace the priceless painting with a copy"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"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"
]
},
"snows under":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"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":[]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushes",
"devastates",
"floors",
"grinds (down)",
"oppresses",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"swamps",
"whelms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snit":{
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"don't bother him; he's still in a snit after this morning's reprimand"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snide":{
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
"examples":[
"a snide trick to get the couple to gamble on a bet they had no real chance of winning"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"currish",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"dishonorable",
"execrable",
"ignoble",
"ignominious",
"low",
"low-down",
"low-minded",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"sordid",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"foul",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"cruel",
"vicious",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"atrocious",
"villainous",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"shameful",
"unworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"just",
"principled",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"commendable",
"excellent",
"exemplary",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"decent",
"proper",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"incorruptible",
"irreproachable",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring"
],
"antonyms":[
"high",
"high-minded",
"honorable",
"lofty",
"noble",
"straight",
"upright",
"venerable",
"virtuous"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
"examples":[
"some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"forged",
"inauthentic",
"phony",
"phoney",
"queer",
"sham",
"spurious",
"unauthentic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"dummy",
"nonfunctioning",
"ornamental",
"cultured",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"misleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"actual",
"true",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"unfaked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snowslide":{
"a large mass of snow descending from a high place":{
"examples":[
"They closed off part of the mountain to skiing due to a snowslide ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"slide",
"landslide",
"mudslide",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"alluvion",
"bath",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sniffle":{
"as in whine , snuffle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fuss",
"snivel",
"snuffle",
"whine",
"bleat",
"mewl",
"pule",
"whimper",
"bawl",
"blub",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"peep",
"squeak",
"yelp",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squeal",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"call",
"caterwaul",
"squawk",
"bellow",
"roar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snag":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"we ran into a slight snag the night before the show"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby trap",
"catch",
"catch-22",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"hitch",
"joker",
"land mine",
"pitfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"trip wire",
"web",
"hazard",
"peril",
"risk",
"bomb",
"bombshell",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"bait",
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sneaking":{
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
"examples":[
"never let one of those sneaking salespeople into your house"
],
"synonyms":[
"furtive",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaky",
"stealthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"slick",
"wily",
"close",
"closemouthed",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"dark",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"duplicitous",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"cheating",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"knavish",
"two-faced",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"serpentine",
"treacherous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"plainspoken",
"straightforward",
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"open",
"plain",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"harbored a sneaking admiration for his chief business rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"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"
]
},
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"examples":[
"a sneaking two-timer who has completely lost his wife's trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurking",
"mooching",
"mousing",
"pussyfooting",
"shirking",
"skulking",
"sliding",
"slinking",
"slipping",
"snaking",
"stealing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"edging",
"inching",
"worming",
"ghosting",
"padding",
"tiptoeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
"examples":[
"sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can"
],
"synonyms":[
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"slipping",
"winding",
"working in",
"worming",
"wriggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creeping",
"edging",
"wiggling",
"inserting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"snivel":{
"to complain or cry in an annoying way":{
"examples":[
"The child sniveled until he got his way."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"whimper",
"whine",
"groan",
"moan",
"wail",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"keen",
"lament",
"rue",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer",
"bawl",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"yammer",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuffled":{
"as in sniffed , snorted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"snored",
"snorted",
"snuffed",
"whiffed",
"breathed",
"respired",
"blew (out)",
"drew",
"expired",
"inbreathed",
"inspired",
"gasped",
"huffed",
"panted",
"puffed",
"suspired",
"wheezed",
"yawned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiated",
"choked",
"gagged",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whined , sniffled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fussed",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"whined",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"bawled",
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"peeped",
"squeaked",
"yelped",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squealed",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"called",
"caterwauled",
"squawked",
"bellowed",
"roared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniveled":{
"to complain or cry in an annoying way":{
"examples":[
"The child sniveled until he got his way."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"wailed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"keened",
"lamented",
"rued",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered",
"bawled",
"howled",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"yammered",
"yelped",
"yowled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"guffawed",
"laughed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowed":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"easily snowed by her glib talk"
],
"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",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"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"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"blenched",
"decolorized",
"dulled",
"faded",
"paled",
"washed out",
"whitened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"dimmed",
"matted",
"etiolated",
"whitewashed",
"frosted",
"silvered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"blotched",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"discolored",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"shaded",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"tarnished",
"variegated",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"deepened",
"embrowned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snots":{
"a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"that patronizing little snot at the vintage record store openly smirks when someone asks for something from the Top 40"
],
"synonyms":[
"snobs",
"snoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elitists",
"name-droppers",
"social climbers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snuffs (out)":{
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"snuff out the candle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"blows out",
"rubs out",
"snubs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"stubs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"blacks out",
"blots out",
"cancels",
"cleans (up)",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"stamps (out)",
"sweeps (away)",
"wipes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"dismantles",
"flattens",
"mows (down)",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"dashes",
"dynamites",
"smashes",
"atomizes",
"consumes",
"devours",
"dissolves",
"fragments",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"shatters",
"splinters",
"dooms",
"finishes",
"kills",
"kills off",
"terminates",
"zaps",
"cuts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"ejects",
"excises",
"expels",
"jettisons",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"creates",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"shapes",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renews",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snarfing (down)":{
"as in chowing (down on) , gobbling (up or down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolting",
"chowing (down on)",
"devouring",
"glutting (on)",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"swilling",
"wolfing",
"digesting",
"downing",
"mouthing (down)",
"swallowing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"gumming",
"lapping",
"licking",
"nibbling (on)",
"nursing",
"picking (at)",
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"partaking (of)",
"putting away",
"putting down",
"tucking (away or in)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"tasting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"faring",
"feasting",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"regaling",
"dispatching",
"polishing off",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snubbed (out)":{
"as in stamped (out) , blew out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blew out",
"rubbed out",
"stamped (out)",
"stubbed",
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"blanketed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snitcher":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the prison inmate swore that he'd get revenge if he ever found out who the snitcher was"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snippets":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"read them a snippet of his latest poem"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sneers (at)":{
"as in scoffs (at) , scorns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"laughs (at)",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"baits",
"barracks",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"takes off (on)",
"travesties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowballed":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the little problems we ignored began to snowball into huge headaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneering":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"they brushed off his sneer and went about their business"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughing",
"smiling",
"snickering",
"sniggering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"catcalling",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hooting",
"insulting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"decrying",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"heckling",
"jiving",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"tormenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snubs (out)":{
"as in stamps (out) , blows out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows out",
"rubs out",
"stamps (out)",
"stubs",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"blankets",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snapshot":{
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
"examples":[
"fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"close-up",
"enlargement",
"still",
"telephoto",
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snugged":{
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"the farmhand snugged down in the hay and proceeded to go to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"curled up",
"nestled",
"snuggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowed",
"couched",
"crouched",
"huddled",
"hunched",
"hunkered (down)",
"scrunched",
"squatted",
"squinched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snorted":{
"as in sniffed , snored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"snored",
"snuffed",
"snuffled",
"whiffed",
"breathed",
"respired",
"blew (out)",
"drew",
"expired",
"inbreathed",
"inspired",
"gasped",
"huffed",
"panted",
"puffed",
"suspired",
"wheezed",
"yawned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiated",
"choked",
"gagged",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snack bars":{
"as in cafeterias , lunchrooms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cafeterias",
"lunch counters",
"luncheonettes",
"lunchrooms",
"beaneries",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"caffs",
"diners",
"eateries",
"grills",
"restaurants",
"greasy spoons",
"hash houses",
"chophouses",
"steak houses",
"pizzerias",
"coffeehouses",
"coffee shops",
"estaminets",
"teahouses",
"tearooms",
"tea shops",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"inns",
"taverns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snoring":{
"to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping":{
"examples":[
"My husband snores and it keeps me up all night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"snuffing",
"snuffling",
"whiffing",
"breathing",
"respiring",
"blowing (out)",
"drawing",
"expiring",
"inbreathing",
"inspiring",
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"suspiring",
"wheezing",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiating",
"choking",
"gagging",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snaked":{
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"snaking softly through the brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurked",
"mooched",
"moused",
"pussyfooted",
"shirked",
"skulked",
"slid",
"slipped",
"slunk",
"slinked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"edged",
"inched",
"wormed",
"ghosted",
"padded",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"commandos snaking through the grass toward the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied",
"crawled",
"crept",
"groveled",
"grovelled",
"slid",
"slithered",
"wormed",
"wriggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouched",
"squatted",
"edged",
"inched",
"nosed",
"skulked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snored":{
"to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping":{
"examples":[
"My husband snores and it keeps me up all night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffed",
"snorted",
"snuffed",
"snuffled",
"whiffed",
"breathed",
"respired",
"blew (out)",
"drew",
"expired",
"inbreathed",
"inspired",
"gasped",
"huffed",
"panted",
"puffed",
"suspired",
"wheezed",
"yawned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiated",
"choked",
"gagged",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneaks up":{
"as in creeps up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"creeps up",
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges",
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snow-white":{
"as in snowy , whited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowy",
"whited",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sneered (at)":{
"as in scoffed (at) , scorned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneezing at":{
"as in walking over , thumbing one's nose (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looking down one's nose (at)",
"thumbing one's nose (at)",
"walking over",
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snooting",
"snubbing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneering (at)":{
"as in scoffing (at) , scorning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"skewering",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"taking off (on)",
"travestying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowstorms":{
"a storm with a large amount of falling snow":{
"examples":[
"An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blizzards",
"cloudbursts",
"hailstorms",
"ice storms",
"rainsqualls",
"rainstorms",
"snow squalls",
"snowsqualls",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers",
"windstorms",
"northeasters",
"nor'easters",
"northers",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"cyclones",
"hurricanes",
"typhoons",
"sandstorms",
"squalls",
"storms",
"tempests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snoozled":{
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"a trio of kittens were snoozling comfortably in the basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curled up",
"crouched",
"huddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenched",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shied",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"started",
"winced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snooty":{
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppity",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"prideful",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"swellheaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democratic",
"egalitarian",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"antielitist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snuggled":{
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"curled up",
"nestled",
"snugged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowed",
"couched",
"crouched",
"huddled",
"hunched",
"hunkered (down)",
"scrunched",
"squatted",
"squinched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"snuggle up to a friendly cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"snoozled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curled up",
"crouched",
"huddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenched",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shied",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"started",
"winced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snaillike":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the application process for an overseas adoption has been moving at a snaillike pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snitched":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"finked",
"grassed (on)",
"informed",
"ratted (on)",
"sang",
"sung",
"split (on)",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"talked",
"told (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayed",
"gave away",
"turned in",
"backstabbed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed",
"blabbed",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snapping":{
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"barking",
"snarling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growling",
"grumbling",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"shouting",
"shrieking",
"yelling",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the fragile twig snapped in her hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracking",
"popping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rending",
"riving",
"splitting",
"crackling",
"hissing",
"sizzling",
"sputtering",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"shattering",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"clicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a photograph of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us"
],
"synonyms":[
"mugging",
"photographing",
"photoing",
"shooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imaging",
"picturing",
"rephotographing",
"retaking",
"filming",
"videotaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"she abruptly snapped alert"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"mutating",
"shifting",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosing",
"morphing",
"transmuting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"deteriorating",
"worsening",
"turning around",
"seesawing",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateauing",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snakebit":{
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
"examples":[
"in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go"
],
"synonyms":[
"hapless",
"hard-luck",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"jinxed",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"ill",
"inauspicious",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"untoward",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous",
"accursed",
"accurst",
"damned",
"doomed",
"tragic",
"tragical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"favored",
"gifted",
"privileged",
"auspicious",
"fair",
"favorable",
"golden",
"promising",
"propitious"
],
"antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snipes (at)":{
"as in blazes (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes (at)",
"launches",
"projects",
"casts",
"catapults",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"lobs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses",
"blasts",
"discharges",
"fires",
"looses",
"shoots",
"squeezes off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snailing":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creaking (along)",
"creeping",
"dragging",
"inching",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snags":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"we ran into a slight snag the night before the show"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"catches",
"gimmicks",
"gotchas",
"hitches",
"jokers",
"land mines",
"pitfalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"trip wires",
"webs",
"hazards",
"perils",
"risks",
"bombs",
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snips":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
"examples":[
"that antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargains",
"buys",
"deals",
"pennyworth",
"pennyworths",
"steals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearances",
"closeouts",
"markdowns",
"cheapies",
"bonuses",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"gifts",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"presents",
"boons",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"overcharges",
"rip-offs",
"markups",
"surcharges",
"extravagances",
"luxuries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"snipped the loose ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snubbing":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shouldering",
"cutting",
"high-hatting",
"slighting",
"stiff-arming",
"stiffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolating",
"ostracizing",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"rejecting",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"shrugging off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snippety":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"we complained to the manager about the snippety , uncooperative server"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snitched (on)":{
"as in turned in , split (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in",
"gave away",
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stood by",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snoopers":{
"as in spies , peepers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peepers",
"peeping Toms",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoops",
"spies",
"busybodies",
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers",
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"revealers",
"tellers",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sneakers":{
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
"examples":[
"she's such a sneaker I wouldn't trust her any farther than I could throw her"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurkers",
"skulkers",
"skulks",
"slyboots",
"sneaks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"weasels",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"stalkers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sniffish":{
"as in lofty , haughty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haughty",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"prideful",
"snobbish",
"supercilious",
"arrogant",
"cavalier",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"pretentious",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"pompous",
"self-important",
"superior",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"abhorrent",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approving",
"deferential",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"accepting",
"tolerant",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snobbishness":{
"as in snobbery , snootiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness",
"naturalness",
"sincerity",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snap back":{
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"the doctor predicted a quick snapback for the rugged young soldier"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snooted":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"after some modest success, the singer began to snoot the very people who had helped her get her career off the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemned",
"disdained",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"high-hatted",
"looked down (on or upon)",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deplored",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"lionized",
"hallowed",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"accepted",
"appreciated",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honored",
"respected"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snapback":{
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"the doctor predicted a quick snapback for the rugged young soldier"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snafu":{
"a problem that makes a situation difficult or confusing":{
"examples":[
"A major scheduling snafu led to two meetings starting at the same time."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foul-up",
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boob",
"boo-boo",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip",
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"miscue",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sneakiness":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"she was impressed by the sneakiness with which they had planned the surprise party"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snapshots":{
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
"examples":[
"fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"close-ups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"telephotos",
"daguerreotypes",
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"tintypes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snippy":{
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
"examples":[
"snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"downright",
"short",
"short-spoken",
"unceremonious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruff",
"rough",
"snappish",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"point-blank",
"straightforward",
"straight-out",
"artless",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"rude",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"brief",
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"terse",
"tight-lipped",
"earnest",
"honest",
"sincere",
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"low",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"diplomatic",
"gracious",
"polite",
"politic",
"smooth",
"suave",
"tactful",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"voluble",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"verbose",
"courtly",
"cultivated",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"mealymouthed"
]
},
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"feeling snippy after a long day of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
"examples":[
"I get tired of his snippy insistence that emulating the rich and famous is the only way to appear successful"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"grandiose",
"high-minded",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"modest",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snickering":{
"as in laughter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laughter",
"catcall",
"insult",
"put-down",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"mimicry",
"pasquinade",
"satire",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"disparagement",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"sport"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applause",
"approval",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"he snickered at the puzzled look on her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"laughing",
"smiling",
"sneering",
"sniggering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"catcalling",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hooting",
"insulting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"decrying",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"heckling",
"jiving",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"tormenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"cackling",
"chortling",
"chuckling",
"cracking up",
"giggling",
"hee-hawing",
"laughing",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"tittering",
"twittering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snob":{
"a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"the snobs at the museum fund-raiser turned their little noses up at us because we weren't wearing designer outfits"
],
"synonyms":[
"snoot",
"snot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elitist",
"name-dropper",
"social climber"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snipped":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"snipped the loose ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"cut",
"cut back",
"docked",
"lopped (off)",
"nipped",
"pared",
"polled",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"sheared",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skived",
"whittled",
"manicured",
"mowed",
"pinched",
"stumped",
"curtailed",
"shortened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffling":{
"as in crying , sobbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"keening",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"sentimental",
"misty",
"misty-eyed",
"moist",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary",
"weepy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"lugubrious",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"miserable",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jovial",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whining , snuffling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fussing",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"snuffling",
"whining",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"blubbing",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"peeping",
"squeaking",
"yelping",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squealing",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"calling",
"caterwauling",
"squawking",
"bellowing",
"roaring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"snailed":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"creaked (along)",
"crept",
"dragged",
"inched",
"limped",
"nosed",
"oozed",
"plodded",
"poked",
"slouched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"tramped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"glided",
"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
],
"antonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"sped",
"speeded",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snarled":{
"as in tangled , knotted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knotted",
"tangled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"wrinkled",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered",
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
"examples":[
"she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barked",
"snapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growled",
"grumbled",
"roared",
"screamed",
"shouted",
"shrieked",
"yelled",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangled",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"intertwisted",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"knotted",
"tangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumbled",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"braided",
"enlaced",
"entwined",
"entwisted",
"inwove",
"inweaved",
"plaited",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed",
"writhed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknotted",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"unwove"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"unsnarled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"untwisted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"snug":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"a snug military cadet in dress uniform"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"providing physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"a snug cottage that's the perfect retreat for a rustic vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"easy",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easeful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
"enjoying physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"while snug in our warm beds, we listened to the winter storm raging outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"canny",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"relaxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toasty",
"warm",
"content",
"contented",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"easeful",
"peaceful",
"resting",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"agitated",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
"examples":[
"make sure that all screws and nuts in the shelving unit are snug"
],
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"set",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose"
]
},
"providing safety":{
"examples":[
"yachtsmen looking for a snug harbor in which to anchor for the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"safe",
"secure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"impregnable",
"inviolable",
"invulnerable",
"unassailable",
"unconquerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"menacing",
"minatory",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"threatening",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"vulnerable",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[
"dangerous",
"hazardous",
"insecure",
"risky",
"unsafe"
]
},
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"the farmhand snugged down in the hay and proceeded to go to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"curl up",
"nestle",
"snuggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"couch",
"crouch",
"huddle",
"hunch",
"hunker (down)",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"snake pit":{
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
"examples":[
"finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"hell",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"muss",
"shambles",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchy",
"lawlessness",
"misrule",
"riot",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"web",
"maelstrom",
"storm",
"bollix",
"clutter",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"shuffle",
"hodgepodge",
"medley",
"miscellany",
"morass",
"motley"
],
"near antonyms":[
"method",
"pattern",
"plan",
"system"
],
"antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sniffs (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"her carpentry skills are nothing to sniff at"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"scorns",
"slights",
"snoots",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuff":{
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"nose",
"scent",
"smell",
"sniff",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathe",
"drink (in)",
"inhale",
"respire",
"snort",
"snuffle",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snaps back":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"teenagers will often snap back remarkably quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"analysts hoped that the economy would snap back over the next few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces (back)",
"comes back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"fails",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snicker":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"he snickered at the puzzled look on her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"laugh",
"smile",
"sneer",
"snigger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"catcall",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grin",
"smile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"snuffbox":{
"as in tinderbox , hatbox":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"tinderbox",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"canteen",
"compartment",
"vault",
"coffin",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"carton",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snippersnappers":{
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"examples":[
"an old hand who regards these kids right out of business school as a bunch of snippersnappers who don't know beans"
],
"synonyms":[
"ciphers",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"half-pints",
"insects",
"insignificancies",
"lightweights",
"morsels",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"nullities",
"numbers",
"pip-squeaks",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-names",
"noncelebrities",
"leasts",
"inferiors",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities",
"figureheads",
"puppets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"leads",
"celebrities",
"luminaries",
"notables",
"personalities",
"planets",
"stars",
"superstars",
"authorities",
"superiors",
"great powers",
"parties",
"powers"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"eminences",
"figures",
"kahunas",
"kingpins",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"personages",
"somebodies",
"VIPs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sniped":{
"as in plinked , potshot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plinked",
"potshot",
"blazed",
"peppered",
"blasted",
"discharged",
"fired",
"shot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sniffled":{
"as in whined , snuffled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fussed",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"snuffled",
"whined",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"bawled",
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"peeped",
"squeaked",
"yelped",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squealed",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"called",
"caterwauled",
"squawked",
"bellowed",
"roared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snagged":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snorter":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"a real snorter of an action movie that lives up to all the hype"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"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"
]
},
"sneer":{
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"they brushed off his sneer and went about their business"
],
"synonyms":[
"laugh",
"smile",
"snicker",
"snigger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"catcall",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smirk , snicker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"smirk",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"bird",
"boo",
"Bronx cheer",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz",
"snort",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"applause",
"clapping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sneakily":{
"as in surreptitiously , stealthily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furtively",
"secretively",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"snuggle":{
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"curl up",
"nestle",
"snug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"couch",
"crouch",
"huddle",
"hunch",
"hunker (down)",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"snuggle up to a friendly cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"snoozle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curl up",
"crouch",
"huddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blench",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"shy",
"start",
"wince"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snipes":{
"as in plinks , potshots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plinks",
"potshots",
"blazes",
"peppers",
"blasts",
"discharges",
"fires",
"shoots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snapping (up)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snickery":{
"as in smart , smart-alecky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"snoozer":{
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"drag",
"drip",
"droner",
"dullsville",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"snooze",
"yawn",
"yawner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer",
"bromide",
"pill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blast",
"gas",
"kick",
"rush",
"upper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sneak thief":{
"as in thief , housebreaker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snoozling":{
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"a trio of kittens were snoozling comfortably in the basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curling up",
"crouching",
"huddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenching",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"shying",
"starting",
"wincing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowdrift":{
"as in snowbank":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbank",
"bank",
"bar",
"drift",
"mound",
"embankment",
"sandbar",
"heap",
"hill",
"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"snarfed (down)":{
"as in chowed (down on) , gobbled (up or down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolted",
"chowed (down on)",
"devoured",
"glutted (on)",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scoffed",
"slopped",
"swilled",
"wolfed",
"digested",
"downed",
"mouthed (down)",
"swallowed",
"chewed",
"gnawed (at or on)",
"gummed",
"lapped",
"licked",
"nibbled (on)",
"nursed",
"picked (at)",
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"partook (of)",
"put away",
"put down",
"tucked (away or in)",
"relished",
"savored",
"savoured",
"tasted",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"fared",
"feasted",
"gormandized",
"pigged out",
"regaled",
"dispatched",
"polished off",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snoozle":{
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"a trio of kittens were snoozling comfortably in the basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curl up",
"crouch",
"huddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blench",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"shy",
"start",
"wince"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snooped":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"butted in",
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"messed",
"mucked (about or around)",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"poked",
"pried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"tampered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snuffed":{
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"nosed",
"scented",
"smelled",
"smelt",
"sniffed",
"whiffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"drank (in)",
"inhaled",
"respired",
"snorted",
"snuffled",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sneaking up":{
"as in creeping up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"creeping up",
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging",
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"snowsqualls":{
"as in weathers , rainsqualls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudbursts",
"hailstorms",
"ice storms",
"rainsqualls",
"rainstorms",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers",
"windstorms",
"blizzards",
"snowstorms",
"northeasters",
"nor'easters",
"northers",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"cyclones",
"hurricanes",
"typhoons",
"sandstorms",
"squalls",
"storms",
"tempests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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