31906 lines
621 KiB
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31906 lines
621 KiB
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{
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"so-called":{
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"as in alleged , supposed":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alleged",
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"supposed",
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"debatable",
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"disputable",
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"dodgy",
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"doubtable",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"dubitable",
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"equivocal",
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"fishy",
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"problematic",
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"problematical",
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"queer",
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"questionable",
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"shady",
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"shaky",
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"suspect",
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"suspicious",
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"moot",
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"ambiguous",
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"open",
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"unclear",
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"uncertain",
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"undecided",
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"undetermined",
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"far-fetched",
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"flimsy",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely",
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"weak"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"certain",
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"hands-down",
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"incontestable",
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"indisputable",
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"indubitable",
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"questionless",
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"sure",
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"undeniable",
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"undoubted",
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"unproblematic",
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"unquestionable",
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"decisive",
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"definitive",
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"clear",
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"obvious",
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"open-and-shut",
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"positive"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"soap-operatic":{
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"as in soapy , melodramatic":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"melodramatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"starry-eyed",
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet",
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"nostalgic",
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"wistful",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded",
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"unsentimental"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"soar":{
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"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
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"antonyms":[
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"descent",
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"dip",
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"dive",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"nosedive",
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"plunge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"plop",
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"plummeting",
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"sinking",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"down",
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"comedown",
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"downfall",
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"downgrade"
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],
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"related":[
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"boost",
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"hike",
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"increase",
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"raise",
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"blastoff",
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"elevation",
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"hoist",
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"levitation",
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"liftoff",
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"raising",
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"takeoff",
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"heave",
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"thrust",
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"upheaval",
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"uplifting",
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"upraising",
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"upsurge",
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"upsweep",
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"upswing",
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"upthrust",
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"uptrend",
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"upturn",
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"upwelling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ascension",
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"ascent",
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"climb",
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"rise",
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"rising"
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]
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},
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"to move or extend upward":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decline",
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"descend",
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"dip",
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"drop",
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"fall (off)",
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"plunge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dive",
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"nose-dive",
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"plummet",
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"sink",
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"slide"
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],
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"related":[
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"surge",
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"tower",
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"boost",
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"elevate",
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"raise",
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"upheave",
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"uplift",
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"upraise",
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"balloon",
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"blast off",
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"take off",
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"zoom",
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"crest",
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"scale",
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"surmount",
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"top",
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"cant",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"list",
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"recline",
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"slant",
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"slope",
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"tilt",
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"tip"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arise",
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"ascend",
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"aspire",
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"climb",
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"lift",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"thrust",
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"up",
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"uprear",
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"uprise",
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"upthrust",
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"upturn"
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]
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},
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"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"drift",
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"float",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"waft",
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"coast",
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"cruise",
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"sail",
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"sweep",
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"dart",
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"flit",
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"flutter",
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"catapult",
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"helicopter",
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"jet",
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"orbit",
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"rocket",
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"dive",
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"stoop"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aviate",
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"fly",
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"glide",
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"plane",
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"wing"
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]
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},
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"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nose-dive",
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"plummet",
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"plunge",
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"slump",
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"tumble"
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],
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"examples":[
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"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapse",
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"fall",
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"contract",
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"drop",
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"lessen",
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"wane"
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],
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"related":[
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"accumulate",
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"appreciate",
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"balloon",
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"build up",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"increase",
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"mount",
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"multiply",
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"mushroom",
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"proliferate",
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"snowball",
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"swell",
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"wax",
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"crest",
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"peak",
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"surge",
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"heighten",
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"intensify"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rocket",
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"shoot (up)",
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"skyrocket",
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"zoom"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sob":{
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"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
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"examples":[
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"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawl",
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"blub",
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"blubber",
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"cry",
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"weep"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"greet",
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"grieve",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"mourn",
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"howl",
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"scream",
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"squall",
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"wail",
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"yowl",
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"bleat",
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"mewl",
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"pule",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"sniffle",
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"snivel",
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"groan",
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"moan",
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"sigh"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in cry , tears":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cry",
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"tears",
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"groan",
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"howl",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"lamentation",
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"moan",
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"plaint",
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"wail",
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"agonizing",
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"grieving",
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"mourning",
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"sorrowing",
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"suffering",
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"weeping",
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"hand-wringing",
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"regret",
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"complaint",
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"cri de coeur",
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"outcry",
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"protest",
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"anguish",
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"dolor",
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"grief",
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"heartache",
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"heartbreak",
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"sorrow",
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"woe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exultation",
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"rejoicing",
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"cheering",
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"laughing",
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"smiling"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sociable":{
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"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"antisocial",
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"insociable",
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"introverted",
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"nongregarious",
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"reclusive",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial"
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],
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"examples":[
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"he's an intensely sociable child, even prone to fits of depression when he's left alone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misanthropic",
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"aloof",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"frosty",
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"remote",
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"reserved",
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"standoffish",
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"mum",
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"mute",
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"reticent",
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"silent",
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"taciturn"
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],
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"related":[
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"cordial",
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"folksy",
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"forthcoming",
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"friendly",
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"hospitable",
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"affable",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"congenial",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"animated",
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"gay",
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"jaunty",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"pert",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"vivacious",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"garrulous",
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"talkative",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"cheerful",
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"chipper",
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"effervescent",
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"upbeat",
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"bubbly",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubbable",
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"clubable",
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"clubby",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"social"
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]
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},
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"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
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"antonyms":[
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"inhospitable",
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"ungenial",
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"ungracious",
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"unsociable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a pleasant and sociable hostess who puts everyone instantly at ease"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"churlish",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"curt",
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"gruff",
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"sharp",
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"snippy",
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"antisocial",
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"disagreeable",
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"discourteous",
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"ill-mannered",
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"impolite",
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"rude",
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"sullen",
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"surly",
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"uncivil",
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"unfriendly",
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"unkind",
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"unmannerly",
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"crabbed",
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"crabby",
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"cross",
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"crusty",
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"grumpy"
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],
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"related":[
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"benign",
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"benignant",
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"congenial",
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"convivial",
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"friendly",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"accommodating",
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"obliging",
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"considerate",
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"courteous",
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"polite",
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"thoughtful",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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"urbane",
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"approachable",
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"attentive",
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"outgoing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affable",
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"cordial",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"hospitable"
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]
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},
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"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonsocial",
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"solitary"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the sociable weaverbird breeds in large umbrella-shaped nests"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"autonomous",
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"independent",
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"self-contained",
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"semiautonomous",
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"semi-independent",
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"altricial",
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"self-subsistent",
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"self-sufficient",
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"self-supporting",
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"self-sustaining",
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"lone",
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"recluse",
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"reclusive",
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"unsociable"
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],
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"related":[
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"associational",
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"consociational",
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"subsocial",
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"dependent",
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"parasitic",
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"parasitical",
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"precocial",
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"symbiotic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"colonial",
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"gregarious",
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"social"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"social-minded":{
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"as in good , greathearted":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bighearted",
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"bounteous",
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"bountiful",
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"free",
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"freehanded",
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"generous",
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"greathearted",
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"handsome",
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"liberal",
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"magnanimous",
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"munificent",
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"openhanded",
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"openhearted",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"altruistic",
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"beneficent",
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"benevolent",
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"charitable",
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"do-good",
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"eleemosynary",
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"good",
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"humanitarian",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"compassionate",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"selfless",
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"self-sacrificing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"self-centered",
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"self-concerned",
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"selfish",
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"self-indulgent",
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"self-seeking",
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"cheap",
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"closefisted",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
|
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"parsimonious",
|
|
"stingy",
|
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"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"self-obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"society":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a debate society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"sodality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening marked by a lovely dinner and the society of our closest friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradery",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"chumminess",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"inseparability",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"nearness",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilization",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"subculture",
|
|
"subsociety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sociopathic":{
|
|
"as in paranoid , delusional":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"overanxious",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socked":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sod":{
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentimental journey back to the old sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"mother country",
|
|
"motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sodalities":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"consortia",
|
|
"consortiums",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"cadres",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"juntas",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"locals",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"memberships",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"camarillas",
|
|
"camorras",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"bands",
|
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"gangs",
|
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"rings",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"combines",
|
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"syndicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"vocations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sofa beds":{
|
|
"as in couches , bunk beds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft touches":{
|
|
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"patsies",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat's-paws",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"yo-yos",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-soap":{
|
|
"excessive praise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a salesman who knows the value of soft soap in making a sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"blandishments",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophancy",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"smarm",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"sweet talk",
|
|
"taffy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up to)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"hero-worship",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-soaped":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"wangled",
|
|
"wiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"honeyed",
|
|
"honied",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up to)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"romanced",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-soaps":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soften":{
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"wear down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"paralyze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"gentle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtund",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softhead":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave his son-in-law a position in the company where the softhead could do little harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"flibbertigibbet",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"rattlebrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soign\u00e9e":{
|
|
"as in ritzy , chichi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourner":{
|
|
"as in loiterer , lingerer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"gadabout",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"maunderer",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"stroller",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer",
|
|
"passenger",
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"saunterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solace":{
|
|
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"reassurance",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"mitigation",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the selfless solace of the sick by the workers at the hospice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassurance",
|
|
"solacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"condolence",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"condole",
|
|
"empathize",
|
|
"sympathize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"regale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solaced":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"condoled",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"sympathized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"regaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"pleasured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solarium":{
|
|
"as in sunroom , sunporch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeping porch",
|
|
"sunporch",
|
|
"sunroom",
|
|
"sun parlor",
|
|
"galilee",
|
|
"portico",
|
|
"porte cochere",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"lanai",
|
|
"piazza",
|
|
"porch",
|
|
"stoop",
|
|
"veranda",
|
|
"verandah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"presold",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"remarketed",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"exported",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked (in)",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"stocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold a bill of goods to":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnness":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with all the solemnness that the occasion requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"staidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitousness":{
|
|
"attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"lovingness",
|
|
"solicitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"pampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitude":{
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a growing solicitude over the possible results of the criminal investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she shows much more solicitude toward her aging parents than any of her siblings do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"lovingness",
|
|
"solicitousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"pampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solidify":{
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water solidifying into ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"callus",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"calcify",
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"ossify",
|
|
"petrify",
|
|
"rigidify",
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"case-harden",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"unfreeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"soften"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a definite form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"shape (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link (up)",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solidness":{
|
|
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her proven solidness as a friend is something that I can't even begin to describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"dependableness",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"creditability",
|
|
"creditableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"dubiousness",
|
|
"questionableness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"uncertainness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodginess",
|
|
"unreliability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquize":{
|
|
"as in recite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"dissert",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"filibuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquizing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soluble":{
|
|
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unresolvable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one murder case that proved to be soluble after all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"inextricable",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"analyzable",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"explainable",
|
|
"explicable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"solvable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solve":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"riddle (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somberness":{
|
|
"as in gloom , blackness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothes":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there seemed to be no words sufficient to soothe the bereaved parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"condoles",
|
|
"empathizes",
|
|
"sympathizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soothed the baby with a bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"narcotizes",
|
|
"sedates",
|
|
"stupefies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hot tea with honey will soothe a sore throat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothingness":{
|
|
"as in mildness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
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"quiet",
|
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"quietness",
|
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"quietude",
|
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"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
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"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
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"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophistication":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the engine's sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complexness",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complicatedness",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
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"intricacy",
|
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"intricateness",
|
|
"involution",
|
|
"knottiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"inexplicability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sopped":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soppy":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trudging over soppy ground at the county fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sops":{
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhanders",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"fixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baksheeshs",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"slush funds",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"presoaks",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrings (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrowful":{
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adopted a sorrowful tone of voice to read the news story about the former governor's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"dirgelike",
|
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"elegiac",
|
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"elegiacal",
|
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"melancholy",
|
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"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
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"somber",
|
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"sombre",
|
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"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cult seemed to be a sorrowful assemblage of emotionally scarred people seeking love and redemption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sort":{
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a decent sort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consociate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"hook up",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"travel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"collude",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"interrelate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consist",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ (from)",
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorted":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"chorded",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consisted",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"rhymed",
|
|
"rimed",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed (from)",
|
|
"disagreed (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sortie":{
|
|
"a short trip for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"pilgrimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sot":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sot who was arrested after a bar fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soul mate":{
|
|
"as in wife , husband":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"spouse",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"hausfrau",
|
|
"homemaker",
|
|
"househusband",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housewife",
|
|
"stay-at-home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soul-searchings":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after much soul-searching , they both realized that their marriage was essentially over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soullessly":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessly , cruelly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sound (out)":{
|
|
"as in feel (out)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounded":{
|
|
"as in given , told":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"given",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"consensual",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"nuncupative",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"unwritten",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"viva voce",
|
|
"word-of-mouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"written",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"formal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"reechoed",
|
|
"resonated",
|
|
"resounded",
|
|
"reverberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"rolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came across (as)",
|
|
"came off (as)",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"seemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"resembled",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"wrote up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"plumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"spanned",
|
|
"remeasured",
|
|
"replumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"belly flopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundly":{
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll keep working at it until you're soundly satisfied with the result"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soups":{
|
|
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brumes",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"gauzes",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"murks",
|
|
"reeks",
|
|
"smogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"miasmas",
|
|
"miasmata",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"steams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soups up":{
|
|
"as in tricks , embellishes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sour":{
|
|
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sour candy made our mouths all wrinkly inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"zestless",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"unsweetened",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"tangy",
|
|
"zestful",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"astringent",
|
|
"puckery",
|
|
"hyperacid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"vinegary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"things started off well, but now it's all gone sour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to face up to the sour truth of the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"icky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconcile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"estrange"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sousing":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"southwesters":{
|
|
"as in winds , southeasters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"westerlies",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"sea breezes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"calms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonny":{
|
|
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"gamin",
|
|
"guttersnipe",
|
|
"hobbledehoy",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"mama's boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softening":{
|
|
"as in emollient , buffering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mellowing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"invaliding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"wearing down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"paralyzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"gentling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obtunding",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"relieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"southeaster":{
|
|
"as in wind , southwester":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"sea breeze",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"airflow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"calm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrowed":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"pined (away)",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"rued",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"sympathized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovereigns":{
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corulers",
|
|
"co-rulers",
|
|
"Caesars",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"emirs",
|
|
"amirs",
|
|
"ameers",
|
|
"emperors",
|
|
"empresses",
|
|
"kaisers",
|
|
"khans",
|
|
"khedives",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"mikados",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"satraps",
|
|
"shahs",
|
|
"sultans",
|
|
"suzerains",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"despots",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"tyrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socks":{
|
|
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"black socks to go with black pants and shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hosieries",
|
|
"support hoses",
|
|
"anklets",
|
|
"bobby socks",
|
|
"bootees",
|
|
"kneesocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
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"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softy":{
|
|
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"milksop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothsaying":{
|
|
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"bodement",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosis",
|
|
"prognostic",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prognostication",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"vaticination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prevision",
|
|
"prospectus",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"foreknowledge",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in foretelling , predicting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"supernormal",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magical",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soul":{
|
|
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many religions teach that the soul is immortal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"psyche",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"life",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"flesh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I promise I won't tell another soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew in her soul that it was true"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solves":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"riddles (out)",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unriddles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somnambulant":{
|
|
"as in sleepwalking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soulfully":{
|
|
"as in lovingly , thoughtfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"souvenir":{
|
|
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorative",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"memorabilia",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"cairn",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"cenotaph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sockdolagers":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sores":{
|
|
"as in inflammations , swellings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflammations",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"backaches",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"charley horses",
|
|
"colics",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"earaches",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"stomachaches",
|
|
"toothaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warts , welts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"weals",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"protuberances",
|
|
"blackheads",
|
|
"blisters",
|
|
"milia",
|
|
"whiteheads",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"papules",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"pocks",
|
|
"pustules",
|
|
"whelks",
|
|
"zits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sow":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"replant",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"overseed",
|
|
"reseed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infix",
|
|
"inseminate",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sodas":{
|
|
"as in pops , soda pops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soiree":{
|
|
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somnolent":{
|
|
"desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to teach somnolent students on a very hot day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"insomniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the somnolent hum of insects in the grass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sort (through)":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"hunt (through)",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"pat down",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"grub (about)",
|
|
"poke (around)",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"glance (over)",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovrans":{
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corulers",
|
|
"co-rulers",
|
|
"Caesars",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"emirs",
|
|
"amirs",
|
|
"ameers",
|
|
"emperors",
|
|
"empresses",
|
|
"kaisers",
|
|
"khans",
|
|
"khedives",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"mikados",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"satraps",
|
|
"shahs",
|
|
"sultans",
|
|
"suzerains",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"despots",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"tyrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solutions":{
|
|
"something attained by mental effort and especially by computation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solution to a math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"results"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"keys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft spots":{
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"jugulars",
|
|
"underbellies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings",
|
|
"hamartias",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softies":{
|
|
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wusses",
|
|
"wussies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"milksops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solvable":{
|
|
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"explainable",
|
|
"explicable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"soluble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzable",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"inextricable",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unresolvable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovereignty":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"heteronomy",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendance",
|
|
"ascendence",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"hegemony",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"predominancy",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"lordship",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"choke hold",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"social climbers":{
|
|
"as in elitists , name-droppers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elitists",
|
|
"name-droppers",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrow (for)":{
|
|
"as in mourn , grieve (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"grieve (for)",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"repent",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soubriquet":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"anonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovranties":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"independencies",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"subjugations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"heteronomies",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"unfreedoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendances",
|
|
"ascendences",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominations",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"hegemonies",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"predominancies",
|
|
"preeminences",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"supremacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacies",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"lordships",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"choke holds",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses",
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sotto voce":{
|
|
"as in inwardly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inwardly",
|
|
"\u00e0 deux",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage",
|
|
"backstage",
|
|
"confidentially",
|
|
"in camera",
|
|
"intimately",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretly",
|
|
"clandestinely",
|
|
"collusively",
|
|
"conspiratorially",
|
|
"covertly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"sneakily",
|
|
"stealthily",
|
|
"surreptitiously",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"publicly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sozzled":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sowed":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"replanted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"overseeded",
|
|
"reseeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"inseminated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sop":{
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhander",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"fix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baksheesh",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"slush fund",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"macerate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"marinate",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"presoak",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wring (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnity":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coronation ceremony requires absolute solemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"staidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solemnities of the Easter vigil service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrow":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"pine (away)",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he felt great sorrow at the loss of his beloved dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorriness",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somber":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sours":{
|
|
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"disaffects",
|
|
"disgruntles",
|
|
"estranges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"embitters",
|
|
"envenoms",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconciles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so-and-sos":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrels":{
|
|
"as in chestnuts , roans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"palominos",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"stallions",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"horses",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sottish":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you could smell the whiskey on her sottish aunt's breath from a block away!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comic actor who frequently played the sottish curmudgeon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"tipsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"teetotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaking (up)":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solitariness":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the overwhelming solitariness of his existence that caused the marooned sailor to go mad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sortilege":{
|
|
"as in soothsaying , divination":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"alchemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someways":{
|
|
"as in somehow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"somehow",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"at all",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"remotely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songlike":{
|
|
"as in lyrical , rhythmic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"polyphonic",
|
|
"polyphonous",
|
|
"tonal",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"canorous",
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorting (through)":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"hunting (through)",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"trolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"patting down",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"auditing",
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"grubbing (about)",
|
|
"poking (around)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"skirmishing",
|
|
"snooping",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"glancing (over)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soubriquets":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"anonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soporific":{
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this medication is soporific , so do not drive after taking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sedative , tranquilizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizer",
|
|
"tranquillizer",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"security blanket",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundless":{
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crept in on soundless little feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"tumultuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorceries":{
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"diableries",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"ensorcellments",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"thaumaturgies",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"periapts",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"crystal gazings",
|
|
"divinations",
|
|
"fortune-tellings",
|
|
"soothsayings",
|
|
"sortileges",
|
|
"hexereis",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"occultisms",
|
|
"spiritualisms",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"exorcisms",
|
|
"alchemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sciences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softly":{
|
|
"as in quietly , faintly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"noiselessly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"inaudibly",
|
|
"silently",
|
|
"soundlessly",
|
|
"voicelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloud",
|
|
"audibly",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"out loud",
|
|
"verbally",
|
|
"vocally",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"distinguishably",
|
|
"perceptibly",
|
|
"plainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gently , lightly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socles":{
|
|
"as in cornices , capitals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architraves",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"cornices",
|
|
"entablatures",
|
|
"friezes",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"tribunes",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"plinths",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sombre":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"souring":{
|
|
"the loss of friendship or affection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the souring of the business partnership led to an ugly legal battle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"estrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"infuriation",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearment",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"conciliation",
|
|
"mollification",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"propitiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconcilement",
|
|
"reconciliation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"aliening",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"estranging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconciling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so":{
|
|
"for this or that reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was raining, so we stayed inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"therefore",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in like manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss works very hard, and so does everyone else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"correspondingly",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"similarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equally",
|
|
"equivalently",
|
|
"identically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrarily",
|
|
"conversely",
|
|
"inversely",
|
|
"oppositely",
|
|
"vice versa",
|
|
"diversely",
|
|
"unequally",
|
|
"variously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differently",
|
|
"dissimilarly",
|
|
"otherwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's so cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without any question":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are so in trouble if I catch you sneaking out of the house again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"inarguably",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"unarguably",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm afraid that some of what you've said just isn't so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"spot-on",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobersided":{
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprisingly sobersided biography of a great comedian"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soupspoons":{
|
|
"as in tablespoons , teaspoons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dessertspoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"dippers",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops",
|
|
"spoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soared":{
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upreared",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upthrusted",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"towered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheaved",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell (off)",
|
|
"plunged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviated",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"winged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"helicoptered",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"stooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"shot (up)",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soda pops":{
|
|
"as in pops , sodas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounding (out)":{
|
|
"as in feeling (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soign\u00e9":{
|
|
"as in ritzy , chichi":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socializer":{
|
|
"as in socialite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"socialite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchorite",
|
|
"eremite",
|
|
"hermit",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"shut-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"song":{
|
|
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"vocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the songs of Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"verse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"clerihew",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"pastorale",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tanka",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"melody",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"madrigal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small sum of money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"developers bought the land for a song"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken feed",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hero honored in song and story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"verse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"vers libre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonant":{
|
|
"as in pronounced , articulated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socko":{
|
|
"as in boffo , runaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solipsistic":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards today's young people as solipsistic slackers who have no knowledge of or interest in the world at large"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold (for)":{
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house is selling for $200,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"went (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"listed (for)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"demanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"social climber":{
|
|
"as in elitist , name-dropper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"name-dropper",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solariums":{
|
|
"as in sunrooms , sunporches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeping porches",
|
|
"sunporches",
|
|
"sunrooms",
|
|
"sun parlors",
|
|
"galilees",
|
|
"porticoes",
|
|
"porticos",
|
|
"porte cocheres",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"lanais",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze",
|
|
"porches",
|
|
"stoops",
|
|
"verandas",
|
|
"verandahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sofa bed":{
|
|
"as in couch , bunk bed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunk bed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"feather bed",
|
|
"four-poster",
|
|
"hammock",
|
|
"Murphy bed",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"sleigh bed",
|
|
"sofa",
|
|
"studio couch",
|
|
"trundle bed",
|
|
"water bed",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"doss",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"bedstead",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattress",
|
|
"pallet",
|
|
"bassinet",
|
|
"carry-cot",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaker":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobs":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"blubs",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tears , cries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"lamentations",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"mournings",
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"dolors",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exultations",
|
|
"rejoicings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something else":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That gourmet meal was really something else !"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorties":{
|
|
"a short trip for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"spins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"pilgrimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somewhat":{
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wear a jacket as it's somewhat chilly today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soup up":{
|
|
"as in trick , embellish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonorous":{
|
|
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"slam-bang",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"ultraquiet",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baritone with a particularly sonorous voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"orotund",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"reverberant",
|
|
"reverberating",
|
|
"reverberative",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"plummy",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"murmurous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soulful":{
|
|
"full of or expressing feeling or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soulful music",
|
|
"a soulful performer",
|
|
"a handsome actor with soulful eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"touchy-feely",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"hyperemotional",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solid":{
|
|
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only solid conclusion that the jury could have reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"colorable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ice cream is too solid to scoop right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both kittens are black, but one has a solid coat and the other has a few white patches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"self-colored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not showing weakness or uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people see a solid handshake as a sign of strong character"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthy of one's trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solid source of information to reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculable",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solatia":{
|
|
"as in punitive damages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"punitive damages",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"indemnifications",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"quittances",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"recoupments",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"remunerations",
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"reprisals",
|
|
"requitals",
|
|
"restitutions",
|
|
"satisfactions",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"expiations",
|
|
"refunds",
|
|
"reimbursements",
|
|
"repayments",
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"retaliations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorehead":{
|
|
"as in ill-tempered , disagreeable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"inflammable",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"riley",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steamed up",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"wrathful",
|
|
"wroth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angerless",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unembittered",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in malcontent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socialisms":{
|
|
"a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ardent opponent of socialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radicalisms",
|
|
"leftisms",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"left wings",
|
|
"liberalisms",
|
|
"neoliberalisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neoconservatisms",
|
|
"conservatisms",
|
|
"illiberalisms",
|
|
"immobilisms",
|
|
"rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soiling":{
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solon":{
|
|
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lawgiver",
|
|
"lawmaker",
|
|
"legislator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblyman",
|
|
"assemblywoman",
|
|
"congressman",
|
|
"congresswoman",
|
|
"senator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soddened":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sought (out)":{
|
|
"as in looked up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped in (on)",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visited",
|
|
"dropped by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in looked , reached":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"grabbled",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fished",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"groped",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dredged",
|
|
"dug (through)",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scoured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soldierly":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or suitable for war or a warrior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noah Webster's brief contribution to the Revolutionary cause suggests that his soldierly skills were few"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"military"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"militarist",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"warring",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
"mercenary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"civilian",
|
|
"nonmilitary",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"obliging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsoldierly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sound bite":{
|
|
"as in clip , snippet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"quotation",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"longueur",
|
|
"purple passage",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sockdolager":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitously":{
|
|
"as in respectfully , politely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"discreetly",
|
|
"judiciously",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"wisely",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"excusably",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"justifiably",
|
|
"validly",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"snootily",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"unfairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sou'wester":{
|
|
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trench , trench coat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"poncho",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trench coat",
|
|
"rain gear",
|
|
"rainwear",
|
|
"mac",
|
|
"mack",
|
|
"mackintosh",
|
|
"macintosh",
|
|
"oilskin",
|
|
"raincoat",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"waterproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquy":{
|
|
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monologue",
|
|
"monolog",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"oration",
|
|
"peroration",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"keynote address",
|
|
"keynote speech",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"salutatory",
|
|
"homily",
|
|
"sermon",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soir\u00e9es":{
|
|
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sods":{
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentimental journey back to the old sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries",
|
|
"motherlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"neighborhoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sofas":{
|
|
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curled up on the sofa with a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chesterfields",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"davenports",
|
|
"divans",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"settees",
|
|
"squabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"love seats",
|
|
"recamiers",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
|
|
"daybeds",
|
|
"sofa beds",
|
|
"studio couches",
|
|
"banquettes",
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"ottomans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"souping up":{
|
|
"as in tricking , embellishing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"sprucing",
|
|
"candying",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somberly":{
|
|
"as in glumly , darkly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solve (for)":{
|
|
"as in figure out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"allow (for)",
|
|
"deduct",
|
|
"factor (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figure in",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"quantify",
|
|
"quantitate",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"add up",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"recalculate",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solved":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"riddled (out)",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unriddled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softcovers":{
|
|
"as in hardcovers , hardbacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardbacks",
|
|
"hardcovers",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"pocket editions",
|
|
"softbacks",
|
|
"trade books",
|
|
"trade editions",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"tomes",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"folios",
|
|
"quartos",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"manuals",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"cyclopedias",
|
|
"cyclopaedias",
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"encyclopedias",
|
|
"monographs",
|
|
"primers",
|
|
"textbooks",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"novelettes",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"picture books"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songster":{
|
|
"one who sings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"songstress",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soiled":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soiled carpet in need of a good shampooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"distained",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorts":{
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"genres",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"varieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a decent sort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consociates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"fraternizes",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnobs",
|
|
"hooks up",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"pals (around)",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"travels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"colludes",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"interrelates",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"socializes",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"weds",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consists",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs (from)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft spot":{
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"jugular",
|
|
"underbelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"hamartia",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"son":{
|
|
"as in daughter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daughter",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"spin-off",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"daddy",
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"granddaddy",
|
|
"grandaddy",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"predecessor",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"originator",
|
|
"sire"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in child , heir":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicit":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"interview",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularize",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"feel (out)",
|
|
"sound (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"call (for)",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"speak (for)",
|
|
"sue (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (for)",
|
|
"beg (for)",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist (on)",
|
|
"petition (for)",
|
|
"press (for)",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited him to join the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"hit (up)",
|
|
"request"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"supplicate",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicit the President for relief funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"supplicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludge",
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draw in",
|
|
"inveigle",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"drive (away or off)",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soul mates":{
|
|
"as in wives , husbands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"hausfraus",
|
|
"homemakers",
|
|
"househusbands",
|
|
"housekeepers",
|
|
"housewives",
|
|
"stay-at-homes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socking":{
|
|
"as in pummeling , walloping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sommelier":{
|
|
"as in bartender , waiter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barkeep",
|
|
"barkeeper",
|
|
"barman",
|
|
"bartender",
|
|
"gar\u00e7on",
|
|
"server",
|
|
"waiter",
|
|
"waitperson",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"stewardess",
|
|
"headwaiter",
|
|
"ma\u00eetre d'",
|
|
"maitre d'",
|
|
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel",
|
|
"waitress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundness":{
|
|
"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car manufacturer tested the soundness of the new model in various types of collisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"sturdiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"cohesion",
|
|
"toughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unsubstantiality",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unstableness",
|
|
"unsteadiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his athletic soundness is open to question since he's been away from the sport for so long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solidarity":{
|
|
"a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests, goals, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"national solidarity",
|
|
"The candlelight vigil was a show of solidarity with all the victims of the tragedy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"compatibleness",
|
|
"congeniality",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternization",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"mutualism",
|
|
"reciprocity",
|
|
"symbiosis",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"unanimity",
|
|
"cohesion",
|
|
"cohesiveness",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"sweetness and light",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"variance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounds (out)":{
|
|
"as in feels (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"circularizes",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquies":{
|
|
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourns (at)":{
|
|
"as in stays (at) , camps (out in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camps (out in)",
|
|
"stays (at)",
|
|
"stops (over)",
|
|
"tarries (in)",
|
|
"calls (on or upon)",
|
|
"drops by",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"runs (in)",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"resorts (to)",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothers":{
|
|
"as in comforters , solacers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solacers",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"smoothies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"annoyers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"gadflies",
|
|
"gnawers",
|
|
"nudniks",
|
|
"nudnicks",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"harriers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"interrupters",
|
|
"interruptors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somatic":{
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a somatic disorder that was once thought to be \"all in the patient's head\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softie":{
|
|
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"milksop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-boiled":{
|
|
"as in flat , tasteless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solvents":{
|
|
"as in disinfectants , purifiers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectants",
|
|
"purifiers",
|
|
"cleaners",
|
|
"cleansers",
|
|
"detergents",
|
|
"soaps",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solacing":{
|
|
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I will be forever grateful for my friend's solacing of me when my mother died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassurance",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"condolence",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"condoling",
|
|
"empathizing",
|
|
"sympathizing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"regaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-pedaling":{
|
|
"as in minimization , de-emphasis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"downplaying",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplaying",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"trash-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"melodramatizing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"sensationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so-and-so":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothsayers":{
|
|
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soothsayer predicted that I would meet the man of my dreams online, assuming of course that I became a subscriber to the Web site's dating service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"forecasters",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"foretellers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"futurists",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prophetesses",
|
|
"sibyls",
|
|
"wisewomen",
|
|
"mystics",
|
|
"oracles",
|
|
"astrologers",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"palmists",
|
|
"rhabdomancers",
|
|
"Cassandras",
|
|
"doomsayers",
|
|
"doomsdayers",
|
|
"Jeremiahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft touch":{
|
|
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"patsy",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"tool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat's-paw",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sows":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"strews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"stipples",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"puts in",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"replants",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"overseeds",
|
|
"reseeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so far":{
|
|
"up to this or that time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We haven't run into any traffic so far on our drive ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"theretofore",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"thenceforth",
|
|
"thenceforward",
|
|
"thenceforwards",
|
|
"thereafter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sogginess":{
|
|
"as in wetness , dankness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"soddenness",
|
|
"wetness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"humidity",
|
|
"moistness",
|
|
"moisture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soupspoon":{
|
|
"as in tablespoon , teaspoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dessertspoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"dipper",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-pedals":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"downplays",
|
|
"plays down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplays",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"derogates",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"poor-mouths",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"talks down",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"trash-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"melodramatizes",
|
|
"overemphasizes",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"sensationalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mufflers , softeners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"quieters",
|
|
"softeners",
|
|
"dampers",
|
|
"mutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solitaires":{
|
|
"as in cameos , baguettes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baguettes",
|
|
"cabochons",
|
|
"cameos",
|
|
"scarabs",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"birthstones",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"rhinestones",
|
|
"zircons",
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bijous",
|
|
"bijoux",
|
|
"trinkets",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"jewelries",
|
|
"brilliants",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"gemstones",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soupy":{
|
|
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"brumous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"smoggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"slimy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"turbid",
|
|
"miasmal",
|
|
"miasmatic",
|
|
"miasmic",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"smudgy",
|
|
"sooty",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an overly soft liquid consistency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soupy ice cream that had been left out on the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"runny",
|
|
"watery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered-down",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"sloshy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"syrupy",
|
|
"viscid",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"sticky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once starred as the virginal ingenue in a string of soupy operettas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophisticate":{
|
|
"a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"city slicker",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"slicker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanite",
|
|
"worldling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"yokel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complexify",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"perplex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"oversimplify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"pasteurize",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrel":{
|
|
"as in chestnut , roan":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonnies":{
|
|
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boychicks",
|
|
"boychiks",
|
|
"boyos",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"callants",
|
|
"laddies",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavelings",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"gamins",
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"hobbledehoys",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"mama's boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sororities":{
|
|
"a club of women especially at a U.S. college":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"consortia",
|
|
"consortiums",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"cadres",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"locals",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"memberships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovran":{
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sovereign issue for voters is the inadequate performance of the local schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sovereign state whose domestic policies are its own business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-governed",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeborn",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"unruled",
|
|
"unsupervised",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"nonautonomous",
|
|
"non-self-governing",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrat",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruler",
|
|
"Caesar",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"emir",
|
|
"amir",
|
|
"ameer",
|
|
"emperor",
|
|
"empress",
|
|
"kaiser",
|
|
"khan",
|
|
"khedive",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"mikado",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"satrap",
|
|
"shah",
|
|
"sultan",
|
|
"suzerain",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"despot",
|
|
"dictator",
|
|
"f\u00fchrer",
|
|
"fuehrer",
|
|
"monocrat",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sociality":{
|
|
"as in sociability , affability":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"social":{
|
|
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not exactly the social sort, our boss generally stays in his office and keeps to himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"insociable",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dogs are social animals, preferring by nature to be part of a pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associational",
|
|
"consociational",
|
|
"subsocial",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"parasitic",
|
|
"parasitical",
|
|
"precocial",
|
|
"symbiotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"semiautonomous",
|
|
"semi-independent",
|
|
"altricial",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustaining",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsocial",
|
|
"solitary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tea , tea party":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sound bites":{
|
|
"as in clips , snippets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"longueurs",
|
|
"purple passages",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourns":{
|
|
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field trips",
|
|
"homestays",
|
|
"sleepovers",
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"comes over",
|
|
"drops by",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"stops (by)",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"inhabits",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"resides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soilage":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fee for cleaning the carpet will depend upon the extent of the soilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitation":{
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuration",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayer",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"suppliance",
|
|
"supplication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"insistence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone":{
|
|
"some person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Someone left you a message.",
|
|
"We need someone who can work nights and weekends."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"all",
|
|
"everybody",
|
|
"everyone",
|
|
"anybody",
|
|
"anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"none",
|
|
"no one"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solidified":{
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water solidifying into ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"callused",
|
|
"encrusted",
|
|
"incrusted",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"calcified",
|
|
"crystallized",
|
|
"crystalized",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"petrified",
|
|
"rigidified",
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"unfroze"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"softened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a definite form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crystallized",
|
|
"crystalized",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"shaped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conjugated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked (up)",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundproofing":{
|
|
"as in insulating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"smothering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffling",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something":{
|
|
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heard something fall off the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"integer",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonentity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of something less than total honesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songfests":{
|
|
"as in hootenannies , jams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceilidhs",
|
|
"ceilis",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam sessions",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"symphonies",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"musicales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophism":{
|
|
"as in sophistry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sophistry",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songsmiths":{
|
|
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"songwriters",
|
|
"tunesmiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposers",
|
|
"co-composers",
|
|
"composers",
|
|
"melodists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"arrangers",
|
|
"orchestrators",
|
|
"orchestraters",
|
|
"scorers",
|
|
"librettists",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"lyrists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solaces":{
|
|
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"reliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"reassurances",
|
|
"alleviations",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"mitigations",
|
|
"contentments",
|
|
"commiserations",
|
|
"empathies",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"condoles",
|
|
"empathizes",
|
|
"sympathizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"regales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solving":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"riddling (out)",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft":{
|
|
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soft music played in the background while we ate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"clarion",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"trumpetlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like this sweater the best because it is so soft and comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silklike",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soft mattresses make it very easy to fall asleep, but they have a tendency to get lumpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a soft job in local government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soft recruits who will get toughened up in the army"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soft person who tends to yield to stronger personalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"forceless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"nebbishy",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stouthearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backboned",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soft breeze coming off the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"providing physical comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warm, soft bed to rest my weary bones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"comfy",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"cushy",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt that his wife had been a little too soft on their son, and that more discipline was in order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was a lovely soft spring evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes I wonder if you've gone soft in the head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sometimes":{
|
|
"on some occasions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"here and there",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"off and on",
|
|
"periodically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"variously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"incessantly",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"interminably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourned (at)":{
|
|
"as in stayed (at) , camped (out in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camped (out in)",
|
|
"stayed (at)",
|
|
"stopped (over)",
|
|
"tarried (in)",
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran (in)",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"resorted (to)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounded off":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"holloed",
|
|
"hallooed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"ululated",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourn (at)":{
|
|
"as in stay (at) , camp (out in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camp (out in)",
|
|
"stay (at)",
|
|
"stop (over)",
|
|
"tarry (in)",
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"run (in)",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"resort (to)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliciting":{
|
|
"asking humbly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soliciting tone is better when asking for lenient treatment you don't deserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"suppliant",
|
|
"supplicant",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"supplicatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in request , pleading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"supplication",
|
|
"evensong",
|
|
"matins",
|
|
"vespers",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"litany",
|
|
"requiescat",
|
|
"thanksgiving",
|
|
"orison",
|
|
"prayer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"speaking (for)",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited him to join the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"hitting (up)",
|
|
"requesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicit the President for relief funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"impetrating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludging",
|
|
"cadging",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing in",
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaks (up)":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorceress":{
|
|
"a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"conjurer",
|
|
"conjuror",
|
|
"enchanter",
|
|
"necromancer",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooist",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"sorcerer",
|
|
"warlock",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sou'westers":{
|
|
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trenches , trench coats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ponchos",
|
|
"trench coats",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"rain gear",
|
|
"rainwears",
|
|
"mackintoshes",
|
|
"macintoshes",
|
|
"macs",
|
|
"macks",
|
|
"oilskins",
|
|
"raincoats",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"waterproofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sour grapes":{
|
|
"unfair criticism that comes from someone who is disappointed about not getting something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His remarks are nothing but sour grapes ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"southeasters":{
|
|
"as in winds , southwesters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"sea breezes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"calms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sommeliers":{
|
|
"as in bartenders , waiters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barkeeps",
|
|
"barkeepers",
|
|
"barmen",
|
|
"bartenders",
|
|
"gar\u00e7ons",
|
|
"servers",
|
|
"waiters",
|
|
"waitpersons",
|
|
"stewardesses",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"headwaiters",
|
|
"ma\u00eetre d's",
|
|
"maitre d's",
|
|
"ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel",
|
|
"waitresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sole":{
|
|
"belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landowner has sole rights to the property, so he can do whatever he wants to with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unshared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"proprietary",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"conjoint",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"mutual",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonexclusive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eldest son became the family's sole support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"one-off",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sui generis",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"single",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"unaccompanied",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"inimitable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassable",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"nonce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"heterogenous",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rampant",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"repeated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in toe , belly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"toe",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"underbelly",
|
|
"underbody",
|
|
"underpart",
|
|
"underside",
|
|
"undersurface",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"undercarriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobriquet":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"anonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorcery":{
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"sortilege",
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"alchemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sown":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"bestrewn",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed",
|
|
"strewn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"replanted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"overseeded",
|
|
"reseeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"inseminated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soddenness":{
|
|
"as in wetness , dankness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"sogginess",
|
|
"wetness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"humidity",
|
|
"moistness",
|
|
"moisture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaring":{
|
|
"as in ascendant , ascending":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendant",
|
|
"ascendent",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"nosebleed",
|
|
"overhead",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sunken",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"undermost",
|
|
"abreast",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ballooning , skydiving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hang gliding",
|
|
"paragliding",
|
|
"skydiving",
|
|
"aeronautics",
|
|
"aviation",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"flying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"winging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"wafting",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"helicoptering",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softhearted":{
|
|
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softhearted person who never hesitates to help anyone in trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sober":{
|
|
"not having one's mind affected by alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to stay sober if you're going to be driving a car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sober assessment of the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"colorable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sober reply to what was only a teasing comment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not excessively showy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't have anything in black, at least wear a sober outfit to the funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"low-key",
|
|
"low-keyed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflashy",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cruise passengers of sober dispositions will be put off by the focus on nonstop dining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"song and dance":{
|
|
"language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"gobbledygook",
|
|
"gobbledegook",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"legalese",
|
|
"Pentagonese",
|
|
"psychobabble",
|
|
"technobabble",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so-and-so's":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somehow":{
|
|
"in a way that is not known or certain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Somehow we got lost.",
|
|
"She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand.",
|
|
"It will all work out somehow ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"someway",
|
|
"someways",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"at all",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"remotely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somnolence":{
|
|
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somnolence is likely to be the most typical and telling reaction to this novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doziness",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"sleepiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"oversleeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonneteers":{
|
|
"as in lyricists , epigrammatizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epigrammatists",
|
|
"epigrammatizers",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"scops",
|
|
"troubadours",
|
|
"rhapsodes",
|
|
"rhapsodists",
|
|
"poets laureate",
|
|
"poet laureates",
|
|
"poetesses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"poetasters",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymesters",
|
|
"rimesters",
|
|
"versifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somnolences":{
|
|
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somnolence is likely to be the most typical and telling reaction to this novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doziness",
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"sleepiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"oversleeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sootiness":{
|
|
"as in muddiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socle":{
|
|
"as in cornice , capital":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architrave",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cornice",
|
|
"entablature",
|
|
"frieze",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"dais",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"podium",
|
|
"rostrum",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"tribune",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"plinth",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourcing":{
|
|
"as in referencing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"referencing",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"quoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounded (out)":{
|
|
"as in felt (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"circularized",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundproof":{
|
|
"as in waterproof , lightproof":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lightproof",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"leaky",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in insulate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"smother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffle",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourpusses":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soothed":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there seemed to be no words sufficient to soothe the bereaved parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"condoled",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"sympathized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soothed the baby with a bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalmed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"lullabied",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"narcotized",
|
|
"sedated",
|
|
"stupefied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hot tea with honey will soothe a sore throat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somebodies":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socializers":{
|
|
"as in socialites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"socialites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchorites",
|
|
"eremites",
|
|
"hermits",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"recluses",
|
|
"solitaries",
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"shut-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaking":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fisherman couldn't wait to take off his soaking socks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gouging , overcharging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"surcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"mischarging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbing",
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"lushing (up)",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"nipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourly":{
|
|
"as in sternly , glumly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softener":{
|
|
"as in muffler , quieter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"quieter",
|
|
"soft pedal",
|
|
"damper",
|
|
"mute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sofa":{
|
|
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curled up on the sofa with a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chesterfield",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"davenport",
|
|
"divan",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"settee",
|
|
"squab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"love seat",
|
|
"recamier",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"sofa bed",
|
|
"studio couch",
|
|
"banquette",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"ottoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solely":{
|
|
"for nothing other than":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I fight solely for my country, not for money!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"exclusively",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"likewise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"without aid or support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you undertook that project solely on your own, and you will finish it likewise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"independently",
|
|
"single-handed",
|
|
"single-handedly",
|
|
"singly",
|
|
"unaided",
|
|
"unassisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"separately",
|
|
"solo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collectively",
|
|
"conjointly",
|
|
"cooperatively",
|
|
"hand in glove",
|
|
"hand and glove",
|
|
"hand in hand",
|
|
"jointly",
|
|
"mutually",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"en masse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobbed":{
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbed",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songbooks":{
|
|
"as in songsters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"missals",
|
|
"Psalters",
|
|
"antiphonals",
|
|
"antiphonaries",
|
|
"hymnals",
|
|
"hymnaries",
|
|
"hymnbooks",
|
|
"psalmodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sodality":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"vocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"souls":{
|
|
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many religions teach that the soul is immortal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"psyches",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"vitalities",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"flesh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I promise I won't tell another soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew in her soul that it was true"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner spaces",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"quicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consciences",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"son of man":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They couldn't believe this son of man survived so long in the desert."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soapboxes":{
|
|
"a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"venues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"stages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourced":{
|
|
"as in referenced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"referenced",
|
|
"bore out",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"quoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solved (for)":{
|
|
"as in figured out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"allowed (for)",
|
|
"deducted",
|
|
"factored (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figured in",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"quantified",
|
|
"quantitated",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"added up",
|
|
"averaged",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"totalized",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"subtracted",
|
|
"appraised",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"evaluated",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"recalculated",
|
|
"recomputed",
|
|
"refigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soured":{
|
|
"as in dry , unsweetened":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unsweetened",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"vinegary",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"tangy",
|
|
"zestful",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"astringent",
|
|
"hyperacid",
|
|
"puckery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"zestless",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"aliened",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconciled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soir\u00e9e":{
|
|
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophistries":{
|
|
"reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She said that many of the points made during the debate were pure sophistry ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tergiversation",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"untruthfulness",
|
|
"speciousness",
|
|
"spuriousness",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"sophism",
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"factualness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socializing":{
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"fraternizing",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"hobnobbing",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"stepping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"partying",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soreness":{
|
|
"as in discomfort , distress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"inflammation",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"backache",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"charley horse",
|
|
"colic",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"earache",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"stomachache",
|
|
"toothache"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soporifics":{
|
|
"as in sedatives , tranquilizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotics",
|
|
"sedatives",
|
|
"tranquilizers",
|
|
"tranquillizers",
|
|
"pacifiers",
|
|
"palliatives",
|
|
"security blankets",
|
|
"anesthetics",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"narcotics",
|
|
"opiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socialists":{
|
|
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commies",
|
|
"communists",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"Reds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"pinkos",
|
|
"pinkoes",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"social democrats",
|
|
"Bolsheviks",
|
|
"Bolsheviki",
|
|
"Leninists",
|
|
"Leninites",
|
|
"Maoists",
|
|
"Marxists",
|
|
"Stalinists",
|
|
"Trotskyists",
|
|
"Trotskyites",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sockdologer":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold short":{
|
|
"to place too low a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"underestimated",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"overestimated",
|
|
"overrated",
|
|
"overvalued"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sowing":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"putting in",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"replanting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"potting",
|
|
"overseeding",
|
|
"reseeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infixing",
|
|
"inseminating",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"planting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"inoculating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"suffusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitations":{
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjurations",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"entreaties",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleadings",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"prayers",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"suppliances",
|
|
"supplications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"insistences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorting":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"chumming",
|
|
"companying",
|
|
"consociating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"fraternizing",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnobbing",
|
|
"hooking up",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"palling (around)",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"colluding",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"ganging",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"interrelating",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"leaguing",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"siding",
|
|
"socializing",
|
|
"teaming",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"wedding",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"friending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"chording",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"coinciding",
|
|
"comporting",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consisting",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"rhyming",
|
|
"riming",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"registering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"jarring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differing (from)",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solves (for)":{
|
|
"as in figures out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"allows (for)",
|
|
"deducts",
|
|
"factors (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figures in",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"calibrates",
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"quantifies",
|
|
"quantitates",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"itemizes",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"adds up",
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"totalizes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"subtracts",
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"recalculates",
|
|
"recomputes",
|
|
"refigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songsters":{
|
|
"one who sings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
"singers",
|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belters",
|
|
"crooners",
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
"serenaders",
|
|
"cantors",
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
"chansonniers",
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"troubadours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrily":{
|
|
"as in wretchedly , abominably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songs":{
|
|
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"vocals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the songs of Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"verses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"melodies",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"madrigals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hero honored in song and story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"verses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourn":{
|
|
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field trip",
|
|
"homestay",
|
|
"sleepover",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stopover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soundproofs":{
|
|
"as in insulates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"mellows",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"smothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffles",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounding board":{
|
|
"a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"consigliere",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"kitchen cabinet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemn":{
|
|
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the funeral home has a fittingly solemn demeanor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"noble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solemn as a judge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Capitol's rotunda was draped in solemn decorations of a state funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold down the river":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He didn't expect to be sold down the river by someone he had known for so long."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed (on)",
|
|
"peached",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"shopped",
|
|
"snitched (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sociability":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being social":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her sociability was called into question when she said she hated parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"gregariousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"folksiness",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"neighborliness",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"extroversion",
|
|
"extraversion",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"immodesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"reclusion",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"retiringness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsociability",
|
|
"unsociableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sold (out)":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"two-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed (on)",
|
|
"peached",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"shopped",
|
|
"snitched (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnizes":{
|
|
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"commemorates",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"memorializes",
|
|
"remembers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovranty":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"heteronomy",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendance",
|
|
"ascendence",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"hegemony",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"predominancy",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"lordship",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"choke hold",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobbing":{
|
|
"as in crying , wailing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"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 , weeping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"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 shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"blubbing",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft soaps":{
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorcerers":{
|
|
"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sorcerer who used his power for evil ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"mages",
|
|
"magi",
|
|
"Magians",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"necromancers",
|
|
"voodooists",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witches",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"sorceresses",
|
|
"warlocks",
|
|
"occultists",
|
|
"thaumaturges",
|
|
"thaumaturgists",
|
|
"theurgists",
|
|
"wonder-workers",
|
|
"medicine men",
|
|
"shamanists",
|
|
"shamans",
|
|
"witch doctors",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"exorcisers",
|
|
"exorcists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songstress":{
|
|
"as in chanteuse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sometime":{
|
|
"at a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll get around to it sometime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eventually",
|
|
"finally",
|
|
"someday",
|
|
"sooner or later",
|
|
"ultimately",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"imminently",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been such at some previous time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"long-ago",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"prospective",
|
|
"unborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somebody":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songbook":{
|
|
"as in songster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"missal",
|
|
"Psalter",
|
|
"antiphonal",
|
|
"antiphonary",
|
|
"hymnal",
|
|
"hymnary",
|
|
"hymnbook",
|
|
"psalmody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soddens":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"presoaks",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrings (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solacer":{
|
|
"as in comforter , soother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"gadfly",
|
|
"gnawer",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"interrupter",
|
|
"interruptor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sounding boards":{
|
|
"a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"consiglieri",
|
|
"consiglieres",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"kitchen cabinets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-pedal":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasize",
|
|
"downplay",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in muffler , softener":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"quieter",
|
|
"softener",
|
|
"damper",
|
|
"mute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourness":{
|
|
"as in nastiness , coldness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"sour grapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sociopath":{
|
|
"as in paranoid , delusional":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"overanxious",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobersidedness":{
|
|
"as in earnestness , soberness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"tricksiness",
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
|
"archness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soloist":{
|
|
"as in accompanist , recitalist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"cornetist",
|
|
"cornettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softcover":{
|
|
"as in hardcover , hardback":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"folio",
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"picture book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Sovietism":{
|
|
"as in bolshevism , Marxism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bolshevism",
|
|
"Leninism",
|
|
"Marxism",
|
|
"Stalinism",
|
|
"collectivism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"leftism",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"radicalism",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"Nazism",
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourning (at)":{
|
|
"as in staying (at) , camping (out in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camping (out in)",
|
|
"staying (at)",
|
|
"stopping (over)",
|
|
"tarrying (in)",
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running (in)",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solo":{
|
|
"not being in the company of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solo flight in a hot-air balloon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"unaccompanied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"unchaperoned",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"friendless",
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"disassociated",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"adrift",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"lorn",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"linked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in song , vocal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in alone , solely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"independently",
|
|
"single-handed",
|
|
"single-handedly",
|
|
"singly",
|
|
"solely",
|
|
"unaided",
|
|
"unassisted",
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"separately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collectively",
|
|
"conjointly",
|
|
"cooperatively",
|
|
"hand in glove",
|
|
"hand and glove",
|
|
"hand in hand",
|
|
"jointly",
|
|
"mutually",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"en masse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soakers":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somewhere":{
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhere around 15,000 people live in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someway":{
|
|
"as in somehow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"somehow",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"at all",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"remotely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soused":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he stumbled off to bed, completely soused as usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"peeled off his soused socks and instantly felt much more comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-pedaled":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized",
|
|
"downplayed",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"derogated",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"poor-mouthed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"talked down",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"trash-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"sensationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soldier":{
|
|
"a person engaged in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"serviceman",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"warrior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"servicewoman",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"lifer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"enrollee",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"reservist",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"knight",
|
|
"digger",
|
|
"gallowglass",
|
|
"gendarme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sovereignties":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"independencies",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"subjugations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"heteronomies",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"unfreedoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendances",
|
|
"ascendences",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominations",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"hegemonies",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"predominancies",
|
|
"preeminences",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"supremacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacies",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"lordships",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"choke holds",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses",
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrowfulness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solidly":{
|
|
"as in squarely , resolutely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solar plexus":{
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdomen",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"breadbasket",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midriff",
|
|
"waist",
|
|
"paunch",
|
|
"potbelly",
|
|
"thorax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicitor":{
|
|
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"petitioner",
|
|
"pleader",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"suppliant",
|
|
"supplicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"cadger",
|
|
"moocher",
|
|
"schnorrer",
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"requester",
|
|
"suer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soloists":{
|
|
"as in accompanists , recitalists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"cornetists",
|
|
"cornettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soles":{
|
|
"as in toes , bellies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"toes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"underbellies",
|
|
"underbodies",
|
|
"underparts",
|
|
"undersides",
|
|
"undersurfaces",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"undercarriages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorts (through)":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"hunts (through)",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"pats down",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"grubs (about)",
|
|
"pokes (around)",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"glances (over)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soberness":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unexpected soberness of the class clown at the memorial service was startling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"staidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sooth":{
|
|
"agreement with fact or reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I doubt not the sooth of what you say, but there may be other facts of which we are unaware"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facticity",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"trueness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erroneousness",
|
|
"fallaciousness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft-core":{
|
|
"as in hard-core":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"bedroom",
|
|
"erotic",
|
|
"erotical",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourning":{
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"stopping (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"occupying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someday":{
|
|
"at a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dream that we'll get to the other planets someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eventually",
|
|
"finally",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"sooner or later",
|
|
"ultimately",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"imminently",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softens":{
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"etiolates",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"invalids",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"wears down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"paralyzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"gentles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obtunds",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soddening":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnize":{
|
|
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"commemorate",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"remember"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soil":{
|
|
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got some sort of soil on my white pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"gunk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"smut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"soot",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"cleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse lifted its tail and deposited its soil on the grass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought rich soil to plant flowers in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackland",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"topsoil",
|
|
"alluvium",
|
|
"colluvium",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loess",
|
|
"marl",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"happy to have soil under my feet after that long sea voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"terra firma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"landmass",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"island",
|
|
"isthmus",
|
|
"mainland",
|
|
"peninsula"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnized":{
|
|
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"commemorated",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"memorialized",
|
|
"remembered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorely":{
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soubrette":{
|
|
"as in jade , coquette":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"flirter",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solicited":{
|
|
"as in requested":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unasked",
|
|
"unbidden",
|
|
"unbid",
|
|
"uninvited",
|
|
"unsolicited",
|
|
"unsought",
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularized",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"spoke (for)",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicited him to join the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"hit (up)",
|
|
"requested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"supplicated",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solicit the President for relief funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"supplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludged",
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"decoyed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drew in",
|
|
"inveigled",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"wiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"drove (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"souse":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"macerate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"marinate",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"presoak",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wring (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourpuss":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sodden":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eyes peering out between strands of sodden hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"macerate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"marinate",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"presoak",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wring (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socket":{
|
|
"as in opening , alcove":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcove",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"alveolus",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"cavern",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"excavation",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"borehole",
|
|
"chuckhole",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"posthole",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"sinkhole",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"water hole",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"concavity",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"camber",
|
|
"convexity",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"projection",
|
|
"protrusion",
|
|
"protuberance",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pimple",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"tumor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrowfully":{
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a sorrowfully worded statement she announced that she was dropping out of the race for governor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"solemnizing":{
|
|
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"commemorating",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"memorializing",
|
|
"remembering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soppiness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sees Valentine's Day as just an excuse for unbridled displays of soppiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"mushiness",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentalism",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"corniness",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophistical":{
|
|
"as in misleading , specious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"reasonless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"somniferous":{
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a somniferous enumeration of details that I could have done without"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softheads":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave his son-in-law a position in the company where the softhead could do little harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ditzes",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"flibbertigibbets",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"rattlebrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"sillies",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soldiery":{
|
|
"as in men-at-arms , servicemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"men-at-arms",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"servicemen",
|
|
"servicewomen",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"armed forces",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"gendarmerie",
|
|
"gendarmery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians",
|
|
"noncombatants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sourcebook":{
|
|
"as in casebook":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"collectanea",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"florilegium",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"reader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socialites":{
|
|
"someone who is well-known in fashionable society and is often seen at parties and other social events for wealthy people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many of the city's socialites showed up for the premiere gala."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"aristocrats",
|
|
"blue bloods",
|
|
"gentlepeople",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"nobles",
|
|
"patricians",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"magnificoes",
|
|
"magnificos",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"gentlefolks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canailles",
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"roturiers",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"fellahin",
|
|
"fellaheen",
|
|
"peasants",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sockdologers":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sort of":{
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've been acting sort of funny all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquizes":{
|
|
"as in recites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrows":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"pines (away)",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"sympathizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sons of guns":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They weren't sure how that son of a gun even got the job."
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socialism":{
|
|
"a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ardent opponent of socialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radicalism",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"leftism",
|
|
"left wing",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"neoliberalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neoconservatism",
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"immobilism",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soliloquized":{
|
|
"as in recited":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"some":{
|
|
"known but not named":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people won't be able to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"known",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"close to but not exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some 300 people showed up for the giveaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"say"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"loosely",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so-so":{
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a so-so production of a great play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a satisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I did so-so on the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"socialized":{
|
|
"as in civilized , semicivilized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"semicivilized",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilding",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undocile",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"partied",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"circulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soak (up)":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sophistic":{
|
|
"as in misleading , specious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"reasonless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sobriquets":{
|
|
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"anonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sojourners":{
|
|
"as in loiterers , lingerers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"gadabouts",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"maunderers",
|
|
"nomads",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"strollers",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers",
|
|
"passengers",
|
|
"sightseers",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"saunterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sock":{
|
|
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"black socks to go with black pants and shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hosiery",
|
|
"support hose",
|
|
"anklet",
|
|
"bobby socks",
|
|
"bootee",
|
|
"kneesock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"belt",
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"biff",
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"bludgeon",
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"bob",
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"bonk",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clock",
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"clout",
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"crack",
|
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"hammer",
|
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"hit",
|
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"knock",
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"nail",
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"paste",
|
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"pound",
|
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"punch",
|
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"rap",
|
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"slam",
|
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"slap",
|
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"slog",
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"slug",
|
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"smack",
|
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"smite",
|
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"strike",
|
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"swat",
|
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"swipe",
|
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"tag",
|
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"thump",
|
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"whale",
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"zap"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"batter",
|
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"beat",
|
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"buffet",
|
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"bung",
|
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"chop",
|
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"cuff",
|
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"drub",
|
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"lace",
|
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"lambaste",
|
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"lambast",
|
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"lick",
|
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"mangle",
|
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"maul",
|
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"pelt",
|
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"pepper",
|
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"pommel",
|
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"pummel",
|
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"rough",
|
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"scuff",
|
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"bunt",
|
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"flick",
|
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"stroke",
|
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"tap",
|
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"bump",
|
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"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
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"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
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"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"softbacks":{
|
|
"as in hardbacks , softcovers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardbacks",
|
|
"hardcovers",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"pocket editions",
|
|
"softcovers",
|
|
"trade books",
|
|
"trade editions",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"tomes",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"folios",
|
|
"quartos",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"manuals",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"cyclopedias",
|
|
"cyclopaedias",
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"encyclopedias",
|
|
"monographs",
|
|
"primers",
|
|
"textbooks",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"novelettes",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"picture books"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soot":{
|
|
"a black powder that is formed when something (such as wood or coal) is burned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"gunk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"cleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonneteer":{
|
|
"as in lyricist , epigrammatizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epigrammatist",
|
|
"epigrammatizer",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"scop",
|
|
"troubadour",
|
|
"rhapsode",
|
|
"rhapsodist",
|
|
"poet laureate",
|
|
"poetess",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"poetaster",
|
|
"rhymester",
|
|
"rimester",
|
|
"versifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songwriter":{
|
|
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's both a singer and a songwriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"songsmith",
|
|
"tunesmith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposer",
|
|
"composer",
|
|
"melodist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"arranger",
|
|
"orchestrator",
|
|
"orchestrater",
|
|
"scorer",
|
|
"librettist",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"lyrist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |