2858 lines
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2858 lines
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{
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"babbles":{
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"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
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"examples":[
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"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumbles",
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"chats",
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"chatters",
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"drivels",
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"drools",
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"gabbles",
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"gibbers",
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"jabbers",
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"prattles",
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"sputters"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blabbers",
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"blathers",
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"bleats",
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"blithers",
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"gabs",
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"jangles",
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"jaws",
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"patters",
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"prates",
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"rattles",
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"runs on",
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"smatters",
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"tittle-tattles",
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"trolls",
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"yaks",
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"yacks",
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"chunters",
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"maunders",
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"mouths",
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"mumbles",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"stammers",
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"stutters",
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"screeches",
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"shouts",
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"shrieks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"articulates",
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"enunciates",
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"pronounces"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"examples":[
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"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blabs",
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"cackles",
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"chaffers",
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"chats",
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"chatters",
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"chins",
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"converses",
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"gabbles",
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"gabs",
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"gases",
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"gasses",
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"jabbers",
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"jaws",
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"kibitzes",
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"kibbitzes",
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"natters",
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"palavers",
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"patters",
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"prates",
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"prattles",
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"raps",
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"rattles",
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"runs on",
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"schmoozes",
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"shmoozes",
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"talks",
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"twitters",
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"visits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossips",
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"tattles",
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"descants",
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"discusses",
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"expatiates",
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"yaks",
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"yacks",
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"yammers",
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"yaps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"babbling":{
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"as in chatter , babble":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babble",
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"blab",
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"blabbing",
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"chatter",
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"chattering",
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"drivel",
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"driveling",
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"drivelling",
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"gabble",
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"gabbling",
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"jabber",
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"jabbering",
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"maundering",
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"prattle",
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"prattling",
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"rambling",
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"rumor",
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"undertone",
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"whisper",
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"grunt",
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"grunting",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"murmuring",
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"mutter",
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"muttering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
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"examples":[
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"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumbling",
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"chattering",
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"chatting",
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"driveling",
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"drivelling",
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"drooling",
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"gabbling",
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"gibbering",
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"jabbering",
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"prattling",
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"sputtering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blabbering",
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"blathering",
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"bleating",
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"blithering",
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"gabbing",
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"jangling",
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"jawing",
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"pattering",
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"prating",
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"rattling",
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"running on",
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"smattering",
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"tittle-tattling",
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"trolling",
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"yakking",
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"yacking",
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"chuntering",
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"maundering",
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"mouthing",
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"mumbling",
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"murmuring",
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"muttering",
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"stammering",
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"stuttering",
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"screeching",
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"shouting",
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"shrieking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"articulating",
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"enunciating",
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"pronouncing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"examples":[
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"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blabbing",
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"cackling",
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"chaffering",
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"chattering",
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"chatting",
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"chinning",
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"conversing",
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"gabbing",
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"gabbling",
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"gassing",
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"jabbering",
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"jawing",
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"kibitzing",
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"kibbitzing",
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"nattering",
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"palavering",
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"pattering",
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"prating",
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"prattling",
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"rapping",
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"rattling",
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"running on",
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"schmoozing",
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"shmoozing",
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"talking",
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"twittering",
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"visiting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossiping",
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"tattling",
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"descanting",
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"discussing",
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"expatiating",
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"yakking",
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"yacking",
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"yammering",
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"yapping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"baby carriage":{
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"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
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"examples":[
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"twins in a double baby carriage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baby buggy",
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"buggy",
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"perambulator",
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"pram",
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"pushchair",
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"stroller"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bassinet",
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"cradle",
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"crib",
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"carry-cot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babblings":{
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"as in chatter , babbles":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babbles",
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"blabs",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"gabbles",
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"jabberings",
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"jabbers",
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"prattles",
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"ramblings",
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"rumors",
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"undertones",
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"whispers",
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"grunts",
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"mumbles",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babel":{
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"a place of uproar or confusion":{
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"examples":[
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"on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedlam",
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"circus",
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"madhouse",
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"scrum",
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"three-ring circus"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bustle",
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"commotion",
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"pandemonium",
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"racket",
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"ruckus",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"brouhaha",
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"clamor",
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"clatter",
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"din",
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"hubbub",
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"noise",
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"chaos",
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"confusion",
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"disarrangement",
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"disarray",
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"disorder",
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"havoc",
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"hell",
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"mess",
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"muss",
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"shambles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arcadia",
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"heaven",
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"paradise",
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"utopia",
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"order",
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"orderliness",
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"organization",
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"calm",
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"lull",
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"peace",
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"respite",
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"hush",
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"quiet",
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"silence",
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"stillness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blare",
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"bluster",
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"bowwow",
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"brawl",
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"bruit",
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"cacophony",
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"chatter",
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"clamor",
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"clangor",
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"decibel(s)",
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"din",
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"discordance",
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"katzenjammer",
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"noise",
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"racket",
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"rattle",
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"roar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discord",
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"dissonance",
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"commotion",
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"furor",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly-burly",
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"rumpus",
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"tumult",
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"uproar",
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"clatter",
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"jangle",
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"bang",
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"blast",
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"boom",
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"clap",
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"crack",
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"crash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"hush",
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"lull",
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"quietude",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"quiet",
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"silence",
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"silentness",
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"still",
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"stillness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babysitting":{
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"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
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"examples":[
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"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babying",
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"chaperoning",
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"mothering",
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"shepherding",
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"attending",
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"caring (for)",
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"minding",
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"overseeing",
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"superintending",
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"supervising",
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"tending",
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"watching",
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"administrating",
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"conducting",
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"controlling",
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"directing",
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"governing",
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"guiding",
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"managing",
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"operating",
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"presiding (over)",
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"regulating",
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"running",
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"stewarding",
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"guarding",
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"patrolling",
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"protecting",
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"safeguarding",
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"shielding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandoning",
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"disregarding",
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"forgetting",
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"ignoring",
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"neglecting",
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"passing over"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"babysitter":{
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"a person employed to care for a young child or children":{
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"examples":[
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"a babysitter who is a great favorite with the kids because he's always thinking of fun things to do"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dry nurse",
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"nanny",
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"nannie",
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"nurse",
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"nursemaid",
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"nurser",
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"sitter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amah",
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"ayah",
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"au pair",
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"bonne",
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"mammy",
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"duenna",
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"fraulein",
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"governess",
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"mademoiselle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babble":{
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"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
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"examples":[
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"the baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abracadabra",
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"blabber",
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"burble",
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"double Dutch",
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"double-talk",
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"drivel",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"gibberish",
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"jabber",
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"jabberwocky",
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"mumbo jumbo",
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"nonsense",
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"prattle",
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"slobber"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"hocus-pocus",
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"hokeypokey",
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"twaddle",
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"chatter",
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"gab",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"tattle",
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"twitter",
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"cackle",
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"clack",
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"clatter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
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"examples":[
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"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"prattle",
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"sputter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blabber",
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"blather",
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"bleat",
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"blither",
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"gab",
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"jangle",
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"jaw",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"rattle",
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"run on",
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"smatter",
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"tittle-tattle",
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"troll",
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"yak",
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"yack",
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"chunter",
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"maunder",
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"mouth",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"stammer",
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"stutter",
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"screech",
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"shout",
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"shriek"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"articulate",
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"enunciate",
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"pronounce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"examples":[
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"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blab",
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"cackle",
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"chaffer",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"chin",
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"converse",
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"gab",
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"gabble",
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"gas",
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"jabber",
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"jaw",
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"kibitz",
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"kibbitz",
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"natter",
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"palaver",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"prattle",
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"rap",
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"rattle",
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"run on",
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"schmooze",
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"shmooze",
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"talk",
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"twitter",
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"visit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"descant",
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"discuss",
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"expatiate",
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"yak",
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"yack",
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"yammer",
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"yap"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"babyish":{
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"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy now thinks that playing with blocks is a rather babyish activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"puerile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unchildlike",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babying":{
|
|
"as in coddling , pampering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"lovingness",
|
|
"solicitousness",
|
|
"solicitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
|
|
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cockering",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"cosseting",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"wet-nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babyhoods":{
|
|
"as in infancies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"manhoods",
|
|
"womanhoods",
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"maturities",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"boyhoods",
|
|
"girlhoods",
|
|
"preadolescences",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"adolescences",
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"nonages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby buggies":{
|
|
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proud father-to-be who's looking forward to pushing a baby buggy around the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby carriages",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"pushchairs",
|
|
"strollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"carry-cots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babbler":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spending too much time with that babbler gives me a headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"motormouth",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"windbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"blatherer",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babies":{
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"foundlings",
|
|
"nurslings",
|
|
"sucklings",
|
|
"preemies",
|
|
"premies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care what you want, there'll be no more work for this baby today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"acquirements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"miracles",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"conquests",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"skills",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"fruitions",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"implementations",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"cock-ups",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonachievements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't be such a baby \u2014the shot didn't hurt that much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussbudgets",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"fusspots",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"kvetchers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"snivelers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawlers",
|
|
"bleaters",
|
|
"moaners",
|
|
"screamers",
|
|
"squawkers",
|
|
"wailers",
|
|
"weepers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"malcontents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
|
|
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cockers",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"cossets",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"wet-nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babushka":{
|
|
"a scarf worn on the head":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandanna",
|
|
"bandana",
|
|
"do-rag",
|
|
"handkerchief",
|
|
"kerchief",
|
|
"madras",
|
|
"mantilla"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shawl",
|
|
"hankie",
|
|
"hanky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Babbitts":{
|
|
"as in plutocrats , rotters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"materialists",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"plutocrats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babels":{
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedlams",
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"madhouses",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"three-ring circuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"brouhahas",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwows",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"bruits",
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"decibels",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"katzenjammers",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby buggy":{
|
|
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proud father-to-be who's looking forward to pushing a baby buggy around the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby carriage",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"pushchair",
|
|
"stroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bassinet",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"carry-cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby carriages":{
|
|
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"twins in a double baby carriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby buggies",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"pushchairs",
|
|
"strollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"carry-cots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Babylonian":{
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babysat":{
|
|
"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babyhood":{
|
|
"as in infancy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"juvenescence",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"boyhood",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"toddlerhood",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulthood",
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"middle age",
|
|
"midlife",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babysits":{
|
|
"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babysit":{
|
|
"to take care of a child while the child's parents are away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Babbitt":{
|
|
"as in plutocrat , rotter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"materialist",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"plutocrat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babied":{
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
|
|
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cockered",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"cosseted",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"wet-nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babushkas":{
|
|
"a scarf worn on the head":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandannas",
|
|
"bandanas",
|
|
"do-rags",
|
|
"handkerchiefs",
|
|
"handkerchieves",
|
|
"kerchiefs",
|
|
"kerchieves",
|
|
"madrases",
|
|
"mantillas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"hankies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babblers":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spending too much time with that babbler gives me a headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby":{
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"foundling",
|
|
"nursling",
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
"preemie",
|
|
"premie",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care what you want, there'll be no more work for this baby today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"acquirement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"miracle",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"conquest",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"victory",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"fruition",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"implementation",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"cock-up",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonachievement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't be such a baby \u2014the shot didn't hurt that much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fussbudget",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"fusspot",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"kvetcher",
|
|
"sniveler",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawler",
|
|
"bleater",
|
|
"moaner",
|
|
"screamer",
|
|
"squawker",
|
|
"wailer",
|
|
"weeper",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"malcontent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week",
|
|
"if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in little , small":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"atomic",
|
|
"bitsy",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"itty-bitty",
|
|
"itsy-bitsy",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babe":{
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"novitiate",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"trainee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"probationer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a babe in arms, too young even to crawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"foundling",
|
|
"nursling",
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
"preemie",
|
|
"premie",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrity magazine describing her as \"a total babe \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ad for a beach resort depicting tanned babes of both sexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-puss",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"showstopper",
|
|
"ten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dog"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babes":{
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarians",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"novitiates",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros",
|
|
"virgins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"learners",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"trainees",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"probationers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a babe in arms, too young even to crawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"foundlings",
|
|
"nurslings",
|
|
"sucklings",
|
|
"preemies",
|
|
"premies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
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"seniors"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
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"a lovely woman":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a celebrity magazine describing her as \"a total babe \""
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"beauties",
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"beauty queens",
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"cookies",
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"cuties",
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"cuteys",
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"dolly birds",
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"enchantresses",
|
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"eyefuls",
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"foxes",
|
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"fox",
|
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"goddesses",
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"honeys",
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"knockouts",
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"queens",
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"stunners"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"belles",
|
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"charmers",
|
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"peaches",
|
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"bathing beauties",
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"cover girls",
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"pinup girls",
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"houris",
|
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"cutie-pies",
|
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"dishes",
|
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"dolls",
|
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"dreamboats",
|
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"hotties",
|
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"lookers",
|
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"pretties",
|
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"coquettes",
|
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"femmes fatales",
|
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"sirens",
|
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"temptresses",
|
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"vamps"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"bags",
|
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"frumps",
|
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"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
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"witches"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"an ad for a beach resort depicting tanned babes of both sexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-pusses",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"showstoppers",
|
|
"tens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"lovelies",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babbled":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babysitters":{
|
|
"a person employed to care for a young child or children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a babysitter who is a great favorite with the kids because he's always thinking of fun things to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dry nurses",
|
|
"nannies",
|
|
"nursemaids",
|
|
"nursers",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"sitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amahs",
|
|
"ayahs",
|
|
"au pairs",
|
|
"bonnes",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"duennas",
|
|
"frauleins",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |