3944 lines
75 KiB
JSON
3944 lines
75 KiB
JSON
{
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"bird's-eye":{
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"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
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"examples":[
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"a bird's-eye look at the current situation in that part of the world"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-around",
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"all-round",
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"broad",
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"general",
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"nonspecific",
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"overall"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comprehensive",
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"inclusive",
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"absolute",
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"boundless",
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"expansive",
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"extensive",
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"infinite",
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"panoramic",
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"sweeping",
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"vast",
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"wide",
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"indeterminate",
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"nebulous",
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"nondescript",
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"vague",
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"unlimited",
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"unrestricted",
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"unspecified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"specified",
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"distinct",
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"explicit",
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"precise",
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"sharp",
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"comprehensive",
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"elaborate",
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"full",
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"mapped (out)",
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"thorough",
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"enumerated",
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"inventoried",
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"itemized",
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"listed",
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"individual",
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"singular",
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"particular",
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"peculiar"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"close-up",
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"delineated",
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"detailed",
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"molecular",
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"particularized",
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"specific"
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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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"birdbrained":{
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"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
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"examples":[
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"a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ditzy",
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"ditsy",
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"dizzy",
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"featherbrained",
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"flighty",
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"frivolous",
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"frothy",
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"futile",
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"giddy",
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"goofy",
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"harebrained",
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"light-headed",
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"light-minded",
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"puerile",
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"scatterbrained",
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"silly",
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"yeasty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fatuous",
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"foolish",
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"inane",
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"nonsensical",
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"thoughtless",
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"witless",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"fruity",
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"exuberant",
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"flippant",
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"fluttery",
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"giggly",
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"happy",
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"light",
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"lighthearted",
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"playful",
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"sappy",
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"shallow",
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"superficial"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grave",
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"melancholy",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"thoughtful",
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"dignified",
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"heavy",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"severe",
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"solemn",
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"staid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"serious",
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"serious-minded",
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"sober",
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"unfrivolous"
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]
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},
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"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
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"examples":[
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"a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"bonehead",
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"boneheaded",
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"brain-dead",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"fatuous",
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"gormless",
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"half-witted",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mindless",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"senseless",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"stupid",
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"thick",
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"thick-witted",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"unsmart",
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"vacuous",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cretinous",
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"feebleminded",
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"simpleminded",
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"boobish",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"moronic",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"lowbrow",
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"uneducated",
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"uninformed",
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"unintellectual",
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"untaught",
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"unthinking",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"silly",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"zany",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ingenious",
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"resourceful",
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"acute",
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"astute",
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"discerning",
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"insightful",
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"keen",
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"knowing",
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"perceptive",
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"percipient",
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"perspicacious",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sapient",
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"savvy",
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"wise",
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"cerebral",
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"erudite",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual",
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"knowledgeable",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"scholarly",
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"thinking",
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"well-read",
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"educated",
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"informed",
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"schooled",
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"skilled",
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"trained",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"foxy",
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"shrewd",
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"wily",
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"apt",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"fast",
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"hyperintelligent",
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"intelligent",
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"keen",
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"nimble",
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"quick",
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"quick-witted",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"smart",
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"supersmart",
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"ultrasmart"
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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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"birthrights":{
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"something that is or may be inherited":{
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"examples":[
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"believed that the house was her birthright"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bequests",
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"heritages",
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"inheritances",
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"legacies",
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"patrimonies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heirlooms",
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"bestowals",
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"gifts",
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"offerings",
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"presents"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something to which one has a just claim":{
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"examples":[
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"the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appanages",
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"apanages",
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"prerogatives",
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"rights"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"calls",
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"dibs",
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"dues",
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"entitlements",
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"perquisites",
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"pretenses",
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"pretences",
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"pretensions",
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"privileges"
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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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"bird of passage":{
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"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
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"examples":[
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"Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drifter",
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"gadabout",
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"gypsy",
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"knockabout",
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"maunderer",
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"nomad",
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"rambler",
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"roamer",
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"rover",
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"stroller",
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"vagabond",
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"wanderer",
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"wayfarer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"laggard",
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"straggler",
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"lingerer",
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"loiterer",
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"sojourner",
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"bum",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"passenger",
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"sightseer",
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"traveler",
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"traveller",
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"migrant",
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"transient",
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"vagrant",
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"ambler",
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"saunterer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"homebody",
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"denizen",
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"dweller",
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"habitant",
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"inhabitant",
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"resident",
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"settler"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"bird dog":{
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"to go after or on the track of":{
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"examples":[
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"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chase",
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"course",
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"dog",
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"follow",
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"hound",
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"pursue",
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"run",
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"shadow",
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"tag",
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"tail",
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"trace",
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"track",
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"trail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accompany",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"escort",
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"hunt",
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"search (for)",
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"seek",
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"eye",
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"observe",
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"watch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"head"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"guide",
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"lead",
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"pilot"
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]
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},
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"as in hunter , sled dog":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandog",
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"coonhound",
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"courser",
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"gundog",
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"hunter",
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"sheepdog",
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"sled dog",
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"watchdog",
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"wolf dog",
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"wolfhound",
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"lapdog",
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"pup",
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"puppy",
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"puppy dog",
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"whelp",
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"guide dog",
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"police dog",
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"working dog",
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"bitch",
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"cur",
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"mongrel",
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"mutt",
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"canine",
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"dog",
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"doggy",
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"doggie",
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"hound",
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"pooch",
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"tyke",
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"tike"
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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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"birth":{
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"the act or instance of being born":{
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"examples":[
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"almost from birth , he showed all the marks of future greatness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"geniture",
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"nativity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"creation",
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"genesis",
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"nascency",
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"origination",
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"rise",
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"accouchement",
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"bearing",
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"childbearing",
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"labor",
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"parturition",
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"begetting",
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"breeding",
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"fathering",
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"generation",
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"mothering",
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"parenting",
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"reproduction",
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"siring",
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"spawning",
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"fatherhood",
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"maternity",
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"motherhood",
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"parenthood",
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"paternity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abortion",
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"miscarriage",
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"stillbirth"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"examples":[
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"a man of noble birth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ancestry",
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"blood",
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"bloodline",
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"breeding",
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"descent",
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"extraction",
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"family tree",
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"genealogy",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"origin",
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"parentage",
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"pedigree",
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"stock",
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"strain"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heredity",
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"succession",
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"family",
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"house",
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"kin",
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"kindred",
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"relations",
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"relatives",
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"race"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"offspring",
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"child",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"son",
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"successor"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"issue",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed"
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]
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},
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"the point at which something begins":{
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"examples":[
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"that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alpha",
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"baseline",
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"beginning",
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"commencement",
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"dawn",
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"day one",
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"genesis",
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"get-go",
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"git-go",
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"inception",
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"incipience",
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"incipiency",
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"kickoff",
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"launch",
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"morning",
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"nascence",
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"nascency",
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"onset",
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"outset",
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"start",
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"threshold"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drawing board",
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"first base",
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"ground zero",
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"square one",
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"creation",
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"founding",
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"inauguration",
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"initiation",
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"institution",
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"origination",
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"cradle",
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"fountain",
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"fountainhead",
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"germ",
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"origin",
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"root",
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"seedbed",
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"source",
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"spring",
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"well",
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"wellspring",
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"dawning",
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"opening",
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"advent",
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"appearance",
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"arrival",
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"debut",
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"d\u00e9but",
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"emergence",
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"childhood",
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"infancy",
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"youth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cessation",
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"closing",
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"closure",
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"completion",
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"finale",
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"finish",
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"period",
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"stop",
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"termination",
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"windup"
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biological",
|
|
"biologic",
|
|
"consanguineous",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illegitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"adoptive",
|
|
"nonbiological"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"whelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birching":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"biretta":{
|
|
"as in turban , tricorne":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthing":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdlimed":{
|
|
"as in captured , bagged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthed":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"calved",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"kittened",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"pupped",
|
|
"whelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"miscarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird dogs":{
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hunters , sled dogs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandogs",
|
|
"coonhounds",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"gundogs",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"sheepdogs",
|
|
"sled dogs",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"wolf dogs",
|
|
"wolfhounds",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"puppies",
|
|
"puppy dogs",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"guide dogs",
|
|
"police dogs",
|
|
"working dogs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"mongrels",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"canines",
|
|
"doggies",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthright":{
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believed that the house was her birthright"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heirloom",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to which one has a just claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appanage",
|
|
"apanage",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"entitlement",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdlime":{
|
|
"as in capture , bag":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birling":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bingeing",
|
|
"binging",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"wassailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdman":{
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airman",
|
|
"aviator",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"bush pilot",
|
|
"copilot",
|
|
"flyboy",
|
|
"test pilot",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"skipper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"births":{
|
|
"the act or instance of being born":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"almost from birth , he showed all the marks of future greatness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"genitures",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"parentings",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"fatherhoods",
|
|
"maternities",
|
|
"motherhoods",
|
|
"parenthoods",
|
|
"paternities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"stillbirths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of noble birth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodlines",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthplace":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"mother country",
|
|
"motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"Blighty",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdmen":{
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airmen",
|
|
"aviators",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"bush pilots",
|
|
"copilots",
|
|
"flyboys",
|
|
"test pilots",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"skippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthday suit":{
|
|
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"bareness",
|
|
"bottomlessness",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"nakedness",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"nudity",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"toplessness",
|
|
"naturism",
|
|
"nudism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdbrain":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"flibbertigibbet",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"rattlebrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"softhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some birdbrain left the water running"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird-dogging":{
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"searching (for)",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthday suits":{
|
|
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altogethers",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"nudes",
|
|
"nudities",
|
|
"raws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"naturisms",
|
|
"nudisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdliming":{
|
|
"as in capturing , bagging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entoiling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birders":{
|
|
"as in hawkers , falconers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportsmen",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"poachers",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birettas":{
|
|
"as in turbans , tricornes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdbrains":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ditzes",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"flibbertigibbets",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"rattlebrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"softheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"sillies",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some birdbrain left the water running"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthplaces":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries",
|
|
"motherlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometowns",
|
|
"Blighties",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"nativities",
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birched":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouted",
|
|
"quirted",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthmark":{
|
|
"as in mole , freckle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birds of passage":{
|
|
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"gadabouts",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"maunderers",
|
|
"nomads",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"strollers",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"sojourners",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"passengers",
|
|
"sightseers",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"saunterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthmarks":{
|
|
"as in moles , freckles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birder":{
|
|
"as in hawker , falconer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birch":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hickory , rattan":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"bullwhip",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"flogger",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdlimes":{
|
|
"as in captures , bags":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entoils",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"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 vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"Bronx cheer",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"snort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"whistle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"clapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birds":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"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 vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"Bronx cheers",
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"snorts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"whistles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birls":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birse":{
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the lad's birse is fair up, it'd be best to leave him alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird-dogs":{
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hunters , sled dogs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandogs",
|
|
"coonhounds",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"gundogs",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"sheepdogs",
|
|
"sled dogs",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"wolf dogs",
|
|
"wolfhounds",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"puppies",
|
|
"puppy dogs",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"guide dogs",
|
|
"police dogs",
|
|
"working dogs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"mongrels",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"canines",
|
|
"doggies",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird-dog":{
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"head"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hunter , sled dog":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandog",
|
|
"coonhound",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"gundog",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"sheepdog",
|
|
"sled dog",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"wolf dog",
|
|
"wolfhound",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"puppy",
|
|
"puppy dog",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"guide dog",
|
|
"police dog",
|
|
"working dog",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"canine",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"doggie",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birl":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"liquor (up)",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird-dogged":{
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"trailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birled":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binged",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"wassailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthstone":{
|
|
"as in gemstone , jewelry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baguette",
|
|
"cabochon",
|
|
"cameo",
|
|
"scarab",
|
|
"solitaire",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"gemstone",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rhinestone",
|
|
"zircon",
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bijou",
|
|
"trinket",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"jewelry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birth pang":{
|
|
"as in contraction , pains":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"natural childbirth",
|
|
"childbed",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthstones":{
|
|
"as in gemstones , jewelries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baguettes",
|
|
"cabochons",
|
|
"cameos",
|
|
"scarabs",
|
|
"solitaires",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"brilliants",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"gemstones",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"rhinestones",
|
|
"zircons",
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bijous",
|
|
"bijoux",
|
|
"trinkets",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"jewelries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birth pangs":{
|
|
"as in pains , contractions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"childbirths",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"pregnancies",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"cesarean sections",
|
|
"caesarean sections",
|
|
"natural childbirths",
|
|
"childbeds",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"lyings-in",
|
|
"lying-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birches":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hickories , rattans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |