dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/chu_MWT.json
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{
"chubby":{
"having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chuckled":{
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"cackled",
"chortled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"hee-hawed",
"laughed",
"roared",
"screamed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chumminess":{
"the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{
"examples":[
"her chumminess with the boss did not sit well with some of her coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"belonging",
"closeness",
"familiarity",
"inseparability",
"intimacy",
"nearness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediacy",
"affinity",
"kinship",
"commitment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"affection",
"attachment",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion",
"constancy",
"faithfulness",
"fidelity",
"amity",
"fellowship",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"affability",
"conviviality",
"cordiality",
"geniality",
"mutuality",
"cliquishness",
"clubbiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"remoteness",
"reserve"
],
"antonyms":[
"distance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chunky":{
"having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"chunky peanut butter adds an interesting layer of texture when paired with jelly"
],
"synonyms":[
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"clabbered",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"smooth"
]
},
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
"examples":[
"a chunky little toddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumpy",
"heavyset",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"thickset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"bulky",
"burly",
"husky",
"sturdy",
"thick",
"thickish",
"weighty",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"heavy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"puny",
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"spindly",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite":{
"examples":[
"a chunky piece of bread"
],
"synonyms":[
"fat",
"thick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockish",
"blocky",
"bulky",
"dense",
"hefty",
"thickish",
"broad",
"deep",
"wide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"narrow",
"shallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"thin"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churchyard":{
"as in catacombs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"boneyard",
"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"graveyard",
"memorial park",
"necropolis",
"potter's field",
"crypt",
"grave",
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backyard , dooryard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backyard",
"dooryard",
"campus",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza",
"acres",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churn":{
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
"examples":[
"a churning sea made getting to the island a risky undertaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"moil",
"roil",
"seethe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reel",
"spin",
"swirl",
"whirl",
"agitate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"calm",
"subside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"churn the cream until it turns into butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"stir",
"swirl",
"wash",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"paddle",
"whip",
"whisk",
"reel",
"shake",
"wheel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chutzpa":{
"shameless boldness":{
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim"
],
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assurance",
"cockiness",
"confidence",
"hardihood",
"overconfidence",
"sanguinity",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"back talk",
"sass",
"swagger",
"swash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"hesitancy",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"manners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chutzpah":{
"shameless boldness":{
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim"
],
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assurance",
"cockiness",
"confidence",
"hardihood",
"overconfidence",
"sanguinity",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"back talk",
"sass",
"swagger",
"swash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"hesitancy",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"manners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churchly":{
"of or relating to a church":{
"examples":[
"refused to discuss churchly matters except on Sundays"
],
"synonyms":[
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churning":{
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
"examples":[
"a churning sea made getting to the island a risky undertaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"moiling",
"roiling",
"seething"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeling",
"spinning",
"swirling",
"whirling",
"agitating",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"calming",
"subsiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"churn the cream until it turns into butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"stirring",
"swirling",
"washing",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beating",
"paddling",
"whipping",
"whisking",
"reeling",
"shaking",
"wheeling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chuckle":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"a quick chuckle at the funny comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grin",
"smile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"churchgoers":{
"as in congregants , communicants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicants",
"congregants",
"deists",
"monotheists",
"polytheists",
"theist",
"cultists",
"pietists",
"zealots",
"fundamentalists",
"believers",
"religionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churlishness":{
"as in boorishness , rowdiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boorishness",
"brutishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"rowdiness",
"rusticity",
"uncouthness",
"coarseness",
"commonness",
"crassness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"grossness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"raffishness",
"rawness",
"roughness",
"rudeness",
"tastelessness",
"vulgarity",
"artlessness",
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"unsophistication",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"kitsch",
"tackiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultivation",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"polish",
"refinement",
"tastefulness",
"courtliness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"graciousness",
"consideration",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuckholes":{
"as in water holes , postholes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boreholes",
"craters",
"postholes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"basins",
"bowls",
"valleys",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"recesses",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids",
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors",
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churrs":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"the churr of grasshoppers in the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurrations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chirrs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirrs",
"bumbles",
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"drones",
"hums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whishes",
"whizzes",
"zips",
"zooms",
"thrums",
"fizzes",
"hisses",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"sizzles",
"swishes",
"whispers",
"coos",
"currs",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chuff":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"the sort of ostentatious London townhouse that some greedy chuff of a billionaire might own"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chucks":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"leaves",
"quits",
"resigns (from)",
"retires (from)",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"vacates",
"drops out (of)",
"throws up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stays (at)"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chuntered":{
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunted",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"maundered",
"prattled",
"rambled",
"breathed",
"gasped",
"panted",
"whispered",
"buzzed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chucklesome":{
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
"examples":[
"an inadvertently chucklesome comment sent titters through the audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churned out":{
"as in turned out , cranked out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cranked out",
"turned out",
"carved (out)",
"developed",
"forged",
"ground (out)",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"worked out",
"worked up",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"threw up",
"composed",
"constructed",
"crafted",
"created",
"engineered",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"generated",
"manufactured",
"minted",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"hatched",
"invented",
"originated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dismantled",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"undid",
"unmade",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chump":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump"
],
"synonyms":[
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chunter":{
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunt",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"maunder",
"prattle",
"ramble",
"breathe",
"gasp",
"pant",
"whisper",
"buzz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate"
],
"antonyms":[
"speak out",
"speak up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churned":{
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
"examples":[
"a churning sea made getting to the island a risky undertaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"moiled",
"roiled",
"seethed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeled",
"spun",
"swirled",
"whirled",
"agitated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"calmed",
"subsided"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"churn the cream until it turns into butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"stirred",
"swirled",
"washed",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"paddled",
"whipped",
"whisked",
"reeled",
"shook",
"wheeled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churn out":{
"as in turn out , crank out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crank out",
"turn out",
"carve (out)",
"develop",
"forge",
"grind (out)",
"hammer out",
"thrash (out)",
"work out",
"work up",
"cobble (together or up)",
"throw up",
"compose",
"construct",
"craft",
"create",
"engineer",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"generate",
"manufacture",
"mint",
"model",
"shape",
"tailor",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"invent",
"originate",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dismantle",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"undo",
"unmake",
"wreck"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churr":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"the churr of grasshoppers in the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"burr",
"buzz",
"chirr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"suspiration",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"yell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chirr":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirr",
"bumble",
"burr",
"buzz",
"drone",
"hum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip",
"zoom",
"thrum",
"fizz",
"hiss",
"murmur",
"purr",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whisper",
"coo",
"curr",
"wheeze",
"whistle",
"whoosh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chuck (out)":{
"as in throw out , kick out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boot (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"separate",
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on",
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churls":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkins",
"chawbacons",
"clodhoppers",
"cornballs",
"countrymen",
"hayseed",
"hayseeds",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rubes",
"rustics",
"yokels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boors",
"clods",
"clowns",
"gawks",
"louts",
"oafs",
"greenhorns",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"backwoodsmen",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slickers",
"smoothies",
"metropolitans",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
"examples":[
"don't bother asking for donations at that house\u2014the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskates",
"hunks",
"misers",
"niggards",
"penny-pinchers",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarders",
"pack rats",
"savers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigals",
"profligates",
"spenders",
"spendthrifts",
"squanderers",
"wasters",
"wastrels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuffed":{
"experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight":{
"examples":[
"I was feeling rather chuffed with myself, having competed in a cricket tournament with some of England's best"
],
"synonyms":[
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lighthearted",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"smiling",
"beatific",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"intoxicated",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"jubilant",
"rapt",
"rejoicing",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"melancholy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dispirited",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"grieved",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chute":{
"as in shoot , rapid(s)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water",
"flume",
"cascade",
"cataract",
"fall(s)",
"waterfall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churlish":{
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
"examples":[
"it would be churlish for any dinner guest to express anything but gratitude for his host's generous hospitality"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"mannerless",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"awkward",
"ungainly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chucking":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"casting (off)",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"resigning (from)",
"retiring (from)",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"vacating",
"dropping out (of)",
"throwing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"staying (at)"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"dashing",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chutes":{
"as in shoots , rapids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rapids",
"shoots",
"white waters",
"flumes",
"cascades",
"cataracts",
"falls",
"waterfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuckleheads":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"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"
]
},
"chuck":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"after a long day, the cowboys lined up for some chuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"leave",
"quit",
"resign (from)",
"retire (from)",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"vacate",
"drop out (of)",
"throw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stay (at)"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"churl":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"peasant",
"peon",
"backwoodsman",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
]
},
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
"examples":[
"don't bother asking for donations at that house\u2014the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskate",
"hunks",
"miser",
"niggard",
"penny-pincher",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarder",
"pack rat",
"saver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spender",
"spendthrift",
"squanderer",
"waster",
"wastrel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chunters":{
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunts",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"gabbles",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"maunders",
"prattles",
"rambles",
"breathes",
"gasps",
"pants",
"whispers",
"buzzes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulates",
"enunciates"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chunks":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a little chunk of dirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blobs",
"clods",
"clots",
"clumps",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churchmen":{
"as in fathers , clergymen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chucklehead":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"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"
]
},
"churred":{
"as in chirred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirred",
"bumbled",
"burred",
"buzzed",
"droned",
"hummed",
"whirred",
"whished",
"whizzed",
"zipped",
"zoomed",
"thrummed",
"fizzed",
"hissed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"rustled",
"sighed",
"sizzled",
"swished",
"whispered",
"cooed",
"curred",
"wheezed",
"whistled",
"whooshed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chucks (out)":{
"as in throws out , kicks out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boots (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"separates",
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chums":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"college chums who go way back"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"amigos",
"buddies",
"compadres",
"comrades",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"main men",
"sisters",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"pen pals",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes"
]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they always chum around together"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chunkiness":{
"as in heaviness , stoutness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaviness",
"stoutness",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fleshiness",
"obesity",
"overweight",
"paunchiness",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"breadbasket",
"stomach",
"tummy",
"bay window",
"beer belly",
"belly",
"corporation",
"gut",
"paunch",
"pot",
"potbelly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chucked":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"resigned (from)",
"retired (from)",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"vacated",
"dropped out (of)",
"threw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stayed (at)"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churns out":{
"as in turns out , cranks out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"carves (out)",
"develops",
"forges",
"grinds (out)",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chuffs":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"the sort of ostentatious London townhouse that some greedy chuff of a billionaire might own"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churring":{
"as in chirring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirring",
"bumbling",
"burring",
"buzzing",
"droning",
"humming",
"whirring",
"whishing",
"whizzing",
"zipping",
"zooming",
"thrumming",
"fizzing",
"hissing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"rustling",
"sighing",
"sizzling",
"swishing",
"whispering",
"cooing",
"curring",
"wheezing",
"whistling",
"whooshing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chuckhole":{
"as in water hole , posthole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"borehole",
"crater",
"posthole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"wallow",
"water hole",
"well",
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"groove",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"basin",
"bowl",
"valley",
"alcove",
"cleft",
"niche",
"nook",
"opening",
"recess",
"socket",
"alveolus",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"imprint",
"notch",
"pocket",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void",
"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hole",
"hollow",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit",
"recess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor",
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chump change":{
"a very small sum of money":{
"examples":[
"what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken feed",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pin money",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"song",
"two cents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capital",
"funds",
"means",
"wherewithal",
"opulence",
"pelf",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"heap",
"pile",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"treasury"
],
"antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churchyards":{
"as in catacombs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"necropolises",
"necropoles",
"necropoleis",
"necropoli",
"potter's fields",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backyards , dooryards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backyards",
"dooryards",
"campuses",
"closes",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"gardens",
"garths",
"plazas",
"acres",
"estates",
"lands",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plots",
"properties",
"real estates",
"realties",
"demesnes",
"grounds",
"parks",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuckles":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"a quick chuckle at the funny comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laughs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cachinnations",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughs",
"laughters",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"hee-haws",
"laughs",
"roars",
"screams",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grins",
"smiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chummy":{
"closely acquainted":{
"examples":[
"the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"close",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clannish",
"close-knit",
"tight-knit",
"affable",
"boon",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hearty",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"easy",
"snug",
"amicable",
"neighborly",
"confidential",
"secretive",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"dear",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unfriendly",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
]
},
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"she was so chummy to me that I sensed that she had put our quarrel behind her"
],
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churchless":{
"as in unchurched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unchurched",
"godless",
"irreligious",
"nonreligious",
"religionless",
"heathen",
"pagan",
"paganish",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"sacrilegious",
"agnostic",
"atheistic",
"atheistical",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"religious",
"devout",
"God-fearing",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"sanctimonious",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"devotional",
"spiritual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chucked (out)":{
"as in threw out , kicked out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"booted (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"separated",
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churchgoer":{
"as in congregant , communicant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicant",
"congregant",
"deist",
"monotheist",
"polytheist",
"theist",
"cultist",
"pietist",
"zealot",
"fundamentalist",
"believer",
"religionist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churchman":{
"as in father , clergyman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churches":{
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
"examples":[
"a city that is noted for its many historic churches"
],
"synonyms":[
"kirks",
"tabernacles",
"temples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbeys",
"bethels",
"cathedrals",
"chapels",
"minsters",
"missions",
"oratories",
"sanctuaries",
"shrines",
"meetinghouses",
"mosques",
"pagodas",
"shuls",
"synagogues",
"synagogs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of persons gathered for religious worship":{
"examples":[
"spoke to the whole church at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"congregations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flocks",
"laities",
"parishes",
"communions",
"confessions",
"denominations",
"folds",
"sects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"a time when few young men seem to want to join the church"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergies",
"cloths",
"first estates",
"ministries",
"spiritualities",
"spiritualties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconates",
"episcopates",
"hierarchies",
"presbyteries",
"clerkships",
"monkhoods",
"priesthoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuckleheaded":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"a comedy about a pair of chuckleheaded guys who always blunder into trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chubbiness":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"a bit of chubbiness is normal in very small children"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuckling":{
"as in smiling , amused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amused",
"beaming",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"cackling",
"chortling",
"cracking up",
"giggling",
"hee-hawing",
"laughing",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"snickering",
"tittering",
"twittering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"churning out":{
"as in turning out , cranking out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cranking out",
"turning out",
"carving (out)",
"developing",
"forging",
"grinding (out)",
"hammering out",
"thrashing (out)",
"working out",
"working up",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"throwing up",
"composing",
"constructing",
"crafting",
"creating",
"engineering",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"generating",
"manufacturing",
"minting",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"originating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dismantling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"wrecking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churns":{
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
"examples":[
"a churning sea made getting to the island a risky undertaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"moils",
"roils",
"seethes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reels",
"spins",
"swirls",
"whirls",
"agitates",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"calms",
"subsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"churn the cream until it turns into butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"stirs",
"swirls",
"washes",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beats",
"paddles",
"whips",
"whisks",
"reels",
"shakes",
"wheels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"church":{
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
"examples":[
"a city that is noted for its many historic churches"
],
"synonyms":[
"kirk",
"tabernacle",
"temple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbey",
"bethel",
"cathedral",
"chapel",
"minster",
"mission",
"oratory",
"sanctuary",
"shrine",
"meetinghouse",
"mosque",
"pagoda",
"shul",
"synagogue",
"synagog"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of persons gathered for religious worship":{
"examples":[
"spoke to the whole church at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembly",
"congregation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flock",
"laity",
"parish",
"communion",
"confession",
"denomination",
"fold",
"sect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"a time when few young men seem to want to join the church"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergy",
"cloth",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spirituality",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuntering":{
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunting",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"chattering",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattling",
"rambling",
"breathing",
"gasping",
"panting",
"whispering",
"buzzing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chucking (out)":{
"as in throwing out , kicking out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"booting (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"separating",
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chumming":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they always chum around together"
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"chumps":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump"
],
"synonyms":[
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"patsies",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"saps",
"soft touches",
"suckers",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chum":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"college chums who go way back"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"amigo",
"buddy",
"compadre",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"partner",
"peer",
"sport",
"blood brother",
"brother",
"main man",
"sister",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"pen pal",
"benefactor",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"friendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"competitor",
"opponent",
"rival",
"archenemy",
"nemesis"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe"
]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they always chum around together"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"sort",
"travel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"gang",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chunk":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a little chunk of dirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chummed":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they always chum around together"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}