dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hit_MWT.json
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{
"hit (on or upon)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"the doctor finally hit on what was wrong with the pain-wracked woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hit the road":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"When the sun started to set they knew it was time to hit the road ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting the sack":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit men":{
"as in torpedoes , bravos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"torpedoes",
"triggermen",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"homicides",
"killers",
"manslayers",
"murderers",
"butchers",
"executioners",
"massacrers",
"slaughterers",
"slayers",
"murderesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hatchet men , hired guns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatchet men",
"hired guns",
"polemicists",
"polemists",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks",
"attack dogs",
"mudslingers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hither":{
"being the less far of two":{
"examples":[
"we began to explore the hither bank while our companions crossed the creek to explore the yonder bank"
],
"synonyms":[
"closer",
"near",
"nigher",
"this"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"remote",
"remoter",
"back",
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[
"far",
"farther",
"further",
"opposite",
"other",
"that"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hitherto":{
"up to this or that time":{
"examples":[
"at the talent show Kyle revealed his hitherto unknown gift for doing impressions"
],
"synonyms":[
"heretofore",
"theretofore",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"before",
"formerly",
"previously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later",
"subsequently",
"hereupon",
"thereupon"
],
"antonyms":[
"henceforth",
"henceforward",
"hereafter",
"thenceforth",
"thenceforward",
"thenceforwards",
"thereafter"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"hit or miss":{
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"I was learning Spanish hit or miss , mostly just by hearing my friends speak it"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"hit":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"the rock band hit \"the big time\" with their third album"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"megahit",
"smash",
"success",
"supernova",
"winner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chip",
"blue chipper",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"pip",
"prizewinner",
"gem",
"jewel",
"treasure",
"marvel",
"natural",
"phenomenon",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"coup",
"triumph",
"victory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointment",
"fizzle",
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"flop",
"misfire",
"turkey",
"washout"
]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hits (on or upon)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"the doctor finally hit on what was wrong with the pain-wracked woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hit it big":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"After years of obscurity, the writer finally hit it big with her latest novel."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting the bottle":{
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"He told others in the group about how he used to immediately hit the bottle after work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bibbing",
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"lushing (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"imbibing",
"nipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit-or-miss":{
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"I was learning Spanish hit or miss , mostly just by hearing my friends speak it"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"hit (upon)":{
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"the popular belief that Sir Isaac Newton hit upon his understanding of gravity at the sight of an apple falling from a tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"find",
"happen (on or upon)",
"light (on or upon)",
"meet",
"pitch (upon)",
"stumble (on or onto)",
"tumble (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luck (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confront",
"face",
"discover",
"strike",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hits":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"the rock band hit \"the big time\" with their third album"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"megahits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"winners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chippers",
"blue chips",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"pips",
"prizewinners",
"gems",
"jewels",
"treasures",
"marvels",
"naturals",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"coups",
"triumphs",
"victories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointments",
"fizzles",
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"flops",
"misfires",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hits it off":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"She really hit it off with the new hire at work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"clicks",
"communes",
"relates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriends",
"empathizes",
"identifies",
"sympathizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting the roof":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She hit the roof when her son was more than an hour late coming home."
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit-and-run":{
"as in quick , fast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fast",
"prompt",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"summary",
"immediate",
"instant",
"instantaneous",
"split-second",
"straightaway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilatory",
"tardy",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"deferred",
"delayed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hit the ceiling":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The sellers hit the ceiling when they heard the low offer on the house."
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting (on or upon)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"hitcher":{
"one who hitchhikes":{
"examples":[
"never stops for hitchers on interstates, where hitchhiking is illegal"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhiker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stowaway",
"carjacker",
"hijacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hits it big":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"After years of obscurity, the writer finally hit it big with her latest novel."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitched":{
"as in married , wedded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attached",
"espoused",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed",
"mated",
"paired",
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"remarried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"single",
"unattached",
"unmarried",
"unwed",
"fancy-free",
"footloose",
"marriageable",
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"hoicked",
"jerked",
"jolted",
"twitched",
"yanked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped",
"jounced",
"lurched",
"pitched",
"staggered",
"jigged",
"jiggled",
"jogged",
"joggled",
"shook",
"dragged",
"lugged",
"pulled",
"tugged",
"plucked",
"tweaked",
"grabbed",
"ripped",
"snapped (up)",
"snatched",
"tore",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenated",
"chained",
"compounded",
"concatenated",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"hooked",
"interconnected",
"interlinked",
"joined",
"linked",
"yoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulated",
"dovetailed",
"integrated",
"interlocked",
"intermeshed",
"corded",
"strung",
"wired",
"cemented",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"fused",
"united",
"welded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"divided",
"parted",
"split",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"separated",
"unchained",
"uncoupled",
"unhitched",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"hitched the trailer to the back of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchored",
"caught",
"clamped",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"moored",
"secured",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"tore (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"yanked"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unfastened",
"unfixed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
]
},
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhiked",
"thumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"stowed away",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"hit the sack":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hits the hay":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"retires",
"turns in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"couches",
"lies (down)",
"reclines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hits the ceiling":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The sellers hit the ceiling when they heard the low offer on the house."
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitchhiker":{
"one who hitchhikes":{
"examples":[
"police have issued warnings about a serial killer who is believed to be preying upon hitchhikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitcher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stowaway",
"carjacker",
"hijacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hits the road":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"When the sun started to set they knew it was time to hit the road ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit man":{
"as in torpedo , bravo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"torpedo",
"triggerman",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"homicide",
"killer",
"manslayer",
"murderer",
"butcher",
"executioner",
"massacrer",
"slaughterer",
"slayer",
"murderess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hatchet man , hired gun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatchet man",
"hired gun",
"polemicist",
"polemist",
"barracuda",
"shark",
"attack dog",
"mudslinger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hits the bottle":{
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"He told others in the group about how he used to immediately hit the bottle after work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bibs",
"boozes",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"liquors (up)",
"lushes (up)",
"soaks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouses",
"revels",
"imbibes",
"nips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hits (up)":{
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"she's always hitting me up for money"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"requests",
"solicits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"implores",
"importunes",
"invites",
"invokes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"supplicates",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"presses",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitting the ceiling":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The sellers hit the ceiling when they heard the low offer on the house."
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit the hay":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting it big":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"After years of obscurity, the writer finally hit it big with her latest novel."
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting the road":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"When the sun started to set they knew it was time to hit the road ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hit (up)":{
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"she's always hitting me up for money"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"request",
"solicit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"invite",
"invoke",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"press",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitch":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby trap",
"catch",
"catch-22",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"joker",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"trip wire",
"web",
"hazard",
"peril",
"risk",
"bomb",
"bombshell",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"bait",
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
"examples":[
"signed on for a three-year hitch in the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"stint",
"tenure",
"term",
"tour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shift",
"watch",
"go",
"turn",
"duration",
"standing",
"time",
"cycle",
"span",
"spell",
"stretch",
"life",
"life span",
"lifetime",
"run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"hoick",
"jerk",
"jolt",
"twitch",
"yank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump",
"jounce",
"lurch",
"pitch",
"stagger",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"jog",
"joggle",
"shake",
"drag",
"lug",
"pull",
"tug",
"pluck",
"tweak",
"grab",
"rip",
"snap (up)",
"snatch",
"tear",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenate",
"chain",
"compound",
"concatenate",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"hook",
"interconnect",
"interlink",
"join",
"link",
"yoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulate",
"dovetail",
"integrate",
"interlock",
"intermesh",
"cord",
"string",
"wire",
"cement",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"fuse",
"unite",
"weld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"divide",
"part",
"split",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"disunite",
"separate",
"unchain",
"uncouple",
"unhitch",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"hitched the trailer to the back of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhike",
"thumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"stow away",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hitting (upon)":{
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"the popular belief that Sir Isaac Newton hit upon his understanding of gravity at the sight of an apple falling from a tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"finding",
"happening (on or upon)",
"lighting (on or upon)",
"meeting",
"pitching (upon)",
"stumbling (on or onto)",
"tumbling (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucking (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronting",
"facing",
"discovering",
"striking",
"turning up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitchhike":{
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitch",
"thumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"stow away",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hit the bottle":{
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"He told others in the group about how he used to immediately hit the bottle after work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bib",
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"lush (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouse",
"revel",
"imbibe",
"nip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitchhikes":{
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitches",
"thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"stows away",
"carjacks",
"hijacks",
"highjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hit-and-miss":{
"as in hit-or-miss , haphazard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"odd",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"broken",
"disconnected",
"fragmentary",
"interrupted",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"wavering",
"convulsive",
"sudden",
"violent",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"variable",
"volatile",
"aperiodic",
"casual",
"catchy",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady",
"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hitting it off":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"She really hit it off with the new hire at work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bonding",
"clicking",
"communing",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriending",
"empathizing",
"identifying",
"sympathizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hits the sack":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"retires",
"turns in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"couches",
"lies (down)",
"reclines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting the hay":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"It's been a great evening, but I'm ready to hit the hay ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitting":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"the rock band hit \"the big time\" with their third album"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hit it off":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"She really hit it off with the new hire at work."
],
"synonyms":[
"bond",
"click",
"commune",
"relate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriend",
"empathize",
"identify",
"sympathize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitching":{
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"hoicking",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"twitching",
"yanking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping",
"jouncing",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"staggering",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"jogging",
"joggling",
"shaking",
"dragging",
"lugging",
"pulling",
"tugging",
"plucking",
"tweaking",
"grabbing",
"ripping",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenating",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"concatenating",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"hooking",
"interconnecting",
"interlinking",
"joining",
"linking",
"yoking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulating",
"dovetailing",
"integrating",
"interlocking",
"intermeshing",
"cording",
"stringing",
"wiring",
"cementing",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"fusing",
"uniting",
"welding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dividing",
"parting",
"splitting",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"severing",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"disuniting",
"separating",
"unchaining",
"uncoupling",
"unhitching",
"unlinking",
"unyoking"
]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"hitched the trailer to the back of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhiking",
"thumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"stowing away",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitting (up)":{
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"she's always hitting me up for money"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"requesting",
"soliciting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"pressing",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitches":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"catches",
"gimmicks",
"gotchas",
"jokers",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"trip wires",
"webs",
"hazards",
"perils",
"risks",
"bombs",
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
"examples":[
"signed on for a three-year hitch in the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"stints",
"tenures",
"terms",
"tours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shifts",
"watches",
"goes",
"turns",
"durations",
"standings",
"times",
"cycles",
"spans",
"spells",
"stretches",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"lives",
"runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"hoicks",
"jerks",
"jolts",
"twitches",
"yanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps",
"jounces",
"lurches",
"pitches",
"staggers",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"joggles",
"jogs",
"shakes",
"drags",
"lugs",
"pulls",
"tugs",
"plucks",
"tweaks",
"grabs",
"rips",
"snaps (up)",
"snatches",
"tears",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenates",
"chains",
"compounds",
"concatenates",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"hooks",
"interconnects",
"interlinks",
"joins",
"links",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulates",
"dovetails",
"integrates",
"interlocks",
"intermeshes",
"cords",
"strings",
"wires",
"cements",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"fuses",
"unites",
"welds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"divides",
"parts",
"splits",
"cleaves",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"disunites",
"separates",
"unchains",
"uncouples",
"unhitches",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"hitched the trailer to the back of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"catches",
"clamps",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhikes",
"thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"stows away",
"carjacks",
"hijacks",
"highjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hitchhiked":{
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitched",
"thumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"stowed away",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitchers":{
"one who hitchhikes":{
"examples":[
"never stops for hitchers on interstates, where hitchhiking is illegal"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchhikers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stowaways",
"carjackers",
"hijackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hits the roof":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She hit the roof when her son was more than an hour late coming home."
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hitchhiking":{
"to travel by securing free rides":{
"examples":[
"another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitching",
"thumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"stowing away",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hitchhikers":{
"one who hitchhikes":{
"examples":[
"police have issued warnings about a serial killer who is believed to be preying upon hitchhikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitchers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stowaways",
"carjackers",
"hijackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hit the roof":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She hit the roof when her son was more than an hour late coming home."
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hits (upon)":{
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"the popular belief that Sir Isaac Newton hit upon his understanding of gravity at the sight of an apple falling from a tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"finds",
"happens (on or upon)",
"lights (on or upon)",
"meets",
"pitches (upon)",
"stumbles (on or onto)",
"tumbles (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronts",
"faces",
"discovers",
"strikes",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}