dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lec_MWT.json
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{
"lectured":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"orated",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recited",
"soliloquized",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lecherousness":{
"as in lechery , erotomania":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"venery",
"libido",
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"lech",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion",
"salaciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecturing":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"orating",
"speaking",
"talking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lecher":{
"a man given to seducing women":{
"examples":[
"the biography portrays the star as a dishonest and uncouth lecher"
],
"synonyms":[
"Casanova",
"Don Juan",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"satyr",
"wolf",
"womanizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amorist",
"gallant",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"lady-killer",
"lover",
"paramour",
"Romeo",
"debaucher",
"romancer",
"seducer",
"whoremaster",
"whoremonger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lectures":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"orates",
"speaks",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in speeches , lessons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exhortations",
"lessons",
"sermons",
"speeches",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"hints",
"pointers",
"tips",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answers",
"solutions",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"thoughts",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"expostulations",
"forewarnings",
"remonstrances",
"remonstrations",
"urgings",
"warnings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"observations",
"verdicts",
"assistances",
"briefings",
"directions",
"instructions",
"primings",
"promptings",
"teachings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lech":{
"sexual appetite":{
"examples":[
"a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for women"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion",
"salaciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libido",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"venery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecturer":{
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
"examples":[
"this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"orator",
"speaker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhetorician",
"spellbinder",
"declaimer",
"spouter",
"spieler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lechery":{
"as in erotomania , hypersexuality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"venery",
"libido",
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"lech",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion",
"salaciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in perversion , indecency":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"wantonness",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"depravedness",
"dissoluteness",
"dissolution",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"criminality",
"reprehensibleness",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness",
"baseness",
"despicableness",
"dirtiness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"lousiness",
"miserableness",
"wretchedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"virtue",
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lector":{
"as in lay reader":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lay reader",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecture":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"harangue",
"orate",
"speak",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recite",
"soliloquize",
"dissert",
"expound",
"pontificate",
"sermonize",
"mouth",
"spout",
"filibuster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in speech , lesson":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exhortation",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answer",
"solution",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lechers":{
"a man given to seducing women":{
"examples":[
"the biography portrays the star as a dishonest and uncouth lecher"
],
"synonyms":[
"Casanovas",
"Don Juans",
"lotharios",
"lounge lizards",
"mashers",
"philanderers",
"satyrs",
"wolves",
"womanizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amorists",
"gallants",
"ladies' men",
"lady's men",
"lady-killers",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"Romeos",
"debauchers",
"romancers",
"seducers",
"whoremasters",
"whoremongers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecturers":{
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
"examples":[
"this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"orators",
"speakers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhetoricians",
"spellbinders",
"declaimers",
"spouters",
"spielers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecheries":{
"as in erotomanias , hypersexualities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erotomanias",
"hypersexualities",
"nymphomanias",
"satyriases",
"concupiscences",
"desires",
"eroticisms",
"hots",
"itches",
"leches",
"letches",
"lustihoods",
"lusts",
"passions",
"veneries",
"ardors",
"heat",
"libidos",
"ruts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinences",
"celibacies",
"chastities",
"frigidities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lecherous":{
"having a strong sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"leches":{
"sexual appetite":{
"examples":[
"a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for women"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion",
"salaciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libido",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"venery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lectors":{
"as in lay readers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lay readers",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}