dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/loo_MWT.json
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{
"look (at)":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"look-see":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"gave the painting a preliminary look-see to determine whether it could possibly be a genuine old master"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"look-sees":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"gave the painting a preliminary look-see to determine whether it could possibly be a genuine old master"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looking on":{
"as in staring , gazing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"beholding",
"looking",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"viewing",
"guarding",
"waking",
"warding",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"following",
"observing",
"watching",
"bird-dogging",
"monitoring",
"studying",
"spying",
"espying",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinking",
"winking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks (at)":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looks at":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"loom":{
"to be about to happen":{
"examples":[
"he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"brew",
"impend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"close in",
"draw on",
"gather",
"near",
"hang",
"hover",
"lower",
"lour",
"menace",
"overhang",
"threaten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline",
"de-escalate",
"die down",
"diminish",
"disappear",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"fade",
"fall",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"vanish",
"wane",
"fall back",
"pass",
"recede",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looms":{
"to be about to happen":{
"examples":[
"he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"brews",
"impends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"closes in",
"draws on",
"gathers",
"nears",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"menaces",
"overhangs",
"threatens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"de-escalates",
"dies down",
"diminishes",
"disappears",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"fades",
"falls",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"vanishes",
"wanes",
"falls back",
"passes",
"recedes",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loon":{
"one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"giggled like a loon at his own jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"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"
]
},
"loony":{
"one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"his insistence that aliens were monitoring his thoughts forced us to conclude that he was in fact a loony"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"I probably sound like a loony talking to myself like I do"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"loony tunes":{
"having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"loosened up":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"greased",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"chilled out",
"decompressed",
"de-stressed",
"mellowed (out)",
"relaxed",
"unwound",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbent",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested",
"bummed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"vegetated",
"vegged out",
"zoned out",
"alleviated",
"comforted",
"eased",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"composed",
"cooled",
"quieted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensed (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loosens":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"relaxes",
"slackens",
"slacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"releases",
"uncorks",
"unleashes",
"unlocks",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"unmoors",
"unshackles",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"halters",
"hampers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looted":{
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiled",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burglarized",
"ripped off",
"stole (from)",
"combed",
"hunted",
"raked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"harried",
"raided",
"ravished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loots":{
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was caught when he foolishly stopped to examine the loot from the robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"booties",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prizes",
"catches",
"hauls",
"takes",
"treasures",
"pilferages",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoils",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"burglarizes",
"rips off",
"steals (from)",
"combs",
"hunts",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"harries",
"raids",
"ravishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looming":{
"giving signs of immediate occurrence":{
"examples":[
"some economists see a looming collapse of the stock market"
],
"synonyms":[
"imminent",
"impending",
"pending",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"future",
"near",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"brewing",
"gathering",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"inevitable",
"unavoidable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"lowering",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"far-off",
"remote",
"eventual",
"ultimate",
"bygone",
"former",
"past",
"late",
"recent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be about to happen":{
"examples":[
"he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"brewing",
"impending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"closing in",
"drawing on",
"gathering",
"nearing",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"menacing",
"overhanging",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"disappearing",
"dwindling",
"dying down",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"falling",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"vanishing",
"waning",
"falling back",
"passing",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"loosed":{
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
"examples":[
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"discharged",
"fired",
"shot",
"squeezed off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"launched",
"projected",
"blazed (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"cast",
"catapulted",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"lobbed",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by"
],
"synonyms":[
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosened",
"released",
"uncorked",
"unleashed",
"unlocked",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unmoored",
"unshackled",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"haltered",
"hampered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loons":{
"one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"giggled like a loon at his own jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugs",
"crackbrains",
"crazies",
"fools",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"maniacs",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"psychopaths",
"psychos",
"sickies",
"sickos",
"wackos",
"whackos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madmen",
"abnormals",
"deviants",
"monomaniacs",
"mythomaniacs",
"neurotics",
"obsessive-compulsives",
"obsessives",
"paranoids",
"psychotics",
"schizophrenics",
"sociopaths",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"fantastics",
"flakes",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weirdos",
"zanies",
"cases",
"patients"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"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"
]
},
"looked out for":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarded (against)",
"minded",
"wared",
"watched out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"beheld",
"discerned",
"observed",
"perceived",
"saw",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"cared",
"minded",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"regarded",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"empathized (with)",
"felt (for)",
"sympathized (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"loo":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"he inquired as to whether there was a loo anywhere in the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looking for":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"She had been looking for a job for months."
],
"synonyms":[
"casting about (for)",
"casting around (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"foraging (for)",
"hunting",
"looking up",
"pursuing",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"They were just looking for trouble."
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"courting",
"flirting (with)",
"inviting",
"wooing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling (for)",
"fishing (for)",
"hunting",
"searching",
"seeking",
"provoking",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"They were looking for their first win of the season."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"awaiting",
"expecting",
"hoping (for)",
"watching (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking on",
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)",
"waiting (for)",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prophesying",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"contemplating",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"viewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubting",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looked down one's nose (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemned",
"disdained",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"high-hatted",
"looked down (on or upon)",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snooted",
"snubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deplored",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"lionized",
"hallowed",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"accepted",
"appreciated",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honored",
"respected"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecated",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disesteemed",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"misliked",
"reproved",
"tsk-tsked",
"tutted (over or about)",
"tut-tutted (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelished",
"objected (to)",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"scorned",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"discommended",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"supported",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approved",
"favored",
"liked"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looking (into)":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"the owner is being forced to look into new options for promoting his declining business"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving (into)",
"digging (into)",
"examining",
"exploring",
"inquiring (into)",
"investigating",
"probing",
"researching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspecting",
"sifting",
"studying",
"viewing",
"browsing",
"cruising",
"perusing",
"scanning",
"skimming (through)",
"surfing",
"thumbing (through)",
"reinvestigating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking up":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to look me up if you're ever in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting about (for)",
"casting around (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"foraging (for)",
"hunting",
"pursuing",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightening",
"bucking up",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"perking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoicing",
"livening (up)",
"reviving",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"sparkling",
"encouraging",
"gladdening",
"heartening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairing",
"desponding",
"brooding",
"fretting",
"moping"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"saddening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looter":{
"as in robber , plunderer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiler",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"raider",
"robber",
"buccaneer",
"corsair",
"freebooter",
"pirate",
"rover",
"privateer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"look":{
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it looks like it might rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"pretend",
"recall",
"resemble",
"suggest",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"enounce",
"enunciate",
"proclaim",
"say",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"publish",
"describe",
"write",
"write up",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"chime in",
"communicate",
"convey",
"put across",
"put over",
"offer",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"they were looking to make a fast buck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"allow",
"aspire",
"calculate",
"contemplate",
"design",
"go",
"intend",
"mean",
"meditate",
"plan",
"propose",
"purport",
"purpose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dream",
"hope",
"wish",
"consider",
"debate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"strive",
"struggle",
"try",
"plot",
"scheme",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"execute",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
"examples":[
"you should have seen the look on your face when we yelled \"Surprise!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"visage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl",
"grin",
"smile",
"air",
"appearance",
"aspect",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"manner",
"mien",
"presence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"she gave the junk mail a quick look before throwing it in the wastebasket"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"examples":[
"the bride's father has the look of a prosperous businessman"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearance",
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
"examples":[
"a supermodel's career tends to be entirely based on her exceptional good looks"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"glossiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looked to":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"They always looked to their mother for advice."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"counted",
"depended",
"leaned",
"reckoned",
"relied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confided",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She looked to the dogs when her neighbor was out of town."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looking after":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver."
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looks":{
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it looks like it might rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"appears",
"comes across (as)",
"comes off (as)",
"feels",
"makes",
"seems",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembles",
"pretends",
"recalls",
"resembles",
"suggests",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"expounds",
"expresses",
"gives",
"raises",
"sounds",
"states",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"enounces",
"enunciates",
"proclaims",
"says",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"publishes",
"describes",
"writes",
"writes up",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"chimes in",
"communicates",
"conveys",
"puts across",
"puts over",
"offers",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"they were looking to make a fast buck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"means",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purports",
"purposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
"examples":[
"a supermodel's career tends to be entirely based on her exceptional good looks"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"glossiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looked out (for)":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarded (against)",
"minded",
"wared",
"watched out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"beheld",
"discerned",
"observed",
"perceived",
"saw",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"cared",
"minded",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"regarded",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"empathized (with)",
"felt (for)",
"sympathized (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"loose-jointed":{
"as in flexible , supple":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acrobatic",
"flexible",
"limber",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"graceful",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"fleet-footed",
"sure-footed",
"athletic",
"balletic",
"coordinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"uncoordinated",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"bungling",
"inept",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"looks out (for)":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"guards (against)",
"minds",
"wares",
"watches out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"heeds",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"beholds",
"discerns",
"observes",
"perceives",
"sees",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"cares",
"minds",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"heeds",
"regards",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"empathizes (with)",
"feels (for)",
"sympathizes (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"loot":{
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was caught when he foolishly stopped to examine the loot from the robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prize",
"catch",
"haul",
"take",
"treasure",
"pilferage",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"a top-ranked golfer earning plenty of loot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
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"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
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"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
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"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
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"the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night"
],
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"despoil",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack"
],
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"break in",
"burglarize",
"rip off",
"steal (from)",
"comb",
"hunt",
"rake",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"harry",
"raid",
"ravish"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
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"guards (against)",
"minds",
"wares",
"watches out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"heeds",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"beholds",
"discerns",
"observes",
"perceives",
"sees",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
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"cares",
"minds",
"watches"
],
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"heeds",
"regards",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"empathizes (with)",
"feels (for)",
"sympathizes (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
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"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looks over":{
"as in scans , glances (at)":{
"examples":[],
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"glances (at)",
"scans",
"browses",
"dips",
"flips",
"leafs",
"riffles",
"skims",
"thumbs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pores (over)",
"studies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loopholes":{
"as in holes , breaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"breaches",
"breaks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"cuts",
"fissures",
"gashes",
"notches",
"rents",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"slashes",
"slits",
"splits",
"tears",
"airholes",
"armholes",
"buttonholes",
"keyholes",
"knotholes",
"peepholes",
"potholes",
"wormholes",
"apertures",
"holes",
"openings",
"orifices",
"perforations",
"exits",
"mouths",
"outlets",
"pores",
"vents",
"pinholes",
"pinpricks",
"punches",
"punctures",
"entrances",
"inlets",
"intakes",
"slots",
"spaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"fills",
"patches",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"barriers",
"blockages",
"obstacles",
"obstructions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looking (on or upon)":{
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"examples":[],
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"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
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"look down one's nose (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
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"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
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"examples":[],
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"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"look out for":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beware (of)",
"guard (against)",
"mind",
"ware",
"watch out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"behold",
"discern",
"observe",
"perceive",
"see",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"mind",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"regard",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"empathize (with)",
"feel (for)",
"sympathize (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"loosen up":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"grease",
"smooth",
"unclog"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"expedite",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"promote",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"improve",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"untangle",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"retard",
"aggravate",
"worsen",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicate"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"chill out",
"de-stress",
"decompress",
"mellow (out)",
"relax",
"unwind",
"wind down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbend",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"vegetate",
"veg out",
"zone out",
"alleviate",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relieve",
"calm",
"compose",
"cool",
"quiet",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tense (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look out (for)":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"beware (of)",
"guard (against)",
"mind",
"ware",
"watch out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"behold",
"discern",
"observe",
"perceive",
"see",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"mind",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"regard",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"empathize (with)",
"feel (for)",
"sympathize (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looking out for":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarding (against)",
"minding",
"waring",
"watching out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"beholding",
"discerning",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring",
"minding",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"regarding",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"empathizing (with)",
"feeling (for)",
"sympathizing (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looby":{
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"klutz",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"gawky",
"lout",
"lump",
"oaf",
"tawpie",
"tyke",
"tike",
"bungler",
"duffer",
"fumbler",
"stumblebum",
"stumbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looks (into)":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"the owner is being forced to look into new options for promoting his declining business"
],
"synonyms":[
"delves (into)",
"digs (into)",
"examines",
"explores",
"inquires (into)",
"investigates",
"probes",
"researches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspects",
"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"skims (through)",
"surfs",
"thumbs (through)",
"reinvestigates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loose":{
"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
"examples":[
"secure your neckerchief with a loose knot"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"baggy",
"blousy",
"saggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"consisting of particles that do not stick together":{
"examples":[
"the car wheels slipped on the loose gravel in the driveway"
],
"synonyms":[
"incoherent",
"unconsolidated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonadhesive",
"nonviscous",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"separate",
"unconnected",
"coarse",
"granular",
"rough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"connected",
"solid",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"adhesive",
"gelatinous",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"viscid",
"viscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"coherent",
"compact",
"dense",
"packed"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"we tend to be loose with the dress code when we aren't hosting clients at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"easygoing",
"flexible",
"lax",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"not bound, confined, or detained by force":{
"examples":[
"there was a brief panic when the lion got loose from its cage at the zoo"
],
"synonyms":[
"footloose",
"free",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed",
"uncaught",
"unanchored",
"unbolted",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"clear",
"disengaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caught",
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree"
]
},
"not precisely correct":{
"examples":[
"a loose guess about the size of the crowd at the outdoor concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximate",
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"squishy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"specious",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"invalidated",
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indubitable",
"positive",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"clear-cut",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
]
},
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"the loose life that he led in the years before he settled down and found his path"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"reprobate",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
]
},
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
"examples":[
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"squeeze off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"launch",
"project",
"blaze (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"cast",
"catapult",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"lob",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by"
],
"synonyms":[
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosen",
"release",
"uncork",
"unleash",
"unlock",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"unmoor",
"unshackle",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"halter",
"hamper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"look daggers":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
],
"synonyms":[
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"grimace",
"pout",
"sulk",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"snigger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looks down (on or upon)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"scorns",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"lookers":{
"a physically attractive person":{
"examples":[
"Mom says Dad was a real looker in college"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"cuties",
"cuteys",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"foxes",
"fox",
"glamour-pusses",
"hotties",
"knockouts",
"showstoppers",
"tens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauties",
"eyefuls",
"goddesses",
"lovelies",
"stunners",
"beefcakes",
"hunks",
"studs",
"superstuds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dogs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loophole":{
"as in hole , breach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"cut",
"fissure",
"gash",
"notch",
"rent",
"rift",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split",
"tear",
"airhole",
"armhole",
"buttonhole",
"keyhole",
"knothole",
"peephole",
"pothole",
"wormhole",
"aperture",
"hole",
"opening",
"orifice",
"perforation",
"exit",
"mouth",
"outlet",
"pore",
"vent",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"entrance",
"inlet",
"intake",
"slot",
"space"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"barrier",
"blockage",
"obstacle",
"obstruction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looked forward to":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"Thanks for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"hoped (for)",
"watched (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked on",
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"relied (on or upon)",
"waited (for)",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foresaw",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"prophesied",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"contemplated",
"eyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubted",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looting":{
"as in robbery , pillaging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plunder",
"plundering",
"raiding",
"robbery",
"sacking",
"piracy",
"pirating",
"privateering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"sacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking in",
"burglarizing",
"ripping off",
"stealing (from)",
"combing",
"hunting",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"harrying",
"raiding",
"ravishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looking over":{
"as in scanning , glancing (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glancing (at)",
"scanning",
"browsing",
"dipping",
"flipping",
"leafing",
"riffling",
"skimming",
"thumbing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poring (over)",
"studying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking out (for)":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarding (against)",
"minding",
"waring",
"watching out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"beholding",
"discerning",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring",
"minding",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"regarding",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"empathizing (with)",
"feeling (for)",
"sympathizing (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He always looks out for his grandkids."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looked down one's nose (on)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"loos":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"he inquired as to whether there was a loo anywhere in the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loosening up":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"greasing",
"smoothing",
"unclogging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"expediting",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"improving",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"untangling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retarding",
"aggravating",
"worsening",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicating"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"chilling out",
"decompressing",
"de-stressing",
"mellowing (out)",
"relaxing",
"unwinding",
"winding down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbending",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"reposing",
"resting",
"bumming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"vegetating",
"vegging out",
"zoning out",
"alleviating",
"comforting",
"easing",
"relieving",
"calming",
"composing",
"cooling",
"quieting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensing (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loosen":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"relax",
"slack",
"slacken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detach",
"free",
"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attach",
"bind",
"fasten",
"tie",
"constrain",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"release",
"uncork",
"unleash",
"unlock",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"unmoor",
"unshackle",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"halter",
"hamper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks up":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to look me up if you're ever in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts about (for)",
"casts around (for)",
"chases (down)",
"forages (for)",
"hunts",
"pursues",
"quests",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks",
"shops (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrets (out)",
"roots (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightens",
"bucks up",
"cheers (up)",
"lightens",
"perks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoices",
"livens (up)",
"revives",
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"sparkles",
"encourages",
"gladdens",
"heartens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairs",
"desponds",
"broods",
"frets",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"saddens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looseness":{
"as in laxity , laxness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"floppiness",
"laxity",
"laxness",
"limpness",
"droop",
"hang",
"sag",
"slack",
"slackness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"tautness",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"tightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in perversion , indecency":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lechery",
"lewdness",
"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"
]
},
"loosened (up)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
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"eased",
"facilitated",
"greased",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
],
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"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"chilled out",
"decompressed",
"de-stressed",
"mellowed (out)",
"relaxed",
"unwound",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbent",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested",
"bummed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"vegetated",
"vegged out",
"zoned out",
"alleviated",
"comforted",
"eased",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"composed",
"cooled",
"quieted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensed (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loopy":{
"as in dotty , touched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"looked (into)":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"the owner is being forced to look into new options for promoting his declining business"
],
"synonyms":[
"delved (into)",
"dug (into)",
"examined",
"explored",
"inquired (into)",
"investigated",
"probed",
"researched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspected",
"sifted",
"studied",
"viewed",
"browsed",
"cruised",
"perused",
"scanned",
"skimmed (through)",
"surfed",
"thumbed (through)",
"reinvestigated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looker-on":{
"as in observer , spectator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bystander",
"observer",
"onlooker",
"spectator",
"watcher",
"nonparticipant",
"wallflower"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actor",
"partaker",
"participant",
"participator",
"party",
"player",
"sharer",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"aide",
"assistant",
"helper",
"colleague",
"partner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looks down (on)":{
"as in faces , looks (toward)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abuts",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"bounds",
"fringes",
"margins",
"meets",
"neighbors",
"rims",
"skirts",
"touches",
"faces",
"fronts",
"looks (toward)",
"points (toward)",
"commands",
"dominates",
"overlooks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look down one's nose (on)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looking to":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"They always looked to their mother for advice."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"counting",
"depending",
"leaning",
"reckoning",
"relying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confiding",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She looked to the dogs when her neighbor was out of town."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"loosens up":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"greases",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"chills out",
"decompresses",
"de-stresses",
"mellows (out)",
"relaxes",
"unwinds",
"winds down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbends",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"reposes",
"rests",
"bums",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"vegetates",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"zones out",
"alleviates",
"comforts",
"eases",
"relieves",
"calms",
"composes",
"cools",
"quiets",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tenses (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking glasses":{
"a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection":{
"examples":[
"always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"glasses",
"mirrors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheval glasses",
"dressing glasses",
"hand glasses",
"pier glasses",
"pier mirrors",
"reflectors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loop":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"cut the paper into narrow strips, and then paste those into loops"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"wreath",
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"furl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"spire",
"twirl",
"whorl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in circle , spiral":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"spiral",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"fall off",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looked down (on or upon)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemned",
"disdained",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"high-hatted",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snooted",
"snubbed",
"looked down one's nose (at)",
"sneezed at",
"thumbed one's nose (at)",
"walked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deplored",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"lionized",
"hallowed",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"accepted",
"appreciated",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honored",
"respected"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looks (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the bay window looks toward the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"faces",
"fronts",
"points (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuts",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"bounds",
"fringes",
"margins",
"meets",
"neighbors",
"rims",
"skirts",
"touches",
"commands",
"dominates",
"overlooks",
"looks down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looked at":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"look at":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looters":{
"as in robbers , plunderers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoilers",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"raiders",
"robbers",
"buccaneers",
"corsairs",
"freebooters",
"pirates",
"rovers",
"privateers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looked down (on)":{
"as in faced , looked (toward)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abutted",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"bounded",
"fringed",
"margined",
"met",
"neighbored",
"rimmed",
"skirted",
"touched",
"faced",
"fronted",
"looked (toward)",
"pointed (toward)",
"commanded",
"dominated",
"overlooked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lookouts":{
"a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible":{
"examples":[
"we went up to the lookout on the top of the hill to watch the fireworks"
],
"synonyms":[
"observatories",
"outlooks",
"overlooks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aeries",
"crow's nests",
"towers",
"watchtowers",
"promontories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
"examples":[
"we were struck by the amazing beauty of the lookout from the top of the tower"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"outlooks",
"panoramas",
"perspectives",
"prospects",
"views",
"vistas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landscapes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"kens",
"sights",
"visual fields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"make sure to post a lookout so that no one can sneak up on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"minders",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"surveillants",
"watchdogs",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"one of the robbers kept a lookout for the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"surveillances",
"vigils",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"supervisions",
"inspections",
"scrutinies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looks (on or upon)":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look-alike":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes , but a comparison of their innards tells a different story"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in such , similar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"coordinate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"equivalent",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike",
"synonymous",
"tantamount",
"coequal",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"even",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"same"
],
"near antonyms":[
"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"divers",
"miscellaneous",
"sundry",
"varied",
"various"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"looks forward to":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"Thanks for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"awaits",
"expects",
"hopes (for)",
"watches (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks on",
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"waits (for)",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foresees",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prophesies",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"contemplates",
"eyes",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubts",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looked (on or upon)":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks down one's nose (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"scorns",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecates",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disesteems",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"mislikes",
"reproves",
"tsk-tsks",
"tuts (over or about)",
"tut-tuts (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelishes",
"objects (to)",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"scorns",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"discommends",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproaches",
"scolds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approves",
"favors",
"likes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looses":{
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
"examples":[
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"discharges",
"fires",
"shoots",
"squeezes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"launches",
"projects",
"blazes (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"casts",
"catapults",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"lobs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by"
],
"synonyms":[
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosens",
"releases",
"uncorks",
"unleashes",
"unlocks",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"unmoors",
"unshackles",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"halters",
"hampers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look-alikes":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes , but a comparison of their innards tells a different story"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loonies":{
"one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"his insistence that aliens were monitoring his thoughts forced us to conclude that he was in fact a loony"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugs",
"crackbrains",
"crazies",
"fools",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"loons",
"lunatics",
"maniacs",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"psychopaths",
"psychos",
"sickies",
"sickos",
"wackos",
"whackos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madmen",
"abnormals",
"deviants",
"monomaniacs",
"mythomaniacs",
"neurotics",
"obsessive-compulsives",
"obsessives",
"paranoids",
"psychotics",
"schizophrenics",
"sociopaths",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"fantastics",
"flakes",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weirdos",
"zanies",
"cases",
"patients"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loosen (up)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"grease",
"smooth",
"unclog"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"expedite",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"promote",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"improve",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"untangle",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"retard",
"aggravate",
"worsen",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicate"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"chill out",
"de-stress",
"decompress",
"mellow (out)",
"relax",
"unwind",
"wind down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbend",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"vegetate",
"veg out",
"zone out",
"alleviate",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relieve",
"calm",
"compose",
"cool",
"quiet",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tense (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looked on":{
"as in stared , gazed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared",
"beheld",
"looked",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"viewed",
"guarded",
"warded",
"woke",
"waked",
"eyed",
"followed",
"observed",
"watched",
"bird-dogged",
"monitored",
"studied",
"spied",
"espied",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinked",
"winked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looping":{
"as in swirling , spiraling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"bending",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"winding",
"windy",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway",
"direct",
"linear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in circling , spiraling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circling",
"coiling",
"curlicuing",
"curling",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"falling off",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"trending",
"wheeling",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"deviating",
"veering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"loosey-goosey":{
"very loose or relaxed":{
"examples":[
"The assistant manager had a loosey-goosey attitude about the store's return policy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"mellow",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"look after":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver."
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looney":{
"one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"his insistence that aliens were monitoring his thoughts forced us to conclude that he was in fact a loony"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"I probably sound like a loony talking to myself like I do"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"looker":{
"a physically attractive person":{
"examples":[
"Mom says Dad was a real looker in college"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"fox",
"glamour-puss",
"hottie",
"knockout",
"showstopper",
"ten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauty",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"lovely",
"stunner",
"beefcake",
"hunk",
"stud",
"superstud"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dog"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"look over":{
"as in scan , glance (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glance (at)",
"scan",
"browse",
"dip",
"flip",
"leaf",
"riffle",
"skim",
"thumb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pore (over)",
"study"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look for":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"She had been looking for a job for months."
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chase (down)",
"forage (for)",
"hunt",
"look up",
"pursue",
"quest",
"search (for or out)",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferret (out)",
"root (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"They were just looking for trouble."
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"court",
"flirt (with)",
"invite",
"woo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle (for)",
"fish (for)",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"They were looking for their first win of the season."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"await",
"expect",
"hope (for)",
"watch (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank on",
"count (on or upon)",
"depend (on or upon)",
"rely (on or upon)",
"wait (for)",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foresee",
"foretell",
"predict",
"prophesy",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"contemplate",
"eye",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"look to":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"They always looked to their mother for advice."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"count",
"depend",
"lean",
"reckon",
"rely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"confide",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She looked to the dogs when her neighbor was out of town."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"look down (on)":{
"as in face , look (toward)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"meet",
"neighbor",
"rim",
"skirt",
"touch",
"face",
"front",
"look (toward)",
"point (toward)",
"command",
"dominate",
"overlook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look (into)":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"the owner is being forced to look into new options for promoting his declining business"
],
"synonyms":[
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"investigate",
"probe",
"research"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"surf",
"thumb (through)",
"reinvestigate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loose-jointedness":{
"as in flexibility , litheness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"suppleness",
"coordination",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness",
"sure-footedness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness",
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loobies":{
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics"
],
"synonyms":[
"dubs",
"klutzes",
"lubbers",
"lummoxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"gawkies",
"gawks",
"louts",
"lumps",
"oafs",
"tawpies",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"bunglers",
"duffers",
"fumblers",
"stumblebums",
"stumblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"look up":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to look me up if you're ever in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chase (down)",
"forage (for)",
"hunt",
"pursue",
"quest",
"search (for or out)",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferret (out)",
"root (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"brighten",
"buck up",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"perk (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoice",
"liven (up)",
"revive",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"sparkle",
"encourage",
"gladden",
"hearten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despair",
"despond",
"brood",
"fret",
"mope"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"sadden"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lookout":{
"a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible":{
"examples":[
"we went up to the lookout on the top of the hill to watch the fireworks"
],
"synonyms":[
"observatory",
"outlook",
"overlook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aerie",
"crow's nest",
"tower",
"watchtower",
"promontory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
"examples":[
"we were struck by the amazing beauty of the lookout from the top of the tower"
],
"synonyms":[
"command",
"outlook",
"panorama",
"perspective",
"prospect",
"view",
"vista"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landscape",
"scene",
"scenery",
"ken",
"sight",
"visual field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"make sure to post a lookout so that no one can sneak up on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodian",
"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"minder",
"picket",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"warder",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observer",
"patrol",
"spotter",
"surveillant",
"watchdog",
"bodyguard",
"convoy",
"defender",
"escort",
"honor guard",
"gatekeeper",
"hack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"one of the robbers kept a lookout for the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"surveillance",
"vigil",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observance",
"observation",
"supervision",
"inspection",
"scrutiny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looked":{
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it looks like it might rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"made",
"seemed",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown"
],
"synonyms":[
"aired",
"expounded",
"expressed",
"gave",
"raised",
"sounded",
"stated",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"enounced",
"enunciated",
"proclaimed",
"said",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"published",
"described",
"wrote",
"wrote up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"chimed in",
"communicated",
"conveyed",
"put across",
"put over",
"offered",
"submitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"they were looking to make a fast buck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimed",
"allowed",
"aspired",
"calculated",
"contemplated",
"designed",
"intended",
"meant",
"meditated",
"planned",
"proposed",
"purported",
"purposed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hoped",
"wished",
"considered",
"debated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"tried",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"executed",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks to":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"They always looked to their mother for advice."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"reckons",
"relies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She looked to the dogs when her neighbor was out of town."
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looking down (on)":{
"as in facing , looking (toward)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"bounding",
"fringing",
"margining",
"meeting",
"neighboring",
"rimming",
"skirting",
"touching",
"facing",
"fronting",
"looking (toward)",
"pointing (toward)",
"commanding",
"dominating",
"overlooking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks after":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention."
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver."
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looking (at)":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"look forward to":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"Thanks for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"await",
"expect",
"hope (for)",
"watch (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank on",
"count (on or upon)",
"depend (on or upon)",
"rely (on or upon)",
"wait (for)",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foresee",
"foretell",
"predict",
"prophesy",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"contemplate",
"eye",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"look down (on or upon)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"loomed":{
"to be about to happen":{
"examples":[
"he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"brewed",
"impended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"gathered",
"neared",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lowered",
"loured",
"menaced",
"overhung",
"threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"de-escalated",
"died down",
"diminished",
"disappeared",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"faded",
"fell",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"vanished",
"waned",
"fell back",
"passed",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the bay window looks toward the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"facing",
"fronting",
"pointing (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"bounding",
"fringing",
"margining",
"meeting",
"neighboring",
"rimming",
"skirting",
"touching",
"commanding",
"dominating",
"overlooking",
"looking down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking glass":{
"a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection":{
"examples":[
"always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"glass",
"mirror"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheval glass",
"dressing glass",
"hand glass",
"pier glass",
"pier mirror",
"reflector"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loosely":{
"as in generally , kind of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely",
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"looked after":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver."
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"look (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the bay window looks toward the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"front",
"point (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"meet",
"neighbor",
"rim",
"skirt",
"touch",
"command",
"dominate",
"overlook",
"look down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking at":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"looks on":{
"as in stares , gazes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares",
"beholds",
"looks",
"perceives",
"regards",
"sees",
"views",
"guards",
"wakes",
"wards",
"eyes",
"follows",
"observes",
"watches",
"bird-dogs",
"monitors",
"studies",
"spies",
"espies",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinks",
"winks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loosening (up)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"greasing",
"smoothing",
"unclogging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"expediting",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"improving",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"untangling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retarding",
"aggravating",
"worsening",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicating"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"chilling out",
"decompressing",
"de-stressing",
"mellowing (out)",
"relaxing",
"unwinding",
"winding down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbending",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"reposing",
"resting",
"bumming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"vegetating",
"vegging out",
"zoning out",
"alleviating",
"comforting",
"easing",
"relieving",
"calming",
"composing",
"cooling",
"quieting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensing (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lookers-on":{
"as in observers , spectators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bystanders",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"nonparticipants",
"wallflowers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actors",
"partakers",
"participants",
"participators",
"parties",
"players",
"sharers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loosing":{
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
"examples":[
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasting",
"discharging",
"firing",
"shooting",
"squeezing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"launching",
"projecting",
"blazing (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"casting",
"catapulting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"lobbing",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by"
],
"synonyms":[
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acting out",
"airing",
"expressing",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"handling",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"pulling in",
"quelling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming",
"allaying",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"choking",
"inhibiting",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"swallowing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"repressing",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosening",
"releasing",
"uncorking",
"unleashing",
"unlocking",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"unmooring",
"unshackling",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"haltering",
"hampering"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"look on":{
"as in stare , gaze":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"behold",
"look",
"perceive",
"regard",
"see",
"view",
"guard",
"wake",
"ward",
"eye",
"follow",
"observe",
"watch",
"bird-dog",
"monitor",
"study",
"spy",
"espy",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"wink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loops":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"cut the paper into narrow strips, and then paste those into loops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands",
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"wreaths",
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in circles , spirals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circles",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curls",
"spirals",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"falls off",
"hooks",
"rounds",
"sweeps",
"swerves",
"trends",
"wheels",
"turns",
"twists",
"winds",
"deviates",
"veers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"loosening":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"relaxing",
"slackening",
"slacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaching",
"freeing",
"unbinding",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaching",
"binding",
"fastening",
"tying",
"tieing",
"constraining",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"tensing",
"tensioning",
"tightening"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosing",
"releasing",
"uncorking",
"unleashing",
"unlocking",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"unmooring",
"unshackling",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"haltering",
"hampering"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks down one's nose (on)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looking":{
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it looks like it might rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"appearing",
"coming across (as)",
"coming off (as)",
"feeling",
"making",
"seeming",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembling",
"pretending",
"recalling",
"resembling",
"suggesting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown"
],
"synonyms":[
"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"raising",
"sounding",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"chiming in",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting across",
"putting over",
"offering",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"they were looking to make a fast buck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"allowing",
"aspiring",
"calculating",
"contemplating",
"designing",
"going",
"intending",
"meaning",
"meditating",
"planning",
"proposing",
"purporting",
"purposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaming",
"hoping",
"wishing",
"considering",
"debating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"attempting",
"endeavoring",
"striving",
"struggling",
"trying",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"executing",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looks for":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"She had been looking for a job for months."
],
"synonyms":[
"casts about (for)",
"casts around (for)",
"chases (down)",
"forages (for)",
"hunts",
"looks up",
"pursues",
"quests",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks",
"shops (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrets (out)",
"roots (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"They were just looking for trouble."
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"courts",
"flirts (with)",
"invites",
"woos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles (for)",
"fishes (for)",
"hunts",
"searches",
"seeks",
"provokes",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"They were looking for their first win of the season."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"awaits",
"expects",
"hopes (for)",
"watches (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks on",
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"waits (for)",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foresees",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prophesies",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"contemplates",
"eyes",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubts",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looking down one's nose (on)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"scorn",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"looking daggers":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
],
"synonyms":[
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaping",
"gazing",
"ogling",
"staring",
"grimacing",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"growling",
"snarling",
"sneering",
"sniggering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beaming",
"grinning",
"smiling"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looney tunes":{
"having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"looking down (on or upon)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snooting",
"snubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"loosens (up)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"greases",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"chills out",
"decompresses",
"de-stresses",
"mellows (out)",
"relaxes",
"unwinds",
"winds down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbends",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"reposes",
"rests",
"bums",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"vegetates",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"zones out",
"alleviates",
"comforts",
"eases",
"relieves",
"calms",
"composes",
"cools",
"quiets",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tenses (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looped":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"they were looped by the end of the party, so the host called a cab to take them home"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"as in circled , spiraled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"fell off",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"looked (at)":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"Let's look at what we're dealing with here."
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"look (on or upon)":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looking down one's nose (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snooting",
"snubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disesteeming",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"misliking",
"reproving",
"tsk-tsking",
"tutting (over or about)",
"tut-tutting (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelishing",
"objecting (to)",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"scorning",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"discommending",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproaching",
"scolding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"supporting",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approving",
"favoring",
"liking"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"loosened":{
"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
"examples":[
"the loosened nuts finally dropped off of the screws"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"baggy",
"blousy",
"saggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"relaxed",
"slacked",
"slackened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"uncorked",
"unleashed",
"unlocked",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unmoored",
"unshackled",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"haltered",
"hampered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"looks daggers":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
],
"synonyms":[
"frowns",
"glares",
"glooms",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"ogles",
"stares",
"grimaces",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"growls",
"snarls",
"sneers",
"sniggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beams",
"grins",
"smiles"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looked up":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"be sure to look me up if you're ever in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"foraged (for)",
"hunted",
"pursued",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)",
"sought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightened",
"bucked up",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"perked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoiced",
"livened (up)",
"revived",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"sparkled",
"encouraged",
"gladdened",
"heartened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despaired",
"desponded",
"brooded",
"fretted",
"moped"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"saddened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looked for":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"She had been looking for a job for months."
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"foraged (for)",
"hunted",
"looked up",
"pursued",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)",
"sought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"They were just looking for trouble."
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"courted",
"flirted (with)",
"invited",
"wooed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled (for)",
"fished (for)",
"hunted",
"searched",
"sought",
"provoked",
"tempted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"They were looking for their first win of the season."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"hoped (for)",
"watched (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked on",
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"relied (on or upon)",
"waited (for)",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foresaw",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"prophesied",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"contemplated",
"eyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubted",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looked over":{
"as in scanned , glanced (at)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glanced (at)",
"scanned",
"browsed",
"dipped",
"flipped",
"leafed",
"riffled",
"skimmed",
"thumbed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pored (over)",
"studied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looked (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the bay window looks toward the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"faced",
"fronted",
"pointed (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutted",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"bounded",
"fringed",
"margined",
"met",
"neighbored",
"rimmed",
"skirted",
"touched",
"commanded",
"dominated",
"overlooked",
"looked down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"looked daggers":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
],
"synonyms":[
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"grimaced",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"looking forward to":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"Thanks for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you."
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"awaiting",
"expecting",
"hoping (for)",
"watching (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking on",
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)",
"waiting (for)",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prophesying",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"contemplating",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"viewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubting",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}