dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/dot_MWT.json
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{
"dot":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"a hillside dotted with wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"pepper",
"scatter",
"sow",
"spot",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"strew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"drizzle",
"dust",
"stud",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"speckle",
"stipple",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"doting (on)":{
"to love or admire too much":{
"examples":[
"doted on her only grandchild"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"hero-worshipping",
"hero-worshiping",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"esteeming",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"liking",
"preferring",
"regarding",
"hallowing",
"respecting",
"revering",
"venerating",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"disdaining",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"misprizing",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dote (on)":{
"to love or admire too much":{
"examples":[
"doted on her only grandchild"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"hero-worship",
"idolize",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"esteem",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"regard",
"hallow",
"respect",
"revere",
"venerate",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"disdain",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"misprize",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dotting":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"a hillside dotted with wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"peppering",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"spotting",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"strewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"drizzling",
"dusting",
"studding",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"speckling",
"stippling",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dotard":{
"as in senior citizen , grandam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"grandam",
"grandame",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dotty":{
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"dotty relatives that we have to endure only on Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"doted (on)":{
"to love or admire too much":{
"examples":[
"doted on her only grandchild"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"esteemed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"fancied",
"favored",
"liked",
"preferred",
"regarded",
"hallowed",
"respected",
"revered",
"venerated",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"misprized",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dotes (on)":{
"to love or admire too much":{
"examples":[
"doted on her only grandchild"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"hero-worships",
"idolizes",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"esteems",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"prefers",
"regards",
"hallows",
"respects",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"disdains",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"misprizes",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dots":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"a hillside dotted with wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"peppers",
"scatters",
"sows",
"spots",
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"strews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"drizzles",
"dusts",
"studs",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"speckles",
"stipples",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dotage":{
"the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age":{
"examples":[
"he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things"
],
"synonyms":[
"caducity",
"second childhood",
"senility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"infirmity",
"geezerhood",
"senectitude",
"senescence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doting":{
"as in caring , compassionate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caring",
"compassionate",
"considerate",
"cordial",
"forgiving",
"friendly",
"humane",
"kind",
"understanding",
"warmhearted",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"warm",
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"lovesick",
"lovey-dovey",
"mushy",
"romantic",
"sappy",
"sentimental",
"brotherly",
"fatherly",
"motherly",
"sisterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unloving",
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"hard-hearted",
"indifferent",
"offish",
"pitiless",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"disaffected",
"unconcerned",
"uninvolved",
"cold",
"frigid",
"unfriendly",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-boiled",
"heartless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dotty (over)":{
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
"examples":[
"she's dotty over begonias\u2014as you can see the minute you enter her house"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted (by)",
"crazy (about or over)",
"enamored (of)",
"enraptured (by)",
"gaga (over)",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated (with)",
"mad (about)",
"nuts (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hung up (on)",
"obsessed",
"foolish",
"silly",
"wild",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"entranced",
"fascinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cool",
"detached",
"unenchanted",
"unimpressed",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"heart-free"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dotted":{
"marked with spots":{
"examples":[
"a dotted tie that didn't go with his striped shirt at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"mottled",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spangled",
"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"unspotted"
]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"a hillside dotted with wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"peppered",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"spotted",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"strewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}