5497 lines
107 KiB
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5497 lines
107 KiB
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{
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"flibbertigibbety":{
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"as in anxious , tense":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anxious",
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"edgy",
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"nervy",
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"tense",
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"uptight",
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"hot-blooded",
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"mercurial",
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"temperamental",
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"unstable",
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"volatile",
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"volcanic",
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"emotional",
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"emotionalistic",
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"hypersensitive",
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"intense",
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"sensitive",
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"soulful",
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"excitable",
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"fiddle-footed",
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"flighty",
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"fluttery",
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"high-strung",
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"hyper",
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"hyperactive",
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"hyperexcitable",
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"hyperkinetic",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"skittery",
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"skittish",
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"spasmodic",
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"spooky",
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"dramatic",
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"histrionic",
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"melodramatic",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"perturbable",
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"prickly",
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"testy",
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"touchy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"imperturbable",
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"nerveless",
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"unexcitable",
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"unflappable",
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"unshakable",
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"calm",
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"collected",
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"cool",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"easy",
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"easygoing",
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"laid-back",
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"relaxed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"flicking":{
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"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"floating",
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"hanging",
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"hovering"
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],
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"related":[
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"dashing",
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"flying",
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"sailing",
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"shooting",
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"speeding",
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"sprinting",
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"zinging",
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"zooming",
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"scampering",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"scuttling",
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"skipping",
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"skittering",
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"meandering",
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"rambling",
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"roaming",
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"wandering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dancing",
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"darting",
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"flickering",
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"flirting",
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"flittering",
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"flitting",
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"fluttering",
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"zipping"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flicking (off)":{
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"as in shutting off , turning off":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arresting",
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"braking",
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"chocking",
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"cutting off",
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"drawing up",
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"halting",
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"jamming",
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"stalling",
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"sticking",
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"deactivating",
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"killing",
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"shutting off",
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"turning off",
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"dismantling",
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"mothballing",
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"phasing out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"activating",
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"actuating",
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"cranking (up)",
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"driving",
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"moving",
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"propelling",
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"running",
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"setting off",
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"sparking",
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"starting",
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"touching off",
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"triggering",
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"turning on",
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"charging",
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"electrifying",
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"energizing",
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"firing",
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"fueling",
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"fuelling",
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"generating",
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"powering",
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"pushing",
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"discharging",
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"launching",
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"releasing",
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"switching",
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"tripping",
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"reactivating",
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"recharging"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flied":{
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"as in canvas":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to cease to be visible":{
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"antonyms":[
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"appear",
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"materialize"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrive",
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"break out",
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"come out",
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"emerge",
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"issue",
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"loom",
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"show up"
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],
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"related":[
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"blank (out)",
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"clear",
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"die (away or down or out)",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"dry up",
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"blur",
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"dim"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dematerialize",
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"disappear",
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"dissolve",
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"evanesce",
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"evaporate",
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"fade",
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"flee",
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"melt",
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"sink",
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"vanish"
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]
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},
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"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"you must fly to safety immediately"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abide",
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"dwell",
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"hang around",
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"linger",
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"remain",
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"stay",
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"stick around",
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"tarry",
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"come back",
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"return"
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],
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"related":[
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"avoid",
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"elude",
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"evade",
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"lose",
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"shun",
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"decamp",
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"depart",
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"elope",
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"exit",
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"go",
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"leave",
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"move",
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"pull out",
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"quit",
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"sally (forth)",
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"shove (off)",
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"take off",
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"walk out",
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"disentangle",
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"extricate",
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"bring off",
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"emancipate",
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"enfranchise",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"manumit",
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"redeem",
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"release",
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"rescue",
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"spring",
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"unbind",
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"uncage",
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"unchain",
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"unfetter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abscond",
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"break out (of)",
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"clear out",
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"escape",
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"flee",
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"get out",
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"lam",
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"run away",
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"run off"
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]
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},
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"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beard",
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"brave",
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"confront",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"face",
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"abide",
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"dwell",
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"hang around",
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"linger",
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"remain",
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"stay",
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"stick around",
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"tarry"
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],
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"related":[
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"abscond",
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"clear out",
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"decamp",
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"elope",
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"escape",
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"get (away)",
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"get out",
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"lam",
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"light out",
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"make off",
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"mizzle",
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"scarper",
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"scat",
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"scram",
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"skip (out)",
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"skirr"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bolt",
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"break",
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"bug out",
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"flee",
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"hightail (it)",
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"retreat",
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"run",
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"run away",
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"run off",
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"skedaddle"
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]
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},
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"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"drift",
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"float",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"waft",
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"coast",
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"cruise",
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"sail",
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"sweep",
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"dart",
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"flit",
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"flutter",
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"catapult",
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"helicopter",
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"jet",
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"orbit",
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"rocket",
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"dive",
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"stoop"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aviate",
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"glide",
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"plane",
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"soar",
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"wing"
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]
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},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crawl",
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"creep",
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"poke"
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],
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"examples":[
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"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"drag",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"lag",
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"linger",
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"loiter",
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"poke",
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"tarry",
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"amble",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"saunter",
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"shuffle",
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"stroll",
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"decelerate",
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"slow (down or up)"
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],
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"related":[
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"beetle",
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"dart",
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"flit",
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"scamper",
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"scud",
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"scuffle",
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"stampede",
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"streak",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"gallop",
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"jog",
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"sprint",
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"accelerate",
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"quicken",
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"step out",
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"catch up",
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"fast-forward",
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"outpace",
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"outrun",
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"outstrip",
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"overtake",
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"arrow",
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"beeline"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"belt",
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"blast",
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"blaze",
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"blow",
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"bolt",
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"bomb",
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"bowl",
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"breeze",
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"bundle",
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"bustle",
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"buzz",
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"cannonball",
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"careen",
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"career",
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"chase",
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"course",
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"crack (on)",
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"dash",
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"drive",
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"hare",
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"hasten",
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"hie",
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"highball",
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"hotfoot (it)",
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"hump",
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"hurl",
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"hurry",
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"hurtle",
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"hustle",
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"jet",
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"jump",
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"motor",
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"nip",
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"pelt",
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"race",
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"ram",
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"rip",
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"rocket",
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"run",
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"rush",
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"rustle",
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"scoot",
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"scurry",
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"scuttle",
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"shoot",
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"speed",
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"step",
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"tear",
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"travel",
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"trot",
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"whirl",
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"whisk",
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"zip",
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"zoom"
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]
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},
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"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"get through",
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"go down",
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"go over",
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"go through",
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"play",
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"take",
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"work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hold up",
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"pass",
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"stand up",
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"wash"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"flight":{
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"travel through the air by the use of wings":{
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"examples":[
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"for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aviation",
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"aeronautics",
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"ballooning",
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"gliding",
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"hang gliding",
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"paragliding",
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"skydiving",
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"soaring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
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"examples":[
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"a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"breakout",
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"bunk",
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"escape",
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"getaway",
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"lam",
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"rout",
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"slip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jailbreak",
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"deliverance",
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"liberation",
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"redemption",
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"release",
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"rescue",
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"salvation",
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"close call",
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"close shave",
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"near miss"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"captivity",
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"confinement",
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"immurement",
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"imprisonment",
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"incarceration",
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"internment",
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"custody",
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"detention",
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"hold",
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"holding",
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"retention",
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"endangerment",
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"hazard",
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"imperilment",
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"jeopardy",
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"peril",
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"risk",
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"trouble"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flimsy":{
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"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
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"examples":[
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"a flimsy scarf that was more for decoration than for warmth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cobwebby",
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"filmy",
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"frothy",
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"gauzy",
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"gossamer",
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"gossamery",
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"insubstantial",
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"sleazy",
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"unsubstantial"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dainty",
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"delicate",
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"fine",
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"feeble",
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"fragile",
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"frail",
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"diaphanous",
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"sheer",
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"transparent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"durable",
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"knockabout",
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"lasting",
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"tough",
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"coarse",
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"heavy",
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"rough",
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"rude"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"sturdy",
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"substantial"
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]
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},
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"not likely to be true or to occur":{
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"examples":[
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"\"The check is in the mail\" is a pretty flimsy and tired excuse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"far-fetched",
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"improbable",
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"questionable",
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"unapt",
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"unlikely"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"implausible",
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"impossible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable",
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"absurd",
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"bizarre",
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"crazy",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"foolish",
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"insane",
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"nonsensical",
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"odd",
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"outlandish",
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"preposterous",
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"ridiculous",
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"unreal",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"liable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinders":{
|
|
"as in shiver , smithereens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"disk",
|
|
"disc",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"spall",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fling":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"trial and error"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"affaire",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"love affair",
|
|
"romance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"flirtation",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"calf-love",
|
|
"puppy love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fling (off":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he flung away the used matchstick",
|
|
"flinging off dirty clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinging":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flings (off or away)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinty":{
|
|
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"rock-ribbed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"relentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrestling opponents intimidating each other with flinty stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flipped":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"thumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"scanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip the coin over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inverted",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"turned over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"transposed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"interchanged",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flicker":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flitter",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"film",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"motion picture",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moving picture",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"featurette",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short subject",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"talkie",
|
|
"B movie",
|
|
"B picture",
|
|
"cofeature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recrudescence",
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"pickup",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"permeation",
|
|
"pervasion",
|
|
"saturation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flipping (out)":{
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"wigging (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"flaring (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"snapping",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"teeing off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"maddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"simmering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flightiness":{
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warning that her usual flightiness wouldn't be tolerated at the ceremony honoring war veterans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his flightiness before the bar exam was so bad that he nearly made himself sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"fidgetiness",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jitteriness",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"freneticism",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"trepidation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flier":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hot-air balloon flier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airman",
|
|
"aviator",
|
|
"birdman",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"bush pilot",
|
|
"copilot",
|
|
"flyboy",
|
|
"test pilot",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"skipper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirts (with)":{
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks (for)",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles (for)",
|
|
"fishes (for)",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flitting":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flirting",
|
|
"flittering",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"zinging",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinched":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"winced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flicks (off)":{
|
|
"as in shuts off , turns off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"chocks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"mothballs",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flickeringly":{
|
|
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blindingly",
|
|
"flaringly",
|
|
"glaringly",
|
|
"glitteringly",
|
|
"opalescently",
|
|
"blazingly",
|
|
"burningly",
|
|
"flamingly",
|
|
"pellucidly",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"dazzlingly",
|
|
"fulgently",
|
|
"glowingly",
|
|
"incandescently",
|
|
"lambently",
|
|
"luminously",
|
|
"lustrously",
|
|
"radiantly",
|
|
"splendidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimly",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"duskily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"murkily",
|
|
"obscurely",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"cloudily",
|
|
"shadily",
|
|
"shadowily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flibbertigibbet":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to endure a long flight with a flibbertigibbet as a seat companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"rattlebrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"softhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fling (off or away)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he flung away the used matchstick",
|
|
"flinging off dirty clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirty":{
|
|
"as in flirtatious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flirtatious",
|
|
"coquettish",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"kittenish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flivver":{
|
|
"as in wreck , hulk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"lemon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flickery":{
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wise political leaders don't try to govern according to flickery public opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flitter":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirting":{
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquetting",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"frivoling",
|
|
"frivolling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"toying",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vamping",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"playing (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flittering",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"zinging",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirting (with)":{
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angling (for)",
|
|
"fishing (for)",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flippancy":{
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flickering":{
|
|
"as in glowing , aglow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"singed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flirting",
|
|
"flittering",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"zinging",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flips":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"thumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip the coin over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inverts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"turns over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"transposes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"interchanges",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirt":{
|
|
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flirter",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"soubrette",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"frivol",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"play (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flitter",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flitted":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flirted",
|
|
"flittered",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flibbertigibbets":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to endure a long flight with a flibbertigibbet as a seat companion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ditzes",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"rattlebrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"softheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"sillies",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flimflam":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"giving the new guy at work her cell phone number\u2014\"in case of an emergency\"\u2014was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fliers":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hot-air balloon flier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airmen",
|
|
"aviators",
|
|
"birdmen",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"bush pilots",
|
|
"copilots",
|
|
"flyboys",
|
|
"test pilots",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"skippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flips (out)":{
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"wigs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"flares (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tees off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"warms",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"maddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"cools (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"simmers down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flit":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"flitter",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flight path":{
|
|
"as in arc , trajectory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"trajectory",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"pathway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"routeway",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"descent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinches":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"whitens",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in winces , squinches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in revulsions , recoils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"disengagements",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"pullbacks",
|
|
"pullouts",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flits":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"flitters",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flintlock":{
|
|
"as in shotgun , musket":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirt (with)":{
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle (for)",
|
|
"fish (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flimflams":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"giving the new guy at work her cell phone number\u2014\"in case of an emergency\"\u2014was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buncos",
|
|
"bunkos",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scams",
|
|
"shell games",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"Ponzi schemes",
|
|
"pyramid schemes",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"three-card montes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flip (out)":{
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"flare (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"madden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool (off or down)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirted":{
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquetted",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"frivoled",
|
|
"frivolled",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"toyed",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vamped",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"played (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"flittered",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flies":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviates",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"stoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you must fly to safety immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"breaks out (of)",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"walks out",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"hightails (it)",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"skedaddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"gets (away)",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"makes off",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips (out)",
|
|
"skirrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerializes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"vanishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanks (out)",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"dims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"looms",
|
|
"shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"materializes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"stands up",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"goes through",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in canvases":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"sunshades",
|
|
"umbrellas",
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"pergolas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"marquees",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"awnings",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flittering":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flirting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"zinging",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flippant":{
|
|
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his flippant comment that the poor save on taxes offended many people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-ass",
|
|
"smart-assed",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"wiseass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flickered":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flirted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"flittered",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flip-flops":{
|
|
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"about-turns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"U-turns",
|
|
"volte-faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switches",
|
|
"switcheroos",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disaffirmances",
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"disownments",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reconsiderations",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"second thoughts",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"irresolutions",
|
|
"vacillations",
|
|
"wobblings",
|
|
"wabblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yo-yoes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yo-yoes",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tergiversates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"weasels",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"straddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flip-flop":{
|
|
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"about-turn",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"U-turn",
|
|
"volte-face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switch",
|
|
"switcheroo",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disaffirmance",
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"disownment",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reconsideration",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"second thought",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yo-yo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tergiversate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"weasel",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"straddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flimsiness":{
|
|
"as in insubstantiality , diaphanousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaphanousness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"wispiness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frangibility",
|
|
"brittleness",
|
|
"crumbliness",
|
|
"friability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flicked (off)":{
|
|
"as in shut off , turned off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"chocked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"mothballed",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirtations":{
|
|
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flirter",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"soubrette",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"frivol",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"play (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flitter",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle (for)",
|
|
"fish (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the attitude or behavior of one who insincerely courts the amorous attentions of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow got the bizarre notion that flirtation was appropriate during a job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquetry",
|
|
"coquettishness",
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"flirtatiousness",
|
|
"kittenishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flings":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sprees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"brannigans",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"affaires",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"love affairs",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"romances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"hanky-pankies",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"flirtations",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"calf-loves",
|
|
"puppy loves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"lofts",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flipping":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"thumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"scanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flip the coin over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inverting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"turning over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"transposing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"interchanging",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flicks":{
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we could catch a flick together next weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"films",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"motion pictures",
|
|
"movies",
|
|
"moving pictures",
|
|
"pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated cartoons",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"documentaries",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"featurettes",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"short subjects",
|
|
"silents",
|
|
"talkies",
|
|
"B movies",
|
|
"B pictures",
|
|
"cofeatures",
|
|
"co-features"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flitters",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirts":{
|
|
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flirters",
|
|
"wantons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coquets",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"soubrettes",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquets",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"frivols",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"toys",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"plays (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flitters",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirter":{
|
|
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a compulsive flirter , and you're just her prey for the moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coquet",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"soubrette",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flighty":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flighty and giggly preteens at their first dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirtatious":{
|
|
"feeling or showing a sexual attraction for someone that is usually not meant to be taken seriously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling flirtatious",
|
|
"a flirtatious smile",
|
|
"a flirtatious mood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flirty",
|
|
"coquettish",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"kittenish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flinch":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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"blanch",
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"pale",
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"whiten",
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"quake",
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"quiver",
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"shake",
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"shudder",
|
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"tremble",
|
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"crouch",
|
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"jerk",
|
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"start",
|
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"twitch",
|
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"recede",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw",
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"falter",
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"hesitate",
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"reel",
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"waver"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advance",
|
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"approach",
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"near",
|
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"beard",
|
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"challenge",
|
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"confront",
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"defy",
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"face"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"as in wince , squinch":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"squinch",
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"wince",
|
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"face",
|
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"frown",
|
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"grimace",
|
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"lower",
|
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"lour",
|
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"moue",
|
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"mouth",
|
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"mow",
|
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"mug",
|
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"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
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"snoot",
|
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"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
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"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
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"scoff",
|
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"sneer",
|
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"glare",
|
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"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in revulsion , recoil":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"disengagement",
|
|
"disentanglement",
|
|
"pullback",
|
|
"pullout",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdrawal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advancement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flintlocks":{
|
|
"as in shotguns , muskets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"semiautomatics",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"spearguns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flittered":{
|
|
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flirted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flirted (with)":{
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angled (for)",
|
|
"fished (for)",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"searched",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |