dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fur_MWT.json
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{
"furbelow":{
"a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming":{
"examples":[
"she opted for a simple wedding dress that did without all the frills and furbelows"
],
"synonyms":[
"flounce",
"frill",
"ruffle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"border",
"edging",
"fringe",
"trim",
"plait",
"pleat",
"ruff",
"bunting",
"skirting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hang , lace":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"boss",
"chase",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"redecorate",
"redo",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furbelowed":{
"as in hung , laced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"bossed",
"chased",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"redecorated",
"redid",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furbishing":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"polishing",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furious":{
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
"examples":[
"everyone worked at a furious pace in order to get the float ready for the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"delirious",
"ferocious",
"feverish",
"fierce",
"frantic",
"frenetic",
"frenzied",
"mad",
"rabid",
"violent",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concentrated",
"high-pressured",
"intense",
"intensive",
"vehement",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"lavish",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"irrational",
"lunatic",
"maniacal",
"maniac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"subdued",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"low-pressure",
"balanced",
"sane",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"relaxed"
]
},
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"examples":[
"a furious hurricane virtually destroyed the seaside town"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
]
},
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"a furious customer demanding to see the manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
"examples":[
"rioters went on a furious rampage, doing over $2,000,000 in damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang-bang",
"blood-and-guts",
"convulsive",
"cyclonic",
"explosive",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"hammer-and-tongs",
"hot",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"paroxysmal",
"rabid",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"volcanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"savage",
"vicious",
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"combustible",
"volatile",
"agitated",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"mad",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"halcyon",
"pacific",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonviolent",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"furnishing":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"feeding",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"providing",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plying (with)",
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"assigning",
"ceding",
"deeding",
"making over",
"transferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding (back)",
"keeping (back)",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furrow":{
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"the furrows in his usually unwrinkled brow suggested that he was very worried"
],
"synonyms":[
"crease",
"crimp",
"crinkle",
"wrinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugation",
"layer",
"loop",
"plait",
"pleat",
"ply",
"pucker",
"seam",
"tuck",
"crow's-foot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
"examples":[
"we had to furrow the field before we could plant the wheat"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"plow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivate",
"till",
"fallow",
"harrow",
"hoe",
"list",
"rake",
"rototill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"his brow furrowed in concentration as he tried to figure out the math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"crease",
"crinkle",
"rumple",
"wrinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crumple",
"double",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furtherance":{
"forward movement in time or place":{
"examples":[
"the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"going",
"headway",
"march",
"onrush",
"passage",
"process",
"procession",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"drift",
"flow",
"flux",
"stream",
"way",
"advent",
"approach",
"arrival",
"coming",
"nearing",
"bound",
"jump",
"leap",
"step",
"stride",
"impetus",
"momentum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backwash",
"ebb",
"reflux",
"retraction",
"return",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"about-face",
"turnabout",
"turnaround"
],
"antonyms":[
"recess",
"recession",
"regress",
"regression",
"retreat",
"retrogression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furthermost":{
"most distant from a center":{
"antonyms":[
"inmost",
"innermost",
"nearest"
],
"examples":[
"a probe that will travel into the furthermost reaches of deep space"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
],
"related":[
"aftermost",
"rearmost",
"sternmost"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"ultimate",
"utmost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"furor":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"euphoric children in a gift-opening furor on Christmas morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"residents were in a furor about the new paper mill being constructed within city limits"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bile",
"biliousness",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"embitterment",
"empoisonment",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"rancor",
"envy",
"jaundice",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"spite",
"vengefulness",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"belligerence",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"crankiness",
"disputatiousness",
"hot-headedness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"orneriness",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"blowup",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"pet",
"rise",
"ruffle",
"temper",
"air rage",
"road rage",
"delirium",
"heat",
"passion",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmness",
"forbearance",
"patience"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fur":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"the chinchilla is known for its exceptionally soft fur"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fleece",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pelage",
"pile",
"wool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoat",
"underfur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"picked at the fur on the chenille pillows"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"floss",
"fluff",
"fuzz",
"lint",
"nap",
"pile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batting"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur"
],
"synonyms":[
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badger",
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in silt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"silt",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp",
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fury":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
"dragon lady",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"the sudden appearance of the rock star whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"in his fury , the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bile",
"biliousness",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"embitterment",
"empoisonment",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"rancor",
"envy",
"jaundice",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"spite",
"vengefulness",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"belligerence",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"crankiness",
"disputatiousness",
"hot-headedness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"orneriness",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"blowup",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"pet",
"rise",
"ruffle",
"temper",
"air rage",
"road rage",
"delirium",
"heat",
"passion",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmness",
"forbearance",
"patience"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furloughed":{
"as in downsized , trimmed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in truanted , goldbricked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"hung about",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"vegged out",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"deceived",
"faked",
"feigned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furtherances":{
"forward movement in time or place":{
"examples":[
"the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances",
"goings",
"headways",
"marches",
"onrushes",
"passages",
"processes",
"processions",
"progresses",
"progressions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"drifts",
"flows",
"fluxes",
"streams",
"ways",
"advents",
"approaches",
"arrivals",
"comings",
"bounds",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"steps",
"strides",
"impetuses",
"momenta",
"momentums"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backwashes",
"ebbs",
"refluxes",
"retractions",
"returns",
"reversals",
"reverses",
"about-faces",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds"
],
"antonyms":[
"recesses",
"recessions",
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retreats",
"retrogressions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furl":{
"as in curl , twirl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"spire",
"twirl",
"whorl",
"wreath",
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"band",
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furbishes":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furloughs":{
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"layoffs",
"redundancies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pink slips",
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in downsizes , trims":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"lays off",
"trims",
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in truants , goldbricks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"deceives",
"fakes",
"feigns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furies":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-axes",
"dragon ladies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"viragoes",
"viragos",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furs":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"the chinchilla is known for its exceptionally soft fur"
],
"synonyms":[
"coats",
"fleeces",
"hairs",
"jackets",
"pelages",
"piles",
"wools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoats",
"underfurs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"picked at the fur on the chenille pillows"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"flosses",
"fluffs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur"
],
"synonyms":[
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badgers",
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"Persian lambs",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in silts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"silts",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps",
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furloughing":{
"as in downsizing , trimming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in truanting , goldbricking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"deceiving",
"faking",
"feigning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furbelowing":{
"as in hanging , lacing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"redecorating",
"redoing",
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furless":{
"as in skinned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skinned",
"disrobed",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"divested",
"hairless",
"shaven",
"unprotected",
"displayed",
"revealed",
"bald",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"open",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"uncovered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"mantled",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"overspread",
"bearded",
"hairy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"further":{
"at or to a greater distance or more advanced point":{
"examples":[
"go further along this road and you'll see the sign for the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"beyond",
"farther",
"yon",
"yonder"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in addition to what has been said":{
"examples":[
"I'll say nothing further at this time"
],
"synonyms":[
"additionally",
"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
"furthermore",
"likewise",
"more",
"moreover",
"then",
"too",
"withal",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"resulting in an increase in amount or number":{
"examples":[
"I think further research is needed before we can say whether that treatment is safe or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"more",
"other"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"adjunct",
"collateral",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fewer",
"less"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"she worked hard to further her operatic career"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"incubate",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"publicize",
"tout",
"agitate (for)",
"campaign (for)",
"work (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repress",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"retard",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hinder",
"inhibit"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"furls":{
"as in curls , twirls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls",
"wreaths",
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"bands",
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furthered":{
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"she worked hard to further her operatic career"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"incubated",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"publicized",
"touted",
"agitated (for)",
"campaigned (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repressed",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"retarded",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"hindered",
"inhibited"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"furtively":{
"as in surreptitiously , stealthily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"furnishings":{
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
"examples":[
"we moved the furnishings out of the room so we could sand down and refinish the wood floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointments",
"cabinetwork",
"furniture",
"movables",
"moveables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"case goods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built-ins",
"fixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"furnished":{
"as in provided , supplied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"provided",
"supplied",
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"getatable",
"reachable",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted",
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivered",
"fed",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"provided",
"supplied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plied (with)",
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"assigned",
"ceded",
"deeded",
"made over",
"transferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"kept up",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"held (back)",
"kept (back)",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"furtive":{
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
"examples":[
"a furtive guy who always seems to be up to something, and usually that something is no-good"
],
"synonyms":[
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"slick",
"wily",
"close",
"closemouthed",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"dark",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"duplicitous",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"cheating",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"knavish",
"two-faced",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"serpentine",
"treacherous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"plainspoken",
"straightforward",
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"open",
"plain",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"gave each other furtive glances as we watched our friend open the booby-trapped soda"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"furlough":{
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"layoff",
"redundancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack",
"closing",
"shutdown",
"shakeout",
"shake-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in downsize , trim":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"lay off",
"trim",
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on",
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in truant , goldbrick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"deceive",
"fake",
"feign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furors":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furthest":{
"most distant from a center":{
"examples":[
"this belongs in the aisle furthest from the cash registers"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"ultimate",
"utmost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aftermost",
"rearmost",
"sternmost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
],
"antonyms":[
"inmost",
"innermost",
"nearest"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"furrows":{
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"the furrows in his usually unwrinkled brow suggested that he was very worried"
],
"synonyms":[
"creases",
"crimps",
"crinkles",
"wrinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugations",
"layers",
"loops",
"plaits",
"pleats",
"plies",
"puckers",
"seams",
"tucks",
"crow's-feet",
"crow's feet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
"examples":[
"we had to furrow the field before we could plant the wheat"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"plows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivates",
"tills",
"fallows",
"harrows",
"hoes",
"lists",
"rakes",
"rototills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"his brow furrowed in concentration as he tried to figure out the math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"creases",
"crinkles",
"rumples",
"wrinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crumples",
"doubles",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"furniture":{
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
"examples":[
"we bought all new furniture for our new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointments",
"cabinetwork",
"furnishings",
"movables",
"moveables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"case goods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built-ins",
"fixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"furbish":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"gloss",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}