dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hop_MWT.json
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{
"hopeful":{
"having qualities which inspire hope":{
"examples":[
"economists are offering a hopeful forecast for a healthy economy in the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"roseate",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"soothing",
"assured",
"confident",
"decisive",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
]
},
"pointing toward a happy outcome":{
"examples":[
"in a hopeful response to the ad, several people called to say they'd seen our lost cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"promising",
"propitious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortunate",
"fortuitous",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"prosperous",
"salutary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"ruinous",
"baleful",
"dark",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"gloomy",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
]
},
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
"examples":[
"the three mayoral hopefuls are going to debate on local TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicant",
"applier",
"aspirant",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"expectant",
"prospect",
"seeker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"competitor",
"contestant",
"entrant",
"entry",
"favorite",
"qualifier",
"dark horse",
"spoiler",
"stalking horse",
"crown prince",
"favorite son",
"claimant",
"pretender",
"nominee",
"running mate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incumbent",
"officeholder",
"awardee",
"honoree",
"inductee",
"dropout"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncandidate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hopefully":{
"in a positive or optimistic manner":{
"examples":[
"They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition.",
"When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"bullishly",
"confidently",
"expectantly",
"positively",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"hopeless":{
"not capable of being cured or reformed":{
"examples":[
"a hopeless optimist who looked for the good in everyone and everything",
"was a hopeless romantic who never stopped looking for a soul mate"
],
"synonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising",
"impenitent",
"unreformed",
"unregenerate",
"unrepentant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reversible",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"correctable",
"fixable",
"rectifiable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable"
],
"antonyms":[
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
]
},
"emphasizing or expecting the worst":{
"examples":[
"the poor woman was feeling hopeless about ever finding her lost cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearish",
"defeatist",
"despairing",
"downbeat",
"pessimistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cynical",
"fatalistic",
"nihilist",
"nihilistic",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"inauspicious",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"grim",
"contrary",
"hostile",
"negative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"favorable",
"good",
"positive",
"idealist",
"romantic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"Panglossian",
"Pollyanna",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
]
},
"incapable of being solved or accomplished":{
"examples":[
"keeping this desk organized is hopeless"
],
"synonyms":[
"impossible",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"insuperable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unrealizable",
"unsolvable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"infeasible",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"improbable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unfeasible",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"futile",
"useless",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicable",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"reasonable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"working",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"antonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"realizable",
"resolvable",
"soluble",
"workable"
]
},
"feeling or showing no hope":{
"examples":[
"the hopeless look on the faces of the fans as the other team scored again"
],
"synonyms":[
"despairing",
"desperate",
"despondent",
"forlorn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"accepting",
"resigned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hophead":{
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
"examples":[
"in the early 20th century hopheads were people one expected to find only in the netherworld of jazz"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"dopehead",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"fiend",
"freak",
"head",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acidhead",
"cokehead",
"crackhead",
"pothead",
"speed freak",
"burnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hopefulness":{
"as in hope , rosiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hope",
"rosiness",
"brightness",
"cheerfulness",
"perkiness",
"sunniness",
"idealism",
"meliorism",
"bullishness",
"optimism",
"sanguinity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearishness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"apprehension",
"caution",
"concern",
"cynicism",
"despair",
"desperation",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"hopelessness",
"bleakness",
"cheerlessness",
"dreariness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"pragmatism",
"realism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hop":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"back in those days taking someone to the school hop was a big deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"cotillion",
"cotillon",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"celebration",
"event",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"masque",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"mixer",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"hoedown",
"square dance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act of leaping into the air":{
"examples":[
"she made it across the rocky creek in two hops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"jump",
"leap",
"spring",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"lope",
"skip",
"caper",
"capriole",
"gambado",
"gambol",
"attack",
"pounce",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move with a light springing step":{
"examples":[
"a rabbit hopped across the frozen grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"bound",
"lollop",
"lope",
"skip",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp",
"skim",
"skitter",
"jump",
"leap",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lumber",
"plod",
"trudge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the frog hopped back into the pond",
"the bus stopped, a lone passenger hopped on, and the driver continued on his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"jump",
"leap",
"spring",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"hurdle",
"leapfrog",
"lope",
"skip",
"buck",
"caper",
"capriole",
"cavort",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"romp",
"attack",
"pounce",
"shoot",
"skyrocket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hopelessness":{
"utter loss of hope":{
"examples":[
"the fans' hopelessness was dispelled as their team mounted a comeback"
],
"synonyms":[
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"forlornness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"self-despair",
"self-pity",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hope",
"hopefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hopping mad":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"Abbie was hopping mad to hear that classmates had been spreading rumors about her."
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hoped (for)":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"he was hoping for an A in English"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"watched (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked on",
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"relied (on or upon)",
"waited (for)",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foresaw",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"prophesied",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"contemplated",
"eyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubted",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hopes (for)":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"he was hoping for an A in English"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"awaits",
"expects",
"watches (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks on",
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"waits (for)",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foresees",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prophesies",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"contemplates",
"eyes",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubts",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hopheads":{
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
"examples":[
"in the early 20th century hopheads were people one expected to find only in the netherworld of jazz"
],
"synonyms":[
"addicts",
"dopeheads",
"dopers",
"druggies",
"fiends",
"freaks",
"heads",
"hypes",
"junkies",
"stoners",
"users"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acidheads",
"cokeheads",
"crackheads",
"potheads",
"speed freaks",
"burnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonaddicts",
"nonusers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hopes":{
"as in wishes , dreams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreams",
"wishes",
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"means",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purports",
"purposes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in opportunities , possibilities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"opportunities",
"possibilities",
"reliefs",
"expedients",
"recourses",
"resorts",
"resources",
"makeshifts",
"replacements",
"stopgaps",
"substitutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in minds , desires":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"desires",
"minds",
"wishes",
"plots",
"projects",
"schemes",
"nirvanas",
"grails",
"holy grails",
"destinations",
"termini",
"terminuses",
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"bournes",
"bourns",
"designs",
"dreams",
"ends",
"goals",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"intentions",
"intents",
"marks",
"meanings",
"objectives",
"objects",
"plans",
"points",
"pretensions",
"purposes",
"targets",
"things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"methods",
"ways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in faiths , beliefs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beliefs",
"credences",
"credits",
"faiths",
"axioms",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"tenets",
"confidences",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"reliances",
"trusts",
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"convictions",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"philosophies",
"dogmatisms",
"fanaticisms",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"discredit",
"doubts",
"nonbeliefs",
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hop-o'-my-thumb":{
"as in manikin , homunculus":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"homunculus",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"bantam",
"half-pint",
"mini",
"miniature",
"nubbin",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"scrub",
"shrimp",
"Tom Thumb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behemoth",
"colossus",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hops":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"back in those days taking someone to the school hop was a big deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"cotillions",
"cotillons",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"celebrations",
"events",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"masquerades",
"masques",
"masks",
"mixers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"hoedowns",
"square dances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act of leaping into the air":{
"examples":[
"she made it across the rocky creek in two hops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounds",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"springs",
"vaults"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"lopes",
"skips",
"capers",
"caprioles",
"gambadoes",
"gambados",
"gambols",
"attacks",
"pounces",
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move with a light springing step":{
"examples":[
"a rabbit hopped across the frozen grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces",
"bounds",
"lollops",
"lopes",
"skips",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capers",
"frisks",
"gambols",
"romps",
"skims",
"skitters",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lumbers",
"plods",
"trudges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
"examples":[
"the frog hopped back into the pond",
"the bus stopped, a lone passenger hopped on, and the driver continued on his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounds",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"springs",
"vaults"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"hurdles",
"leapfrogs",
"lopes",
"skips",
"bucks",
"capers",
"caprioles",
"cavorts",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"romps",
"attacks",
"pounces",
"shoots",
"skyrockets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hoping (for)":{
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
"examples":[
"he was hoping for an A in English"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"awaiting",
"expecting",
"watching (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking on",
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)",
"waiting (for)",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prophesying",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"contemplating",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"viewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubting",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hop, skip, and jump":{
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"it looked like only a hop, skip, and jump on the map, but the drive took six hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"hair",
"hairbreadth",
"hairsbreadth",
"hairline",
"inch",
"neck",
"shouting distance",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"mite",
"particle",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"trace",
"trifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinity",
"light-year"
],
"antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hoped":{
"as in wished , dreamed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"wished",
"aimed",
"allowed",
"aspired",
"calculated",
"contemplated",
"designed",
"intended",
"looked",
"meant",
"meditated",
"planned",
"proposed",
"purported",
"purposed",
"went",
"considered",
"debated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"tried",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"executed",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hope":{
"as in wish , dream":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dream",
"wish",
"aim",
"allow",
"aspire",
"calculate",
"contemplate",
"design",
"go",
"intend",
"look",
"mean",
"meditate",
"plan",
"propose",
"purport",
"purpose",
"consider",
"debate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"strive",
"struggle",
"try",
"plot",
"scheme",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"execute",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in optimism , hopefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopefulness",
"rosiness",
"brightness",
"cheerfulness",
"perkiness",
"sunniness",
"idealism",
"meliorism",
"bullishness",
"optimism",
"sanguinity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearishness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"apprehension",
"caution",
"concern",
"cynicism",
"despair",
"desperation",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"hopelessness",
"bleakness",
"cheerlessness",
"dreariness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"pragmatism",
"realism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in confidence , faith":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confidence",
"credence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust",
"acceptance",
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety",
"credit",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wish , aim":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing",
"desire",
"mind",
"wish",
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"destination",
"terminus",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hopefuls":{
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
"examples":[
"the three mayoral hopefuls are going to debate on local TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicants",
"appliers",
"aspirants",
"campaigners",
"candidates",
"contenders",
"expectants",
"prospects",
"seekers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"competitors",
"contestants",
"entrants",
"entries",
"favorites",
"qualifiers",
"dark horses",
"spoilers",
"stalking horses",
"crown princes",
"favorite sons",
"claimants",
"pretenders",
"nominees",
"running mates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incumbents",
"officeholders",
"awardees",
"honorees",
"inductees",
"dropouts"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncandidates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}