dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/mad_MWT.json
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{
"madcap":{
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"examples":[
"a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"reckless",
"temerarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible madcap who loves drag racing and white-water rafting"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil",
"madman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserk",
"berserker",
"cowboy",
"hotdog",
"showboat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"madcaps":{
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible madcap who loves drag racing and white-water rafting"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"devils",
"madmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserks",
"berserkers",
"cowboys",
"hotdogs",
"showboats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"maddening":{
"causing annoyance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a few days, she found the monotonous work to be absolutely maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"related":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"related":[
"agitating",
"bothering",
"confusing",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distracting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"annoying",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracking",
"crazing",
"deranging",
"frenzying",
"locoing",
"unbalancing",
"unhinging",
"unstringing"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
],
"examples":[
"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"related":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"madding",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"made":{
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"will you help me make the dough for the cookies?"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"manufactured",
"produced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembled",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"made up",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"structured",
"threw up",
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"hewed",
"forged",
"molded",
"shaped",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"knocked out",
"patched (together)",
"threw up",
"prefabricated",
"created",
"invented",
"minted",
"originated",
"established",
"fathered",
"instituted",
"organized",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remanufactured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"took apart",
"broke up",
"dismembered",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"flattened",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"we finally made it!"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacked",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"drove",
"forced",
"impelled",
"impressed",
"muscled",
"obligated",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"sandbagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"blackmailed",
"high-pressured",
"menaced",
"shamed",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"dragged",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"argued",
"convinced",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"I make that to be about six feet long"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"called",
"conjectured",
"estimated",
"figured",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"guessed",
"judged",
"placed",
"put",
"reckoned",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"reasoned",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrated",
"measured",
"scaled",
"computed",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"make a model airplane"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made up",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentered",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"framed",
"hammered",
"handcrafted",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"prefabricated",
"began",
"coined",
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"reassembled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"retrofitted",
"retrofit",
"jerry-built",
"rigged (up)",
"threw up",
"combined",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruinated",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the family made merry despite their financial worries"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"seemed",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"headed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"bent",
"directed",
"pointed",
"turned",
"beelined",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"put",
"put out",
"set off",
"set out",
"struck",
"took off",
"faced",
"oriented",
"steered",
"about-faced",
"backed",
"came about",
"came round",
"cut",
"inclined",
"put about",
"reversed",
"swerved",
"tacked",
"turned back",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"yawed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the legislature failed to make any new laws last session"
],
"synonyms":[
"constituted",
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"ordained",
"passed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacted",
"repassed",
"brought about",
"effected",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"proclaimed",
"administered",
"executed",
"approved",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"invalidated",
"killed",
"nullified",
"overturned",
"reversed",
"voided"
],
"antonyms":[
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"what do you make of the latest information?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"make the gate when ye leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"shut",
"steeked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"made out":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"we're not rich, but we're making out all right"
],
"synonyms":[
"coped",
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"managed",
"shifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I can't quite make out what she is trying to say"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"he tried to make out that he didn't mind losing his job, but friends suspected he was desperately worried"
],
"synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"let on",
"pretended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted",
"impersonated",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"affected",
"assumed",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"feigned",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"bluffed",
"feinted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
"examples":[
"as best as I can make out , the police were informed of the incident but didn't think it was worth investigating"
],
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"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"derived",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"understood"
],
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"assumed",
"supposed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"surmised",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"read",
"contemplated",
"philosophized",
"rationalized",
"thought",
"ascertained",
"doped (out)",
"found out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday"
],
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"annulled",
"canceled (out)",
"cancelled (out)",
"compensated (for)",
"corrected",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"counterpoised",
"negatived",
"neutralized",
"offset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidated",
"negated",
"neutered",
"nullified",
"atoned (for)",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"redeemed",
"redressed",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"overrode",
"overruled"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in girls , lasses":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in governesses , frauleins":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
"examples":[
"the bogeyman was one of those made-up monsters whose sole purpose was to threaten children"
],
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"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
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"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent"
],
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"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible"
],
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"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
]
},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"the book is made up of 20 chapters"
],
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"composed",
"comprised",
"constituted",
"formed"
],
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"embodied",
"epitomized",
"incarnated",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"materialized",
"personified",
"substantiated",
"complemented",
"completed",
"supplemented",
"filled (out)",
"fleshed (out)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project"
],
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"concocted",
"constructed",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"drummed up",
"excogitated",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"trumped up",
"vamped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coined",
"designed",
"hatched",
"produced",
"daydreamed",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fantasized",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked \"some assembly required\""
],
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"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentered",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"framed",
"hammered",
"handcrafted",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"prefabricated",
"began",
"coined",
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"reassembled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"retrofitted",
"retrofit",
"jerry-built",
"rigged (up)",
"threw up",
"combined",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruinated",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"madrassah":{
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made fun of":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"It's cruel to make fun of other people's imperfections."
],
"synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made one's mark":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"They made their mark on the scientific world with a groundbreaking discovery."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made common cause":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"The managers attempted to make common cause between their departments to get the project done quickly and efficiently."
],
"synonyms":[
"banded (together)",
"collaborated",
"concerted",
"concurred",
"conjoined",
"conspired",
"cooperated",
"joined",
"leagued",
"teamed (up)",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connived",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"combined",
"confederated",
"hung together",
"interfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made a pretense":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"He didn't even make a pretense of appreciating her artwork."
],
"synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"let on",
"made out",
"pretended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted",
"impersonated",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"affected",
"assumed",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"feigned",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"bluffed",
"feinted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madrassahs":{
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made off":{
"as in got out , got (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred",
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"made a comeback":{
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"The injury looked gnarly, but she made a quick comeback and was able to finish out the season."
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"snapped back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made amends (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"She decided it was time to make amends for the hurt she had caused her family."
],
"synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"mended",
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made use of":{
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"We made use of a waterproof camera to photograph undersea life."
],
"synonyms":[
"applied",
"employed",
"exercised",
"exploited",
"harnessed",
"operated",
"used",
"utilized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handled",
"manipulated",
"wielded",
"directed",
"ran",
"run",
"worked",
"wrought",
"cannibalized",
"recycled",
"reused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made ends meet":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"The couple's income was just enough to make ends meet each month."
],
"synonyms":[
"coped",
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"made out",
"managed",
"shifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made way":{
"as in opened , cleared":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"madly":{
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"examples":[
"dashed madly around the house during last-minute preparations for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in an enthusiastic manner":{
"examples":[
"the young singer has been so madly praised by the critics you'd think she had invented singing itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"incuriously",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"made-to-order":{
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
"examples":[
"the manufacturer offers its online customers made-to-order computer systems"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"custom-made",
"custom-tailored",
"customized",
"tailor-made",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"particular",
"special",
"specialized",
"custom-built",
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"made-to-measure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"mass-produced",
"ready-made"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"madrigals":{
"as in odes , elegies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anacreontics",
"clerihews",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"epopees",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"lyrics",
"poems",
"runes",
"songs",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"ballads",
"lays",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"madman":{
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil",
"madcap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserk",
"berserker",
"cowboy",
"hotdog",
"showboat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"madden":{
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"examples":[
"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack",
"craze",
"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"confuse",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distract",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"annoy",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"quiet",
"relax",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affront",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"burn (up)",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"get",
"huff",
"irritate",
"miff",
"nettle",
"offend",
"peeve",
"pique",
"provoke",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"soothe",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"calm",
"lull",
"quiet",
"settle",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"enchant"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"made do":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help."
],
"synonyms":[
"coped",
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"made out",
"managed",
"shifted"
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"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
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"to express one's anger usually violently":{
"examples":[
"I know you're upset, but please stop making a scene ."
],
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"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"stormed"
],
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"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)",
"blustered",
"carried on",
"fulminated",
"rampaged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"took on",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"seethed",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"appeased",
"pacified",
"soothed",
"checked",
"choked (back)",
"collected",
"composed",
"contained",
"curbed",
"pocketed",
"reined",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"moderated",
"tempered",
"toned (down)",
"eased",
"let up",
"relaxed",
"calmed",
"cooled",
"hushed",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"stilled"
],
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},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"His parents convinced him that he could make it in anything he chose to do if he worked hard enough."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
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"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madrasah":{
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made game of":{
"as in picked on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"picked on",
"baited",
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"needled",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"made good":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"He made good on his promise to pay back the loan within a year."
],
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"answered",
"completed",
"complied (with)",
"filled",
"fulfilled",
"kept",
"met",
"redeemed",
"satisfied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"consummated",
"finalized",
"finished",
"perfected",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought about",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected",
"committed",
"compassed",
"discharged",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"made",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulted (on)",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"breached",
"broke",
"transgressed",
"violated"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"She made good as a musician when she moved to New York City."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madrassas":{
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
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"near synonyms":[
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mad (about)":{
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
"examples":[
"he's virtually inseparable from his new girlfriend and seems to be just mad about her"
],
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"besotted (by)",
"crazy (about or over)",
"dotty (over)",
"enamored (of)",
"enraptured (by)",
"gaga (over)",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated (with)",
"nuts (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hung up (on)",
"obsessed",
"foolish",
"silly",
"wild",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"entranced",
"fascinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cool",
"detached",
"unenchanted",
"unimpressed",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"heart-free"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"madness":{
"a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life":{
"examples":[
"nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberration",
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"mania",
"rage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neurosis",
"psychosis",
"instability",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria",
"hallucinosis",
"hypomania",
"paranoia",
"schizophrenia",
"senile dementia",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"monomania",
"obsession",
"phobia",
"abnormality",
"dementedness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidity",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"normality",
"soundness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"saneness",
"sanity"
]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"to do something so reckless would be sheer madness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors"
],
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"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"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"
]
},
"madrases":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"an Indian woman wearing a madras in bright yellow"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushkas",
"bandannas",
"bandanas",
"do-rags",
"handkerchiefs",
"handkerchieves",
"kerchiefs",
"kerchieves",
"mantillas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawls",
"hankies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made much of":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"He made much of the one study that supported his argument."
],
"synonyms":[
"accented",
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made good (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"He was committed to making good for his past mistakes."
],
"synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"mended",
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madrassa":{
"as in yeshiva , Sunday school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made away with":{
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"They made away with the baby in the middle of the night."
],
"synonyms":[
"abducted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captured",
"crimped",
"impressed",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"seized",
"shanghaied",
"waylaid",
"absconded (with)",
"snatched",
"spirited",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"caught",
"copped",
"stole",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivered",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"restored",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals."
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"The thief made away with merchandise worth thousands of dollars."
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made tracks":{
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"The frightened cat made tracks into the other room when guests began to arrive."
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"You'd better make tracks if you want to catch that bus!"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made amends for":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"She decided it was time to make amends for the hurt she had caused her family."
],
"synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"mended",
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madrasas":{
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made ducks and drakes of":{
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"fiddled away",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"lost",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"trifled (away)",
"wasted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurged",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"overspent",
"shot",
"indulged",
"overindulged",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"laid out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economized",
"scrimped",
"skimped",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserved"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"maddens":{
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"examples":[
"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks",
"crazes",
"deranges",
"frenzies",
"locos",
"unbalances",
"unhinges",
"unstrings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitates",
"bothers",
"confuses",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distracts",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"annoys",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end"
],
"synonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"mads",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"burns (up)",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"gets",
"huffs",
"irritates",
"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"madame":{
"as in madam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"madam",
"bawd",
"call girl",
"cocotte",
"courtesan",
"drab",
"hooker",
"hustler",
"prostitute",
"sex worker",
"streetwalker",
"tart",
"whore",
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"tramp",
"hussy",
"jade",
"minx",
"coquette",
"flirt",
"libertine",
"siren",
"tempter",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"wench"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made over":{
"to change in form, appearance, or use":{
"examples":[
"the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center"
],
"synonyms":[
"alchemized",
"converted",
"metamorphosed",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"transposed",
"transubstantiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjusted",
"altered",
"modified",
"recast",
"redefined",
"redesigned",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"regenerated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied",
"deformed",
"disfigured",
"distorted",
"mutated",
"transmogrified",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"substituted",
"supplanted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
"examples":[
"made the deed over to his daughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienated",
"aliened",
"assigned",
"ceded",
"conveyed",
"deeded",
"transferred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"left",
"passed (down)",
"willed",
"bestowed",
"commended",
"committed",
"conferred",
"contributed",
"delivered",
"donated",
"granted",
"handed over",
"moved",
"passed",
"presented",
"released",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"transmitted",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"vested",
"yielded",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted",
"leased",
"lent",
"let",
"loaned",
"rented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expropriated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"madding":{
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"made good for":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"He was committed to making good for his past mistakes."
],
"synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"mended",
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"mad":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"the constant harassment from telemarketers finally made her good and mad"
],
"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",
"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"
]
},
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
"examples":[
"a mad rush to finish the shopping before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"delirious",
"ferocious",
"feverish",
"fierce",
"frantic",
"frenetic",
"frenzied",
"furious",
"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"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"her mad decision to quit a good job and run off to the big city with a man she barely knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"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"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affront",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"burn (up)",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"get",
"huff",
"irritate",
"miff",
"nettle",
"offend",
"peeve",
"pique",
"provoke",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"soothe",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"calm",
"lull",
"quiet",
"settle",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"enchant"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mad money":{
"as in pocket money , spending money":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made believe":{
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"He made believe he was sick to get out of going to school."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"affected",
"assumed",
"bluffed",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"passed (for)",
"pretended",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulated",
"impersonated",
"let on",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"forged",
"imitated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"feinted",
"malingered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madmen":{
"a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear":{
"examples":[
"as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"devils",
"madcaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berserks",
"berserkers",
"cowboys",
"hotdogs",
"showboats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made it (through)":{
"to come safely through":{
"examples":[
"He made it through the serious illness with few lasting effects.",
"The company will be lucky to make it through another year with all the money it's losing."
],
"synonyms":[
"rode (out)",
"weathered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlasted",
"outlived",
"wore out",
"pulled through",
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held out",
"held up",
"hung on",
"lasted",
"led",
"persisted",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"survived",
"withstood",
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"croaked",
"deceased",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"perished",
"succumbed",
"disappeared",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"vanished",
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"madhouse":{
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
"examples":[
"our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"bedlam",
"circus",
"scrum",
"three-ring circus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"pandemonium",
"racket",
"ruckus",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"brouhaha",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"din",
"hubbub",
"noise",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mess",
"muss",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arcadia",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"order",
"orderliness",
"organization",
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"respite",
"hush",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"madrasahs":{
"as in yeshivas , Sunday schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"made shift":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"They were able to make shift without borrowing money."
],
"synonyms":[
"coped",
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"made out",
"managed",
"shifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made the grade":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"There were many applicants for the position, but only a few made the grade for an interview."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"made a show":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"She made a show of addressing the whole audience, rather than a few like-minded folk."
],
"synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"let on",
"made out",
"pretended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted",
"impersonated",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"affected",
"assumed",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"feigned",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"bluffed",
"feinted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}