dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/mus_MWT.json
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{
"muscle":{
"muscular strength":{
"examples":[
"I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"brawn",
"main",
"thew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"force",
"might",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"energy",
"vigor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"weakness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
"examples":[
"at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"potence",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"adequacy",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incapability",
"incapableness",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"uselessness",
"helplessness",
"paralysis"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
]
},
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impel",
"impress",
"make",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"sandbag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"blackmail",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to force one's way":{
"examples":[
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"bull",
"bulldoze",
"crash",
"elbow",
"jam",
"jostle",
"press",
"push",
"shoulder",
"squeeze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ram",
"shove",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mushiness":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"prefers mindless action movies to the \" mushiness \" of romantic comedies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mushroomed":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
],
"examples":[
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mushy":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"a mushy love story"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"giving easily to the touch":{
"examples":[
"mushy fruit that was obviously overripe"
],
"synonyms":[
"flabby",
"pulpy",
"soft",
"spongy",
"squashy",
"squishy",
"squooshy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doughy",
"fleshy",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"lank",
"limp",
"slack",
"yielding",
"bendable",
"compressible",
"crushable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"supple",
"willowy",
"workable",
"airy",
"light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"tense",
"unbending",
"unyielding",
"resistant",
"sound",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"case-hardened",
"crush-proof",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"stiffened",
"tempered",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"adamantine",
"rock",
"rocklike",
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"firm",
"hard",
"solid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mussed":{
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"the charmingly mussed look of a rock star in full rebel regalia"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the wind mussed up my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"confused",
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disjointed",
"dislocated",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"hashed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"rumpled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"upset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiled",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"stirred (up)",
"unsettled",
"cluttered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"classified",
"codified",
"methodized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"adjusted",
"fixed",
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"unscrambled"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"regulated",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"musses (up)":{
"as in messes (up)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mustering out":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"mustered out of the army at the end of the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"musty":{
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"musty old gym socks"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
]
},
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"music hall":{
"as in theater-in-the-round , arena theater":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theater",
"odeum",
"playhouse",
"theater-in-the-round",
"amphitheater",
"arena",
"auditorium",
"garden",
"hall",
"theater",
"theatre",
"ballroom",
"lyceum",
"chamber",
"house",
"senate",
"cafetorium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musketeers":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"the two little musketeers were never seen apart"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"amigos",
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"comrades",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"main men",
"sisters",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"pen pals",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muse (upon)":{
"as in reminisce , reflect (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mustang":{
"as in pony , bronco":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bronco",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"equid",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musing":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"examples":[
"he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then"
],
"synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
]
},
"as in meditation , contemplation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"daydreaming",
"reverie",
"revery",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in contemplating , pondering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"reliving",
"reminiscing",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"hallucinating",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring",
"daydreaming",
"stargazing",
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"fancying",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mustachioed":{
"as in bearded , bewhiskered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"whiskered",
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"silky",
"unshorn",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth",
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"muses (over)":{
"as in dwells (on) , mulls (over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broods",
"dwells (on)",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"grumps",
"mopes",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"frowns",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls",
"carries on",
"takes on",
"pets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muscle-bound":{
"as in sinewy , muscular":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"herculean",
"mighty",
"muscular",
"powerful",
"robust",
"rugged",
"sinewy",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"mesomorphic",
"chunky",
"compact",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"solid",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"thickset",
"chubby",
"dumpy",
"lumpish",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"tubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lean",
"light",
"lightweight",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"thin",
"willowy",
"bony",
"boney",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"gaunt",
"gawky",
"lanky",
"reedy",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"spare",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"spidery",
"wiry",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"effete",
"emaciated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"puny",
"unathletic",
"weak",
"weakly",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mussily":{
"as in messily , untidily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"messily",
"untidily",
"slatternly",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dashingly",
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"stylishly",
"swankily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"musing (upon)":{
"as in reminiscing , reflecting (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mussiness":{
"as in sloppiness , messiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"messiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"discoloration",
"staining",
"muddiness",
"sootiness",
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mustered":{
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
"examples":[
"a command to muster the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"mobilized",
"rallied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"grouped",
"lined up",
"ordered",
"organized",
"called (up)",
"convened",
"summoned",
"activated",
"collected",
"rounded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranged",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"deactivated",
"dismissed",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dissolved",
"split (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"demobbed",
"demobilized"
]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"summoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rallied",
"called in",
"called out",
"called up",
"knelled",
"amassed",
"collected",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"rounded up",
"reassembled",
"reconvened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"dissolved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be made up of":{
"examples":[
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"contained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehended",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"took in",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muscle cars":{
"as in stock cars , turbocars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"cream puffs",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"hybrids",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muscles":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"drives",
"forces",
"impels",
"impresses",
"makes",
"obligates",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"sandbags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"blackmails",
"high-pressures",
"menaces",
"shames",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"drags",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"argues",
"convinces",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to force one's way":{
"examples":[
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"bulldozes",
"bulls",
"crashes",
"elbows",
"jams",
"jostles",
"presses",
"pushes",
"shoulders",
"squeezes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rams",
"shoves",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mused":{
"as in contemplated , pondered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"relived",
"reminisced",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"hallucinated",
"foresaw",
"prefigured",
"daydreamed",
"stargazed",
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mustered out":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"mustered out of the army at the end of the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mushrooms":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muse (over)":{
"as in dwell (on) , mull (over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"dwell (on)",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"grump",
"mope",
"pout",
"sulk",
"frown",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"carry on",
"take on",
"pet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"must-have":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"aprons are must-have accessories for the cooking class"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"hiking boots are a must-have for this trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mused (over)":{
"as in dwelled (on) , mulled (over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brooded",
"dwelled (on)",
"dwelt (on)",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"grumped",
"moped",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"frowned",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"carried on",
"took on",
"petted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"musk":{
"a strong-smelling substance used in perfume":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incense",
"aroma",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"smell",
"sniff",
"whiff",
"attar",
"otto",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"perfume",
"ambrosia",
"lusciousness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"spice",
"tang",
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"fetor",
"foulness",
"funk",
"gaminess",
"malodor",
"noisomeness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"aromaticity",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muss (up)":{
"as in mess (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mess (up)",
"contract",
"furrow",
"knit",
"crisp",
"ripple",
"ruffle",
"corrugate",
"crease",
"crimp",
"fold",
"pleat",
"pucker",
"ruck",
"crinkle",
"crumple",
"rumple",
"scrunch",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flatten",
"iron out",
"smooth",
"smoothen",
"uncrumple",
"even",
"iron",
"press",
"straighten",
"unfold",
"neaten",
"tidy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"museum piece":{
"something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period":{
"examples":[
"that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece"
],
"synonyms":[
"antique",
"relic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artifact",
"fossil",
"dinosaur",
"antiquities",
"ruins",
"hangover",
"remains",
"remnant",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muss":{
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
"examples":[
"careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"hell",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"snake pit",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchy",
"lawlessness",
"misrule",
"riot",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"web",
"maelstrom",
"storm",
"bollix",
"clutter",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"shuffle",
"hodgepodge",
"medley",
"miscellany",
"morass",
"motley"
],
"near antonyms":[
"method",
"pattern",
"plan",
"system"
],
"antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the wind mussed up my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle",
"clutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"muse":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bard",
"minstrel",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetess",
"poet laureate",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in contemplate , ponder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"ponder",
"ruminate",
"re-create",
"reflect",
"relive",
"reminisce",
"concoct",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"plan",
"project",
"hallucinate",
"foresee",
"prefigure",
"daydream",
"stargaze",
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envisage",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"imagine",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
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"verb"
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"the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician"
],
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"players"
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"artists",
"performers",
"maestros",
"maestri",
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"virtuosi",
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"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists"
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"that musician is known for having written music that is very difficult to perform"
],
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"composers",
"melodists"
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"co-composers",
"songsmiths",
"songwriters",
"tunesmiths",
"symphonists",
"arrangers",
"orchestrators",
"orchestraters",
"scorers",
"librettists",
"lyricists",
"lyrists"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?"
],
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"bards",
"minstrels",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
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"poetesses",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists"
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"as in contemplates , ponders":{
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"reminisces",
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"makes up",
"manufactures",
"plans",
"projects",
"hallucinates",
"foresees",
"prefigures",
"daydreams",
"stargazes",
"conceits",
"conceives",
"conjures (up)",
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"envisions",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"fantasizes",
"features",
"ideates",
"images",
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"pictures",
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"visions",
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle":{
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"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"arm",
"firearm",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mustiness":{
"as in staleness , rancidity":{
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"acridness",
"fetidness",
"foulness",
"fustiness",
"malodorousness",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"staleness",
"funk",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"badness",
"vileness",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"nastiness",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"emission",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"sniff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroma",
"fragrance",
"perfume",
"floweriness",
"lusciousness",
"savoriness",
"spiciness",
"sweetness",
"bouquet",
"ambrosia"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a person who plays a musical instrument":{
"examples":[
"the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician"
],
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"instrumentalist",
"player"
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"artist",
"performer",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist"
],
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"a person who writes musical compositions":{
"examples":[
"that musician is known for having written music that is very difficult to perform"
],
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"composer",
"melodist"
],
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"cocomposer",
"songsmith",
"songwriter",
"tunesmith",
"symphonist",
"arranger",
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"scorer",
"librettist",
"lyricist",
"lyrist"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muscling":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
],
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"blackjacking",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"driving",
"forcing",
"impelling",
"impressing",
"making",
"obligating",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"sandbagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"blackmailing",
"high-pressuring",
"menacing",
"shaming",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"dragging",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"arguing",
"convincing",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
],
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"boring",
"bulldozing",
"bulling",
"crashing",
"elbowing",
"jamming",
"jostling",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"shouldering",
"squeezing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramming",
"shoving",
"thrusting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the wind mussed up my hair"
],
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"confusing",
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disjointing",
"dislocating",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"hashing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiling",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"stirring (up)",
"unsettling",
"cluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"methodizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adjusting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"unscrambling"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"regulating",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"musical comedies":{
"as in comedies , musicals":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comedies",
"comedy dramas",
"docudramas",
"dramedies",
"melodramas",
"monodramas",
"musicals",
"psychodramas",
"tragedies",
"tragicomedies",
"interludes",
"playlets",
"magnum opuses",
"opera",
"opuses",
"works",
"dramas",
"dramatizations",
"plays",
"adaptations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musicales":{
"an entertainment featuring singing or the playing of musical instruments":{
"examples":[
"gathered every month in someone's home for an informal musicale"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"performances",
"presentations",
"recitals",
"symphonies",
"ceilidhs",
"ceilis",
"hootenannies",
"jams",
"jam sessions",
"sings",
"songfests",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"shindigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musketeer":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"the two little musketeers were never seen apart"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"amigo",
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"partner",
"peer",
"sport",
"blood brother",
"brother",
"main man",
"sister",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"pen pal",
"benefactor",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"friendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"competitor",
"opponent",
"rival",
"archenemy",
"nemesis"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mussed (up)":{
"as in messed (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"messed (up)",
"contracted",
"furrowed",
"knit",
"knitted",
"crisped",
"rippled",
"ruffled",
"corrugated",
"creased",
"crimped",
"folded",
"pleated",
"puckered",
"rucked",
"crinkled",
"crumpled",
"rumpled",
"scrunched",
"wrinkled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flattened",
"ironed out",
"smoothed",
"smoothened",
"uncrumpled",
"evened",
"ironed",
"pressed",
"straightened",
"unfolded",
"neatened",
"tidied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"muster":{
"a body of people come together in one place":{
"examples":[
"a muster of concerned citizens"
],
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"assemblage",
"assembly",
"conference",
"congregation",
"convocation",
"gathering",
"ingathering",
"meeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"company",
"consort",
"coterie",
"gang",
"pack",
"caucus",
"forum",
"market",
"panel",
"rally",
"symposium",
"synod",
"audience",
"gallery",
"grandstand",
"house",
"crowd",
"flock",
"horde",
"legion",
"multitude",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"crush",
"mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for \"word of the year\""
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
"examples":[
"a command to muster the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"marshal",
"marshall",
"mobilize",
"rally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"group",
"line up",
"order",
"organize",
"call (up)",
"convene",
"summon",
"activate",
"collect",
"round up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"deactivate",
"dismiss",
"break up",
"disband",
"dissolve",
"split (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"demob",
"demobilize"
]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"call",
"convene",
"convoke",
"summon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rally",
"call in",
"call out",
"call up",
"knell",
"amass",
"collect",
"gather",
"group",
"round up",
"reassemble",
"reconvene"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"dissolve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be made up of":{
"examples":[
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"contain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehend",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"take in",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"musses":{
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
"examples":[
"careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance-medleys",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"dishevelments",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"free-for-alls",
"havoc",
"hecks",
"hells",
"jumbles",
"mare's nests",
"mares' nests",
"messes",
"misorders",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"snake pits",
"tumbles",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchies",
"misrules",
"riots",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"webs",
"maelstroms",
"storms",
"bollixes",
"clutters",
"litters",
"mishmashes",
"shuffles",
"hodgepodges",
"medleys",
"miscellanies",
"morasses",
"motleys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methods",
"patterns",
"plans",
"systems"
],
"antonyms":[
"orders"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the wind mussed up my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuses",
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disjoints",
"dislocates",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"hashes",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"stirs (up)",
"unsettles",
"clutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"methodizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"adjusts",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"unscrambles"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"regulates",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"museum":{
"a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed":{
"examples":[
"a trip to the Museum of Natural History"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallery",
"salon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archives",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"library",
"display",
"exhibition",
"studio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"must-haves":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"hiking boots are a must-have for this trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"music halls":{
"as in theaters-in-the-round , arena theaters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theaters",
"odea",
"playhouses",
"theaters-in-the-round",
"amphitheaters",
"arenas",
"auditoriums",
"auditoria",
"gardens",
"halls",
"theaters",
"theatres",
"ballrooms",
"lyceums",
"chambers",
"houses",
"senates",
"cafetoriums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musings":{
"as in meditations , contemplations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reveries",
"studies",
"trances",
"woolgatherings",
"absorptions",
"abstractions",
"preoccupations",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"must":{
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
"examples":[
"we must be quiet during the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"have (to)",
"need",
"ought (to)",
"shall",
"should"
],
"near synonyms":[
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"exercise is a must if you want to stay healthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mustering":{
"as in muster , convening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convening",
"convocation",
"muster",
"call",
"call-up",
"summons",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"mobilization",
"rally",
"rallying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
"examples":[
"a command to muster the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"mobilizing",
"rallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"grouping",
"lining up",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"calling (up)",
"convening",
"summoning",
"activating",
"collecting",
"rounding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranging",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"deactivating",
"dismissing",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dissolving",
"splitting (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"demobbing",
"demobilizing"
]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"calling",
"convening",
"convoking",
"summoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rallying",
"calling in",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"knelling",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"rounding up",
"reassembling",
"reconvening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"dissolving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be made up of":{
"examples":[
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"containing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehending",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"taking in",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"musts":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"exercise is a must if you want to stay healthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"musters":{
"a body of people come together in one place":{
"examples":[
"a muster of concerned citizens"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblages",
"assemblies",
"conferences",
"congregations",
"convocations",
"gatherings",
"ingatherings",
"meetings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"companies",
"consorts",
"coteries",
"gangs",
"packs",
"caucuses",
"forums",
"fora",
"markets",
"panels",
"rallies",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"synods",
"audiences",
"galleries",
"grandstands",
"houses",
"crowds",
"flocks",
"hordes",
"legions",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"crushes",
"mobs",
"rabblements",
"rabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for \"word of the year\""
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
"examples":[
"a command to muster the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"mobilizes",
"rallies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"groups",
"lines up",
"orders",
"organizes",
"calls (up)",
"convenes",
"summons",
"activates",
"collects",
"rounds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranges",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"deactivates",
"dismisses",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"dissolves",
"splits (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"demobilizes",
"demobs"
]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"calls",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"summons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rallies",
"calls in",
"calls out",
"calls up",
"knells",
"amasses",
"collects",
"gathers",
"groups",
"rounds up",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"dissolves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be made up of":{
"examples":[
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"contains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehends",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"takes in",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"muscularly":{
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
"examples":[
"the driving rhythms and dramatic crescendos of the muscularly played final movement brought concertgoers to their feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"mushroom":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}