11539 lines
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11539 lines
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{
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"thrash":{
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"blow away",
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"bomb",
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"bury",
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"clobber",
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"cream",
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"drub",
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"dust",
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"flatten",
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"paste",
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"rout",
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"shellac",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"smoke",
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"smother",
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"snow under",
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"trim",
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"tromp",
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"trounce",
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"wallop",
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"wax",
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"whip",
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"whomp",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweep",
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"upset",
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"beat",
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"best",
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"conquer",
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"dispatch",
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"hurdle",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overbear",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"take",
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"throw",
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"triumph (over)",
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"win (against)",
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"worst",
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"crush",
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"knock off",
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"knock over",
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"overpower",
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"overthrow",
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"overwhelm",
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"subjugate",
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"upend",
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"vanquish",
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"ace (out)",
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"better",
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"eclipse",
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"exceed",
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"outdistance",
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"outdo",
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"outfight",
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"outshine",
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"outstrip",
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"overtop",
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"surpass",
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"top",
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"transcend",
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"edge (out)",
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"nose out",
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"pip",
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"cap",
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"excel",
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"flourish",
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"score",
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"succeed",
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"break",
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"destroy",
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"do in",
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"finish",
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"sink",
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"slaughter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
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"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birch",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"flail",
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"flog",
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"hide",
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"horsewhip",
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"lash",
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"leather",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"slash",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"whale",
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"whip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"knout",
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"quirt",
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"strap",
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"cut",
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"flick",
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"touch up",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"fustigate",
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"pistol-whip",
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"bang",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"hit",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"paste",
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"punch",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"hammer",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"mangle",
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"maul",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"rough",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"flog",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"maul",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cudgel",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make jerky or restless movements":{
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"examples":[
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"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddle",
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"fidget",
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"jerk",
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"jig",
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"jiggle",
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"squiggle",
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"squirm",
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"thresh",
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"toss",
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"twist",
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"twitch",
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"wiggle",
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"wriggle",
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"writhe"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flit",
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"flutter",
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"twitter",
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"quake",
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"quiver",
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"shake",
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"shiver",
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"shudder",
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"tremble",
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"pace"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relax",
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"rest",
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"unwind",
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"calm (down)",
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"still"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"thrash (out)":{
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"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
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"examples":[
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"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carve (out)",
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"develop",
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"forge",
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"grind (out)",
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"hammer out",
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"work out",
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"work up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"churn out",
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"crank out",
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"turn out",
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"cobble (together or up)",
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"throw up",
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"compose",
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"construct",
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"craft",
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"create",
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"engineer",
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"fabricate",
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"generate",
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"manufacture",
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"mint",
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"model",
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"shape",
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"tailor",
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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"devise",
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"hatch",
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"invent",
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"originate",
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"bring off",
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"carry out",
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"effect"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"dismantle",
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"raze",
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"tear down",
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"ruin",
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"undo",
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"unmake",
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"wreck"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"thrashes":{
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilates",
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"blows away",
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"bombs",
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"buries",
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"clobbers",
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"creams",
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"drubs",
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"dusts",
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"flattens",
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"pastes",
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"routs",
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"shellacs",
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"skins",
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"skunks",
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"smokes",
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"smothers",
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"snows under",
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"trims",
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"tromps",
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"trounces",
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"wallops",
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"waxes",
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"whips",
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"whomps",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweeps",
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"upsets",
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"beats",
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"bests",
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"conquers",
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"dispatches",
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"hurdles",
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"licks",
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"masters",
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"overbears",
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"overcomes",
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"overmatches",
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"prevails (over)",
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"subdues",
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"surmounts",
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"takes",
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"throws",
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"triumphs (over)",
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"wins (against)",
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"worsts",
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"crushes",
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"knocks off",
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"knocks over",
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"overpowers",
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"overthrows",
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"overwhelms",
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"subjugates",
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"upends",
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"vanquishes",
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"aces (out)",
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"betters",
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"eclipses",
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"exceeds",
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"outdistances",
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"outdoes",
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"outfights",
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"outshines",
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"outstrips",
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"overtops",
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"surpasses",
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"tops",
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"transcends",
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"edges (out)",
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"noses out",
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"pips",
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"caps",
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"excels",
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"flourishes",
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"scores",
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"succeeds",
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"breaks",
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"destroys",
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"does in",
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"finishes",
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"sinks",
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"slaughters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
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"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birches",
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"cowhides",
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"flagellates",
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"flails",
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"flogs",
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"hides",
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"horsewhips",
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"lashes",
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"leathers",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"slashes",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"whales",
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"whips"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"knouts",
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"quirts",
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"straps",
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"cuts",
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"flicks",
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"touches up",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"clubs",
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"cudgels",
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"fustigates",
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"pistol-whips",
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"bangs",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"hits",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"pastes",
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"punches",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smites",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"whacks",
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belabors",
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"belts",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs",
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"drubs",
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"fibs",
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"hammers",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mangles",
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"mauls",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"roughs",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belabors",
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"belts",
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"birches",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs up",
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"clubs",
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"curries",
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"does",
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"drubs",
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"fibs",
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"flogs",
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"hammers",
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"hides",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lashes",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mauls",
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"messes (up)",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"punches out",
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"roughs (up)",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"wallops",
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"whales",
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"whips",
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"whops",
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|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashing":{
|
|
"as in pounding , battering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashing (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carving (out)",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churning out",
|
|
"cranking out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"effecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threadbare":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clich\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threaded":{
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"merged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concatenated",
|
|
"strung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threaten":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"peril"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hang (over)",
|
|
"hover (over)",
|
|
"impend (over)",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"overhang"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threshing":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor dog threshed against his chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"threw down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
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"rejected",
|
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"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
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"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
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"removed",
|
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"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"regurgitated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"puked",
|
|
"retched",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"spat up",
|
|
"upchucked",
|
|
"vomited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"pounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dashed (off)",
|
|
"jerry-built"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigged",
|
|
"patched (together)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrift":{
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thriftless":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thriftless girl who didn't keep track of her finances and overspent constantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrived":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"overgrew",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"shot up",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"fruited",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thriving":{
|
|
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our new landscaping business is thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"socko"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thriving manufacturing community that is experiencing a tremendous growth in new jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"overgrowing",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"shooting up",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"fruiting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throbs":{
|
|
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"palpitations",
|
|
"pulsations",
|
|
"pulses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"vibrations",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"tremors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"palpitates",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
|
"pulsates",
|
|
"pulses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"trembles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throng":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"through":{
|
|
"in or into the middle of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost control of the car and drove through the crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amid",
|
|
"amidst",
|
|
"among",
|
|
"amongst",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"midst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"between",
|
|
"betwixt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"from",
|
|
"out of"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the numerous small towns scattered through these hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thoughtless people talking through the whole movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amid",
|
|
"amidst",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"during",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"pending",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to the opposite side of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked through the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"along the way of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"via"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"underneath",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as the result of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won the tournament through practice and hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"because of",
|
|
"due to",
|
|
"owing to",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"using the means or agency of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apparently got his money through theft and deception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"per",
|
|
"via",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"from beginning to end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read the letter through twice",
|
|
"never once missed class the whole year through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bullet struck the door and went right through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"brought or having come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"over with",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"uncompleted",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfinished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"through street":{
|
|
"as in Main Street , high street":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"causeway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw cold water on":{
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her parents threw cold water on her dream of becoming a poet."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"scare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw in the sponge":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"divert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwaway":{
|
|
"as in castaway":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in handout , handbill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing over":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigging",
|
|
"patching (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing (off)",
|
|
"jerry-building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"pounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrusting":{
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"bearing (down)",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"weighing (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"leaning (on or against)",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"ramming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thresholds":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the threshold of a new age of green technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrilled":{
|
|
"as in happy , overjoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was thrilled to hear that you got the promotion that you'd been so desperately wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"titillated",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"riveted",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"tantalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws down":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"throw down the gun, and put your hands up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"throws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threefold":{
|
|
"having three units or parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a threefold approach to solving the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"triadic",
|
|
"tripartite",
|
|
"triple",
|
|
"triplex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"triplicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threesome":{
|
|
"a group of three":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threesome has been playing music together since all three were in high school",
|
|
"you don't see many threesomes at honeymoon resorts, but one bride had brought along her mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"triad",
|
|
"trifecta",
|
|
"trinity",
|
|
"trio",
|
|
"triple",
|
|
"triplet",
|
|
"triumvirate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trilogy",
|
|
"triptych",
|
|
"triple crown",
|
|
"triplicate",
|
|
"triplex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throttled":{
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"garroted",
|
|
"garotted",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"scragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"diverts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrills":{
|
|
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone gets a real thrill out of the Independence Day fireworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exhilarations",
|
|
"frissons",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"titillations",
|
|
"wallops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousals",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"electrifications",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"delectations",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was thrilled to hear that you got the promotion that you'd been so desperately wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"exhilarates",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"intoxicates",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"titillates",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
"spellbinds",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"tantalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"dejects",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashes (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carves (out)",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churns out",
|
|
"cranks out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws away":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"three sheets in the wind":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"three-ring circuses":{
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house has been a three-ring circus ever since the kids got back from summer camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"bedlams",
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"madhouses",
|
|
"scrums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"brouhahas",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thronging":{
|
|
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theme park is thronging with tourists during the summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thruway":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we took back roads on the way out, and the thruway on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threading":{
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"salting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"juxtaposing",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"merging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concatenating",
|
|
"stringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throning":{
|
|
"as in crowning , enthroning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throbbing":{
|
|
"as in pulsating , palpitating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"staggery",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"pulsing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing back":{
|
|
"as in dropping , falling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"retrograding",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrogressing",
|
|
"returning",
|
|
"reverting",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"relapsing",
|
|
"ebbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threshold":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the threshold of a new age of green technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"pukes",
|
|
"retches",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits up",
|
|
"upchucks",
|
|
"vomits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"regurgitates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"nauseates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigs",
|
|
"patches (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes (off)",
|
|
"jerry-builds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"pounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws (on)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw on a sweater and headed outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"slips (on or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"bundles up",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"overdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"undresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffs",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrilling":{
|
|
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thrilling adventure movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"exhilarative",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"high-voltage",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"lusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unexciting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was thrilled to hear that you got the promotion that you'd been so desperately wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"dejecting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws back":{
|
|
"as in drops , falls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"retrogrades",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogresses",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"ebbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throngs":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"throw down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desperate throw , that could jump-start his presidential campaign or end it right there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw in the towel":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrives":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriates",
|
|
"overgrows",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"shoots up",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"succeeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"excels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws in":{
|
|
"as in pitches in , kicks in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"volunteers",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"pungles (up)",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"sacrifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"sells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashing (out or over)":{
|
|
"as in discussing , debating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"speaking (of)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"mooting",
|
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"placing",
|
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"raising"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"censoring",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrash (out or over)":{
|
|
"as in discuss , debate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"speak (of)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw over":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrummed":{
|
|
"as in whirred , hummed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed",
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"curred",
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thriller":{
|
|
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cliff-hanger",
|
|
"hair-raiser",
|
|
"nail-biter",
|
|
"suspenser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"squeaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yawner",
|
|
"blowout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threesomes":{
|
|
"a group of three":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threesome has been playing music together since all three were in high school",
|
|
"you don't see many threesomes at honeymoon resorts, but one bride had brought along her mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"triads",
|
|
"trifectas",
|
|
"trinities",
|
|
"trios",
|
|
"triples",
|
|
"triplets",
|
|
"triumvirates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trilogies",
|
|
"triptychs",
|
|
"triple crowns",
|
|
"triplicates",
|
|
"triplexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sends (out)",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"excretes",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"outpours",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrums":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the steady thrum of the turbines in the power plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"suspirations",
|
|
"susurrations",
|
|
"susurruses",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whirs , hums":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throb":{
|
|
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"palpitation",
|
|
"pulsation",
|
|
"pulse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"vibration",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"tremor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pit-a-pat",
|
|
"pitter-patter",
|
|
"pulsate",
|
|
"pulse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"tremble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrifty":{
|
|
"careful in the management of money or resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you are thrifty , you can find ways to decorate your room stylishly yet inexpensively"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"sparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"penny-wise",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw (on)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw on a sweater and headed outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"don",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slip (on or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"bundle up",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"overdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doff",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw in":{
|
|
"as in pitched in , kicked in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"volunteered",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"comped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"pungled (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"sacrificed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw in":{
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who buys a book today will get a bookmark as a throw-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pitch in , kick in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threnodies":{
|
|
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"elegiacs",
|
|
"monodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrill":{
|
|
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone gets a real thrill out of the Independence Day fireworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"frisson",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"titillation",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousal",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"electrification",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was thrilled to hear that you got the promotion that you'd been so desperately wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"exhilarate",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"intoxicate",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"titillate",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"tantalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"deject",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws together":{
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He threw together a meal for the unexpected guests."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigs",
|
|
"patches (together)",
|
|
"throws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes (off)",
|
|
"jerry-builds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"pounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"taken in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"thrown away",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"taken on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"given out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"taken up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"thrown over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blown off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forborne",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forsworn",
|
|
"foresworn",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"taken back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thread":{
|
|
"a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unwary bug was snared in the sticky threads of the spider's web"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"filament",
|
|
"hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microfiber",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"tuft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"covering for the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of people at the prom complimented me on my \"nice threads \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vestments",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wearables",
|
|
"weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"livery",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"civvies",
|
|
"civies",
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"activewear",
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"juxtapose",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"merge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concatenate",
|
|
"string"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrift shop":{
|
|
"as in department store , chain store":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutique",
|
|
"chain store",
|
|
"department store",
|
|
"dime store",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"five-and-ten",
|
|
"five-and-dime",
|
|
"mart",
|
|
"mini-mart",
|
|
"variety store",
|
|
"bazaar",
|
|
"emporium",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"showroom",
|
|
"big box",
|
|
"supercenter",
|
|
"superstore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw (on)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw on a sweater and headed outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slipped (on or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"bundled up",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"overdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw cold water on":{
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her parents threw cold water on her dream of becoming a poet."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threshes":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor dog threshed against his chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"thrown down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"stricken down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown down":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"throw down the gun, and put your hands up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"thrown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"stricken down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threatening":{
|
|
"giving signs of immediate occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"economists warning of a threatening recession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imminent",
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"pending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"upcoming",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a threatening silence followed the loud thump in the adjoining motel room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"sinister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving potential loss or injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threatening rocks lined that narrow stretch of the river through which we would be rafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"venturesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ultrahazardous",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"ultrasafe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"nonhazardous",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging (over)",
|
|
"hovering (over)",
|
|
"impending (over)",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"overhanging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"periling",
|
|
"perilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"three-ring circus":{
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house has been a three-ring circus ever since the kids got back from summer camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"madhouse",
|
|
"scrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashed (out or over)":{
|
|
"as in discussed , debated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"spoke (of)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw away":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown in the sponge":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"given in",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"diverting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing cold water on":{
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"nerving",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"thruways":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we took back roads on the way out, and the thruway on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw over":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"diverted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throttles":{
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"garrotes",
|
|
"garottes",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiates",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"scrags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"diverted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrust":{
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"bear (down)",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"weigh (upon)",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"lean (on or against)",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"ram"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in upheaval , heave":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"upsurge",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"upwelling",
|
|
"ascension",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blastoff",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"levitation",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"takeoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"through streets":{
|
|
"as in Main Streets , high streets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"causeways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing in":{
|
|
"as in pitching in , kicking in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"volunteering",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"comping",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"dishing out",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"pungling (up)",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"sacrificing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"selling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barf",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"puke",
|
|
"retch",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"upchuck",
|
|
"vomit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"regurgitate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"nauseate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rig",
|
|
"patch (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash (off)",
|
|
"jerry-build"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"pound (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throttle":{
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"garrote",
|
|
"garotte",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"scrag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw back":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time \u2014 usually + to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's a throwback to the actresses of the 1950s.",
|
|
"The band's music is a throwback to the 1980s."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"mossback",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"stodge",
|
|
"troglodyte"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"rising star",
|
|
"up-and-comer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drop , fall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrogress",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revert",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"ebb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throws in the towel":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"defers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing (on)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw on a sweater and headed outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donning",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"slipping (on or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"bundling up",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"uniforming",
|
|
"overdressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"undressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing together":{
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He threw together a meal for the unexpected guests."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigging",
|
|
"patching (together)",
|
|
"throwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing (off)",
|
|
"jerry-building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"pounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw together":{
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He threw together a meal for the unexpected guests."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rig",
|
|
"patch (together)",
|
|
"throw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dash (off)",
|
|
"jerry-build"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"pound (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thraldom":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having known only thralldom , the people rejoiced in their newfound freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrifts":{
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrall":{
|
|
"a person who is considered the property of another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not your thrall , so you'll have to pick up after yourself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondman",
|
|
"bondsman",
|
|
"chattel",
|
|
"slave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bondwoman",
|
|
"bondswoman",
|
|
"odalisque",
|
|
"helot",
|
|
"serf",
|
|
"bond servant",
|
|
"indentured servant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"servant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedman",
|
|
"freedwoman",
|
|
"enslaver",
|
|
"slave driver",
|
|
"slaveholder",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freeman"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw away":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in castaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"white elephant",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in handout , handbill":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"flysheet",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"booklet",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"folder",
|
|
"leaflet",
|
|
"pamphlet",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown (on)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw on a sweater and headed outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slipped (on or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"bundled up",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"overdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"taken off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throaty":{
|
|
"harsh and dry in sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a bad cold and a throaty cough to go with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a throaty alto"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"tinny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"treble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashes (out or over)":{
|
|
"as in discusses , debates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"speaks (of)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"casting (off)",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"deep-sixing",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"eighty-sixing",
|
|
"86ing",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sending (out)",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threatens":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hangs (over)",
|
|
"hovers (over)",
|
|
"impends (over)",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"overhangs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"perils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrusts":{
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"bears (down)",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"weighs (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"leans (on or against)",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"rams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"ups",
|
|
"upthrusts",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"towers",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upheaves",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls (off)",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in upheavals , upswings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"upsurges",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upthrusts",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"upwellings",
|
|
"ascensions",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blastoffs",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"levitations",
|
|
"liftoffs",
|
|
"takeoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"nosedives",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwaways":{
|
|
"as in castaways":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaways",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"hand-me-downs",
|
|
"white elephants",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in handouts , handbills":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"flysheets",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"folders",
|
|
"leaflets",
|
|
"pamphlets",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throes":{
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that third-world country is caught up in the throes of a democratic revolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrumming":{
|
|
"as in whirring , humming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"curring",
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw-ins":{
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who buys a book today will get a bookmark as a throw-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"dividends",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"perks",
|
|
"perquisites",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pensions",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"fringe benefits",
|
|
"icings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwbacks":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time \u2014 usually + to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's a throwback to the actresses of the 1950s.",
|
|
"The band's music is a throwback to the 1980s."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"mossbacks",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stodges",
|
|
"troglodytes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"rising stars",
|
|
"up-and-comers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw back":{
|
|
"as in dropped , fell":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"returned",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"relapsed",
|
|
"ebbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thralldom":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having known only thralldom , the people rejoiced in their newfound freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrift shops":{
|
|
"as in department stores , chain stores":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutiques",
|
|
"chain stores",
|
|
"department stores",
|
|
"dime stores",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"five-and-tens",
|
|
"five-and-dimes",
|
|
"marts",
|
|
"mini-marts",
|
|
"variety stores",
|
|
"bazaars",
|
|
"emporiums",
|
|
"emporia",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"marketplaces",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"showrooms",
|
|
"big boxes",
|
|
"supercenters",
|
|
"superstores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throe":{
|
|
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"collapsed in the throes of agony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"soreness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"inflammation",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"backache",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"charley horse",
|
|
"colic",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"earache",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"stomachache",
|
|
"toothache"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that third-world country is caught up in the throes of a democratic revolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threnody":{
|
|
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"monody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throughputs":{
|
|
"as in productions , outputs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outputs",
|
|
"outturns",
|
|
"productions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inputs",
|
|
"intakes",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrown in the towel":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"given in",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrum":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the steady thrum of the turbines in the power plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whir , hum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"curr",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing down":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"throw down the gun, and put your hands up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"throwing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throttling":{
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"choking",
|
|
"garroting",
|
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"garotting",
|
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"strangling",
|
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"suffocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"scragging"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"restoring",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"thralldoms":{
|
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"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having known only thralldom , the people rejoiced in their newfound freedom"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
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"servilities",
|
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"servitudes",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"thralls",
|
|
"yokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonages",
|
|
"serfdoms",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"three-card montes":{
|
|
"as in thimblerigs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"Ponzi schemes",
|
|
"pyramid schemes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"buncos",
|
|
"bunkos",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scams",
|
|
"shell games",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"three-dimensional":{
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who has been acclaimed for her three-dimensional portrayal of the celebrated monarch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"photo-realistic",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throne":{
|
|
"as in seat , height":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"height",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"hero worship",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"lionization",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"disillusionment",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crown , enthrone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"anoint",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"destine",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"vote (in)",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"depute",
|
|
"deputize",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"dethrone",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"uncrown",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |