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| Main Entry: | cad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sly, dastardly person |
| Synonyms: | boor, bounder*, clown, creep, cur*, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat*, scoundrel, rotter, rounder, stinker, worm |
| Antonyms: | gentleman, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm |
| Antonyms: | allow, not care |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe*, hide, lurk, mooch, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot*, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, spirit, steal, move secretly, snook, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wiggle, fidget |
| Synonyms: | agonize, flounder, shift, skew, squiggle, toss, twist, wind, wriggle, writhe, worm |
| Antonyms: | sit still |
| Main Entry: | wheedle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk into |
| Synonyms: | banter, blandish, butter up*, cajole, charm, coax, con, court, draw, entice, finagle, flatter, inveigle, kowtow*, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, lay it on, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, worm* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wiggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | shake back and forth |
| Synonyms: | jerk, jiggle, shimmy, squirm, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, wave, wriggle, writhe, zigzag, worm |
| Main Entry: | wriggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver out of; wiggle |
| Synonyms: | convulse, crawl, dodge, glide, jerk, jiggle, ooze, skew, slink, slip, snake, sneak, squirm, turn, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, writhe, zigzag, extricate oneself, worm |
| Main Entry: | writhe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort; toss back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agonize, bend, distort, jerk, recoil, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, twist, wiggle, wince, wriggle, thresh, worm |
| Antonyms: | be still |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | cur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten, lowly animate being |
| Synonyms: | black sheep*, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing*, heel*, hound*, ne'er-do-well, rat*, riffraff*, scoundrel, scum*, skunk*, snake*, stinker, toad*, villain, worm*, wretch, yellow dog |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | larva |
| Synonyms: | caterpillar, maggot, centipede, entozoon, worm |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
| Synonyms: | creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, sidle, steal, nose out*, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, worm* |
| Antonyms: | lose, wallop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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