[{"word":"changeling","phonetic":"/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒlɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒlɪŋ/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/changeling.oga","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24736564","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"In pre-modern European mythology, an infant that was secretly exchanged for a mother's own baby by an evil creature. (In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to witches, devils, or demons.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An infant secretly exchanged with another infant by mistake or by human doing; swapling.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An organism which can change shape to mimic others.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A simpleton; an idiot.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One apt to change; a waverer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["swapling","shape-shifter","auf","oaf"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/changeling"]}]