Important Synonyms | Similar Words and Examples
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Ability - Faculty, Skill, Competence,
aptitude
Abolish - Exterminate, eradicate,
obliterate
Abuse - Misuse, mistreat, ill-treat,
maltreat
Accidental - Fortuitous, incidental,
adventitious
Acknowledge - Admit, avow,
confess, concede
Active - Energetic, lively
Advise - counsel, recommend
Affair - business, concern, lookout
Affect - influence, move, strike,
mannerism
Angry- furious, indignant, ireful,
wrathful
Annoy - irritate, irk, aggravate
Answer - reply, retort
Anxiety - worry, care, concern,
solicitude
Apprehend - comprehend, understand, grasp
Argue - quarrel, squabble
Artificial - synthetic, ersatz, simulated
Assistant - aide, helper, lieutenant,
second
Beautiful - lovely, pretty, handsome,
comely, fair
Beginning - birth, dawn, genesis,
nascence, rise
Benefit - capitalise, profit
Besiege - beleague, blockade, invest,
siege
Brave - courageous, bold, audacious,
valorous
Busy - industrious, diligent, assiduous,
sedulous
Campaign - crusade, drive, push
Capable - able, competent
Cause - reason, occasions, antecedent
Cease - break, pause
Clean - antiseptic, cleanly, spotless
Clever - ingenious, shrewd
Clothes - cloak, drape, mantle, robe
Coarse - hard, harsh
Comfort - console, solace
Commit - consign, entrust, confide,
relegate
Complex - complicated, involved,
tangled, knotty
Compromise - adjust, settle
Confer - consult, parley, treat
Conflict - contest, combat, fight, affray
Conspiracy - plot, collusion, intrigue,
cabal
Contaminate - befoul, foul, poison,
pollute, taint
Contract - condense, compress, shrink,
constrict
Contrary - balky, perverse, ornery,
wayward
Convert - transfigure, transform,
transmute
Count - matter, signify, weigh
Curious - inquisitive, snoopy, nosy
Dark - dim, murky, obscure, shadowy
Dead - deceased, extinct, lifeless
Decay - rot, spoil, crumble, disintegrate
Decompose - deceit, cunning, guile
Deceive - betray, mislead, beguile,
hoodwink
Decide - determine, settle, rule, resolve,
conclusion
Decision - conclusion, determination
Decisive - conclusive, crucial, definitive,
determinative
Decrease - lesson, dwindle, diminish,
subside
Defeat - conquer, beat, rout, subdue,
overcome
Defy - beard, brave, challenge, dare,
face, front
Degrade - abase, debase, humble,
humiliate
Delicate - choice, dainty, elegant, fine,
exquisite
Demand - claim, exact, require
Deny - contradict, Contravene, negate,
gainsay
Describe - recite, recount, rehearse,
relate, report
Desert - abandon, leave
Despair - hopelessness, desperation,
despondency, discouragement
Dialect - vernacular, jargon, argot,
patois, lingo
Dictate - decree, impose, ordain, prescribe
Diction - vocabulary, phrasing
Differ - disagree, vary
Difference - dissimilarity, divergence,
distinction
Difficulty - hardship, rigor, vicissitude
Disapprove - criticize, berate
Disaster - calamity, catastrophe,
cataclysm
Discomfort - ache, pain
Discord - strife, dissention, clash,
variance
Discourage - dishearten, dispirit
Discuss - argue, debate, dispute,
contend
Disgrace - shame, infamy, odium
Disgust - nauseate, repel, revolt,
sicken
Dishonest - lying, deceitful,
mendacious
Dismay - appall, daunt, horrify, shake
Dismiss - boot, cashier, fire, sack
Distant - far, far-off, faraway, remote,
removed
Distinct - discrete, separate, several
Distribute - divide, dole, deal, ration
Dominant - predominant, paramount,
preeminent
Doubtful - dubious, questionable
Eager - anxious, avid, keen, agog
Easy - simple, effortless, smooth, light
Effect - result, outcome, upshot, sequel
Effective - effectual, efficacious,
efficient
Effort - endeavour, application, trouble
Elderly - old, venerable, superannuated
Elegance - grace, polish, urbanity
Element - component, Constituents,
factor, ingredient
Emanate - effuse, radiate
Emphasis - accent, stress
Encourage - animate, cheer, hearten,
inspirit
Endanger - hazard, imperil, risk,
jeopardize
Enforce - implement, invoke
Enhance - embellish, elaborate
Enlarge - add, augment
Erase - expunge, efface, delete, cancel
Escape - avoid, shun, evade, elude
Estimate - appraise, assess, evaluate,
rate
Estrange - alienate, disaffect
Etiquette - propriety, protocol, decorum
Evoke - educe, elicit
Example - case, illustration, sample,
specimen
Existence - actuality, being
Expect - hope, await
Explicit - categorical, definite, express,
specific
Expressive - eloquent, meaningful,
significant
Faithful - loyal, constant, fast, staunch
Fasten - anchor, fix, moor, secure
Falat - deadly, mortal, lethal
Fault - failing, frailty, foible, vice,
weakness
Favourable - agreeable, amenable
Fertile - fecund, fruitful, prolific,
productive
Figure - design, device, motif, pattern
Firm - hard, solid
Flexible - resilient, springy, supple
Flirt - dally, play, toy, trifle
Foolish - silly, absurd, ridiculous,
ludicrous
Force - compel, coerce, constrain,
oblige, obligate
Forte - metier, specially, thing
Fortunate - auspicious, lucky
Fragile - breakable, frangible, delicate,
brittle
Fragrance - aroma, perfume, scent
Glad - cheerful, lighthearted, joyful,
joyous
Glib - slick, smooth-tongued
Gracious - cordial, genial, sociable
Grand - stately, majestic, August,
grandiose
Gruff - brusque, blunt, bluff, curt,
crusty
Guide - lead, pilot, shepherd, steer,
usher
Harass - harry, hound, badger, pester,
plague, bait
Harden - acclimate, acclimatize,
toughen, season
Heritage - inheritance, legacy, tradition
Hide - conceal, cache, screen, cloak
High - tall, lofty, towering, elevated
Humane - humanitarian, merciful,
compassionate
Ignorant - uneducated, unlearned,
untutored, illiterate,
unlettered
Imagination - fancy, fantasy
Imitate - copy, mimic, ape, parody,
simulate
Impetuous - heedless, hasty, headlong,
precipitate, sudden
Important - distinctive, significant
Impression - impress, imprint, print,
stamp
Improve - better, help, ameliorate
Incalculable - infinite, innumerable,
immeasurable
Incisive - trenchant, biting, cutting,
crisp, clear-cut
Incline - bias, dispose, predispose
Increase - expand, enlarge, augment,
multiply
Indicate - argue, bespeak, betoken,
witness
Inquiry - inquest, probe, research,
investigation
Insanity - lunacy, madness, mania,
dementia
Intelligent - bright, brilliant, knowing,
quick-witted, smart,
intellectual
Introduce - insert, interject, interpose,
interpolate
Jealous - covetous, envious
Judge - arbitrator, arbiter, referee,
umpire
Kind - kindly, kindhearted, benign,
benevolent
Knowledge - information, erudition,
lore, scholarship
Large - big, great
Last - final, terminal, eventual, ultimate
Legitimate - authorized, valid
Lethargy - lassitude, torpor, torpidity,
stupor, languor
Love - affection, fondness, infatuation
Malign - defame, slander, calumniate
Malleable - ductile, plastic, pliant,
pliable
Manipulate - exploit, maneuver
Meagre - spare, skimpy, scanty, scant
Mean - denote, important, signify
Mean - low, abject, ignoble, sordid
Meaning - import, sense, signification
Mercy - leniency, lenity, clemency,
charity
Method - system, manner, mode, way
Mind - intellect, brain, wit, reason
Misfortune - adversity, mishap,
difficulty, mischance
Misleading - deceptive, delusive,
delusory
Moral - ethical, virtuous, righteous
Moving - stirring, poignant, pathetic,
affecting
Mysterious - esoteric, arcane, occult,
Inscrutable
Naive - simple, natural, unaffected
Native - indigenous, aboriginal,
autochthonous
Natural - informal, casual
Nature - mood, temper
Need - necessity, exigency, requisite
Noticeable - prominent, remarkable,
striking
Nuiance - gradation, shade
Obligation - responsibility, duty
Oblige - accomodate, favour
Obstacle - obstruction, barrier, block,
impediment
Obstinate - headstrong, stiff, mulish,
bullheaded
Occurrence - happening, incident,
episode, circumstances
Opinion - view, feeling, belief,
conviction
Opportunity - occasion, opening,
chance, break
Oppose - flight, resist contest, deny
Opposite - contrary, antithetical,
contradictory
Pain - ache, pang, smart, stitch, throe
twinge
Pamper - spoil, coddle, mollycoddle
Pause - intermission, recess, respite,
suspension
Permission - authorization, consent,
leave, license
Perseverance - persistence, tenacity
pertinacity
Persuade - induce, prevail, convince
Plain - simple, unostentatious,
unpretentious
Plausible - believable, colorable,
credible
Polite - mannerly, civil, courteous,
genteel
Ponder - meditate, ruminate, mull
muse
Possible - acclaim, extol, laud
Predicament - plight, quandary, jam,
fix, pickle
Predict - call, forecast, foretell,
prognosticate
Preserve - endure, perpetuate
Presume - presuppose, postulate,
positive, assume
Pretentious - arrogant, haughty
Prevent - preclude, avert, abviate,
forestall
Proficient - adept, skilled, skillful,
expert
Prominent - distinguished, eminent
Promise - covenant, pledge, plight, row,
swear
Proposal - bid, offer
Reach - achieve, attain, gain, compass
Real - actual, true, existent, genuine
Reason - intuition, understanding,
judgement
Rebellion - revolt, mutiny, insurrection
Recede - ebb, retract, retreat,
retrograde
Regard - admiration, respect
Regular - accustomed, habitual
Reliable - dependable, responsible,
trustworthy
Remember - bethink, recall, recollect
Remiss - careless, negligent
Remove - exclude, omit
Replace - supplant, supersede
Rest - repose, leisure, ease, comfort
Restrain - curb, check, bridle, inhibit
Restricted - confined, narrow
Right - privilege, prerogative,
perquisite, birthright
Sarcastic - ironic, caustic, satirical,
sardonic
Satisfy - answer, fill, fullfil, meet
Sensuous - luxurious, voluptuous,
Epicurean
Separate - divide, part, sever, sunder,
divorce
Series - succession, sequence, chain,
train, string
Shrewd - sagacious, astute,
perspicacious
Solitude - isolation, seclusion,
retirement
Steady - even, equable, uniform,
constant
Strong - stout, sturdy, stalwart, tenacious
Stupid - slow, full, obtuse, dense
Subdue - domesticate, tame
Subject - matter, topic, theme
Suggest - imply, hint, intimate,
insinuate
Supervise - boos, overlook, oversee,
superintend
Surrender - submission, capitulation
Swerve - depart, deviate, digress, stray,
veer, diverge
Teach - instruct, educate, train, drill
Treat - deal, handle
Trend - inclination, tendency
Sufficient - adequate, enough
Trouble - ail, distress, worry
Unfortunate - hapless, luckless, unlucky
ill-fated, ill-started
Unintelligent - stupid, ignorant
Unity - union, solidarity
Urgent - pressing, imperative, exigent
Use - employ, utilize, deploy
Vacated - discard, abandon
Vain - empty, idle, nugatory, otiose
Valid - sound, cogent, convincing,
telling
Vent - express, utter, voice, air
Victory - conquest, triumph
View - belief, dogma
Violent - disordered, turbulent
Warn - caution, forewarn
Watch - notice, observe
Yearn - long, pine, hanker, hunger,
thirst
Young - youthful, adolescent, immature
juvenile
Zestful - cheerful, exhilarated
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