Word Synonym
A
about approximately
abstract summary
to accomplish to achieve
to accumulate to build up
to administer to manage
to admit to confess
almost nearly
animated lively
to annoy to irritate, to bother
to answer to reply
anyway besides
apparent obvious
to appear to seem
applicable relevant
appreciable considerable
ardour passion
arise occur
aromatic fragrant
to arrive to reach
artful crafty
association organization
to assure to guarantee
attractive appealing
away absent
awful terrible
B
backbone spine
backside behind, bottom
bad (not good) poor, naughty
ballot poll
to bear on sth. to affect
to beat to defeat
becoming fitting
to begin to start
to behave to act
believable plausible
belly stomach
bendy flexible
beneficiant generous
beneficial favourable
bid tender
bizarre weird
blameless innocent
bloodbath massacre
bloodless cold
branch department
brave courageous
to bring sth. back to reintroduce
to bring sth. on to cause
to bring sb. up to raise
brow forehead
bum backside, behind, bottom
business commerce, trade
busy (telephone) engaged
C
candy sweet
to categorize
to categorise (BE) to classify
charter constitution
cheesy corny, tacky
chiefly mainly
choosy picky
to chop to cut
chorus refrain
citation quotation
to cite to quote
class lesson, course
clerk receptionist
clever intelligent
to close to shut
coiffure hairstyle
to collapse to break down
to collect to gather
comfort consolation
comic comedian
commencement graduation
complete total
completely totally
concord harmony
to condemn to sentence
confederate accomplice
to confine to restrict
conflict clash
to conform to comply
to confuse to mix up
to connect to associate, to put through (telephone)
considerate thoughtful
constancy fidelity
constant fixed
constitution structure
construction (lit.) interpretation
to consult to refer to
contemporary modern
continuous continual
contrary opposite
convention conference
to convey to communicate
to cope to manage
correct right
couch sofa
crook criminal
crusade campaign
cube dice
curative healing
curler roller
cussed stubborn
D
dash sprint
daybreak dawn
deceptive misleading
decontrol deregulate
dedicated committed
to deduce to infer
defective faulty
deliberate planned
deliberately intentionally
delicate fragile
to demostrate to protest
to denationalize
to denationalise (BE) to privatize
denims jeans
to denote to indicate, to represent
to deprave to corrupt
depraved wicked, evil
to desert to abandon
deserted abandoned
destiny fate
detached indifferent
devil satan
dicy risky
to differentiate to distinguish
to diminish to decrease
disadvantaged deprived
disagreeable unpleasant
to disappear to vanish
disaster catastrophe
to disclaim to deny
to disclose to reveal
discount reduction
disgrace shame
domesticate cultivate
dossier file
dubious doubtful
dull (person) stupid
E
eager keen
earth soil
ecocnomic profitable
egocentric selfish
to elevate to raise, to promote
to emphasise
to emphasize to stress
to encounter to come across
enormous huge, immense
to enquire to investigate
equity fairness
especially particularly
essential fundamental
to establish to set up
to evaluate to assess
everlasting eternal
exactly precisely
except apart from
to expire to run out
to explode to blow up
extra additional
F
to fabricate to manufacture
famous famed, renowned
fanatic enthusiast
fantastic great, brilliant
to float to drift
fool idiot
foolish silly
forehead brow
to foretell to predict
formerly previously
fortunate lucky
foxy cunning
foyer lobby
fragrance perfume
French dressing vinaigrette
to function to operate
G
garbage rubbish
garbage can (AE) trashcan (AE)
to glitter to sparkle
to grab to seize
grasping greedy
gratis free of charge
gratuity tip
gravestone headstone
to grouse to grumble
gut intestine
H
hall corridor
to hand sth. out to distribute
handsome good-looking
hang-out haunt
happily fortunately
hard tough
hashish cannabis
to hawk to peddle
to hazard to endanger
hearsay rumour
hermetic airtight
highbrow intellectual
hint trace, tip
hole gap
home domestic
homicide murder
housebreaking burglary
hunger starvation
to hurry to rush
hypothesis speculation
I
idler loafer
if whether
to ignore to disregard
illiberal intolerant
to illuminate to clarify; to light up
to illustrate to demonstrate
to imagine to suppose, to assume
to imitate to mimic
immediate instant
immobile motionless
immoderate excessive
immodest conceited
to impact to affect
impartial neutral
impasse deadlock
impassive emotionless
to impeach to question
impediment obstacle
imperative vital
impolite rude
incidentally by the way
inconsiderate thoughtless
indisputable indeniable
infamous notorious
infantile childish
to infect to contaminate
inflexible rigid
inflow influx
informal casual
infrequent rare
inheritor heir
innocent harmless
insolvent bancrupt
to inspect to examine
instinct intuition
instructions directions
insufferable unbearable
insufficient inadequate
insupportable intolerable
insurgent rebel
intellectual mental
to intend to mean
to intensify to heighten
interplay interaction
inventory stock
invoice bill
to ivolve to entail
isolated loney
J
jealous envious
joy delight
K
knowingly deliberately
L
lacking missing
last final
leading main
to learn to memorize
legitimate valid, lega
lethal deadly
liveable habitable
livid furious
loopy crazy
lousy awful
lucid clear
M
mackintosh waterproof coat
madness insanity
magican conjuror
magistrate Justice of the Peace
to magnify to exaggerate
to maintain to preserve
manmade artifical
mannequin model
material fabric
matters things
maybe perhaps, possibly
in the meantime meanwhile
measure degree
meeting assembly
mendacity lying
merciless cruel
middleman intermediary
midway halfway
to migrate emigrate
mild gentle
to mimic to imitate
mind intellect
mindless senseless
to minimize to play down
to mirror to reflect
to misconceive to misunderstand
miserable depressing
misery distress
misread misinterpret
missing lost
mistrust distrust
mo (AE) moment
moderately reasonably
modern contemporary
more and more increasingly
moreover in addition
movie film
murderer assassin
N
naked bare
nameless anonymous
napkin serviette
to narrate to relate
a narrative a story
a native a local
to near to approach
necessary essential
nightfall dusk
nobility the Aristocracy
to nominate to appoint
non-stop continuous
noon midday
noted famous
to notify to inform
notwithstanding however
nugatory worthless
numerous many
O
obdurate stubborn
object thing
obligatory compulsory
oblique indirect
omnipotent all-powerful
obsolete out of date
off-season low season
to operate to function
organic biological
ornament decoration
outside external
to overhaul to overtake
to overlook to miss
overseas abroad
to oversee to supervise
P
painting portray
paper money notes
particular specific
passable satisfactory
pattern sample
peaceable peaceful
perception insight
phantasm illusion
pocket book notebook
poisonous toxic
possibility opportunity
post-mortem autopsy
practically virtually
praise compliment
precedence priority
precept principle
precis summary
pressing urgent
previous preceding
priority precedence
prompt immediate
prosperous affluent
to provide to supply
provided if
to put sth. back to postpone
Q
to quake to tremble
quite fairly
R
reasonable fair
to receive to get
refrain chorus
reliable dependable
religious devout
remainder the rest
remark comment
reminiscence memory
remorse regret
remoted isolated
removable detachable
to renew to resume
to renounce to give up
repute reputation
to respond to reply
revolting disgusting
rubbish nonsense
rude impolite
to rue to regret
S
sacristy vestry
satisfied convinced
scarcity shortage
scrumptious delicious
second moment
to select to choose
selection choice
self-assured confident
signal sign
significant meaningful
silly foolish
sincere honest
skull cranium
soiled dirty
spotlight highlight
stable steady
steady regular
stupid silly
substantially considerably
suggest propose
sundown sunset
sunrise dawn
sure certain
surroundings environment
to survive to outlive
to symbolize to represent
T
tailored tailor-made
temper mood
terror terrorism
testament testomony
today nowadays
torpid lethargic
touchdown landing
touchy sensitive
to transform to convert
transitority temporary
transparent obvious
trustworthy reliable
twister tornado
twosome pair
U
ultimate final
uncared for neglected
uncommon unusual
uncooked raw
undeniable indisputable
understandable comprehensible
unforeseen unexpected
unfortunate unlucky
unhurt unharmed
uninjured unhurt
unlawful illegal
unmarried single
unstated unspoken
untimely premature
untrue unfaithful
unusual strange
unvoiced voiceless
uprising rebellion
usually generally,normally
V
vacancy emptiness
to vacuum to hoover
vague indistinct
vain useless
valueless worthless
to vanquish to conquer
to vary to differ
vast huge
virtue advantage
to visualize to imagine
W
warrantly guarantee
well mannered polite
well timed timely
winery vineyard
to withstand to resist
Z
zenith peak
Opposites
Word Opposite
A
about exactly
above below
absence presence
abundance lack
to accept to refuse
accidental intentional
active lazy
to add to subtract
to admit to deny
adult child
advanced elementary
affirmative negative
afraid brave
after before
against for
alike different
alive dead
all none
always never
ancient modern
to agree to refuse, to argue
to allow to forbid
already not yet
always never
amateur professional
to amuse to bore
angel devil
animal human
to annoy to satisfy
to answer to ask
answer question
antonym synonym
apart together
approximately exactly
to argue to agree
to arrest to free, to set free
arrival departure
to arrive to depart, to leave
artificial natural
to ask to answer
asleep awake
to attack to defend
attack defence, protection
attic cellar
autumn spring
awake asleep
awful delicious, nice, pleasant
B
back in front of
background foreground
backward forward
bad good
bad luck fortune, good luck
beauty ugliness
before after
to begin to end, to stop, to finish
beginning end, ending
behind in front of
below above
best worst
better worse
beautiful ugly
big small, little
birth death
bitter sweet
black white
blunt sharp
body soul
to bore to amuse, to be interested in
boring exciting, interesting
to borrow to lend
bottom top
boy girl
brave cowardly, afraid
to break to mend, to fix
broad narrow
brother sister
to build to destroy
busy lazy
to buy to sell
A
about approximately
abstract summary
to accomplish to achieve
to accumulate to build up
to administer to manage
to admit to confess
almost nearly
animated lively
to annoy to irritate, to bother
to answer to reply
anyway besides
apparent obvious
to appear to seem
applicable relevant
appreciable considerable
ardour passion
arise occur
aromatic fragrant
to arrive to reach
artful crafty
association organization
to assure to guarantee
attractive appealing
away absent
awful terrible
B
backbone spine
backside behind, bottom
bad (not good) poor, naughty
ballot poll
to bear on sth. to affect
to beat to defeat
becoming fitting
to begin to start
to behave to act
believable plausible
belly stomach
bendy flexible
beneficiant generous
beneficial favourable
bid tender
bizarre weird
blameless innocent
bloodbath massacre
bloodless cold
branch department
brave courageous
to bring sth. back to reintroduce
to bring sth. on to cause
to bring sb. up to raise
brow forehead
bum backside, behind, bottom
business commerce, trade
busy (telephone) engaged
C
candy sweet
to categorize
to categorise (BE) to classify
charter constitution
cheesy corny, tacky
chiefly mainly
choosy picky
to chop to cut
chorus refrain
citation quotation
to cite to quote
class lesson, course
clerk receptionist
clever intelligent
to close to shut
coiffure hairstyle
to collapse to break down
to collect to gather
comfort consolation
comic comedian
commencement graduation
complete total
completely totally
concord harmony
to condemn to sentence
confederate accomplice
to confine to restrict
conflict clash
to conform to comply
to confuse to mix up
to connect to associate, to put through (telephone)
considerate thoughtful
constancy fidelity
constant fixed
constitution structure
construction (lit.) interpretation
to consult to refer to
contemporary modern
continuous continual
contrary opposite
convention conference
to convey to communicate
to cope to manage
correct right
couch sofa
crook criminal
crusade campaign
cube dice
curative healing
curler roller
cussed stubborn
D
dash sprint
daybreak dawn
deceptive misleading
decontrol deregulate
dedicated committed
to deduce to infer
defective faulty
deliberate planned
deliberately intentionally
delicate fragile
to demostrate to protest
to denationalize
to denationalise (BE) to privatize
denims jeans
to denote to indicate, to represent
to deprave to corrupt
depraved wicked, evil
to desert to abandon
deserted abandoned
destiny fate
detached indifferent
devil satan
dicy risky
to differentiate to distinguish
to diminish to decrease
disadvantaged deprived
disagreeable unpleasant
to disappear to vanish
disaster catastrophe
to disclaim to deny
to disclose to reveal
discount reduction
disgrace shame
domesticate cultivate
dossier file
dubious doubtful
dull (person) stupid
E
eager keen
earth soil
ecocnomic profitable
egocentric selfish
to elevate to raise, to promote
to emphasise
to emphasize to stress
to encounter to come across
enormous huge, immense
to enquire to investigate
equity fairness
especially particularly
essential fundamental
to establish to set up
to evaluate to assess
everlasting eternal
exactly precisely
except apart from
to expire to run out
to explode to blow up
extra additional
F
to fabricate to manufacture
famous famed, renowned
fanatic enthusiast
fantastic great, brilliant
to float to drift
fool idiot
foolish silly
forehead brow
to foretell to predict
formerly previously
fortunate lucky
foxy cunning
foyer lobby
fragrance perfume
French dressing vinaigrette
to function to operate
G
garbage rubbish
garbage can (AE) trashcan (AE)
to glitter to sparkle
to grab to seize
grasping greedy
gratis free of charge
gratuity tip
gravestone headstone
to grouse to grumble
gut intestine
H
hall corridor
to hand sth. out to distribute
handsome good-looking
hang-out haunt
happily fortunately
hard tough
hashish cannabis
to hawk to peddle
to hazard to endanger
hearsay rumour
hermetic airtight
highbrow intellectual
hint trace, tip
hole gap
home domestic
homicide murder
housebreaking burglary
hunger starvation
to hurry to rush
hypothesis speculation
I
idler loafer
if whether
to ignore to disregard
illiberal intolerant
to illuminate to clarify; to light up
to illustrate to demonstrate
to imagine to suppose, to assume
to imitate to mimic
immediate instant
immobile motionless
immoderate excessive
immodest conceited
to impact to affect
impartial neutral
impasse deadlock
impassive emotionless
to impeach to question
impediment obstacle
imperative vital
impolite rude
incidentally by the way
inconsiderate thoughtless
indisputable indeniable
infamous notorious
infantile childish
to infect to contaminate
inflexible rigid
inflow influx
informal casual
infrequent rare
inheritor heir
innocent harmless
insolvent bancrupt
to inspect to examine
instinct intuition
instructions directions
insufferable unbearable
insufficient inadequate
insupportable intolerable
insurgent rebel
intellectual mental
to intend to mean
to intensify to heighten
interplay interaction
inventory stock
invoice bill
to ivolve to entail
isolated loney
J
jealous envious
joy delight
K
knowingly deliberately
L
lacking missing
last final
leading main
to learn to memorize
legitimate valid, lega
lethal deadly
liveable habitable
livid furious
loopy crazy
lousy awful
lucid clear
M
mackintosh waterproof coat
madness insanity
magican conjuror
magistrate Justice of the Peace
to magnify to exaggerate
to maintain to preserve
manmade artifical
mannequin model
material fabric
matters things
maybe perhaps, possibly
in the meantime meanwhile
measure degree
meeting assembly
mendacity lying
merciless cruel
middleman intermediary
midway halfway
to migrate emigrate
mild gentle
to mimic to imitate
mind intellect
mindless senseless
to minimize to play down
to mirror to reflect
to misconceive to misunderstand
miserable depressing
misery distress
misread misinterpret
missing lost
mistrust distrust
mo (AE) moment
moderately reasonably
modern contemporary
more and more increasingly
moreover in addition
movie film
murderer assassin
N
naked bare
nameless anonymous
napkin serviette
to narrate to relate
a narrative a story
a native a local
to near to approach
necessary essential
nightfall dusk
nobility the Aristocracy
to nominate to appoint
non-stop continuous
noon midday
noted famous
to notify to inform
notwithstanding however
nugatory worthless
numerous many
O
obdurate stubborn
object thing
obligatory compulsory
oblique indirect
omnipotent all-powerful
obsolete out of date
off-season low season
to operate to function
organic biological
ornament decoration
outside external
to overhaul to overtake
to overlook to miss
overseas abroad
to oversee to supervise
P
painting portray
paper money notes
particular specific
passable satisfactory
pattern sample
peaceable peaceful
perception insight
phantasm illusion
pocket book notebook
poisonous toxic
possibility opportunity
post-mortem autopsy
practically virtually
praise compliment
precedence priority
precept principle
precis summary
pressing urgent
previous preceding
priority precedence
prompt immediate
prosperous affluent
to provide to supply
provided if
to put sth. back to postpone
Q
to quake to tremble
quite fairly
R
reasonable fair
to receive to get
refrain chorus
reliable dependable
religious devout
remainder the rest
remark comment
reminiscence memory
remorse regret
remoted isolated
removable detachable
to renew to resume
to renounce to give up
repute reputation
to respond to reply
revolting disgusting
rubbish nonsense
rude impolite
to rue to regret
S
sacristy vestry
satisfied convinced
scarcity shortage
scrumptious delicious
second moment
to select to choose
selection choice
self-assured confident
signal sign
significant meaningful
silly foolish
sincere honest
skull cranium
soiled dirty
spotlight highlight
stable steady
steady regular
stupid silly
substantially considerably
suggest propose
sundown sunset
sunrise dawn
sure certain
surroundings environment
to survive to outlive
to symbolize to represent
T
tailored tailor-made
temper mood
terror terrorism
testament testomony
today nowadays
torpid lethargic
touchdown landing
touchy sensitive
to transform to convert
transitority temporary
transparent obvious
trustworthy reliable
twister tornado
twosome pair
U
ultimate final
uncared for neglected
uncommon unusual
uncooked raw
undeniable indisputable
understandable comprehensible
unforeseen unexpected
unfortunate unlucky
unhurt unharmed
uninjured unhurt
unlawful illegal
unmarried single
unstated unspoken
untimely premature
untrue unfaithful
unusual strange
unvoiced voiceless
uprising rebellion
usually generally,normally
V
vacancy emptiness
to vacuum to hoover
vague indistinct
vain useless
valueless worthless
to vanquish to conquer
to vary to differ
vast huge
virtue advantage
to visualize to imagine
W
warrantly guarantee
well mannered polite
well timed timely
winery vineyard
to withstand to resist
Z
zenith peak
Opposites
Word Opposite
A
about exactly
above below
absence presence
abundance lack
to accept to refuse
accidental intentional
active lazy
to add to subtract
to admit to deny
adult child
advanced elementary
affirmative negative
afraid brave
after before
against for
alike different
alive dead
all none
always never
ancient modern
to agree to refuse, to argue
to allow to forbid
already not yet
always never
amateur professional
to amuse to bore
angel devil
animal human
to annoy to satisfy
to answer to ask
answer question
antonym synonym
apart together
approximately exactly
to argue to agree
to arrest to free, to set free
arrival departure
to arrive to depart, to leave
artificial natural
to ask to answer
asleep awake
to attack to defend
attack defence, protection
attic cellar
autumn spring
awake asleep
awful delicious, nice, pleasant
B
back in front of
background foreground
backward forward
bad good
bad luck fortune, good luck
beauty ugliness
before after
to begin to end, to stop, to finish
beginning end, ending
behind in front of
below above
best worst
better worse
beautiful ugly
big small, little
birth death
bitter sweet
black white
blunt sharp
body soul
to bore to amuse, to be interested in
boring exciting, interesting
to borrow to lend
bottom top
boy girl
brave cowardly, afraid
to break to mend, to fix
broad narrow
brother sister
to build to destroy
busy lazy
to buy to sell