Synonyms A-F

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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 classify
to categorise (BE)
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 privatize
to denationalise (BE)
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 stress
to emphasize
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

Synonyms G-L

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Word Synonym
G
garbage rubbish
garbage can (AE) trashcan (AE)
gay homosexual
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

Synonyms M-R

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synonyms. We recommend using a good dictionary when looking for synonyms.

A-F G-L M-R S-Z

Word Synonym
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

Synonyms S-Z

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synonyms. We recommend using a good dictionary when looking for synonyms.

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Word Synonym
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

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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
ancestor descendant
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 amuse, to be interested
to bore
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
C
calm excited
careful careless
careless careful
to catch to miss, to throw
ceiling floor
cellar attic
centre outskirts, suburb
certainly probably
changeable constant
cheap expensive
child adult, grown-up
children parents
clean dirty
clear cloudy
clever stupid
to close to open
closed open
cloudy clear, sunny, bright
cold (adjective) hot
cold (noun) heat
to come to go
comedy drama, tragedy
complicated simple
compliment insult
compulsory voluntary
to connect to separate
consonant vowel
constant changeable
construction destruction
to continue to interrupt
cool warm
correct false, wrong
courage fear
courageous cowardly
cowardly brave, courageous
to create to destroy
human, kind
cruel
humane
to cry (schreien) to whisper
to cry (weinen) to laugh
D
to damage to repair
danger security, safety
dangerous safe
dark light
daughter son
dawn dusk
day night
dead alive
death birth, life
deep shallow
defeat victory
defence attack
to defend to attack
delicious awful
to deny to admit
to depart to arrive
departure arrival
desperate hopeful
to destroy to build, to create, to form
destruction construction
devil angel
dictatorship republic
to die to live
different alike, equal, the same
difficult easy
dirty clean
disease health
distant near
to divide to unite
division unity
to divorce to marry
divorce marriage, wedding
divorced married
domestic foreign
down up
downstairs upstairs
drama comedy
dry humid, wet
dull interesting
dusk dawn
E
early late
east west
easy difficult, hard
elementary advanced
to emigrate to immigrate
emigration immigration
empty full
to end to begin
end beginning
ending beginning
enemy friend
to enjoy to hate
to enter to leave
entrance exit
equal different
even odd
evening morning
everybody nobody
everything nothing
exactly about, approximately
excited calm
exciting boring
to exclude to include
exit entrance
expensive cheap
export import
exposure shelter
extreme moderate
F
to fail to succeed, to pass
failure success
false correct, true
far near
fast slow
fat slim, thin
fear courage
female male
few many
final first
to find to lose
to finish to begin
finish start
first final, last
to fix to break
flat hilly
floor ceiling
to follow to lead
to forbid to allow, to let, to permit
for against
foreground background
foreign domestic
foreigner native
to forget to remember
to form to destroy
fortune bad luck
forward backward
to free to arrest
to freeze to melt
frequently occasionally
fresh old/stale
friend enemy
front rear
in front of back, behind
full empty
funny serious
future past, present

Opposites

Here you will find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes
(dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here.
This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very
small amount because of clarity.

If you know more words, send them by e-mail.

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Word Opposite
G
general particular, special
generous mean
gentle violent, rough, strict
gentleman lady
giant tiny, very little, small
girl boy
to give to take
to go to come, to stop
good bad
good luck bad luck
grown-up child
guest host
guilty innocent
H
happiness sadness
happy sad
handsome ugly
hard easy, soft
to harvest to plant
to hate to enjoy, to like, to love
health disease, illness
healthy ill, sick
heat cold
heaven hell
heavy light
hell heaven
here there
high deep
high low
hilly flat
to hit to miss
hopeful desperate, hopeless
hopeless hopeful
horizontal vertical
host guest, visitor
hot cold
huge tiny
human animal
humane cruel
humid dry
hungry thirsty
husband wife
I
in front of back, behind
to ignore to notice
ill healty, well
to immigrate to emigrate
immigration emigration
import export
in out
to include to exclude
to increase to reduce
innocent guilty
inside outside
insult compliment
intelligent silly, stupid
intentional accidental
to be interested in to bore
interesting boring, dull
to interrupt to continue
J
junior senior
K
kind cruel
L
lack abundance, plenty
lady gentleman
to land to take off
land water
large small
last first
late early
to laugh to cry
lazy active, busy
to lead to follow
to learn to teach
to leave to arrive, to enter
left right
to lend to borrow
less more
to let to forbid
to lie to stand
life death
light dark, heavy
to like to hate
liquid solid
little big, large
little much
to live to die
long short
to lose to find, to win
loser winner
loud quiet
to love to hate
lovely terrible
low high
to lower to raise
bad luck good luck
good luck bad luck

Opposites

Here you will find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes
(dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here.
This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very
small amount because of clarity.

If you know more words, send them by e-mail.

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Word Opposite
M
major minor
male female
man woman
many few, some
marriage divorce
married divorced, single
to marry to divorce
master servant
maximum minimum
mean generous
to melt to freeze
men women
to mend to break
mess order
midnight noon
minimum maximum
minor major
to miss to hit, to catch
moderate extreme
modern ancient, old
monarchy republic
moon sun
more less
morning evening
mountain valley
much little
N
narrow broad, wide
nasty nice, pleasant
native foreigner, stranger
natural artificial
near distant, far
negative affirmative
nephew niece
never always
new ancient, old
nice awful, nasty
niece nephew
night day
no yes
nobody everybody
noisy quiet, silent
noon midnight
none of al lof
normal strange
north south
not yet already
nothing everything
to notice to ignore
now then
O
occasionally frequently
occupied vacant
odd even
off on
often seldom, sometimes
old modern, new, young
on off
to open to close, to shut
open closed, shut
opponent supporter
order mess
ordinary special
other same
out in
outside inside
outskirts centre
over under
P
parents children
part whole
partial total
particular general
to pass to fail
past future, present
peace war
to permit to forbid
to plant to harvest
plenty lack
pleasant awful
polite rude
poor rich, wealthy
poverty wealth
powerful weak
presence absence
present past, future
pretty ugly
private public
probably certainly
professional amateur
to protect to attack
protection attack
public private
to pull to push
pupil teacher
to push to pull
Q
question answer
quick slow
quiet loud, noisy
R
to raise to lower
rainy sunny
rear front
to receive to send
to reduce to increase
to refuse to agree, to accept
regret satisfaction
to remember to forget
to repair to damage
to reply to ask
reply question
republic dictatorship, monarchy
to rest to work
rich poor
right left, wrong
to rise to sink
rough gentle, smooth, soft
rude polite
rural urban

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Word Opposite
S
sad happy
sadness happiness
safe dangerous
safety danger
salt sugar
(the) same different, the other
satisfaction regret
to satisfy to annoy
to save to spend, to waste
to scream to whisper
security danger
seldom often
to sell to buy
to send to receive, to save
to sit to stand
senior junior
to separate to connect, to unite
serious funny
servant master
to set free to arrest
shallow deep
sharp blunt
shelter exposure
short long, tall
to shout to whisper
to shut to open
sick healthy
silent noisy
silly intelligent
simple complicated
to sink to rise
single married
sister brother
slim fat
slow fast, quick
small big, large, tall
smooth rough
soft hard, rough
solid liquid
some many
sometimes often
son daughter
soul body
sour sweet
south north
special general, ordinary
spring autumn
to stand to sit
to start to stop
start finish, end, stop
to stop to start, to go
to stand to lie
strange normal
stranger native
strict gentle
strong weak
student teacher
stupid clever, intelligent
suburb centre
to succeed to fail
success failure
to subtract to add
sugar salt
summer winter
sun moon
sunny cloudy, rainy
supporter opponent
to suspect to trust
sweet bitter, sour
synonym antonym
T
to take to give
to take off to land
tall small, short
to teach to learn
teacher pupil, student
then now
terrible lovely
there here
thick thin
thin thick, fat
thirsty hungry
to throw to catch
tight loose
tiny giant, huge
together apart
tomorrow yesterday
top bottom
total partial
town village
tragedy comedy
true false
to trust to suspect
U
ugliness beauty
ugly beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls)
under over
to unite to divide, to separate
unity division
up down
upstairs downstairs
urban rural
useful useless
useless useful
V
vacant occupied
valley mountain
vertical horizontal
victory defeat
village town
violent gentle
visitor host
voluntary compulsory
vowel consonant
W
war peace
warm cool
to waste to save
water land
weak powerful, strong
wealth poverty
wealthy poor
wedding divorce
well ill
west east
wet dry
to whisper to scream, to shout
white black
whole part
wide narrow
wife husband
to win to lose
winner loser
winter summer
to work to rest
woman man
women men
worse better
worst best
wrong correct, right
Y
yes no
yesterday tomorrow
young old