A

Word

Synonym

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

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

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

G

garbage

rubbish

garbage can

trashcan

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

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

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