Synonyms Flashcards
More urgent: I plan to send my friend a thank you note “sometime”
Soon Expeditiously Immediately Shortly Now Promptly Directly Rapidly
More forceful: Often
Continually
Repeatedly
Regularly
More urgent: The accident brought traffic to a “pause.”
Impasse
Freeze
Grind
Stop
More convincing: I’m “pleased” to begin my new job.
Thrilled
Energized
Excited
Enthused.
More forceful: Debate teams are awarded points for “understandable” arguments.
Unmistakable
Factual
Composed
Direct
More forceful: After banging his knee on the table, he “said” that he was in pain.
Cried
Yelled
Yelped
Bellowed
More descriptive: The veil hiding her face was made of a “thin” material.
Faint
Slender
Sheer
Airy
Synonym for “nettle”
Irritate
Synonym for “sleek”
Smooth
Synonym for “glib”
Insincere
Synonym for “delerict”
Neglected
A synonym for “covet”
Yearn for: To desire something greatly.
A synonym for “encumbrance”
Hindrance: Burden or difficult concern
More descriptive: A “bright” sun shined on the river valley.
Searing Lambent Boiling Blazing Sizzling Effulgent Gilded Vivid Glittering
More extreme: They felt “disappointed” when their team lost the championship.
Glum Dejected Sullen Defeated Morose Rejected
