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Synonym guides for common words

For 299 words that come up again and again in essays and reports, there is a full guide: synonyms grouped by meaning, how the main options differ, and example sentences.

A: ability accurate achieve additionally address advantage affect aim allow also although amazing amount analysis analyze angry approach area argue ask aspect assess attention
B: background bad basic beautiful because begin belief believe beneficial benefit big boring build
C: career careful cause challenge chance change choose circumstance clear clearly come common community compare complete complex concept conclude condition confident connection consider context continue contrast contribute correct create creative crucial culture curious
D: decide decrease demonstrate describe despite determine develop development difference different difficult disadvantage discuss
E: easy education effect effective effort element emphasize enable encourage end enjoy enough ensure entire environment especially essential establish evaluate evidence examine example excited experience explain explore express
F: factor failure fair family fast feature field finally find focus friend funny furthermore future
G: general get give go goal good great group grow growth
H: happy hard help helpful highlight history hope however
I: idea identify impact important improve improvement include increase indicate individual influence information inspire instead intelligent interested interesting investigate involve issue
J: job
K: keep key kind know knowledge
L: large lead leader learn life like likely look lot love
M: main mainly maintain major make manage many mention method moreover motivate
N: necessary need negative new nice number
O: obviously offer often old opinion opportunity overall
P: part particularly passionate people person perspective plan point poor popular positive possible power problem process progress prove provide purpose
Q: quality question quick quiet
R: read real reason reduce relationship relevant require research result rich risk role
S: sad say see several share show significant similar simple situation skill slow small smart society solution solve speak specific start state stop strategy strong student study subject success successful suggest summarize support
T: take talk teacher team tell theme therefore thing think time topic true try type typical
U: understand understanding unique use useful usually
V: valuable value various view
W: want way whole work world write wrong

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Frequently asked questions

Where do the synonyms come from?

From WordNet, a lexical database from Princeton University that groups English words by meaning. The list is sorted so the most common synonyms come first.

Why are synonyms grouped as noun, verb and so on?

Many words have more than one job. "Show" can be a verb (demonstrate) or a noun (display), and the right synonym depends on which one you mean.

Can I look up a word in the plural or past tense?

Yes. Try "decisions" or "argued" and the tool finds the dictionary form, "decision" or "argue", and shows its synonyms.

Is a synonym always a safe swap?

No. Synonyms share a meaning, but not always tone or register. "Big" and "enormous" both mean large, but only one fits "a big decision". Read the sentence back after you swap.

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