SYNONYM

A

Adequate = Enough (for) = Sufficient

Affection = Love

Annually = Every year

Applaud = To praise

Arrest = Seize

Abroad = Foreign country

Alluring = Attractive

Accelerate = Speed up = Go faster

Adjust = Regulate

Ailment = Illness

A good deal = Advantage

A good deal of = Much

Approach = Get to

Approve = Agree to = Accept

Advance = Development

Allow = Permit = Grant

As a matter of fact = To tell the truth = Actually

Approximately = About

All set = Ready

Authority = Power

Amendment = Change = Alteration

Assure = Guarantee

Assemble = Meet = Install

Adverse = Unfavorable

Accumulation = Build up

Abandon = Leave

As well as = In addition to

Accomplish = Achieve

Arrange = Place

Amazing = Unbelievable = Remarkable

Account for = Explain

Abuse = Maltreat = Misuse

Accordingly = Properly

Alert = Full awake = Lively

Apply to = Connect with

Abrupt = Gruff = Blunt = Sudden

Accomplish = Do = Carry out

Allied = Connected

Accumulate = Collect

Achievement = Feat = Success

Attached = Fastened

Align = Line up

At/on hand = Convenient

Absorb = Take in = Assimilate

Alternately = By turns

Ample = Sufficient

Abundant = Sufficient = Plentiful

Advancement = Promotion = Progress = Improvement

Accurate = Correct = Precise = Right

Attach = Stick = Connect = Tie to sth.

Add up = Total

Assist = Help

Attract = Pull = Draw

Adapt = Adjust = Regulate

Awkward = Clumsy

Artificial = Simulated = Not natural

Adaptation = Adjustment

Alter = Change

Assign = Appoint

Advisable = Recommended

Attempt = To try endeavor

B

Behave = Act

Beat = Win

Beg = Ask = Inquire

Bear = Carry

Buck = Dollar

Bring on = Induce

Bring off = Accomplish

Bring out = Publish

Bring up = Raise = Introduce = Present

Bewilder = Puzzle = Confuse

Buddy = Companion = Friend

Behind = In back of

Beside = By = Near = Next to

Besides = In addition to

Become = Get

Broke = Penniless

Branch = Division

Build = Construct

Briefly = Shortly

Backbone = Spine

Beat = Stroke

Be to = Must

Body = Mass

Bare (hand) = Naked

Blow out = Put out

Bounce back = Return = Reflect

Base = Foot

Beyond = Exceeding = Out of = Reach of = Past

Blast = Explode = Destroy

Blur = Become hazy = Indistinct = Not clear

Bland = Tasteless = Dull

Barren = Desert like = Not productive = Arid

Broad = Wide

Bash = Hit

Beneath = Under

Bureau = Department = Division

Bundle = Package

Bore = Drill

C

Crazy = Foolish = Mad = Silly

Close = Near = Shut

Complain = Find fault

Clear up = To take away

Cheat = Deceive

Care for = Like

Charm = Attractive

Cap = Crown

Cop = Police

Chauffeur = Driver

Call of = Cancel

Call up = Telephone

Carry out = Perform = Fulfill = Accomplish

Cut off = Sever = Amputate = Disconnect

Cut out = Eliminate = Delete

Call for = Require = Obtain = Get

Call on = Visit

Care for = Tend = Guard = Supervise

Count on = Rely on = Depend on

Career = Profession

Choose = Select

Combat = Fight = Struggle

Carry on = Conduct = Manage

Cut down = Reduce

Cut in = Interrupt

Convenient = Suitable = Handy

Correspondence = Agreement = Similarity

Counsel = Advise = Suggestions

Conduct = Control = Direct = Manage = Guide

Check = Examine

Comparatively = Relatively

Come out = Appear

Change = Transform

Common = Ordinary

Compress = Condense

Critical = Serious

Comparable = Similar

Charge with = Accuse of

Convert = Change

Combination = Union of

Chat = Talk

Create = Originate

Contact with = Touching

Corrode = Rust

Contribution = Invention

Convince = Persuade

Cut = Cross

Cautious = Careful

Conduction = Transmission

Companion = Friend

Clear = Remove

Crude = Primitive

Curious = Inquisitive

Calm = Still = Peaceful = Quite

Cut out of = Carve = Dig out

Center = Middle

Conceal = Hide

Crevasse = Crack

Compact = Small = Minute

Comparable = Identical = Same as

Commercial = Civilian

Complete = Finish

Cement = Concrete

Collapse = Fall in = Cave in

Core = Center = Interior

Container = Box = Jar

Confine = Limit = Free = Enclose

Compulsory = Required

Capability = Ability

Couple = Link = Connect

Contact = Touching = Meeting

Calm = Still

Coat = Cover

Confusion = Disorder = Chaos

Currency = Money

Comprise = To consist of

Counterfeiters = Forgers = Imitation

Characteristic = Feature

Clay = Firm

Cut off = Separate

Crumble = Disintegrate

D

Disease = Illness

Drop = Fall

Do over = Redo

Dark = Brunette

Decent = Proper = Fitting

Detach = Separate

Dull = Monotonous = Routine = Boring

Deliberate = On purpose

Decorate = Paint = Plaster

Difficulty = Trouble

Data = Information

Discussion = Conference

Determine = Ascertain

Dense = Thick

Direct = Guide

Dent = Depression

Damage = Harm

Design = Plan

Dedication = Devotion

Devote to = Apply to

Define = Explain

Demonstrate to = Show

Dismount = Take of

Dwell = Live

Deal with = Cover = Talk about

Despite = In spite of

Determine = Estimate = Find out = Decide

Digit = Number

Distribute = Give out = Hand out

Defect = Deficiency = Imperfection = Flaw

Detect = Discover = Find

Dripping = Leaking

Depart = Go away = Leave

Demolish = Destroy = Tear down

Discover = Find

Due to = Because of

Destroy = Demolish = Break up = Ruin

Desert = A dry

Debris = Sediment

Deposit = Accumulation

Drown = Suffocation

Disaster = Calamity

Denomination = Value

Distinguished = Famous = Important

Diseases = Dead

Distinctly = Clearly = Definite

Draw to = Attract to

Declare = Announce = Make known

E

Elevator = Lift

Exercise = Drill

Engage = Occupy = Involve

Enormous = Very large

Eventually = At last

Emergency = First aid

Extend = Enlarge = Project

Expand = Enlarge

Establish = Determine = Place = Set up

Erratic = Uncertain = Irregular

Even though = Although

Environment = Surroundings

Enlisted man = Soldier = Airman

Exhibit = Show

Efficient = Capable

Emit = Radiate = Send out

Electric lamps = Light bulbs

Explain = Point out

Emphasize = Stress = Importance

Expenditure = Money spent

Expel = Give off = Eject

Essential = Important = Necessary

Evaporate = Vaporize

Extreme = Drastic

Endure = Suffer = Undergo

Endeavor = Effort = Attempt

Extensive = Vast = Overcome

Envision = Imagine

Examine = Investigate = Look into = Inspect

Excavate = Dig

Effect = Result

Eventually = Finally

Enable = Make possible

Embed = Firmly fix

Even = Also

F

Fatal = Deadly

Filament = Tungsten wire

Furnish = Supply

For instance = For example

Fight off = Repel

Fictitious = Imaginary

Forth = Forward

Flaw = Fault = Defect

Form = Shape = Figure

Foundation = Base

Full = Occupied = Maximum

For good = Permanently = Always

Fertile = Productive = Fruitful

Facilities = Conveniences

Factor = Element

Flood = Inundation

Find out = Get information

Fluctuate = Vary

Flames = Fires

Funds = Money

Fumes = Gas = Smoke = Vapor

G

Get on = Enter = Board

Get off = Leave

Get used to = Become accustomed to

Get = Barrow = Pick up = Buy = Arrive = Receive

Greet = Receive

Give back = Return

Give off = Emit

Give up = Surrender = Abandon

Get around = Evade = Avoid

Get over = Recover from

Go over = Review

Go with = Harmonize

Go by = Pass = Travel

Grim = Stern = Severe

Get rid of = Throw away = Replace

Go back on = Broke

Get through to = Communicate with

Get splice = Get marry

Gripe = Complain

Gust = Stormy

Get through = Finish = Complete

Get down = Reduce

Gathering = Party

Get on with = Continue

Get by with = Succeed = Manage

Go along with = Agree

Giant = Huge = Gigantic

Give a hand = Help

Give in/up = Surrender = Stop = Quit

Grant = Give

Guess = Estimate

Give out = Distribute

Grind = Crush = Mash

Genuine = Real = True

Ground = Dirt

H

Hold up = Rob = Delay = Support

Hand in = Submit

Have on = Be dressed in

Hold off = Delay = Restrain

Hear of = Learn about

Happen = Take place

Handicap = Hinder

Head = Director

Hire = Employee

Handle = Operate

Hear = Listen to

Haul = Pull

Head for = Go

Hollow = Not solid = Empty = Inside

Hide = Cover = Conceal

Hammer = To pound

Hoist = To list

Have a good time = Have fun

Hoist = To lift

Humidity = Moist = Wet air

Hardly = Few = Very little

Hand tools = Implements = Instruments

Huge = Gigantic = Large

I

Injure = Hurt = Damage = Wounded

Innocent = Not guilty

In fact = Actually

Involve = Wrapped up in

Install in = To put in

Indicate = Show = Point out

Intend = Plan

Installation = Base

Intersection = Crossing

Interior = Inside

Inflate = Fill = Put air in

Inform = Notify

Interpret = Explain

In community = Together

Individual = Own

Insert = Put in

Inhale = Breathe in

Imperative = Compulsory

Inch = Psi

I got it = I understand

Indeed = Really

In spite of = Regardless of

Instance = Occasion = Example

Idle = Inactive

Instantaneous = At once = Immediately

Instantly = At once

Initial = First = Beginning

Inner = Inside = Interior

Isolation = Alone

Inspection = Close examination

Imitate = Copy

Inferior = Lower quality = Poor value

J

Journey = To travel = Voyage

Joe = Man

Just = Simply = Only

Just the same = Anyway

Judgment = Opinion = Good sense

Joining = Attaching = Bringing together

K

Kind = Gentle = Sort

Kind of = Sort of

Keep on = Continue

Keen on = Interested in = Fend of = Eager to/for

L

Lucrative = Profitable

Live on = Earn

Leisure = Free time = Spare time

Log = Diary

Lift = To take up = Raise

Look over = Examine = Review

Leave out = Omit

Let down = Disappoint = Betray

Look up = Look for = Seek

Look after = Take care of

Look at = Regard

Look into = Investigate

Leave for = Depart for

Loo = Lavatory = WC

Luggage = Bags = Cases = Trunks

Let = Allow = Permit

Lead to = Go

Locate = Discover = Show

Liquid = Fluid

Lecture = Speech

Lighter = Less dense

Lumberman = Lumberjack = Woodsman

Leak (ing) = Drip (ing)

Lack of = Not having = Deficiency

Lunar = Moon

Last = Continue = Endure

Lifeless = Fatal = Dead = Deceased

Limit = Restrictions

M

Magnificent = Splendid = Excellent

Make it = Come = Succeed

Make up = Invent = Reconcile = Apply cosmetics

Make out = Write

Mix up = Confuse

Manage = Control

Miserable = Terrible

Militant = Extremist

Movement = Rotation = Revolution

Means = Method

Make of = Compose of

Mind = Object = Care

Mission = Assignment = Duty

Make up of = Consist of = Compose of

Major = Main

Minor = Lesser

Mess up = Do sth wrong

Moisture = Dampness

Movement = Motion

Marvelous = Wonderful

Meaningful = Significant

Maintain = Keep = Continue

Moving = Flowing

Mold = Shape

Match = Fit together

Mysterious = Uncanny

Merely = Only = Nothing else

Model = Copy = Pattern

Mission = Trip

Maneuver = Manipulate

Minimize = Reduce = Decrease

Mint from = Make out of

Minute = Very small = Tiny

N

Neat = Tidy

Notify = Report

Named = Appointed

Nevertheless = Yet

Necessary = Essential

Nature = Character

Needle = Magnet

Numerous = Many

Numb = No feeling = Movement

No charge = Free = At no cost

Noticeable = Prominent

O

On time = Just in time

Order = Rule = Authority = Purpose = Intention = Kind

Obvious = Clear = Apparent

Ought to = Should

Oncoming = Advancing = Approaching

Occur = Take place = Happen = Exist

Observe = See = Obey = Notice

Obtain = Get

Once = On one occasion

Of = About

Obstacle = Hindrance

Operate = To function = Run

Outer = Outside

Occupied = Full = In use

Occasionally = Now and then

Original = Initial = First = Earliest

P

Profession = Occupation = Job

Pouring = Raining

Participant = Spectator

Put on = Wear

Property = Possession

Posses = To have = to own

Postpone = Delay

Pass up = Refuse

Pick out = Select = Choose

Point out = Indicate

Put away = Store

Pupil = People

Predictions = Opinions

Put off = Delay

Put up with = Tolerate

Path = Way

Prudence = Wise

Push = Press

Perform = Operate = Do

Performance = Function = Operation

Purchase = Buy

Pedal pad = Rubber pad

Primarily = Mainly = Chiefly = Originally

Press = Force

Particle = Molecule

Primary = First

Precision = Accuracy

Provide = Give

Perspiration = Sweat = Work

Pretty = Rather

Peculiar = Special

Practice = Exercise = Custom

Produce = Generate

Primitive = Crude

Process = Method

Portion = Part

Past = Transmit

Pan = Pot

Pass on = Give

Play a part in = Participate in

Peoples = Race = Nation

Pile = Stack

Pour = Dump out = Spill

Powder = Fine dust

Put together = Combine

Properties = The characteristics = Size

Permanently = Always = Temporarily

Precisely = Exactly

Prior = Before

Pierce = Penetrate

Plumbing = The pipes = Connectors

Pull = Drag = Draw

Permanent = Lasting = Not temporary

Punch = Pierce

Plug up = Stop up

Put back = Replace

Put out = Extinguish

Put off = Postpone

Provision = Supply

Polish = Clean

Q

Quarter = Living area

R

Rely = Depend on = Trust

Respect = Admire

Rip = Tear = Pull = Cut

Rise = To come up = Horizon

Run out of = Finish

Redundant = Unnecessary

Reject = To refuse

Realize = Become aware

Run into = Encounter = To meet

Rotate = Turn

Release = Let out

Repair = Fix

Remainder = Balance

Remove = Dismiss

Reduce = Change

Rather than = Instead of = In place of

Require = Need

Relatively = Comparatively

Rotate = Spin

Remain = Stay

Rapidly = Fast

Remarkable = Amazing = Unbelievable

Render = Give

Remount = Put on

Represent = Stand for

Radiation = Emission

Role = Part

Remarkable = Unusual = Outstanding

Readily = Quickly = Easily = Willingly

Reflect = Turn back = Throw back

Rubber = Black gold

Relate = Tell = Connect

Route = Way

Rescue = Save

Reject = Discard

Rigid = Stiff

Rock = Stone

Relax = Rest

Reduce = Lessen = Decrease

Reliable = Dependable = Trustworthy

Rear = Back = End

Rush = Move = Dash = Run

Recede = Move back

S

Single = Bachelor

Silly = Foolish = Crazy = Mad

Stew = Cook

Sort = Arrange = Direct

Sour = Bitter

Stiff = Difficult

Sentence = Punishment

Shove = Push

Stand for = Endure = Permit = Represent

Strange = Foreign

Satisfy = Fulfill

Strictly = Exact

Steady = Constant = Regular

Skipper = Captain

Splices = Married

Since = Because

Seem = Appear

Signal = Warning

Suppose = Imagine

Seek = Look for

Static = Atmospheric

Set up = Establish = Start

Strict = Rigid

Sometimes = Occasionally

Surround = Encircle

Scout = Search

Strip = Take of

Summit = Peak = Top

Severe = Serious

Surely = Certainly

Seldom = Not often

Stick to = To continue

Sawing = Cutting

Serious = Dangerous

Steady = Unchanging

Set aside = Save

Stuff = Thing

Show = Reveal = Indicate

Simply = Only

Servility = Inferiority

Stand for = Represent

Sudden = Abrupt

Saturate by = Full of

Systematic = Methodical

Send out = Emit

Strike = Hit against

Settle = Make a home

State = Condition

Stretch = Extend

Spirit = Character = Enthusiasm = Attitude

Shelter = Protect

Slick = Slippery

Split = Break = Cut

Sustain = Support

Squeeze out = Force out

Sense = Feeling

Sonar = Ranging

Spot = Pick out = Locate = Recognize

Shock = Jarring

Set out = Begin

Surround = Encircle = Enclose

Search for = Look for

Several = A few

Sure = Certain

Submerge = Go under

Steel = Strong

Site = Place = Location

Sensible = Reasonable

Story = Store = Floor

Shaft = Column

Stand up = Support = Hammer

Scrub = To clean

Strain = Tension = Stress = Nervous

Stand = Endure = Tolerate

Store = Put away

Simulate = Pretend = Imitate

Source = Origin

Soil = Dirt

Swirling = Twisting

Support = Brace

Subway = Tunnel

Stuffy = No air

Seep = Drip = Flow

Scaffold = Framework

Stick = Persist

T

Truck = Lorry

Take in = Go

Thief = Burglar

Take off = Remove

Tear down = Destroy

Throw away = Discard

Try on = Put on

Turn down = Refuse

Try out = Test

Take after = Resemble

Turn = Switch

Take care of = Provide for

Terrain = Area

Trap = Catch

Trash = Basket

Turn in = Go to bed

Take place = Place

Tense = Tight

Think it over = Consider it

Take up = Discuss = Introduce

Take over = Assume control

Turn over = Give away

Thoroughly = Completely = Absolutely

Train = Guide = Teach = Instruct

Tremendous = Very large = Great

Tend = Be inclined

Transport = Carry

Twisting = Curving

Tie = To fasten

Trench = A long = Narrow ditch

Techniques = Methods = Procedures

Toxic = Poisonous

U

Up to you = Depend on you

Under = Beneath = Limitation = Influence of

Uneven = Irregular

Usually = Normally

Undergo = Be exposed to = Submit to

Utilize = Use

V

Varied = Diverse = Variety

Velocity = Speed = Quickness

Volume = Amount

Vibration = Shaking

Vanish = Disappear

Value = Worth

W

Worn out = Exhausted = Run down = Not usable

Will = Promise

Would = Used to

Would rather = Prefer to

Wait on = Serve

Wise = Knowledge = Prudence = Way-manner

Wary = Cautious

Working order = Condition

Warm up = Get warm

Whirlybird = Helicopter = Chopper

Way = Manner

Work out = Accomplish = Develop

Wrap = Cover

Wind up = Finish

Willing to = Agree to

Wonderment = Surprise

Watertight = Water proof

Want = Desire

Withstand = Resist = Appose

Within = In

Wash = Clean