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Noun
Example: “The delivery is fast.”
Synonyms: shipment, transport
Antonyms: pickup
Verb
Example: “The document delineates the main risks.”
Synonyms: outline
Adjective
Example: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”
Synonyms: intentional, calculated
Antonyms: accidental, impulsive
Example: “We stopped at a delicatessen for cheese and cured meat.”
Synonyms: deli
/dɪˈlɪvər/
Example: “They deliver food to our office.”
Synonyms: render, present, cede
Example: “They consigned the goods to storage.”
Synonyms: deliver, entrust
Antonyms: keep
Example: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”
Synonyms: hinder, obstruct
Antonyms: help
Example: “Shipping is free today.”
Synonyms: delivery, transport
Example: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”
Synonyms: contrariness, depravity
Antonyms: reasonableness, decency
Example: “He tried to ingratiate himself with the boss.”
Synonyms: charm, curry favor
Antonyms: alienate, offend
Example: “For many, education is a path to salvation from poverty.”
Synonyms: rescue, deliverance
Antonyms: ruin, damnation
Adverb
Example: “The audience applauded rapturously at the finale.”
Synonyms: ecstatically, enthusiastically
Antonyms: coldly, indifferently
Example: “The statement was seen as a deliberate provocation.”
Synonyms: incitement, taunt
Antonyms: appeasement, calm
Example: “The story turned out to be a complete fabrication.”
Synonyms: invention, falsehood
Antonyms: truth, fact
Example: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”
Synonyms: shipment, delivery batch
Antonyms:
Example: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”
Synonyms: pretension, artifice
Antonyms: naturalness, sincerity
Example: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”
Synonyms: naturally, instinctively
Antonyms: deliberately, awkwardly
Example: “Her reaction was immediate and instinctive.”
Synonyms: innate, natural
Antonyms: deliberate, calculated
Example: “I received your mail this morning.”
Synonyms: post, message
Example: “We are contractually obliged to deliver by June.”
Synonyms: by agreement
Antonyms: informally
Example: “They spontaneously changed the plan at the last minute.”
Synonyms: impulsively
Antonyms: deliberately
Example: “She instinctively stepped back when she heard the noise.”
Synonyms: naturally
Example: “The price includes delivery.”
Synonyms: cost
Example: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”
Synonyms: ambiguous, unclear
Antonyms: explicit
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
Example: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”
Synonyms: palter, equivocate, tergiversate
/səˈlɪləkwɪ/
Example: “The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy.”
Synonyms: monologue
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
Example: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”
Synonyms: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate
Example: “There was a subtle shift in his tone.”
Synonyms: insidious, delicate, pernicious
Example: “She delivered a coherent argument backed by evidence.”
Synonyms: tenacious, rational, orderly
Antonyms: incoherent
Example: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”
Synonyms: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal
Antonyms: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous
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