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Noun
Example: “The government has a budget deficit.”
Synonyms: shortage, lack
Antonyms: surplus
Example: “This issue is outside my remit.”
Synonyms: responsibility, scope
Antonyms: irrelevance
Adjective
Example: “Dalí was a famous surrealist painter.”
Synonyms: artist of surrealism
Antonyms: realist
Example: “The policy caused dissension within the party.”
Synonyms: discord, disagreement
Antonyms: harmony, unity
Example: “The study revealed a startling result.”
Synonyms: surprising, shocking
Antonyms: ordinary, expected
Adverb
Example: “Even my little brother knew the answer.”
Synonyms: also, flat
Antonyms: uneven
Example: “The archive revealed an unsuspected source of influence.”
Synonyms: unexpected, unimagined
Antonyms: suspected, expected
Example: “The studio expected the movie to become a summer blockbuster.”
Synonyms: hit, smash success
Antonyms: flop, failure
Example: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”
Synonyms: deceitfully
Antonyms: reliably
Example: “The announcement caused consternation across the industry.”
Synonyms: dismay
Antonyms: reassurance
Example: “Investors reacted euphorically to the unexpected results.”
Synonyms: ecstatically
Antonyms: gloomily
Example: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”
Synonyms: underwhelming
Antonyms: dramatic
Example: “There’s something queer about this story.”
Synonyms: odd
Antonyms: normal
Example: “He has an average score.”
Synonyms: typical
Antonyms: excellent
Example: “There was a sudden noise.”
Synonyms: unexpected
Antonyms: expected
Example: “I already ate breakfast.”
Synonyms: by now
Antonyms: not yet
Example: “That sound is strange.”
Example: “She is late.”
Synonyms: tardy
Antonyms: early
Example: “I wake up early.”
Synonyms: soon
Antonyms: late
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