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Noun
Example: “It doesn’t matter.”
Synonyms: be important
Example: “Chemistry is my favorite subject.”
Synonyms: science of substances
Antonyms: literature
Example: “Physics is an interesting subject.”
Synonyms: science of nature
Antonyms: art
Example: “The meeting agenda is short.”
Synonyms: plan, schedule
Antonyms: disorder
Example: “I have only a smattering of Italian.”
Synonyms: small amount, little knowledge
Antonyms: mastery, expertise
Example: “In ancient cultures, divination was often linked to religion.”
Synonyms: fortune-telling, prophecy
Antonyms: reason, science
Adjective
Example: “Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic.”
Synonyms: relevant, applicable
Antonyms: irrelevant, unrelated
Example: “The old house was heated with coal.”
Synonyms: fuel
Antonyms:
Example: “The novel criticizes modern materialism.”
Synonyms: consumerism, worldliness
Antonyms: spirituality, idealism
Example: “The lawyer objected to the irrelevancy of the question.”
Synonyms: irrelevance, inapplicability
Antonyms: relevance, pertinence
Example: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”
Synonyms: bulk, quantity
Antonyms: emptiness
Example: “That is the best thing about this job.”
Synonyms: object, matter
Antonyms: nothing
Adverb
Example: “He spoke nostalgically about the early days of the company.”
Synonyms: wistfully
Antonyms: matter-of-factly
Example: “She instinctively stepped back when she heard the noise.”
Synonyms: naturally
Antonyms: deliberately
Example: “A panel of experts reviewed the report.”
Synonyms: committee
/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/
Example: “It was a quixotic attempt to change everything overnight.”
Synonyms: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic
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