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/sɪt/
Example: “Sit here.”
Synonyms: model, pose, posture
Antonyms: lie, rise, arise
Noun
Example: “This site has many useful lessons.”
Synonyms: place, webpage
Antonyms:
Verb
Example: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”
Synonyms: demote, downgrade
Antonyms: promote
Adjective
Example: “She is an eminent scientist.”
Synonyms: distinguished, famous
Antonyms: unknown
Example: “They consigned the goods to storage.”
Synonyms: deliver, entrust
Antonyms: keep
Example: “The university is of high repute.”
Synonyms: reputation, standing
Antonyms: disgrace
Example: “She had no qualm about refusing.”
Synonyms: doubt, hesitation
Antonyms: certainty
Example: “Embed the video on the website.”
Synonyms: insert, place inside
Antonyms: remove
Example: “The website gave bogus information.”
Synonyms: fake, false
Antonyms: real
Example: “Diversity can strengthen a team.”
Synonyms: variety, difference
Antonyms: uniformity
Example: “Draw a vertical line.”
Synonyms: upright
Antonyms: horizontal
Example: “This scenario is possible.”
Synonyms: situation, case
Example: “He sent his resignation yesterday.”
Synonyms: quitting, stepping down
Antonyms: appointment
Example: “The programmer fixed the website.”
Synonyms: developer, coder
Antonyms: nontechnical user
Example: “The purchase was successful.”
Synonyms: buying, order
Antonyms: sale
Example: “The official answered the question.”
Synonyms: officer, authority
Antonyms: private citizen
Example: “University tuition is expensive.”
Synonyms: education fee
Antonyms: scholarship
Example: “She wrote a thesis at university.”
Synonyms: research paper, argument
Antonyms: summary
Example: “The user opened the website.”
Synonyms: customer, person
Antonyms: admin
Example: “He got a promotion at work.”
Synonyms: advancement, raise
Antonyms: demotion
Example: “The professor teaches chemistry.”
Synonyms: teacher, academic
Antonyms: student
Example: “Chemistry is my favorite subject.”
Synonyms: science of substances
Antonyms: literature
Example: “The election is in May.”
Synonyms: vote, poll
Example: “This chemical is dangerous.”
Synonyms: substance
Antonyms: natural material
Example: “The lecture starts at ten.”
Synonyms: talk, lesson
Antonyms: break
Example: “Write an essay about your family.”
Synonyms: composition, short paper
Antonyms: list
Example: “We sit on the bench.”
Synonyms: seat
Antonyms: floor
Example: “I have an appointment with a doctor.”
Synonyms: meeting, scheduled visit
Antonyms: cancellation
Example: “She studies at a university.”
Synonyms: college, higher education school
Antonyms: kindergarten
Example: “Call the doctor in an emergency.”
Synonyms: crisis, urgent situation
Antonyms: normal situation
Example: “Good English is an advantage.”
Synonyms: benefit, plus
Antonyms: disadvantage
Example: “She does research at the university.”
Synonyms: study, investigation
Antonyms: guess
Example: “I have an interest in music.”
Synonyms: curiosity, attention
Antonyms: boredom
Example: “This website is useful.”
Synonyms: site, web page
Antonyms: offline page
Example: “I take a bath at night.”
Synonyms: wash, bathtub
Antonyms: shower
Example: “I have a new job.”
Synonyms: work, position
Antonyms: unemployment
Example: “This website is a useful resource.”
Synonyms: material
Example: “The main disadvantage is the price.”
Synonyms: drawback
Antonyms: advantage
Example: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”
Synonyms: mastery, brilliance
Antonyms: clumsiness, mediocrity
Example: “Surrealism challenged traditional ideas about art.”
Synonyms: art movement
Antonyms: realism
Example: “Our house is sandwiched between two tall buildings.”
Synonyms: wedged, placed between
Antonyms: separate, isolated
Example: “The report suffers from redundancy in several sections.”
Synonyms: superfluity, repetition
Antonyms: necessity, economy
Example: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”
Synonyms: contrariness, depravity
Antonyms: reasonableness, decency
Example: “The ostensible reason for the visit was business.”
Synonyms: apparent, supposed
Antonyms: real, genuine
Adverb
Example: “Time moves inexorably forward.”
Synonyms: relentlessly, inevitably
Antonyms: hesitantly, reversibly
Example: “The bonus served as an inducement to stay.”
Synonyms: incentive, motivation
Antonyms: deterrent, discouragement
Example: “He apologized for the imposition.”
Synonyms: burden, intrusion
Antonyms: favor, relief
Example: “Late payment may result in forfeiture of the deposit.”
Synonyms: loss, seizure
Antonyms: retention, recovery
Example: “The factory demands strict uniformity in production.”
Synonyms: consistency, sameness
Antonyms: variety, diversity
Example: “He was unenviably placed between two angry groups.”
Synonyms: awkwardly, unpleasantly
Antonyms: admirably, comfortably
Example: “She was in the unenviable position of choosing who to dismiss.”
Synonyms: unpleasant, awkward
Antonyms: enviable, desirable
Example: “The contract includes several important provisions.”
Synonyms: terms, supplies
Antonyms: omissions, shortages
Example: “She seemed impervious to criticism.”
Synonyms: unaffected, immune
Antonyms: vulnerable, sensitive
Example: “He is too headstrong to take advice.”
Synonyms: stubborn, willful
Antonyms: obedient, flexible
Example: “The meaning is easier to grasp with contextual clues.”
Synonyms: situational, related to context
Antonyms: isolated, decontextualized
Example: “A sedentary lifestyle can harm your health.”
Synonyms: inactive, stationary
Antonyms: active, energetic
Example: “We sat for hours and reminisced about university.”
Synonyms: recall, remember fondly
Antonyms: forget, overlook
Example: “We were late because of a traffic jam.”
Synonyms: preserve, blockage
Antonyms: clear road
Example: “He slipped and landed on his bum.”
Synonyms: bottom
Example: “She worked part-time while she was an undergraduate.”
Synonyms: college student
Antonyms: graduate
Example: “Her father-in-law visits every weekend.”
Synonyms: relative by marriage
Example: “Heat speeds up the decomposition of food.”
Synonyms: decay, breakdown
Antonyms: growth
Example: “I hope everything goes well.”
Synonyms: wish, expect positively
Antonyms: despair
Example: “The old house was heated with coal.”
Synonyms: fuel
Example: “I have not finished yet.”
Synonyms: so far, still
Antonyms: already
Example: “The cat was sitting on top of the wall.”
Synonyms: upper part, peak
Antonyms: bottom
Example: “Please lie down and rest.”
Synonyms: rest, falsehood
Antonyms: stand, truth
Example: “Public transportation is cheap in this city.”
Synonyms: travel system, transit
Antonyms: walking
Example: “She studies biochemistry at university.”
Synonyms: life chemistry
Example: “She finished in third place.”
Synonyms: number three
Antonyms: first
Example: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”
Synonyms: southern direction
Antonyms: north
Example: “They visited the royal palace.”
Synonyms: kingly
Antonyms: ordinary
Example: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”
Synonyms: lift
Antonyms: lower
Example: “They traveled to the north of the country.”
Synonyms: northern direction
Antonyms: south
Preposition
Example: “Given the weather, we stayed home.”
Synonyms: provided, considering
Antonyms: taken away
Example: “I visit my grandmother every week.”
Synonyms: seven days
Antonyms: day
Example: “The ice is too thin.”
Synonyms: slim
Antonyms: thick
Example: “Stand on this side of the road.”
Synonyms: part, edge
Antonyms: center
Example: “She has an important role in the play.”
Synonyms: part
Example: “Please move this chair.”
Synonyms: go, shift
Antonyms: stay
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