Vocabulaire

direct

Adjectif

Exemple: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”

Synonymes: straight, immediate

Antonymes: indirect

director

Nom

Exemple: “The director is in the office.”

Synonymes: manager, leader

Antonymes: employee

direction

/dəˈrekʃən/

Exemple: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”

Synonymes: charge, counsel, guidance

innuendo

Nom

Exemple: “The article was full of innuendo.”

Synonymes: hint, suggestion

Antonymes: direct statement

allusion

Nom

Exemple: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”

Synonymes: reference, hint

Antonymes: direct statement

oblique

Adjectif

Exemple: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

connote

Verbe

Exemple: “The word can connote danger.”

Synonymes: suggest, imply

Antonymes: denote

allude

Verbe

Exemple: “He did not allude to the problem.”

Synonymes: hint, refer indirectly

Antonymes: state clearly

oversee

Verbe

Exemple: “The director will oversee the project.”

Synonymes: supervise, manage

Antonymes: ignore

supervisor

Nom

Exemple: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Synonymes: manager, boss

Antonymes: trainee

catalog

Nom

Exemple: “Look at the product catalog.”

Synonymes: list, directory

Antonymes: single item

recipe

Nom

Exemple: “This recipe is easy.”

Synonymes: cooking instructions

Antonymes: random cooking

instruction

Nom

Exemple: “Read the instruction carefully.”

Synonymes: direction, guide

Antonymes: confusion

vocational

Adjectif

Exemple: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”

Synonymes: career-oriented, technical

Antonymes: academic, general

unmediated

Adjectif

Exemple: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”

Synonymes: direct, immediate

Antonymes: mediated, filtered

figurative

Adjectif

Exemple: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”

Synonymes: symbolic, metaphorical

Antonymes: literal, direct

denotation

Nom

Exemple: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

Synonymes: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonymes: connotation, implication

superintendent

Nom

Exemple: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

Synonymes: supervisor, manager

Antonymes: worker

south

Nom

Exemple: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”

Synonymes: southern direction

Antonymes: north

north

Nom

Exemple: “They traveled to the north of the country.”

Synonymes: northern direction

Antonymes: south

frank

Adjectif

Exemple: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”

Synonymes: honest, direct

Antonymes: secretive, dishonest

turn

Verbe

Exemple: “Turn left at the corner.”

Synonymes: rotate, go

Antonymes: stay

euphemistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”

Synonymes: indirect, softened

Antonymes: blunt, explicit

allegorical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

Synonymes: symbolic, figurative

Antonymes: literal, direct

meaningless

Adjectif

Exemple: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”

Synonymes: pointless, insignificant

Antonymes: meaningful, significant

urge

Verbe

Exemple: “I urge you to check the data again.”

Synonymes: encourage strongly, push

Antonymes: discourage

lead

Verbe

Exemple: “She will lead the new project team.”

Synonymes: guide, direct

Antonymes: follow

folder

Nom

Exemple: “Save the file in the blue folder.”

Synonymes: directory, file holder

Antonymes: loose file

prescriptive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”

Synonymes: directive

Antonymes: descriptive

imply

Verbe

Exemple: “Are you implying that I lied?”

Synonymes: suggest

Antonymes: state

control

Verbe

Exemple: “I can’t control the weather.”

Synonymes: manage

Antonymes: lose control

against

Préposition

Exemple: “I am against this plan.”

Synonymes: opposed to

Antonymes: for

toward

Préposition

Exemple: “Walk toward the door.”

Synonymes: to

Antonymes: away from

around

Préposition

Exemple: “There are trees around the house.”

Synonymes: near

Antonymes: far

euphemistically

Adverbe

Exemple: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””

Synonymes: indirectly

Antonymes: bluntly

steer

Verbe

Exemple: “He steered the car carefully.”

Synonymes: guide

Antonymes: mislead

forward

Adverbe

Exemple: “Move forward, please.”

Synonymes: ahead

Antonymes: back

right

Adjectif

Exemple: “This answer is right.”

Synonymes: correct

Antonymes: wrong

divergent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”

implicit

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Exemple: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Synonymes: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

trend

/trend/

Exemple: “This trend is growing.”

Synonymes: slew, drift, slue

focus

/ˈfoʊkəs/

Exemple: “Try to focus on your work.”

Synonymes: nidus, stress, concentrate

Antonymes: dim, slur, blear