Vocabulaire

open

/ˈoʊpən/

Exemple: “Open the door.”

Synonymes: conspicuous, candid, free

Antonymes: close, fold, shut

insular

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company had an insular culture.”

Synonymes: narrow-minded, isolated

Antonymes: open-minded

inclusive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The school has an inclusive policy.”

Synonymes: welcoming, open to all

Antonymes: exclusive

cabinet

Nom

Exemple: “The cups are in the cabinet.”

Synonymes: cupboard, storage unit

Antonymes: open shelf

user

Nom

Exemple: “The user opened the website.”

Synonymes: customer, person

Antonymes: admin

door

Nom

Exemple: “Close the door, please.”

Synonymes: entrance

Antonymes: window

window

Nom

Exemple: “Open the window, please.”

Synonymes: glass opening

Antonymes: wall

floodgates

Nom

Exemple: “The decision opened the floodgates to further complaints.”

Synonymes: sluice gates, barriers

Antonymes: closure, blockage

stuffiness

Nom

Exemple: “The room’s stuffiness made it hard to breathe.”

Synonymes: staleness, formality

Antonymes: freshness, openness

withdrawn

Adjectif

Exemple: “He became quiet and withdrawn after the move.”

Synonymes: reserved, isolated

Antonymes: outgoing, open

ventilate

Verbe

Exemple: “Open the windows to ventilate the room.”

Synonymes: air out, oxygenate

Antonymes: seal, stifle

tub

Nom

Exemple: “The ice cream came in a large tub.”

Synonymes: container, bath

Antonymes:

bud

Nom

Exemple: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Synonymes: young flower

Antonymes: full bloom

tin

Nom

Exemple: “We opened a tin of soup.”

Synonymes: can, metal

Antonymes:

gay

Adjectif

Exemple: “He said openly that he is gay.”

Synonymes: homosexual

Antonymes: straight

gap

Nom

Exemple: “There is a gap between the two buildings.”

Synonymes: space, opening

Antonymes: connection, closure

introduction

Nom

Exemple: “The book has a short introduction at the beginning.”

Synonymes: opening, presentation

Antonymes: conclusion

selectivity

Nom

Exemple: “The school is known for the selectivity of its admissions process.”

Synonymes: discrimination, careful choice

Antonymes: openness, inclusiveness

proprietary

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company uses proprietary software for data analysis.”

Synonymes: private, exclusive

Antonymes: open-source, public

ingenuously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He ingenuously admitted that he had not read the contract.”

Synonymes: naively, innocently

Antonymes: cunningly, calculatingly

inclusively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

defy

Verbe

Exemple: “He chose to defy the unfair rule.”

Synonymes: resist, challenge

Antonymes: obey

slot

Nom

Exemple: “I booked a time slot for Friday morning.”

Synonymes: opening, time period

Antonymes: block

shut

Verbe

Exemple: “Please shut the window before you leave.”

Synonymes: close

Antonymes: open

push

Verbe

Exemple: “Push the door gently to open it.”

Synonymes: press, shove

Antonymes: pull

shake

Verbe

Exemple: “Shake the bottle before opening it.”

Synonymes: move, tremble

Antonymes: steady

surreptitious

Adjectif

Exemple: “He took a surreptitious look at the notes during the meeting.”

Synonymes: covert

Antonymes: open

preconception

Nom

Exemple: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Synonymes: bias

Antonymes: open-mindedness

refurbishment

Nom

Exemple: “The hotel reopened after a major refurbishment.”

Synonymes: renovation

Antonymes: neglect

rusty

Adjectif

Exemple: “The gate is rusty and hard to open.”

Synonymes: corroded

Antonymes: shiny

force

Nom

Exemple: “They used force to open the door.”

Synonymes: power

Antonymes: weakness

flute

Nom

Exemple: “She plays the flute in a band.”

itself

Pronom

Exemple: “The door opened by itself.”

Synonymes: on its own

surreptitiously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He surreptitiously recorded the conversation.”

Synonymes: covertly

Antonymes: openly

outside

Préposition

Exemple: “The children are playing outside.”

Synonymes: outdoors

Antonymes: inside

equivocal

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Synonymes: ambiguous, unclear

Antonymes: explicit

closed

Adjectif

Exemple: “The shop is closed.”

Synonymes: shut

Antonymes: open

ambiguous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Synonymes: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonymes: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous

close

/kloʊz/

Exemple: “Close the window.”

Synonymes: good, intimate, warm

Antonymes: open, distant, open up