Vocabulaire

someone

Pronom

Exemple: “Someone is at the door.”

Synonymes: somebody

Antonymes: no one

bye

Interjection

Exemple: “Bye! Have a good day.”

Synonymes: goodbye, see you

Antonymes: hello, hi

hi

Interjection

Exemple: “Hi! How are you?”

Synonymes: hello, hey

Antonymes: bye, goodbye

virtuoso

Nom

Exemple: “She is a piano virtuoso.”

Synonymes: master, expert

Antonymes: amateur

neophyte

Nom

Exemple: “He is a neophyte in programming.”

Synonymes: beginner, novice

Antonymes: expert

maverick

Nom

Exemple: “He is a maverick in the industry.”

Synonymes: nonconformist, rebel

Antonymes: conformist

counsel

Verbe

Exemple: “The lawyer will counsel the client.”

Synonymes: advise, guide

Antonymes: mislead

consign

Verbe

Exemple: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Synonymes: deliver, entrust

Antonymes: keep

hostile

Adjectif

Exemple: “The audience became hostile.”

Synonymes: unfriendly, aggressive

Antonymes: friendly

translator

Nom

Exemple: “The translator helped us.”

Synonymes: interpreter

Antonymes: speaker

assessment

Nom

Exemple: “The assessment was fair.”

Synonymes: evaluation, review

Antonymes: ignorance

residence

Nom

Exemple: “This is my official residence.”

Synonymes: home, dwelling

Antonymes: workplace

investor

Nom

Exemple: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Synonymes: backer, financier

Antonymes: borrower

inventor

Nom

Exemple: “The inventor created a new device.”

Synonymes: creator, innovator

Antonymes: copyist

trainee

Nom

Exemple: “The trainee learns from the trainer.”

Synonymes: learner, intern

Antonymes: expert

therapy

Nom

Exemple: “Therapy can help people.”

Synonymes: treatment, counseling

Antonymes: neglect

analyst

Nom

Exemple: “The analyst studied the data.”

Synonymes: researcher, specialist

Antonymes: beginner

client

Nom

Exemple: “The client needs help.”

Synonymes: customer, buyer

Antonymes: seller

lease

Nom

Exemple: “We signed the lease today.”

Synonymes: rental agreement, contract

Antonymes: ownership

professor

Nom

Exemple: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Synonymes: teacher, academic

Antonymes: student

architect

Nom

Exemple: “The architect designed the building.”

Synonymes: building designer

Antonymes: builder

thief

Nom

Exemple: “The thief stole a bag.”

Synonymes: robber, criminal

Antonymes: guard

pilot

Nom

Exemple: “The pilot flies the plane.”

Synonymes: airplane driver

Antonymes: passenger

rent

Nom

Exemple: “The rent is high.”

Synonymes: rental payment

Antonymes: ownership

pronunciation

Nom

Exemple: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Synonymes: speech sound, way of saying

Antonymes: misspelling

appointment

Nom

Exemple: “I have an appointment with a doctor.”

Synonymes: meeting, scheduled visit

Antonymes: cancellation

invention

Nom

Exemple: “The telephone was an important invention.”

Synonymes: creation, innovation

Antonymes: copy

interest

Nom

Exemple: “I have an interest in music.”

Synonymes: curiosity, attention

Antonymes: boredom

customer

Nom

Exemple: “The customer is in the shop.”

Synonymes: client, buyer

Antonymes: seller

fan

Nom

Exemple: “Turn on the fan.”

Synonymes: ventilator

Antonymes: heater

pressurize

Verbe

Exemple: “Do not let them pressurize you into agreeing.”

Synonymes: coerce, pressure

Antonymes: relieve, ease

indulgence

Nom

Exemple: “Chocolate is my one small indulgence.”

Synonymes: luxury, leniency

Antonymes: restraint, discipline

imposition

Nom

Exemple: “He apologized for the imposition.”

Synonymes: burden, intrusion

Antonymes: favor, relief

harassment

Nom

Exemple: “The company has strict rules against harassment.”

Synonymes: abuse, intimidation

Antonymes: respect, protection

contractor

Nom

Exemple: “The contractor finished the work ahead of schedule.”

Synonymes: builder, service provider

Antonymes: client, customer

hug

Nom

Exemple: “She gave her friend a warm hug.”

Synonymes: embrace

Antonymes: push away

certification

Nom

Exemple: “This job requires professional certification.”

Synonymes: qualification proof, approval

Antonymes: disqualification

skateboarder

Nom

Exemple: “The skateboarder performed a difficult trick.”

Synonymes: skater

Antonymes:

beat

Verbe

Exemple: “Our team beat the champions last night.”

Synonymes: defeat, hit

Antonymes: lose

fit

Verbe

Exemple: “These shoes do not fit me well.”

Synonymes: match, healthy

Antonymes: unfit, mismatch

environmentalist

Nom

Exemple: “The environmentalist spoke about climate change.”

Synonymes: green activist

Antonymes: polluter

storyteller

Nom

Exemple: “My grandfather is a wonderful storyteller.”

Synonymes: narrator

Antonymes: listener

steal

Verbe

Exemple: “Someone tried to steal my bike.”

Synonymes: take illegally

Antonymes: return, give

wait

Verbe

Exemple: “Wait for me at the door.”

Synonymes: stay, pause

Antonymes: go

tell

Verbe

Exemple: “Please tell me the truth.”

Synonymes: say, inform

Antonymes: hide

show

Nom

Exemple: “Please show me your drawing.”

Synonymes: display

Antonymes: hide

sell

Verbe

Exemple: “They sell fruit in the market.”

Synonymes: trade

Antonymes: buy

meet

Verbe

Exemple: “Let’s meet after school.”

Synonymes: see, greet

Antonymes: miss

unnervingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He remained unnervingly calm during the emergency.”

Synonymes: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonymes: reassuringly, comfortingly

taste-maker

Nom

Exemple: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Synonymes: trendsetter, influencer

Antonymes: follower, outsider

maliciously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The rumor had been spread maliciously.”

Synonymes: spitefully, malevolently

Antonymes: kindly, benevolently

indulgently

Adverbe

Exemple: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Synonymes: leniently, tolerantly

Antonymes: strictly, severely

mountaineer

Nom

Exemple: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Synonymes: climber, alpinist

Antonymes:

beguilingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She smiled beguilingly and changed the subject.”

Synonymes: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonymes: repulsively, harshly

veneration

Nom

Exemple: “The monument became a symbol of public veneration.”

Synonymes: reverence, admiration

Antonymes: disrespect, contempt

unsettling

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was something deeply unsettling about the silence in the house.”

Synonymes: disturbing, disquieting

Antonymes: comforting, reassuring

fire

Verbe

Exemple: “The company may fire workers if sales keep falling.”

Synonymes: dismiss, flame

Antonymes: hire

envy

Verbe

Exemple: “It is pointless to envy someone else's success.”

Synonymes: jealousy, covet

Antonymes: admire, contentment

tire

Verbe

Exemple: “Long meetings tire me quickly.”

Synonymes: exhaust, wheel cover

Antonymes: refresh

kiss

Verbe

Exemple: “She gave her son a kiss before school.”

Synonymes: peck

Antonymes: slap

follow

Verbe

Exemple: “Please follow the instructions carefully.”

Synonymes: go after, obey

Antonymes: ignore, lead

except

Préposition

Exemple: “Everyone came except Tom.”

Synonymes: apart from

Antonymes: including

belong

Verbe

Exemple: “These keys belong to my brother.”

Synonymes: be owned by

Antonymes: be separate from

advise

Verbe

Exemple: “I advise you to save your work often.”

Synonymes: recommend, suggest

Antonymes: discourage

admire

Verbe

Exemple: “I really admire her patience.”

Synonymes: respect, appreciate

Antonymes: dislike

thank

Verbe

Exemple: “I want to thank you for your help.”

Synonymes: express gratitude

Antonymes: insult

teach

Verbe

Exemple: “She teaches math at school.”

Synonymes: instruct

Antonymes: learn

judge

Nom

Exemple: “Do not judge people too quickly.”

Synonymes: evaluate

Antonymes: ignore

greet

Verbe

Exemple: “She greeted us with a smile.”

Synonymes: welcome

Antonymes: ignore

doing

Nom

Exemple: “What are you doing right now?”

Synonymes: performing

Antonymes: stopping

bring

Verbe

Exemple: “Please bring your notebook tomorrow.”

Synonymes: carry

Antonymes: take away

accountability

Nom

Exemple: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonymes: responsibility

Antonymes: impunity

resuscitation

Nom

Exemple: “The project needed resuscitation after the funding collapsed.”

Synonymes: revival

Antonymes: abandonment

magnanimously

Adverbe

Exemple: “She magnanimously credited the team for the success.”

Synonymes: generously

Antonymes: pettily

interrogation

Nom

Exemple: “The interrogation revealed contradictions in his story.”

Synonymes: questioning

disparagingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Synonymes: scornfully

Antonymes: respectfully

deprecatingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Synonymes: self-effacingly

Antonymes: proudly

practitioner

Nom

Exemple: “A skilled practitioner balances theory with experience.”

Synonymes: professional

Antonymes: amateur

octogenarian

Nom

Exemple: “The octogenarian still runs his business every morning.”

Synonymes: eighty-year-old

sarcastically

Adverbe

Exemple: “She answered sarcastically, which made things worse.”

Synonymes: ironically

Antonymes: sincerely