Vocabulaire

super

Adjectif

Exemple: “That was a super idea.”

Synonymes: great, excellent

Antonymes: awful

supervisor

Nom

Exemple: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Synonymes: manager, boss

Antonymes: trainee

supermarket

Nom

Exemple: “I buy food at the supermarket.”

Synonymes: market, store

Antonymes: home

superintendent

Nom

Exemple: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

Synonymes: supervisor, manager

Antonymes: worker

superfluous

Adjectif

Exemple: “Most of the explanation was superfluous.”

Synonymes: unnecessary, redundant

Antonymes: essential, necessary

superfluously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The document was superfluously long and hard to scan.”

Synonymes: unnecessarily

Antonymes: essentially

superficial

Adjectif

Exemple: “Their analysis was superficial and missed the core issue.”

Synonymes: shallow

Antonymes: thorough

superficially

Adverbe

Exemple: “He only understood the issue superficially.”

Synonymes: shallowly

Antonymes: thoroughly

supercilious

/ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs/

Exemple: “His supercilious tone annoyed people.”

Synonymes: snide, haughty, proud

opulent

Adjectif

Exemple: “They stayed in an opulent hotel.”

Synonymes: luxurious, rich

Antonymes: poor

oversee

Verbe

Exemple: “The director will oversee the project.”

Synonymes: supervise, manage

Antonymes: ignore

staff

Nom

Exemple: “The staff is friendly.”

Synonymes: employees, team

Antonymes: customers

advantage

Nom

Exemple: “Good English is an advantage.”

Synonymes: benefit, plus

Antonymes: disadvantage

redundancy

Nom

Exemple: “The report suffers from redundancy in several sections.”

Synonymes: superfluity, repetition

Antonymes: necessity, economy

divination

Nom

Exemple: “In ancient cultures, divination was often linked to religion.”

Synonymes: fortune-telling, prophecy

Antonymes: reason, science

profoundly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech profoundly affected the audience.”

Synonymes: deeply, greatly

Antonymes: slightly, superficially

insightful

Adjectif

Exemple: “Her questions were insightful and precise.”

Synonymes: perceptive, thoughtful

Antonymes: superficial, shallow

prophetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Synonymes: predictive, visionary

Antonymes: unpredictive, ordinary

magic

Nom

Exemple: “The film is full of magic and wonder.”

Synonymes: sorcery

Antonymes: reality

redundantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The idea was expressed redundantly several times.”

Synonymes: repetitively, superfluously

Antonymes: succinctly, economically

patronizing

Adjectif

Exemple: “Her patronizing tone irritated the audience.”

Synonymes: condescending, superior

Antonymes: respectful, humble

worst

Adjectif

Exemple: “That was the worst day of the week.”

Synonymes: least good

Antonymes: best

subordinate

Adjectif

Exemple: “He refused to be treated as subordinate in the partnership.”

Synonymes: junior

Antonymes: superior

faith

Nom

Exemple: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Synonymes: belief

Antonymes: doubt

award

Nom

Exemple: “She received an award for her work.”

Synonymes: prize

nurse

Nom

Exemple: “The nurse helped the patient.”

Synonymes: caregiver

Antonymes: patient