Vocabolario

anti

prefix

Esempio: “The group is strongly anti war.”

Sinonimi: against

Antonimi: pro

antiquated

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system is antiquated and inefficient.”

Sinonimi: outdated, obsolete

Antonimi: modern, up-to-date

antipollution

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The city introduced new antipollution measures.”

Sinonimi: anti-smog, clean-air

Antonimi: polluting

antithetical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their goals are antithetical to everything we’re trying to build.”

Sinonimi: opposed

Antonimi: compatible

anticlimactic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”

Sinonimi: underwhelming

Antonimi: dramatic

anticipate

/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

Esempio: “We anticipate higher demand in spring.”

Sinonimi: call, forestall, foretell

abundance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The garden has an abundance of flowers.”

Sinonimi: plenty, wealth

Antonimi: scarcity

abundant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The country has abundant natural resources.”

Sinonimi: plentiful, rich

Antonimi: scarce

oblique

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: indirect, slanted

Antonimi: direct

statistics

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Sinonimi: data analysis, numbers

Antonimi: guesswork

vitamin

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Vitamin D is important.”

Sinonimi: nutrient

Antonimi: toxin

mathematics

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Mathematics is useful.”

Sinonimi: math

Antonimi: literature

addition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The addition of new words is helpful.”

Sinonimi: increase, extra part

Antonimi: removal

quantity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need a large quantity of water.”

Sinonimi: amount

retrospect

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In retrospect, the risk was obvious.”

Sinonimi: hindsight, review

Antonimi: foresight, anticipation

procedural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delay was caused by a procedural error.”

Sinonimi: formal, process-related

Antonimi: substantive, informal

mercantile

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The city grew as a mercantile center.”

Sinonimi: commercial, trading

Antonimi: noncommercial, nonprofit

hysterical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She became hysterical when she heard the news.”

Sinonimi: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonimi: calm, composed

marginally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Sales improved only marginally.”

Sinonimi: slightly, barely

Antonimi: substantially, greatly

estimation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My estimation of the cost was too low.”

Sinonimi: calculation, assessment

Antonimi: fact, measurement

beforehand

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please let us know beforehand if you cannot come.”

Sinonimi: in advance, earlier

Antonimi: afterward, later

hate

Verbo

Esempio: “I hate waking up early on Sundays.”

Sinonimi: dislike strongly

Antonimi: love

gay

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: homosexual

Antonimi: straight

qualitative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The study combines quantitative and qualitative methods.”

Sinonimi: descriptive, non-numerical

Antonimi: quantitative, numerical

elephantine

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The project became elephantine and impossible to manage.”

Sinonimi: massive, cumbersome

Antonimi: compact, nimble

mass

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Sinonimi: bulk, quantity

Antonimi: emptiness

worst

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: least good

Antonimi: best

ingratiating

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His ingratiating manner felt calculated rather than sincere.”

Sinonimi: sycophantic

Antonimi: genuine

substantially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The new policy substantially reduced complaints.”

Sinonimi: significantly

Antonimi: slightly

relic

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum displayed a relic from ancient times.”

Sinonimi: artifact

equal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Everyone should have equal rights.”

Sinonimi: same

Antonimi: unequal

social

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is very social.”

Sinonimi: friendly

Antonimi: anti-social

transatlantic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They discussed transatlantic cooperation.”

Sinonimi: international

Antonimi: domestic

substantiated

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The claim was substantiated.”

Sinonimi: verified

Antonimi: unproven

substantial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was substantial evidence.”

Sinonimi: considerable

Antonimi: minor

theory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The theory explains the results.”

Sinonimi: concept, model

Antonimi: fact

expect

Verbo

Esempio: “I expect good results.”

Sinonimi: hope, anticipate

Antonimi: doubt

substantiate

Verbo

Esempio: “You must substantiate the claim with reliable data.”

Sinonimi: sustain, affirm, support

Antonimi: negate, contradict