Vocabolario

but

Congiunzione

Esempio: “I wanted to go, but I was too tired.”

Sinonimi: however

Antonimi: and

button

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Press the button.”

Sinonimi: switch, key

Antonimi: hole

recourse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They had no recourse but to sue.”

Sinonimi: option, remedy

Antonimi: helplessness

merit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proposal has merit.”

Sinonimi: value, worth

Antonimi: fault

angst

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Teenagers often feel social angst.”

Sinonimi: anxiety, worry

Antonimi: calm

assistant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The assistant helped the teacher.”

Sinonimi: helper, aide

Antonimi: leader

delivery

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The delivery is fast.”

Sinonimi: shipment, transport

Antonimi: pickup

economy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The economy is growing.”

Sinonimi: financial system

Antonimi: poverty

belt

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I need a belt.”

Sinonimi: strap

Antonimi: button

personality

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a strong personality.”

Sinonimi: character, nature

Antonimi: facelessness

ostensible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ostensible reason for the visit was business.”

Sinonimi: apparent, supposed

Antonimi: real, genuine

inartistic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The design was practical but inartistic.”

Sinonimi: plain, uncreative

Antonimi: artistic, aesthetic

denotation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonimi: connotation, implication

tap

Verbo

Esempio: “Tap the screen to continue.”

Sinonimi: touch lightly, faucet

Antonimi: slam

qualification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has the right qualifications for the job.”

Sinonimi: credential, ability

Antonimi: inexperience

tuberculosis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.”

Sinonimi: TB

Antonimi: health

anchorperson

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The anchorperson introduced the evening news.”

Sinonimi: news presenter, host

Antonimi: guest

subjunctive

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In some languages, the subjunctive is used to express doubt or possibility.”

Sinonimi: grammar mood

Antonimi: indicative

fake

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The watch looked expensive, but it was fake.”

Sinonimi: false, not real

Antonimi: real, genuine

acquaintance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is only an acquaintance, not a close friend.”

Sinonimi: contact, associate

Antonimi: stranger, close friend

shape

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What shape is the table?”

Sinonimi: form

Antonimi:

loose

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The button is loose.”

Sinonimi: not tight

Antonimi: tight

fault

Sostantivo

Esempio: “It was not my fault.”

Sinonimi: blame, mistake

Antonimi: success, virtue

error

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is an error in this sentence.”

Sinonimi: mistake

Antonimi: correctness

apart

Avverbio

Esempio: “The twins look similar, but you can tell them apart.”

Sinonimi: separately

Antonimi: together

utilitarian

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The building is functional but aggressively utilitarian.”

Sinonimi: practical, functional

Antonimi: decorative, ornamental

proprietary

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: private, exclusive

Antonimi: open-source, public

centralized

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company adopted a highly centralized management structure.”

Sinonimi: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antonimi: decentralized, distributed

attributive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “In grammar, an attributive adjective comes before the noun.”

Sinonimi: descriptive, qualifying

Antonimi: predicative

primitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The shelter was primitively built but still usable.”

Sinonimi: crudely, basically

Antonimi: sophisticatedly, refinedly

circulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The newspaper has a daily circulation of over 100,000 copies.”

Sinonimi: distribution, flow

Antonimi: stagnation

abstraction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The theory is useful, but it remains an abstraction for most people.”

Sinonimi: concept, generalization

Antonimi: concreteness, reality

anyway

Avverbio

Esempio: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Sinonimi: in any case

Antonimi: therefore not

other

Aggettivo

Esempio: “One shoe is here, but where is the other one?”

Sinonimi: another

Antonimi: same

unexceptional

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The first draft was competent but unexceptional.”

Sinonimi: ordinary

Antonimi: remarkable

treacherously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Sinonimi: deceitfully

Antonimi: reliably

paradoxically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Paradoxically, strict rules can increase creativity.”

Sinonimi: ironically

Antonimi: predictably

marketability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The design improved usability but reduced marketability.”

Sinonimi: sellability

Antonimi: unappeal

idiomatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Sinonimi: naturally

Antonimi: literally

dissemination

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The dissemination of misinformation was faster than the correction.”

Sinonimi: distribution

Antonimi: suppression

confabulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Under pressure, he drifted into confabulation and filled gaps with fiction.”

Sinonimi: fabrication

Antonimi: accuracy

solitariness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The solitariness of the job suits some people but not others.”

Sinonimi: isolation

Antonimi: companionship

muscle-bound

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He looked muscle-bound, but he tired quickly.”

Sinonimi: buff

Antonimi: slender

idiosyncrasy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Every founder has an idiosyncrasy that shapes the culture.”

Sinonimi: quirk

Antonimi: normality

happenstance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Sinonimi: chance

Antonimi: design

eccentricity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His eccentricity is charming, but it can confuse new colleagues.”

Sinonimi: quirkiness

Antonimi: conventionality

decentralize

Verbo

Esempio: “The company decided to decentralize decision-making to speed up execution.”

Sinonimi: distribute

Antonimi: centralize

catastrophic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A catastrophic failure is rare, but we must design for it.”

Sinonimi: disastrous

Antonimi: manageable

specification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The device meets the specification, but not the real user needs.”

Sinonimi: requirements

eccentrically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He dressed eccentrically but spoke with precision.”

Sinonimi: oddly

Antonimi: normally

structurally

Avverbio

Esempio: “The argument is structurally sound but poorly evidenced.”

Sinonimi: in structure

commercially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The product is strong technically but not commercially viable yet.”

Sinonimi: financially

unmusically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He sang unmusically, but with great enthusiasm.”

Sinonimi: off-key

Antonimi: musically

uninspiring

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The presentation was correct but uninspiring.”

Sinonimi: dull

Antonimi: inspiring

nomad

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Nomads move from place to place.”

Sinonimi: wanderer

Antonimi: settler

input

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need your input before we decide.”

Sinonimi: feedback

click

Verbo

Esempio: “Click the button to continue.”

Sinonimi: tap

civil

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Please stay civil during the discussion.”

Sinonimi: polite

Antonimi: rude

spread

Verbo

Esempio: “Don’t spread rumors.”

Sinonimi: share

Antonimi: hide

nearly

Avverbio

Esempio: “We are nearly ready.”

Sinonimi: almost

Antonimi: completely

likely

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is likely to rain today.”

Sinonimi: probable

Antonimi: unlikely

almost

Avverbio

Esempio: “It is almost ready.”

Sinonimi: nearly

Antonimi: completely

demystification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The book contributed to the demystification of science.”

Sinonimi: clarification

Antonimi: mystification

press

Verbo

Esempio: “Press the button to start.”

Sinonimi: push

Antonimi: release

paradoxical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Sinonimi: contradictory, ironic

Antonimi: logical

latent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The conflict had latent causes.”

Sinonimi: hidden, dormant

Antonimi: overt

complex

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system is complex but efficient.”

Sinonimi: complicated, intricate

Antonimi: simple

develop

Verbo

Esempio: “The company developed quickly.”

Sinonimi: grow, improve

Antonimi: decline

paradox

Sostantivo

Esempio: “It’s a paradox that more options can make decisions harder.”

recondite

/ˈrekənˌdaɪt/

Esempio: “The lecture was recondite but fascinating.”

Sinonimi: esoteric, deep, abstruse

allocate

/ˈæləkeɪt/

Esempio: “We allocated extra budget to marketing.”

Sinonimi: apportion

factor

/ˈfæktər/

Esempio: “Cost is an important factor.”

Sinonimi: component, element, agent

contribute

/kənˈtrɪbjuːt/

Esempio: “Everyone can contribute to success.”

Sinonimi: impart, lead, give

feature

/ˈfiːtʃər/

Esempio: “This app has a useful feature.”

Sinonimi: characteristic, have, boast

Antonimi: miss, lack

sometimes

/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

Esempio: “Sometimes I cook dinner.”