Vocabolario

direct

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”

Sinonimi: straight, immediate

Antonimi: indirect

director

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The director is in the office.”

Sinonimi: manager, leader

Antonimi: employee

direction

/dəˈrekʃən/

Esempio: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”

Sinonimi: charge, counsel, guidance

innuendo

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The article was full of innuendo.”

Sinonimi: hint, suggestion

Antonimi: direct statement

allusion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”

Sinonimi: reference, hint

Antonimi: direct statement

oblique

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: indirect, slanted

Antonimi: direct

connote

Verbo

Esempio: “The word can connote danger.”

Sinonimi: suggest, imply

Antonimi: denote

allude

Verbo

Esempio: “He did not allude to the problem.”

Sinonimi: hint, refer indirectly

Antonimi: state clearly

oversee

Verbo

Esempio: “The director will oversee the project.”

Sinonimi: supervise, manage

Antonimi: ignore

supervisor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Sinonimi: manager, boss

Antonimi: trainee

catalog

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Look at the product catalog.”

Sinonimi: list, directory

Antonimi: single item

recipe

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This recipe is easy.”

Sinonimi: cooking instructions

Antonimi: random cooking

instruction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read the instruction carefully.”

Sinonimi: direction, guide

Antonimi: confusion

vocational

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”

Sinonimi: career-oriented, technical

Antonimi: academic, general

unmediated

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”

Sinonimi: direct, immediate

Antonimi: mediated, filtered

figurative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”

Sinonimi: symbolic, metaphorical

Antonimi: literal, direct

denotation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonimi: connotation, implication

superintendent

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

Sinonimi: supervisor, manager

Antonimi: worker

south

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”

Sinonimi: southern direction

Antonimi: north

north

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They traveled to the north of the country.”

Sinonimi: northern direction

Antonimi: south

frank

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”

Sinonimi: honest, direct

Antonimi: secretive, dishonest

turn

Verbo

Esempio: “Turn left at the corner.”

Sinonimi: rotate, go

Antonimi: stay

euphemistic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”

Sinonimi: indirect, softened

Antonimi: blunt, explicit

allegorical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

Sinonimi: symbolic, figurative

Antonimi: literal, direct

meaningless

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”

Sinonimi: pointless, insignificant

Antonimi: meaningful, significant

urge

Verbo

Esempio: “I urge you to check the data again.”

Sinonimi: encourage strongly, push

Antonimi: discourage

lead

Verbo

Esempio: “She will lead the new project team.”

Sinonimi: guide, direct

Antonimi: follow

folder

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Save the file in the blue folder.”

Sinonimi: directory, file holder

Antonimi: loose file

prescriptive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”

Sinonimi: directive

Antonimi: descriptive

imply

Verbo

Esempio: “Are you implying that I lied?”

Sinonimi: suggest

Antonimi: state

control

Verbo

Esempio: “I can’t control the weather.”

Sinonimi: manage

Antonimi: lose control

against

Preposizione

Esempio: “I am against this plan.”

Sinonimi: opposed to

Antonimi: for

toward

Preposizione

Esempio: “Walk toward the door.”

Sinonimi: to

Antonimi: away from

around

Preposizione

Esempio: “There are trees around the house.”

Sinonimi: near

Antonimi: far

euphemistically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””

Sinonimi: indirectly

Antonimi: bluntly

steer

Verbo

Esempio: “He steered the car carefully.”

Sinonimi: guide

Antonimi: mislead

forward

Avverbio

Esempio: “Move forward, please.”

Sinonimi: ahead

Antonimi: back

right

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This answer is right.”

Sinonimi: correct

Antonimi: wrong

divergent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”

implicit

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Sinonimi: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

trend

/trend/

Esempio: “This trend is growing.”

Sinonimi: slew, drift, slue

focus

/ˈfoʊkəs/

Esempio: “Try to focus on your work.”

Sinonimi: nidus, stress, concentrate

Antonimi: dim, slur, blear