Vocabolario

funky

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She wore a funky jacket to the party.”

Sinonimi: quirky

Antonimi: plain

funny

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The movie was funny.”

Sinonimi: amusing

Antonimi: serious

fundamental

/ˌfʌndəˈmentl/

Esempio: “Security is a fundamental requirement.”

Sinonimi: profound, significant, cardinal

vestigial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Sinonimi: remaining, rudimentary

Antonimi: fully developed

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

payment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The payment was successful.”

Sinonimi: paying, transaction

Antonimi: refund

finance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He works in finance.”

Sinonimi: money management, banking

Antonimi: spending without plan

animation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The animation is funny.”

Sinonimi: cartoon, moving image

Antonimi: still picture

disease

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The disease is serious.”

Sinonimi: illness, sickness

Antonimi: health

entertainment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Television is a form of entertainment.”

Sinonimi: fun, amusement

Antonimi: work

game

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We play a game.”

Sinonimi: match, play

Antonimi: work

ostensibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds were ostensibly for research.”

Sinonimi: apparently, seemingly

Antonimi: actually, genuinely

hysterical

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonimi: calm, composed

ornamental

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Sinonimi: decorative, fancy

Antonimi: functional, plain

impediment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Lack of funding was a major impediment.”

Sinonimi: obstacle, hindrance

Antonimi: aid, advantage

rudiments

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He learned the rudiments of coding in school.”

Sinonimi: basics, fundamentals

Antonimi: complexities, advanced theory

silly

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was a silly mistake.”

Sinonimi: foolish, funny

Antonimi: serious, wise

comic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I bought a comic book for my brother.”

Sinonimi: funny, cartoon story

Antonimi: serious

clown

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The clown made the children laugh.”

Sinonimi: funny performer

Antonimi:

basic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I know only the basic rules of chess.”

Sinonimi: simple, fundamental

Antonimi: advanced

vestigially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The trait survives only vestigially in modern species.”

Sinonimi: residually, rudimentarily

Antonimi: fully, functionally

utilitarian

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: practical, functional

Antonimi: decorative, ornamental

integration

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Successful integration requires both policy and trust.”

Sinonimi: inclusion, unification

Antonimi: segregation, separation

beneficiary

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She was named the sole beneficiary of the estate.”

Sinonimi: recipient, heir

Antonimi: donor, giver

principally

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds will be used principally for education.”

Sinonimi: mainly, primarily

Antonimi: secondarily, marginally

malfunction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A software malfunction caused the system to shut down.”

Sinonimi: breakdown, failure

Antonimi: proper operation, function

withdrawal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The sudden withdrawal of funding delayed the project.”

Sinonimi: retreat, removal

Antonimi: advance, deposit

male

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The male lion stayed near the group.”

Sinonimi: man, masculine

Antonimi: female

joke

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He told a joke that made everyone laugh.”

Sinonimi: funny remark

Antonimi: serious statement

amused

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The children were amused by the clown.”

Sinonimi: entertained

Antonimi: bored

resuscitation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: revival

Antonimi: abandonment

philanthropic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They created a philanthropic fund with strict oversight.”

Sinonimi: charitable

Antonimi: self-serving

aesthetically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The product is functional and aesthetically pleasing.”

Sinonimi: visually

Antonimi: ugly

humor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I like his sense of humor.”

Sinonimi: fun

monkey

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The monkey is funny.”

philanthropist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The philanthropist funded educational programs.”

Sinonimi: benefactor

Antonimi: miser

serious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This is a serious problem.”

Sinonimi: grave

Antonimi: funny

useless

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The tool is useless now.”

Sinonimi: pointless

Antonimi: useful

perfunctory

/pərˈfʌŋktəri/

Esempio: “He gave a perfunctory apology.”

Sinonimi: cursory, casual, careless

conundrum

/kəˈnʌndrəm/

Esempio: “Funding is a conundrum for many startups.”

Sinonimi: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle

scrutinize

Verbo

Esempio: “Investors scrutinized the metrics before committing funds.”

Sinonimi: inspect, audit, take stock