Vocabolario

main

Aggettivo

Esempio: “What is the main reason for the change?”

Sinonimi: primary, chief

Antonimi: minor, secondary

mainly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I mainly work from home.”

Sinonimi: mostly

Antonimi: rarely

maintain

/meɪnˈteɪn/

Esempio: “It’s hard to maintain quality.”

Sinonimi: assert, sustain, observe

vestigial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Sinonimi: remaining, rudimentary

Antonimi: fully developed

derelict

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They bought a derelict building.”

Sinonimi: abandoned, neglected

Antonimi: maintained

distill

Verbo

Esempio: “The teacher distilled the idea into one sentence.”

Sinonimi: extract, simplify

Antonimi: complicate

delineate

Verbo

Esempio: “The document delineates the main risks.”

Sinonimi: outline

disadvantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The main disadvantage is the price.”

Sinonimi: drawback

Antonimi: advantage

enduringly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The poem remains enduringly popular.”

Sinonimi: lastingly, persistently

Antonimi: briefly, temporarily

unoccupied

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The room remained unoccupied for months.”

Sinonimi: vacant, empty

Antonimi: occupied, full

perpetuate

Verbo

Esempio: “Such myths only perpetuate fear.”

Sinonimi: maintain, continue

Antonimi: end, eliminate

undaunted

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She remained undaunted by criticism.”

Sinonimi: fearless, brave

Antonimi: discouraged, afraid

coma

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The patient remained in a coma for two days.”

Sinonimi: deep unconscious state

Antonimi: consciousness

ash

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The fire left only ash behind.”

Sinonimi: burned powder

Antonimi: wood

microcomputer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Sinonimi: small computer

Antonimi: mainframe

archaeologist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The archaeologist discovered ancient tools.”

Sinonimi: historical scientist

Antonimi:

headquarters

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company moved its headquarters to the capital.”

Sinonimi: main office, central office

Antonimi: branch

commonwealth

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Several countries remain members of the Commonwealth.”

Sinonimi: community, association of states

Antonimi: division

aim

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Our main aim is to improve service.”

Sinonimi: goal, target

Antonimi: failure, miss

stay

Verbo

Esempio: “Please stay here with me.”

Sinonimi: remain

Antonimi: leave

vestigially

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: residually, rudimentarily

Antonimi: fully, functionally

unnervingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He remained unnervingly calm during the emergency.”

Sinonimi: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonimi: reassuringly, comfortingly

breadwinner

Sostantivo

Esempio: “After his father retired, he became the family’s main breadwinner.”

Sinonimi: provider, earner

Antonimi: dependent

principally

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: mainly, primarily

Antonimi: secondarily, marginally

abstraction

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: concept, generalization

Antonimi: concreteness, reality

plus

Preposizione

Esempio: “The main plus of this phone is the battery life.”

Sinonimi: advantage, added to

Antonimi: minus, disadvantage

escape

Verbo

Esempio: “The bird managed to escape from the cage.”

Sinonimi: get away, flee

Antonimi: remain trapped

protagonist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

prime

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Safety is our prime concern.”

Sinonimi: main

Antonimi: secondary

mover

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She was the main mover behind the reform.”

Sinonimi: driver

media

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The media reported the story everywhere.”

Sinonimi: press

inert

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system remained inert until we restarted it.”

Sinonimi: inactive

Antonimi: active

hover

Verbo

Esempio: “The helicopter hovered over the city.”

Sinonimi: hang

Antonimi: land

grasp

Verbo

Esempio: “It took me a while to grasp the main idea.”

Sinonimi: understand

Antonimi: miss

flesh

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cut was deep, into the flesh.”

Sinonimi: skin and muscle

chief

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is the chief engineer.”

Sinonimi: main

warm

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is warm today, so we can walk outside.”

Sinonimi: mild

Antonimi: cold

remain

Verbo

Esempio: “Please remain calm.”

Sinonimi: stay

Antonimi: leave

mostly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I mostly drink water.”

Sinonimi: mainly

Antonimi: rarely

become

Verbo

Esempio: “I want to become a doctor.”

Sinonimi: turn, grow

Antonimi: remain

pressurization

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Cabin pressurization is vital during flights.”

Sinonimi: compression

Antonimi: decompression

unsustainable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The current system is unsustainable.”

Sinonimi: unviable

Antonimi: sustainable

stick

Verbo

Esempio: “The label will not stick.”

Sinonimi: attach

Antonimi: detach

nebulous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The plan remains nebulous.”

Sinonimi: vague, unclear

Antonimi: clear

controversial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The proposal remains controversial.”

Sinonimi: debatable, contentious

Antonimi: uncontroversial

objective

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Our main objective is growth.”

Sinonimi: goal, aim

Antonimi: bias

intransigent

/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/

Esempio: “They remained intransigent during talks.”

Sinonimi: inexorable, adamant, adamantine

synthesis

/ˈsɪnθəsɪs/

Esempio: “Write a synthesis of the main ideas.”

Sinonimi: deduction, deductive reasoning, synthetic thinking

Antonimi: analysis, analytic thinking

sustain

/səˈsteɪn/

Esempio: “We must sustain growth.”

Sinonimi: affirm, support, corroborate

Antonimi: negate, contradict