Vocabolario

more

Determinante

Esempio: “We need more time to finish the work.”

Sinonimi: additional, extra

Antonimi: less

vestigial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Sinonimi: remaining, rudimentary

Antonimi: fully developed

paramount

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Safety is paramount.”

Sinonimi: most important, chief

Antonimi: minor

abundance

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: plenty, wealth

Antonimi: scarcity

merger

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The merger created a larger company.”

Sinonimi: union, combination

Antonimi: separation

allude

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: hint, refer indirectly

Antonimi: state clearly

allot

Verbo

Esempio: “We should allot more time for research.”

Sinonimi: assign, allocate

Antonimi: withhold

adorn

Verbo

Esempio: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Sinonimi: decorate, embellish

Antonimi: strip

contract

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We signed a contract.”

Sinonimi: agreement, deal

Antonimi: cancellation

development

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Development takes time.”

Sinonimi: growth, progress

Antonimi: decline

court

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He went to court.”

Sinonimi: law court

Antonimi: street

advantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good English is an advantage.”

Sinonimi: benefit, plus

Antonimi: disadvantage

information

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I need more information.”

Sinonimi: data, details

Antonimi: ignorance

sofa

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cat is on the sofa.”

Sinonimi: couch

say

Verbo

Esempio: “Please say that again more slowly.”

Sinonimi: tell, speak

Antonimi: stay silent

rim

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was tea on the rim of the cup.”

Sinonimi: edge, border

Antonimi: center

hire

Verbo

Esempio: “The company plans to hire two more workers.”

Sinonimi: employ, rent

Antonimi: fire

gain

Verbo

Esempio: “She hopes to gain more experience this year.”

Sinonimi: get, achieve

Antonimi: lose

space

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need more space in this room.”

Sinonimi: room, area

Antonimi: crowding

they

Pronome

Esempio: “They are my best friends.”

Sinonimi: those people

Antonimi: we

only

Avverbio

Esempio: “I have only one question.”

Sinonimi: just

Antonimi: many

vestigially

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: residually, rudimentarily

Antonimi: fully, functionally

taciturnity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His taciturnity made him seem cold at first.”

Sinonimi: reserve, reticence

Antonimi: talkativeness, loquacity

superfluous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Most of the explanation was superfluous.”

Sinonimi: unnecessary, redundant

Antonimi: essential, necessary

redundantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The idea was expressed redundantly several times.”

Sinonimi: repetitively, superfluously

Antonimi: succinctly, economically

flightiness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her apparent flightiness hid a sharp intelligence.”

Sinonimi: frivolity, fickleness

Antonimi: seriousness, steadiness

correlation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Researchers found a strong correlation between sleep and memory.”

Sinonimi: association, relationship

Antonimi: disconnect, independence

affectation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Sinonimi: pretension, artifice

Antonimi: naturalness, sincerity

predecessor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The new model is far more efficient than its predecessor.”

Sinonimi: forerunner, previous version

Antonimi: successor

personalize

Verbo

Esempio: “Users can personalize the dashboard to suit their workflow.”

Sinonimi: customize, tailor

Antonimi: standardize, generalize

mere

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was not a major issue, just a mere detail.”

Sinonimi: only, simply

Antonimi: significant

worse

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The weather got worse in the evening.”

Sinonimi: more serious, inferior

Antonimi: better

those

Pronome

Esempio: “Those shoes look expensive.”

Sinonimi: those ones

Antonimi: these

these

Pronome

Esempio: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Sinonimi: these ones

Antonimi: those

speak

Verbo

Esempio: “Can you speak more slowly?”

Sinonimi: talk

Antonimi: stay silent

sleep

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I need more sleep these days.”

Sinonimi: rest

Antonimi: wakefulness

again

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please say that again.”

Sinonimi: once more

Antonimi: never again

superfluously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The document was superfluously long and hard to scan.”

Sinonimi: unnecessarily

Antonimi: essentially

collaborative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We need a more collaborative approach to decision-making.”

Sinonimi: cooperative

Antonimi: competitive

anymore

Avverbio

Esempio: “I don’t smoke anymore.”

Sinonimi: no longer

senior

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a senior manager.”

Sinonimi: older

Antonimi: junior

rather

Avverbio

Esempio: “I would rather stay home.”

Sinonimi: preferably

prefer

Verbo

Esempio: “I prefer tea to coffee.”

Sinonimi: like better

another

Determinante

Esempio: “I want another one.”

Sinonimi: one more

Antonimi: same

better

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I feel better today.”

Sinonimi: improved

Antonimi: worse

popularization

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The popularization of science is important.”

Sinonimi: promotion

Antonimi: suppression

spare

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Do you have a spare key?”

Sinonimi: extra

Antonimi: necessary

further

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The shop is further down the street.”

Sinonimi: farther

Antonimi: nearer

explore

Verbo

Esempio: “We want to explore the city.”

Sinonimi: discover

Antonimi: ignore

favorite

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Blue is my favorite color.”

Sinonimi: preferred

Antonimi: least favorite

equivocal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Sinonimi: ambiguous, unclear

Antonimi: explicit

streamline

Verbo

Esempio: “We streamlined onboarding to reduce drop-off.”

expedite

Verbo

Esempio: “We expedited the release by automating the tests.”

paradox

Sostantivo

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

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Esempio: “These are preliminary results.”

Sinonimi: overture, prelude, exploratory

ambiguous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Sinonimi: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonimi: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous