Vocabolario

most

Determinante

Esempio: “Most children like games.”

Sinonimi: majority

Antonimi: least

mostly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I mostly drink water.”

Sinonimi: mainly

Antonimi: rarely

paramount

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Safety is paramount.”

Sinonimi: most important, chief

Antonimi: minor

preeminent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a preeminent scholar in the field.”

Sinonimi: leading, foremost

Antonimi: secondary, inferior

denotation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonimi: connotation, implication

prophetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Sinonimi: predictive, visionary

Antonimi: unpredictive, ordinary

core

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Trust is at the core of a strong friendship.”

Sinonimi: center, essence

Antonimi: surface, edge

fox

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A fox ran across the road at night.”

Sinonimi: wild animal

Antonimi:

fish

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We had fish for dinner.”

Sinonimi: seafood

Antonimi:

deaf

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The old man is almost deaf.”

Sinonimi: unable to hear

Antonimi: hearing

superfluous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Most of the explanation was superfluous.”

Sinonimi: unnecessary, redundant

Antonimi: essential, necessary

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

tank

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The water tank is almost empty.”

Sinonimi: container, reservoir

Antonimi:

stem

Verbo

Esempio: “Most of these problems stem from poor planning.”

Sinonimi: come from, plant stalk

Antonimi: end

main

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: primary, chief

Antonimi: minor, secondary

worst

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was the worst day of the week.”

Sinonimi: least good

Antonimi: best

recuperative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Sleep is the most reliably recuperative habit we have.”

Sinonimi: restorative

Antonimi: depleting

precociously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Sinonimi: early

Antonimi: late

philanthropy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Philanthropy is most effective when paired with accountability.”

Sinonimi: charity

Antonimi: selfishness

least

Determinante

Esempio: “Stay here for at least ten minutes.”

Sinonimi: at minimum

Antonimi: most

ivory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old piano keys were made of ivory.”

drown

Verbo

Esempio: “He almost drowned in the river.”

chief

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is the chief engineer.”

Sinonimi: main

blind

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The bright light made me almost blind for a second.”

nearly

Avverbio

Esempio: “We are nearly ready.”

Sinonimi: almost

Antonimi: completely

mainly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I mainly work from home.”

Sinonimi: mostly

Antonimi: rarely

latest

Aggettivo

Esempio: “What is the latest news?”

Sinonimi: newest

Antonimi: old

hardly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I can hardly hear you.”

Sinonimi: barely

Antonimi: easily

almost

Avverbio

Esempio: “It is almost ready.”

Sinonimi: nearly

Antonimi: completely