Vocabolario

novel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I am reading a novel.”

Sinonimi: fiction book

Antonimi: textbook

allegory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Sinonimi: symbolic story

Antonimi: literal story

provincial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Sinonimi: regional, small-town

Antonimi: cosmopolitan, urban

interweave

Verbo

Esempio: “The novel interweaves history and fiction.”

Sinonimi: blend, interlace

Antonimi: separate, untangle

depressive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel has a depressive atmosphere from beginning to end.”

Sinonimi: gloomy, bleak

Antonimi: uplifting, cheerful

perceptive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She made a perceptive comment about the novel.”

Sinonimi: insightful, observant

Antonimi: unaware, dull

engrossing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”

Sinonimi: absorbing, captivating

Antonimi: boring, dull

puritanical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel satirizes puritanical attitudes toward pleasure.”

Sinonimi: strict, moralistic

Antonimi: permissive, liberal

materialism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel criticizes modern materialism.”

Sinonimi: consumerism, worldliness

Antonimi: spirituality, idealism

domesticity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”

Sinonimi: home life, household life

Antonimi: adventure, public life

immortalize

Verbo

Esempio: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Sinonimi: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonimi: erase, forget

blockbuster

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The studio expected the movie to become a summer blockbuster.”

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

evil

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel describes the struggle between good and evil.”

Sinonimi: wicked, bad

Antonimi: good, kind

screenwriter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The screenwriter adapted the novel for film.”

Sinonimi: scriptwriter

protagonist

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

verisimilitude

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel achieved remarkable verisimilitude.”

Sinonimi: authenticity

Antonimi: implausibility