Vocabolario

open

/ˈoʊpən/

Esempio: “Open the door.”

Sinonimi: conspicuous, candid, free

Antonimi: close, fold, shut

insular

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company had an insular culture.”

Sinonimi: narrow-minded, isolated

Antonimi: open-minded

inclusive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The school has an inclusive policy.”

Sinonimi: welcoming, open to all

Antonimi: exclusive

cabinet

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cups are in the cabinet.”

Sinonimi: cupboard, storage unit

Antonimi: open shelf

user

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The user opened the website.”

Sinonimi: customer, person

Antonimi: admin

door

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Close the door, please.”

Sinonimi: entrance

Antonimi: window

window

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Open the window, please.”

Sinonimi: glass opening

Antonimi: wall

floodgates

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The decision opened the floodgates to further complaints.”

Sinonimi: sluice gates, barriers

Antonimi: closure, blockage

stuffiness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The room’s stuffiness made it hard to breathe.”

Sinonimi: staleness, formality

Antonimi: freshness, openness

withdrawn

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He became quiet and withdrawn after the move.”

Sinonimi: reserved, isolated

Antonimi: outgoing, open

ventilate

Verbo

Esempio: “Open the windows to ventilate the room.”

Sinonimi: air out, oxygenate

Antonimi: seal, stifle

tub

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The ice cream came in a large tub.”

Sinonimi: container, bath

Antonimi:

bud

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Sinonimi: young flower

Antonimi: full bloom

tin

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We opened a tin of soup.”

Sinonimi: can, metal

Antonimi:

gay

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He said openly that he is gay.”

Sinonimi: homosexual

Antonimi: straight

gap

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is a gap between the two buildings.”

Sinonimi: space, opening

Antonimi: connection, closure

introduction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The book has a short introduction at the beginning.”

Sinonimi: opening, presentation

Antonimi: conclusion

selectivity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The school is known for the selectivity of its admissions process.”

Sinonimi: discrimination, careful choice

Antonimi: openness, inclusiveness

proprietary

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company uses proprietary software for data analysis.”

Sinonimi: private, exclusive

Antonimi: open-source, public

ingenuously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He ingenuously admitted that he had not read the contract.”

Sinonimi: naively, innocently

Antonimi: cunningly, calculatingly

inclusively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Sinonimi: openly, without exclusion

Antonimi: exclusively, narrowly

defy

Verbo

Esempio: “He chose to defy the unfair rule.”

Sinonimi: resist, challenge

Antonimi: obey

slot

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I booked a time slot for Friday morning.”

Sinonimi: opening, time period

Antonimi: block

shut

Verbo

Esempio: “Please shut the window before you leave.”

Sinonimi: close

Antonimi: open

push

Verbo

Esempio: “Push the door gently to open it.”

Sinonimi: press, shove

Antonimi: pull

shake

Verbo

Esempio: “Shake the bottle before opening it.”

Sinonimi: move, tremble

Antonimi: steady

surreptitious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He took a surreptitious look at the notes during the meeting.”

Sinonimi: covert

Antonimi: open

preconception

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Sinonimi: bias

Antonimi: open-mindedness

refurbishment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The hotel reopened after a major refurbishment.”

Sinonimi: renovation

Antonimi: neglect

rusty

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The gate is rusty and hard to open.”

Sinonimi: corroded

Antonimi: shiny

force

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They used force to open the door.”

Sinonimi: power

Antonimi: weakness

flute

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She plays the flute in a band.”

itself

Pronome

Esempio: “The door opened by itself.”

Sinonimi: on its own

surreptitiously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He surreptitiously recorded the conversation.”

Sinonimi: covertly

Antonimi: openly

outside

Preposizione

Esempio: “The children are playing outside.”

Sinonimi: outdoors

Antonimi: inside

equivocal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Sinonimi: ambiguous, unclear

Antonimi: explicit

closed

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The shop is closed.”

Sinonimi: shut

Antonimi: open

ambiguous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Sinonimi: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonimi: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous

close

/kloʊz/

Esempio: “Close the window.”

Sinonimi: good, intimate, warm

Antonimi: open, distant, open up