Vocabolario

proscribe

Verbo

Esempio: “The law proscribes discrimination.”

Sinonimi: ban, forbid

Antonimi: permit

prolong

Verbo

Esempio: “The medicine can prolong life.”

Sinonimi: extend, lengthen

Antonimi: shorten

prone

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is prone to mistakes.”

Sinonimi: likely, inclined

Antonimi: unlikely

provoke

Verbo

Esempio: “His words may provoke anger.”

Sinonimi: trigger, cause

Antonimi: calm

programming

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Programming requires practice.”

Sinonimi: coding, software development

Antonimi: manual work

programmer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Sinonimi: developer, coder

Antonimi: nontechnical user

project

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We finished the project.”

Sinonimi: plan, task

Antonimi: routine

profit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The business made a profit.”

Sinonimi: gain, earnings

Antonimi: loss

profession

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Teaching is a useful profession.”

Sinonimi: job, occupation

Antonimi: hobby

promotion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He got a promotion at work.”

Sinonimi: advancement, raise

Antonimi: demotion

professor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Sinonimi: teacher, academic

Antonimi: student

proposal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I sent a business proposal.”

Sinonimi: offer, plan

Antonimi: rejection

property

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This house is my property.”

Sinonimi: ownership, asset

Antonimi: debt

protest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was a protest in the city.”

Sinonimi: demonstration, objection

Antonimi: support

pronunciation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Sinonimi: speech sound, way of saying

Antonimi: misspelling

production

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Production starts next week.”

Sinonimi: manufacturing, creation

Antonimi: consumption

provincial

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: regional, small-town

Antonimi: cosmopolitan, urban

proverbial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He displayed the proverbial patience of a teacher.”

Sinonimi: well-known, famous

Antonimi: unfamiliar, unusual

protrusion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The scan showed a small protrusion in the bone.”

Sinonimi: bulge, projection

Antonimi: indentation, recession

promotable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is clearly promotable after this success.”

Sinonimi: advanceable, eligible for promotion

Antonimi: unpromotable, unsuitable

procedural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delay was caused by a procedural error.”

Sinonimi: formal, process-related

Antonimi: substantive, informal

provisions

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The contract includes several important provisions.”

Sinonimi: terms, supplies

Antonimi: omissions, shortages

profoundly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The speech profoundly affected the audience.”

Sinonimi: deeply, greatly

Antonimi: slightly, superficially

prophetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Sinonimi: predictive, visionary

Antonimi: unpredictive, ordinary

provocation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The statement was seen as a deliberate provocation.”

Sinonimi: incitement, taunt

Antonimi: appeasement, calm

proprietary

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: private, exclusive

Antonimi: open-source, public

proposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We rejected the proposition as financially unsound.”

Sinonimi: proposal, assertion

Antonimi: refusal, denial

proliferate

Verbo

Esempio: “False stories tend to proliferate rapidly online.”

Sinonimi: spread, multiply

Antonimi: decline, diminish

prohibitive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The cost of treatment was prohibitive for many families.”

Sinonimi: excessive, restrictive

Antonimi: affordable, permissive

proprietorial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His proprietorial attitude alienated the rest of the team.”

Sinonimi: possessive

Antonimi: collaborative

proliferation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proliferation of tools created fragmentation and confusion.”

Sinonimi: rapid increase

Antonimi: decline

profitability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Growth without profitability is a fragile strategy.”

Sinonimi: profit

Antonimi: loss

proscription

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proscription of certain chemicals reduced contamination.”

Sinonimi: ban

Antonimi: permission

proportional

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The response must be proportional to the risk.”

Sinonimi: commensurate

Antonimi: disproportionate

prohibitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The fees are prohibitively expensive for students.”

Sinonimi: excessively

Antonimi: affordably

prolifically

Avverbio

Esempio: “She writes prolifically and publishes every year.”

Sinonimi: productively

Antonimi: rarely

provocative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His provocative remarks sparked an intense debate.”

Sinonimi: inflammatory

Antonimi: soothing

protagonist

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

prospective

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We spoke with several prospective partners before choosing one.”

Sinonimi: potential

Antonimi: past

probe

Verbo

Esempio: “The journalist probed the reasons behind the decision.”

Sinonimi: investigate

proper

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Wear proper shoes for hiking.”

Sinonimi: appropriate

Antonimi: improper

proportionally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Costs rose proportionally to demand.”

Sinonimi: accordingly

Antonimi: disproportionately

prove

Verbo

Esempio: “He proved his point.”

Sinonimi: demonstrate

Antonimi: disprove

proud

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is proud of her work.”

Sinonimi: pleased

Antonimi: ashamed

proof

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do you have proof?”

Sinonimi: evidence

Antonimi: disproof

proclivity

/prəˈklɪvəti/

Esempio: “He has a proclivity for risk-taking.”

Sinonimi: propensity, leaning

prominent

/ˈprɑːmɪnənt/

Esempio: “She is a prominent researcher.”

Sinonimi: conspicuous, salient, obvious

profound

/prəˈfaʊnd/

Esempio: “The change had a profound effect.”

Sinonimi: significant, intense, fundamental

Antonimi: superficial

provide

/prəˈvaɪd/

Esempio: “The course provides useful materials.”

Sinonimi: render, supply, ply

stipulate

Verbo

Esempio: “The contract stipulates a deadline.”

Sinonimi: specify, require

Antonimi: omit

parameter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Change this parameter in the model.”

Sinonimi: setting, variable

facsimile

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum showed a facsimile of the letter.”

Sinonimi: copy, replica

Antonimi: original

deprecate

Verbo

Esempio: “Developers deprecate old software features.”

Sinonimi: criticize, discourage

Antonimi: approve

commodity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Oil is an important commodity.”

Sinonimi: product, good

archetype

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The hero is an archetype in literature.”

Sinonimi: model, prototype

Antonimi: variation

anonymity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The platform protects user anonymity.”

Sinonimi: namelessness, privacy

Antonimi: identification

abundance

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: plenty, wealth

Antonimi: scarcity

verbatim

Avverbio

Esempio: “He repeated the sentence verbatim.”

Sinonimi: word for word, exactly

Antonimi: approximately

reproach

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her voice was full of reproach.”

Sinonimi: criticism, blame

Antonimi: praise

relegate

Verbo

Esempio: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Sinonimi: demote, downgrade

Antonimi: promote

neophyte

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a neophyte in programming.”

Sinonimi: beginner, novice

Antonimi: expert

engender

Verbo

Esempio: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Sinonimi: cause, produce

Antonimi: prevent

automate

Verbo

Esempio: “We should automate this process.”

Sinonimi: mechanize, computerize

Antonimi: do manually

adhesion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The material has strong adhesion.”

Sinonimi: sticking, attachment

Antonimi: separation

venture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The new venture attracted investors.”

Sinonimi: enterprise, project

Antonimi: safe routine

utilize

Verbo

Esempio: “We utilize data to improve service.”

Sinonimi: use, apply

Antonimi: waste

subsist

Verbo

Esempio: “Some families subsist on very little money.”

Sinonimi: survive, live

Antonimi: prosper

mediate

Verbo

Esempio: “She helped mediate the conflict.”

Sinonimi: intervene, negotiate

Antonimi: provoke

deficit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The government has a budget deficit.”

Sinonimi: shortage, lack

Antonimi: surplus

counsel

Verbo

Esempio: “The lawyer will counsel the client.”

Sinonimi: advise, guide

Antonimi: mislead

secure

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system is secure.”

Sinonimi: safe, protected

Antonimi: unsafe

opaque

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The process is opaque to users.”

Sinonimi: unclear, not transparent

Antonimi: transparent

jargon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The report uses too much jargon.”

Sinonimi: technical language, terminology

Antonimi: plain language

hamper

Verbo

Esempio: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Sinonimi: hinder, obstruct

Antonimi: help

allude

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: hint, refer indirectly

Antonimi: state clearly

agency

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The agency manages advertising.”

Sinonimi: organization, office

Antonimi: individual

utter

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The project was an utter failure.”

Sinonimi: complete, total

Antonimi: partial

merit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proposal has merit.”

Sinonimi: value, worth

Antonimi: fault

hitch

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan worked without a hitch.”

Sinonimi: problem, obstacle

Antonimi: smoothness

adept

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is adept at solving problems.”

Sinonimi: skilled, proficient

Antonimi: inept