Vocabolario

someone

Pronome

Esempio: “Someone is at the door.”

Sinonimi: somebody

Antonimi: no one

bye

Interiezione

Esempio: “Bye! Have a good day.”

Sinonimi: goodbye, see you

Antonimi: hello, hi

hi

Interiezione

Esempio: “Hi! How are you?”

Sinonimi: hello, hey

Antonimi: bye, goodbye

virtuoso

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She is a piano virtuoso.”

Sinonimi: master, expert

Antonimi: amateur

neophyte

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a neophyte in programming.”

Sinonimi: beginner, novice

Antonimi: expert

maverick

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a maverick in the industry.”

Sinonimi: nonconformist, rebel

Antonimi: conformist

counsel

Verbo

Esempio: “The lawyer will counsel the client.”

Sinonimi: advise, guide

Antonimi: mislead

consign

Verbo

Esempio: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Sinonimi: deliver, entrust

Antonimi: keep

hostile

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The audience became hostile.”

Sinonimi: unfriendly, aggressive

Antonimi: friendly

translator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The translator helped us.”

Sinonimi: interpreter

Antonimi: speaker

assessment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The assessment was fair.”

Sinonimi: evaluation, review

Antonimi: ignorance

residence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This is my official residence.”

Sinonimi: home, dwelling

Antonimi: workplace

investor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Sinonimi: backer, financier

Antonimi: borrower

inventor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The inventor created a new device.”

Sinonimi: creator, innovator

Antonimi: copyist

trainee

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The trainee learns from the trainer.”

Sinonimi: learner, intern

Antonimi: expert

therapy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Therapy can help people.”

Sinonimi: treatment, counseling

Antonimi: neglect

analyst

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The analyst studied the data.”

Sinonimi: researcher, specialist

Antonimi: beginner

client

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The client needs help.”

Sinonimi: customer, buyer

Antonimi: seller

lease

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We signed the lease today.”

Sinonimi: rental agreement, contract

Antonimi: ownership

professor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Sinonimi: teacher, academic

Antonimi: student

architect

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The architect designed the building.”

Sinonimi: building designer

Antonimi: builder

thief

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The thief stole a bag.”

Sinonimi: robber, criminal

Antonimi: guard

pilot

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The pilot flies the plane.”

Sinonimi: airplane driver

Antonimi: passenger

rent

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The rent is high.”

Sinonimi: rental payment

Antonimi: ownership

pronunciation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Sinonimi: speech sound, way of saying

Antonimi: misspelling

appointment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have an appointment with a doctor.”

Sinonimi: meeting, scheduled visit

Antonimi: cancellation

invention

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The telephone was an important invention.”

Sinonimi: creation, innovation

Antonimi: copy

interest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have an interest in music.”

Sinonimi: curiosity, attention

Antonimi: boredom

customer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The customer is in the shop.”

Sinonimi: client, buyer

Antonimi: seller

fan

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Turn on the fan.”

Sinonimi: ventilator

Antonimi: heater

pressurize

Verbo

Esempio: “Do not let them pressurize you into agreeing.”

Sinonimi: coerce, pressure

Antonimi: relieve, ease

indulgence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Chocolate is my one small indulgence.”

Sinonimi: luxury, leniency

Antonimi: restraint, discipline

imposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He apologized for the imposition.”

Sinonimi: burden, intrusion

Antonimi: favor, relief

harassment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company has strict rules against harassment.”

Sinonimi: abuse, intimidation

Antonimi: respect, protection

contractor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The contractor finished the work ahead of schedule.”

Sinonimi: builder, service provider

Antonimi: client, customer

hug

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She gave her friend a warm hug.”

Sinonimi: embrace

Antonimi: push away

certification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This job requires professional certification.”

Sinonimi: qualification proof, approval

Antonimi: disqualification

skateboarder

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The skateboarder performed a difficult trick.”

Sinonimi: skater

Antonimi:

beat

Verbo

Esempio: “Our team beat the champions last night.”

Sinonimi: defeat, hit

Antonimi: lose

fit

Verbo

Esempio: “These shoes do not fit me well.”

Sinonimi: match, healthy

Antonimi: unfit, mismatch

environmentalist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The environmentalist spoke about climate change.”

Sinonimi: green activist

Antonimi: polluter

storyteller

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My grandfather is a wonderful storyteller.”

Sinonimi: narrator

Antonimi: listener

steal

Verbo

Esempio: “Someone tried to steal my bike.”

Sinonimi: take illegally

Antonimi: return, give

wait

Verbo

Esempio: “Wait for me at the door.”

Sinonimi: stay, pause

Antonimi: go

tell

Verbo

Esempio: “Please tell me the truth.”

Sinonimi: say, inform

Antonimi: hide

show

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please show me your drawing.”

Sinonimi: display

Antonimi: hide

sell

Verbo

Esempio: “They sell fruit in the market.”

Sinonimi: trade

Antonimi: buy

meet

Verbo

Esempio: “Let’s meet after school.”

Sinonimi: see, greet

Antonimi: miss

unnervingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He remained unnervingly calm during the emergency.”

Sinonimi: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonimi: reassuringly, comfortingly

taste-maker

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Sinonimi: trendsetter, influencer

Antonimi: follower, outsider

maliciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rumor had been spread maliciously.”

Sinonimi: spitefully, malevolently

Antonimi: kindly, benevolently

indulgently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Sinonimi: leniently, tolerantly

Antonimi: strictly, severely

mountaineer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Sinonimi: climber, alpinist

Antonimi:

beguilingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She smiled beguilingly and changed the subject.”

Sinonimi: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonimi: repulsively, harshly

veneration

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The monument became a symbol of public veneration.”

Sinonimi: reverence, admiration

Antonimi: disrespect, contempt

unsettling

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was something deeply unsettling about the silence in the house.”

Sinonimi: disturbing, disquieting

Antonimi: comforting, reassuring

fire

Verbo

Esempio: “The company may fire workers if sales keep falling.”

Sinonimi: dismiss, flame

Antonimi: hire

envy

Verbo

Esempio: “It is pointless to envy someone else's success.”

Sinonimi: jealousy, covet

Antonimi: admire, contentment

tire

Verbo

Esempio: “Long meetings tire me quickly.”

Sinonimi: exhaust, wheel cover

Antonimi: refresh

kiss

Verbo

Esempio: “She gave her son a kiss before school.”

Sinonimi: peck

Antonimi: slap

follow

Verbo

Esempio: “Please follow the instructions carefully.”

Sinonimi: go after, obey

Antonimi: ignore, lead

except

Preposizione

Esempio: “Everyone came except Tom.”

Sinonimi: apart from

Antonimi: including

belong

Verbo

Esempio: “These keys belong to my brother.”

Sinonimi: be owned by

Antonimi: be separate from

advise

Verbo

Esempio: “I advise you to save your work often.”

Sinonimi: recommend, suggest

Antonimi: discourage

admire

Verbo

Esempio: “I really admire her patience.”

Sinonimi: respect, appreciate

Antonimi: dislike

thank

Verbo

Esempio: “I want to thank you for your help.”

Sinonimi: express gratitude

Antonimi: insult

teach

Verbo

Esempio: “She teaches math at school.”

Sinonimi: instruct

Antonimi: learn

judge

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do not judge people too quickly.”

Sinonimi: evaluate

Antonimi: ignore

greet

Verbo

Esempio: “She greeted us with a smile.”

Sinonimi: welcome

Antonimi: ignore

doing

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What are you doing right now?”

Sinonimi: performing

Antonimi: stopping

bring

Verbo

Esempio: “Please bring your notebook tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: carry

Antonimi: take away

accountability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Sinonimi: responsibility

Antonimi: impunity

resuscitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The project needed resuscitation after the funding collapsed.”

Sinonimi: revival

Antonimi: abandonment

magnanimously

Avverbio

Esempio: “She magnanimously credited the team for the success.”

Sinonimi: generously

Antonimi: pettily

interrogation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The interrogation revealed contradictions in his story.”

Sinonimi: questioning

disparagingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Sinonimi: scornfully

Antonimi: respectfully

deprecatingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Sinonimi: self-effacingly

Antonimi: proudly

practitioner

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A skilled practitioner balances theory with experience.”

Sinonimi: professional

Antonimi: amateur

octogenarian

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The octogenarian still runs his business every morning.”

Sinonimi: eighty-year-old

sarcastically

Avverbio

Esempio: “She answered sarcastically, which made things worse.”

Sinonimi: ironically

Antonimi: sincerely