Vocabolario

way

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This is the way home.”

Sinonimi: road, path

Antonimi: stop

disperse

Verbo

Esempio: “The crowd began to disperse.”

Sinonimi: scatter, spread out

Antonimi: gather

detract

Verbo

Esempio: “One mistake does not detract from his achievement.”

Sinonimi: reduce, diminish

Antonimi: enhance

abolish

Verbo

Esempio: “The law abolished the old rule.”

Sinonimi: eliminate, end

Antonimi: establish

myriad

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There are myriad ways to learn English.”

Sinonimi: countless, many

Antonimi: few

frolic

Verbo

Esempio: “Children frolic in the park.”

Sinonimi: play, jump around

Antonimi: mourn

knack

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a knack for languages.”

Sinonimi: talent, skill

Antonimi: inability

road

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The road is long.”

Sinonimi: street, way

Antonimi: field

path

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We walk on the path.”

Sinonimi: way, trail

Antonimi: wall

pronunciation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Sinonimi: speech sound, way of saying

Antonimi: misspelling

entrance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The entrance is near the door.”

Sinonimi: entry, doorway

Antonimi: exit

telephone

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The telephone is ringing.”

Sinonimi: phone, mobile

Antonimi: letter

phone

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My phone is on the table.”

unfeasibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The target was unfeasibly high.”

Sinonimi: impractically, impossibly

Antonimi: feasibly, realistically

tactically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The coach changed the formation tactically.”

Sinonimi: strategically, carefully

Antonimi: randomly, carelessly

punitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Sinonimi: harshly, penally

Antonimi: leniently, mercifully

mutinously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The workers mutinously refused to continue.”

Sinonimi: rebelliously, defiantly

Antonimi: obediently, compliantly

menacingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The dog growled menacingly.”

Sinonimi: threateningly, ominously

Antonimi: harmlessly, gently

locomotive

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The locomotive pulled the train into the station.”

Sinonimi: engine, train engine

Antonimi:

inexorably

Avverbio

Esempio: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Sinonimi: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonimi: hesitantly, reversibly

inchoately

Avverbio

Esempio: “He expressed the idea only inchoately.”

Sinonimi: vaguely, rudimentarily

Antonimi: clearly, coherently

hauntingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She sang hauntingly in the final scene.”

Sinonimi: eerily, memorably

Antonimi: forgettably, flatly

enduringly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The poem remains enduringly popular.”

Sinonimi: lastingly, persistently

Antonimi: briefly, temporarily

disdainful

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He gave a disdainful look and walked away.”

Sinonimi: contemptuous, scornful

Antonimi: respectful, admiring

unreliably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The device works unreliably in cold weather.”

Sinonimi: inconsistently, poorly

Antonimi: reliably, dependably

sketchbook

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She always carries a sketchbook in her bag.”

Sinonimi: drawing pad

Antonimi:

silhouette

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Sinonimi: outline, shadow shape

Antonimi: detail, full image

gruesomely

Avverbio

Esempio: “The details were gruesomely vivid.”

Sinonimi: horribly, ghastly

Antonimi: pleasantly, gently

exotically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The room was exotically decorated with rare fabrics.”

Sinonimi: unusually, distinctively

Antonimi: plainly, ordinarily

dominantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The market is dominantly controlled by a few firms.”

Sinonimi: powerfully, predominantly

Antonimi: weakly, marginally

believably

Avverbio

Esempio: “She played the role believably.”

Sinonimi: convincingly, plausibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, badly

tediously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The report was tediously long.”

Sinonimi: boringly, wearisomely

Antonimi: engagingly, interestingly

repellant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His repellant behavior drove people away.”

Sinonimi: repulsive, off-putting

Antonimi: attractive, appealing

raunchily

Avverbio

Esempio: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Sinonimi: vulgarly, crudely

Antonimi: decently, tastefully

plausibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She argued plausibly that the delay was unavoidable.”

Sinonimi: believably, credibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, implausibly

bolt

Verbo

Esempio: “The horse bolted across the field.”

Sinonimi: run suddenly, metal pin

Antonimi: stop

hug

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: embrace

Antonimi: push away

via

Preposizione

Esempio: “I sent the file via email.”

Sinonimi: through, by way of

Antonimi:

rid

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We need to get rid of these old boxes.”

Sinonimi: remove, clear away

Antonimi: keep

off

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please turn off the lights.”

Sinonimi: away, not on

Antonimi: on

telecommunications

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Telecommunications have changed the way people work.”

Sinonimi: communication technology

Antonimi:

train

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We took the train to the city.”

Sinonimi: railway car, teach

Antonimi:

style

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I like her style of writing.”

Sinonimi: fashion, way

Antonimi:

sadly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She looked sadly out of the window.”

Sinonimi: unhappily

Antonimi: happily

given

Preposizione

Esempio: “Given the weather, we stayed home.”

Sinonimi: provided, considering

Antonimi: taken away

cause

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Sinonimi: reason, make happen

Antonimi: prevent

well

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She can sing very well.”

Sinonimi: nicely

Antonimi: badly

unnervingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonimi: reassuringly, comfortingly

ponderously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The speech moved ponderously from one topic to another.”

Sinonimi: heavily, cumbersomely

Antonimi: lightly, gracefully

notoriously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The road is notoriously dangerous in winter.”

Sinonimi: famously, infamously

Antonimi: obscurely, respectably

kinetically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The molecules behave differently kinetically at high temperatures.”

Sinonimi: in motion terms, dynamically

Antonimi: statically

irrevocably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The ecosystem was irrevocably altered by the spill.”

Sinonimi: permanently, irreversibly

Antonimi: reversibly, temporarily

ingenuously

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: naively, innocently

Antonimi: cunningly, calculatingly

indulgently

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: leniently, tolerantly

Antonimi: strictly, severely

deficiently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The report was deficiently researched and poorly argued.”

Sinonimi: inadequately, insufficiently

Antonimi: thoroughly, competently

abhorrently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The prisoners were treated abhorrently by the regime.”

Sinonimi: repulsively, detestably

Antonimi: admirably, decently

inexcusably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The team performed inexcusably poorly.”

Sinonimi: unforgivably, intolerably

Antonimi: acceptably, forgivably

inclusively

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: openly, without exclusion

Antonimi: exclusively, narrowly

dynamically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The system allocates resources dynamically based on demand.”

Sinonimi: actively, adaptively

Antonimi: statically, rigidly

compliantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The child sat compliantly and listened.”

Sinonimi: obediently, submissively

Antonimi: defiantly, resistantly

beguilingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonimi: repulsively, harshly

trim

Verbo

Esempio: “I need to trim the edges of this photo.”

Sinonimi: cut neatly, reduce

Antonimi: extend

tour

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We took a walking tour of the old city.”

Sinonimi: trip, guided visit

Antonimi: stay

thus

Avverbio

Esempio: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Sinonimi: therefore, in this way

Antonimi: however

tend

Verbo

Esempio: “Children tend to learn languages quickly.”

Sinonimi: be likely to, care for

Antonimi: avoid

slip

Verbo

Esempio: “Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.”

Sinonimi: slide, lose balance

Antonimi: grip firmly

push

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: press, shove

Antonimi: pull

escape

Verbo

Esempio: “The bird managed to escape from the cage.”

Sinonimi: get away, flee

Antonimi: remain trapped

anyway

Avverbio

Esempio: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Sinonimi: in any case

Antonimi: therefore not

bring

Verbo

Esempio: “Please bring your notebook tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: carry

Antonimi: take away

along

Preposizione

Esempio: “We walked along the river.”

Sinonimi: beside

Antonimi: away from

unexceptional

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The first draft was competent but unexceptional.”

Sinonimi: ordinary

Antonimi: remarkable

treacherously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Sinonimi: deceitfully

Antonimi: reliably

tantalizingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The offer was tantalizingly close to what we wanted.”

Sinonimi: temptingly

Antonimi: unappealingly

stultifyingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The process was stultifyingly rigid and killed initiative.”

Sinonimi: oppressively

Antonimi: liberatingly

paradoxically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Paradoxically, strict rules can increase creativity.”

Sinonimi: ironically

Antonimi: predictably

incongruously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke incongruously softly in the middle of an argument.”

Sinonimi: oddly

Antonimi: appropriately

idiomatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Sinonimi: naturally

Antonimi: literally

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