Synonym 1 Flashcards
다
all
전체
(noun) the entire, as a whole, totality (of one thing)(an entity composed of parts/elements/the totality of a body)
전부
(noun/adv) the whole, everything; all, in total, in all (the sum of all parts without exception/all of more than one thing)(sino)
모두
(adv) all (as an ADV it’s slightly less formal than 전부); (noun) all, everyone, everybody
누구나
anyone, everybody, each person (does something)
모든
(adj) every, all, whole, entire (used before a noun)
완전히
completely, entirely, fully, absolutely, thoroughly, quite, perfectly
철저히
thoroughly, completely, exhaustively (because you were careful)
몽땅
all, all at once (as much as possible at once), everything (stronger/eeeevverryything)
온통
(adv) all, wholly, entirely (a very strong word/might be awkward to use in some context)
일체
(noun/adv) all (of something), the whole; entirely, absolutley (context of paying/negative statements)(may be a fancy word)
홀랑
completely, thoroughly (revealed all at once); being completely stripped of one’s posessions (not common)
남김없이
entirely, wholly (without leaving any), entirely, without exception, to the last (not common)
말끔
(adv) all, completely, neatly, without leaving any (not common/you’ll hear 말금히 more)
총
gun; (determiner) total (number of something), overall, gross
온
(determiner) all, entire, whole
완전하다
to be perfect, complete, flawless
완벽하다
to be perfect, flawless, immaculate
말짱하다
to be perfectly okay, faultless, clean
멀쩡하다
to be perfectly okay, intact, unscathed
거의
almost, a little less than all, nearly, about, practically
대부분
most of, greater part, mostly, bulk of, largely (exceeding half and nearing the total)
대개
mostly, generally, usually, for the most part, in most cases, by and large (less common than 보통/주로)
대체로
generally, mostly, for the most part (lit. 대 great 체 body)
주요
(adj) major, main, primary, key, leading
주로
(adv) mainly, primarily, usual (serving as a basis or center)
보통
usually, normally, ordinary, average (broad)
평소에
usually, ordinarily (anecdotes)
꼬박꼬박
regularly, on a regular basis
원래
originally, usually; by nature (same as 본래 but colloquial)
본래
originally, primarily, by nature, inherently (same as 원래 but written)
일반
(noun) general, common, universality, generality; the same, one and the same
일반적
being general (widely applicable), typical, usual, average, ordinary
흔히
commonly, frequently, generally, ordinarily, often
흔하다
to be common, commonplace
정상
normality, normalcy, normal; top, summit, peak; head, leader; cirumstances
지극히
very, extremely (something is very natural/normal)
평범하다
to be ordinary, average, common, normal, plain, usual (nothing special or excellent)
상투적
conventional, commonplace (not new)
전체적
overall, general
대충
roughly/rough, approximately; almost, practically
자꾸
repeatedly, often, frequently
자주
often, frequently
잦다
to be frequent; subside, ease
가끔
sometimes, occasionally
때때로
(written) occasionally, sometimes, once and a while, from time to time, now and then
늘
always, all the time, the whole time; often (poetic/written)
항상
always, all the time (interchangeable with 언제나 but used slightly moreHas a nuance that something repeatedly happens (always study in the library))
언제나
always, all the time, every time; usually (interchangeable with 항상 *Nuance that something is continuous and that there is not a time when it is not happening (she is always pretty)
영원히
forever, eternally, permanently, for good
영구히
eternally, permanently, last endlessly without changing
맨날
(lit. everyday) always, all the time (Neg. connotation sometimes/more common in spoken [less formal])
매일
every day, daily (formal)
날마다
every day, each day, day in and day out (long term daily routine/not that common)
마다
every, each, at an interval of
매번
every time, very often, always
한꺼번에
all at once, all together, at the same time
동시에
at the same time, simultaneously, at once, concurrently
언제든지
at any time, whenever, anytime
전혀
not at all, never, by no means (only negative context)
하나도
not one, not at all
절대로
never; absolutely, completely, ever (will and determination not to accept or allow something/in positive context (absolutely))
절대
absolutely, definitely, completely, never
도저히
not at all, no way, no matter what (focus the intensity of the effort and still not achieving any results)
결코
never, by no means (written)(only neg. context, lit. with a strong determination)
아예
from the beginning; not at all, never; fully, completely (focuses on time)
제일
(adv)the most, (lit. the first one); (noun) the best (sino)
가장
(adv) the most, best; head of house (native Korean)
최고
(noun) the best, the highest, top, maximum (in some context it can be interchangeable with 최상)
최상
the best, the top, finest, highest level
최선
the best way/choice among many; one’s best
최대한
maximum, largest, at the most, as much as possible (under a certain condition)
최대
(noun) the largest, the biggest, maximum, the most
잔뜩
to the greatest possible extent, to the fullest; quite, heavily
매우
(adv) very, so, much, really, greatly, extremely (formal, written/no emotion)
아주
very, quite, exceedingly; totally, completely (colloquial/associated with personal emotion)
되게
very, really, extremely (colloquial/comparable to 아주 but less common)
엄청
very, very much, seriously, ridiculously alot, immense, huge (strong/very informal)
엄청나다
to be huge, enormous, tremendous, overwhelming
진짜
really, the real thing, truly (slightly less formal than 정말)(origin: authentic/not fake item)(same as 정말 when used as “really”)
정말
really, you really (slightly more formal than 진짜)(origin: real story)(same as 진짜 when used as “really”)
너무
too much; very, so, really, a lot
너무나
too much (너무너무, ephasized version of 너무), very very much
무척
very much, incomparable to the norm (formal/less common)
워낙
excessively, too, very (something is so excessive that it would cause something else to happen); by nature someone is very… (not common)
지나치다
to be extreme, excessive, go too far, be too much; pass by, go past; neglect
굉장히
very, extremely, very much, greatly, immensely (large in scale)
몹시
extremely, awfully, very, like hell (stronger than 아주)(written/literary)
훨씬
by far, much, a lot, very (greatly different in comparison to something else)
꽤
quite, fairly, rather, pretty
제법
pretty, fairly, quite, impressively (higher degree than expected)(informal)
상당히
considerably, quite, rather, substantial
많다
(adj) to be a lot, many, a large number
수많다
to be (very) numerous, a lot of, a great many
풍부하다
to be plentiful, abundant, a lot (usually abstract e.g. a lot of ideas)
몇몇
some, several, a few
여러
several, many, a lot of
대단하다
to be great, huge; outstanding, awesome; important, serious
위대하다
to be great (e.g. be one of the greats), grand, remarkable
커다랗다
to be very big, huge, enormous
어마어마하다
to be tremendous, immense, grand (surprisingly big/so great that you are in awe)
크다
to be big
조그맣다
to be tiny, small, petite (nuance of being slighly cute); little, trivial (more of a written term)
조그마하다
to be small, tiny, little; trivial (of little importance)(unabreviated)
작다
to be small
미처
(not) beforehand, in advance, in time (before something reaches a certain state or level)
미리
in advance, beforehand, ahead of time (before something happens)
앞서
ahead (of other people/things), before, earlier
일등
first, first class (rank/grade that comes first before others)
전에
past, earlier time, before; ago (an act occurred before the preceding statement)(전에 is not a word but an expression)
이전
(noun) previous, before; relocation, move; transfer
첫째
first, the foremost (preceding all other things in order); first (number in a sequence); firstborn, eldest
먼저
first, early, ahead of, before (go first/do an action before someone, something, or a point im time or order)
일단
first, first of all (of several actions/first step to solve a problem); for now, for the moment; one end; once [something happens] (this meaning must be used by 일단 verb stem 면)
우선
first, first of all, to begin with, above all (interchangeable with 일단); for the time being, for now (lacking anything better); priority, take priority (over)
처음
first time, beginning, start (of a situation, experience, action rather than order)
최초
the very first, first (formal)
시작
beginning, start, begin
초기
the early part of, the beginning, the early stages, early days
비롯하다
to originate, start with, begin (for the first time), headed by; include
벌이다
to start, set up, stage (something), throw (party etc), display, launch (venture/big event)
시작하다
to start, to begin
서다
to stand (up), erect, build; stop
멈추다
to stop (someone/thing), cease, halt, stay still (ongoing movement, operation, action)
그만두다
to stop, cease; leave, quit, give up, abandon (longer term/permanent)(needs an object)
그만하다
to stop, quit (doing something/only people)(something that’s currently happening and the focus is on that action)(needs an object)
말다
to roll up; quit doing, not do (an action), stop doing (an action that you want to stop)(see 지마세요)
그치다
to cease, let up (natural phenomena); stop (something stops); end up (something does not progress from a certain state)
중지하다
to discontinue, stop, suspend (in the middle of something ongoing without finishing)
끊다
to cut off, break off; stop, quit, disconnect, pause
끊어지다
to be cut off, disconnected; lose contact with; expire, die
끊기다
to be cut off, stopped, broken, disconnected (interchangeable with 끊어지다)
마치다
to finish, complete, end, wrap up (longer term commitments that can’t be stopped)
끝
end, finish, close; point, edge
끝장
ultimate state (final state where anything beyond is unthinkable); be pending; end, conclusion, termination
끝나다
to finish, end, close, complete (regardless of the speaker something ends)
끝내다
to finish, end, complete, conclude (actively ending something, affected by will/intention)(needs subject and object)
끝내
to the last, to the end; ultimately, finally
종료
(noun) end, conclusion, close, finish, termination, exit (a program)(action or work comes to a close)
마감
deadline; finish, closing (process of finishing something/not always but timeline associated)
결론
conclusion (speech or writing); conclusion (decision drawn from an issue)
결말
ending, finish, conclusion (of an event or story)
마지막
the last, final one
최종
the last, final, end result (sino)
결국
after all, finally, in the end, eventually; (noun) conclusion, end, finale
마침내
finally, eventually, at last, in the end, after all (pos/neg weren’t expecting it)
드디어
finally, at (long) last, eventually (you were expecting it to happen)
이윽고
not long after, after a while, soon afterward, eventually (after time passed, not necessarily a long time), not long after (not common)
이제
now (after something/in contrast to another time), and now
지금
now (at this moment)
곧
soon, right away, immediately, shortly; in other words; none other than (only in reference to something in the future)
금방
shortly, soon, at any moment, quickly (more common for future); just a moment ago
방금
a moment ago, just (now)(more commonly used for past tense)
직전
on the brink, verge, just before
직후
immediately after
바로
straight, right now/after, immediately (not only in refererence to time/interchangeable with 즉시); directly; close(ly) right; very, exactly
즉시
at once, immediately, without delay, on the spot, in an instant (interchangeable with 바로)
곧장
straight, directly, right away (usually in reference to a direction you are going)
당장
at once, right now, immediately, on the spot (giving commands/urgent)
얼른
promptly, right away, right now, quickly, hurry (now), soon, immediately (doing/wanting something right away)
급히
hastily, in a hurry, quickly (state of needing to do something very quickly)
급하다
to be in a hurry, be urgent, impatient; rash
서두르다
to hurry, rush (needing to do something quickly and not be calm about it)
빨리
quickly, early, fast, hurry up (the speed at which something is done is faster than normal)
신속하다
to be quick, prompt, swift (in doing tasks/actions)
잽싸다
to be quick, swift, agile (wit or doing an action)(not common)
맞이하다
to receive, greet, accept, welcome
환대
hospitality, (warm) welcome
환영하다
to welcome (someone to a place, group, occasion)(sino)
반갑다
to be glad, happy, welcome (when you meet someone or see someone/thing that you missed)
기쁘다
to be glad, happy, pleased (narrower in scope/focused on something)
기뻐하다
to be pleased, happy, glad (talking about other people/past self as an observer)
행복하다
to be happy, happiness (continuous state of happiness/deeper meaning than 즐겁다) expressing the emotion of happiness
즐겁다
to be please, happy (about something), something was enjoyable
즐겁게
pleasantly, delightfully
즐기다
to enjoy oneself, have fun; enjoy, like, appreciate
유쾌하다
to be cheerful, pleasant (describing someone/thing that gives you a pleasant feeling)
감상하다
to enjoy, appreciate (art, music, etc)
잘나다
to be good, smart, distinguished
잘생기다
to look good, be handsome
미남
good-looking man
미인
beautiful woman (face or figure)
미녀
beautiful woman, beauty (face)
만족하다
to be satisfied, pleased, content
명랑하다
to be cheerful (personality is pleasant/full of life), merry, bright
찬란하다
to be radiant, shining, brilliant, glorious; bright, cheerful
눈부시다
to be dazzling, glaring (so bright it’s hard to look at), brilliant, remarkable
빛나다
to shine, sparkle, twinkle, gleam (subject is the source of the shine); glow (look valuable)
비추다
to light up, shed light (on); reflect mirror; consider, reflect (on)
반사하다
to reflect (physical/tangible)
환하다
to be bright (focused on what you see), light, radiant; clear, obvious; familiar (with), knowledgeable
밝다
to be bright (focus on the amount of light), light; be promising; sharp, keen
밝히다
to brighten (up), lighten, turn on a light; clarify, disclose, reveal; stay up; be crazy for; give hope
슬프다
to be sad
슬퍼하다
to feel sad and express those emotions (talking about other people/past self as an observer)
애절하다
to be very sad (and look pitiable), touching, mournful, pathetic
울적하다
to be depressed, gloomy, cheerless, down and lonely
우울하다
to be gloomy, cheerless, depressed, frustrated (due to something)
서럽다
to be sad (slight anger,bitter nuance/because a pitiful situation)
서운하다
to be sad, hurt; regrettable (disapointed at a negative outcome/seeing someone leave)
섭섭하다
to be sad, disappointed, hurt (stronger than 서운하다/not as common)
김새다
to lose interest, enthusiasm, be disappointed; spoil one’s fun (excited about something and then you lose it all because of…)(slang)
안타깝다
to be heart-breaking, frustrating, regrettable, too bad, sad, feeling sorry (loss of something material or something that had potential)
비참하다
to be miserable, wretched, tragic (unbearably sad)
아쉽다
to be sorry, sad; lacking (feeling when an opportunity is missed)
아쉬워하다
to miss, feel the lack of, be inconvenienced by not having; be unwilling; be sorry (has regrets on a matter where you haven’t had or done enough)
멋지다
to be(look) cool, nice, lovely; fashionable, stylish (interchangeable with 멋있다)
멋있다
to be cool/awesome
환상적
being fantastic(al) (not possible in reality)
굉장하다
to be wonderful, great, marvelous, excellent, awesome
훌륭하다
to be excellent, great, superb, fine, admirable (formal/old/not common)(used in a situation where you are complimenting a person with a lot of accolades)
뛰어나다
to be outstanding, exceptional, excellent (a person’s ability in comparison to others)
신기하다
to be marvelous, wonderful, amazing, surpising (slight nuance that the thing is out of the norm/seeing for the first time and you are positively surprised)
독특하다
to be unique, distinctive
특별하다
to be special, extraordinary
화려하다
to be flashy, fancy, magnificent, glamorous, colorful; impressive, glorious
중요하다
to be important, significant
중요시하다
to put a high value (on), regard as important, emphasize
소중하다
to be valuable, important, precious
아깝다
to be precious, valuable (not wanting to give up time, money, etc); regrettable, pitiful; What a waste (excessive use of time, money etc. to achieving something, but failed)
귀중하다
to be precious, valuable, priceless, invaluable
달래다
to soothe, calm (down)
위로하다
to console, comfort (by saying nice things trying to ease their emotional distress)
진정하다
to be calm down, relax; true (sounds like the more old fashioned true), real, geunine, sincere; file a petition, request
태연하다
to be calm, no nerves, composed, nonchalant, cool
편리하다
to be convenient, handy, easy to use
편하다
to be nice, relaxed, easy, simple; convenient (both physical and psychological)(meaning can include both 편리하다/편안하다)
편히
conveniently, comfortably, easily
편안하다
to be (feel) comfortable, relaxed, easy; calm
불편하다
to be inconvenient; uncomfortable, discomfort, uneasy, awkward
껄끄럽다
to be uncomfortable, uneasy, strained (usually regarding relationships); coarse, prickly
불안하다
to be anxious/scared, uneasy, nervous; insecure, unstable, uncertain (only negative context)
긴장하다
to be nervous, be tense, strained (while also being very alert/paying attention)
긴장감
tension, suspense, nervous, strained, not relaxed (talking about the atmosphere of something)
당황스럽다
to be flustered, disconcerted (not composed), confused, embarrassed
창피하다
to be ashamed, embarrassed, humiliated
쪽팔리다
to be embarassing, lose face because of humiliation (slang)
부끄럽다
to be shameful, disgraceful, ashamed, embarrassed; be shy (contains the meaning of 창피하다 as well as be shy because of it; it also has a moral connotation when used as “shameful”)
소심하다
to be timid, shy, cowardly (lit. small hearted)
어색하다
to be awkward
이상하다
to be strange, weird
되다
to become, get, turn into; be possible, done, available; okay (many definitions)
변하다
to change (x is still x but changed), turn (into), become different
변화하다
to change form, alter, change (into), turn (into) (to a greater degree than 변하다/formal)
달라지다
to change, alter, vary, become different
바뀌다
be changed (new thing x is now y), replaced; translated; become different, turn (into)
바꾸다
to change; exchange, replace, trade; alter, modify; transfer, direct, put through (deliberately change something
변경하다
to change, alter, switch ((people and abstract things)
갈다
to change, replace (non living things), renew; sharpen, grind, hone; plow, cultivate
전환
change, switch, transition (bigger macroscopic entitiescountry, enterprise, economy, political systems / transition between male and female)
늘다
to increase, grow, rise, gain; improve, make progress, get better (something is getting better without precise numbers)
늘리다
to (make something) increase, add, improve; extend
늘어나다
to grow longer, stretch (length); increase
증가하다
to increase, grow, rise (figures, numbers related, used for reports/formal)
연장하다
to extend, renew, prolong, lengthen; continue
개선하다
to make improvements, improve, make better, upgrade; return in triumph (from bad to good not low to high)
좋아지다
to become good, improve, get better; come to like, become fond of
키우다
to grow, bring up, make stronger, keep (you are the person observing the growth)
기르다
to raise, look after; grow; train, develop (length/you are putting in the effort to cultivate)
자라다
to grow up, grow, be raised, mature
가꾸다
to grow, cultivate (plants); take care of, tend; decorate, make oneself look good
돌보다
to look after, take care of
건강하다
to be healthy, fit, strong
건장하다
to be well built, have a strong physique
탄탄하다
to be solid, strong, robust, stable (structures or something visible to the eye/process or logic); an organization being in stable state
튼튼하다
to be strong, solid, healthy, durable
딱딱하다
to be hard, stiff, firm; formal, stern, unfriendly
강하다
to be strong (broad), powerful, intense, hard, solid
세다
to be strong, powerful, solid; count (numbers);turn white (hair, skin)
힘세다
to be strong, powerful, mighty (only physical)
강력하다
to be strong, powerful (influence related)
직장
workplace, job, office, company
직업
job, career
하는 일
job (2), work that you do
업무
business, job, duty, work, task (that you do as part of a job)
근무
work (for/at) as an employee, be at work (formal)
작업
work (towards a certain process/for something), operation
일거리
work (that enables you to earn money), things to do, task
일
work, job
아르바이트
part-time job
본업
main occupation, day job, primary job
백수
being out of work (nuance of staying at home and being lazy), unemployed; empty hands; all kinds of animals
실업
unemployment (someone willing to work lost a job or is unemployed); industry, business
업체
company, business (less common)
기업
enterprise, business, corporation, company (that seek to make profit)
회사
company, corporation (that someone would work at)
장사
business (selling something for profit), trade, commerce, deal; funeral; person of great physical strength
사업
enterprise, business (act of managing a companies activities); work, service, project, activity
단체
organization, association, society; group of people, party
조직
group (with structure and a goal), organization, ring; tissue (group of cells); texture (of cloth)
그룹
group (people who do something together)
집단
group, body (interchangeable with 그룹)(group or organization that consists of two or more people)
동아리
club, society, group
공동
joint, group, collaboration; work together, cooperate
부대
unit, party that acts together, troops, military camp; bag, sack
삶
life, living, existence (half way between 인생 and 생활 and therefore is interchangeable with either)
생활
life (act of living in a place); living (making a living), livelihood; life (act of living while doing a certain job or act)(day to day life (married life/daily life/school life)
사생활
privacy, private life
인생
life (entirety)(refers to the entirety of life/has a more serious nuance so in some situations it would be awkward)
평생
lifetime, one’s entire life until you die
일상생활
everyday life
일상
everyday, daily life (shorter)
목숨
life (power that allows you to breath and other actions that keep you alive)
생명
life (state of being alive and the force that allows you to live); life (period of time something was maintained); life (core of something)
