Synonyms Flashcards
Provoke
“My stories usually provoke laughter.”
Directs attention to the response called forth.
Directs attention to the response called forth.
Provoke
“My stories usually provoke laughter.”
Excite
“News that excited anger and frustration.”
Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly
Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly
Excite
“News that excited anger and frustration.”
Stimulate
“Stimulating conversation.”
Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.
Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.
Stimulate
“Stimulating conversation.”
Pique
“That remark piqued my interest.”
Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.
Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.
Pique
“That remark piqued my interest.”
Quicken
“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”
Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.
Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.
Quicken
“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”
Proud
“Too proud to take charity.”
May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.
May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.
Proud
“Too proud to take charity.”
Arrogant
“A conceited and arrogant executive.”
Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.
Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.
Arrogant
“A conceited and arrogant executive.”
Haughty
“A haughty aristocrat.”
Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.
Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.
Haughty
“A haughty aristocrat.”
Lordly
“A lordly condescension.”
Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.
Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.
Lordly
“A lordly condescension.”
Insolent
“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”
Implies contemptuous haughtiness.
Implies contemptuous haughtiness.
Insolent
“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”
Overbearing
“An overbearing supervisor.”
Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.
Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.
Overbearing
“An overbearing supervisor.”
Supercilious
“An aloof and supercilious manner.”
Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.
Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.
Supercilious
“An aloof and supercilious manner.”
Disdainful
“Disdainful of their social inferiors.”
Suggests a more active and open scornful superciliousness.
Suggests a more active and open scornful superciliousness.
Disdainful
“Disdainful of their social inferiors.”
Profuse
“Profuse apologies.”
Implies pouring forth without restraint.
Implies pouring forth without restraint.
Profuse
“Profuse apologies.”
Lavish
“A lavish party.”
Suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.
Suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.
Lavish
“A lavish party.”
Prodigal
“Prodigal spending.”
Implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.
Implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.
Prodigal
“Prodigal spending.”
Luxuriant
“A luxuriant beard.”
Suggests a rich and splendid abundance.
Suggests a rich and splendid abundance.
Luxuriant
“A luxuriant beard.”
Lush
“A lush green lawn.”
Suggests rich, soft luxuriance.
Suggests rich, soft luxuriance.
Lush
“A lush green lawn.”
Exuberant
“An exuberant imagination.”
Implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.
Implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.
Exuberant
“An exuberant imagination.”
Proficient
“Proficient in translating foreign languages.”
Implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice.
Implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice.
Proficient
“Proficient in translating foreign languages.”
Adept
“Adept at doing Ling division.”
Implies special aptitude as well as proficiency.
Implies special aptitude as well as proficiency.
Adept
“Adept at doing Ling division.”
Skilled
“A skilled surgeon.”
Stresses mastery of technique.
Stresses mastery of technique.
Skilled
“A skilled surgeon.”
Skillful
“Skillful drivers.”
Implies individual dexterity in execution or performance.
Implies individual dexterity in execution or performance.
Skillful
“Skillful drivers.”
Expert
“Expert in the evaluation of wines.”
Implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well as technical skill.
Implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well as technical skill.
Expert
“Expert in the evaluation of wines.”
