Synonyms in English – Word list – A – F

Here you will find a table of words and their synonyms. We only listed typical synonyms ansd recommend using a good dictionary.

• A – F
• G – L
• M – R
• S – Z

Word	Synonym
A
about	approximately
abstract	summary
to accomplish	to achieve
to accumulate	to build up
to administer	to manage
to admit	to confess
almost	nearly
animated	lively
to annoy	to irritate, to bother
to answer	to reply
anyway	besides
apparent	obvious
to appear	to seem
applicable	relevant
appreciable	considerable
ardour	passion
arise	occur
aromatic	fragrant
to arrive	to reach
artful	crafty
association	organization
to assure	to guarantee
attractive	appealing
away	absent
awful	terrible
B
backbone	spine
backside	behind, bottom
bad (not good)	poor, naughty
ballot	poll
to bear on sth.	to affect
to beat	to defeat
becoming	fitting
to begin	to start
to behave	to act
believable	plausible
belly	stomach
bendy	flexible
beneficiant	generous
beneficial	favourable
bid	tender
bizarre	weird
blameless	innocent
bloodbath	massacre
bloodless	cold
branch	department
brave	courageous
to bring sth. back	to reintroduce
to bring sth. on	to cause
to bring sb. up	to raise
brow	forehead
bum	backside, behind, bottom
business	commerce, trade
busy (telephone)	engaged
C
candy	sweet
to categorize	to classify
to categorise
charter	constitution
cheesy	corny, tacky
chiefly	mainly
choosy	picky
to chop	to cut
chorus	refrain
citation	quotation
to cite	to quote
class	lesson, course
clerk	receptionist
clever	intelligent
to close	to shut
coiffure	hairstyle
to collapse	to break down
to collect	to gather
comfort	consolation
comic	comedian
commencement	graduation
complete	total
completely	totally
concord	harmony
to condemn	to sentence
confederate	accomplice
to confine	to restrict
conflict	clash
to conform	to comply
to confuse	to mix up
to connect	to associate, to put through (telephone)
considerate	thoughtful
constancy	fidelity
constant	fixed
constitution	structure
construction (lit.)	interpretation
to consult	to refer to
contemporary	modern
continuous	continual
contrary	opposite
convention	conference
to convey	to communicate
to cope	to manage
correct	right
couch	sofa
crook	criminal
crusade	campaign
cube	dice
curative	healing
curler	roller
cussed	stubborn
D
dash	sprint
daybreak	dawn
deceptive	misleading
decontrol	deregulate
dedicated	committed
to deduce	to infer
defective	faulty
deliberate	planned
deliberately	intentionally
delicate	fragile
to demostrate	to protest
to denationalize	to privatize
to denationalise
denims	jeans
to denote	to indicate, to represent
to deprave	to corrupt
depraved	wicked, evil
to desert	to abandon
deserted	abandoned
destiny	fate
detached	indifferent
devil	satan
dicy	risky
to differentiate	to distinguish
to diminish	to decrease
disadvantaged	deprived
disagreeable	unpleasant
to disappear	to vanish
disaster	catastrophe
to disclaim	to deny
to disclose	to reveal
discount	reduction
disgrace	shame
domesticate	cultivate
dossier	file
dubious	doubtful
dull (person)	stupid
E
eager	keen
earth	soil
ecocnomic	profitable
egocentric	selfish
to elevate	to raise, to promote
to emphasise	to stress
to emphasize
to encounter	to come across
enormous	huge, immense
to enquire	to investigate
equity	fairness
especially	particularly
essential	fundamental
to establish	to set up
to evaluate	to assess
everlasting	eternal
exactly	precisely
except	apart from
to expire	to run out
to explode	to blow up
extra	additional
F
to fabricate	to manufacture
famous	famed, renowned
fanatic	enthusiast
fantastic	great, brilliant
to float	to drift
fool	idiot
foolish	silly
forehead	brow
to foretell	to predict
formerly	previously
fortunate	lucky
foxy	cunning
foyer	lobby
fragrance	perfume
French dressing	vinaigrette
to function	to operate

Ulrike Schroedter contributed to the list.

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