50 Examples of Synonyms with Sentences
abandon – desert
Tom abandoned them.
The mall is deserted.
abbreviate – shorten
What is this the abbreviation for?
A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
ability – aptitude
He has the ability to do the work.
He has a remarkable aptitude for music.
able – qualified
I was able to help.
Alex is fully qualified.
above – overhead
This is above me.
From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead.
abundant – ample
Oil is abundant in that country.
There’s ample room in the attic.
accurate – correct
This is pretty accurate.
This isn’t correct.
achieve – accomplish
My sister achieved her goal.
Did you accomplish your goals?
adjourn – recess
Court is adjourned.
May we have a short recess?
advocate – support
I’m just playing the devil’s advocate.
Thanks for the support.
after – following
They’re after me.
Keep following me.
afraid – scared
Are you afraid?
I felt scared.
aggressive – militant
I wasn’t aggressive enough.
Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.
aid – assist
My sister came to my aid.
I’m here to assist you.
always – forever
I always play football.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
amateur – novice
My father is an amateur cricket player.
And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of preference–equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world to dependent and novice.
ambitious – driven
I think Alex is unambitious.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
antagonize – embitter
“No one to antagonize, huh?”
He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him), and took a sort of pleasure in thinking that human affairs would never improve.
apparent – obvious
The danger was not apparent.
It’s obvious, isn’t it?
approve – ratify
I hope you approve.
I ratify of your plan.
arrive – come
We have arrived.
Come off it.
arrogant – stuck-up
Why are you so arrogant?
hey’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck.
awful – atrocious
I know it’s awful.
But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
awkward – clumsy
I felt very awkward.
Why are you so clumsy?
ban – prohibit
Why was I banned?
Spitting is prohibited.
