Synonyms

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.