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Top 74 Need to know Synonym Groups
74 Picmonics to Learn | 34 mins
Abbreviated Communication
- Compendium
- Abridge
- Curtail
- Cursory
- Terse
- Synopsis
- Syllabus
1 min
Act Quickly
- Abrupt
- Apace
- Precipitate
- Impetuous
47 secs
Assist
- Proponent
- Abet
- Munificent
- Mainstay
- Advocate
- Bolster
- Espouse
- Countenance
- Corroborate
- Ancillary
2 mins
Bad Mood
- Petulant
- Pettish
- Dudgeon
- Querulous
- Pique
- Bilious
- Waspish
- Umbrage
- Irascible
1 min
Beginner or Amateur
- Apprenticeship
- Fledgling
- Neophyte
- Tyro
- Dilettante
- Proselyte
1 min
Beginning or Young
- Burgeoning
- Engender
- Inchoate
- Incipient
- Nascent
- Callow
59 secs
Biting, as in Wit or Temperament
- Mordacious
- Trenchant
- Caustic
- Acidulous
- Asperity
- Acrimonious
- Acerbic
- Mordant
1 min
Bold
- Courageous
- Audacious
- Dauntless
26 secs
Boring
- Banal
- Fatuous
- Hackneyed
- Insipid
- Pedestrian
- Platitude
- Prosaic
- Quotidian
- Trite
- Bromidic
Changing Quickly
- Madness
- Temperamental
- Mercurial
- Volatile
- Effervescent
- Capricious
- Impulsive
- Fickle
1 min
Copy
- Counterpart
- Emulate
- Quintessence
- Precursor
- Facsimile
- Factitious
- Vicarious
- Simulated
- Paradigm
2 mins
Criticize
- Excoriate
- Vituperate
- Revile
- Lambaste
49 secs
Criticize (False Charge)
- Defamation
- Calumny
- Aspersion
- Impugn
- Remonstrate
- Gainsay
1 min
Death and Dying
- Defunct
- Demise
- Wraith
- Moribund
- Cadaver
- Macabre
Death and Mourning
- Dolorous
- Lament
- Knell
- Elegy
- Obsequies
- Bereave
- Sepulchral
1 min
Denying of Self
- Temperate
- Spartan
- Ascetic
- Abnegate
- Stoic
- Abstain
1 min
Dictatorial
- Tyrannical
- Peremptory
- Dogmatic
- Despot
- Authoritarian
- Hegemonic
- Imperious
2 mins
Difficult to Understand
- Cryptic
- Inscrutable
- Perplexing
- Abstruse
- Ambiguous
- Arcane
- Esoteric
- Paradoxical
- Enigmatic
- Obscure
- Bemusing
- Opaque
- Recondite
Easy to Understand
- Eloquent
- Limpid
- Cogent
- Evident
- Articulate
- Lucid
- Pellucid
2 mins
Eccentric or Dissimilar
- Anomalous
- Anachronism
- Eclectic
- Aberrant
- Discrete
- Iconoclast
- Esoteric
1 min
Embarrass
- Compunction
- Chagrin
- Abash
- Expiate
- Rue
- Diffidence
- Gaucherie
- Foible
- Contrition
1 min
Equal
- Tantamount
- Equity
- Equitable
25 secs
Falsehood
- Erroneous
- Canard
- Apocryphal
- Specious
- Fallacious
- Mendacious or Mendacity
- Spurious
Falsehood Trick or Deceit
- Duplicity
- Ersatz
- Chicanery
- Feigned
- Dissemble
- Equivocate
- Perfidy
- Guile
- Prevaricate
Family
- Filial
- Consanguine
- Fratricide
- Conjugal
- Endogamous
- Scion
- Progenitor
Favoring or Not Impartial
- Partisan
- Doctrinaire
- Tendentious
- Ardor or Ardent
- Zealot
- Fervid
Forgive
- Expiate
- Exculpate
- Exonerate
- Redress
- Palliate
- Acquit
- Vindicate
- Absolve
Funny
- Raillery
- Chortle
- Jocular
- Riposte
- Facetious
- Gibe
- Flippant
- Droll
- Simper
- Ludicrous
- Levity
Gaps or Openings
- Oriface
- Fissure
- Rift
- Hiatus
- Lull
- Aperture
- Respite
- Interregnum
- Interstice
- Rent
Generous or Kind
- Unstinting
- Largess
- Philanthropic
- Clement
- Munificent
- Magnanimous
- Beneficent
- Altruistic
Greedy
- Avaricious
- Covetous
- Esurient
- Miserly
- Rapacious
- Venal
- Mercenary
1 min
Hardhearted
- Dour
- Fell
- Vitriolic
- Sardonic
- Malevolent
- Baleful
- Asperity
- Vituperation/vituperate
- Scathing
- Truculent
- Mordant
2 mins
Harmful
- Baleful
- Baneful
- Deleterious
- Inimical
- Injurious
- Insidious
- Minatory
- Perfidious
- Pernicious
Harsh Sounding
- Dissonant
- Strident
- Cacophony
- Din
- Raucous
54 secs
Hatred
- Enmity
- Rancor
- Malice
- Anathema
- Abhorrence
- Detestation
- Odium
- Loathing
- Antagonism
- Antipathy
Healthy
- Salutary
- Beneficial
- Salubrious
37 secs
Hesitant
- Waver
- Teeter
- Oscillate
- Dither
- Vacillate
Hostile
- Misanthropic
- Malevolent
- Vindictive
- Antithetic
- Irascible
- Curmudgeon
- Truculent
- Churlish
Innocent or Inexperienced
- Ingenuous
- Novice
- Tyro
- Credulous
- Gullible
Insincere
- Fulsome
- Unctuous
- Disingenuous
- Ostensible
- Dissemble
Investigate
- Assay
- Peruse
- Descry
- Appraise
- Ascertain
53 secs
Lazy or Sluggish
- Inert
- Quiescent
- Torpid
- Lethargic
- Lackadaisical
- Slothful
- Lassitude
- Languid
- Indolent
- Phlegmatic
1 min
Lucky
- Portentous
- Providential
- Fortuitous
- Kismet
- Talisman
- Propitious
- Auspicious
- Amulet
Nag
- Admonish
- Reproof
- Cavil
- Belabor
- Enjoin
- Harangue
- Hector
- Martinet
- Remonstrate
- Exhort
Nasty
- Fetid
- Noisome
- Noxious
Not a Straight Line
- Awry
- Circumvent
- Meander
- Sidle
- Sinuous
- Circuitous
- Oblique
- Gyrate
- Carom
- Undulating
- Careen
- Vortex
Offensive or Disgusting
- Defile
- Rebarbative
- Putrid
- Odious
- Noisome
- Invidious
- Fetid
58 secs
Order
- Synchronous
- Anterior
- Antecede
- Anachronism
- Penultimate
- Antedate
Overblown or Wordy
- Bombastic
- Grandiloquent
- Rhetoric
- Loquacious
- Garrulous
- Turgid
- Verbose
- Prolix
- Periphrastic
- Circumlocution
Pacify
- Appease
- Assuage
- Mollify
- Propitiate
- Satiate
- Sooth
Pacify or Satisfy
- Defer
- Slake
- Mitigate
- Ameliorate
- Placate
Pleasant Sounding
- Melodious
- Harmonic
- Euphonious
- Sonorous
Poor
- Indigent
- Esurient
- Destitute
- Impecunious
37 secs
Praise
- Acclaim
- Accolade
- Aggrandize
- Encomium
- Eulogize
- Extol
- Fawn
- Laud or Laudatory
- Venerate or Veneration
Predict
- Portentous
- Fey
- Presage
- Prescient
- Prognostic
- Harbinger
- Augur
- Auspice
Prevent or Obstruct
- Forfend
- Occlude
- Encumber
- Impede
- Hinder
- Fetter
- Inhibit
Public Criticism
- Belittle
- Decry
- Denounce
- Diatribe
- Deride
- Harangue
- Inveigh
- Obloquy
- Opprobrium
- Pillory
- Tirade
Return
- Recant
- Recidivism
- Remission
- Renege
- Rescind
- Retrograde
Scold Synonyms
- Berate
- Rebuke
- Reprove
- Reprehend
- Objurgate
- Castigate
1 min
Smart
- Erudite
- Sharp
- Canny
- Perspicacious
- Shrewd
- Clever
- Wise
- Sagacious
- Astute
Sorrow
- Morose
- Elegiac
- Disconsolate
- Melancholy
- Forlorn
Sorrow (Expressing)
- Threnody
- Lament
- Plaintive
- Lugubrious
- Doleful
- Dolor or Dolorous
Stubborn
- Intransigent
- Recalcitrant
- Implacable
- Refractory
- Renitent
- Inexorable
- Intractable
- Obdurate
- Obstinate
Terse
- Succinct
- Compendious
- Laconic
- Pithy
- Curt
- Taciturn
Time, Duration
- Archaic
- Diurnal
- Eon
- Ephemeral
- Epoch
- Fortnight
- Temporal
Timid
- Yellow-belly
- Craven
- Timorous
- Trepidation
- Afraid
- Pusillanimous
- Recreant
Truth
- Probity
- Indisputable
- Sincere
- Verity
- Frankness
- Candor or candid
- Indubitable
- Veracious
- Legitimate
- Fealty
Unusual
- Anomaly
- Idiosyncrasy
- Iconoclast
- Aberration
Walking About
- Itinerant
- Ambulatory
- Peripatetic
Wandering
- Expatriate
- Forage
- Itinerant
- Discursive
- Sojourn
- Peregrinate
- Peripatetic
Weaken
- Inhibit
- Adulterate
- Undermine
- Exacerbate
- Stultify
- Obviate
- Enervate
- Vitiate
Wicked or Corrupt
- Depraved
- Reprobate
- Libertine
- Turpitude
- Sordid
- Iniquity
1 min
Wisdom
- Adage
- Aphorism
- Apothegm
- Axiom
- Bromide
- Dictum
- Epigram
- Platitude
- Sententious
- Truism
Withdrawal
- Abeyance
- Abjure
- Abnegation
- Abortive
- Abrogate
- Decamp
- Demur
