Synonym lists
Synonyms for 300 words, grouped by meaning and graded from closest to looser. These are the starter words in Synonym Showdown, a free multiplayer word game.
Everyday words
bad big boring break bright busy cheap clean cold cool crazy cry cute dark dirty dumb easy eat empty fake fast fat fight fix friend full funny good grab great gross happy hard hate heavy help hide hit hot house hungry hurry idea jump kind laugh like look loud lucky make mean mess messy money nervous new nice old poor pretty quiet rich rude run sad safe say scared short shy sick silly simple sleepy slow small smart soft start stop strong sweet talk tall thin think throw tiny true walk warm weak weird wet wild win wrong yell young
Familiar words
admire ancient anger angry annoy anxious argue ask avoid awful battle beautiful believe bold bored brave brief calm careful celebrate chance cheerful choose clever clumsy complain confident create crowd cruel curious damage danger dangerous decide delicious destroy difficult eager enormous excited explain famous fancy fear fierce foolish fragile gather generous gentle gift gloomy goal greedy grow grumpy harsh honest hostile humble hurt important improve jealous journey joy lazy lonely loyal mistake peaceful plan polite power praise protect proud rare remember rush scare secret shout skill sneaky strange strict stubborn terrible tired tough trick trouble ugly vague wander wise wonderful worry
Advanced vocabulary
abandon abundant adamant alleviate ambiguous arduous arrogant astute audacious belligerent benevolent blatant bleak bolster callous candid cantankerous capricious chaos coerce condemn conspicuous cryptic debacle deceive dilemma diligent diminish docile eccentric eloquent enigmatic ephemeral euphoria exacerbate exuberant facade fastidious ferocious fervor flamboyant frivolous frugal gregarious gullible haughty hubris immaculate impetuous inept insolent intrepid jovial lavish lethargic loquacious lucid malicious melancholy menace meticulous mitigate mundane nonchalant obscure obstinate ominous opulent ostentatious pensive placate pompous ponder precarious procrastinate prudent rebuke relinquish resilient robust scrutinize serene shrewd solace squander tenacious thwart tirade tranquil trivial turbulent ubiquitous vanquish vigilant vivid voracious wary whimsical wistful zealous
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