Who is Fedorov’s Dictionary of Synonyms for?

Who is Fedorov’s Dictionary of Synonyms for?

This dictionary is meant for English language teachers and learners, who intend to watch different videos in English without looking up words each and every time.

For teachers

This tutorial will help you answer most of your students' random questions concerning vocabulary at and after the lesson, like "Teacher, I read an article this morning and there was this expression 'contribute to the yellow press.' I didn't know what the word 'contribute' meant so I checked it with my dictionary but I found nothing. Can you tell me what it means?"

For learners

If you aim to know every single word people could only pronounce, you might want to learn each word you see in this tutorial - that is, starting with the letter A and ending with the letter Y.

Bonus

At the end of this dictionary you will find a list of everyday idioms (with explanation). This list includes 244 idioms. Plus, there is also a short list of nationalities, meaning how to say them differently. However, you might not want to use them in a daily conversation because they are considered to be exceedingly offensive. This list includes 14 nationalities.

Abbreviations

& - and

adj. – adjective

adv. - adverb

atten. - attentively

fig. - figurative (meaning)

from d.l.i.u - from demons living inside us

e.g. - for example

esp. - especially

etc. - et cetera

ger. - gerund

inver. - inversion

iron. - ironically

lit. - literal (meaning)

n. - noun

neg. - negative (meaning)

offens. - offensive

passion. - passionately

p.a.t. - politically appropriate term

p.b. - personal belongings

pl. – plural

pos. - positive (meaning)

p.t. – past tense

reluct. - reluctantly

sg. - singular

smb - somebody

smn - someone

smth - something

v. - verb

A - argue

A big number of – a big amount of, a big quota of, an avalanche of, a great deal of, a pile of, a wilderness of

Absorb – imbibe

Absurd – preposterous

A bunch of smn/smth – a cluster of smn/smth

Accommodation – abode, lodging

Accomplice– abettor

Accuse (of) – impeach (for), indict (for)

Achievable – attainable, doable, feasible, obtainable, reachable, viable

Addicted – (be) strung out, junky

Admirer – suitor

Agree – consent, condescend (reluct.)

A hidden interest – angle

Alas – lackaday

Almost – nearly, virtually

Amorous– amative, susceptible

Amulet – charm, mojo, talisman

Anatomize – cut up, dismember, dissect

Anger – ire, malice, paddy, rage, spite, wrath

Angry – cranky, pissed off, resent, vexed

Annoying– everlasting (adj.), nudge (n.), nuisance (n.), pesky (adj.)

Apparent – conspicuous, obvious, plain

Appear – show up, turn up

Argument – wrangle, squabble, bicker (over)

Argue– bicker (about), have a tiff (with), have a run-in (with), quarrel (about), squabble, tackle, wrangle (about)

Arrest – apprehend, detain, drag, run in

Arrive – show up, turn up

Arrogance – hubris, loftiness, haughtiness

Arrogant– hoity-toity, haughty, overconfident, presumptuous, self-assertive, self-conceit, self-opinionated, self-righteous, smug, vain

Arse – booty, bum, butt, rump, tush

A small number of – a handful of, a lick of, a small amount of, a shred of, a small quota of, a spot of

At a later point in time – at a later time

At full speed – at a hell of a lick, at full throttle, scorch (down the road, etc.), whoosh (down the road, etc)

Atmosphere (fig.) – vibe

At the beginning of – at the head of

Atheist – infidel, pagan

At the foot of a mountain – at the base of a mountain

Attach – affix

Attract – beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance

Avoid – dodge (paying taxes, etc.), elude (love, truth, etc.), evade (difficulties, grasp, law, paying taxes, pursuit, responsibility, troubles), put smn off

Awesome – cancerous, colossal, epic, ligit, nifty, rattling (story, time, etc.), terrific, top, vicious

B - boring

Bait – decoy

Bark a lot – mouthy (dog)

Be amazed – be astonished, gape, stare at smn with one's mouth open wide

Beautiful– a bit of a crumpet, adorable, appealing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, comely, cute, delightful, doll, dollsome, easy-on-the-eyes, endearing, exquisite, neat, look ravishing, look stellar, lovely

Because of – due to, for the sake of, on account of

Bed – bunk, cot

Beg – beseech, implore, plead, solicit

Behavior – conduct, demeanor

Be in a bad mood – be (all) bad moody

Be in love with – be daft about, dote on smb, be enamored of, be infatuated with, be into, be lovestruck with, be smitten with, be strung out over, have the hots for

Believe (in) – confide (in)

Bend down – crouch down, lean over, scooch down, squat down, stoop down

Best friend – fast friend, staunch friend, true friend

Bin – trash barrel, trash can

Body – cadaver, corpse

Boredom – tedium

Boring – tedious, tiresome

Bottle (small) – vial

Boy – bloke, geezer, guy, lad

Blade – shiv (term used in prison), shank (term used in prison)

Blameworthy – culpable, reprehensible

Bloody – gory

Blow job – dome, head

Brave – audacious, bold, dauntless

Bravery – audacity, dauntlessness

Breakdown – meltdown

Break up (relationships) – be done (relationships, waiting, etc.), be through (relationships, waiting, etc.), chuck, split up

Breast – assets, boobs, bosom, bust, credentials, hooters, tits, titties

Bribe – gravy

Bring up – drag up (very badly)

Bright – vibrant (colors), vivid (description, flash of lightening, glow, person, etc.)

Burnt down – (fire) devoured

Bush – shrub

Busy – occupied, tied up

By the way– by the by

C - cheerful

Cabin – bat cave, flophouse, hideout, hovel, hut

Calm down – chillax, chill out, cool down, settle down

Cancel– call off

Candidate – contender

Cannot decide – (be) ambivalent about, oscillate (between 2 things)

Capricious – peevish, whimsical

Careful – discreet, prudent, take every precautions

Carpet – rug

Carve (out of wood) – engrave (stone, metal), incise, whittle (wood)

Castrate – alter, doctor, geld spay (female animal)

Certainly not – by no means

Chances – the odds

Challenge – defy, take on, throw a challenge

Chastise – thrash

Cheerful– buoyant, corky, exuberant, facetious, frolicsome, jocose, jovial, perky, resilient

Cheer up– buck up, look up, perk up

Clean – disembowel, eviscerate, gut

Clock – timepiece, watch

Closed space – confined space

Clothe– clad (in), cover (with), dress (in)

Clothes – attire, garments, outfit, threads

Clumsy – klutz

Collect – garner (anecdotes, evidence, good favor, fortune, etc.), gather (evidence, etc.)

Come back – circle back, get back

Come into place (law, etc.)– go into effect (law, etc.)

Compensate– pay up (fig. & lit.), recoup, recompense, reimburse, repay

Complaint – grievance, lamentation

Compliant – acquiescent, docile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractable

Condition – plight

Confident – self-assured

Confused – bemused, baffled, perplexed

Conspire – be in league with, be plotting against smn, collude

Consequences – implications, ramifications

Consider– deem (as), figure someone for smb’s smth/smn, reckon, regard (as)

Consolation prize – booby prize, runner-up prize

Contradict – disprove, refute

Corner - nook

Correct - castigate, do some tweaking, rectify

Country music–honky-tonk

Courteous – civil, gracious, well-bred

Cough out – expectorate, hawk

Creative – savvy, dexterous, ingenious, resourceful

Criminal– felon, fugitive (fleeing from prison), offender, villain

Criminal (violent)– gangster, goon, mobster

Criticize (severely) – chastise, castigate, excoriate, rebuke

Cross-eyed – squint

Cross out – strike out

Crowd – flock, gaggle (very noisy), mob, rabble

Crowded – packed, replenished

Cry – blubber, sob, weep, whine, whimper

Cultivate – husband, knock about, till

Curse – cuss, swear

Cut – gaping wound, gash, slash

Cuttings – trimmings

D - die out

Damage – deteriorate (friendship, relationships, etc.), excoriate (some tissue or skin), mar (friendship, relationships, truce, etc.)

Dangerous – hazardous, perilous, precarious, risky

Dark – solemn, somber

Dear – ren, stag

Death – beyond, demise, parting (obsolete)

Deceitful – duplicitous

Decent – decorous

Deception – hoax, humbug

Decide – determine

Decorate – adorn, embellish, furnish, ornament

Decrease– diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede

Defeat – conquer, subdue, vanquish

Defeated – (be) bested, (be) subdued

Deign – condescend

Delay – postpone, put off (paying bills, wedding, etc.)/put smn off

Deliberately– willfully

Deliberate murder – premeditated murder, willful murder

Demand – call for, exact (of smn), require, solicit

Dense – luxuriant

Depend on – bank on, count on, lean on, rely on

Desperate times– troubled times

Destroy – devastate, obliterate, ruin

Die – kick in, perish

Die out – become extinct, be eradicated (from), be killed off, wipe out

Differentiate – discriminate, distinguish

Difficult (task, work) – arduous, grueling (day), nagging (problem, etc.), ticklish (problem), uphill (task, work)

Dinner party – soiree

Dirty – filthy, muddy, miry, sordid, squalid

Disappear – evaporate, vanish

Disappoint – deflate

Discuss – talk (things) over, talk (this) out

Disgusting – abominable, corny, damnable, heinous, odious, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive (odor, smell etc.), opprobrious (demeanor), putrid (odor, smell etc.), repugnant, vile

Dishes – crockery, implement, utensil

Dislocate – put out, wrench

Disobedient (child, to orders, etc.) – defiant (of authority), handful, insubordinate, mischievous (child, dog, etc.), restless, rogue (dog, etc.), troublesome

Disposable – throwaway

Distraction – diversion

Downfall – undoing

Dreadlocks– cornrows, matted locks, wedlocks

Drink – beverage, libation

Drink (alcohol) – imbibe (iron.)

Driver – motorist

Drunk – intoxicated, hammered (totally), lit up, lumpy, lushy, stiff, tipsy (slightly), wasted (totally), whacked out

Duck– drake

Dump (a pollutant) into (waters) – discharge (a pollutant) into (waters)

E - enemy

Earn – make money, shovel

Eat – binge on smth, consume, devour, shovel

Effective (law) – effectual (treatment), efficacious (law, treatment), efficient (treatment)

Eject (phlegm or another matter) from (the mouth, the throat, lungs) – discharge (phlegm or another matter) from (the mouth, the throat, lungs)

Embed (in) – implant (in), rub (into)

Embellish – sugarcoat, sell the benefits, upsell

End up – wind up

Enemy – adversary, fiend, foe, nemesis

Engraved (in/on) – ingrain (in), imprinted (on)

Enjoy – savor

Entrap – drive, lure smn/smth into (back to somewhere)

Entrust– appoint, confide, delegate

Erase – expunge (criminal records, smth from memory, etc.), obliterate (smth from memory, etc.)

Escalate into – degenerate into

Essence (of life, etc.) – purport, savor

Establishment - facility, institution, honky-tonk (cheap bars, night clubs)

Evict (from one’s house, flat, etc.) – ask to vacate, bar (from one’s native land, etc.), boot out of (a town, etc.), cast out, eject, exile (from one’s native land, etc.), oust (from power, place), pitch out of (country), uproot from

Eternal– everlasting (adj. & adv.), never-ending, permanent, perpetual

Evidence– proof, testimony

Evolve – differentiate (into), metamorphose (insects, fish, etc.), transform (into)

Exaggerate – magnify, overstate

Excruciating pain – agony, anguish, grievous pain, keen pain, shrewd pain, wretched pain

Excuse – pretense, pretext

Exhausted – dead beat, peaky, wipe out

Exonerate (from blame, charges) – absolve (from), acquit (of charges), exculpate, vindicate (from)

Experimental– tentative

Expert – adept, professional

Explain – vindicate

Extreme – undue

Extremely – exceedingly

F - French fries

Fade– wither

Fake (adj. & n.) – counterfeit (adj. & n.), forgery (n.), spurious (adj.)

Fall– topple, tumble

Far-sighted – astute, sagacious, shrewd

Fat – chubby, corpulent, heavyset (p.a.t), hefty, obese, overweight, thickness

Feed – nourish, give nourishment

Feel – sense, spot

Feel dizzy – feel giddy, reel, spin, swirl

Fire – boot, discard, dismiss, eject, oust, remove, sack

Flair – scent

Flat – apartment, row, condo

Flood– run-off

Flow over (the banks) – exceed, overrun

Foamy (clouds, flowers, sea, waves, etc)- frothy (coffee, milk, etc.), spumous (sea, etc.), spumy (waves, etc.)

Folk music – hillbilly music

Follow smb– flock after smb

Follow someone's advice – defer to someone's advice

Fondness (for) – penchant (for)

Food – eatables, nurture

Forever – for good

Foster – nurture

Fragile – brash, frail

Frank – genuine, heartfelt, sincere, solemn (promise, etc.), unfeigned

Free (v.) – break out (from), liberate (from)

Free (of something) – unencumbered (by), unfettered (by)

French fries– pommes frites

Fried (very, very) – charred

Friend – bud, buddy, chum, old acquaintance, pal, sidekick

Frightening – chilling, horrifying, petrifying. terrifying

From the very beginning – from smth's inception, from the very outset

Fuck – bang, ball, boink, fornicate, get laid, have one's oats, hook up, hump, knock smn up, make out, screw

Fun– festivity, gaiety, merriment, mirth

Funny – hilarious, humorous, jocular, waggish

G - get better

Gadget – gizmo

Gather – assemble, convene

Generosity – clemency, grace, leniency, magnanimity

Generously – handsomely, lavishly, liberally

Get – gain (access, insight, etc.), obtain (results, etc.)

Get angry – (someone's temper) blazed up, (someone's temper) flamed out, (someone's temper) flamed up

Get better – be convalescent/enjoy convalescing, recuperate, regain

Get involved with smn – get mixed up with smn, knock about with smn, tangle with smn

Gifted – have a flair for smth, (art) prodigy, talented

Give in – cave in

Give up (on smth) – forgo (customs, some activities)

Glad – delighted (adj. & adv.)

Globe-trot– knock about

Gloomy (people, buildings, etc.) – dismal, dusky, mope (n. & v.), morose, solemn (gaze, mood, etc.), somber (gaze, mood, etc.)

Go – head (home, to work, etc.)

Go beyond a limit – exceed, overrun

Good-bye – farewell, toodle-(l)oo

Go off well– pass off without incident

Grace (essay, etc.) – respite (payment, punishment), reprieve (capital offence)

Grasp at (work, etc.) – buckle down (to), knuckle down (to), pitch in, tackle, take on

Grievance– bygone, grudge

Groundless– precarious, ungrounded, unfounded, unwarranted

Grumpy (old man, etc.)– grumble, misery, nagging (shrew, etc.), snarling

Gush out – spurt out/over

Gutter child – throwaway

H - hungry

Habit – custom

Hairstyle – hairdo

Handle – cope

Happen – turn up

Happy – exultant, jubilant

Hard work – toil

Hard-working – diligent, industrious, laborious

Hate – abhor, despise, scorn, loathe

Hear – make out

Heat – ardor, fervor

Hell – blazes

Help– aid

Hide – conceal, stash

Hit – bash (people, etc.), batter, club (people, etc.), swat (people, etc.), strike (with/against), swing (at), swipe, thrash about

Hobby – pastime

Homeless – bum (offens.), hobo (offens.), outcast (adj. & n.) tramp (offens.)

Honest – straightforward, upfront, upright

Horrible–atrocious, awful, blatant (lie), brazen (lie), cancerous, cheesy, diabolical, egregious (fool, etc.), formidable, grievous (mistake, etc.), gruesome, horrendous, horrific, infamous, lame, lousy, mediocre, unspeakable, wretched (pain, day, etc.)

Huge – behemoth, colossal, enormous, formidable, gargantuan, humongous, immense, tremendous, whopper

Hungry – (be) famished, (be) hollow, (be) peckish, (be) ravenous

Hurt – ache, smart

Hypocrite – opportunist

I - it is important

Idiot – chump, clunk, crock, daft, deadbeat, dingbat, dingus, dull (person, knife), dummy, dupe, imbecile, mug, Neanderthal, schmuck, spastic, twit

Illegal – unwarranted

Ill– afflict with, be stricken with (a disease), catch a flu bug, go down with (a (high) fever, the flu), indisposed, feel under the weather, feel queer, have colds

Illegitimate child– bastard, spurious child

Illness – affliction, sickness

Imaginary (person)– fictitious (person, etc.), invented (story, etc.), made up (person, story, etc.), manufactured (story, etc.)

Imagine – conceive

Immediately– stat

Impartial – candid, disinterested, nonchalant, unbiased

Impressive – formidable

Imprison – incarcerate

Inappropriate – unbecoming, unseemly

Inaudibly – faintly, indistinctly

Incoherent (speech) – delirious (speech), incomprehensible (speech), rambling (speech, thoughts)

In comparison with – beside, compared to

Incomprehensible– elusive, fugitive, unintelligible

Incorrect – awry, wrong

Incurable (disease, cancer, etc.)– fatal, lethal, pertinacious, terminal

Increase (rapidly)– multiply, proliferate

In detail – at length, minutely

Indifferent – lackadaisical, lethargic, sluggish

Indulge – cosset, pamper

Infirmary– sick quarters

Influence– make an impact (on), sway

Intelligent– keen (boy, girl, etc.), sagacious (dog, etc.)

Interfere– meddle (in), pry (into)

Intestines– entrails, guts, innards

Ignore – defy, disregard, slur over

In fear– in agony, in anguish, in apprehension

In result – in the upshot

Insane – basket-case, demented, deranged, loony, lunatic, nuts, psycho, spaz, wack

Insolent – audacious, brash, cheeky (of smb to/to smb), impertinent, impudent, perky

Instead of – in lieu of

Instruments – implements, tools

Insulting – opprobrious (language, speech, words), vituperative

In the same way – in kind

Isolated space – confined space

It depends on you – it is for you to decide, it is up to you to decide

It is not (his) fault– (He) is not at fault

It is important – it is essential, it is vital, it is significant

It is a pity – it is a shame, it is scathe, it is too bad

J - join the conversation

Jobless (adj.)– hobo, be on the tramp

Join (the conversation) – chip in, weigh in

Jump – cavort, hop, leap, prance (horses), skip, spring

K – kindness

Keenness – ardor, committedness, eagerness, fervor, passion, zeal

Keep away – fend off, ward off

Kick out – eject from

Kidnap – abduct, snatch

Kill – eviscerate, ghost, gun down, martyr (religious or other beliefs involved), murder, put smn down, take smn down, take out smn

Kindness – benevolence, goodwill

Kind – benevolent

Kingpin – big shot smn, big-time smn, heavy hitter, swell

Kiss – have a smooch/smooches, smush

L - lazy

Lair – den

Land on– alight on (birds & insects), perch on (birds & insects)

Lavish (with) – profuse in

Laugh – chuckle (n. & v.), giggle (n. & v.)

Laughingstock – (object of) derision, mockery, ridicule, scoff

Lazy – bum, deadbeat, hobo, slacker, vagabond

Lectures – sermons

Lesbian – dike, gay

Lie (blatant) – whopper

Lie down– couch (in), recline (in bed/for rest, sleep)

Lighthouse – beacon (lit. & fig.)

Litter – garbage, outcast

Live – dwell, hut, make one’s abode, reside

Lively (children, discussion, etc.)– animated (crowd, discussion, etc.), energetic, frisky (performance, etc.), full of live, vibrant (city, streets, etc.), vivid (interest, memories)

Living room– parlor room

Loitering – bash, binge, drinking session, high-jinks

Long way – long haul

Look alike – be spitting image of, resemble, take after (appearance or character)

Look for – delve (through court records, etc.), feel (in one's bag, etc.), rummage (for food, through garbage for smth, etc.), scavenge (for food/info from newspapers, etc.)

Loser – misfit

Low price – bargain price

M - more than

Make friends – befriend, friendenize, hit it off

Make fun of smn - banter (n., pos.), deride smn (v., neg.), mock at (v., neg.), redicule, scoff

at (v., neg.), taunt at (v., neg.)

Malicious – evil, gloating, malevolent

Malignant (tumor) - cancerous, malign

Manage – contrive

Many - abundant, profuse

Marriage - conjugality, matrimony, wedlock

Massacre - feud, bloodshed, carnage, slaughter

Maybe – perchance, perhaps, probably, prolly

Meal – repast

Meet (the requirements, etc.)– fulfill

Memorize– retain

Merchandiser – huckster, merchant

Merciless – relentless, ruthless, inexorable

Mischievous (habit, influence) – baneful (habit, influence), pernicious (habit, influence)

Mispresent (words, the facts) – wrench/distort (words), pervert (the facts)

Mistreat – wrong

Molest – harass, pester

Monstrous – despicable (actions, crime, etc.), detestable (acts, violence, etc.), unspeakable (crime, tragedy, etc.)

More than – upwards of, well over

Mosque – masjid

Mosquito – gnat

Movie – film, flick, celluloid

Muddy waters– troubled waters

Mudslide – landslide

Mutual – consensual

N - nervous

Narrow-minded – one-track mind

Nail down – pin down

Neighborhood – hood

Nervous – (be) on edge, get rubbed, get strung out, jittery, jumpy

Next to – beside

Nit– git, stinker

Nit-picky – fussy, meticulous

Noise – din, racket, ruckus

Noisy – riotous (very, very)

Nonsense – baloney, bull, bullocks, gibberish, humbug, rot, rubbish, wack

Not helpful – counterproductive

Nullify – annul, rescind, revoke

O - outdated

Obscene – bawdy, indecent, ribald, scurrilous, smutty

Obsessed with – hell-bent on, queer for

Obstinate – formidable

Obvious (adv.) – clear (adv.), evident (adv.), palpable (adv.), plain (adv.)

Offended – resentful, ticklish

Ointment – unguent, liniment

On holiday – on vacation, on furlough, on leave

On the verge of (a)– on the brick of (a), on the point of (a)

Orchard – grove

Ordinary – down-to-earth, generic, mediocre, mundane, unremarkable

Outdated– archaic, obsolete

Out of reach – in a dead zone, lose reception, no cell service, no signal, out of (cell) range

Out of respect – for someone's sake, out of regard

Outstanding (work, etc.)– conspicuous (scientist, etc.), eminent (scientist, etc.), prominent (scientist, etc.), stand-out (scientist, etc.) stellar (performance, work, etc.)

P – play

Pain – (gastric, etc.) distress, misery (in one's left/right side, etc.)

Party – festivity, jamboree, jollity, shindig

Pass – ace, fare

Pass out – black out, collapse

Patronize – be snobbish to smn, condescend to smn, speak haughtily to smn

Pee – take a leak, take a pee, take a piss

Penis – cock, credentials, dick, goods, wiener

Perfect – first-rate, top-flight

Perfectly – famously, first-rate

Persuade – convince (not to do smth), discourage (from), dissuade (from)

Pig– hog

Pitch in (some money to help smn) – chip in

Plan – be intent on

Play – frolic (on the sand, etc.), jam (musical instruments)

Playful (person or animal)– frisky, vivid

Plead – solicit

Poisonous– tart

Poverty– distress, misery

Predicament – nuisance, bummer

Predict – forecast, foresee, prophesy

Predictable – foreseeable

Pregnant – lumpy, preggo

Prepare – ready (v.), whip up (food, speech, etc.)

Pretend – assume, feign, pass off (as), sham

Prevent – avert, deter, pre-empt

Prison – crowbar, hotel, jail, nick, pen, slammer

Produce – manufacture, proliferate (in big numbers)

Promise – be pledged to

Pronounce – enunciate (clearly)

Prostitute – call girl, hooker, tart, tramp, working girl

Protrude – stick out

Provided – granted

Psychiatrist – shrink

Punish – castigate, chastise, reprove

Put a curse – put a hex, put a jinx

Q - quite

Quench (thirst) – fend off (hunger)

Quite – rather, downright

Quick-tempered – edgy, fiery, impetuous, petulant, touchy, turbulent

Quickly – lickety-split, promptly, rapidly, swiftly

Question – examine, interrogate

Outraged – whacked out

Quit (the job)– drop, dump, resign, tender one's resignation, walk away (from), walk out on smb

R - rascal

Ransack (someone's apartment, house, etc.) – frisk, scour

Rascal – scoundrel, wicked, wretch

Read– binge on (passion.), devour (passion.), make out, peruse (atten.)

Real – authentic, genuine, original

Reasonable – judicious, sensible

Rebellion – disturbances (only pl.), insurrection, mutiny, riot, turmoil, upheaval

Rebuke (v.) – (issue a) reprimand (n. & v.)

Recently – lately, of late

Redneck – hillbilly

Refrain (from) – abstain (from), forbear (from)

Refresh one’s memory – jog one’s memory, rub smn on smth

Remember– recall, recollect

Renounce – abandon (a child, an experiment, a thought), abdicate (right, a child), abjure (opinion, faith), discard (faith, habit, views), disown (a person, etc.), forsake (at the altar, etc.), repudiate (the imputation), waive (right, rules, etc.)

Rent – lodge

Repel– put off

Replace– oust, supersede

Replaceable (people, etc.)– expendable (people, etc)

Replenished with – packed with

Representative– proxy

Rescue– redeem (from d.l.i.u, etc.), retrieve, salvage (arm, leg, etc.)

Respect – have (little, huge) regard for smth, revere

Respectable – estimable, honorable, reputable

Responsible – accountable, liable (for)

Reveal (some information to others) – divulge, promulgate, publish (fig.)

Ridges – humps

Riffraff (sg.) – motley horde (pl.), mob (pl.), the rabble (pl.)

Rivers of waters – gush of tears

Rob– ransack, tip over

Robbery – larceny

Root out – pin down

Rude– discourteous, ill-bred

Run – bolt

Run away - flee, scoot

Run (the business, etc.) - tend

S - sing

Savageness – ferocity, fierceness

Save (money) – accumulate (goods, information, etc.), pile up (money, weaponry, etc.), stockpile (goods, weaponry, etc.)

Scary – eerie

Scathing (criticism, invectives, jokes, look, remarks, words, etc.) - scornful, spiteful, tart, withering

Scissors – snips (metal), shears (pruning)

Seasoning – condiment, dressing (liquid)

Secret – hedge, sensitive

Secret meeting – conclave

See – discern (no difference, etc.), distinguish, make out, spot

Seem – by far

Self-confident – self-assured

Sent – relay

Sentence– condemn

Sentimental – cheesy, mawkish, melodramatic, over-emotional

Serious – earnest, solemn (expression on one's face, moment, voice, etc.)

Shake – agitate, churn

Shift – relay

Should – behoove

Shy – bashful, milquetoast, timid

Sing – warble (birds, people), chant

Singer – warbler

Simple (fraction, language, task, words, etc.) – plain (facts, meals, etc.)

Sissy (girl) – doormat. weakling, wuss

Slave – bondman, chattel, servant

Sleep – slumber

Slum – fixer-upper

Smash – batter up, crash up, pile up, wipe out

Smell – scent

Sneak (into)– infiltrate

Snivel – snot

Snowslide – avalanche

Solve – tackle

Song – dirge (in a funeral)

Spade – shovel

Spell – mojo

Spicy – fiery, savory

Spineless – wimpish, weak-willed

Spit – saliva

Sportsman – jock

Stand out – set apart, stick out

Start – break out (suddenly), set in, kick in

Stash – garner

Steak – porterhouse steak

Steal – fence, loot, pinch, rip off, strip off , swipe

Still – so far (used in broader sense), thus far (used in broader sense)

Strict – austere, rigorous

Strike – stoppage

Strong – vigorous

Strong language – abusive language, foul language, offensive language, opprobrious language

Strong (and cold) wind – impetuous wind, keen wind, shrewd wind

Stubborn – obstinate, peevish, pertinacious, willful, self-willed

Study – analyze, delve into, dissect, do one's research, scrutinize

Stumble on– trip on

Successful – viable

Suck up– cringe, fawn, grovel

Suffering– anguish, distress, infliction

Supervise – oversee, superintend

Support – patronage

Suppress – quell (feeling, riot), subdue (feeling, riot, temperature)

Survive (something) – weather

Suspicious– dodgy, dubious, equivocal (success, luxury, people), precarious, shady, sketchy (success, luxury, people)

Swallow – clunk (with no chewing), gurgle (water), hog (with no chewing), ingest

Swimsuit– bathing suit, speedo, swimwear

Swollen- distended, puffy

Symbol – seal, sigil (magical symbol), sign (fig. & lit.)

T - thirsty

Take photos– capture, snap

Take hostage – hold captive

Take off – desert

Take someone's life– claim someone's life

Take smth back – reclaim (lands, real state), retract (words), retreat (words), retrieve (p.b)

Talkative– garrulous, glib (neg.), loquacious, mouthy

Tank-top – jersey, vest

Tasteless– savorless, unsavory

Teach – edify, educate, profess

Teem with – riotous (with)

Tell – recount

Tell off – burn up, strip off

Tend – inclined (to), liable (to), prone (to), squint (towards)

Tenant– boarder

Terminate – abolish, abort

That– lest

That (big, high) – yay (big, high)

Thief– con artist, fraud, swindler

Think – contemplate, digest, ponder, mull (over)

Things (p.b.) – stuff, gear

Thirsty – (be) parched

Thoughtless – heedless, inconsiderate

Throw – chuck, toss

Throw out – eject

Throw up – get motion sick, hurl, puke over, upchuck in, vomit

Tiny – pixie, teensy

Toilet – bog, john, lavatory, loo, restroom

Tolerant – lenient

Tolerate– brook (insults, misbehavior, etc.), condone (misbehavior, violence, etc.), endure (misbehavior, pain, etc.)

Touched – moved

Trace – trail, scent

Traitor – renegade, turncoat

Traffic jam – congestion

Treat smn very badly– abusive relationship (child, spouse, etc.), batter (about), knock about

Tremble – quiver, shake, vibrant (voice, with anger, with fear, etc.)

Trick– ploy, wile

Trustful – credulous, gullible

Try– attempt, bash, endeavor

Turn off the lights – black out

Turn over – bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over

Tutelage – gurdianship

Twisted (river, roads, story, etc.) – convoluted (roads, sentence, story, etc.), dodgy (evidence, roads, story, etc.)

U - use

Use – exploit, harness, pump someone for, utilize

Unacceptable– inadmissible

Unbearable– immoderate, insufferable (people, etc.), intense, intolerable (people, etc.)

Unbeatable – invulnerable, invincible, impregnable, bulletproof

Uncertainty – turmoil

Unclear – ambiguous, dodgy, equivocal, evasive

Uncontrolled – immoderate, unbridled, unrestrained

Unconvincing – feeble, not conclusive

Undecorated – plain, solemn

Under control – at bay, in check

Under no circumstances – on no account (inver.)

Understand – catch, comprehend, follow, grasp, latch on, sink in

Understandable– comprehensible, intelligible/austere (text, speech), legible (hand-writing, text), plain (hand-writing)

Undoctored – intact (animals)

Undoubtedly – by far, far and away

Unfettered (by) – unencumbered (by)

Unforgettable – haunting

Unfriendly – bad-tempered (to), disagreeable

Ungraspable– fugitive, elusive

Unharmed – unscathed

Unlucky – hapless, unfortunate, ill-fated

Unpleasant – disagreeable (odor, etc.), distasteful (behavior, odor, etc.), execrable (person, etc.), repellent (person, etc.), repulsive (person, etc.), unsavory

Unpredictable – unforeseen, whimsical

Unreal– not feasible, surreal

Unserious – corky, glib, frivolous

Unsolicited– without recompense

Unstable - precarious (piece, truce, etc.), tentative (piece, truce, etc.)

Unsure - doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsettled

Untimely – premature (birth, child, death)

Untouched - intact (bank accounts, etc.)

Unwise – ill-advised, ill-conceived, ill-thought-out, impolitic, imprudent, not sensible

Upbringing – nurturing

Upper hand, the- the odds

Upset – agitated, distraught, distressed, it grieves (me) to

Urgent - exigent

Useless - fruitless, futile, idle, meaningless, pointless, riffraff, unavailing

Usually – would (p.t. only)

V - village

Vagina - cooch, pussy

Vengeful - vindictive

Versatile- miscellaneous

Very funny - very droll, very uplifting

Viable (animals, people, skin grafts, etc.) - vigorous (animals, plants)

Village - hamlet

Vulnerable- sensitive, susceptible, touchy

W - write smb home

Walk smb home – conduct smb home

Wanderer – drifter, hobo, rolling stone, tramp, vagabond

Want – intend (ger.)

Warn – alert smn to smth, inform about, notify smth to smn, tip smn off about

Warning – heads up

Weaponry – armament, arms

Weird – funny, peculiar, queer, quirky, whimsical (coincidence, ornamentation, etc.)

Wickedness – atrocity

Wit– repartee

Within – in less than, inside of (a week, one day, etc.)

With the intention of doing smth – in (high) hopes of doing smth

Whistling wind – whooshing wind

Whore – cunt, ho(e), slut, two-bob

Wood (small) – copse, coppice

Worried – alarmed, anxious (night, etc.), apprehensive, disturbed (night, etc.), in suspense, restless (night, etc.), suspenful, uneasy (night, etc.)

Wreck (n.) – crock up (v.)

Write an article for – contribute to

Y - yellow press

Yawn – gape

Yellow press – gutter press

IDIOMS

Abase oneself by doing smth – condescend to doing smth/stoop to doing smth

Abase oneself so far as to do smth reprehensible – see abase oneself by doing smth

A far cry from smth – vastly different from smth

All hands on deck– everyone's tied up

Around the clock – 24/7

At one fell swoop – in a single incident (fig.)/as a single event

At one's disposal – at one's service

At some point – (1) on one day (past tense); (2) someday/sooner or later (future tense)

Attach a stigma on somebody/something – besmirch/malign one's name, reputation, etc.

Be a big draw – attract a lot of attention

Be alive and kicking – be fine

Be all ears – (I'm) listening to you attentively

Be at odds with smn – be in conflict with smn

Beat a dead horse– do smth in vain

Beat the odds– succeed despite not having good chances to make through smth

Be carried away – get super excited about smth and lose control of oneself

Be down to one's last dime – be broke

Bend one's ear – monopolize someone's attention (and talk about thing at tedious length)

Be no stranger to smth– be familiar with smth very well

Be of good cheer – see be alive and kicking

Be of the good – see be alive and kicking

Be on one's best behavior – behave very well

Be on the chopping block – be at stake

Be out of market – be in relationships with smn

Be plain with smb – be straightforward with smb

Be quick to laugh – one is delighted easily and enjoys humor and fun

Born and bred here – a place you were born and brought up

Break your leg – good luck

Bring disgrace upon (family name, town, etc.) – see attach a stigma on somebody/something

Bring a slur on somebody – see attach a stigma on somebody/something

Bring smth up – mention smth

Burn the midnight oil – work very late into the night

By false pretenses – making untrue statements/tricking people

Call (all) the shots – be in charge of something

Call it a day/night – stop doing smth

Call the quits – see call it a day/night

Catch a glimpse of smn/smth – discern smth

(Catch smn) off guard – be not ready for something (such as surprise or difficulty)

Catch a sight of smn/smth – see catch a glimpse of smn/smth

Catch up with smn later – meet up with smn again at a later point in time

Chasing rainbows – going after or seeking smth virtually impossible to obtain

Come to a halt– come to a stop

Cry me a river – shut up because I don't care

Death toll – the number of deaths occurred after some major deadly event (e.g., road accident, natural disaster, etc.)

Didn’t see that coming – didn’t expect that that would happen

Dock someone's pay/salary/wages – reduce the amount of money one pays someone as a punishment

Do one's time (at a job, in army, in jail) – serve a certain period of time that is required of one

Do someone's biddings – do what someone tells you or asks you to do

Don’t take any notice – don’t think about it

Draw the short stick/straw – be the member of a group who has to do an unpleasant job

Drop the ball – (1) make a mistake; (2) fail to perform smth

Each and every time – all the time

Ease back on smth – slow down on smth

Every now and again/then– occasionally

Every once in a while– see every now and then

Every so often – see every now and then

Fare against smth – perform or function at a level comparable with that of something or someone else

Fly off the handle – get mad

Fly the coop – scoot; elope

Follow smn’s lead – do smth as someone else does

For that matter – (1) at that; (2) as such

Get ahold of somebody – (1) talk to; (2) tell

Get a hold of yourself– settle down and don't fall apart

Get at each other's throat – have a whopper wrangle

Get back to smn – talk to smn at a later time or date

(Get) caught up in smth – become completely involved in smth

Get hold of smth – procure smth

Get into line – follow somebody's rules, obey and behave

Get off on the wrong foot – begin doing smth in a way that is likely to fail

Get one’s hands on smth – see get hold of smth

Get out of (my) deck/face – rebound

Get out of (my) shoes – stop speaking on (my) behalf

Get out of topic – digress

Get the message across – divulge

Get too big for one's britches– be presumptuous

Give or take – plus or minus a small amount

Give somebody a cold shoulder – ignore

Give somebody a devil's eye – stare at someone angrily

Give somebody a hand - help someone

Give somebody a heads up – warn smn

Give somebody a mouthful - shout smth angry at smn, using offensive language

Give somebody lip – sass, diss

Give somebody sack – give somebody additional freedom in doing smth

Give smth a lick of a paint – paint smth

Give up hope of smth – stop believing that one can succeed

Good call – smart decision/choice/advice

Go on the sands – go to the beach

Go out on a limb– risk

Go with it – face your adversities or your lot

Grind to a halt– see come to a halt

Have a bit of a row with smn – argue with smn

Have a hard time doing smth – have difficulty/trouble doing smth

Have a lot on one's plate – have a lot of work/things to do

Have a nerve (to do smth)–have the gall, have the guts

Have at it – go ahead

Have a word – see get ahold of

Have designs on smn – have plans for smn

Have one’s hands full – be busy

Have the full house – there's no room for someone else

Heart sinks – see give up hope of

High as a kite – drink to excess/liberally

Hit the bricks – (1) keep walking, come on!; (2) go into the streets

Hit the spots – be exactly what is needed or wanted

Hold on to smth (fig. & lit.)– keep one's hands/arms tightly around smth

Hold smn up to ridicule – make fun of smb

Hold smth over someone’s head – remind smn continuously of smth (esp. of a misstep or defeat, etc.)

If it weren’t for smb/smth – the situation would have been different without smn/smth

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen – if you can't cope, you should leave the work to someone who can

In hock to smn – owing money to smn

In the middle of nowhere – in a very remote place

In tow – following or going along under smn's control

(It) rings any bells? – have you begun to remember?

(It) went awry – it went wrong

(It) went bust – see it went awry

(It) went haywire – see it went awry

(It) went pear-shaped – see it went awry

It went sideways – it didn't go according to the plan

Joined at the hip – be always together

Jump in the deep end – begin doing smth (usually very complex or unfamiliar in nature) without any preparation and guidance

Keep it together – see get a hold of yourself

Keep (smn’s) morale up – keep (smn’s) spirits up

Kick the bucket – die

Kiss somebody good-bye – toodle-(l)oo

Knock smb sideways – make smn very upset, excited, or confused

Knock smn for a loop – confuse or shock smn

Know one’s way around – be familiar with area/subject/procedure

Labor for mere pennies – work for meaning wage

Land on one's feet – to succeed at smth after having a few setbacks.

Lash yourself to the mast – see hang on to yourself.

Lay waste to smn/smth – devastate

Lay off of smn – leave smn alone

Lay off smth – leave smth alone

Lean on smn – exert pressure on smn, press on smn, put pressure on smn

Leave a blot on somebody's name – see attach a stigma on somebody/something

Little did (they) know – (they) didn't know

Live up to smth – (1) meet standards/someone's expectations; (2) keep one's word/promise; (3) prove one's reputation

Look down on smn– be snobbish to smn

Look down one's nose at smb– see look down on smn

Look the other way – ignore that something wrong going on (on purpose); look around, "wake up"

Lose heart – see give up hope of

Lose one's touch– lose one's skill to do smth well

Make a run for it – run fast to get away or get somewhere

Make do with smth – manage to live without things one so craved for

Make ends meet – have enough money to pay for your basic needs/expenses.

Make light of smth – make the best out of a bad

Make one’s case to smn – present one’s arguments or reasons to smn

Make one's hair curl – (smth) terrifies (smn)

Make one's hair stand on end – see make one's hair curl

Make smb gape – amaze smn

Measure up to – see live up to smth (1)

Mend bridges – make amends

My foot lives in my mouth – I always say some stupid stuff

Need a hand – need some help

Nobody lays a finger on her/him – nobody touches her/him

Not hold out much hope – have little faith that smth will happen

Off base on smth – be wrong about smth

Off key – pitched higher or lower than correct notes of a melody

Off the books – without being included on official records, like in hospital’s records

Off the clock – (1) do smth (as some work) for free; (2) not at work

Off you go – see have at it

On and off – occasionally, from time-to-time

On a whim – (do smth or go somewhere) without giving a proper thought to it

On short notice – immediately

On spur of the moment – impulsively, spontaneously, suddenly, without any planning

On the shady side of (40) – be older than (40)

On the wrong side of smn/smth – be no longer friends

Out of favor with someone/smth – see on the wrong side of smn; smth that is no longer desirable

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