Synonyms in English to increase your vocabulary

A synonym is a word or phrase that has the same meaning as another word or phrase. That is, synonyms are used to express the same thing as the given word or expression but with other words. It is a very useful tool, because when expressing yourself in a written or spoken discourse, synonyms can improve its level and formality.

Learn English with these examples of English synonyms to increase your vocabulary and improve your conversations.

 
Synonyms of verbs in English

Verbs are a core part of sentences since they refer to the action that the subject or subjects perform. However, there is more than one way to express that action. Let's look at some examples:

In English there are so-called “phrasal verbs”, these are verbs composed of a root verb and an adverb, or a preposition or a combination of both. Phrasal verbs are very important since, although some of them are very transparent in terms of their meaning in Spanish, others have very variable meanings and give a totally different meaning to the sentence. In the following table you will find a list of some verbs of this type and their synonyms.

Synonyms of adverbs in English

Adverbs are words that express the way in which a certain activity or action is carried out, that is, the verb. In Spanish, adverbs of manner are usually identified with the suffix “mente”, while in English you can identify most words of this type by their ending “ly”, however there are also other types of synonyms such as time and of place.

Synonyms of adjectives in English

An adjective is a word used to describe nouns. With the use of adjectives, you can describe physical characteristics, mood, way of being, etc.

Below you will find a list of the most common adjectives in English.  

Synonyms of nouns in English

For their part, nouns are words that refer directly to a person, being, object, concept or place.

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Sentences with synonyms, more than one way of speaking English

Now that you have reached the last final part of the article, you have learned more than 60 synonyms of very common words that we use from the newspaper in our conversations. We leave you some examples so you can see that you can express an idea in more than one way.

Test your knowledge, make a list like the ones you saw in the article but with the words you already know. Look up their synonyms - it can be in a thesaurus or on the Internet - and try to adapt your sentences to the new words.

Synonyms are our allies when it comes to expressing ourselves in English. It is very important to learn them, because the greater the vocabulary we know, the easier it will be to develop conversations, speeches, texts, school work, etc.