Thesaurus
(to help students Paraphrase)
A
Accomplish – achieve, complete, do, finish, carry out,
get done,
Accuse – blame, charge, indict, point the finger at
Ache – pain, throbbing, twinge, headache, stomach-ache
Acquire – obtain, get, get your hands on,
gain, purchase, come by
Active – lively, vigorous, full of life,
in force, dynamic, operating
working, involved, practicing
Alone – unaccompanied, by yourself, on your own
single-handedly, unaided, without help
Along - the length of, next to, besides
After - following, subsequent to, behind
Amazing – astonishing. remarkable, wonderful,
incredible, marvelous, mind-boggling.
staggering, surprising
Ancient -Very old , antique, early, earliest, old fashioned,
outdated
Aroma – smell, fragrance, scent, odor, whiff
Articles – piece of writing, editorial,
item, commentary, expose
Assignment – task, job, project, duty,
obligation, mission
Assist - help, aid, help out, lend a hand
support, back
Automobile – car, vehicle, van, sedan, coupe,
Avenue – street, road, boulevard, path, walk
B
Backpack – knapsack, pack, bag
Bad – awful, terrible, dreadful, appalling
ghastly, horrific unpleasant
Beast –creature, animal, being, living thing
Beautiful - good-looking, gorgeous, stunning,
Striking, fine-looking, attractive
Begin - start, commence, set in motion,
initiate, activate, open, launch
Beneficial – helpful, useful, valuable, advantageous,
favorable, of use, constructive
Besides – as well, in addition, also, above and beyond
Beverage –drink, brew, potion, infusion, draft, cocktail
Big – large, full-size, life-size
Blaring – loud, piercing, screaming, high-pitched,
earsplitting, high-pitched, shattering
Book –volume, tome, manuscript, paperback,
hardback
Brother – male sibling
C
Cash – money, hard cash, ready money, coins, currency,
notes
Celebrate –rejoice, have fun, have a good time,
party, make merry, enjoy yourself
Cheerful – happy, cheery, jolly, smiling,
Joyful, merry, positive, jovial
Chilly – cold, cool, unpleasantly cold,
nippy, frosty, icy
City – metropolis, municipality, conurbation
capital
Classmates – generation, age group, colleagues,
contemporaries, equals, social group
College – school, university, academy, seminary
Institution
Complete – total, whole, absolute, entire
Inclusive, full
Complicated – complex, difficult, intricate
dense, convoluted, problematical
Comfortable – at ease, contented, relaxed, happy, easy, calm
Confusing – puzzling, perplexing, baffling, mystifying,
Correct – right, accurate, exact, truthful
Country – state, nation, realm, kingdom, fatherhood,
motherhood, nation state
Crowded – packed, full, jam-packed, busy,
congested, crammed full
D
Day – daylight hours, daytime, sunlight hours
Dazzling – stunning, amazing, astounding, incredible, alluring,
glittering, impressive
Deal – contract, transaction, agreement, arrangement, pact,
treaty, compact
Defeat –beat, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, conquer
crush, rout, trounce thrash, vanquish
Delicious –tasty, appetizing, scrumptious, yummy, luscious,
delectable, mouth-watering
Desire – wish, want, longing, craving, yearning, need,
aspiration
Destroyed – shattered, cracked, smashed,
damaged, ruined
Determined – strong-minded, resolute, gritty, single-minded,
unwavering, firm, indomitable
Difficult – hard, tricky, not easy, complicated, complex,
intricate
Diligently – industriously, assiduously, conscientiously,
thoroughly, attentively, careful
Dinner – banquet, ceremonial dinner, feast
Disappear – vanish, fade away, evaporate, go, withdraw
depart, flee, recede
Discovered – exposed, bare, open, naked, revealed
Doing – responsibility, liability, burden
Dream – vision, daydream, reverie, nightmare, hallucination,
delusion, trance
Dull – boring, uninteresting, tedious, monotonous, dreary,
dry, unexciting, lifeless
E
Earned – earn
Economical – inexpensive, cheap, cost-effective, reasonable,
easy on the pocket
Effort – attempt, try, endeavor, stab, crack, shot
Embrace – hug, hold, cuddle, squeeze, held close, clinch
Encouraged – confident, expectant, optimistic, positive, buoyant
Enthusiasm – eagerness, interest, keenness, fervor, passion,
gusto, zeal, zest
Evening – twilight, sunset, dusk, nightfall, sundown,
late afternoon
Event – occasion, happening, occurrence, incident, affair,
episode,
Exciting –thrilling, exhilarating, stirring, stimulating,
electrifying, moving
Exert –put forth, use, apply, wield, exercise
Experience – knowledge, skill, practice, understanding,
familiarity, know-how
F
Father – priest, minister, member of the clergy
Fierce – violent, ferocious, brutal, severe, stern,
angry, vicious, furious
Filled - full, overflowing, packed, crammed
to the top
Final – last, concluding, closing, ending, ultimate
finishing
Fireworks –firework
Footwear - shoes
Founding –beginning, origin, dawn, naissance, start
Friend – pal, buddy, companion, acquaintance, comrade
Frightening –scary, terrifying, alarming, startling, fearsome,
upsetting, worrisome
Future –prospect, outlook, potential, expectations,
opportunity, hope
G
Gain – increase, add, put on, grow, expand
Garbage – trash, refuse, compost, rubbish,
junk, waste
Get-up – clothing, dress, clothes, outfit,
apparel, costume, wardrobe
Gigantic – enormous, huge, extremely large, massive,
colossal, oversize
Given – known, agreed, specified, prearranged,
set, certain, particular
Go – leave, go away, depart, exit, walk off,
move, quit, take off
Good – high-quality, first-class, first-rate, superior
fine, excellent
Grade – score, mark, rating, ranking, evaluation
Greatest – most, maximum, record, furthermost,
utmost, supreme, best, peak
Grow – produce, cultivate, raise, breed, nurture
Gym – fitness center, exercise room, sports center
sports club, aerobics studio
H
Happens – happen
Harmless – safe, risk-free, undamaging, not dangerous
not toxic, undisruptive not detrimental
Highway – thoroughfare, artery road, main road
public road, freeway
Hike – trek, ramble, walk, climb, scramble, trudge
tramp, slog
Holiday – festival, public holiday, celebration,
anniversary, feast, saint’s day
Homework – training, grounding, research, groundwork
House – home, residence, dwelling, abode
domicile, address, quarters
Hurry – rush, hasten, run, dash, scurry
Hustle – bundle, jostle, manhandle, push, shove
I
Ignore – pay no attention to, close the eyes to, disregard
overlook, discount, turn your back on, snub
Important – significant, vital, imperative, central, chief
key, main, essential, principal, crucial
Improve – get better, perk up, pick up, look up, recover, advance
progress, develop, expand, increase
Inspired – enthused, stimulated, stirred, moved,
encouraged, motivated
Intelligent– clever, bright. Smart, gifted, intellectual,
sharp, quick, able
Interesting – attractive, motivating, appealing, exciting,
fascinating, attention-grabbing, remarkable
Internet – network for computers, satellite, telephone
Items – substance, matter, stuff, objects,
bits and pieces, things
J
Joyful – wonderful, blissful, pleasurable, fantastic,
enjoyable, carefree, pleasant
Jubilant – triumphant, proud, thrilled, ecstatic,
delighted, glad
K
Keyed – key
Kind – type, sort, class, variety, brand, category
breed, manner, style, nature, form
Kindest – compassion
Knowledge – information, facts, data
L
Labored – difficult, strenuous, arduous, awkward
Large – big, great, huge, fat, bulky, hefty, outsized
Larger – better, superior, bigger
Leap – jump, bound, dive, soar, hurdle
Library – records, files, documentation, documents,
collection, store
Listen – pay attention, take note, eavesdrop
listen in, snoop
Lives – life, live
Lonely – feeling alone, forlorn, lost, friendless,
abandoned, deserted
Longer – great length, height
Lovely – beautiful, attractive, pretty, gorgeous, charming
divine, handsome
M
Make – create, build, construct, craft, compose
Many – a lot of, numerous, loads of countless, several
various, scores of
Meat – animal protein, red meat, white meat, beef, port,
lamb, mutton, chicken, ham venison, veal
Melody – tune, piece of music, song, air
Messes – untidy
Miserable – unhappy, sad, fed-up, depressed, down,
despondent, dejected, glum, dismal
Misplaced – absent, lost, not there, gone astray,
mislaid, omitted
Mistake – error, fault, blunder, slip-up, gaffe, inaccuracy,
oversight, blooper, lapse, faux pas, muddle
Modern – contemporary, current, up to date, recent
new, present, fresh, prevailing
Modify – adapt, adjust, alter, change, amend, vary,
transform revise
Money – cash, currency, change
Morning – dawn, daybreak, sunrise, break of day,
sun-up first light, daylight
Mother – look after, care for, protect, nurse, tend
Mower - gardening
Movie – film, motion picture, show
Muttered – mumbled, garbled, incoherent
unintelligible, incomprehensible
N
Night – hours of darkness, dark
O
Opponents – compete against
Outstanding – exceptional, terrific, wonderful,
excellent, great, superior
P
Parched – dry, arid, dried out, burnt, scorched
dehydrated, waterless
Party – social gathering, get-together, festivity,
merrymaking, bash, celebration, event
Pay – disburse, reimburse, shell out, compensate,
forfeit, recompense, give
Peaceful – nonviolent, passive, diplomatic
People – populace, citizens, public, nation, community
natives, group, inhabitants
Plans – tactics, strategy, devices, campaign,
diplomacy, policy, procedure
Playmate – friend, pal, buddy, chum, playfellow
Pleasant – enjoyable, agreeable, pleasing, lovely,
nice, satisfying, amusing
Pool – pond, lake, puddle, swimming pool
Possessions –property, belongings, wealth, goods
assets, chattels
Precious – valuable, costly, prized, expensive, dear
Prepared – ready, set, equipped, geared up,
organized, all set, primed
Prohibit – forbid, ban, bar, exclude, make illegal
disallow, rule out, veto
Pushed – pressed, hard pressed, short of
Purchase – buy, pay for, acquire, get
Q
Quickly – rapidly, fast, speedily, swiftly,
hurriedly, hastily
R
Raced – race
Read –interpret, convert, understand, study
examine, comprehend, translate, glance at
Refused – refuse
Regulations – system, policy, rules
set of laws, convention
Remove – take away, get rid of, eliminate,
eradicate, take out, confiscate
Reply – respond, answer, react, rejoin
counter
Rescue – save, free, liberate, release,
salvage, let go
Respect – admiration, high opinion, deference
esteem, reverence
Responsible – accountable, in charge
Riverbank – river edge
Roared – roar
Room – space, scope, opportunity, area,
extent, span
Rumbled – rumble
Runner – sprinter, jogger
S
Sad – depressing, gloomy, miserable, cheerless,
Distressing, heartrending
School – train, educate, discipline, teach, drill,
prepare, instruct
Score – achieve, attain, do, make gain, get
Seize – grab, take hold of, snatch, grasp, clutch
Shadowy – indistinct, obscure, vague, indistinguishable,
Unclear, dim , faint
Shape – form, figure, outline, silhouette,
profile, contour
Show – demonstrate, illustrate, explain
give you an idea about
Shrub – bush, plant, flowering shrub,
hedge plant
Silly – stupid, ridiculous, impractical, mad,
childish, inane, juvenile, harebrained
Sketches – sketch
Sleepy – drowsy, tired, lethargic, heavy-eyed
sluggish
Slippery –greasy, slick, oily, icy, slimy
smooth, dicey
Smell – stink, stench, reek tang
Smoke – burn, be on fire, smolder
Something – amazing, incredible, impressive,
great
Sound – noise, hum, echo, thud, crash,
jingle, swish, clatter
Spectacular – stunning, impressive, amazing, fantastic,
fabulous, magnificent, dazzling, marvelous
Spend – use, expend, waste, splurge, consume,
throw away, run through
Spends – spend
Sprinters – high speed athlete
Started – in progress, on going, happening , on track
Startled – worried, anxious, troubled, upset,
distressed, shocked
Stayed – stay
Steaming – hot, sweltering scorching,
baking, torrid, blistering, scalding
Steamy – humid, muggy, moist, sweltering,
damp, sticky, clammy, stifling
Stories – story
Sunrise –dawn, break of day, sunup, daylight
morning, crack of dawn
Supper – dinner, evening meal
Swift – speedy, fast, quick, rapid,
hasty, hurried
T
Taking – captivating, attractive, enchanting,
pleasing, winning, charming,
Talk – converse, chat, speak, gossip,
chatter, utter
Tardy – late, delayed, behind, overdue
belated, slow
Task – job, shore, duty, mission, assignment
undertaking, errand
Tasted – taste
Teenagers – young people, youth, adolescents
youngsters
Thought – consideration, contemplation, thinking,
attention, reflection
Thrilling – exciting, breathtaking, rousing
exhilarating, stimulating, spine-tingling
Throw – fling, toss, chuck, hurl, bowl, pitch
heave, cast
Tidy – neat, orderly, shipshape, organized,
spick and span, uncluttered
Time – occasion, instance, point in time, moment
instant
Tiny – miniature, small, little, petite, insignificant
teeny, microscopic
Travel – journey, tour, take a trip, voyage
go, pass through, move
Tryout – test, audition, trial, interview
U
Ugly – unattractive, hideous, unsightly, revolting,
repulsive
Understand – appreciate, know, recognize,
comprehend, realize, identify with
Unexpected – unforeseen, unanticipated, unpredicted
surprising, startling, sudden
V
Vacant – empty, available, unoccupied, not in use,
unfilled, free
Vivid – bright, glowing, vibrant, brilliant, colorful,
stunning, dramatic, flamboyant
W
Watch –timepiece, wristwatch, fob watch, pocket watch
Watching – surveillance, scrutiny, inspection, examination,
study
Watercolor – picture, work of art, image, canvas, oil, print
Weighed – weigh
Weep – cry, sob, moan, wail, howl, blubber, bawl
whimper, yowl, shed tears
Wild – untamed, uncultivated, natural, feral
Wind – storm, blustery weather, air stream, current air
Wish – desire, aspiration, hope, yearning, longing,
craving, want
Woman – lady, female,
Wonderful – magnificent, superb, breathtaking, amazing,
fantastic, brilliant, great
Y
Yard – backyard, back garden, courtyard, patio
Year – day, time
Yell – shout, scream, shriek, roar, bellow, bawl, screech,
howl, holler
Young – little, juvenile, adolescent, immature, childish,
babyish, infantile