Here are more than 700 alternative ways to express 18 common words. Spice up your writing with these fantastic alternative words! These alternative words are great for writing blogs, books, performance reviews, and more. They’ll also spice up your videos and podcasts. Upgrade your vocabulary today!
All — completely, comprehensive, each, encompassing, entirely, every, full-scale, fully, globally, outright, totally, unlimited, unrestricted, utterly, whole, wholly
Almost — about, about to, all but, approximately, around, as good as, bordering on, close to, close upon, essentially, for all practical purposes, for the most part, in effect, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, just about, most, much, near to, nearly, nigh, not far from, not quite, on the brink of, on the edge of, on the point of, on the verge of, practically, relatively, roughly, virtually, well-nigh
Different — a far cry from, altered, antithetic, assorted, at odds, at variance, changed, clashing, colorful, contradistinct, contrary, contrasting, deviating, diametrical, differential, discrepant, disparate, distinct, divergent, diverse, exotic, incommensurable, incomparable, inconsistent, individual, like night and day, mismatched, mismated, offbeat, opposite, otherwise, particular, peculiar, polar, poles apart, single, striking, unalike, unequal, unrelated, unsimilar, variant, varied, various
Feel — ambience, atmosphere, aura, burn, caress, cool off, cuddle, fly high, impression, fume, glow, hug, pet, radiate, regret, rejoice, repent, see red, seethe, sense, smoulder, snuggle, stroke, touch, vibes
Good — acceptable, ace, admirable, agreeable, bad, boss, bully, capital, choice, commendable, crack, decent, excellent, exceptional, fantastic, favorable, fine, first-class, first-rate, gnarly, great, honorable, marvelous, nice, outstanding, pleasing, positive, prime, rad, reputable, respectable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape, solid, sound, spanking, splendid, sterling, strong, super, superb, superior, tip-top, up to snuff, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy
Just — almost, altogether, approximately, barely, but, close to, close upon, definitely, exactly, hardly, literally, merely, narrowly, on the dot, on the money, on the nail, on the nose, only, precisely, rigorously, scantily, scarcely, simply, specifically, square to, truly, unequivocally, utterly
Large — ample, big, broad, colossal, enormous, extensive, giant, gigantic, grand, great, hefty, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, massive, monumental, mountainous, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, wide
Long — continued, distant, drawn out, elongated, endless, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extended, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, lanky, lasting, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretched, stringy, sustained, tall, towering
Never — at no time, by no means, don’t hold your breath, forget it, nevermore, no way, not at all, not ever, not in any way, not in the least, not on your life, to no degree, to no extent
New — advanced, au courant, brand-new, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, dewy, dissimilar, distinct, early, fashionable, fresh, hot, inexperienced, just out, latest, modern, modernistic, modish, neoteric, newfangled, novel, now, original, raw, recent, rising, spic-and-span, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, trendy, ultramodern, unaccustomed, uncontaminated, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unusual, unused, up-to-date, virgin, young, youthful
Next — abutting, adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, attached, back-to-back, beside, close, closest, coming, consequent, coterminous, ensuing, following, future, hard by, incoming, intermediate, junior, later, meeting, nearest, neighboring, on the side, penultimate, proximate, side-by-side, subsequent, succeeding, touching, upcoming
Old — aged, along in years, ancient, antique, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossiled, geriatric, getting on, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, not young, of age, olden, oldish, outdated, over the hill, past one’s prime, seasoned, senescent, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, venerable, veteran, wasted, worn out
Right — accurate, appropriate, condign, conscientious, correct, due, equitable, ethical, exact, factual, fitting, genuine, good, honest, honorable, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, merited, moral, on the button, on the money, on point, on target, precise, proper, requisite, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, stand-up, straight, suitable, true, unerring, upright, virtuous, word-perfect
Seem — appear, come across, create the impression, cut, glisten, glitter, hint, intimate, look as if, look like, loom, pass off, resemble, show signs of, sound, stand out, stick out
Small — atomic, bantam, compact, cramped, diminutive, dwarfish, itsy-bitsy, little, micro, microscopic, miniature, miniscule, minute, olive-sized, petite, pocket-sized, small-scale, subatomic, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized
Things — assortment, baggage, belongings, chattels, clothes, conditions, doodads, doohickeys, duds, effects, equipment, features, gear, gizmos, goods, holdings, junk, objects, paraphernalia, possessions, property, stuff, thingamabobs, thingamajigs, tools, trappings, whatchamacallits, widgets
Went — absconded, advanced, continued, decamped, departed, drove off, embarked, escaped, exited, hopped, hurried, left for, moseyed, moved, progressed, returned, set forth, set off, split, took off, traveled, vamoosed, ventured, withdrew
Young — adolescent, blooming, blossoming, boyish, boylike, budding, burgeoning, callow, childish, childlike, crude, developing, early, fledgling, fresh, girlish, girllike, green, growing, half-grown, immature, inexperienced, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, new, newborn, newish, not aged, pubescent, puerile, punk, puppylike, raw, recent, teen, tender, tenderfoot, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unfledged, unlearned, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal, youthful
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