List of 17 Common Synonyms in English from A to C with Examples

Today I am going to share with you common and useful English words thesaurus. 

 

Thank you,

Ashin Damika

ONE for Not+(one or one+) (A) (B) (C)

1. absent=not here,not present/(Absent minded=not thinking of what one is doing)/(to absent(oneself)=to stay away from,not be present/n. absence=state of being absent/absentee=one who is absent,eg. owner of land)
2. ajar=not quite shut,(eg. door,window)
3. ambiguous=not clear(as to meaning/ which may be understood in more than one way)
4. archaic=not used(any more),(very old)
5. (archaism=the used of an old word or form of words no longer in common use)
6. artificial=not real,not by nature,(pretended/artifice=a trick/artificer=a good workman)
7. askew=not straight/(out of order)
8. aslant=not straight(up & down)/sloping
9. awake=adj. not sleeping/(active in mind)(to wake from sleep/to excite to action/awaken=to awake)
10. away=not at home(or in the usual place/apart)(Fall away=not to support any more/to desert)(To throw away=throw out as of no further use/Pass away=to die/to work away=continue working/Right away
    =at once,now/Far & away the best=much the best)
11. awkward=not clever(in doing or making thing)/(difficult to deal with/ungraceful/To be in awkward situation=to be in difficulties) (A)10
12. backward=not equal to others/(a backward child=one who is not level in his power of thought or strength with other children of the same age)/not eager to act,slow/(backwards=towards the back)
13. bastard=not real/not of the usual kind/(a child whose parents were not married)belles – letters=not scientific writing/(writing,such as poetry,stories,etc. )
14. bleak=not cheerful(cheerless) & cold
15. bleary(eyed)=not seeing well/(having red, painful eyes)
16. blurred=not clear in shape,(- – – as if seen through a mist) (B)5
17. cold=not showing love/(calm & without feeling/In cold blood=when quite calm/Throw cold water on(a plan)=say that it is useless or impossible)//(opposite of hot) //(an illness causing pain in throat & running of liquid from the nose)
    crude=(of work or speech)not well finished/not polish/(bad – mannered)//(rough & bitter to taste/in the natural state) (C) 2