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Word Swap

Like Wife Swap, but with words, ya feel?

Emily Ruth Artus
Nov 07, 2016
North Greenville University
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For most English speakers and writers, falling into a language rut is common and unavoidable. A few words recycle themselves over and over until they each blur into exactly the same sound. Before you know it, your writing is bland and monotone. However, with some help and a little imagination, you can overcome boring, trite words!

Here, for your consideration, are some common adjectives and their vastly more interesting synonyms.

Instead of “Pretty”

  1. Comely
  2. Elegant
  3. Lovely
  4. Stunning
  5. Graceful
  6. Striking
  7. Becoming
  8. Engaging
  9. Fascinating
  10. Charming

Instead of “Ugly”

  1. Beastly
  2. Loathsome
  3. Uninviting
  4. Repulsive
  5. Unseemly
  6. Vile
  7. Wretched
  8. Odious
  9. Foul
  10. Repugnant

Instead of “Good”

  1. Valuable
  2. Brilliant
  3. Beneficial
  4. Favorable
  5. Healthy
  6. Pleasing
  7. Worthy
  8. Agreeable
  9. Welcome
  10. Delightful

Instead of “Bad”

  1. Atrocious
  2. Faulty
  3. Rough
  4. Deficient
  5. Rotten
  6. Poor
  7. Imperfect
  8. Miserable
  9. Lousy
  10. Inferior

Instead of “Different”

  1. Distinct
  2. Contrasting
  3. Opposed
  4. Discrepant
  5. Clashing
  6. Contrary
  7. Antithetical
  8. Unequal
  9. Disparate
  10. Varied

Instead of “Same”

  1. Similar
  2. Alike
  3. Interchangeable
  4. Twin
  5. Corresponding
  6. Compatible
  7. Indistinguishable
  8. Duplicate
  9. Equivalent
  10. Synonymous

Instead of “Small”

(Having to do with importance)

  1. Minute
  2. Trivial
  3. Inconsequential
  4. Trifling
  5. Petty

(Having to do with size)

  1. Petite
  2. Frail
  3. Wizened
  4. Delicate
  5. Diminutive

Instead of “Big”

  1. Spacious
  2. Prodigious
  3. Extensive
  4. Bulky
  5. Capacious
  6. Elephantine
  7. Titanic
  8. Walloping
  9. Towering
  10. Vast

Instead of “Important”

  1. Urgent
  2. Grave
  3. Exceptional
  4. Salient
  5. Arrestive
  6. Esteemed
  7. Vital
  8. Integral
  9. Critical
  10. Indispensable

Instead of “Unimportant”

  1. Trivial
  2. Frivolous
  3. Irrelevant
  4. Minor
  5. Paltry
  6. Trite
  7. Nonessential
  8. Everyday
  9. Piddling
  10. Incidental

Instead of “Old”

(Referring to a person)

  1. Matured
  2. Hoary
  3. Venerable
  4. Geriatric
  5. Gray

(Referring to a thing)

  1. Antique
  2. Relic
  3. Crumbling
  4. Decayed
  5. Dated

Instead of “Young”

  1. Vernal
  2. Puerile
  3. Unfledged
  4. Tender
  5. Green
  6. Blooming
  7. Fledgling
  8. Fresh
  9. Unversed
  10. Burgeoning
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