List of Synonyms

A list of synonyms of overused words (J thru Z) is found below. It's a a good list including many words that are sometimes used too often.

In fact, overused words can be problematic for a variety, or number, of reasons.

By using the list of synonyms below, you'll be improving your English language skills lots. Now, let's take a look at the last word of the previous sentence, lots.

Lots is one of those words that tends to be overused. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the word lots, it's just that we don't want to overuse it. So, let's look in the list below to see what other words could be used in the sentence above as opposed to using the word 'lots.'

How about scores? Or maybe heaps?

Why not?

Score and heaps are perfectly good words which mean 'lots' so the sentence above would be saying the same thing just using a word that isn't used so often that it becomes overused which makes it, in effect, less meaningful.

Look over the list of synonyms below to find words that you overuse and replace them with one or more of the synonyms from the list.

Common List of Synonyms J - Z

Common Words

List of Synonyms

job
keep
kid
kind
know
like (adj)
like (verb)
lots
mad
make
new
next
nice

old
part
perfect
pleasant
prove
quick
really
regular
scared
see
small
so
sometimes
take
terrific
then

think
try
use
very

want

task, work, undertaking, vocation, duty, assignment
retain, control, possess
child, boy, girl, youngster, youth, tyke, tot
type, variety, sort, form
comprehend, understand, realize, perceive, discern
similar, equivalent, such as, similar to, similarly
enjoy, relish, appreciate
numerous, heaps, many, scores, innumerable
angry, frustrated, furious, incensed, enraged
build, construct, produce, assemble, manufacture
recent, modern, current, novel
subsequently, thereafter, successively
pleasant, satisfying, gracious, charming, fascinating, delightful, pleasurable, pleasing, friendly
mature, experienced, used, worn, former, previous
section, portion, segment, detail, element, component
flawless, faultless, ideal, whole, entire, intact
agreeable, gratifying, refreshing, welcome
demonstrate, confirm, validate, verify, corroborate
brisk, prompt, responsive, rapid, hasty
truly, genuinely, extremely, undeniably, inarguably
standard, routine, customary, habitual
afraid, fearful, terrified, frightened
regard, behold, witness, gaze, realize, notice
diminutive, minor, insignificant, slight, trivial
thus, accordingly, therefore
occasionally, intermittently, sporadically, periodically
grasp, capture, choose, select, tolerate, endure
extraordinary, magnificent, marvelous
first, second, next, later, finally, afterward, meanwhile, soon
conceive, imagine, ponder, reflect, contemplate
attempt, endeavor, venture, test
employ, operate, utilize
deeply, extremely, exceedingly, unusually, incredibly
intensely, truly, fully, especially, shockingly, bitterly
immeasurably, infinitely, severely, surely, chiefly
desire, crave, yearn, long, wish

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