adjective
Synonym: good-looking, attractive, beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty
Antonym: unattractive, ugly
Synonyms:
♦ good-looking
having an attractive face
For example:
His sister is a very good-looking girl.
He's not especially good-looking.
♦ attractive
with pleasant physical features, or pleasant to look at
For example:
They found the mountain scenery very attractive.
She's an attractive woman.
♦ beautiful
physically very attractive, or pleasant to look at
For example:
We have three beautiful daughters.
The house stands in beautiful surrounding.
♦ handsome
a handsome man or boy has an attractive face
For example:
Her boyfriend is very handsome.
♦ lovely
very pleasant to look at
For example:
She looks lovely in that dress.
There's a lovely garden behind the house.
♦ pretty
a pretty woman or girl has a face that is quite attractive
For example:
Her daughters are very pretty.
Antonyms:
♦ unattractive
not attractive
♦ ugly
unpleasant to look at
2- talent
noun
Synonym: talent, gift, aptitude, knack
♦ talent
an unusual natural ability, especially for something artistic
For example:
She has a talent for getting customers to spend money.
Her many talents include singing and playing the piano.
♦ gift
a natural ability for doing something well
For example:
She has a gift for making people feel welcome.
He has a gift for maths.
♦ aptitude
a natural ability that can be developed further
For example:
She has an aptitude for learning languages.
♦ knack (informal) an ability or tendency to do something, often something wrong
For example:
She has a knack for talking to strangers.
3- stupid
adjective
Synonym: stupid, silly, foolish, irresponsible, senseless
Antonym: sensible, wise
Synonyms:
♦ stupid
behaving in a way that is not sensible, or resulting from this
For example:
It was stupid of her not to wear a helmet when riding on her scooter.
He made several stupid mistakes.
♦ silly
stupid in an annoying way
For example:
Don't be silly - you can't go to the party dressed like that!
She asked a lot of silly questions.
♦ foolish
showing a lack of intelligence or good judgment
For example:
That was a rather foolish thing to do.
It would be foolish to risk your life.
♦ irresponsible
acting or done in a way that shows a lack of good sense
For example:
It was an irresponsible attitude for a parent to have.
Leaving the children alone was very irresponsible.
♦ senseless
done for no good reason
For example:
a senseless attack on an old lady
It's senseless to buy clothes you don't need.
Antonyms:
♦ sensible
showing good judgment
♦ wise
able to make good judgments because of experience
4- love
noun
Synonym: love, liking, affection, fondness, passion, infatuation
Antonym: hatred
Synonyms:
♦ love
a strong feeling of liking someone or something very much
For example:
I had never felt such love for anyone before.
In the book he writes about his love for his children.
♦ liking
a feeling of enjoying something
For example:
She has a liking for chocolate.
This drink is too sweet for my liking.
♦ affection
a feeling of liking someone, especially a friend
For example:
She always spoke of her neighbour with great affection.
♦ fondness
a gentle feeling of liking someone or something
For example:
She remembered her aunt with fondness.
my fondness for cakes and chocolate
♦ passion
a very strong feeling of love, especially sexual love
For example:
He couldn't hide the passion he felt for her.
♦ infatuation
a sudden strong feeling of love for someone, especially someone you do not know very well or someone who does not love you
For example:
Eventually his infatuation for his friend's wife passed.
Antonym:
♦ hatred
a very strong feeling of not liking someone or something
5-mistake
noun
Synonym: mistake, error, slip, blunder
♦ mistake
an act or belief that is wrong
There are lots of mistakes in this essay.
You've made a mistake - my name is David, not John.
♦ error
something that is wrong, especially a mistake in writing or speaking
There isn't a single error in the whole document.
The waiter made an error on the bill.
♦ slip
a small, often careless mistake that isn't very important
Don't worry about that. It was just a slip.
He made a few slips in his calculations.
♦ blunder
a big mistake, often one that causes a lot of embarrassment
A dreadful blunder by the goalkeeper allowed their opponents to score.
6- learn
verb
Synonym: learn, memorise, master, pick up
Antonym: teach
Synonyms:
♦ learn
to find out about something, or about how to do something
He's learning to ride a bicycle.
We learn French and German at school.
♦ memorise
to learn something thoroughly so that you know and can repeat all of it
At school, we memorised a new poem every week.
♦ master
to become skilled at something
For example:
Although he's a good cook, he still hasn't mastered the art of making bread.
♦ pick up
to learn something easily without being taught
For example:
She never took any piano lessons - she just picked it up.
He picked up some German when he was working in Germany.
Antonym:
♦ teach
to show someone how to do something
7- teach
verb
Synonym: teach, educate, train, coach, instruct, tutor
Antonym: learn
Synonyms:
♦ teach
to show someone how to do something
For example:
She taught me how to dance.
He teaches maths in the local school.
♦ educate
to teach someone in a school or college, or give them information that they need
For example:
She was educated in Switzerland.
We need to educate young people about the dangers of alcohol.
♦ train
to teach someone or an animal how to do a particular activity
For example:
She's being trained to be a bus driver.
The dogs are trained to smell and find illegal substances.
♦ coach
to give private lessons to someone in a particular sport, subject or activity
For example:
He coaches young footballers.
♦ instruct
(formal) to show someone how to do something
For example:
We were all instructed in the use of the fire safety equipment.
♦ tutor
(formal) to teach a small group of students
For example:
She earns extra money by tutoring foreign students in English.
Antonym:
♦ learn
to find out about something, or about how to do something
