Evaluation of Subtle Differences of 426 Selected Sets of Synonyms -- A Total of 2307 Synonym Words - Page 27
This is a list of some selected words and how their synonyms differ in their meaning.
  1. reason, intuition, understanding, judgment. These nouns refer to the intellectual faculty by means of which human beings seek or attain knowledge or truth.
  2. reckless, rash, foolhardy, temerarious. These adjectives are compared as they mean given to or marked by unthinking boldness.
  3. recoil, blench, shrink, flinch. These verbs all mean to draw back involuntarily, as through fright, timidity, or abhorrence.
  4. recover, regain, recoup, retrieve. These verbs all mean to get back what has been lost or taken away.
  5. refuse, decline, reject, spurn, rebuff. These verbs all mean to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something.
  6. regard, esteem, admiration, respect. These nouns refer to a feeling based on perception of and a measure of approval for the worth of a person or thing
  7. regret, sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, heartache, heartbreak. All of these nouns denote mental distress.
  8. relieve, allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten, mitigate. All of these verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable.
  9. religious, devout, pious, sanctimonious. These adjectives mean having or showing a belief in and veneration for God or a divine power, especially as it is reflected in the practice of religion.
  10. relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce. These verbs have in common the sense of letting something go or giving something up.
  11. rely, trust, depend, reckon. These verbs share the meaning "to place or have faith or confidence in someone or something".
  12. remainder, rest, balance, residue, remnant, leavings, remains. These nouns are compared as they denote what is left after a part has been used or subtracted.
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