Evaluation of Subtle Differences of 426 Selected Sets of Synonyms -- A Total of 2307 Synonym Words - Page 32
This is a list of some selected words and how their synonyms differ in their meaning.
  1. stiff, rigid, inflexible, inelastic, tense. These adjectives are compared as they describe what is very firm and does not easily bend or give way.
  2. still, quiet, silent, noiseless, soundless. These adjectives mean marked by or making no sound, noise, or movement.
  3. steady, even, equable, uniform, constant. These adjectives mean marked by lack of variation or change.
  4. steal, purloin, filch, snitch, pilfer, cop, hook, swipe, lift, pinch. These verbs mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously.
  5. sterile, infertile, barren, unfruitful, impotent. These adjectives in literal usage mean not producing or unable to produce offspring; figuratively they suggest a lack of productiveness.
  6. strange, peculiar, odd, queer, quaint, outlandish, singular, eccentric, curious. These adjectives describe what deviates from the usual or customary.
  7. stingy, close, close-fisted, niggardly, penny-pinching, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, tight, tightfisted. These adjectives mean reluctant or marked by reluctance to spend money or part with possessions.
  8. strong, stout, sturdy, tough, stalwart, tenacious. These adjectives are compared as they mean having or showing vigor, durability, or power of body or spirit.
  9. stupid, slow, dumb, dull, obtuse, dense. These adjectives mean lacking or marked by a lack of intellectual acuity.
  10. subject, matter, topic, theme. These nouns denote the principal idea or point of a speech, a piece of writing, or an artistic work
  11. suggest, imply, hint, intimate, insinuate. These verbs mean to convey thoughts or ideas by indirection.
  12. summit, peak, pinnacle, acme, apex, zenith, climax. These nouns all mean the highest point.
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