1. Words: Part of Synonyms: Antonyms: Category/related Example: Illustration:
speech: words:
Impact Noun bang, blow, agreement, The impact of the collision
bounce, brunt, coincidence, broke the windshield.
buffet, bump,
clash, concord,
concussion, conformity,
contact, crash, unison, amity,
crunch, crush, concert,
encounter, hit,
concurrence,
jar, jolt, kick,
knock, pound, harmony,
punch, quake, unity.
quiver, ram, rap,
rock, shake,
shock, slap,
smash, smashup,
strike, stroke,
thump, tremor,
wallop
Income Noun interest, salary, outgo, salary Her income helps to pay her
wages, annuity, expenditure. bills.
gain, return,
earnings.
alone, characteristic, common, general,
Individual Adjective definite, different, ordinary People, human He is a creative individual.
discrete, distinct,
express, indivisible,
lone, odd, only,
original, own,
particular, peculiar,
personal,
personalized, proper,
reserved, respective,
secluded, select,
separate, several,
single, singular, sole,
solitary, special,
specific, uncommon,
unique, unitary,
unusual

2. understand misinterpret,
Interpret Verb illustrate misunderstand Speech He tried to interpret the
represent meaning of her harsh words.
translate
delineate
elucidate
exemplify
Involved Verb sophisticated exclude, free, He involved himself in many
labyrinthine remove activities.
embarrassed
convoluted
interested
confusing
Issue Verb/noun Situation
Labor Noun Work, strive Lazy, The president labored for
peace.
constitution
Legislation Noun regulation illegal Such acts are not legal.
measure
charter
bill
act
Labor Noun entertainment,
activity, fun
chore, daily
grind,
diligence,
drudgery,
effort,

3. employment
, endeavor,
energy,
exercise,
exertion,
grind*,
gruntwork,
industry,
job,
moonlight,
operation,
pains, pull,
push, strain,
stress,
struggle,
sweat, toil,
travail
Legal Adj acknowledged illegal,
illegitimate,
, allowed,
illicit, unlawful,
authorized, wrong
card-carrying,
chartered,
clean*,
condign,
constitutional,
contractual,
decreed, due,
enforced,
enforcible,
enjoined, fair,
forensic,
granted,
innocent,
judged,
judicial,
juridical, just,

4. justifiable,
justified,
lawful,
legalized,
legit,
legitimate,
licit, on the
level, on the
up and up,
ordained,
passed,
precedented,
prescribed,
proper,
protected,
right, rightful,
sanctioned,
sound,
statutory,
straight, sure
enough, valid,
warranted,
within the law
Major adjective above, better, lesser, little,
minor, small
big, chief,
considerable,
dominant,
elder,
exceeding,
extensive,
extreme,
greater,
hefty, higher,
large, large-
scale, larger,
leading, main,

5. most,
oversized,
primary,
senior,
sizable,
superior,
supreme,
ultra, upper,
uppermost
Method noun adjustment,
approach,
arrangement,
channels, course,
custom, design,
disposal,
disposition,
fashion, form,
formula, habit,
line, manner,
mechanism,
method, mode,
modus, modus
operandi, nuts
and bolts, plan,
practice,
proceeding,
process,
program, receipt,
recipe, red tape,
ritual, rote,
routine, rubric,
rule, rut,
schema, scheme,
shortcut, style,
system, tack,
tactics, technic,
technique, tenor,
the book, usage,
way, ways and
means, wise,

6. wrinkle
Occur Verb action, appear,
arise, be found,
be present,
befall, betide,
chance, come
about, come off,
come to pass,
cook*, crop up,
develop, ensue,
eventualize,
eventuate, exist,
follow, go, jell,
manifest,
materialize,
obtain, present
itself, result,
shake*, show,
smoke*, take
place, transpire,
turn out, turn up