Similar Words' List
A list of words that mean similar things, or have any other similarity
1. Showing readiness to fight
- Pugnacious : specifically, being verbally combative
- Bellicode
- Belligerent
- Truculent : very aggressive
2. Easily aroused to anger/ill-tempered
- Irascible : 'ira' refers to anger, not 'ir' as in 'irresistible'
- Peevish : easily irritated
- Morose : also, not inclined to talk, also gloomy
- Fractious : quarrelsome
- Choleric : prone to outbursts of temper
- Surly
- Bilious
- Jaundiced
- Petulant
- Curmudgeon
3. Related to tiredness/laziness
- Flagging
- Enervated
- Lassitude : mental and physical tiredness
- Lethargy
- Languid
- Torpor
4. Refusal/rejection
- Balk
- Snub : deliberately, insulting manner
- Spurn : with contempt
5. Words relating to competition
- Vie : to compete
- Vanquish : to defete
6. Relating to countryside
- Pastoral
- Bucolic
7. Acting rashly
- Foolhardy
- Intrepid
- Rakish
- Precipitatiously : very haphazardously, hurry
- Raffish : careless manner
- Impetuous : very impulsive (vehemence)
- Imprudent
8. Attack someone/somethiong's reputation
- Besmirch
- Repudiate
- Denigrate
9. Arrogant tone
- Brusquely
- Curtly
- Churlish
- Peremptory : bossy/dictatorial
- Imperious : in a commanding manner
10. Short general truth
- Aphorism
- Maxim
11. Not expressing emotions
- Stolid
- Phelgmatic
- Apathetic : Not feeling/caring
12. Poor
- Destitute
- Penurious
- Indigent
- Impecunious
13. Calm someone down or make more favorable
- Placate
- Concilliate
- Propitiate
- Mollify
- Pacify
- Appease
- Soothe
- Extenuate : by making partial excuses
- Assuage : to lessen intensity (of pain, distress etc)., pacify
14. Condescending tone
- Superrcilious
- Haughty
- Cavalier : arrogant
15. Bitter/harsh remarks or way of speaking
- Caustic
- Acerbic
- Abrasive
- Asperity : Harshness of manner, also severity
16. Colourless, flavorless, plain, dull
- Insipid
- Humdrum
- Jejune
- Pedestrian:
- Prosaic
- Plodding : v. walk slowly with effort adj. slow moving or dull
17. Severe criticism
- Excoriate
18. Overused (expressions)
- Trite
- Banal
- Hackneyed
- Platitude
- Trifling
- Trivial +T rope
19. Attack in words (verbal or spoken)
- Polemic
- Invective
- Fulminate
- Revile : Abuse
- Vituperate : Abuse
- Screed : Abuse
20. Large in number
- Abound
- Replete
- Inundate
- Excessive
- Copious
- Glut
- Raft
- Profuse
- Myriad
- Flush
- Cornucopia
21. To explain/clarify
- delineate
- expound
- elucidate
- exposition
- exegesis : critically explain soemthing
- prolixity : boring verbosity
- pedantic : whore for minor details
- didactic : related to teaching
- explicate
- expatiate : write in detail about
22. Careful with details
- Diligent
- Meticulous
23. Having acute insight/understanding
- Sagacious
- Sedulous : one who shows careful perseverance
- Shrewd
- Persipicacious
- Perceptive
- Savvy
24. Thinking of oneself as superior
- Magesterial
- Supercilious
25. To gain the goodwill of
- Propitiate
- Ingratiate
26. Stubborn
- Obstinate
- Obdurate
- Refractory
- Obstreperous
27. Impulsive
- Precipitate
- Impetuous
- Capricious
- Whimsical
28. Express disapproval
- Decry
- Depreciate
- Disparage
- Belittle
- Denounce