Mastering English Synonyms: Enhance Your Vocabulary - Part 07

61. Hope - Wish, Desire, Expect

Hope is a feeling of expectation. Wish suggests wanting something, desire implies a strong feeling, and expect suggests belief that something will happen.

62. Huge - Enormous, Immense, Massive

Huge describes something very large. Enormous and immense are even bigger, while massive suggests great weight or size.

63. Hurry - Rush, Hasten, Speed

To hurry is to move quickly. Rush suggests urgency, hasten is more formal, and speed implies swiftness.

64. Important - Significant, Crucial, Essential

Important describes something of value. Significant implies importance, crucial suggests critical necessity, and essential means absolutely necessary.

65. Increase - Raise, Expand, Enhance

To increase is to make something bigger. Raise suggests lifting, expand implies growing larger, and enhance means improving.

66. Intelligent - Smart, Clever, Bright

Intelligent describes someone with mental sharpness. Smart is more casual, clever implies quick thinking, and bright suggests intellectual ability.

67. Join - Connect, Unite, Link

To join is to bring things together. Connect implies attachment, unite suggests coming together as one, and link is often used for chains or systems.

68. Keep - Retain, Hold, Preserve

To keep is to maintain possession. Retain implies holding onto something, hold suggests grasping, and preserve means to protect from decay.

69. Kind - Compassionate, Considerate, Caring

Kind describes someone who is good-hearted. Compassionate suggests deep sympathy, considerate implies thoughtfulness, and caring shows concern for others.

70. Lazy - Idle, Sluggish, Lethargic

Lazy describes a lack of effort. Idle suggests inactivity, sluggish implies slow movement, and lethargic indicates a lack of energy.