Meaning: To tease or make fun of someone in a playful way.

Part of speech: verb

Example: They love to razz each other during their friendly banter.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• tease
• mock

Meaning: A suffix used to denote ordinal numbers, such as 'third'.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She finished in third place.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• ordinal
• ranking

Meaning: A suffix used to form adjectives or nouns, often indicating a relationship.

Part of speech: suffix

Example: The suffix '-re' can be seen in words like 'sincere'.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• suffix
• ending

Meaning: Regarding or concerning.

Part of speech: preposition

Example: I am writing to you re the meeting next week.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• about
• concerning

Meaning: A prefix meaning 'again' or 'back'.

Part of speech: prefix

Example: To redo means to do again.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• again
• back

Meaning: Regarding or concerning.

Part of speech: preposition

Example: I am writing to you re the meeting next week.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• about
• concerning

Meaning: To extend or stretch out to a point.

Part of speech: verb

Example: She reached for the book on the top shelf.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• extend
• stretch

Antonyms:

• withdraw
• retract

Meaning: To look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed matter.

Part of speech: verb

Example: I love to read books in my free time.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• peruse
• scan

Antonyms:

• ignore
• overlook

Meaning: To interpret something in a particular way, often more than intended.

Part of speech: phrasal verb

Example: Don't read too much into his comments; he was just joking.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• interpret
• analyze

Meaning: To read something aloud.

Part of speech: phrasal verb

Example: The teacher asked the student to read out the passage.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• recite
• announce

Meaning: Easy to read or understand.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The book is well-written and very readable.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• legible
• clear

Antonyms:

• illegible
• confusing

Meaning: The standard accent of English in the UK.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He spoke with a received pronunciation that was very clear.

Category: Language › Phonetics

Synonyms:

• BBC English
• Queen's English

Meaning: Indicating a backward or past orientation.

Part of speech: prefix

Example: Retroactive pay means you receive back pay for work done in the past.

Category: Language

Meaning: A form of English slang that replaces a word with a phrase that rhymes with it.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In rhyming slang, 'stairs' might be replaced with 'apples and pears'.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• slang
• colloquialism

Meaning: In a strong or emphatic manner.

Part of speech: adverb

Example: She was roundly criticized for her decision.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• strongly
• emphatically

Meaning: Received Pronunciation, a standard accent of British English.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He speaks with an RP accent.

Category: Language › Linguistics

Synonyms: British accent

Meaning: A suffix indicating an ongoing action or process.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The -running in 'fast-running' shows the action of running quickly.

Category: Language

Meaning: used to form the plural of nouns

Part of speech: suffix

Example: Cats are more independent than dogs.

Category: Language

Meaning: the 19th letter of the English alphabet

Part of speech: letter

Example: The word 'sun' starts with the letter S.

Category: Language

Meaning: Past tense of say; to have expressed something verbally.

Part of speech: verb

Example: She said she would come to the party.

Category: Language › Grammar

Meaning: Identical or not different.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: We have the same book.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• identical
• equal

Antonyms: different

Meaning: The quality of being the same.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The sameness of their opinions surprised everyone.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• uniformity
• similarity

Antonyms: diversity

Meaning: Lacking variety; monotonous.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The food was a bit samey after a week.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• monotonous
• uniform

Antonyms: varied

Meaning: Making a show of being morally superior to others.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His sanctimonious attitude annoyed everyone.

Category: Language

Synonyms: self-righteous

Meaning: Placed between two other things.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The letter was sandwiched between two pages.

Category: Language

Synonyms: inserted

Meaning: An ancient language of India.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Sanskrit is used in many Hindu texts.

Category: Language

Synonyms: language

Meaning: The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Part of speech: noun

Example: His sarcasm was evident in his tone.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• irony
• mockery

Meaning: Using or characterized by sarcasm.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: Her sarcastic remarks made everyone laugh.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• ironic
• sardonic

Meaning: Grimly mocking or cynical.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His sardonic smile suggested he knew more than he let on.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• sarcastic
• cynical

Meaning: A phrase or expression that conveys a general truth or piece of advice.

Part of speech: noun

Example: There's a saying that good things come to those who wait.

Category: Language › Expressions

Synonyms: proverb

Meaning: Having a rough or scabby surface; also used to describe something indecent or scandalous.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The scabrous tale shocked the audience.

Category: Language › Descriptive

Synonyms: rough

Meaning: The unstressed central vowel sound in many languages, represented by the symbol 'ə'.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The schwa sound is common in unstressed syllables.

Category: Language › Phonetics

Synonyms: neutral vowel

Meaning: A tiny amount or spark of something.

Part of speech: noun

Example: There wasn't a scintilla of doubt in her mind.

Category: Language › Vocabulary

Synonyms:

• spark
• trace

Meaning: To speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Part of speech: verb

Example: He scoffed at the idea of working on weekends.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• mock
• ridicule

Meaning: To reprimand or criticize someone angrily.

Part of speech: verb

Example: She scolded her child for being late.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• rebuke
• chide

Meaning: To feel or express contempt or disdain for someone or something.

Part of speech: verb

Example: She scorned his attempts to apologize.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• despise
• mock

Meaning: Expressing contempt or disdain.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His scornful remarks hurt her feelings.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• contemptuous
• derisive

Meaning: To put an end to something; to thwart.

Part of speech: verb

Example: They tried to scotch the rumor.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• stop
• halt

Meaning: The grammatical form used to address the listener or reader.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence 'You are here,' 'you' is in the second person.

Category: Language

Synonyms: you

Meaning: The same as previously mentioned or referred to.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: He returned to the self-same spot where he first met her.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• identical
• same