Evaluation of Subtle Differences of 426 Selected Sets of Synonyms -- A Total of 2307 Synonym Words -- Page 17
This is a list of some selected words and how their synonyms differ in their meaning.
  1. imitate, copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate. These verbs mean to follow something or someone taken as a model.
  2. immediately, instantly, forthwith, directly, promptly, presently. These adverbs mean with little or no delay. They are arranged in approximate order of intensity.
  3. importance, consequence, moment, significance, import, weight. These nouns refer to the state or quality of being significant, influential, or worthy of note or esteem.
  4. improve, better, help, ameliorate. These verbs mean to advance to a more desirable, valuable, or excellent state.
  5. inactive, idle, inert, passive, dormant. These adjectives mean not involved in or disposed to activity.
  6. include, comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve. These verbs mean to take in or contain as part of something larger.
  7. inconsistent, incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant. These adjectives mean being in marked disagreement.
  8. increase, expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply. These verbs mean to make or become greater or larger.
  9. indifferent, unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested. These adjectives mean marked by an absence of interest.
  10. infinite, limitless, illimitable, boundless, measureless, eternal, innumerable, numberless, countless. These adjectives are applicable to what does not have known limits or boundaries.
  11. inflexible, inexorable, adamant. These adjectives mean not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
  12. injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil. These verbs mean to affect detrimentally.
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