Evaluation of Subtle Differences of 426 Selected Sets of Synonyms -- A Total of 2307 Synonym Words -- Page 18
This is a list of some selected words and how their synonyms differ in their meaning.
  1. injustice, injury, wrong, grievance. These nouns denote acts or conditions that cause people to suffer hardship or loss undeservedly.
  2. innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary. These adjectives mean existing in a person or thing from birth or origin.
  3. insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, dementia. These nouns denote conditions of serious mental disability.
  4. insubordinate, rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious. These adjectives mean in opposition to and usually in defiance of established authority.
  5. intelligent, bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, smart, intellectual. These adjectives mean having or showing mental keenness.
  6. intention, intent, purpose, goal, end, aim, object, objective. These nouns refer to what one intends to do or achieve.
  7. interfere, meddle, tamper. These verbs are compared as they mean to put oneself forward and intervene in the affairs of others when unasked to do so and often in an impudent or indiscreet manner.
  8. join, combine, unite, link, connect, relate, associate. These verbs mean to fasten or affix or become fastened or affixed.
  9. joke, jest, witticism, quip, sally, crack, wisecrack, gag. These nouns refer to something that is said or done in order to evoke laughter or amusement.
  10. jolly, jovial, merry, blithe. These adjectives mean feeling, showing, or marked by good humor and high spirits
  11. judge, arbitrator, arbiter, referee, umpire. These nouns denote persons who make decisions that determine points at issue.
  12. kind, kindly, kindhearted, benign, benevolent. These adjectives apply to persons and their actions and mean having or showing a tender, considerate, and helping nature.
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