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Time: synonyms worth the distinction
Time words divide into the calendar sort and the felt sort, and they borrow from each other constantly. A cycle is a round, a dawn is a morning, and an administration is a stretch of years. Compact shelf worth reading end to end.
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FoothillsTier 1 · everyday words · 23 words
Words you already use, paired with a synonym you probably also know.
- belatedadjectivelate
- contemporaryadjectivemodern
- dawnnounmorning
- deferverbpostpone
- distancenounspace
- dyingnoundeath
- eranounage
- eventuallyadverbfinally
- everlastingadjectiveeternal
- hiatusnounbreak
- lapseverbexpire
- meanwhilenounmeantime
- momentnounbit
- momentarilyadverbbriefly
- overnightadverbsuddenly
- procrastinateverbstall
- remoteadjectiveoutside
- sentencenountime
- spellnouncharm
- sporadicadjectiveoccasional
- vacationnounholiday
- vintageadjectiveclassic
- yearnounclass
TreelineTier 2 · one step up · 33 words
Familiar words, with a synonym that sits slightly outside daily speech.
- adjournverbsuspend
- administrationnounbrass
- archaicadjectiveoutdated
- coincideverbalign
- concurrentadjectivesimultaneous
- cyclenounround
- datedadjectiveoutmoded
- daytimenoundaylight
- deadlinenouncutoff
- delaynounwait
- distancenounspace
- durationnounterm
- ebbverbwane
- elapseverbpass
- epochnounera
- flashnouninstant
- goneadjectivedeparted
- henceforthadverbhereafter
- impendingadjectiveimminent
- interimadjectivetemporary
- intervalnounintermission
- lingerverbpersist
- milestonenounlandmark
- napnounsleep
- obsoleteadjectiveoutmoded
- pendingadjectiveunresolved
- presentnounnowadays
- punctualadjectiveprompt
- respitenounrelief
- sequelnouncontinuation
- simultaneousadjectiveconcurrent
- thereafteradverbafterward
- timelessadjectiveageless
RidgelineTier 3 · solid vocabulary · 11 words
The middle of the bank, where the near misses start to bite.
High CampTier 4 · testing · 5 words
Words that turn up in serious reading rather than in conversation.
SummitTier 5 · rare and formal · 5 words
The rare register: literary, legal and technical English.
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