did you watch the game yes it was stupid what why the referee was stupid he kept blowing his stupid whistle okay but the players were good no they were all stupid it was a stupid game in a stupid St stupid stupid St can he use anything else instead of stupid hello my name is Maddie from POC English and in this lesson we're going to learn a lot of new words and we're going to improve our vocabulary by learning synonms and alternatives to simple commonly used words now before we start let me ask you a question
for example is it bad to say good all the time the movie was good he's a good person it's a good day no there is nothing wrong with that in fact simple words are very good because they can help you communicate at easily however is it good to know some other alternatives to simple words so that you can add variety to what you're saying and also to be able to understand other people better of course and that is what we're going to do so instead of good you can say it's an interesting movie he's a
nice person what a lovely day so let's begin this lesson by learning the alternatives to Smart someone who has strong mental abilities is called smart right that's a very simple and Powerful adjective however instead of smart what else can you say you can say intelligent she is an intelligent student that means she's very smart intelligent you can also say clever clever clever is someone who learns things quickly for example his clever idea solved the problem quickly a person person can be clever an idea can be clever you can use it for people saying he's a
clever person or you can use it for ideas and say that's a clever idea what else ah you can say bright bright one of the meanings of bright is smart clever and intelligent the Bright Child learned to read early the Bright Child the smart clever and intelligent child now enough with smart what is the opposite of smart stupid let's learn some synonyms for stupid you can say foolish foolish it's a very common adjective to describe Behavior or decisions of people which are not very good it was foolish to go out in the storm it was
foolish to go out in the storm it means it was not a smart idea it was a stupid idea it was foolish and inal way to describe someone who's stupid is to say dance dance one of the meaning of dense is a stupid person somebody who's slow to understand things he can be a bit dense at times you have to explain yourself over and over and over again for him to understand he can be a bit dense slow to understand another synonym which I'm pretty sure you've already heard and you know how to use it
is silly silly is something that's not smart or not sensible it was silly to forget your keys it was silly to forget your keys and now you have to stay behind the door until somebody comes and lets you in it was silly it can also be used in an imperative way for example hey don't be silly don't be silly another synonym which I find very funny is dum dum now pay attention do you pronounce the b at the end Dum no that's a silent be dumb dumb is someone who's stupid somebody who lacks intelligence and
somebody who makes bad decisions it was a dumb idea to go outside without an umbrella in the rain it was a dumb idea he's such a dumb guy you can use it for people or you can use it for things and ideas that's a dumb question that's a silly question you're being foolish are you dense you see how you can use different words instead of stupid okay enough with smart and stupid let's talk about something else quiet H instead of quiet what else can we use you can say silent silent I'm pretty sure you know
this because you can put your phone on silent for example the library was silent the library was silent it was quiet it was silent now silent is an adjective the noun form of Silent is silence silence and you can use this in an imperative way silence that means be quiet shush silence instead of quiet you can also use hushed hushed now silent means without any sound you cannot hear anything but hushed means with a very low volume it's something like this they spoke in hushed voices they spoke in hushed voices that means they spoke like
this and another one which I'm pretty sure you've heard is mute mute like silent mute means with no sound you cannot hear anything the room was mute during the movie the room was mute you could not hear anything so instead of quiet you can say mute or silent or hushed now pay attention to something very important even though these words are considered synonyms you cannot just use them interchangeably that means depending on the context one word might fit better than the other one for example you don't talk to each other silently well how can you
talk silently I can't but you talked in hushed voices right so even though these two are synonyms you cannot just use one instead of the other pay attention to the context now opposite of quiet is loud loud instead of loud you can say noisy the kids were noisy in the park or it's too noisy here it's too noisy or the kids were noisy now if it is too loud you can say deafening now somebody who can't hear anything is called deaf as an adjective something that makes you deaf is deafening deafening now deafening is something
that is very loud it's like ah it's very loud it's deafening the music was deafening at the concert it was deafening I couldn't bear it I couldn't stand it it was like ah too loud deafening similar to deafening a very interesting adjective is thunderus thunderus it comes from Thunder now thunderus is a very fun adjective to use but it's not very common for example you can't just go out and talk to your friends like uh I don't like this neighborhood it's thunderus that doesn't make sense it's noisy yes it's not quiet yes but it's not
thunderus but if you're writing a text and you want to be a bit playful with the words you can say thunderus instead of noisy or instead of deafening also pay attention these adjectives have different levels so for example noisy is here but deafening and thunderus are here anyway look at this example the applause was thund the applause was thund these people went crazy on the Applause yeah yeah it's so hot somebody who has a lot of money is rich rich now I'm not rich that wasn't real money but instead of Rich what else can you
say you can say wealthy wealthy wealthy is someone who has a lot of money who has lots of assets a house a couple of pieces of land some cars lots of gold I don't know things like that a private jet a helicopter they live in a wealthy neighborhood they live in a wealthy neighborhood it means all the neighbors are wealthy they are rich it's a wealthy neighborhood instead of wealthy you can also use a very nice adjective affluent affluent is someone who has a lot of money or who is well off also well off is
someone who has a lot of money who can live a very comfortable life the affluent family traveled the world the affluent family traveled the world they had a lot of money and they used it to travel that's a very good use of money actually and my favorite is prosperous this adjective is usually used to describe businesses a prosperous business is a business that generates a lot lot of money the prosperous business grew quickly the prosperous business grew quickly H opposite of rich is poor now pay attention it's not poor it's poor poor instead of poor
you can use impoverished impoverished which means very poor the impoverished Community needed help the very poor Community needed help you can also use the adjective destitute destitute means without money without food or without a home the flock left thousands of people destitute the destitute man asked for food the destitute man the poor man the man who didn't have food who was homeless destitute I hope you're enjoying this lesson we still have a few more adjectives to learn so let's have a break now and let me tell you something do you want to have the summary
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download let's continue the lesson she's beautiful she is beautiful instead of beautiful what else can I say if someone is very beautiful you can say gorgeous gorgeous she is gorgeous now you can use gorgeous to describe other things too for example the sunset was gorgeous the sunset was gorgeous was beautiful you can also say stunning stunning when something is so beautiful that it surprises you and you're like oh no look at that that's stunning she looked stunning in that dress she looked stunning but not all things are beautiful some things are ugly now what else
can you say instead of ugly well a synonym of beautiful is attractive so a synonym of ugly should be unattractive unattractive the building was unattractive I did not like the building it's ugly the building was unattractive now if something is very ugly that you're like that's hideous hideous very ugly she wears the most hideous color combinations you can ever imagine she wears the most hideous color combinations you can ever imagine hideous very ugly very unattractive we have two more adjectives to go please continue watching don't be lazy oh lazy instead of lazy what else can
you say you can say idle idle now idle is someone who's not willing to work who's lazy who doesn't like working he was idle all weekend he was idle all weekend he was lazy he didn't work he didn't do anything you can also use the adjective lethargic now lethargic is an advanced adjective which means somebody with low energy somebody who does not have the energy to do things is lazy he or she is unable to do things because of not having enough energy I felt lethargic after the long day I felt lethargic I I feel
lazy and tired and not a lot of energy in me so I didn't do anything and the last one is sluggish sluggish sluggish means lazy sluggish is used to describe someone who's slow and lazy he moved in a sluggish manner he moved in a sluggish manner it means he moved very lazily oh look at that I have to walk all that way come on and the last adjective I wanted to finish this SL with a positive adjective Brave instead of Brave what else can you say you can say courageous I like this word courageous if
you want to be successful in life you need to be courageous right the firefighters were courageous the firefighters were really Brave they were courageous you can also use another very nice adjective Valiant Valiant the soldiers made a valiant stand the soldiers made a a valiant stand very brave and the last one bold bold as an adjective also means brave courageous Valiant she made a bold decision she made a bold decision she made a very courageous very brave decision and the next one I'm just kidding there is no next one I hope you've enjoyed this lesson
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