By Dr Oliver Tearle To be ‘submissive’ is to submit: to yield obediently to some higher or greater power or authority, and allow oneself to be dominated by that higher power. So people are sometimes described as having a submissive personality or behaving in a submissive way. (The word submit […]
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22 of the Best Synonyms for ‘Pretentious’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) What’s the technical term for talking about yourself in the third person? Or using the royal ‘we’ when you aren’t a king or queen? Words, of course, are the tools of the writer’s trade. But what are some good words, perhaps even some unusual […]
14 of the Best ‘Stupid’ Synonyms
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Words, of course, are the tools of the writer’s trade. But what are some good words, perhaps even some unusual but wonderfully descriptive words, which mean ‘stupid’ or ‘foolish’ or ‘gullible’? Here are some of the best, most useful, as well as some of […]
18 of the Best ‘Lazy’ Synonyms
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The English language possesses more than a few good words that mean ‘lazy’ or ‘a lazy person’. Below, as well as some of the more common synonyms for ‘lazy’ or ‘laziness’, we’ve trawled the old dictionaries and thesauri to find some of the best […]