Websters_Vietnamese_-_English

40 Vietnamese - English

fecund, grand, lush, luxuriant, magnificent, mellow, addict, ball, ballock, bollock, character, en, 2.
famously; synonyms (adv) magnificently,
plenteous, wealthy, well-off, exuberant, (v) ornate, wonderfully, superbly, illustriously, conspicuously,
florid; antonyms (adj) broke, destitute, light; giàu
kinh nghiệm experienced; sự giàu có eminently, greatly, resplendently, splendidly, well,
abundance; sự làm giàu enrichment.
giày understanding; synonyms (n) intellect, mind, (adj) glaringly, incredibly, marvelously, strangely,
stupendously, surprisingly, 3. death; synonyms (n)
reason, appreciation, comprehension, agreement, demise, end, expiration, close, exit, cessation,

apprehension, bargain, deal, judgment, sense, decease, departure, dissolution, doom, dying, fate,

sympathy, arrangement, contract, grasp, insight, loss, mortality, passing, conclusion, bereavement,

knowledge, meaning, accord, covenant, (v) extermination, fall, destruction, ending, finish, last,
murder, (adj) quietus; antonyms (n) birth, existence,
intelligence, discernment, notion, recognition, (adj) delivery, 4. adept; synonyms (adj) expert, skillful,
tolerant; antonyms (n) ignorance, bewilderment, able, accomplished, adroit, artful, capable, clever,
disbelief; thoạ đánh giày cleaner; sự giày vò
torment; khuôn giày last; giày guốc patten. dexterous, experienced, good, practiced, smart,
giây second; synonyms (n) instant, moment, flash,
neat, crack, nimble, quick, apt, (n) proficient, ace,
jiffy, minute, sec, time, wink, bit, countenance, third, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard, dabster;
antonyms (adj) clumsy, incompetent, inept; người
(v) back, endorse, support, encourage, forward, giỏi adept; tài giỏi clever.
giới 1. persuasion; synonyms (n) belief, opinion,
help, advocate, aid, assist, (adj) latter, further, faith, inducement, creed, exhortation, idea,
secondary, inferior, (pron) additional; antonym (adj)
first; giây mỡ greasy. enticement, sentiment, suasion, view, mind, notion,
giấy 1. tag; synonyms (n) tail, shred, tab, catch, ticket,
judgment, feeling, confidence, religion, thought,
title, (v) label, dog, mark, name, chase, pursue, attraction, incentive, (adj) conviction; antonyms (n)
force, pressure, 2. race; synonyms (n) kind, dash,
earmark, brand, shadow, append, designate, family, career, competition, people, kin, nation,

fasten, follow, track, trail, assign, classify, pedigree, birth, breed, genus, house, (v) course,
distinguish, dub, 2. collage; synonyms (n)
run, rush, fly, hasten, hurry, campaign, hunt, dart,
hodgepodge, mélange, mess, mix, montage, match, speed, (adj) lineage; người giới thiệu
photomontage, rig, 3. format; synonyms (n) form, reference; lệnh giới nghiêm curfew; không
giới hạn unlimited; khắp thế giới world-wide;
size, formatting, shape, organization, structure, giới trí thức intelligentsia; giới tăng lữ clergy;
bị giới hạn restricted; đường biên giới
template, mold, construction, system, method, plan, boundary; giới hạn limit; toàn thế giới
ecumenical.
idea, proposal, (v) set, arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, giòn brittle; synonyms (adj) breakable, crisp, crumbly,
do, dress, initialise, initialize, put, (adj) static; giấy fragile, crispy, short, brickle, crunchy, delicate,
mời appointment; giấy đòi writ; giấy dầu oily;
giấy dán tường wallpaper; giấy chứng thực flimsy, frail, frangible, friable, insubstantial, shivery,
voucher; giấy chứng nhận certificate; giấy brickly; antonyms (adj) soggy, solid.
bồi cardboard; giấy bạc cabbage; giấy dấu giống 1. alike; synonyms (adv) equally, likewise, (adj)
note; giấy chuyển nhượng conveyance. like, corresponding, equal, equivalent, analogous,
giẻ rag; synonyms (n) newspaper, tabloid, clout, cloth,
cognate, comparable, duplicate, even, identical,
(v) banter, bedevil, tease, chaff, badger, bait, kid, likely, parallel, similar; antonyms (adv) differently,
(adj) different, dissimilar, 2. spawn; synonyms (v)
taunt, beleaguer, crucify, dun, frustrate, pester, get, engender, generate, cause, make, spat, father,
bug, fret, harass, scoff, chide, devil, (adj) shred; giẻ
lau rubber; báo giẻ rách rag. create, produce, beget, reproduce, (n) egg,
giếng lip; synonyms (n) border, brim, cheek, edge,
offspring, breed, progeny, seed, brood, issue, litter,
impertinence, mouth, rim, brink, verge, flange, posterity, farrow, 3. agreement; synonyms (n)
accord, acquiescence, concord, accordance,
impudence, backtalk, effrontery, insolence,
circumference, frame, margin, shoulder, back; coincidence, contract, acceptance, appointment,
thành giếng curb.
giờ hour; synonyms (n) epoch, time, hr, moment, arrangement, compliance, confirmation, conformity,

nonce, crisis, day, minute, lifetime, month, quarter, correspondence, covenant, settlement, unison,

quinquennium, week, year, opportunity, alarm, deed, bargain, concordance, concurrence,
consensus, consent, deal, decision, (v) assent;
amazement, arcminute, astonishment, bit, antonyms (n) disagreement, argument, conflict,
convenience, second, stound, conjuncture, peril; discord, rejection, dispute, resistance, 4. like;
đến giờ chót last; giờ khám bệnh surgery; giờ synonyms (v) enjoy, care, desire, fancy, wish,
học school; giờ đi ngủ bedtime; giờ đây now;
bao giờ when; giờ ra chơi break; bây giờ savor, appreciate, please, cherish, dig, (adj) alike,
now; bao giờ cũng along; giờ lên lớp school.
giỏi 1. nut; synonyms (n) lunatic, crackpot, crank, same, such, akin, matching, kindred, consistent,

eccentric, egg, freak, fruitcake, kernel, head, fruit,

kook, maniac, nutcase, screwball, seed, testicle,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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correspondent, conformable, (adv) as, (n) love, camber, cant, depository, (v) embankment,
relish, counterpart, affect, match; antonyms (prep) gradient, deposit, mound, rely, acclivity, ascent;
unlike, (v) dislike; giống dòng race; giống thép antonym (v) withdraw, 3. edge; synonyms (n)
irony; giống nhau alike; giống gang irony; blade, brink, extremity, advantage, bank, brim, butt,
giống danh t nominal; không giống unlike;
dòng giống lineage; cái gần giống kind; corner, perimeter, rand, skirt, angle, curb, bounds,
giống cây erica heath; sự giống likeness.
giọng 1. note; synonyms (n) comment, mention, confine, frontier, ridge, threshold, borderline, acuity,
bite, (v) bound, line, adjoin, surround; antonyms (n)
remark, annotation, heed, indication, mark, center, (v) middle, 4. ledge; synonyms (n)
projection, bulge, board, jetty, rack, shelf,
attention, bill, distinction, epistle, letter, hummock, (adj) escarpment; có gờ edged.
gở sinister; synonyms (adj) dark, ominous, baleful,
memorandum, report, importance, line, minute, black, forbidding, menacing, threatening,

observation, (v) notice, mind, look, detect, record, malevolent, malign, grim, ill, inauspicious,
discern, label; antonym (v) ignore, 2. tang;
synonyms (n) flavor, smell, relish, savor, odor, minacious, minatory, ugly, fateful, malicious,

scent, flavour, savour, smack, spice, taste, obscure, disastrous, dishonest, gloomy, left,
perverse, uncanny, unlucky.
piquancy, zest, aftertaste, bladderwrack, fang, nip, gốc 1. principle; synonyms (n) origin, fundamental,
perfume, piquance, sapidity, spiciness, sting; tiếng method, rule, cause, doctrine, ground, basis,
hắng giọng hem; làm lợm giọng sickening;
giọng nói engaging; chỗ ngắt giọng pause. dogma, element, essence, law, precept, reason,
giữ unattended; synonyms (adj) unaccompanied,
tenet, base, integrity, canon, formula, maxim,
alone, ignored, neglected, solitary, disregarded, nature, postulate, regulation, stuff, belief, 2.
lonely, unheeded; hay giữ kẽ secretive; người spring; synonyms (n) jump, leap, bound, fountain,
chiếm giữ occupant; bị bắt giữ captive; biết skip, source, dance, rise, jet, font, fount, ramp, (v)
giữ gìn careful; chó giữ nhà watchdog; để
giữ gìn conservative; giữ được keeping; giữ hop, caper, bounce, dive, originate, recoil, proceed,
được lâu lasting; giữ lễ độ civil; sự gìn giữ arise, issue, prance, rebound, vault, (adj) elastic, 3.
preservation. cradle; synonyms (n) bed, cot, birthplace, nursery,
giữa midst; synonyms (n) core, center, thick, interior, berth, crib, hammock, nest, rocker, basket, birth, (v)
groundwork, hold, rock, 4. radical; synonyms (adj)
middest, deep, depths, nucleus, (adj) middle, (adv) extremist, basic, exhaustive, extreme,
mid, (prep) during; điểm giữa centre; giữa tuần
midweek; khoảng giữa mean; ở giữa central; revolutionary, primary, ultra, drastic, primordial,
qua điểm giữa median.
giường head; synonyms (n) chief, captain, front, basal, root, fanatical, bottom, militant, underlying,

point, boss, foam, froth, crown, chieftain, executive, excessive, original, primitive, sweeping, (n)
foundation, group, nihilist, essential, radix, stem;
chair, brain, commander, director, end, forefront, antonyms (adj) conventional, old-fashioned, (n)
moderate, conservative, traditionalist, 5. group;
heading, mind, (adj) foremost, great, (v) capital, synonyms (n) bunch, brigade, collection, crowd,
direct, lead, command, guide; antonyms (n)
subordinate, (v) follow; giường nhỏ cot. flock, gang, association, clump, company,
gò 1. hill; synonyms (n) height, bank, gradient,
gathering, lump, muster, assembly, assortment,
mound, ascent, elevation, acclivity, embankment,
batch, category, circle, (v) assemblage, class,
grade, hillock, knoll, pile, rise, slope, hammock, cluster, rank, sort, arrange, assemble, classify, 6.
origin; synonyms (n) lineage, beginning, descent,
heap, decline, eminence, hump, inclination, ramp, ancestry, commencement, derivation, extraction,
bluff, (v) declivity, dip, stack; antonym (n) vale, 2.
barrow; synonyms (n) tumulus, barrowful, cart, inception, well, head, cradle, fountainhead,

wheelbarrow, swine, cromlech, hog, tope, porker, genesis, mother, breed, generation, germ, blood,
(adj) hummock, mole; sự gò bó restraint; không
gò bó freely; gầy gò meagre. dawn, family, filiation, parentage, pedigree, (v)
gõ knock; synonyms (v) hit, blow, bump, cuff, punch, spring, motive; antonym (n) end; tận gốc
radically; tính chất gốc originality; gốc rễ
strike, boot, clip, beat, condemn, criticize, knap, root.
gói 1. pack; synonyms (n) bundle, mob, bevy, bunch,
smack, thud, (n) rap, bang, tap, bash, crash, whack, company, herd, batch, backpack, box, gang, horde,
clap, belt, clout, criticism, stroke; antonym (v)
praise; cái gõ rap. package, knapsack, cluster, bag, (v) crowd,
gờ 1. edging; synonyms (n) border, edge, fringe,
compress, heap, cram, fill, jam, load, carry,
lace, trimming, boundary, frame, galloon, hem, compact, crush; antonym (v) unpack, 2. bundle;
synonyms (n) pile, sheaf, group, packet, parcel,
limit, list, margin, periphery, rim, brocade,
brocatelle, flounce, 2. bank; synonyms (n) dam, stack, wad, set, collection, lot, mass, mint, mound,

coast, slope, store, stack, bluff, heap, hill, riverside, mountain, roll, truss, tuft, assortment, (v) pack,
clump, wrap, 3. parcel; synonyms (n) bale,
stock, inclination, pile, exchequer, verge, bench, division, section, plot, patch, allotment, share, dole,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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area, detachment, part, piece, (v) portion, distribute, minute, exiguous, measly, fiddling, fine, footling,
apportion, divide, separate, split; sự gói đồ
packing; sự đóng gói packing; gói đồ inconsiderable, minor, niggling, piddling, slight,
package; cuốn gói hook.
gối bedding; synonyms (n) bedclothes, litter, small, tiny, trifling, unimportant, inconsequential,
paillasse, lamination, support, bedcovers, insular; antonym (adj) major; hạ vũ khí hand; hạ
embedding, frame. giá cheap; hành hạ abusive; thiên hạ
gớm loath; synonyms (adj) averse, disinclined, universe; vẻ hạ cố patronage; sự nhàn hạ
unwilling, reluctant, indisposed, loth, backward, comfort; sự hạ cut; sự hành hạ abuse; sự hạ
hesitant, antipathetic, antipathetical; antonym (adj) nhanh run; sự hạ cây fell.
inclined; trông gớm guốc forbidding; hay ho hai 1. two; synonyms (n) deuce, pair, binary, demon,
gớm jolly; ghê gớm burning; điều ghê gớm devil, duality, (adj) tway, 2. dual; synonyms (adj)
devil.
gọn brief; synonyms (adj) concise, short, abridge, double, duplex, duple, twin, twofold, doubled,
little, summary, transient, short-lived, abrupt,
abbreviated, brusque, compendious, curt, fleeting, bivalent, combined, threefold, treble, bifold, binal,
laconic, succinct, condensed, ephemeral, (n)
abstract, digest, epitome, report, abridgement, common, cooperative, double-dip, doubleheader,
compendium, (v) compact, notify; antonyms (adj)
long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, permanent, forked, matched, multiparty, shared, soprano,
lengthy, time-consuming; ngắn gọn briefly; ternary, triple, triplex, united; antonyms (adj)
không rút gọn length; sạch gọn neat; sự rút individual, single, 3. double; synonyms (adj)
gọn contraction; từ rút gọn contraction; phép
rút gọn reduction; nói gọn lại long. duplicate, dual, insincere, reduplicative, (v) fold,
gọng mount; synonyms (v) ascend, rise, climb, board,
arise, advance, jump, bestride, grow, increase, reduplicate, bend, geminate, plait, copy, crease,
ride, scale, erect, fix, heighten, install, launch, lift,
soar, wax, fit, multiply, (n) hill, frame, mountain; crinkle, increase, multiply, repeat, replicate, (n)
antonyms (v) descend, drop, (n) valley.
gươm 1. sword; synonyms (n) blade, rapier, brand, image, match, mate, substitute, alternate, doubling,
steel, glaive, knife, brond, firebrand, fox, intoxicate, parallel, replica, (adv) doubly; thứ hai second; hai
make, mark, marque, morglay, point, stain, stigma, tuần lễ fortnight; hai mười mốt twenty-one;
swerd, dirk, banger, baselard, beater, cimeter, hai mặt double; hai mang doubly; hai là
claymore, dissension, 2. stuck; synonyms (v) secondly; hàng hai chục score; hai chiều
sticked, (adj) stranded, aground, abandoned, two-dimensional; vật thứ hai second; thứ hai
absorbed, ashore, beached, delayed, deserted, mươi twentieth.
dumbfounded, fast, hindered, immovable, isolated, hãi afraid; synonyms (adj) fearful, timid, shy, anxious,
marooned, mired, obsessed, puzzled, stalled,
static, stickit, trapped, baffled, (n) thrust, sticking; apprehensive, frightened, nervous, scared, worried,
antonym (adj) free, 3. stick; synonyms (n) bar, club, horrified, terrified, uneasy, reluctant, (adv) cowardly;
rod, bat, cane, cudgel, (v) adhere, stab, attach, antonyms (adj) fearless, brave; không sợ hãi hair;
cling, fix, paste, staff, cohere, affix, bind, cleave, làm kinh hãi appalling; mối kinh hãi terror; sự
fasten, hold, impale, persist, pink, spear, spike, kinh hãi dread; sự sợ hãi awe; sợ hãi
cement. apprehensive.
hại 1. noxious; synonyms (adj) detrimental, injurious,
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deleterious, harmful, deadly, evil, bad, baneful,
hạ 1. low; synonyms (adj) contemptible, abject,
humble, ignoble, base, blue, common, deep, destructive, inimical, lethal, malign, noisome,
dejected, depressed, down, downcast,
downhearted, feeble, mean, despicable, inferior, poisonous, venomous, damaging, nasty, adverse,
degraded, despondent, dirty, dispirited, faint, foul,
(adv) gentle, (n) depression; antonyms (adj) cheerful, hurtful, malignant, mischievous, nocuous,
happy, high-pitched, loud, important, piercing, (n) pernicious, pestilent, toxic; antonyms (adj)
high, 2. petty; synonyms (adj) insignificant, harmless, innocuous, pleasant, 2. harm;
frivolous, little, paltry, trivial, light, negligible, puny, synonyms (n) hurt, detriment, bruise, wound,

disadvantage, injury, disservice, wrong, disaster, ill,

impairment, loss, mischief, misfortune, (v) damage,

abuse, blemish, injure, maim, poison, ravage,
endamage, mar, mistreat, molest; antonyms (v)
enhance, benefit, 3. damaging; synonyms (adj)
prejudicial, disadvantageous, unhealthy; gây tai
hại harmful; mối tổn hại prejudice; mối thiệt
hại prejudice; mối nguy hại mischief; mối hại
damage; lòng thương hại pity; lợi hại
dangerous; không có hại harmless; gây thiệt
hại damaging; người làm hại pest.
ham eager; synonyms (adj) avid, desirous, ardent,

earnest, agog, acute, ambitious, enthusiastic, keen,

zealous, industrious, studious, active, burning,

craving, excited, fervent, forward, hot, hungry,
impatient, longing, passionate, ready, (n) hasty;
antonyms (adj) indifferent, apathetic, disinterested,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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unconcerned; người ham thích lover; người govern, instruct, rule, tell; antonyms (n) anarchy,
ham chuộng lover; lòng ham muốn appetite; chaos, confusion, mayhem, mess, (v) disorder,
ham muốn longing; ham khoái lạc sensual; request; mẫu hàng sample; hàng năm annual;
ham biết curious; sự ham eagerness; sự hàng hai chục score; hàng hải shipping;
ham biết curiosity. hàng đống lot; hàng dệt kim knitting; hàng
hàm jaw; synonyms (n) chin, jaws, mandible, (v) không aviation; khách hàng custom; kiện
chatter, gossip, chat, gab, jabber, berate, chaffer, hàng package; hàng rào hedge.
hăng acrid; synonyms (adj) acid, bitter, pungent,
chew, confabulate, gabble, chide, lecture, acerbic, caustic, acerb, corrosive, harsh, hot,

masticate, natter, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, sharp, sour, acrimonious, astringent, biting,
scold, (adj) clack, palaver, prate, prattle; hàm đại blistering, poignant, sarcastic, tart, virulent, vitriolic;
sứ embassy; hàm ơn indebted; bao hàm antonym (adj) sweet; người hăng hái enthusiast;
implied; hàm thuận nghịch reciprocal; quân lòng hăng hái animation; hăng gái pushing;
hàm badge; sự bao hàm comprehension. hung hăng aggressive; sức hăng hái vigour;
hầm trench; synonyms (n) channel, ditch, drain, sự hăng hái burning.
furrow, cut, dike, groove, gutter, hollow, dugout, hãng 1. agency; synonyms (n) bureau, office,
authority, commission, expedient, factor,
foxhole, sewer, deep, trough, (v) encroach,
excavate, infringe, entrench, impinge; bờ miệng instrument, means, organ, way, efficiency, activity,
hầm bank; hầm lầu shelter; nhìn hầm hầm
dagger. board, department, group, influence,
hảm pattern; synonyms (n) model, design, fashion,
form, mold, shape, example, figure, norm, order, instrumentality, mechanism, medium, operation,
organization, representation, (v) action, act, deed,
paragon, cast, arrangement, configuration, copy, 2. enterprise; synonyms (n) business, company,
concern, endeavor, adventure, energy, courage,
exemplar, formula, guide, make, original, paradigm,
custom, frame, archetype, (v) mould. effort, endeavour, firm, initiative, spirit, venture,
hạn term; synonyms (n) name, expression, period,
style, title, boundary, limit, spell, stipulation, time, corporation, establishment, attempt, cause, job,

duration, phrase, tenure, appellation, bound, audacity, drive, project, task, try, undertaking,
ambition, 3. firm; synonyms (adj) constant, hard,
condition, season, space, span, word, (v) call, stable, close, compact, determined, fixed, resolute,
designate, entitle, denominate, dub; giới hạn limit;
hạn chế limited; hạn định limited; có hạn solid, steadfast, steady, strong, decisive, dense,
limited; bị giới hạn restricted; bị hạn chế
restricted; dài hạn long-term; để hạn chế fast, rigid, stiff, stubborn, sturdy, enduring,
inhibitory; đến hạn due; sự hạn chế check. adamant, crisp, decided, (v) faithful, durable;
hang caveat; synonyms (n) caution, warning, notice, antonyms (adj) irresolute, soft, weak, hesitant, limp,
decree, forewarning, care, carefulness, liquid, soggy; hãng thông tấn agency.
hạng 1. standard; synonyms (adj) model, normal,
cautiousness, command, law, circumspection, regular, accepted, classic, common, conventional,

commonition, counsel, forethought, information, customary, habitual, mean, (n) degree, measure,
precaution, sign, (v) admonish; đầu hang colour.
hàng 1. file; synonyms (n) archive, document, list, average, criterion, flag, norm, rate, gauge,
procession, rank, record, roll, series, string, line,
benchmark, example, pattern, prototype, canon,
range, row, tabulate, inventory, case, catalog, column, ideal; antonyms (adj) unusual,
unconventional, special, 2. denomination;
directory, (v) order, rasp, register, scrape, abrade, synonyms (n) appellation, title, cognomen,
arrange, grind, deposit, 2. line-up; synonyms (n)
team, machine, 3. rank; synonyms (n) place, file, appellative, class, communion, designation, name,
gradation, degree, quality, rate, post, arrangement,
sect, belief, church, classification, description,
category, condition, distinction, (adj) putrid, faction, faith, manner, religion, 3. category;
synonyms (n) denomination, division, kind, type,
luxuriant, bad, egregious, fetid, flagrant, foul, (v)
variety, form, group, level, sort, cohort, plight,
class, classify, grade, position, array, group,
estimate; antonym (adj) fresh, 4. row; synonyms brand, breed, collection, estate, family, grade,
(n) altercation, squabble, wrangle, clash, dispute,
nature, order, predicament, rank, section, set,
turmoil, argument, chain, conflict, course, fray, species, strain, 4. calibre; synonyms (n) caliber,
bore, size, quality, aegir, dullard, eager, eagre,
hassle, noise, stir, tiff, (v) quarrel, brawl, fight, lineament, timber, timbre, tone, 5. kind; synonyms
argue, bicker, broil, oar, pull, (adj) fracas, riot; (n) helpful, benign, gentle, benevolent, beneficent,
antonyms (n) agreement, (v) agree, 5. order;
synonyms (n) command, decree, dictate, sort, category, character, (adj) friendly, generous, good,

charge, disposition, edict, injunction, instruction, humane, affectionate, charitable, considerate,

kind, form, genus, law, mandate, sequence, (v) genial, hospitable, kindly, affable, amiable,

direct, commission, call, ordain, conduct, demand, attentive, calm, clement, compassionate,
complaisant, cordial; antonyms (adj) unkind,
callous, cruel, hardhearted, merciless, nasty,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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spiteful, uncaring, upsetting, disagreeable, somewhat, moderately, (adj) fair, lovely, attractive,
unfeeling, 6. grade; synonyms (n) place, gradient,
score, slope, plane, extent, gradation, inclination, charming, handsome, good-looking, picturesque,

incline, mark, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, status, value, dainty, cute, elegant, neat, pleasing, smart, comely,
bonny, delicate, becoming, (n) nice; antonym (adj)
cast, (v) classify, evaluate, range, appraise, even, ugly, 5. stunning; synonyms (adj) awesome,
digest, rake, smooth, 7. species; synonyms (n)
genus, appearance, show, sight, stock, striking, tremendous, astonishing, astounding,

phenomenon, premonstration, scene, (adj) race, dazzling, sensational, spectacular, surprising,
fashion, (v) offspring, 8. run; synonyms (v) flow,
rule, dash, gush, career, conduct, direct, function, arresting, overwhelming, stupendous, amazing,
incredible, marvelous, splendid, wonderful, 6. fine;
go, hasten, hurry, operate, pour, progress, rush, synonyms (adj) agreeable, brave, capital, thin,

dribble, walk, administer, (n) pass, campaign, delightful, acute, admirable, alright, choice,
course, drive, sequence, tide, (adj) stream; hạng
bét bum; số hạng cuối extremely; sự phân exquisite, pleasant, polite, stunning, superior,
hạng assortment; thượng hạng capital.
hào 1. dyke; synonyms (n) dam, ditch, channel, terrific, well, exact, bright, (n) penalty, amercement,
gutter, levee, trench, butch, (v) dike, (adj) lesbian, 2. (v) punish, mulct, clarify, (adv) delicately, exquisitely;
ditch; synonyms (n) canal, drain, dugout, dyke, antonyms (adj) poor, thick, coarse, substantial,
excavation, furrow, groove, gully, trough, waterway, unsatisfactory, wide; hay la lối blatant; hay
nghịch playful; hay nghi ngờ suspicious; hay
(v) abandon, chuck, desert, discard, dump, moat, khôi hài playful; hay kêu la blatant; hay hơn
cả class; hay hơn better; hay ho gớm jolly;
cut, leave, scrap, drop, dig, fosse, hollow, jettison, hay giúp đỡ willing; hay giữ kẽ secretive.
bulwark; antonym (v) keep; hào phóng freely; hè 1. verandah; synonyms (n) veranda, gallery, drift,
tính hào phóng generosity; sự hào hứng heading, 2. veranda; synonyms (n) balcony,
ginger.
hạt 1. county; synonyms (n) region, state, area, porch, portico, patio, terrace, verandah, stoop,
district, shire, mofussil, constituency, kingdom, stope; hè đường pavement; hội hè gala; nghỉ
count, expanse, 2. seed; synonyms (n) germ, hè vacation.
issue, posterity, root, offspring, progeny, origin, heli 1. helium; synonym (n) he, 2. he; synonyms
(pron) cestui, (n) male, man, helium.
nucleus, brood, embryo, source, beginning, berry, hẻm off; synonyms (adv) by, forth, beyond, over,

breed, core, cum, race, semen, spawn, (v) aside, gone, abreast, (adj) away, bad, putrid,
inseminate, plant, sow, (adj) crumb, bit, cantlet; hạt
trai pearl; hạt cát grit; hạt sỏi grit; hạt tiêu remote, down, rotten, wide, cancelled, decayed,
pepper; hạt tấm sharp; địa hạt district. sour, (n) murder, (int) out, begone; antonyms (adj)
hầu throttle; synonyms (n) accelerator, gas, gun, fresh, on.
regulator, (v) choke, strangle, asphyxiate, smother, Hemoglobin haemoglobin; synonyms (n)
hemoglobin, cruorin.
strangulate, scrag, constrain, stifle, suffocate, hẹp 1. narrow; synonyms (adj) close, limited, insular,

cumber, encumber, gag, restrain, suppress, bound, little, cramped, illiberal, mean, bigoted, minute,
confine, garrote, hang, limit, restrict; hầu bao
pouch; người hầu domestic; hầu hết most; precise, (v) confined, contract, limit, lessen,
chị hầu bàn waitress; hầu như all; người hầu
gái maid; người theo hầu attendant. constrict, shrink, abridge, dwindle, intimate,
hay 1. readable; synonyms (adj) clear, legible,
interesting, clean, decipherable, easy, graceful, accurate, compress, confine, determine, diminish,
exact; antonyms (adj) wide, broad, comprehensive,
tripping, absolved, cleared, exculpated, extensive, (v) widen, extend, 2. strait; synonyms

exonerated, light, open, percipient, brilliant, clever, (n) inlet, need, pass, pinch, quandary, channel,

coherent, eloquent, engrossing, enthralling, crisis, difficulty, distress, poverty, straits,
exciting, fascinating, graphic, gratifying; antonym emergency, frith, (adj) narrow, nonplus, (v) dilemma;
(adj) illegible, 2. often; synonyms (adv) frequently, chật hẹp narrow; bị thu hẹp restricted; nhỏ
oft, much, oftentimes, ofttimes, repeatedly, hẹp thin; sự thu hẹp restriction; thu hẹp
commonly, (adj) frequent; antonyms (adv) rarely, restrictive; thung lũng hẹp glen.
seldom, 3. grand; synonyms (adj) excellent, hết 1. all; synonyms (adv) whole, purely, altogether,
gorgeous, dignified, elevated, eminent, exalted,
entirely, totally, wholly, apiece, completely, quite,
important, majestic, superb, beautiful, high,
utterly, (adj) universal, each, every, gross,
massive, big, chief, famous, fine, heroic, huge,
complete, alone, entire, outright, (n) aggregate,
immense, impressive, lordly, magnificent, (n) entirety, everything, sum, total, (det) any; antonyms
glorious, noble, (v) great; antonyms (adj) (pron) none, (det) some, 2. finished; synonyms (v)
unimpressive, humble, modest, 4. pretty;
synonyms (adv) very, fairly, jolly, quite, rather, done, (adj) completed, ended, perfect,

consummate, absolute, accomplished, polished,

ripe, ruined, spent, round, capable, decided, final,

elegant, concluded, exhausted, fitted, fulfilled,
gone, nice, past, positive, (adv) over; antonyms (adj)

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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unfinished, incomplete, remaining, rough; hết mọi class, conformation, manner, type, custom,
mặt exhaustive; hết lòng heart; hết hơi
breathless; hầu hết most; hết thảy all; sự hút character, aspect, bearing, bench, complexion, (v)
hết exhaustion; sự hết lòng devotion; trước
hết foremost; trên hết foremost; làm mất hết constitute, establish, create, do, compose,
nought.
hiđro 1. hydrogen; synonyms (n) butane, comprise, contrive, devise, generate, acquire,
array, cause; hình chữ nhật rectangle; hình
diacetylmorphine, heroin, horse, hydrogenium, học geometry; hình ảnh image; hình chạm
propane, junk, scag, shit, smack, 2. h; synonyms imagery; điển hình image; đội hình line-up;
hình bóng silhouette; hình nón cone; hình
(n) asshole, bastard, buck, bull, bullshit, buncombe, thể configuration; hình thái học morphology.
hồ 1. mere; synonyms (adj) bare, entire, pure, simple,
bunk, bunkum, cavalry, cocksucker, crap, damn,
clear, naked, meager, (n) lake, loch, downright,
darn, debris, detritus, dickhead, dirt, dogshit, dump,
dust, flavor, flavour, guff, hydrogen, hogwash. tarn, absolute, boundary, pond, stark, lough, (v)
hiếm 1. uncommon; synonyms (adj) extraordinary, sheer, 2. bank; synonyms (n) dam, coast, slope,

rare, exceptional, infrequent, odd, peculiar, scarce, store, limit, stack, bluff, heap, hill, riverside, stock,

singular, special, strange, unusual, unaccustomed, inclination, pile, exchequer, verge, bench, border,

abnormal, occasional, remarkable, queer, different, camber, (v) embankment, gradient, deposit, mound,
rely, acclivity, ascent; antonym (v) withdraw; hồ
irregular, unfamiliar, unwonted, distinctive, quang arc; không mơ hồ unambiguous; keo
eccentric, particular, phenomenal, novel; antonyms hồ glue; sự mơ hồ ambiguity; mơ hồ dark.
(adj) common, typical, 2. rare; synonyms (adj) hổ 1. tiger; synonyms (n) cat, hostler, jockey, ostler,

uncommon, precious, seldom, thin, few, choice, endangered, male, mania, obsession, phobia, (adj)

curious, fine, exquisite, excellent, flimsy, priceless, demon, dragon, fury, lion, manly, muscular, robust,
virile, 2. cat; synonyms (n) caterpillar, guy, lynx,
raw, select, sparse, sporadic, tenuous, unique,
bozo, hombre, puss, barge, (v) disgorge, puke,
elegant, exclusive, notable, fantastic, fresh,
rarefied, recherche; antonyms (adj) frequent, regorge, regurgitate, retch, spew, spue, upchuck,
ordinary, 3. rarely; synonyms (adv) infrequently, vomit; hùng hổ rampant; làm xấu hổ
shameful; làm hổ thẹn shameful; điều hổ
hardly, uncommonly, unusually, little, exceptionally, thẹn disgrace; sự hổ thẹn disgrace.
scarcely; antonyms (adv) frequently, often, usually, họ surname; synonyms (n) cognomen, name,
4. scant; synonyms (adj) insufficient, meager,
sobriquet, soubriquet, moniker, nickname,
scanty, skimpy, poor, inadequate, bare, narrow,
agnomination, alliteration, annomination, forename,
deficient, light, limited, slender, low, chary, paronomasia, sirname, (v) patronymic, surstyle; họ
hàng blood; cùng họ allied; dòng họ kin; tên
parsimonious, short, slight, (v) skimp, neglect, lean, họ surname; sự tụ họ gathering; tình họ
scrimp, stint; khan hiếm scarce; hiếm khi hàng relationship.
seldom; hiếm có rare; vật hiếm có luxury; vật hộ household; synonyms (n) folk, stock, menage,
hiếm curiosity; sự khan hiếm scarcity; sự
hiếm có rarity. roof, (adj) family, home, house, domestic, common,
hiên piazza; synonyms (n) place, plaza, square, mall, (v) ordinary, everyday, usual, frequent, general; lời
circus, court, crescent. biện hộ defence; biện hộ apologetic; bảo hộ
hiểu tumble; synonyms (n) fall, drop, decline, protective; người biện hộ advocate; đoàn hộ
vệ convoy; vật bảo hộ protector; ủng hộ ai
descent, (v) jumble, stumble, collapse, crumble, back; ủng hộ blow; người ủng hộ advocate;
người bảo hộ protector.
plunge, slip, spill, topple, confuse, downfall, toss, hở open; synonyms (adj) frank, obvious, artless,

crash, crumple, dive, pitch, trip, roll, flop, agitate, exposed, free, honest, bare, forthright, guileless,
embroil, perturb; khó hiểu deep; hiểu nhanh
trigger; hiểu rõ great; hiểu sâu về read; am ingenuous, naked, direct, explicit, downright, easy,
hiểu advised; khó hiểu được inaccessible;
chậm hiểu dull; hiểu ngầm constructive; hiểu available, accessible, apparent, barefaced, (v)
biết knowing; có thể hiểu comprehensible. expand, give, begin, (n) candid, clear, loosen;
hình 1. image; synonyms (n) figure, picture, fancy, antonyms (adj) devious, secretive, concealed,

conception, effigy, form, idea, impression, furtive, hidden, limited, repressive, reserved,

resemblance, design, double, epitome, icon, idol, restricted, secret, blocked, cautious, closed, crafty,

imagination, photograph, diagram, apprehension, enigmatic, narrow, silent, underhanded, (v) shut,
end, finish, (tr v) close; kẻ hở slit; khe hở
guise, appearance, copy, depiction, (v) depict, opening; hớn hở smiling; kẽ hở rift; độ hở
envision, cast, 2. shape; synonyms (n) mold, clearance; hăm hở eager; sự hớn hở
sunshine; sự hâm hở eagerness; sự hăm hở
pattern, build, condition, configuration, frame, dash.

outline, fitness, body, contour, (v) fashion, model,

mould, determine, make, adjust, carve, construct,
fit, influence, regulate, knead, adapt, configure, cut,
3. form; synonyms (n) arrange, ceremony, shape,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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hoa 1. flower; synonyms (n) bouquet, cream, secure, solid, sound, fierce, athletic, energetic,
forceful, (v) steadfast; antonyms (adj) weak, bland,
efflorescence, elite, floret, florescence, ornament,
delicate, faint, feeble, frail, mild, pale, slight,
nosegay, best, flush, heyday, pick, plant, posy,
unconvincing, cowardly, diluted, dull, exhausted,
chaplet, (v) bloom, blossom, blow, flourish, prosper, flimsy, imperceptible, lightweight, soft, tired, watery;
building, (adj) prime, floral, fructify, flowery, 2. hôi hám foul; đầy mồ hôi sweaty; mùi hôi thối
carpet; synonyms (n) blanket, rug, carpeting, stench.
hồi 1. episode; synonyms (n) affair, chapter, event,
runner, floor, flooring, strips, tiles, bathmat,
incident, occurrence, happening, installment,
doormat, layer, terrazzo, wall-to-wall, (v) cover,
occasion, circumstance, subdivision, anecdote,
drape, encase, rebuke, attack, criticize, jaw,
obscure, row, slate, vilify, swathe; hoa quả experience, fact, instalment, interlude, parenthesis,
butcher; hoa mắt dizzy; bông hoa flower; ba part, section, sequence, thing, matter, 2. run;
hoa blah; hoa lệ pompous; hoa khôi belle; synonyms (v) flow, rule, dash, gush, race, career,
hoa huệ tây lily; hoa hồng rose; đá hoa
marble; xa hoa high. conduct, direct, function, go, hasten, hurry, operate,
hoạ 1. accomplishment; synonyms (n)
pour, progress, rush, dribble, walk, (n) pass,
achievement, attainment, completion, deed, exploit, campaign, course, drive, range, tide, (adj) stream;
hồi nào when; hồi ký recollection; hồi hương
feat, fulfillment, performance, skill, acquisition, act, home; hồi ấy then; của hồi môn dot; tính đàn
hồi elasticity; sự thu hồi retrieval; sự phụ hồi
action, execution, success, doing, effort, record, renewal; sự hồi phục restoration; sự hồi
hương repatriation.
finish, ability, acquirement, discharge, fruition, hơi 1. somewhat; synonyms (adv) rather, slightly,
proficiency, qualification, triumph; antonym (n)
failure, 2. accomplished; synonyms (adj) little, fairly, pretty, reasonably, moderately, quite,

complete, able, proficient, adept, completed, relatively, comparatively, middling, partially,
passably, (pron) partly, (adj) something, tolerably;
experienced, finished, gifted, skillful, fine, capable, antonyms (adv) extremely, considerably, 2.
slightly; synonyms (adv) somewhat, lightly, slight,
clever, competent, concluded, consummate,
slenderly, faintly, small, hardly, barely, slimly,
cultured, done, effected, efficient, excellent, expert, scarcely; antonyms (adv) very, excessively,
fulfilled, masterly, perfect, practiced; antonyms (adj)
inept, unfinished; hoạ báo pictorial; bản phác infinitely, significantly, terribly, tremendously, much,
hoạ draft; người phác hoạ designer; hiểm particularly, solidly, 3. remote; synonyms (adj)
hoạ peril; thảm hoạ catastrophe; phác hoạ
design; sự phác hoạ designing. distant, aloof, detached, inaccessible, outside, faint,
hoang virgin; synonyms (adj) pure, vestal, chaste,
alien, far, foreign, isolated, lonely, outlying,
innocent, new, fresh, intact, untouched, unmixed,
virginal, virtuous, unmarried, (n) maiden, maid, girl; secluded, unapproachable, away, extraneous,
đồng hoang moor; bãi hoang heath; hoang
vu savage; hoang vắng deserted; hoang phí removed, slender, solitary, unlikely, obscure, wide,
wasteful; hoang phế desert; cánh đồng cold, quiet, standoffish; antonyms (adj) near,
hoang barren; bỏ hoang waste; vật hoang nearby, accessible, 4. draught; synonyms (n)
đường myth; sự phá hoang clearing.
hoảng afraid; synonyms (adj) fearful, timid, shy, draft, potion, dose, potation, sketch, gulp, outline,

anxious, apprehensive, frightened, nervous, plan, wind, drafting, delineation, draw, drawing,
swig, traction, beverage, (v) design, blueprint, dram,
scared, worried, horrified, terrified, uneasy, 5. vapour; synonyms (n) vapor, evaporation, gas,
reluctant, (adv) cowardly; antonyms (adj) fearless,
brave; hoảng sợ afraid; sự hoảng hốt alarm; vaporisation, vaporization, dehydration,
làm kinh hoảng appalling; sự hoảng sợ desiccation, gasoline, petrol, 6. rather; synonyms
alarm. (adv) enough, instead, kinda, preferably, sooner;
hốc 1. socket; synonyms (n) cavity, alveolus, sleeve, hơi mệt weather; hết hơi breathless; hơi ẩm
moisture; hơi gàn attic; dở hơi cracked; hơi
hollow, pocket, slot, recess, sheath, compass, nóng heat; hơi thở breath; hơi hơi weakly; bí
hơi close; sự thông hơi ventilation.
employment, fitment, fob, overshot, pouch, hội 1. institute; synonyms (n) academy, association,

province, rank, scabbard, sphere, bag, budget, establishment, foundation, institution, organization,
cardcase, haversack, knapsack, knit, net, 2. pit;
synonyms (n) dent, hole, depression, grave, (v) establish, found, build, constitute, appoint, form,

colliery, excavation, mine, stone, dig, crater, fossa, fix, begin, bring, create, erect, initiate, base,

indentation, kernel, pitfall, quarry, shaft, cell, ground, inaugurate, introduce, launch, ordain, (adj)
enact, 2. college; synonyms (n) faculty, school,
perforation, dimple, (v) den, ditch, oppose, cave, institute, society, university, (adj) academic, 3.
mark, match. gala; synonyms (n) festival, fete, celebration,
hôi strong; synonyms (adj) intense, powerful, able,
festivity, party, carnival, feast, holiday, fiesta,
deep, firm, stable, steady, cogent, durable, forcible,
jamboree, blowout, fair, fête, (adj) festive, gay,
good, hard, influential, lusty, potent, rigid, robust,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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merry, 4. community; synonyms (n) public, 2. rosy; synonyms (adj) blooming, hopeful,
agreement, commune, nation, people, brotherhood, optimistic, auspicious, promising, bright, roseate,

likeness, company, district, order, population, ruddy, flushed, fortunate, pink, cheerful, reddish,

solidarity, unison, (adj) communal, neighborhood, blushing, encouraging, glowing, propitious, radiant,
shining, blushful, golden, (n) red; antonym (adj)
common, group, shared, social, civic, local, pale, 3. rose; synonyms (v) flush, redden, glow, (n)
municipal; antonym (adj) private, 5. society; rosette, rosehead, soundhole, (adj) rosaceous,
synonyms (n) club, community, companionship,
anemone, asphodel, begonia, buttercup, daffodil,
corporation, fellowship, fraternity, circle,
geranium, lily, marigold, ranunculus, rhododendron,
commonwealth, guild, partnership, folk, friendship, tulip, windflower; hoa hồng rose; màu hồng
rose; tia hồng ngoại infra-red; sự khoan hồng
gild, league, union, civilization, fashion, gang, generosity; phấn hồng rouge; ngựa hồng
bay.
gathering, assemblage, firm, alliance, faction, hỏng 1. unsuccessful; synonyms (adj) fruitless,
federation, (adj) coterie; hội hè gala; ban hội futile, unfortunate, unlucky, ineffective, stillborn,
thẩm panel; giáo hội kirk; hội chợ fair; hội unhappy, vain, (v) abortive, sterile; antonym (adj)
đồng council; hội liên đoàn league; hội liên successful, 2. vicious; synonyms (adj) evil, bad,
hiệp association; hội nghị meeting; hội truyền depraved, malicious, brutal, cruel, malevolent,
giáo mission; lĩnh hội nhanh comprehensive.
hóm arch; synonyms (n) arc, acute, bend, curvature, venomous, wicked, immoral, nasty, barbarous,
dome, archway, (v) curve, bow, vault, span, (adj)
corrupt, poisonous, savage, spiteful, hurtful,
shrewd, sly, wily, round, crafty, consummate,
profligate, fierce, atrocious, ferocious, mischievous,
astute, chief, head, mischievous, pawky, premier, reprobate, heinous, dissolute; antonyms (adj) kind,
principal, roguish, turn; antonym (v) straightness; gentle, friendly; không hỏng sound; sự hỏng
sự hóm hỉnh salt. failure; hỏng kế hoạch market; hỏng ăn ball;
hòm 1. case; synonyms (n) box, example, bin, cover, chỗ hỏng injury; sự phá hỏng wreck; sự hư
jacket, shell, affair, bag, briefcase, casing, hỏng impairment.
họng throat; synonyms (n) gullet, orifice, pharynx,
eccentric, instance, suit, carton, action, cause, gorge, mouth, muzzle, chimney, flue, funnel, nostril,
nozzle, quarl, shaft, sucker; cuống họng whistle.
chest, condition, crate, event, file, husk, lawsuit, hóp sunken; synonyms (adj) hollow, concave,
sample, (adj) patient, 2. ark; synonyms (n) depressed, submerged, empty, cavernous,
broadhorn, bully, dory, droger, home, abode, underwater, gaunt, low, recessed.
hớp 1. sip; synonyms (n) nip, gulp, swallow, taste,
address, apartment, asylum, berth, diggings, digs, bite, drop, mouthful, shot, slurp, swig, nibble, (v)
drink, imbibe, sample, quaff, lap, test, try, (adj) sup,
domicile, dwelling, habitation, headquarters, 2. draught; synonyms (n) draft, potion, dose,
potation, sketch, outline, plan, wind, drafting,
housing, lap, lodging, pad, place, quarters,
resiance, residence, retreat, 3. chest; synonyms delineation, draw, drawing, traction, beverage, (v)
(n) bosom, bust, bureau, case, casket, dresser, design, blueprint, dram.
chamber, thorax, treasury, trunk; hòm ướp xác hộp 1. box; synonyms (n) basket, cage, chest,
mummy; hòm khuôn flask. package, booth, blow, carton, case, container,
hõm sunken; synonyms (adj) hollow, concave,
depressed, submerged, empty, cavernous, crate, envelope, rack, pyx, house, television,
underwater, gaunt, low, recessed.
hơn 1. more; synonyms (adv) also, further, besides, boxful, boxwood, cabin, compartment, (v) cuff,
beyond, over, (adj) additional, better, extra, larger, buffet, beat, fight, hit, smack; antonym (v) unbox, 2.
exceed, greater, other, (pron) another, (prep) above; ark; synonyms (n) broadhorn, bully, dory, droger,
antonyms (adv) fewer, less, (adj) inferior, 2. ahead; home, abode, address, apartment, asylum, berth,
synonyms (adv) before, beforehand, formerly,
diggings, digs, domicile, dwelling, habitation,
forward, onward, previously, fore, forth, forwards,
on, onwards, winning, (adj) front, (n) lead; antonyms headquarters, housing, lap, lodging, pad, place,
(adv) behind, late, 3. above; synonyms (prep) past, quarters, resiance, residence, retreat, 3. case;
surpassing, under, (adv) aloft, supra, up, more, synonyms (n) box, example, bin, cover, jacket,

overhead, (adj) preceding, former, upper, foregoing, shell, affair, bag, briefcase, casing, eccentric,
previous; antonym (prep) below, 4. preferably;
synonyms (adv) rather, sooner, earlier, instead, instance, suit, action, cause, condition, event, file,

kinda, quite, (adj) cheerfully, eagerly, gladly, joyfully, husk, lawsuit, sample, slip, subject, type, (adj)
prior, somewhat; khá hơn better; tốt hơn better; patient.
hơn chậm long; hơn hẳn away; hơn một hợp 1. becoming; synonyms (v) proper, correct,
ngựa length; hơn nữa again; hơn tất cả lid; convenient, meet, (adj) appropriate, seemly,
hay hơn cả class; hơn thế too; ít hơn less.
hồng 1. bay; synonyms (n) alcove, bark, recess, cry, adequate, decent, decorous, agreeable, apposite,
harbor, fiord, sound, cove, embayment, gulf, inlet,
niche, (adj) brown, (v) yap, roar, bellow, howl, yowl, apt, befitting, due, fit, relevant, comely, eligible,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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right, suitable, handsome, attractive, congruous, hướng 1. way; synonyms (n) course, method, path,
fitting, graceful; antonym (adj) unbecoming, 2. passage, road, route, track, custom, direction, form,
united; synonyms (adj) joined, joint, combined, manner, means, style, fashion, habit, mode,
pathway, approach, bearing, channel, headway,
cooperative, connected, allied, mutual, concerted, lane, progress, sort, (v) practice, 2. quarter;
synonyms (n) area, part, district, division, mercy,
mixed, common, conjunctive, undivided, conjunct, neighborhood, region, portion, quart, fourth, grace,
poop, side, clemency, province, flank, (v) place,
unanimous, conjoint, collective, linked, one, lodge, line, put, accommodate, billet, canton,
divide, lay, 3. point; synonyms (n) grade, peak,
associated, coupled, together, inseparable, (v) nib, edge, aim, article, degree, dot, mark, spot,
consolidated, join, (n) harmonious; antonyms (adj) phase, apex, detail, end, height, hint, matter,
individual, separate, divided; không hợp pháp moment, position, tip, top, particular, (v) head,
illegal; không hợp nhau incompatible; không direct, level; hướng nam south; hướng bắc
hợp lý irrational; không hợp cách vicious; north; hướng dẫn directive; hướng lên
không hợp improper; hợp thời timely; hợp với upward; hướng ra ngoài outwards; hướng tây
answerable; bằng hợp đồng contractual; khối west; hướng vào trong inward; khuynh
tập hợp aggregate; khớp ly hợp clutch. hướng drift; hướng đông east; chiều hướng
hũ pot; synonyms (n) caldron, boiler, can, bucket, course.

belly, cannabis, commode, container, flowerpot, hút gravitational; synonym (adj) gravitative; hút
nước port; tiệm lén hút joint; tiệm hút pad; sự
grass, heap, jug, pan, pile, pool, urn, kitty, pickle, hút hết exhaustion; máy hút bụi cleaner; sự
hút absorption.
basin, (v) bottle, cure, (adj) deal, marijuana, volume,
hashish. hụt short; synonyms (adj) brief, concise, scarce,
hư 1. naughty; synonyms (adj) bad, blue, impish, brusque, close, curt, sharp, compendious, laconic,
abrupt, deficient, diminutive, inadequate,
mischievous, improper, disobedient, insubordinate, insufficient, lacking, pithy, poor, scanty, small,
blunt, scant, brittle, crisp, (adv) abruptly, (v)
wicked, evil, lewd, dark, defiant, racy, rebellious, compact; antonyms (adj) long, tall, high, lengthy;
bước hụt trip; thiếu hụt deficient; sự thiếu hụt
risque, rude, spicy, unmanageable, unruly, vulgar, deficiency.
wayward, downcast, gamey, gamy, gloomy;
antonyms (adj) well-behaved, good, 2. bogus; huyện 1. district; synonyms (n) area, quarter, region,
synonyms (adj) counterfeit, fake, phony, sham, community, neighborhood, territory, circuit, county,
field, jurisdiction, province, section, domain,
artificial, bastard, false, spurious, hollow, ersatz, constituency, country, ground, hemisphere, locality,
municipality, part, place, realm, sector, (adj) local,
fictitious, forged, imitation, insincere, phoney, (v) zone, 2. community; synonyms (n)
association, public, agreement, commune, nation,
simulated, (v) mock, supposititious, snide, people, brotherhood, likeness, company, district,
pretended, pseudo, feigned; antonyms (adj) order, population, society, solidarity, unison, (adj)
genuine, real, 3. shabby; synonyms (adj) communal, common, group, shared, social, civic,
municipal; antonym (adj) private, 3. shire;
dilapidated, abject, low, mangy, mean, poor, sorry, synonym (n) shier.

cheap, decrepit, paltry, ragged, sordid, worn, hyđrô 1. h; synonyms (n) asshole, bastard, buck, bull,
bullshit, buncombe, bunk, bunkum, cavalry,
ignoble, grubby, contemptible, dirty, old, cocksucker, crap, damn, darn, debris, detritus,
diacetylmorphine, dickhead, dirt, dogshit, dump,
parsimonious, ratty, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, tacky, dust, flavor, flavour, guff, heroin, 2. hydrogen;
(v) frayed; antonyms (adj) pristine, smart, 4. synonyms (n) butane, horse, hydrogenium,
diseased; synonyms (adj) morbid, ailing, ill, sick, propane, junk, scag, shit, smack.
sickly, unsound, infected, pathological, unhealthy;
antonym (adj) healthy, 5. wicked; synonyms (adj) I

atrocious, sinful, vicious, depraved, immoral, Iat yard; synonyms (n) court, courtyard, garden,
backyard, grounds, close, quadrangle, enclosure,
unholy, vile, corrupt, criminal, diabolical, foul,

hellish, iniquitous, nasty, naughty, pernicious,

ungodly, impious, perverse, base, black,
despicable, devilish, diabolic, disgusting; antonyms
(adj) innocent, kind, moral, pious, pure; hư nát
shot; hư đốn naughty; hư cấu fictional; hư ảo
visionary; điều hư cấu fiction; tính hư ảo
vanity; sự hư hỏng impairment; sự hư hại
impairment.
hương incense; synonyms (n) fragrance, aroma,

smell, bouquet, perfume, scent, (v) exasperate,

anger, enrage, aggravate, infuriate, irritate,

provoke, cense, inflame, madden, rile, displease,

chafe, excite, fret, annoy, fire, (adj) alienate,
envenom; hương vị aroma; hương thơm ngát
fragrance; hương thơm perfume; hồi hương
home; sự hồi hương repatriation; quê hương
country.

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beehive, bindery, chiliad, g, grand, m, nailery, pace, Í
slip, terrace, thou, thousand, usine.
im still; synonyms (adv) however, but, nevertheless, ít 1. little; synonyms (adj) small, diminutive,
(adj) calm, pacify, peaceful, silence, quiescent, insignificant, brief, minute, petty, short, some, tiny,
exiguous, light, baby, bantam, contemptible,
serene, silent, appease, inactive, motionless, mute, fiddling, fine, humble, inconsiderable, inferior,
miniature, minuscule, piddling, (v) dash, bit, (n)
peace, placid, sedate, (n) hush, (v) quiet, assuage, modicum; antonyms (adj) big, enormous, large,
compose, lull, soothe, allay, ease; antonyms (adj) important, 2. dash; synonyms (n) rush, sprint,
moving, effervescent, fizzy, windy, (n) noisy; im lìm animation, beat, bolt, line, splash, tinge, knock,
motionless; bắt im down. drop, energy, (v) dart, touch, strike, break, charge,
indi in; synonyms (prep) during, between, by, through, crash, hurry, jog, race, run, blast, cast, flash, fly;
at, inside, (adv) indoors, inward, (v) press, (n) inch, antonym (n) lethargy, 3. scanty; synonyms (adj)
few, inadequate, insufficient, bare, deficient,
(adj) stylish, fashionable, inwards, trendy, within, narrow, poor, scant, spare, lean, slender, slight,
modish, popular; antonyms (prep) out, outside. barren, grudging, measly, miserable, miserly,
inside cupboard; synonyms (n) closet, cabinet, penurious, scarce, skimpy, sparse, stingy, (v)
buffet, commode, compartment, cranny, cub, nook, meager, chary, parsimonious; antonyms (adj)
plentiful, generous, 4. sip; synonyms (n) nip, gulp,
pigeonhole, bin, breakfront, bunker, cellaret, swallow, taste, bite, mouthful, shot, slurp, swig,
nibble, (v) drink, imbibe, sample, quaff, lap, test, try,
clothespress, cubicle, davenport, depository, (adj) sup, 5. scant; synonyms (adj) scanty, little,
limited, low, thin, (v) skimp, neglect, scrimp, stint; ít
drawer, facility, highboy, loo, lowboy, niche, hấp dẫn unattractive; ít hơn less; ít khi moon;
repository, (v) hoard. ít xảy ra infrequent; ít nói coy; chút ít
ipa 1. one; synonyms (pron) any, man, (n) anybody, something; ít có scarce; sự ít có rarity; rất ít
single, somebody, person, ace, anyone, unit, unity, fat; nói ít chứ cider.

(adj) certain, individual, lone, only, unique, some,
singular, particular, sole, united, ane, (adv) once, 2.
bee; synonyms (n) honeybee, ant, termite, caprice,
fancy, freak, humor, mania, mosquito, notion, party,
phobia, whim, (adj) barbecue, (v) fly.

Ì

ì 1. inactive; synonyms (adj) idle, dead, dormant, dull,
inert, passive, slow, sluggish, fixed, heavy,
immobile, inanimate, indolent, latent, lazy,
motionless, quiet, sedentary, silent, slack, stagnant,
static, still, torpid, extinct; antonyms (adj) active,
lively, moving, 2. inert; synonyms (adj) inactive,
flat, lifeless, stationary, apathetic, indifferent,
neutral, remiss, lackadaisical, languid, lethargic,
listless, lumpish, obtuse, slothful, unconscious,
unmoving; antonym (adj) animate.

J

jatpe jasper; synonyms (n) alexandrite, bloodstone,
hematite, moonstone, sunstone, jasp.

K

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kali 1. potassium; synonyms (n) kalium, chiliad, g, high-pitched, loud, important, piercing, (n) high, 4.
grand, green, jet, kelvin, kilobyte, m, thou, vile; synonyms (adj) disgusting, filthy, infamous,
thousand, yard, 2. k; synonyms (n) curtilage, gee, offensive, revolting, sorry, sordid, vicious,
gigabyte, gm, gram, gramme, grounds, potassium,
meter, metre, molarity, pace. atrocious, beastly, loathsome, nauseating,

ke quay; synonyms (n) dock, wharf, jetty, pier, noisome, repulsive, shameful, sickening, ugly,
embankment, port, berth, basin.
wicked, rotten, detestable, gross, depraved,
kế 1. mean; synonyms (v) intend, design, imply, indecent, frightful, hateful; antonyms (adj) pleasant,
denote, involve, indicate, (adj) middle, base, attractive, 5. coarse; synonyms (adj) barbarous,
boorish, brutal, crude, rough, vulgar, bawdy, blunt,
common, hateful, ignoble, medium, miserly, abject,
broad, earthy, harsh, rude, uncivilized, brutish,
beggarly, close, despicable, dirty, humble,
awkward, crass, indelicate, obscene, raw, rustic,
parsimonious, pitiful, (n) average, contemptible, uncouth, unrefined, unseemly, brusque, (n) rugged;
low, cheap; antonyms (adj) generous, kind, 2. art; antonyms (adj) refined, smooth, sophisticated;
synonyms (n) know-how, skill, talent, trick, artistry, người kém cỏi incompetent; sự kém cỏi
deficiency; kém hơn cả least; kém cỏi mean;
craft, dexterity, science, accomplishment, aptitude, kém ăn low; không kém day; thấp kém
mean; sự thấp kém poverty.
artfulness, trade, work, address, adroitness, kẽm zinc; synonym (n) spelter.
kênh 1. canal; synonyms (n) aqueduct, channel,
profession, expertise, graphics, handicraft, conduit, duct, sound, adit, culvert, trench, ditch,
knowledge, prowess, (adj) cunning, 3. expedient;
synonyms (adj) fit, adequate, advisable, becoming, groove, passage, pipe, stream, trough, vessel,
watercourse, waterway, (v) canalize, 2. bank;
desirable, apt, appropriate, convenient, suitable, synonyms (n) dam, coast, slope, store, limit, stack,

handy, meet, politic, stopgap, (n) contrivance, bluff, heap, hill, riverside, stock, inclination, pile,

makeshift, artifice, device, resource, invention, exchequer, verge, bench, border, camber, (v)
means, recourse, resort, shift, substitute, 4.
aboard; synonyms (prep) athwart, (adv) afloat, embankment, gradient, deposit, mound, rely,
alongside, afield, everywhere, here, onboard, there, acclivity, ascent; antonym (v) withdraw.
kẹo sweet; synonyms (adj) beloved, delicious, fresh,
where, (adj) boarded, consigned, embarked, lovely, mellow, dear, lovable, melodious, musical,
loaded, topside, traveling, 5. by; synonyms (prep)
beside, at, of, about, on, per, with, (adv) aside, pleasant, pleasing, sugary, charming, delightful,

away, past, through, apart, along, beyond, via, (adj) fragrant, honeyed, luscious, odorous, savory,
over; lắm mưu kế designing; cùng kế down;
có kế hoạch planned; kế bên adjoining; kế aromatic, clean, amiable, cute, (n) confection,
liền adjacent; kế hoạch project; hỏng kế confectionery; antonyms (adj) sour, acid, bitter,
hoạch market; sự kế tiếp succession; tính kế discordant, acidic, pungent, sharp, salty; kẹo sô-
shift; sự thiết kế designing. cô-la chocolate.
kẻ wight; synonyms (n) creature, human, animal, kép 1. compound; synonyms (n) blend, complex,
beast, brute, fauna, puppet, tool, yeoman, bit, jot, mix, amalgam, combination, concoction, mixture,
weight, whit, (adj) agile, nimble, swift; kẻ cướp
biển pirate; kẻ đáng khinh dog; kẻ độc tài brew, composition, preparation, compost, union,
dictator; kẻ ca rô checked; kẻ giết người
murderer; kẻ địch adversary; đường kẻ agree, (v) alloy, amalgamate, combine,
scotch; kẻ ám sát assassin; kẻ bất lương
shark; kẻ bắt nạt hector. compromise, augment, commingle, coalesce,
kém 1. poor; synonyms (adj) bad, low, miserable,
paltry, deplorable, destitute, evil, inadequate, multiply, aggregate, compose, (adj) composite,
mixed; antonym (adj) simple, 2. dual; synonyms
insufficient, needy, pathetic, penniless, piteous, (adj) double, duplex, duple, twin, twofold, doubled,

pitiful, meagre, deficient, feeble, impecunious, bivalent, combined, threefold, treble, bifold, binal,

indigent, lean, nasty, pitiable, poverty-stricken, (v) common, cooperative, double-dip, doubleheader,
meager, (n) mean; antonyms (adj) rich, wealthy,
excellent, first-rate, privileged, well-off, admirable, forked, matched, multiparty, shared, soprano,
good, 2. less; synonyms (adv) lesser, (adj) inferior, ternary, triple, triplex, united; antonyms (adj)
wanting, lower, minor, secondary, subordinate, individual, single, 3. actor; synonyms (n) doer,
minus; antonyms (adv) more, (adj) additional, 3. player, agent, comedian, thespian, artist, artiste,
low; synonyms (adj) contemptible, abject, humble,
ignoble, base, blue, common, deep, dejected, entertainer, histrion, impersonator, mimic,
participant, (v) performer.
depressed, down, downcast, downhearted, két tank; synonyms (n) cistern, reservoir, container,
cooler, belly, boiler, fermentor, jail, stomach, store,
despicable, degraded, despondent, dirty, dispirited, tankful, thickener, tub, lake, cabinet, (v) fake; két
bạc safe.
faint, foul, gloomy, inexpensive, lowly, (adv) gentle, kết compact; synonyms (adj) close, dense,
(n) depression; antonyms (adj) cheerful, happy, compendious, concise, hard, solid, summary, thick,

concentrated, crowded, firm, (n) agreement,

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arrangement, contract, covenant, bargain, objectivity; tàu khách liner; phòng khách lớn
saloon; phòng khách lounge.
engagement, bond, concord, (v) compress, khảm mosaic; synonyms (n) tesserae, strigae,
mixture, assortment, hodgepodge, mishmash,
condense, consolidate, pack, concentrate,
constrict; antonyms (adj) loose, sprawling, bulky, mixoploid, pastiche, tableau, (adj) tessellated,
sparse; kết liễu finishing; kết luận inference;
kết quả là long; kết thúc closing; khối kết tập heterogeneous, complex, motley, speckled,
aggregate; đã kết thúc finished; chất kết tủa variegated, (v) plaid, tesselated.
precipitation; chưa kết hôn unmarried; cố kết khản huskily; synonyms (adv) hoarsely, brusquely,
cohesive; có kết quả successful. gruffly, harshly, rudely, sharply, croakily, dryly,
khá 1. enough; synonyms (adv) rather, plenty, amply, gutturally, roughly.
khảnh 1. nice; synonyms (adj) beautiful, dainty,
adequately, satisfaction, fairly, fully, only, fastidious, fine, good, kind, lovely, neat, likable,

sufficiently, considering, (n) adequacy, fill, delicious, agreeable, correct, decent, delicate,

sufficiency, (adj) ample, sufficient, adequate, difficult, enjoyable, exact, particular, precise, right,
competent, decent, satisfactory, (int) basta; elegant, minute, suitable, discriminating, curious;
antonym (adj) inadequate, 2. pretty; synonyms antonyms (adj) unpleasant, horrible, 2. particular;
synonyms (adj) special, careful, definite, finicky,
(adv) very, jolly, quite, somewhat, moderately, (adj)
fussy, individual, detailed, certain, choosy,
beautiful, fair, graceful, lovely, attractive, charming,
circumstantial, critical, distinct, especial,
handsome, good-looking, picturesque, dainty, cute,
exceptional, extra, extraordinary, finical,
elegant, fine, neat, pleasing, smart, comely, bonny,
delicate, (n) nice; antonym (adj) ugly; khá hơn meticulous, nice, painstaking, peculiar, accurate,
better; khá tốt fair; khá lớn respectable; kha own, (n) detail, item; antonyms (adj) careless, easy,
khá half. vague, ordinary, (n) general; người khảnh ăn
khác 1. unlike; synonyms (adj) dissimilar, different, exquisite; mảnh khảnh delicate; khảnh mặc
exquisite.
diverse, unequal, disparate, distinct, separate, khay tray; synonyms (n) plate, dish, basket, bassinet,
unalike, divergent, heterogeneous; antonyms (adj) case, corbeille, cradle, crate, creel, dorser, dosser,
similar, like, 2. else; synonyms (adv) besides, also,
hamper, hopper, jardiniere, lapboard, maund,
moreover, (n) threat, (pron) another, (adj) more,
other, further, new, fresh, 3. different; synonyms pannier, pottle, whisket, wisket, hod, scuttle,
utensil, (v) betray, deceive.
(adj) assorted, unusual, various, alien, alternative, khéo 1. skilful; synonyms (adj) dexterous, cunning,
expert, practised, adept, good, practiced, proficient,
discrete, foreign, miscellaneous, opposite, several, handy, artful, skillful, 2. fine; synonyms (adj)
delicate, agreeable, dainty, brave, capital, elegant,
strange, unlike, mixed, discrepant, specific,
excellent, nice, thin, delightful, acute, admirable,
abnormal, contrary, discordant, exotic, individual,
manifold, novel, odd, single, special; antonyms (adj) alright, beautiful, choice, exquisite, glorious,
corresponding, equal, identical, typical, 4.
differently; synonyms (adv) otherwise, diversely, pleasant, polite, stunning, superior, (n) penalty,
amercement, (v) punish, mulct; antonyms (adj) poor,
contrarily, abnormally, adversely, antagonistically, thick, coarse, substantial, unsatisfactory, wide;
không khéo unskilled; khéo thoái thác dodgy;
antithetically, asymmetrically, conflictingly, tài khéo léo art; sự khôn khéo policy; sự
khéo xử management.
contradictorily, contrastingly, contrastively, khía slot; synonyms (n) groove, place, notch, gap,
opening, position, aperture, cut, split, section,
disparately, distinctively, divergently, hostilely,
class, nick, partition, spot, track, compartment,
incompatibly, incongruously, individually, group, label, (v) slit, rank; khía cạnh angle.
khiếp 1. dread; synonyms (n) apprehension, anxiety,
negatively, nonconformably, oppositely, separately, awe, panic, alarm, consternation, dismay,
uniquely, unusually; antonyms (adv) alike, similarly,
5. other; synonyms (adj) additional, extra, second, foreboding, terror, trepidation, affright, doubt, fright,
else, added; antonym (adj) same, 6. otherwise;
synonyms (adv) differently, alias, elsewise, horror, phobia, reverence, apprehensiveness,

otherways, elseways, instead, variously, (conj) stress, (v) fear, worry, arrest, catch, (adj) dreadful,
before; khác nhau differential; khác thể frightful, terrible; antonym (n) bravery, 2. dreadful;
heterogeneous; khác thường exceptional; synonyms (adj) awful, bad, dire, dread, alarming,
khác biệt different; khang khác funny; cách
khác other; khác đời class; sự khác thường atrocious, fearful, abominable, appalling, direful,
abnormality; tính khác nhau difference; sự
khác biệt disparity. ghastly, grisly, hideous, horrible, monstrous,
khách visitor; synonyms (n) guest, company, tourist,
detestable, deplorable, disastrous, dismal,
visitant, traveler, inspector, stranger, foreigner,
alien, sightseer, arrival, husband, supercargo; fearsome, formidable, frightening, grievous,
khách sạn hotel; khách quan detached; horrendous, horrid; antonyms (adj) pleasant,
không khách sáo homely; khách du lịch
tourist; khách hàng custom; tính khách quan

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wonderful; ghê khiếp fearful; khiếp đảm tedious, cynical, exhausted, droughty, dreary,
frightened; kinh khiếp fearful; làm khiếp sợ
scary; sự khiếp horror; sự khiếp đảm dusty, cold, baked, (v) dehydrate, desiccate, drain,
consternation; sự khiếp sợ dread. uninteresting, sardonic, sear; antonyms (adj) wet,
khiếu bent; synonyms (adj) arched, curved, bended, damp, moist, saturated, soaked, boggy, drenched,

crooked, deformed, intent, set, bandy, oblique, rainy, sodden, interesting, fresh, humid, juicy,
succulent, sweaty, (v) drench, 2. drily; khô cằn
awry, bowed, (n) aptitude, inclination, propensity, hungry; khô cạn drily; khô khan bald; cóc khô
fat.
fancy, ability, bias, flair, gift, leaning, mind, khổ 1. dimension; synonyms (n) degree, breadth,
proclivity, endowment, character, desire; antonym bulk, magnitude, size, attribute, length, proportion,
(adj) straight; năng khiếu gift; có năng khiếu
gifted. range, dimensions, bigness, stretch, amount,
khít 1. tight; synonyms (adj) close, compact, firm, extent, mass, measure, measurement, balance, 2.
size; synonyms (n) capacity, dimension, largeness,
mean, parsimonious, taut, secure, snug, tense, quantity, glue, sizing, content, compass, enormity,

drunk, miserly, rigorous, sparing, stiff, strict, fatness, format, greatness, number, paste, stature,

stringent, impervious, compressed, (adv) closely, cement, span, extension, area, body, bulkiness,
firmly, hard, (v) narrow, fast, stingy, near; antonyms figure, (v) gauge, scale, (adj) gum; antonym (n)
slenderness; khổ sở miserable; khốn khổ
(adj) loose, baggy, generous, slack, wide, (adv) miserable; bị nghèo khổ knock; cảnh nghèo
loosely, 2. closely; synonyms (adv) tightly, khổ misery; gian khổ arduous; cực khổ
miserable; đau khổ forlorn; sự đau khổ
narrowly, nearly, intimately, strictly, thickly, almost, suffering; sự gian khổ hardship; sự khổ cực
agony.
accurately, attentively, carefully, exactly, intently, khờ unwise; synonyms (adj) foolish, silly, imprudent,
precisely, tight; antonym (adv) distantly; tính khít injudicious, absurd, inadvisable, ridiculous,
closeness; không khít loose; khít chật tight.
kho 1. budget; synonyms (n) plan, sack, finance, senseless, impolitic, irrational, unreasonable,

portfolio, quiver, reckoning, score, bag, forecast, inexpedient, undiscerning, reckless, hasty,

poke, amount, cardcase, expense, fob, funds, (v) misguided, plain, rash, (n) stupid, indiscreet,
brainless, simple, frail, harmless, shallow;
calculate, compute, estimate, allocate, appropriate, antonyms (adj) wise, sensible; thằng khờ mug;
allot, (adj) cheap, inexpensive, bargain, discount, 2. khờ khạo naive.
yard; synonyms (n) court, courtyard, garden, khoá course; synonyms (n) stream, flow, bearing,
career, current, path, road, route, track, channel,
backyard, grounds, close, quadrangle, enclosure,
circuit, class, method, race, way, approach,
beehive, bindery, chiliad, g, grand, m, nailery, pace,
slip, terrace, thou, thousand, usine, 3. repository; avenue, curriculum, direction, (v) run, chase, pour,
synonyms (n) depot, depository, receptacle, aim, dish, (prep) tide; khoá dừng catch.
khoái 1. smooth; synonyms (adj) easy, calm, level,
storehouse, cache, deposit, store, treasury, oily, facile, flat, flowing, fluent, fluid, glossy,

arsenal, container, bank, vault, warehouse, graceful, greasy, liquid, mellow, polished, slick,
monument, (adj) magazine, 4. stock; synonyms (n)
peaceful, equable, fine, flush, gentle, (v) quiet,
breed, lineage, goods, ancestry, descent, family, facilitate, even, flatten; antonyms (adj) rough,
uneven, abrasive, coarse, crumpled, flaking, harsh,
hoard, origin, race, backlog, birth, commodity,
jerky, lined, peeling, prickly, ridged, wrinkled,
extraction, kind, house, broth, capital, fund,
corrugated, grainy, jagged, spiky, (v) wrinkle,
inventory, kin, (adj) regular, commonplace, (v) crease, disturb, 2. delicious; synonyms (adj)
handle, supply, furnish; kho chứa depot; kho vô delicate, appetizing, delightful, pleasing, agreeable,
tận mint; kho súng magazine; kho dữ trữ
stock; kho cung cấp supply; kho bạc charming, dainty, delectable, enjoyable, lovely,
treasury; kho đạn magazine.
khó difficult; synonyms (adj) arduous, awkward, luscious, savory, sweet, toothsome, grateful,

demanding, burdensome, complicated, delicate, fragrant, exquisite, juicy, pleasant, scrumptious,
succulent, tasty, wonderful, yummy; antonym (adj)
fastidious, hard, knotty, uphill, finicky, abstruse, tasteless; sảng khoái fresh; ham khoái lạc
sensual; khoái trí delicate; khoan khoái
ambitious, cantankerous, complex, contrary, grateful; niềm khoái trá luxury.
khoang cavity; synonyms (n) cavern, cave, hole,
crabby, disagreeable, exacting, fussy, hollow, pocket, caries, chamber, depression, pit,
inconvenient, intricate, involved, obscure, painful;
antonyms (adj) easy, simple, straightforward, good- void, cell, crater, dent, dimple, excavation,
natured, rewarding, clear; khó ở poorly; khó
nhọc onerous; khó làm reluctant; khó kiếm hollowness, opening, recess, sinus, space,
được inaccessible; khó hiểu được indentation; khoe khoang boast.
inaccessible; khó hiểu deep; khó chơi rum;
khó khăn arduous; khó thấy blind; khó xử
tender.
khô 1. dry; synonyms (adj) thirsty, arid, barren, boring,

dehydrated, dull, bald, hoarse, jejune, plain, sober,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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khoảng thereabouts; synonyms (adv) thereabout, nobody, nothing, zilch, zip; antonym (adj) valid, 4.
generally, hereabouts, nearly, approximately, nil; synonyms (n) nihil, nonentity, null, nada;
không dùng nữa obsolete; không đứng dắn
around, almost, so, therefore, thus, very, well, indecent; không đứng đắn improper; không
whereabouts, (adj) about; khoảng cách distance; dùng được nothing; không đúng lúc
khoảng chừng more; khoảng giữa mean; improper; không đùa dead; không động đến
chừng khoảng neighbourhood; vào khoảng untouched; không động lòng unaffected;
by; khoảng trống blank. không đúng inaccurate; không dùng
khoé dodge; synonyms (v) circumvent, avoid, evade, unemployed.
maneuver, duck, elude, escape, fudge, hedge, khúc segment; synonyms (n) division, paragraph, bit,

parry, shirk, sidestep, beat, lurch, skirt, (n) piece, portion, share, slice, proportion, length, cut,

contrivance, stratagem, cheat, device, quibble, sector, subdivision, metamere, parcel, block, strip,
ruse, scheme, trick, wile, avoidance; mánh khoé
astute. department, chapter, chunk, fragment, (v) section,
khoẻ muscular; synonyms (adj) athletic, brawny, part, divide, partition; khúc chiết nervous; khúc
strong, burly, hefty, powerful, robust, husky, côn cầu hockey; khúc lượn winding; khúc
quân hành march; sự phân khúc
stalwart, stout, sturdy, manly, cogent, hardy, segmentation; uẩn khúc indirect; uốn khúc
winding; khúc nhạc air.
rugged, sinewy, strapping, stringy, wiry, fibrous, khung 1. skeleton; synonyms (n) carcass, frame,
healthy, mesomorphic; antonyms (adj) puny, slight;
mạnh khoẻ vigorous; khoẻ hơn better; khoẻ framework, sketch, bones, anatomy, body, outline,
mạnh fresh; không khoẻ poorly; sự khoẻ lên
thriving. scaffold, cadaver, chassis, corpse, plan, shell,
khối 1. mass; synonyms (adj) block, (n) bulk, heap,
crowd, cluster, pile, bunch, collection, lump, structure, form, summary, build, physique, corse,
ruins, wreck, (v) draft, 2. mounting; synonyms (n)
magnitude, majority, accumulation, aggregate,
mount, ascent, climb, setting, ascension, flight, (adj)
amount, assembly, body, bundle, knot, lot, climbing, increasing, uphill, (adv) rising, growing;
khung tò vò arch; có khung mounted.
multitude, stack, (v) flock, assemble, congregate, khuôn line; synonyms (n) cord, file, house, breed,
load, 2. block; synonyms (n) bar, barricade, pad,
clog, barrier, blocking, chock, chunk, cube, dam, (v) course, family, lineage, field, ancestry, border,

arrest, stop, hinder, encumber, halt, lock, obstruct, boundary, cable, crease, row, stock, trace, way,

parry, plug, blockade, choke, close, delay, foul, birth, band, business, channel, crinkle, (v) order,
hamper; antonyms (v) free, unblock, open; cô khối wrinkle, edge; hòm khuôn flask; khuôn đúc
budget; kết khối conglomerate; c khối cast; khuôn giày last; theo khuôn shaped; sự
wholesale; khối kết tập aggregate; vô khối đổ khuôn casting; khuôn khổ measurement.
ocean; khối tập hợp aggregate; khối u khuyết missing; synonyms (v) lost, (adj) lacking,
tumour; khối cầu sphere.
khôn 1. shrewd; synonyms (adj) astute, calculating, absent, gone, wanting, deficient, away, misplaced,
crafty, knowing, sagacious, sharp, clever, cunning, nonexistent; antonym (adj) present; trống khuyết
vacant; người dự khuyết alternate; góc
keen, piercing, bright, ingenious, cautious, acute, khuyết defect.
kịch 1. dramatic; synonyms (adj) spectacular,
artful, canny, discerning, penetrating, politic, quick,
scheming, sensible, (v) prudent, judicious, nimble; theatrical, impressive, scenic, exciting, sensational,
antonyms (adj) stupid, foolish, gullible, 2. wise; striking, sudden, thespian; antonyms (adj) gradual,
synonyms (adj) reasonable, intelligent, rational, undramatic, 2. drama; synonyms (n) play, show,
tragedy, performance, spectacle, theater; kịch liệt
sound, discreet, shrewd, sane, thoughtful, acute; kịch vui comedy; kịch múa ballet; kịch
câm pantomime; vở kịch play; tấn thảm kịch
knowledgeable, sage, sapient, skillful, smart, tragedy; nghề ca kịch theatre; như kịch
dramatic; như đóng kịch dramatic; nhà soạn
diplomatic, logical, perceptive, provident, profound, kịch playwright.
kiện case; synonyms (n) box, example, bin, cover,
farsighted, tactful, considered, erudite, (n) method,
manner, way; antonym (adj) unwise; khôn lỏi slim; jacket, shell, affair, bag, briefcase, casing,
khôn ngoan advisable; sự khôn khéo policy;
sự khôn ngoan subtlety; tuổi khôn lớn eccentric, instance, suit, carton, action, cause,
adulthood.
không 1. scarcely; synonyms (adv) barely, narrowly, chest, condition, crate, event, file, husk, lawsuit,
hardly, just, scarce, rarely, seldom, only, merely, sample, (adj) patient; bưu kiện mail; kiện hàng
almost, scantily, scantly, exactly, precisely, 2. no; package; dữ kiện data; đơn kiện complaint;
synonyms (n) refusal, rejection, denial, number, nix, người đứng kiện claimant; người thưa kiện
applicant; điều kiện qualification; việc thưa
rebuff, nobelium, ordinal, (adv) nay, (adj) zero, kiện case; việc kiện case; vẫn tráng kiện
naught, none, non, nul, 3. null; synonyms (adj) strong.
invalid, ineffective, ineffectual, nugatory, void,

worthless, (n) nil, nought, aught, cipher, cypher,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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kiểu 1. style; synonyms (n) fashion, name, form, kind, outgoing, (adv) outward; kín đáo close; kín đào
method, mode, pattern, sort, cast, class, designate, self-contained; ngầm kín underground; chỗ
thầm kín depth; chuyện kín confidence; kín
nature, panache, language, approach, chic, ẩn close; nhà tu kín convent; tính kín đáo
secrecy; tiếng đồn kín whisper; sự kín đáo
elegance, expression, idiom, (v) call, entitle, cut, privacy.
denominate, (adj) manner, character, 2. shape; kíp fuse; synonyms (n) fusee, fuze, (v) combine,
synonyms (n) mold, figure, build, condition, amalgamate, blend, melt, coalesce, compound,
merge, dissolve, mix, run, thaw, unite, alloy,
configuration, design, frame, outline, fitness, conflate, flux, integrate, join, commingle, meld,
incorporate, embody, intermix, consolidate;
appearance, body, contour, (v) model, mould, antonym (v) separate; sự cần kíp urgency; kíp
bọn gang; cần kíp urgent.
determine, make, adjust, carve, construct, fit, kỳ period; synonyms (n) age, dot, epoch, era, point,
influence, regulate, knead, adapt, configure, 3. duration, generation, day, conclusion, cycle,
model; synonyms (n) example, image, dummy, interval, length, menstruation, stage, time, mark,
prototype, lesson, archetype, epitome, exemplar, course, lifetime, catamenia, date, flow, menses,
phase, reign, season; kỳ diệu marvellous; kỳ
manikin, mannequin, original, paradigm, template, công exploit; kỳ cục grotesque; kỳ học term;
kỳ họp session; kỳ lạ bizarre; kỳ dị baroque;
case, guide, idea, illustration, imitation, (adj) ideal, hiếu kỳ curious; kỳ quái bizarre; đến kỳ due.
kỷ period; synonyms (n) age, dot, epoch, era, point,
miniature, classic, exemplary, (v) copy, imitate, duration, generation, day, conclusion, cycle,
shape; antonym (adj) atypical, 4. weave; interval, length, menstruation, stage, time, mark,
synonyms (v) twine, twist, braid, knit, entwine, course, lifetime, catamenia, date, flow, menses,
phase, reign, season; đài kỷ niệm memorial;
interweave, wind, waver, plait, fabricate, tissue, ghế trường kỷ settee; ích kỷ dog; bia kỷ niệm
monument; lễ kỷ niệm anniversary; ngày kỷ
lurch, interlace, reel, join, intertwine, meander, niệm anniversary; người tri kỷ confident; sự
sway, thread, totter, wobble, (n) texture, wander, 5. kỷ niệm celebration; trường kỷ couch; tượng
woven; synonyms (adj) mixed, plaited, bamboo, kỷ niệm memorial.
rush, 6. gauge; synonyms (n) criterion, caliber,
gage, calibre, benchmark, indicator, mark, (v) L

estimate, measure, calculate, assess, compute, là namely; synonyms (adv) videlicet, viz, scilicet,
expressly, nominately, explicitly, i.e, specially, viz,
fathom, reckon, forecast, scale, appraise, evaluate, wit; là như how; còn là likewise; coi như là
guess, judge, approximate, 7. replica; synonyms way; đầu tiên là firstly; đặc biệt là chief; ba là
(n) facsimile, duplicate, reproduction, double, thirdly; ấy là namely; chủ yếu là mostly; cho
duplication, (adj) fake; antonym (adj) genuine; kiểu là supposedly; chỉ là but.
cách fashion; cùng một kiểu uniform; kiểu
dáng manner; kiểu in manner; kiểu ca rô lạ 1. unfamiliar; synonyms (adj) strange, new,
check; kiểu mẫu pattern; kiểu ngồi seat; unaccustomed, unacquainted, uncommon, foreign,
người vẽ kiểu designer; sự vẽ kiểu mysterious, novel, unidentified, inexperienced,
designing. unknown, unused, unusual, unexplored; antonyms
kilômet kilometre; synonyms (n) kilometer, klick, km. (adj) familiar, recognizable, 2. strange; synonyms
kim setting; synonyms (n) frame, scene, adjustment, (adj) extraneous, peculiar, abnormal, curious,
scenery, backdrop, background, mount, position, extraordinary, irregular, odd, outlandish, rare, alien,
anomalous, different, eerie, exotic, marvelous,
environment, environs, location, mounting, place, quaint, queer, remarkable, singular, unfamiliar,
inexplicable, erratic, exceptional, astonishing,
scope, set, atmosphere, context, fit, medium, bizarre; antonyms (adj) normal, ordinary, typical; kỳ
lạ bizarre; lạ đời unique; lạ lùng astonishing;
placing, site, situation, spot, surroundings, lạ thường extraordinary; người xa lạ alien;
backcloth; cái kim needle; hàng dệt kim mới lạ novel; người lạ mặt stranger; điều kỳ
knitting; kim chỉ indicator; kim khắc point; lạ wonder; vật lạ lion; tính mới lạ novelty.
bạch kim platinum; lá kim loại lame; mũi kim
bit; kim loại water.
kín 1. tight; synonyms (adj) close, compact, firm,
mean, parsimonious, taut, secure, snug, tense,

drunk, miserly, rigorous, sparing, stiff, strict,

stringent, impervious, compressed, (adv) closely,
firmly, hard, (v) narrow, fast, stingy, near; antonyms
(adj) loose, baggy, generous, slack, wide, (adv)
loosely, 2. inwards; synonyms (adv) inward, in,
indoors, arrived, here, (n) gut, (adj) inner, interior,
domestic, intimate, private, 3. confidential;
synonyms (adj) classified, secret, clandestine,

privileged, thick, closet, bosom, familiar, hidden,
personal, privy, undercover; antonym (adj) public,
4. inward; synonyms (adj) internal, intrinsic,
intestine, inherent, innermost, arriving, inbound,
(adv) inwardly, inwards, (n) inside; antonyms (adj)

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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lạc stray; synonyms (adj) erratic, scattered, random, làm kinh sợ appalling; làm kinh ngạc
amazing; làm kinh hoảng appalling; làm kinh
errant, (v) roam, digress, ramble, range, wander, hãi appalling; làm kiệt sức down; làm khó
chịu annoying; làm lỡ việc market.
depart, deviate, drift, err, meander, rove, straggle, lắm 1. precious; synonyms (adj) dear, beloved,

gad, diverge, gallivant, divagate, go, swerve, adrift, cherished, costly, valuable, invaluable, expensive,
(n) vagabond, waif; ham khoái lạc sensual; lạc
hậu mud; hoan lạc pleasure; lỗi lạc brilliant; golden, choice, inestimable, exquisite, cute, rich,
truỵ lạc abandoned; thất lạc missing; sự lỗi
lạc distinction; sự liên lạc communion; sự lạc noble, good, goodly, adorable, priceless, sweet,
quang optimism; sự lạc đường deviation.
lạch 1. bank; synonyms (n) dam, coast, slope, store, valued, worthy, delicate, (n) darling, (adv) extremely,
preciously; antonym (adj) worthless, 2. ever;
limit, stack, bluff, heap, hill, riverside, stock, synonyms (adv) always, continually, e'er,
perpetually, eternally, (adj) constantly, still, forever;
inclination, pile, exchequer, verge, bench, border, antonym (adv) never, 3. highly; synonyms (adv)

camber, (v) embankment, gradient, deposit, mound, greatly, much, exceedingly, very, too, right,
rely, acclivity, ascent; antonym (v) withdraw, 2. significantly, terribly, 4. dogged; synonyms (adj)
channel; synonyms (n) canal, conduit, groove,
determined, obdurate, stubborn, willful, bullheaded,
drain, duct, line, passage, trough, waterway,
constant, insistent, obstinate, persistent, resolute,
aqueduct, link, hollow, agent, avenue, ditch, furrow,
tenacious, untiring, gritty, dour, firm, grim,
instrument, means, (v) carry, conduct, convey,
bring, canalize, funnel, gutter, 3. run; synonyms (v) indomitable, inflexible, pertinacious, perverse,
steadfast, steady, unyielding, bulldog; antonym (adj)
flow, rule, dash, gush, race, career, direct, function, irresolute, 5. mighty; synonyms (adj) enormous,

go, hasten, hurry, operate, pour, progress, rush, immense, huge, grand, powerful, intense, high, big,

dribble, walk, (n) pass, campaign, course, drive, forcible, great, large, strong, mammoth, cogent,
range, sequence, tide, (adj) stream.
lai hybrid; synonyms (adj) crossbred, mongrel, formidable, hardy, potent, violent, massive, forceful,
able, terrible, whopping, furious, (adv) mightily, 6.
amorphous, amphibious, crossed, epicene, very; synonyms (adv) highly, really, completely,

heteroclite, heterogeneous, (n) crossbreed, cross, entirely, most, quite, truly, actually, awfully,
mixture, mule, loanblend, (v) composite, chowchow;
sự vãng lai repair; cây ngoại lai exotic; lai excessively, intensely, rattling, real, thoroughly,
lịch provenance; cây lai hybrid; trong tương
lai future; tương lai future; vật lai hybrid; sự vastly, uncommonly, absolutely, (adj) identical,
lai tow.
lãi proceeds; synonyms (n) income, earnings, gain, considerably, exact, indeed, totally, true, same, (n)
self; antonyms (adv) abysmally, slightly, somewhat,
issue, return, revenue, take, emolument, payoff, 7. lousy; synonyms (adj) dirty, bad, rotten, crappy,

profit, receipts, takings, yield, proceed, incomings, filthy, mean, nasty, cheap, lamentable, atrocious,
despicable, shitty, stinking, fetid, icky, 8. jolly;
outcome, benefit, effect, produce, profits, result, synonyms (adj) jovial, cheerful, gay, happy, festive,
innings.
lại 1. anew; synonyms (adv) afresh, again, newly, genial, bright, cheery, jocund, merry, convivial,
lately, recently, 2. to; synonyms (prep) at, by, in,
jocular, gleeful, funny, buoyant, glad, joyful, blithe,
about, before, against, into, near, toward, towards,
until, unto, (adv) versus, (prf) on, (v) till, 3. again; hilarious, jaunty, (v) chaff, banter, flatter, kid, (n)
synonyms (adv) more, anew, encore, repeatedly, jest; antonym (adj) sad; lắm mưu kế designing;
then, also, further, often; lộn lại back; lùi lại lắm đòn phép politically; lắm gió windy; lắm
aback; nghịch lại adverse; ngược lại reverse; lúc sometimes; chiến lắm immense; rất lắm
lại quá over; lại lần nữa afresh; làm trái lại plenty; quá lắm damned; lâu lắm rồi stretch;
counter; lặp lại repetitive; số còn lại balance; lắm thủ đoạn designing; lắm rừng wooded.
quan lại bureaucracy. lần 1. move; synonyms (v) act, affect, carry, excite,
làm 1. set; synonyms (v) fix, place, lay, put, locate,
go, impel, instigate, maneuver, touch, travel, flow,
position, regulate, define, adjust, arrange, congeal,
bear, disturb, actuate, agitate, arouse, convey,
posit, (n) class, bent, circle, lot, party, repose,
dislocate, give, impress, (n) motion, drive, transfer,
batch, battery, company, (adj) fixed, fast, secure, advance, change; antonym (v) stay, 2. bout;
ready; antonyms (v) soften, liquefy, melt, (n) synonyms (n) round, attack, competition, fight,
combing, comb-out, (adj) variable, flexible, liquid, 2.
half; synonyms (n) mediety, halve, piece, bisection, spell, turn, battle, event, fighting, fit, game, match,
time, tour, beat, binge, (v) spar; lần sau cùng
hemisphere, (adv) halfendeal, imperfectly, (adj) last; lần sau next; lần phủ ngoài coating; lần
nữa again; một lần once; lại lần nữa afresh.
moiety, part, short, behalf, bisected, divided, even- làng village; synonyms (n) hamlet, city, community,
steven, halved, lacking, limited, moderate, shared; neighborhood, settlement, kraal, (adv) town; làng
antonyms (n) whole, all; làm khiếp sợ scary; làm nhỏ hamlet; giá làng chơi town.
lảo đảo staggering; làm kinh tởm disgusting; lăng mausoleum; synonyms (n) grave, vault, crypt,
sepulcher, tomb, catacomb, monument; lời lăng

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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mạ insult; lố lăng ludicrous; người lố lăng lau wipe; synonyms (v) rub, clean, mop, towel, brush,
object.
lặng quiet; synonyms (adj) still, lull, pacify, cool, scour, scrub, clear, dry, wash, cover, (n) fling, flout,

gentle, motionless, peaceful, placid, tranquil, gibe, gleek, hiss, hoot, jeer, quip, scoff, (adj)
sponge, flush, full, mundify, rinse; sự lau sạch
tranquilize, collected, (v) appease, moderate, clean; sự lau wipe; người lau chùi cleaner;
lau sạch wipe; khăn lau towel; giẻ lau rubber.
assuage, allay, silence, easy, repose, (n) calm, láu 1. deep; synonyms (adj) thick, profound,

hush, compose, ease, peace, peacefulness, absorbed, abstruse, broad, dark, rich, sound,
alleviate; antonyms (adj) loud, noisy, talkative,
vociferous, active, (n) noise; sự lặng lẽ strong, wide, esoteric, bright, large, abysmal, bass,
tranquillity; lặng lẽ tranquil; lặng thinh mum;
lặng yên mum; yên lặng calmly; sự lặng concentrated, cryptic, cunning, grave, heartfelt,
thinh silence; sự yên lặng calm. heavy, intimate, loud, (n) brine, (v) intense;
lành wholesome; synonyms (adj) beneficial, healthy, antonyms (adj) shallow, superficial, high, high-
pitched, light, soft, weak, 2. trick; synonyms (n)
healthful, salubrious, good, salutary, sound,
deceit, deception, joke, prank, device, dupe,
nourishing, nutritious, pure, hale, well, hygienic,
chaste, clean, favorable, moral, whole; antonyms stratagem, knack, delusion, gimmick, hoax, (v)
(adj) unwholesome, unhealthy; lành nghề skilled;
chưa lành green; hiền lành gentle; tốt lành swindle, cheat, deceive, fraud, sham, con, mislead,
cả rain; người hiền lành angel; người lành
nghề craftsman; tính hiền lành gentleness; beguile, bamboozle, defraud, fob, fool, hoodwink,
lành mạnh sane. (adj) fake, 3. arch; synonyms (n) arc, acute, bend,
lạnh 1. cold; synonyms (adj) chilly, frigid, aloof,
curvature, dome, archway, (v) curve, bow, vault,
callous, distant, icy, indifferent, apathetic, bleak,
span, (adj) shrewd, sly, wily, round, crafty,
cool, dead, dull, freezing, frosty, hard, heartless,
consummate, astute, chief, head, mischievous,
impassive, inhospitable, lukewarm, reserved, stale, pawky, premier, principal, roguish, turn; antonym
standoffish, unemotional, (n) chilliness, chill; (v) straightness; trò láu cá game; sự láu lỉnh
antonyms (adj) warm, friendly, hot, burning, mischief; người láu cá fox; láu lỉnh
mischievous.
prepared, affectionate, loving, soporific, (n) heat, lâu long; synonyms (adj) extended, lengthy, dragging,
warmth, 2. chill; synonyms (n) coolness, gelidity,
far, oblong, diffuse, farseeing, farsighted,
iciness, quiver, shiver, shivering, shudder, thrill,
foresighted, foresightful, (v) aspire, desire, hanker,
(adj) cold, depressing, raw, (v) freeze, dispirit,
congeal, damp, dampen, benumb, 3. chilly; languish, yearn, ache, hunger, wish, crave, pine,
synonyms (adj) unfriendly, algid, frozen, crisp, fresh, yen, want, (n) extensive, large; antonyms (adj)
short, brief; không lâu nữa shortly; không lâu
glacial, hostile, nippy, stiff, wintry, (n) cayenne, chili, momentary; để được lâu lasting; đã lâu long;
chilli; lạnh lùng blood; phòng ướp lạnh cây lâu năm perennial; giữ được lâu lasting;
refrigerator; lạnh nhạt chilly; lạnh lẽo chill; giá lâu bền durable; lâu dài cow; sống lâu bone;
lạnh freezing; máy ướp lạnh cooler; tủ ướp lâu năm hơn senior.
lạnh refrigerator; sự ớn lạnh chill; phớt lạnh lây 1. infective; synonyms (adj) infectious, catching,
drily; sự giá lạnh freeze. virulent, morbific, pathogenic, poisonous, 2.
lão cove; synonyms (n) bay, cave, harbor, inlet, infectious; synonyms (adj) contagious,

recess, glen, fjord, oriel, sound, dell, valley, cavern, communicable, pestiferous, epidemic, infective,
transmittable, taking; vũng lây bog; dễ lây
bottom, canal, cavetto, crypt, dale, dingle, glade, infectious.
grove, pigeonhole, slade, stall, strath, vale; lão lẽ matter; synonyms (n) event, affair, business,
luyện adept.
lát 1. lapse; synonyms (n) fall, error, fault, mistake, concern, issue, material, substance, incident,

oversight, omission, blunder, deterioration, slip, (v) article, body, import, interest, item, subject, topic,

relapse, decline, expire, drop, elapse, collapse, instance, consequence, content, difficulty, fact, gist,
occurrence, (v) case, count, weigh; lặng lẽ
degenerate, die, backslide, deteriorate, end, go, tranquil; có lẽ thật probable; có lẽ đúng likely;
pass, regress, revert, sink, 2. tick; synonyms (n) có lẽ maybe; trái lẽ unjust; lẽ phải truth; sự
lặng lẽ tranquillity.
beat, credit, score, minute, moment, second, lễ rite; synonyms (n) ceremony, custom, form,

instant, ticking, trust, dash, line, scratch, streak, observance, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial, formality,
practice, sacrament, worship, performance; lễ
stripe, stroke, (v) mark, check, tally, click, ticktack, cưới wedding; lễ phép polite; lễ lên ngôi
clack, retick, sew, snap; một lát duck; chốc lát coronation; lễ kỷ niệm anniversary; lễ kết
momentary. nạp initiation; có lễ đúng probable; giữ lễ độ
lạt binder; synonyms (n) ligature, bookbinder, cement, civil; lễ độ civil; lễ đăng quang coronation; lễ
tang funeral.
obligation, assurance, pledge, promise, specks,
vow, bandage, header, jacket; gỗ lạt stuff.

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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len 1. wool; synonyms (n) fleece, fur, coat, hair, liền adjacent; synonyms (adj) abutting, adjoining,
close, contiguous, conterminous, nearby,
woolen, woollen, yarn, fiber, pelt, sheepskin,
strand, string, thread, hide, mane, skin, 2. staple; neighboring, next, touching, bordering, handy,
synonyms (n) pin, material, body, fastener, stuff, immediate, nigh, (adv) near; antonym (adj) distant;
dính liền coherent; gắn liền với incident; kế
bazaar, brad, constitution, fair, (v) nail, tack, hook, liền adjacent; đất liền earth; sự dính liền
cohesion; sự nối liền junction; tiếp liền nhau
button, fasten, fix, (adj) basic, fundamental, central, consecutive.
liều 1. risky; synonyms (adj) dangerous, hazardous,
main, stock, mass, bulk, primary, principal, chancy, insecure, perilous, unsafe, daring, dodgy,
interchangeable; len xấu mungo; bàn chải len
card; có len woolly; lông len thô kemp. precarious, uncertain, venturesome, audacious,
lên 1. upward; synonyms (adj) up, overhead, rising,
adventurous, critical, awkward, harmful, reckless,
upper, increasing, improving, mounting, open, speculative, treacherous, tricky, venturous, bad;
antonym (adj) safe, 2. rash; synonyms (adj)
upright, vertical, budding, developing, emergent, foolhardy, imprudent, heedless, impetuous,
(adv) upwardly, upwards, aloft, airwards; antonym
(adj) descending, 2. upwards; synonyms (adv) precipitate, careless, headlong, heady, impulsive,
upward, over, 3. risen, 4. rise; synonyms (n)
incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, sudden,
elevation, lift, ascent, progress, raise, swell, raising,
thoughtless, precipitous, desperate, brash, foolish,
advancement, advance, improvement, incline,
headstrong, hurried, injudicious, (n) hasty, eruption,
slope, revolt, (v) climb, mount, ascend, increase, presumptuous, efflorescence; antonyms (adj)
cautious, careful, sensible, considered, deliberate,
heave, arise, jump, grow, originate, rear, surge, wise, 3. hazardous; synonyms (adj) risky, dicey,
loom; antonyms (n) reduction, (v) fall, decrease, explosive, 4. precarious; synonyms (adj) doubtful,
drop, sink, descend, plummet, retire; lên trước unstable, delicate, debatable, disputable, parlous,
ahead; lên tầng trên upstairs; lồi lên
prominent; làm tấy lên irritating; la lên shaky, ticklish, mortal, uneasy, sensitive, rickety,
screaming; không nói lên unspoken; không
lên xuống flat; lễ lên ngôi coronation; phấn unsettled, wobbly, (v) questionable, fallible,
khởi lên animated; nước lên spate. perishable; antonym (adj) stable, 5. venture;
lệnh 1. mandate; synonyms (n) charge, injunction, synonyms (n) hazard, attempt, adventure,

authority, behest, command, bidding, instruction, speculation, danger, enterprise, try, effort,

authorization, commandment, commission, decree, experiment, jeopardy, undertaking, (v) risk, chance,

dictate, order, edict, claim, dominion, directive, stake, peril, gamble, endanger, bet, guess, wager,
sanction, authorisation, colony, law, (v) delegate, 2. presume, imperil, jeopardize, speculate, (adj) dare;
command; synonyms (n) control, direction, liều thuốc dose; liều lĩnh rash; liều lượng
dose; liều quá mức overdose; sự liều risk;
administration, ascendancy, demand, mastery, tính liều lĩnh neck; liều mạng desperate.
lính soldier; synonyms (n) fighter, warrior, champion,
power, sway, government, influence, (v) rule, call, swordsman, adventurer, assassin, bottle, cutthroat,

direct, bid, dominate, instruct, require, appoint, fencer, gangster, murderer, recruit, sworder,
check, ask, compel, force, govern, guide, head;
antonym (v) request, 3. commission; synonyms warfarer, airman, cadet, commando, competitor,

(n) board, mission, delegation, job, mandate, doughboy, doughfoot, draftee, enemy, grunt,
guerrilla, gunner; quân lính soldier; lính trơn
warrant, assignment, committee, duty, errand, task, private; lính thuỷ sailor; lính mới infant; lính
gác guard; lính com-măng-đô commando.
work, chore, agency, commissioning, commitment, lít litre; synonyms (n) liter, l, fifty, lambert.
lò cooker; synonym (n) cook; lò phản ứng reactor;
committal, (v) assign, accredit, designate, bếp lò heater; mặt lò sưởi mantelpiece; nền
authorize, empower, place, nominate, commit, 4. lò sưởi hearth.
desire; synonyms (n) ambition, hope, aspiration, lô lot; synonyms (n) batch, destiny, fate, doom,
fortune, portion, slice, allot, bunch, chance, circle,
will, wish, craving, dream, impulse, liking, lust, goal,
group, set, share, allotment, estate, band,
appetite, greed, hunger, longing, (v) fancy, aspire,
seek, want, aim, choose, crave, like, care, envy; caboodle, cluster, collection, draw, gang, heap, (v)
antonyms (n) aversion, reality, (v) dislike, hate; lệnh deal, apportion; lô bộ pack; cái ba lô rucksack.
ân xá reprieve; lời lệnh word; lệnh giới lỗ 1. socket; synonyms (n) cavity, alveolus, sleeve,
nghiêm curfew; lệnh giảm tội reprieve; lệnh hollow, pocket, slot, recess, sheath, compass,
bà ma'am; sắc lệnh decrease; khẩu lệnh
password; hiệu lệnh signal; lệnh bắt đầu employment, fitment, fob, overshot, pouch,
start; vâng lệnh ai bidding.
lều tent; synonyms (n) awning, camp, canopy, province, rank, scabbard, sphere, bag, budget,
cardcase, haversack, knapsack, knit, net, 2. hole;
barracks, buckling, cover, dossil, shelter, tilt, synonyms (n) aperture, crack, den, breach, break,

design, gazebo, intention, pergola, porch, (v)
bivouac, dwell, encamp, hinder; túp lều cabin;
lều vải pavilion.

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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burrow, cave, corner, depression, fix, lair, pit, vent, kim loại lame; kim loại water; lối loại style; sự
xếp loại distribution.
cavern, cranny, cell, crevice, excavation, jam, leak, loạn wanton; synonyms (adj) loose, dissolute,
opening, outlet, slit, tear, (adj) gap, 3. vent; licentious, light, unchaste, debauched, flirt,
synonyms (n) exit, discharge, flue, chimney,
lascivious, lewd, unprovoked, gratuitous, lecherous,
blowhole, escape, hole, venthole, egress, shaft,
libidinous, lustful, rampant, reckless, informal, (n)
acquittance, check, conduit, dismission, funnel,
disport, skittish, freakish, (v) trifle, dally, sport, play,
liberation, sale, (v) air, emit, release, ventilate, frolic; nổi loạn rebellious; người nổi loạn
express, issue, send, belch; lỗ đạn breach; lỗ rebel; hỗn loạn chaotic; gây náo loạn town;
chân lông pore; lỗ rò leak; lỗ thoát vent; lỗ cuồng loạn hysterical; cuộc nổi loạn mutiny;
thông vent; lỗ thủng hole; lỗ trống hole; bị lỗ sự loạn luân incest; tội loạn luân incest; sự
bad; có lỗ hổng open; hàng bán lỗ sacrifice. rối loạn confusion; sự náo loạn riot.
lọ 1. jar; synonyms (n) jangle, blow, crock, container, loạt 1. round; synonyms (adv) about, around, (adj)
jog, shake, amphora, bottle, crash, pot, can, circular, plump, entire, chubby, complete, fat,

canister, vat, collision, discord, (v) jolt, clash, creak, rotund, (n) circle, bout, ring, beat, circuit, cycle,
bump, collide, jounce, grate, agitate, disturb, excite,
2. vessel; synonyms (n) ship, boat, craft, duct, jar, orbit, patrol, rung, sequence, wheel, bend, loop, (v)
vas, bowl, canal, pan, receptacle, basin, tube, compass, turn, gird; antonyms (adj) slim, sharp, 2.
watercraft, pipe, 3. pot; synonyms (n) caldron, crop; synonyms (n) fruit, harvest, craw, yield,
boiler, bucket, belly, cannabis, commode, output, produce, product, (v) browse, graze, reap,

flowerpot, grass, heap, jug, pile, pool, urn, kitty, top, cultivate, cut, lop, prune, shave, trim, reduce,
gather, pare, pasture, (adj) clip, shear, dock, mow,
pickle, ganja, hemp, marihuana, mess, (v) cure, 3. pack; synonyms (n) bundle, mob, bevy, bunch,
plant, (adj) deal, marijuana, volume, hashish, 4. company, herd, batch, backpack, box, gang, horde,
vase; synonyms (n) vessel, bouquet, 5.
container; synonyms (n) box, package, basket, package, knapsack, cluster, bag, (v) crowd,
carton, cylinder, envelope, bin, parcel, cistern,
barrel, pack, packet, reservoir, tank, tub, pod. compress, heap, cram, fill, jam, load, carry,
loại 1. kidney; synonyms (n) class, variety, feather, compact, crush; antonym (v) unpack.
kind, nature, stripe, mettle, type, description, order, Lôgic logic; synonyms (n) argument, reason,
nephros, waiter, 2. grade; synonyms (n) place, reasoning, sense, order, logics, coherence,
rank, degree, brand, category, gradient, score,
rationality, analysis, assumption, basis, brains,
form, group, quality, slope, division, plane, caliber,
clarity, conclusion, consistency, contrivance,
extent, gradation, inclination, incline, mark, (v) level,
classify, evaluate, range, appraise, even, 3. order; dialectic, foundation, grounds, inference, intellect,
synonyms (n) command, decree, dictate, array, intelligence, invention, justification, method;
antonym (n) stupidity; hợp lôgic legitimate.
sort, charge, condition, disposition, edict, injunction, lôgíc 1. argumentative; synonyms (adj) pugnacious,
quarrelsome, litigious, cantankerous, combative,
instruction, genus, grade, law, mandate, (v) direct, controversial, forensic, hostile; antonyms (adj)
good-natured, peaceable, amiable, 2.
commission, arrange, call, ordain, conduct, consequent; synonyms (adj) ensuing, following,
demand, govern, instruct, line; antonyms (n) resultant, resulting, sequent, attendant,
anarchy, chaos, confusion, mayhem, mess, (v)
disorder, request, 4. genre; synonyms (n) manner, consequential, next, succeeding, successive, (v)
mode, style, species, 5. one; synonyms (pron) any, subsequent; không lôgíc illogical.
man, (n) anybody, single, somebody, person, ace, lõi 1. skeleton; synonyms (n) carcass, frame,
framework, sketch, bones, anatomy, body, outline,
anyone, unit, unity, (adj) certain, individual, lone,
scaffold, cadaver, chassis, corpse, plan, shell,
only, unique, some, singular, particular, sole,
united, ane, (adv) once, 6. design; synonyms (n) structure, form, summary, build, physique, corse,
aim, purpose, scheme, conception, drawing, ruins, wreck, (v) draft, 2. heart; synonyms (n) core,
center, spirit, affection, basis, bosom, breast,
arrangement, device, idea, intent, contrivance,
courage, crux, essence, hub, kernel, marrow,
copy, blueprint, intention, pattern, destination,
middle, pluck, quintessence, fortitude, guts,
concept, (v) plan, conceive, contrive, sketch,
construct, contemplate, intend, invent, model; backbone, centre, feeling, fondness, mettle, nerve,
antonym (n) chance, 7. sort; synonyms (n) (adj) gist; antonym (n) edge, 3. core; synonyms (n)
assortment, breed, fashion, organize, appearance, heart, stone, mind, base, burden, focus, pith, root,

figure, sorting, shape, file, method, means, cast, substance, nut, key, import, content, cream, effect,

kidney, make, rate, set, (v) divide, assort, matter, meat, nub, nucleus, pip, (adj) central,
essential, fundamental, main, principal; antonym
pigeonhole, screen, separate, catalog, categorize, (adj) minor.
(adj) character, race; loại một first-class; loại lối 1. line; synonyms (n) cord, file, house, breed,
nhất first-class; loại to king; loại tốt nhất pink; course, family, lineage, field, ancestry, border,
loại bình thường run; cái loại ra exception; lá

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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boundary, cable, crease, row, stock, trace, way, note; lời ghi ch notation; lời giải answer; lời
giải thích explanation; lời hướng dẫn
birth, band, business, channel, crinkle, (v) order, direction; lời giảng explanation; lời giễu cợt
wrinkle, edge, 2. manner; synonyms (n) bearing, cynicism; lời gợi ý hint.
appearance, demeanor, form, method, air, lợi 1. gain; synonyms (v) acquire, benefit, derive,

carriage, custom, look, style, approach, aspect, attain, catch, earn, get, win, achieve, advance,

attitude, conduct, deportment, expression, guise, make, reach, find, accomplish, come, effect,

practice, category, behavior, (v) fashion, habit, (adj) gather, hit, merit, (n) profit, earnings, acquisition,
kind, description, character, 3. mode; synonyms advantage, addition, increase; antonyms (v) lose,
(n) means, manner, condition, wise, fad, modality, (n) loss, 2. profit; synonyms (n) gain, account,

process, rage, system, type, vogue, model, garb, good, produce, dividend, interest, lucre, proceeds,

craze, brand, mood, nature, scheme, status, tone, behalf, favor, increment, pay, boot, income, use,
trend, variety, cut, gait, median, 4. wise;
synonyms (adj) judicious, reasonable, sensible, usefulness, utility, vantage, product, remuneration,
intelligent, knowing, prudent, rational, sagacious, convenience, (v) net, avail, help, issue, 3. benefit;
synonyms (n) assistance, reward, service, welfare,
sound, discreet, shrewd, sane, discerning,
expediency, allowance, asset, blessing, bonus,
thoughtful, cunning, knowledgeable, sage, sapient,
boon, perk, perquisite, privilege, value,
sharp, skillful, smart, diplomatic, logical, perceptive,
(n) clever; antonyms (adj) foolish, unwise, stupid; lối advantageous, compensation, goodness, plus,
thoát issue; lối ra outlet; lối loại style; hay la
lối blatant; đường lối course; lối vào access; prosperity, purpose, (v) aid, assist, serve, further,
sự lạc lối deviation; lối viết writing. behoof; antonyms (n) disadvantage, drawback, (v)
lỗi 1. trip; synonyms (n) excursion, expedition, tour, harm; không sinh lợi unproductive; không
flight, jaunt, travel, lapse, run, drive, misstep, ride, thắng lợi unsuccessful; lợi dụng capital; lợi
hại dangerous; lợi ích interest; lợi khí tool;
outing, passage, voyage, (v) journey, slip, stumble, điều có lợi avail; cầu lợi interested; có lợi
advantageous; điều bất lợi handicap.
fall, skip, tumble, err, dance, lurch, (adj) blunder, lõm concave; synonyms (adj) hollow, cavernous,
fault; antonym (v) fix, 2. error; synonyms (n)
deviation, mistake, wrong, delusion, oversight, crescent, biconcave, cupped, dipped, arched,

crime, defect, demerit, guilt, misunderstanding, depress, dishing, vaulted, vaulty, deceitful, deep,

falsehood, confusion, erroneousness, fallacy, dented, dimpled, excavated, false, gaunt, hollowed,
incurvate, incurved, muffled, round, (v) curve, dig;
inaccuracy, misprint, omission, sin, transgression, antonyms (adj) convex, curved; lõm vào hollow;
chỗ lõm depression.
breakdown, default, blemish, discrepancy, failing, lơn grand; synonyms (adj) excellent, gorgeous,
failure; antonym (n) correctness, 3. mistake;
synonyms (n) error, misapprehension, dignified, elevated, eminent, exalted, important,
misconception, trip, foolishness, fail, impropriety,
majestic, superb, beautiful, high, massive, big,
disaster, calamity, flaw, howler, misinterpretation,
brilliant, chief, famous, fine, heroic, huge, immense,
mistaking, muddle, (v) misapprehend, confuse, impressive, lordly, (n) glorious, noble, (v) great;
antonyms (adj) unimpressive, humble, modest; van
misjudge, misunderstand, misconstrue, confound, lơn appealing; bao lơn rail.
lớn 1. large; synonyms (adj) big, ample, extensive,
misinterpret, misconceive, jumble, miscalculate,
misidentify; lỗi lạc brilliant; lời xin lỗi excuse; generous, broad, bulky, considerable, handsome,
lỗi thời fossil; lỗi lạc nhất foremost; biết lỗi
apologetic; sự lỗi lạc distinction; thú lỗi high, heavy, abundant, capacious, great, gross,
breast; xin lỗi apologetic.
lời 1. piece; synonyms (n) cut, division, fragment, hefty, huge, important, roomy, stout, fat, bountiful,
part, article, component, composition, hunk, lump, colossal, commodious, comprehensive, copious;
antonyms (adj) small, cramped, insignificant, 2.
patch, bit, block, chunk, coin, constituent, cutting, sizeable; synonyms (adj) large, respectable,

fraction, gun, item, lot, opus, portion, bite, parcel, goodly, sizable, significant, substantial, tidy,
(v) picture, 2. voice; synonyms (n) speech, sound, voluminous, good, goodish, 3. great; synonyms
language, suffrage, vote, vox, ballot, mouthpiece,
(adj) eminent, famous, gigantic, distinguished,
representative, mouth, articulation, election,
extreme, grand, chief, capital, celebrated, dignified,
interpreter, plebiscite, poll, spokesperson, (v)
fantastic, fine, glorious, massive, spacious,
enunciate, express, pronounce, say, speak, utter,
vocalize, articulate, state, 3. gain; synonyms (v) stunning, vigorous, wide, admirable, almighty,
acquire, benefit, derive, attain, catch, earn, get, dandy, deep, elevated, enormous, exalted;
antonyms (adj) awful, tiny, mild; giải lớn fine; khá
win, achieve, advance, make, reach, find, lớn respectable; bà lớn swell; lớn lao
considerably; lóng pháo lớn granny; cái bừa
accomplish, come, effect, gather, hit, merit, (n) lớn drag; chiến thắng lớn triumph; có cỡ lớn
sizeable; đắt lớn high; độ lớn magnitude.
profit, earnings, acquisition, advantage, addition,
increase; antonyms (v) lose, (n) loss; lời giáo
huấn teaching; lời dự đoán prediction; lời ghi

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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lòng 1. garbage; synonyms (n) debris, filth, waste, strip, stripe, zone, list, area, association, banding,

litter, refuse, hooey, rubbish, scrap, scraps, drivel, bond, clique, cohort, hoop, league, line, (v) ring,
twaddle, (adj) trash; antonym (n) sense, 2. heart; combine, tie, 3. bunch; synonyms (n) clump,
synonyms (n) core, center, spirit, affection, basis, crowd, batch, band, lot, troop, horde, bulge,

bosom, breast, courage, crux, essence, hub, accumulation, knob, mass, throng, assortment,

kernel, marrow, middle, pluck, quintessence, bevy, package, budget, spray, caboodle, clustering,
hump, hunch, lump, (v) bundle, heap, constellate,
fortitude, guts, backbone, centre, feeling, fondness, 4. flood; synonyms (n) deluge, pour, torrent,
mettle, nerve, (adj) gist; antonym (n) edge; lòng ao stream, downpour, cataclysm, alluvion, avalanche,
ước wish; lòng ham muốn appetite; lòng
ghen tị jealousy; lòng ghen ghét jealousy; barrage, flooding, inundation, outpouring, (v)
lòng khao khát anxiety; lòng biết ơn
gratitude; làm vui lòng pleasing; lòng căm drench, flow, inundate, glut, drown, flush, gush,
thù hatred; lòng sốt sắng zeal; lòng thương
hại pity. rush, submerge, swamp, cascade, engulf, (prep)
lồng cage; synonyms (n) jail, pen, hutch, cell, corral, tide; antonyms (n) drought, shortage, (v) trickle, 5.
regiment; synonyms (n) battalion, corps, host,
crate, frame, gaol, enclosure, (v) confine, enclose, brigade, division, (v) control, 6. set; synonyms (v)
imprison, incarcerate; antonym (v) free; sự lồng fix, place, lay, put, locate, position, regulate, define,
vào insertion; lồng ấp warmer; đèn lồng
lantern. adjust, arrange, congeal, posit, decline, fit, (n)
lỏng 1. fluid; synonyms (n) juice, liquor, (adj) liquid,
class, bent, repose, battery, (adj) fixed, fast, secure,
flowing, unsettled, changeable, smooth, fluent, ready, determined, establish, firm; antonyms (v)
soften, liquefy, melt, (n) combing, comb-out, (adj)
mobile, runny, juicy, uncertain, unstable, variable, variable, flexible, liquid, 7. troop; synonyms (n)
watery, graceful; antonym (n) solid, 2. watery; squad, team, force, detachment, unit, (v) parade,
synonyms (adj) moist, dilute, diluted, washy, wet, promenade; dòng nước lũ torrent; cả lũ kit; bè
lũ crew.
thin, damp, fluid, aqueous, hydrous, insipid, tearful, lúa 1. paddy; synonyms (n) mick, (adj) rice, bran,
farina, flour, meal, spore, sporule, boorish, low,
weak, dripping, humid, soggy, soft, aquatic, dull, mean, vagabond, 2. rice; synonyms (n) cereal,
vapid, bland, feeble, reeking, swimming, tasteless; grain, buckwheat, maize, millet, oats, rye; lúa
antonyms (adj) concentrated, strong, dry, 3. loose; mạch barley.
synonyms (adj) lax, liberal, dissolute, licentious, lụa strap; synonyms (n) belt, leash, strop, rein, band,
bar, tie, lead, strip, stripe, (v) lash, whip, bind,
light, vague, detached, immoral, lewd, incoherent,
buckle, flog, harness, slash, fasten, lace, knot,
clear, equivocal, flaccid, indefinite, informal, slack, lather; dây lụa ferret; dải lụa ferret.
lứa brood; synonyms (n) breed, issue, offspring,
wanton, (v) disengage, liberate, relax, release, family, litter, posterity, progeny, young, flock,
detach, discharge, (n) free, limp; antonyms (adj)
farrow, (v) hatch, sulk, think, incubate, covey, cover,
tight, close, compressed, dense, taut, strict,
compact, wedged, 4. loosely; synonyms (adv) dwell, hover, muse, ponder, pout, (adj) herd, bevy,
brooding, hatching; lứa trứng sitting.
slackly, broadly, generally, freely, vaguely, lừa false; synonyms (adj) bastard, counterfeit, untrue,
deceitful, dishonest, erroneous, artificial, assumed,
accidentally, approximately, desultorily, dimly,
deceptive, disloyal, faithless, fake, fictitious, sham,
distantly, gayly, hazily, immethodically, imprecisely,
ersatz, apocryphal, bad, bogus, delusive, incorrect,
indistinctly, insecurely, lasciviously, roughly, insincere, mendacious, mistaken, mock, pretended;
antonyms (adj) true, real, correct, factual, faithful,
unclearly, wantonly, fuzzily, inaccurately, inexactly, genuine, natural, truthful, honest, valid; lừa dối
mostly, playfully; antonyms (adv) closely, firmly, deceptive; lừa bịp deceptive; lời lừa gạt bluff;
tightly; trạng thái lỏng liquidity; sự nới lỏng đánh lừa brown; trò lừa gạt imposition; sự
relaxation; sự buông lỏng loose; chất lỏng lừa đảo cross; sự lừa lọc fraud.
liquid; buông lỏng loose; bị buông lỏng lửa fire; synonyms (n) discharge, ardor, conflagration,
charge. explode, fervor, flame, bonfire, burning,
lốt cover; synonyms (v) coat, conceal, top, bury,
enthusiasm, (v) excite, eject, blaze, dismiss, ignite,
cloak, veil, wrap, comprise, bind, cross, (n) blind,
kindle, expel, animate, arouse, burn, inflame, light,
blanket, screen, binding, camouflage, cap, provoke, sack, shoot, stimulate; antonym (v) hire;
ngọn lửa low; dễ bắt lửa fiery; đá lửa flint; xe
covering, lid, mask, shield, spread, coating, lửa aisle; tia lửa light; như bốc lửa fiery.
canopy, case, concealment; antonyms (v) reveal, luật law; synonyms (n) rule, canon, decree, act, edict,
expose, uncover. regulation, enactment, jurisprudence, justice, order,
lũ 1. crowd; synonyms (n) huddle, swarm, collection,
police, principle, ruling, axiom, directive, liberty,
crew, press, circle, cluster, army, assembly,

concourse, congregation, gang, group, herd, mob,

assemblage, audience, (v) bunch, flock, squeeze,
compress, cram, jam, pack, crush; antonym (v)
disperse, 2. band; synonyms (n) party, set,

swathe, collar, company, faction, knot, lace, strap,

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measure, prescription, tenet, command, abscond, bolt, ramp, bypass, escape, fly, (adj)
constabulary, government; luật lệ code; làm luật pretermit.
legislative; luật sư advocate; định luật law; lùm clump; synonyms (n) bunch, cluster, bundle,
bộ luật code; đúng luật lệ formal; trái luật
foul; sắc luật decrease; quy luật law; luật xa group, lump, clot, knot, ball, chunk, clod, tuft, blow,
gần perspective.
lúc 1. while; synonyms (conj) as, whereas, although, crowd, lot, mass, nugget, pile, stack, thump, wad,
though, (n) spell, time, period, moment, interval, (v) plod, clamp, flock, clomp, clop; lùm cây grove.
lùn dwarf; synonyms (n) elf, fairy, gnome, brownie,
space, bit, piece, (prep) during, (adv) when, whilst,
because, 2. when; synonyms (adv) once, then, homunculus, kobold, manikin, (v) overshadow,
than, since, equally, erst, erstwhile, formerly, like,
bedwarf, (adj) little, midget, miniature, runt, baby,
meanwhile, thus, (conj) while, immediately, (adj) dwarfish; antonym (n) giant; lùn thấp low; cụt lùn
following, 3. sitting; synonyms (v) incubation, short; con vật lùn dwarf; người lùn dwarf.
batching, gestation, (n) session, seat, meeting, lưới 1. net; synonyms (adj) final, last, nett, (n) network,
seance, posing, (adj) seated, inactive, 4. instant;
synonyms (adj) immediate, present, exigent, bag, lace, earnings, cobweb, lattice, meshwork,

prompt, clamant, crying, current, imperative, profit, reticule, (v) mesh, clear, gain, make, trap,
catch, earn, knit, web, ensnare, entrap, get, hook;
insistent, instantaneous, coming, sudden, actual, antonym (v) gross, 2. lattice; synonyms (n) grill,

(n) flash, jiffy, minute, point, second, tick, trice, fretwork, grid, grille, net, latticework, netting, wicket,
twinkling, wink, breath, (v) pressing, urgent; (v) trellis, 3. network; synonyms (n) reticulation,
antonyms (adj) gradual, long-term; lắm lúc
sometimes; lúc bắt đầu beginning; lúc đêm grating, system, complex, labyrinth, (v) link,
tối dark; lúc đó now; lúc gay go edge; lúc kết communicate, contact, exchange, 4. netting;
thúc close; lúc khó khăn need; đôi lúc synonyms (n) gauze, veiling, snare, urine, (v) tissue.
always; cùng một lúc simultaneous; đang lúc lưỡi edge; synonyms (n) boundary, margin, verge,
ấy meantime.
lực 1. power; synonyms (n) force, ability, potency, blade, brink, extremity, advantage, bank, brim, butt,
authority, control, energy, agency, domination,
corner, limit, perimeter, periphery, rand, skirt,
intensity, strength, effectiveness, effect, aptitude,
angle, curb, bounds, confine, (v) border, bound,
capability, command, gift, jurisdiction, mightiness, hem, line, adjoin; antonyms (n) center, (v) middle;
mũ lưỡi trai cap; lưỡi máy gieo share; lưỡi hái
rule, (v) influence, might, dominion, faculty, hook; lưỡi cày share.
capacity, efficacy; antonyms (n) powerlessness, luôn often; synonyms (adv) frequently, oft, much,
helplessness, weakness, 2. marrow; synonyms
(n) essence, heart, kernel, pith, quintessence, oftentimes, ofttimes, repeatedly, commonly, (adj)
frequent; antonyms (adv) rarely, seldom; trở lại
substance, backbone, center, content, core, stuff, luôn recurrent; nói luôn mồm chin; luôn luôn
always.
being, inwardness, meat, medulla, nub, root, (adj) luồng 1. whiff; synonyms (n) scent, breath, aroma,
gist, quiddity, incarnation, 3. force; synonyms (n)
enforce, impetus, impulse, power, vigor, violence, odor, trace, taste, touch, reek, whisper, (v) puff,
blow, smell, sniff, drag, pant, 2. current;
action, brunt, compulsion, duress, effort, (v) drive, synonyms (adj) common, contemporary,

coerce, pressure, squeeze, thrust, compel, cram, fashionable, instant, actual, fresh, modern, new,

impel, press, push, ram, blackmail, dragoon, (adj) popular, present, prevalent, rife, accepted, chic, (n)
constrain; antonym (n) persuasion, 4. register;
synonyms (n) record, list, inventory, note, flow, stream, run, afloat, movement, trend, draft,
drift, electricity, (prep) course, tide; antonyms (adj)
catalogue, book, account, roll, annals, index, listing, obsolete, past, old, old-fashioned, previous; luồng
gió blast.
registry, (v) file, enroll, chronicle, enter, indicate, lưỡng dual; synonyms (adj) double, duplex, duple,

read, show, mark, enlist, catalog, display, inscribe, twin, twofold, doubled, bivalent, combined,
schedule, 5. punch; synonyms (n) jab, drill, cuff,
die, wallop, blow, dig, knock, smack, nudge, stroke, threefold, treble, bifold, binal, common,

buffoon, bang, (v) poke, hit, prick, beat, perforate, cooperative, double-dip, doubleheader, forked,
stab, puncture, slap, strike, bore, prod, impale;
trọng lực gravity; hiệu lực efficacy; hợp lực matched, multiparty, shared, soprano, ternary,
resultant; khí lực nervousness; áp lực triple, triplex, united; antonyms (adj) individual,
controller; lực lưỡng athletic; lực lượng single; kỹ lưỡng close; lực lưỡng athletic;
potency; năng lực ability; có thế lực lưỡng lự doubtful; sự lưỡng lự doubt.
influential; có hiệu lực efficient. lượng quantity; synonyms (n) amount, extent,
lủi skip; synonyms (n) jump, bound, hop, caper,
omission, spring, (v) leap, dance, bounce, prance, measure, multitude, quantum, sum, total, portion,

cut, gambol, skim, trip, decamp, frisk, omit, cross, heap, bulk, capacity, deal, degree, magnitude,

mass, value, volume, dimension, measurement,
piece, body, dose, length, part, percentage; trọng
lượng weight; lượng xả nước draught; rộng
lượng generous; sản lượng yield; có lực

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lượng potent; cuộc thương lượng talk; liều besides, further, hitherto, eventually, unless,
lượng dose; lực lượng potency; sự thương
lượng negotiation; số lượng lớn body. always, if, more, finally, heretofore, till, until, withal,
lượt 1. time; synonyms (n) hour, moment, period,
duration, epoch, era, measure, season, day, spell, (conj) nevertheless, (n) already, (v) still, (adj)
age, instant, interval, space, tempo, sentence, erewhile, 2. now; synonyms (adv) forthwith, here,
beat, occasion, course, date, juncture, point, (v)
clock, regulate, schedule; antonym (n) death, 2. immediately, currently, directly, instantly, presently,
turn; synonyms (v) revolve, deviate, get, revolution,
spin, become, convert, deflect, reverse, (n) bend, nowadays, straight, today, just, right, promptly,
curve, roll, coil, go, twist, bout, change, round, bent,
circle, shift, tour, curl, bow, move, 3. bout; straightaway, (adj) current, present, trendy,
synonyms (n) attack, competition, fight, turn, battle, immediate, fashionable, popular, (prep) because;
event, fighting, fit, game, match, time, act, binge, (v) antonyms (adv) later, soon; không mặn mà cool;
spar; lượt giao bóng service; lượt chia bài thực mà indeed; tuy thế mà none; may mà
deal. được lucky; nhưng mà yet.
lụt flood; synonyms (n) deluge, pour, torrent, stream, mả grave; synonyms (adj) austere, critical, serious,
downpour, cataclysm, alluvion, avalanche, barrage,
flooding, inundation, outpouring, (v) drench, flow, severe, solemn, earnest, bad, dangerous, deep,
inundate, glut, drown, flush, gush, rush, submerge,
swamp, cascade, engulf, (prep) tide; antonyms (n) grand, important, sad, sedate, sober, material,
drought, shortage, (v) trickle.
lưu 1. sulphur; synonyms (n) s, mho, quebrith, sec, great, calm, dull, grievous, (n) cemetery, death, (v)
second, siemens, south, (v) brimstone, sulfur, 2. s; acute, engrave, carve, etch; antonyms (adj) mild,
synonyms (n) arcsecond, bit, confederacy, frivolous, funny.
dalliance, endorsement, indorsement, instant, mạch loop; synonyms (n) coil, ring, bight, circuit,
irregular, minute, moment, sulphur, sustain, secant,
secondment, southland; màu lưu huỳnh eyelet, eye, kink, noose, round, twist, bow, link,
sulphur; lưu manh hooligan; lưu loát fluent;
lưu hành rife; phiêu lưu adventurous; phong rope, tab, tie, (v) curve, bend, circle, curl, entwine,
lưu comfortably; không lưu ý careless; đang knot, wind, meander, turn, twine; mạch câu
lưu hành prevailing; bọn lưu manh hooligan; chuyện clue; cái chuyển mạch switch; mạch
lưu động travelling. nha malt; mạch quặng reef; một mạch
lý reason; synonyms (n) mind, account, intellect, stretch; rành mạch distinctly; lúa mạch
occasion, argument, object, purpose, rationality, barley.
understanding, basis, explanation, grounds, magiê magnesium; synonyms (n) mg, chalk,
incentive, motive, pretext, case, intelligence, (v) milligram.
cause, argue, debate, conclude, deduce, discuss, mái feminine; synonyms (adj) female, womanly,
ground, infer; sinh lý học physiology; địa lý học maidenly, pistillate, wifely, feminal, feminate;
geography; không hợp lý irrational; khoa địa antonyms (adj) masculine, male; tường chân mái
lý geography; hợp lý fair; lý do cause; chuyện parapet; thoải mái airy; sự thoải mái ease;
vô lý nonsense; có lý trí rational; có lý mái vòm vault; mái nhà roof; không thoải mái
reasonable; bệnh lý pathology. uneasy.
mầm germ; synonyms (n) bug, beginning, bud,
M
kernel, microbe, egg, nucleus, origin, root, seed,
ma devil; synonyms (n) demon, fiend, ghost, daemon, source; mầm ghép slip.
deuce, monster, imp, rogue, villain, daeva, daimon, mẫm plump; synonyms (adj) fat, chubby, corpulent,
ogre, (v) rag, torment, harass, bedevil, crucify,
annoy, bother, tease, vex, (adj) brine; ma lanh obese, overweight, round, stout, gross, buxom,
wise; ma thuật witchcraft; ma thiện brownie;
ma mảnh sharp; ma giả bogus; ma cà bông pudgy, full, heavy, squab, stocky, chunky, fertile, (v)
stiff; hồn ma fetch; trò ranh ma trick; yêu ma
demon; phép ma medicine. fatten, drop, go, dive, plop, flump, plunk, (n) fleshy,
(adv) portly; antonyms (adj) thin, emaciated, skinny,
mà 1. yet; synonyms (adv) however, but, slim, slender.
notwithstanding, even, nonetheless, though, màn hanging; synonyms (n) dangling, execution,

suspension, curtain, (adj) pendant, pendent,
suspended, pending, pendulous; antonym (adj)
upright; bức màn che blind; màn che mist; vải
màn netting; màn giáo đầu prelude.
mang walk; synonyms (v) ramble, course, hike,

move, roam, travel, trek, go, promenade, track,

foot, ambulate, ambulation, journey, tramp, (n) step,

gait, pace, path, saunter, stroll, excursion, pass,
turn, trip; hai mang doubly; mang lợi fruitful;
có mang thai pregnant; có mang big; vật
mang charge; sự mở mang cultivation; sự
mang ơn obligation; sự mang assumption; sự
hoang mang bewilderment; sự cưu mang
maintenance.

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màng 1. film; synonyms (n) membrane, coating, all-out, assiduous, demanding, determined, in-
cloud, cinema, coat, covering, haze, layer, movie,
depth, intent, out-and-out, resolute, rising,
show, skin, fog, crust, flake, casing, flick, pic, stretched, unremitted, (n) intensifier; antonym (adj)
extensive, 7. smart; synonyms (adj) crafty, dapper,
picture, scale, sheet, veil, celluloid, (v) mist,
photograph, shoot, 2. membrane; synonyms (n) quick, shrewd, sly, prompt, astute, chic, clever,
diaphragm, film; sự mơ màng dream; còn
màng trinh intact. intelligent, jaunty, lively, natty, neat, saucy, fine,
mảnh 1. piece; synonyms (n) cut, division, fragment,
part, article, component, composition, hunk, lump, fashionable, ready, alert, artful, brisk, cunning, (v)
ache, hurt, (n) pain; antonyms (adj) scruffy, stupid,
patch, bit, block, chunk, coin, constituent, cutting, dim, shabby, unkempt, slow; khoẻ mạnh fresh;
lành mạnh sane; đoạn chơi mạnh forte;
fraction, gun, item, lot, opus, portion, bite, parcel, mạnh mau tearing; mạnh gấp đôi double;
(v) picture, 2. fragment; synonyms (n) crumb, mạnh khoẻ vigorous; mạnh mẽ boot; cơn gió
morsel, grain, piece, rag, remnant, section, share, mạnh flurry; hùng mạnh powerful; cú va
mạnh bump.
sherd, shred, snatch, end, cantle, divide, particle, mào horn; synonyms (n) hooter, cornet, klaxon,

remainder, (v) chip, scrap, shiver, splinter, break, alarm, trumpet, aparejo, arm, faldstool, ophicleide,
crumble, crack, crash, collapse, 3. strip;
synonyms (n) band, slip, ribbon, zone, (v) deprive, trombone, cup, beak, nose, basin, bellcrank, bowl,

despoil, divest, peel, plunder, rifle, denude, chalice, flask, (v) butt, cuckold, detusk, (adj) bulb,
bullet, clew, drop.
ransack, pillage, pluck, pare, sack, bare, bereave, mập fat; synonyms (adj) stout, corpulent, dense, thick,

dismantle, disrobe, fleece, skin, undress, bulky, fatty, fertile, fleshy, gainful, greasy, great,
decorticate, disarm; antonyms (v) dress, decorate;
mảnh đất paddock; mảnh khảnh delicate; gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, rich,
mảnh gỗ nhỏ slip; mảnh dẻ fragile; mảnh tả
tơi rag; mảnh đất nhỏ plot; mảnh vỡ debris; stocky, big, ample, (n) avoirdupois, blubber, cream,
ma mảnh sharp; mảnh nhỏ scrap; mỏng (v) fatten, bloated; antonyms (adj) thin, slim, skinny,
mảnh feeble. slender; chỗ mập nhất thick; dáng mập mờ
mạnh 1. mighty; synonyms (adj) enormous, blur; mập đặc thick; báo mập stout; mập mờ
immense, huge, grand, powerful, intense, high, big, dim; người chắc mập stout; sự mập mờ
confusion.
forcible, great, large, strong, mammoth, cogent, mất 1. defunct; synonyms (adj) dead, deceased,

formidable, hardy, potent, violent, massive, forceful, departed, extinct, inanimate, late, lifeless, obsolete,
able, goodly, terrible, whopping, (adv) mightily, 2.
telling; synonyms (adj) significant, revealing, dated, gone, useless, broken, bygone, deadened,
effective, effectual, emphatic, impressive, pregnant,
demised, ended, finished, nonexistent, outmoded,
trenchant, graphic, vivid, weighty, meaningful, ruined, wrecked, cold, (n) dust, relics, reliquiae, 2.
minus; synonyms (n) negative, disadvantage,
telltale, (n) recounting, relation, notice, apprisal,
narration, notification, recital, singing, tattle, 3. subtraction, (v) bereft, lack, bereaved, denuded,
hard; synonyms (adj) austere, bad, difficult, grave,
severe, arduous, callous, cruel, grueling, knotty, (adj) minor, less, lacking, deficient, lesser, short,
(adv) without; antonym (prep) plus; mất đi away;
tough, bitter, alcoholic, backbreaking, compact, mất đặc quyền caste; mất dạy hairy; mất hết
bankrupt; mất tích missing; mất trí distracted;
complicated, dour, dry, grievous, rigid, (adv) firm, mất vía heap; đã mất deceased; đi mất skip;
fast, firmly, (v) acute, (n) rough; antonyms (adj) làm mất hết nought.
easy, soft, kind, merciful, simple, soggy, tender, mắt eye; synonyms (n) optic, opinion, peeper, ring,
yielding, (adv) gently, lightly, 4. intense; synonyms
(adj) bright, ardent, brilliant, deep, fervent, fierce, sight, center, centre, oculus, (v) behold, see, view,

burning, energetic, extreme, fiery, furious, heated, gaze, stare, look, watch, glance, glimpse, examine,
eyeball, regard; mắt xích link; mắt cá chân
rich, sharp, impassioned, hot, heartfelt, hard, ankle; bằng mắt visually; đẹp mắt
spectacular; đập vào mắt staring; hoa mắt
excruciating, heavy, incisive, passionate, profound, dizzy; tầm mắt ken; ra mắt open; người tai
vehement, vigorous; antonyms (adj) mild, calm, dull, mắt lion.
weak, imperceptible, slight, 5. rough; synonyms mật private; synonyms (adj) clandestine, confidential,
(adj) coarse, harsh, raw, crude, grating, gross,
personal, covert, hidden, individual, secret, inner,
hoarse, jagged, approximate, gruff, inclement,
esoteric, exclusive, intimate, particular, domestic,
indelicate, rocky, uneven, impolite, robust,
interior, lonely, own, privy, retired, secluded,
abrasive, bluff, blunt, boorish, brutal, clumsy,
gravelly, (n) boisterous, draft; antonyms (adj) gentle, special, informal, inside, mysterious, proper, (v)
smooth, polished, precise, refined, silky, close; antonyms (adj) public, communal,
sophisticated, even, exact, glossy, pleasant, 6.
intensive; synonyms (adj) concentrated, thorough, community, nationalized, official, state-owned,
exhaustive, augmentative, ascensive, intensitive, civic, shared, state; mật độ density; mật ong
honey; mật thám bull; cẩn mật vigilant;

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không thân mật distant; tuần trăng mật sulphur; màu mè affected; chất màu
honeymoon; tối mật hat; sự thân mật pigment; có màu sôcôla chocolate; đỏ màu
friendliness; sự mật thiết intimacy; mật mã ruby.
code. mẫu 1. sample; synonyms (n) example, instance,
mặt 1. pan; synonyms (n) dish, knock, rap, panning,
specimen, model, pattern, assay, case, illustration,
plate, platter, porringer, pot, saucer, calabash,
hardpan, (v) slam, criticize, review, 2. surface; exemplar, design, piece, precedent, representative,
synonyms (n) level, face, outside, superficies, facet,
appetizer, survey, (v) taste, try, attempt, essay,
grain, side, finish, plane, veneer, skin, facing, (v) prove, sip, bit, (adj) test, trial, outline, 2. model;
synonyms (n) form, fashion, image, dummy, figure,
appear, emerge, coat, rise, cover, develop, varnish,
prototype, frame, lesson, archetype, epitome,
(adj) exterior, external, shallow, superficial, outward,
outer; antonyms (n) core, inside, interior, middle, 3. manikin, mannequin, original, paradigm, template,
side; synonyms (n) edge, rim, faction, border,
construct, (adj) ideal, miniature, classic, exemplary,
brink, direction, part, hand, aspect, margin, page, (v) copy, imitate, shape, carve, build; antonym (adj)
atypical, 3. design; synonyms (n) aim, purpose,
position, wing, brim, flank, incline, quarter, surface,
scheme, conception, drawing, arrangement,
team, top, verge, viewpoint, (v) party, (adj) nearby,
lateral; antonym (adj) distant, 4. plane; synonyms device, idea, intent, contrivance, blueprint,

(n) airplane, aeroplane, aircraft, degree, stage, jet, intention, destination, concept, composition, (v)

craft, planer, sheet, (v) flatten, shave, hover, trim, plan, conceive, contrive, sketch, arrange,
(adj) even, flat, horizontal, smooth, flush, insipid; contemplate, intend, invent, concert, compose;
mặt trời sun; mặt điểm point; mặt bằng antonym (n) chance, 4. specimen; synonyms (n)
plane; làm bẽ mặt humiliating; mặt lò sưởi sample, person, type; gương mẫu example;
mantelpiece; mặt phẳng aircraft; mặt ngoài kiểu mẫu pattern; mẫu đầu tiên prototype;
exterior; mặt nạ cloak; mặt hạn chế mẫu đúc cast; mẫu hàng sample; mẫu mực
drawback; mặt dưới underneath. model; người bảo mẫu nurse; người mẫu
mau 1. fleet; synonyms (n) armada, float, marine, mực phoenix; nguyên mẫu prototype; theo
mẫu shaped.
navy, (adj) swift, fast, expeditious, agile, quick, mẩu piece; synonyms (n) cut, division, fragment, part,

brisk, rapid, speedy, hasty, (v) flit, fly, hurry, pass, article, component, composition, hunk, lump, patch,
dart, evanesce, fade, 2. ready; synonyms (adj) fit,
bit, block, chunk, coin, constituent, cutting, fraction,
prompt, nimble, apt, deft, disposed, finished, gun, item, lot, opus, portion, bite, parcel, (v) picture;
mẩu vải thừa cabbage.
handy, present, instant, adroit, alert, expert, facile, may 1. luckily; synonyms (adv) fortunately, happily,

inclined, prepared, completed, mature, (v) prepare, fortuitously, opportunely, felicitously, benignantly,
fix, willing, make, (n) available, dexterous, eager;
antonyms (adj) unprepared, unwilling; mau hiểu contentedly, courteously, dexterously, favorably,
understanding; mạnh mau tearing; mau tinh
quick; mau chóng fleet; tính mau lẹ gracefully, graciously, haply, promisingly,
expedition; mau lớn thriving; sự thúc mau
acceleration. propitiously, thankfully, advantageously,
máu 1. jet; synonyms (n) squirt, fountain, flow, spout,
auspiciously, beneficially, conveniently, mercifully,
spray, airplane, current, outpouring, nozzle, spirt, peradventure, positively, prosperously, well;
antonyms (adv) unfortunately, unluckily, 2. work;
plane, (v) gush, spurt, fly, pour, flood, emit, erupt, synonyms (n) exercise, business, employment,
stream, surge, (adj) raven, black, 2. blood;
synonyms (n) ancestry, birth, gore, descent, family, function, task, action, act, book, composition,

kindred, lineage, origin, beau, bloodshed, occupation, service, (v) labor, operate, toil,

consanguinity, coxcomb, exquisite, extraction, line, cultivate, exploit, ferment, form, manipulate,
operation, run, serve, use, (adj) job, trade;
murder, parentage, pedigree, relationship, stock, antonyms (v) idle, malfunction; may mà được
strain, (adj) humor, juice, lymph, sap, 3. drop; lucky; gặp vận may lucky; gặp may lucky;
synonyms (v) fall, decrease, deposit, dribble, droop, vận không may bad; sự may vá sewing; may
mắn fortunate; sự may rủi chance; người
abandon, cast, dip, discard, dismiss, drip, ebb, không may unfortunate; sự may mắn
blessing; vận may fortune.
jump, shed, sink, decay, die, cancel, crash, (n) mày brow; synonyms (n) peak, brink, height, crown,
decline, collapse, spot, bead, cut, dash; antonyms
(v) rise, increase, lift, (n) growth; dính máu edge, eyebrow, forehead, front, rim, summit, top,
bloody; chảy máu bleeding. verge, landing; sự cau mày frown; mày dạn
màu colour; synonyms (n) coloration, coloring, bold; lông mày eyebrow.
mây cloud; synonyms (n) mist, blur, haze, steam,
colouring, semblance, vividness, (v) color, discolor,
discolour, distort, tinge; màu âm quality; màu cloak, blind, crowd, curtain, film, flock, gloom, (v)
bánh quy biscuit; màu bề ngoài enamel; màu
cờ colour; màu hồng rose; màu lưu huỳnh fog, becloud, obscure, befog, blacken, eclipse,

overshadow, shadow, taint, hide, impair, dim,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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mottle, (adj) swarm; antonym (v) sharpen; có mây meo mould; synonyms (n) mildew, cast, form,
phủ cloudy.
mẹ mother; synonyms (n) mamma, parent, (v) father, molding, moulding, stamp, modeling, casting, set,
beget, engender, generate, care, sire, fuss, get;
con mẹ female; hàng cha mẹ parenthood; fit, punch, (v) mold, make, model, frame, fashion,
mẹ chồng mother-in-law; mẹ v mother-in- forge, knead, carve, shape, work, hurl, influence.
law; ảnh đức Mẹ virgin. mèo litter; synonyms (n) brood, bedding, stretcher,
mềm 1. supple; synonyms (adj) flexible, lithe, pliable,
pliant, soft, elastic, graceful, lissom, lissome, garbage, junk, mess, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste,

lithesome, plastic, active, agile, ductile, malleable, issue, breed, scrap, bed, bedclothes, berth, clutch,

nimble, tender, yielding, resilient, floppy, alert, cot, cradle, crib, (v) clutter, scatter, (adj) jumble,
compliant, limp, lively, (v) limber; antonyms (adj) disarray, huddle; chó và mèo oil.
stiff, rigid, inflexible, 2. supply; synonyms (n) mẹo dodge; synonyms (v) circumvent, avoid, evade,
provision, hoard, issue, fund, (v) furnish, stock,
maneuver, duck, elude, escape, fudge, hedge,
afford, fill, store, feed, offer, provide, cater,
parry, shirk, sidestep, beat, lurch, skirt, (n)
contribute, deliver, equip, give, outfit, produce,
contrivance, stratagem, cheat, device, quibble,
nourish, supplement, accommodate, add, ruse, scheme, trick, wile, avoidance; mưu mẹo
administer, gratify, 3. soft; synonyms (adj) gentle, trick; mẹo thoái thác evasion; mẹo lảnh tránh
easy, light, balmy, delicate, quiet, slack, loose, stall.
mép 1. skirt; synonyms (n) border, edge, brim, flap,
clement, faint, flabby, flaccid, frail, lenient, mild,
kilt, apron, margin, brink, dame, rim, side, crinoline,
smooth, pleasant, temperate, amiable, bland, calm,
docile, downy, (v) feeble, low; antonyms (adj) hard, (v) fringe, circumvent, evade, hem, elude, sidestep,
firm, harsh, loud, hoarse, rough, solid, alcoholic, verge, dodge, avoid, duck, hedge, parry, surround,
shrill, strong, 4. loose; synonyms (adj) lax, liberal, 2. border; synonyms (n) extremity, bed, boundary,
dissolute, licentious, vague, detached, immoral,
limit, skirt, limits, barrier, rand, confine, edging,
lewd, incoherent, clear, equivocal, indefinite,
lace, line, perimeter, periphery, shore, marge, (v)
informal, wanton, disjointed, careless, desultory, (v)
abut, adjoin, approach, bound, butt, enclose, flank,
disengage, liberate, relax, release, detach, frame, bind; antonyms (n) middle, (v) center, 3.
discharge, disentangle, (n) free; antonyms (adj) rim; synonyms (n) lip, flange, ring, mouth, ridge,
tight, close, compressed, dense, taut, strict, brow, circumference, projection, 4. margin;
compact, wedged, 5. limp; synonyms (adj) synonyms (n) bank, allowance, leeway, scope,
drooping, flimsy, weak, exhausted, enervated,
borderline, frontier, freedom, play, room, space,
languid, lame, crumble, drop, (n) hobble, (v) halt,
hitch, hop, shamble, (adv) shuffle; antonym (n) tolerance, demarcation, elbowroom, latitude,
energetic, 6. yielding; synonyms (adj) submissive, margent; râu mép moustache; ở mép
obedient, complying, complaisant, meek, marginal; mép vải list.
mét metre; synonyms (n) meter, measure, beat,
acquiescent, fertile, flowing, biddable, obsequious,
rhythm, m, cadence, chiliad, g, grand, molarity,
conciliatory, obliging, passive, resigned, (v) supple, poem, thou, thousand, yard; tái mét ghastly.
mệt 1. tired; synonyms (adj) exhausted, fatigued,
tractable, ready, (n) submission, concession,
hackneyed, weary, banal, commonplace, stale,
surrender, capitulation, compliance, acquiescence,
conceding, deference; antonym (adj) resistant; threadbare, trite, beat, haggard, jaded, stock, worn,
mềm yếu weak; chỗ mềm soft; cành cây
mềm switch; mềm mỏng plastic. drowsy, sick, whacked, corny, limp, weak, dull,
men 1. glaze; synonyms (n) shine, coating, sheen, enervated, shopworn, sleepy, timeworn; antonyms
enamel, glazing, finish, gloss, luster, (v) burnish,
glass, coat, varnish, calender, candy, 2. yeast; (adj) fresh, invigorated, alert, refreshed, energetic,
synonyms (n) barm, leaven, foam, froth, spume, original, strong, 2. weary; synonyms (adj) tired,

bubble, fungus, head, lather, spray, suds, surf, (adj) aweary, languid, irksome, wearisome, spent,
ferment; men rượu yeast.
mền blanket; synonyms (n) bedding, sheet, gloomy, (v) fatigue, tire, exhaust, bore, irk, wear,
counterpane, covering, coverlet, mantle, quilt,
depress, drain, harass, pall, cloy, fag, annoy,
shroud, wrap, bedclothes, layer, (v) cloak, cover, enervate, flag, irritate, labor, (n) jade; hơi mệt
weather; làm mệt mỏi dreadful; mệt mỏi
veil, (adj) sweeping, overall, comprehensive, global, tired; mệt nhọc tiresome; sự mệt mỏi fatigue;
generic, wholesale, broad, general, extensive; sự mệt nhọc tiredness.
mền dẻo flexible. mi thou; synonyms (n) chiliad, g, grand, m, curtilage,
mento mentor; synonyms (n) advisor, instructor,
coach, guide, teacher, consultant, counselor, gee, gigabyte, gm, gram, gramme, green, grounds,
monitor, tutor.
jet, kelvin, kilobyte, meter, metre, molarity, pace,
potassium, thousand, yard, (obj) thyself.
mỉa ironic; synonyms (adj) wry, sarcastic, cynical,
ironical, mocking, sardonic, satirical, dry; sự mỉa
mai irony; sự mỉa irony; mỉa mai ironic; lời
mỉa mai sarcasm.

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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miền 1. tract; synonyms (n) area, essay, expanse, clod, clump, crackpot, crank, germ, missile, orchis,
pamphlet, region, dissertation, district, extent, (v) nag.
mịn 1. soft; synonyms (adj) gentle, easy, light, limp,
section, lot, plot, domain, land, province, belt,
balmy, delicate, quiet, slack, loose, clement, faint,
country, field, stretch, track, tractate, treatise,
circuit, county, discourse, exposition, 2. zone; flabby, flaccid, frail, lenient, mild, pliant, smooth,
synonyms (n) locality, quarter, realm, layer,
pleasant, temperate, amiable, bland, calm, (v)
territory, neighborhood, orbit, division, bed, climate, feeble, low; antonyms (adj) hard, firm, harsh, loud,
hoarse, rough, solid, stiff, alcoholic, shrill, strong, 2.
clime, course, cycle, orb, rundle, stratum, (v) fine; synonyms (adj) agreeable, dainty, brave,
partition, subdivide, 3. country; synonyms (n)
state, nation, home, commonwealth, kingdom, capital, elegant, excellent, nice, thin, delightful,

place, soil, nationality, terrain, arena, (adj) rural, acute, admirable, alright, beautiful, choice,
rustic, public, provincial, arable, pastoral; antonyms
(n) city, (adj) urban, 4. quarter; synonyms (n) part, exquisite, glorious, polite, stunning, superior,
mercy, direction, portion, quart, fourth, grace, poop,
terrific, well, (n) penalty, amercement, (v) punish,
side, clemency, flank, corner, fraction, quartern, mulct; antonyms (adj) poor, thick, coarse,
substantial, unsatisfactory, wide; lông mịn pile;
square, (v) lodge, line, put, accommodate, billet, không mịn coarse.
canton, divide, lay, seat, set; miền rừng mình one; synonyms (pron) any, man, (n) anybody,
woodland; miền quê countryside; miền đầm
lầy fen. single, somebody, person, ace, anyone, unit, unity,
miêng cut; synonyms (v) carve, chop, clip, abbreviate,
abridge, bite, condense, crop, drop, fashion, (adj) certain, individual, lone, only, unique, some,
singular, particular, sole, united, ane, (adv) once;
reduce, shorten, snub, trim, (n) notch, slice, cutting, điều bực mình annoyance; làm bực mình
rotten; bản thân mình self; của chính mình
nick, blow, gash, shape, slash, wound, clipping, own; sự rùng mình creep; tuỳ ý mình
break; antonyms (v) increase, lengthen, (n) addition, discretionary; một mình single; rất bực mình
extension. dreadful.
miếng 1. sliver; synonyms (n) splinter, shred, mồ 1. tomb; synonyms (n) grave, sepulchre, crypt,
fragment, bit, shaving, scrap, shiver, part, crumb,
sepulcher, pit, sepulture, vault, monument, entomb,
slip, fleck, flinders, paring, (v) chip, flake, slice, (v) bury, inter, 2. grave; synonyms (adj) austere,
shave, cut, 2. piece; synonyms (n) division, article,
component, composition, hunk, lump, patch, block, critical, serious, severe, solemn, earnest, bad,

chunk, coin, constituent, cutting, fraction, gun, item, dangerous, deep, grand, important, sad, sedate,

lot, opus, portion, bite, parcel, act, passage, sober, material, great, calm, dull, grievous, (n)
sample, (v) picture, assemble; miếng đệm gland; cemetery, death, (v) acute, engrave, carve, etch;
miếng cắn bite; trả miếng ai tit; miếng đỡ antonyms (adj) mild, frivolous, funny; đầy mồ hôi
parry; miếng gạt parry; miếng mỏng slice; sự sweaty; mồ hóng black.
trả miếng retaliation. mỏ 1. find; synonyms (v) catch, discover, detect,
miệng 1. mug; synonyms (n) countenance, pot, jug,
chump, cup, face, kisser, sucker, tankard, victim, encounter, acquire, ascertain, attain, feel, procure,

fool, mugful, phiz, physiognomy, pitcher, visage, gather, acknowledge, chance, decide, determine,
bucket, photograph, (v) rob, grimace, attack, steal,
2. nozzle; synonyms (n) nose, beak, hooter, jet, disclose, espy, establish, get, identify, judge, (n)
muzzle, snout, mouth, orifice, proboscis, snoot,
detection, disclosure, discovery, search,
throat, tip, vent, chimney, flue, funnel, gullet, breakthrough; antonyms (v) lose, misplace, 2.
honker, nostril, 3. copper; synonyms (n) bronze, deposit; synonyms (n) charge, residue, guarantee,
bull, cop, fuzz, gold, pig, cent, coin, ingot, nugget,
heap, hoard, lees, lode, rest, sediment, stock, (v)
cuprum, brown, copperplate, auburn, blur, bruiser,
bank, commit, store, fix, lay, repose, cast, file,
bullshit, buncombe, bunk, bunkum, change, leave, park, place, put, set, shelve, situate;
detective, penny, red, silver; sự ngon miệng antonym (v) withdraw; bị mắng mỏ bean; đầu
appetite; bờ miệng hầm bank; bằng miệng mỏ hàn bit; sự khai mỏ mining; mỏ than
verbally. colliery; sự mắng mỏ dressing.
miếu temple; synonyms (n) church, tabernacle, mờ 1. dim; synonyms (adj) dark, obscure, cloudy, dull,
shrine, brow, synagogue, forehead, chapel, kirk,
bleak, dense, faint, gloomy, indistinct, misty,
meetinghouse, basilica, chantry, conventicle,
memorial, oratory, side, sidearm, weathercock. opaque, shadowy, slow, stupid, vague, blurred, (v)
milimet millimetre; synonym (n) millimeter.
mìn egg; synonyms (n) ball, rudiment, eggs, nut, blur, darken, cloud, pale, tarnish, blear, blind,
testicle, testis, ballock, bollock, stock, bud, embryo, deaden, mist; antonyms (adj) bright, brilliant,
intelligent, clever, strong, (v) clear, brighten, 2.
nucleus, addict, baseball, beginning, cell, chunk, twilight; synonyms (n) dusk, nightfall, night,

evening, gloaming, sunset, sundown, eventide,

crepuscule, curfew, decline, evenfall, fall, (adj)
aurora, dusky; antonyms (n) dawn, daybreak, 3.
obscure; synonyms (adj) dim, ambiguous,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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concealed, hidden, incomprehensible, muddy, người apiece; mỗi một apiece; mỗi cái
apiece.
mysterious, clandestine, confused, murky, mọi all; synonyms (adv) whole, purely, altogether,

indefinite, nameless, covert, foggy, black, clouded, entirely, totally, wholly, apiece, completely, quite,

(v) hide, conceal, confuse, cover, eclipse, becloud, utterly, (adj) universal, each, every, gross,
bedim, befog, (n) difficult; antonyms (adj) noticeable,
simple, obvious, distinct, mainstream, (v) clarify, 4. complete, alone, entire, outright, (n) aggregate,
mat; synonyms (n) matte, rug, tangle, cushion, entirety, everything, sum, total, (det) any; antonyms
(pron) none, (det) some; mọi chỗ turn; hết mọi
matt, matting, flatness, lusterlessness, (adj) flat, mặt exhaustive; mọi lúc turn; ở mọi nơi
everywhere.
matted, lackluster, (v) entangle, felt, knot, snarl, mới 1. fresh; synonyms (adj) bracing, brisk, clean,
twist, mesh; mờ ám shady; mập mờ dim; dáng
mập mờ blur; cảnh mờ blur; lờ mờ dim; trong novel, bright, original, recent, airy, bold, alive, chilly,
mờ translucent; tối mờ mờ dim; mờ đục dull;
sự mập mờ confusion. cool, forward, green, pure, smart, sweet, flippant,
mỡ grease; synonyms (n) fat, bribe, butter, grime,
fair, blank, additional, animate, breezy, caller, (adv)
lard, lubricant, soil, stain, cream, dirt, filth, new; antonyms (adj) old, stale, decayed, exhausted,

recompense, (v) oil, boodle, anoint, graft, lubricate, hot, humid, muggy, musty, off, oppressive, rotten,
glycerine; giây mỡ greasy. tired, worn, dry, sweltering, 2. newly; synonyms
mộ tomb; synonyms (n) grave, sepulchre, crypt,
(adv) lately, recently, freshly, late, anew, fresh,
sepulcher, pit, sepulture, vault, monument, entomb, again, latterly, (adj) afresh, 3. new; synonyms (adj)
(v) bury, inter; mộ đạo devout; sự ngưỡng mộ
admiration; người hâm mộ admirer; người modern, inexperienced, innovative, raw, strange,
ngưỡng mộ admirer; sự hâm mộ admiration.
mở open; synonyms (adj) frank, obvious, artless, unaccustomed, unprecedented, young,

exposed, free, honest, bare, forthright, guileless, contemporary, current, different, newfangled,

ingenuous, naked, direct, explicit, downright, easy, unfamiliar, unknown, virgin, extra, immature,

available, accessible, apparent, barefaced, (v) modernistic, advanced, other, youthful, baby, early,
expand, give, begin, (n) candid, clear, loosen; (pron) another, (adv) newly; antonyms (adj) familiar,
antonyms (adj) devious, secretive, concealed,
outgoing, second-hand, traditional, used, less, old-
furtive, hidden, limited, repressive, reserved, fashioned, (adv) past, 4. mint; synonyms (n)

restricted, secret, blocked, cautious, closed, crafty, fortune, heap, pile, lot, mass, peck, stack, batch,

enigmatic, narrow, silent, underhanded, (v) shut, champak, horehound, wad, (v) coin, invent,
end, finish, (tr v) close; mở đầu opening; không manufacture, stamp, strike, (adj) myriad, 5. novel;
úp mở declared; cái mở đầu prelude; bị mở synonyms (n) fiction, romance, book, narrative,
ra uncovered; sự mở openness; sự mở số
draw; sự mở rộng continuation; sự mở ra story, tale, literature, (adj) curious, unique,
disclosure; sự mở mang cultivation; phần mở extraordinary, abnormal, foreign, uncommon; mới
rộng extension. mẻ new; mới lạ novel; mới gần đây lately;
mợ 1. auntie; synonyms (n) aunt, aunty, 2. aunt; mới đây latterly; lính mới infant; cá mới nở
synonyms (n) auntie, uncle, nephew, niece. fry; cái mới innovation; chỉ vừa mới hardly;
mốc 1. musty; synonyms (adj) moldy, fusty, rancid, sự đổi mới innovation; tính mới novelty.
mồm nozzle; synonyms (n) nose, beak, hooter, jet,
stale, mouldy, bad, rank, obsolete, rotten, stuffy,
muzzle, snout, mouth, orifice, proboscis, snoot,
threadbare, trite, damp, frowsty, fulsome, goatish,
high, malodorous, must, sour, (v) decayed; throat, tip, vent, chimney, flue, funnel, gullet,
antonym (adj) fresh, 2. mould; synonyms (n) honker, nostril; nói luôn mồm chin; đấm mồm
ai palm.
mildew, cast, form, molding, moulding, stamp, món affair; synonyms (n) matter, business, concern,

modeling, casting, set, fit, punch, (v) mold, make, event, job, occasion, occurrence, amour, duty,

model, frame, fashion, forge, knead, carve, shape, happening, incident, issue, party, subject, theme,
work, hurl, influence.
mồi bait; synonyms (n) bribe, decoy, snare, attraction, thing, topic, transaction, meeting, affaire, case,
circumstance, episode, experience, (v) collision;
incentive, inducement, temptation, trap, món sữa trứng custard; món ăn recipe; món
bở bargain; món hời bargain; món kiếm được
enticement, (v) badger, tease, harass, lure, molest, haul; món lâi haul; món tóc bob.
mòn shabby; synonyms (adj) dilapidated, abject, low,
heckle, ride, worry, allure, bother, entice, hound,
persecute, pester, (adj) harry, haunt; con mồi mangy, mean, poor, sorry, cheap, decrepit, paltry,
quarry.
mỗi each; synonyms (adv) apiece, (adj) every, any, ragged, sordid, worn, ignoble, grubby,

singular, distinct, eche, ilk, eminent, exceptional, contemptible, dirty, old, parsimonious, ratty, scruffy,
seedy, shoddy, tacky, (v) frayed; antonyms (adj)
extraordinary, odd, same, strange, uncommon, pristine, smart; bị xói mòn eroded; chất mài
unique, unusual, whimsical; mỗi vật apiece; mỗi mòn abrasive; đường mòn path; bị ăn mòn

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eroded; sự ăn mòn erosion; sự gặm mòn impulsively, inconsiderately, indiscriminately,
corrosion; sự mòn wear; sự xói mòn erosion.
môn stuff; synonyms (n) material, cloth, force, gear, instinctively, madly, obscurely, obtusely,
matter, goods, stock, substance, fabric, property,
passionately, pell-mell, purblindly, purposelessly,
belongings, (v) cram, fill, jam, pack, pad, ram,
regardlessly, senselessly, thoughtlessly,
squeeze, glut, gorge, load, shove, crowd, gobble,
(adj) rubbish; antonym (v) unstuff; môn hoá học tumultuously, uncertainly, unreasonably,
chemistry; môn bài licence; giấy môn bài unreasoningly, 2. haze; synonyms (n) fog, cloud,
patent; của hồi môn dot; chuyên môn line;
môn phái sect; nhà chuyên môn expert. blur, confusion, vapor, daze, film, cloudiness,
mỏng thin; synonyms (adj) flimsy, gaunt, lean, light,
slight, tenuous, emaciated, fine, rare, slim, sparse, haziness, smog, steam, turbidity, fumes, (v) mist,
dim, shadow; mù sương hazy; khói mù haze;
narrow, bony, delicate, feeble, gossamer, lank, (v) sương mù haze.
mụ person; synonyms (n) fellow, human, individual,
slender, dilute, meager, sheer, subtle, scanty,
adulterate, cut; antonyms (adj) thick, fat, man, being, body, character, creature, mortal, soul,
concentrated, chubby, plump, wide, broad, heavy,
(v) thicken; cuốn sách mỏng brochure; mềm life, homo, form, organism, personality, somebody,
mỏng plastic; miếng mỏng slice; mỏng mảnh someone, substance, thing, partner, (v) party;
feeble; sự mỏng manh delicacy. antonym (n) automaton; bà mụ midwife.
mộng germ; synonyms (n) bug, beginning, bud, mu'a rain; synonyms (n) precipitation, wet, pelting,
kernel, microbe, egg, nucleus, origin, root, seed,
source; cơn ác mộng nightmare; sự mộng flow, rainfall, rainwater, abound, exuberate, mist,
tưởng ideology; sự vỡ mộng disillusionment.
mốt 1. mode; synonyms (n) means, fashion, manner, teem, (v) pour, stream, hail, precipitate, shower,
method, form, way, condition, custom, guise, style, condense, pelt, sprinkle.
mùa crop; synonyms (n) fruit, harvest, craw, yield,
wise, appearance, approach, fad, modality,
output, produce, product, (v) browse, graze, reap,
process, rage, system, type, vogue, kind, habit,
model, garb, craze, 2. vogue; synonyms (n) mode, top, cultivate, cut, lop, prune, shave, trim, reduce,
trend, popularity, currency, eclat, notability, note, gather, pare, pasture, (adj) clip, shear, dock, mow;
notoriety; mốt phổ biến rage; hai mười mốt lúc mùa season; mùa dịp time; mùa gặt
twenty-one; đúng mốt fashionable. harvest; người quê mùa rustic; từng mùa
mọt unsound; synonyms (adj) defective, false, seasonal; mùa hái nho vintage.
fallacious, shaky, faulty, invalid, rotten, unreliable, mục rotten; synonyms (adj) bad, foul, poor, fetid,

unsafe, imperfect, unreasonable, bad, diseased, lousy, musty, off, putrid, ill, shabby, corrupt, crappy,

insecure, unhealthy, unstable, untrue, weak, decomposed, sour, stinking, terrible, mean, vicious,

damaged, hollow, illogical, irrational, risky, spoiled, low, decomposing, treacherous, atrocious, (v)
unbalanced; antonyms (adj) sound, valid. decayed, rancid, weak; antonym (adj) fresh; mục
một 1. one; synonyms (pron) any, man, (n) anybody, đích design; mục đồ article; mục sư
single, somebody, person, ace, anyone, unit, unity, shepherd; mục tiêu aim; đề mục nhỏ
heading; đề mục headline; có mục đích
(adj) certain, individual, lone, only, unique, some, purposeful; chương mục head; tổng giám
singular, particular, sole, united, ane, (adv) once, 2. mục archbishop; mục quảng cáo
walk; synonyms (v) ramble, course, hike, move, advertisement.
roam, travel, trek, go, promenade, track, foot, mức grade; synonyms (n) class, place, rank, degree,

ambulate, ambulation, journey, tramp, (n) step, gait, order, brand, category, gradient, score, form,

pace, path, saunter, stroll, excursion, pass, turn, group, quality, slope, division, plane, caliber,
trip, 3. any; synonyms (adj) all, either, whichever,
every, several, alone, few, ony, quantitative, (n) extent, gradation, inclination, (v) level, classify,
aught, part, (pron) who, 4. unit; synonyms (n) troop, evaluate, range, appraise, even; mức trung bình
element, group, squad, aggregate, cell, team, average; đúng mức properly; liều quá mức
overdose; mức độ degree; mức phát triển
detachment, member, company, component, stature; mức tối đa utmost; quá mức
excessive; sự quá mức excess; mức thấp
section, system, whole, crew, division, force, low.
mực level; synonyms (n) grade, degree, category,
article, block, body, party, atom, battalion, faction,
(adj) one; loại một first-class; một lúc second; class, point, quality, (adj) even, equal, horizontal,
một phần part; một mình single; mỗi một
apiece; một mạch stretch; một lát duck; một plane, smooth, (v) flat, flatten, floor, aim, demolish,
lần once; một ít few; một chút xíu inch.
mù 1. blindly; synonyms (adv) darkly, aimlessly, destroy, dismantle, raze, bulldoze, balance, direct,
blindfolded, dimly, foolishly, frantically, heedlessly, equalize, fell, flush; antonyms (adj) inclined,
slanting, angled, unequal, (v) uneven, build, raise;
mực thụt xuống drop; chừng mực nào kind;
có chừng mực temperate; đúng mực proper;
mẫu mực model; vật mẫu mực phoenix;
người mẫu mực phoenix.

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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mùi 1. note; synonyms (n) comment, mention, acid, bitter, discordant, acidic, pungent, sharp,
salty, 2. confectionery; synonyms (n) sweet,
remark, annotation, heed, indication, mark, bakery, concoction, grocery, supermarket,
bakeshop, confections, dairy, delicatessen,
attention, bill, distinction, epistle, letter, greengrocer, sugariness, sweetness.

memorandum, report, importance, line, minute, N

observation, (v) notice, mind, look, detect, record, N en; synonyms (n) addict, ball, ballock, bollock,
discern, label; antonym (v) ignore, 2. scent; crackpot, crank, egg, n, nut, freak, fruitcake,
synonyms (n) perfume, fragrance, smell, aroma, nutcase, orchis, screwball, testicle, testis; bu n
girl.
bouquet, essence, redolence, odour, savor, flavor,
nấc nick; synonyms (n) notch, mark, cut, chip,
flavour, incense, clue, trail, relish, clew, key, feel, incision, score, scratch, arrest, gash, gouge,
indentation, groove, nickname, point, (v) dent, steal,
hint, (v) odor, nose, wind, aromatize, snuff, (adj) hack, indent, slash, snick, nail, scrape, graze,
smoke; mùi hôi thối stench; mùi ôi smell; sự pinch, rob; nấc thang step.
nếm mùi taste; mùi thơm aroma.
mũi snout; synonyms (n) nose, proboscis, beak, nam south; synonyms (n) southland, confederacy, s,
confederation, conspiracy, federation, mho, sec,
nozzle, hooter, rostrum, snoot, honker, schnozzle, second, siemens, sulfur, sulphur, (adj) left, polar;
(v) muzzle; mũi đan stitch; mũi khoan bit; mũi phương nam south; nam sinh schoolboy;
kim bit; âm mũi nasal; sổ mũi sniffing. hướng nam south.
muội soot; synonyms (n) smut, grime, lampblack,
năm 1. five; synonyms (n) cinque, quint, quintuplet,
crock, coom, dirt, collow, dust, filth, soil, stain, fin, ace, eight, fins, fivesome, interim, intermission,
interval, jack, king, knave, nine, pause, pentad,
grunge, (v) ash, cinder, embers, scoriae, (adj) queen, quintet, recess, respite, seven, six,
smoke, ink, ebony, jet, soote; sự ám muội suspension, (adj) quinary, 2. year; synonyms (n)
darkness. twelvemonth, day, age, time, yr, class, hour,
mười ten; synonyms (n) tenner, decade, ace, break, minute, month, quarter, second, week; năm một
annual; âm năm fifth; lâu năm hơn senior;
breath, decennary, decennium, ecstasy, female, hàng năm annual; có quanh năm perennial;
cây lâu năm perennial; thứ năm fifth; vật thứ
interim, intermission, interval, jack, king, knave, năm fifth.

methylenedioxymethamphetamine, (adj) perfect, năng often; synonyms (adv) frequently, oft, much,
oftentimes, ofttimes, repeatedly, commonly, (adj)
comely, desirable, faultless, glamorous, good- frequent; antonyms (adv) rarely, seldom; kỹ năng
looking, gorgeous, meritorious, outstanding; mười skill; khả năng capability; khả năng nói
bảy seventeen; ngày mười bảy seventeenth; speech; khả năng mắc liability; có khả năng
ngày mười ba thirteenth; ngày mồng mười capable; có năng khiếu gifted; có năng lực
tenth; mười tám eighteen; mười sáu sixteen; able; sự siêng năng diligence; tài năng
mười một eleven; mười lăm fifteen; mười hai bump; theo bản năng instinctive.
twelve; bộ mười decade.
mượn borrowed; synonyms (adj) foreign, rubato, nắng sunny; synonyms (adj) bright, cheerful, clear,
secondary, rented, robbed; sự vay mượn gay, merry, blithe, brilliant, fair, radiant, shining,
borrowing; sự cho mượn lending; người đi shiny, happy, jovial, beaming, jolly, breezy, cheery,
mượn borrower; người cho mượn lender. fine, joyful, pleasant, sunlit, burnished, hilarious,
mương 1. drain; synonyms (n) ditch, culvert, dike, jocund, (v) glossy; antonyms (adj) dark, overcast.

channel, sewer, tax, trench, vent, drainage, (v) nặng 1. heavy; synonyms (adj) dull, deep, dark,
dense, fat, full, grave, gross, hard, arduous, bulky,
deplete, waste, exhaust, bleed, leak, consume, burdensome, grievous, oppressive, thick, compact,
ample, awkward, cumbersome, grueling,
finish, sap, tire, drip, pour, dehydrate, seep, (adj) overweight, ponderous, sluggish, sound, strong;
cloaca, dissipate, spill; antonym (v) bolster, 2. antonyms (adj) light, easy, slim, thin, slight, gentle,
dyke; synonyms (n) dam, gutter, levee, butch, (adj) puny, skinny, 2. ponderous; synonyms (adj)
lesbian. heavy, onerous, massive, unwieldy, stodgy,
mượt silky; synonyms (adj) silken, sleek, glossy, weighty, lumbering, laborious, ungainly, clumsy,
hefty, slow, artificial, clayey, cloggy, important,
satiny, smooth, soft, delicate, fine, downy, fluffy,

sericeous, slick, subtile, filmy, gossamery, satin,
shiny, silklike; antonym (adj) rough; mượt dịu soft.
mút tip; synonyms (n) top, hint, peak, point, pinnacle,

apex, bribe, clue, crown, gratuity, suggestion,

summit, extremity, reward, pitch, advice,

baksheesh, counsel, (v) incline, tilt, dump, lean,
slant, list, cap; sự mút suck.
mứt 1. sweet; synonyms (adj) beloved, delicious,

fresh, lovely, mellow, dear, lovable, melodious,

musical, pleasant, pleasing, sugary, charming,

delightful, fragrant, honeyed, luscious, odorous,

savory, aromatic, clean, amiable, cute, (n)
confection, confectionery; antonyms (adj) sour,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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labored, mannered, 3. strong; synonyms (adj) fork, part, rift, rive, sever, apportion, scatter, (n)
break, rip, rupture, tear, cleavage, cleft, parting;
intense, powerful, able, firm, stable, steady, cogent, antonyms (v) join, unite, merge.
nệm 1. mattress; synonyms (n) bedding, bed, 2.
durable, forcible, good, influential, lusty, potent, bedding; synonyms (n) bedclothes, litter, paillasse,
lamination, support, bedcovers, embedding, frame.
rigid, robust, secure, solid, fierce, athletic, nén bullion; synonyms (n) gold, nugget, silver, cash,
energetic, forceful, hearty, high, loud, (v) steadfast; copper, jewel; vật bị nén squash; sự nén lại
antonyms (adj) weak, bland, delicate, faint, feeble, curb; sự nén press; bị nén lại restrained.
nên advisable; synonyms (adj) desirable, expedient,
frail, mild, pale, unconvincing, cowardly, diluted,
advantageous, suitable, fitting, prudent, sensible,
exhausted, flimsy, imperceptible, lightweight, soft, sound; antonym (adj) inadvisable; cho nên
tired, watery, 4. heavily; synonyms (adv) firmly, therefore; cái nên thơ poem.
nền 1. tasty; synonyms (adj) savory, tasteful,
grievously, sadly, deeply, closely, thickly, densely,
delicious, appetizing, dainty, delectable, spicy,
laboriously, substantially, tightly, compactly,
luscious, nice, palatable, savoury, scrumptious,
droopily, freely, gravely, intemperately, limply,
rich, flavorful, appreciate, criticise, cute, edible,
slackly, solidly, boringly, copiously, generously, judge; antonyms (adj) tasteless, bland, inedible, 2.
miserably, profusely, slowly, soberly; nghiện nặng platform; synonyms (n) dais, floor, rostrum, stage,
habitual; nặng nề onerous; vậy nặng load.
nắp lid; synonyms (n) cover, top, chapeau, eyelid, hat, stand, plan, pulpit, ambo, arena, dock, base,
closure, restriction, covercle, palpebra; ngăn nắp
tidy; cái nắp dome. pedestal, platforms, amphitheater, chopine,
nát old; synonyms (adj) antiquated, obsolete, ancient, chopines, field, forum, (v) program, (adj) plain, 3.
base; synonyms (n) foundation, basis, leg, support,
former, aged, antique, elderly, experienced,
alkali, bag, cap, (adj) bottom, abject, mean,
outdated, veteran, archaic, decrepit, hoary, mature,
dishonorable, ignoble, low, vile, bad, contemptible,
past, stale, disused, hackneyed, late, traditional,
decayed, inveterate, auld, gray, musty; antonyms despicable, foul, infamous, ugly, basal, (v) ground,
found, bed, build; antonyms (n) summit, top, (adj)
(adj) new, young, modern, fresh, latest, novel, noble; nền móng basement; nền chuyên
original, youthful; dốt nát dark; hư nát shot; chính dictatorship; nền dân chủ democracy;
cảnh đổ nát ruin; sự đổ nát ruin; sự mục nát nền đất cao terrace; nền lò sưởi hearth; nền
rot; sự xé nát tearing; thối nát corrupt. quân chủ monarchy; nền tảng base; nền
nâu brown; synonyms (adj) chocolate, swarthy, kinh tế economy.
neon neon; synonym (n) northeast.
tanned, (n) brunette, brownness, tan, (v) sear, cook, nê-ông neon; synonym (n) northeast.
fry; antonym (adj) pale; nâu nhạt biscuit; màu nét 1. trait; synonyms (n) characteristic, peculiarity,
nâu nhạt biscuit.
nay present; synonyms (adj) grant, confer, current, (n) attribute, quality, character, lineament,

gift, donation, offering, presentation, boon, (v) idiosyncrasy, property, mark, anecdote,
mannerism, (v) feature, stroke, touch, (adj) trick, 2.
bestow, display, give, introduce, prefer, deliver, streak; synonyms (n) line, ray, stripe, dash, band,

donate, offer, perform, gratuity, award, exhibit, beam, bar, run, groove, gleam, score, strain, strip,
serve, indicate, cede, largess, advance; antonyms
fleck, spot, scratch, tinge, furrow, rule, strake,
(adj) missing, (n) past, future, history, (v) withdraw, stream, suspicion, (v) flash, dapple, rush, 3. cast;
(adv) absent; đời nay nowadays; hiện nay synonyms (v) hurl, throw, form, shed, stamp, fling,
being; cho đến nay hitherto; ngày nay
nowadays. shape, chuck, dump, figure, heave, mould, pitch,
này 1. now; synonyms (adv) forthwith, here,
pelt, assign, bestow, calculate, (n) appearance,
immediately, currently, directly, instantly, presently, casting, mold, type, build, air, color, complexion, 4.
line; synonyms (n) cord, file, house, breed, course,
already, nowadays, straight, today, just, right,
family, lineage, field, ancestry, border, boundary,
promptly, straightaway, (adj) current, present,
cable, crease, row, stock, trace, way, birth,
trendy, immediate, fashionable, popular, (prep)
because; antonyms (adv) later, soon, 2. being; business, channel, crinkle, job, (v) order, wrinkle,
synonyms (n) existence, person, animal, human, edge; có đường nét featured; nét đại cương
outline; nét đặc biệt feature; nét chải hatch;
entity, essence, presence, matter, creature, nét riêng biệt specificity; nét ngoài outline;
nét mặt look; nét hoa mỹ flourish; nét giống
individual, life, mortal, man, nature, organism, nhau similarity.
party, reality, self, soul, spirit, substance, thing; nết streak; synonyms (n) line, ray, stripe, dash, band,
antonyms (n) death, nonexistence; lúc này now;
chốn này here; chỗ này around; thời buổi beam, bar, run, groove, gleam, score, strain, strip,
này nowadays; về điểm này regard; lúc thế
này planetary; sau này after. fleck, spot, scratch, tinge, furrow, rule, strake,
nề oedema; synonyms (n) dropsy, edema, hydrops;
nặng nề onerous.
nẻ split; synonyms (v) crack, cut, fracture, slit, burst,

divide, separate, divorce, breach, cleave, division,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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stream, (v) mark, flash, dapple, rush; tính nết inadequate, insufficient, lacking, pithy, poor, scanty,
character; nết xấu vice.
ngai throne; synonyms (n) seat, can, stool, place, small, blunt, scant, brittle, crisp, gruff, light,

chair, commode, crapper, lavatory, pot, potty, (v) momentary, passing, rude, (adv) abruptly, curtly,
enthrone; ngai vàng throne. suddenly; antonyms (adj) tall, high; bài thơ ngắn
ngải charm; synonyms (n) allure, amulet, appeal, laid; bước nhảy ngắn hop; cơm mưa ngắn
spit; ngắn gần close; ngắn gọn briefly; ngắn
spell, attraction, conjure, incantation, tempt, ngủi momentary; súng ngắn pistol; truyện
ngắn reading.
attractiveness, beauty, delight, draw, (v) attract, ngang 1. across; synonyms (prep) athwart, cross,

captivate, bewitch, fascinate, enchant, entrance, overthwart, (adv) over, crossways, crosswise, (adj)
crossed; antonyms (adv) along, (adj) uncrossed, 2.
beguile, capture, enamor, lure, please, amuse, equal; synonyms (adj) agree, comparable,
catch; antonyms (n) repulsion, ugliness, (v) repel.
ngàm chuck; synonyms (v) cast, fling, ditch, pitch, adequate, balanced, commensurate, equivalent,

throw, toss, abandon, discard, hurl, vomit, dump, alike, coordinate, corresponding, fair, identical, like,

desert, scrap, dismiss, flip, forsake, heave, leave, same, (v) match, compare, correspond, even,
lob, pat, project, (n) chow, food, eats, grub.
ngấm implicit; synonyms (adj) silent, tacit, parallel, rival, equalize, equate, fit, represent, (n)
compeer, peer; antonyms (adj) unequal, different,
understood, undeclared, unsaid, implied, inherent,
unquestioning, virtual, practical; antonyms (adj) repressive, disproportionate, inconsistent, uneven,
explicit, direct; ngấm ngần latent. unlike, (v) differ, 3. measurement; synonyms (n)
ngầm 1. mute; synonyms (adj) dumb, silent, quiet,
dimension, gauge, magnitude, measure,
inarticulate, dummy, mum, speechless, tongueless,
proportion, observation, extent, mensuration, size,
noiseless, taciturn, unspoken, voiceless, wordless,
valuation, estimation, breadth, measuring, weight,
aphonous, (v) muffle, dampen, deaden, dull, damp, appraisal, evaluation; không ngang unequal;
hush, silence, soften, stifle, (n) mortuary; antonym ngang nhau close; ngang ngược contrary;
(adj) talkative, 2. latent; synonyms (adj) covert, ngang ngạnh defiant; nằm ngang horizontal;
ngổn ngang cumbersome; bề ngang breadth;
potential, secret, dormant, hidden, inactive, mặt cắt ngang cross-section; ngang qua by;
possible, smoldering; antonym (adj) active, 3. tacit; sự ngang hàng parity.
synonyms (adj) implicit, understood, implied, ngay 1. immediate; synonyms (adj) close, prompt,
undeclared; antonyms (adj) explicit, spoken; hiểu
ngầm constructive; ngầm kín underground; direct, sudden, near, present, quick, expeditious,
xe điện ngầm metro; tàu ngầm submarine.
ngán sick; synonyms (adj) ill, queasy, ailing, fast, hasty, instant, proximate, speedy, express,

indisposed, poorly, weary, invalid, diseased, adjacent, firsthand, nearby, adjoining, early,

morbid, sickly, nauseous, poor, crazy, disgusted, imminent, instantaneous, momentary, pressing,
rapid, straightaway; antonyms (adj) slow, gradual,
nauseated, upset, perverted, distressed, bad, consecutive, deliberate, 2. adjacent; synonyms

disordered, (v) unwell, puke, vomit, heave, (adj) abutting, contiguous, conterminous,
disgorge; antonyms (adj) well, healthy; sự chán
ngán disappointment; làm chán ngán neighboring, next, touching, bordering, handy,
disappointing. immediate, nigh; antonym (adj) distant, 3. very;
ngăn case; synonyms (n) box, example, bin, cover, synonyms (adv) extremely, greatly, highly, really,

jacket, shell, affair, bag, briefcase, casing, completely, entirely, most, quite, truly, actually, too,

eccentric, instance, suit, carton, action, cause, awfully, exceedingly, excessively, intensely,

chest, condition, crate, event, file, husk, lawsuit, rattling, real, thoroughly, (adj) much, identical,
sample, (adj) patient; để ngăn cản deterrent; để considerably, exact, indeed, totally, (n) self;
ngăn chặn deterrent; ngăn nắp tidy; cái ngăn antonyms (adv) abysmally, slightly, somewhat, 4.
cản deterrent; sự ngăn cấm prohibition; sự direct; synonyms (adj) straight, blunt, transparent,
ngăn ngừa prevention; sự ngăn giữ restraint;
sự ngăn cản check; người ngăn cản check; explicit, forthright, (v) aim, channel, conduct,
sự ngăn chặn deterrence.
ngắn 1. brief; synonyms (adj) concise, short, abridge, address, charge, control, dictate, head, administer,

little, summary, transient, short-lived, abrupt, guide, lead, level, order, point, bend, boss,
engineer, govern, (n) command, decree; antonyms
abbreviated, brusque, compendious, curt, fleeting,
(adj) indirect, roundabout, circuitous, oblique,
laconic, succinct, condensed, ephemeral, (n) second-hand, sideways, unplanned, (v) request;
ngay lập tức forthwith; ngay cả even; ngay
abstract, digest, epitome, report, abridgement, bên next; ngay chỉ very; quên ngay twice;
compendium, (v) compact, notify; antonyms (adj) tính ngay thẳng fairness; thẳng ngay right;
ngay lúc đó whereupon; sát ngay adjacent;
long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, permanent, nữa ngay next.
lengthy, time-consuming, 2. short; synonyms (adj) ngấy weary; synonyms (adj) tired, exhausted,

brief, scarce, close, sharp, deficient, diminutive, fatigued, aweary, beat, languid, irksome,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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wearisome, spent, jaded, weak, (v) fatigue, tire, không nghỉ restless; lúc nghỉ ngơi rest; nghỉ
lễ vacation; sự nghỉ ngơi refreshment; sự
exhaust, bore, dull, irk, wear, depress, drain, tạm nghỉ halt.
harass, pall, cloy, fag, (n) jade; antonyms (adj) nghĩa 1. meaning; synonyms (n) import, gist,
energetic, fresh; chán ngấy dreadful.
ngậy rich; synonyms (adj) abundant, copious, fertile, implication, intent, design, essence, aim,
productive, fruitful, full, affluent, ample, deep, fat,
connotation, consequence, content, intention,
luxurious, opulent, plentiful, prolific, bright, liberal,
significance, drift, effect, interpretation, explanation,
heavy, fecund, grand, lush, luxuriant, magnificent,
mellow, plenteous, (v) ornate; antonyms (adj) poor, idea, importance, moral, overtone, plan, purport,
broke, destitute, impoverished, light; ngậy trơn purpose, spirit, (v) sense, 2. signification;
greasy. synonyms (n) meaning, moment, denotation,
nghề 1. stuff; synonyms (n) material, cloth, force, magnitude, weight; có ý nghĩa meaning; đại
gear, matter, goods, stock, substance, fabric, nghĩa cause; lòng trung nghĩa loyalty; đầy ý
nghĩa meaning; chính nghĩa just; trung nghĩa
property, belongings, (v) cram, fill, jam, pack, pad, loyal; sự tối nghĩa ambiguity; theo nghĩa đen
literally; vô nghĩa meaningless; ý nghĩa
ram, squeeze, glut, gorge, load, shove, crowd, amount.
gobble, (adj) rubbish; antonym (v) unstuff, 2. trade; nghịch reverse; synonyms (adj) opposite, converse,
synonyms (n) deal, business, barter, commerce,
inverse, (v) annul, repeal, rescind, countermand,
swap, switch, clientele, craft, employment,
overturn, revoke, rear, nullify, cancel, invert,
interchange, occupation, profession, calling,
overrule, back, change, lift, overthrow, quash, (n)
custom, dealing, job, market, (v) change, exchange, contrary, reversal, setback, repulse, blow, check;
antonym (n) front; nghịch lại adverse; hàm
merchandise, bargain, sell, swop, traffic, (adj) thuận nghịch reciprocal; hay nghịch playful;
commercial; antonyms (n) purchase, (adj) nghịch lý paradoxical; thuận nghịch
charitable, 3. profession; synonyms (n) reciprocal; tinh nghịch arch.
confession, declaration, affirmation, career, nghiêng 1. over; synonyms (adv) beyond, across,

vocation, position, assertion, assurance, avowal, more, by, o'er, on, too, crosswise, anew, again, off,

testimony, trade, work, avocation, allegation, skill, besides, (prep) above, during, covering, (n) overs,

admission, walk, office, acknowledgment, art, (adj) finished, done, extra, odd, past, gone, out,
claim, line, mission, statement, community, 4. overhead, spare, 2. sloping; synonyms (adj)
craft; synonyms (n) boat, ability, cunning,
artfulness, guile, fraud, shift, artifice, deceit, vessel, oblique, slanting, aslant, aslope, inclined, slanted,

chicanery, craftiness, craftsmanship, deception, diagonal, leaning, sloped, slope, tilted, declivous,
(v) slant, (adv) sideways; antonym (adj) level, 3.
device, dexterity, finesse, foxiness, handicraft, slant; synonyms (n) angle, pitch, tilt, lurch, grade,

know-how, liner, plane, (v) construct, (adj) prejudice, bent, fall, gradient, outlook, rake, (v)
competence, proficiency, 5. career; synonyms (n)
race, life, pursuit, record, campaign, (adj) incline, bias, lean, bend, bevel, cant, dip, distort,
list, tip, bank, decline, (adj) inclination, obliquity;
occupational, (v) course, dash, speed, fly, run, rush, trạng thái nghiêng list; ngả nghiêng hot; mặt
tear; nghề kịch stage; nghề đổi tiền nghiêng list; độ nghiêng inclination.
exchange; nghề đóng tàu shipbuilding; nghề nghìn thousand; synonyms (n) chiliad, grand, m, g,
giảng kinh pulpit; nghề hàn chì plumbing;
nghề kế toán accountancy; nghề ca kịch thou, curtilage, gee, gigabyte, gm, gram, gramme,
theatre; nghề kỹ sư engineering; nghề làm
ăn industry; nghề làm báo journalism. green, grounds, heap, jet, kelvin, kilobyte, meter,
nghèo poor; synonyms (adj) bad, low, miserable, metre, molarity, myriad, pace, potassium, yard; số
paltry, deplorable, destitute, evil, inadequate, một nghìn thousand.
ngộ priceless; synonyms (adj) precious, invaluable,
insufficient, needy, pathetic, penniless, piteous,
inestimable, rare, costly, incalculable, best, choice,
pitiful, meagre, deficient, feeble, impecunious, elect, expensive, picked; antonym (adj) worthless;
ngộ xảy ra eventual; ngồ ngộ funny; giác ngộ
indigent, lean, nasty, pitiable, poverty-stricken, (v) alive; cảnh ngộ case.
meager, (n) mean; antonyms (adj) rich, wealthy, ngoa tall; synonyms (adj) lofty, elevated, high, exalted,
excellent, first-rate, privileged, well-off, admirable,
good; bị nghèo khổ knock; cảnh hiểm nghèo big, lanky, towering, eminent, unbelievable,
distress; cảnh nghèo want; cảnh nghèo khổ
misery; cảnh nghèo nàn poverty; nghèo nàn strapping, long, exaggerated, gangling,
miserable; sự nghèo nàn poverty. grandiloquent, magniloquent; antonyms (adj) short,
nghỉ off; synonyms (adv) by, forth, beyond, over, low, small; sự nói ngoa romance.
aside, gone, abreast, (adj) away, bad, putrid, ngoài 1. off; synonyms (adv) by, forth, beyond, over,

remote, down, rotten, wide, cancelled, decayed, aside, gone, abreast, (adj) away, bad, putrid,
sour, (n) murder, (int) out, begone; antonyms (adj)
fresh, on; nghỉ hè vacation; đi nghỉ vacation; remote, down, rotten, wide, cancelled, decayed,
sour, (n) murder, (int) out, begone; antonyms (adj)

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fresh, on, 2. exterior; synonyms (adj) external, best, cap, exceed, head, outdo, surpass, beat,
surface, outer, outlying, superficial, extrinsic, better, climax, excel; antonyms (adj) worst, (n)
bottom, base, nadir, 2. head; synonyms (n) chief,
peripheral, (n) outside, outward, skin, facade, face, captain, front, point, boss, foam, froth, chieftain,
front, look, covering; antonyms (adj) inner, (n)
interior, inside, 3. out; synonyms (adv) off, forward, executive, chair, brain, commander, director, end,
abroad, outwards, (v) reveal, disclose, discover,
impart, (adj) extinct, absent; antonym (adv) in; màu forefront, heading, mind, president, (adj) foremost,
bề ngoài enamel; lần phủ ngoài coating; mã great, (v) capital, direct, lead, command, guide;
ngoài facade; mặt ngoài exterior; nét ngoài antonyms (n) subordinate, (v) follow, 3. crown;
outline; ngoài ra again; người ngoài cuộc synonyms (n) top, kingdom, corona, coronal,
outsider; áo choàng ngoài coat; bề ngoài
aspect; bên ngoài outward. diadem, tip, vertex, upside, award, garland, laurels,
ngoẻo bucket; synonyms (n) tub, bucketful,
container, pail, scoop, mug, pipkin, skeel, tankard, pate, perfection, poll, wreath, zenith, bays, (v)

pan, can, grab, skip, boat, car, jail, brazier, complete, consummate, culminate, finish,
conclude, install, invest, perfect, 4. ridge;
canister, hod, (v) dip, rain, hurtle, rocket, speed, synonyms (n) ledge, bank, hill, shelf, dune,
(adj) pumper.
ngòi 1. stung; synonyms (adj) bitten, annoyed, bit, swelling, projection, ridgepole, wrinkle, button, peg,
irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, riled, roiled, (v) crease, fold; ở ngọn top; ngọn lửa low; bị
cắt ngọn poll.
besotted, blotto, churning, crocked, fuddled, ngõng pivot; synonyms (n) axle, axis, pin, hub,
nucleus, swivel, turn, core, rowlock, center, (v)
harassed, harried, loaded, miffed, pestered,
pixilated, plastered, potty, roiling, roily, slopped, 2. revolve, swing, wheel, juncture, rotate, spin, joining,
sting; synonyms (n) bite, hurt, con, pain, chafe, joint; ngõng trục journal.
stab, swindle, bunco, fiddle, gyp, (v) prick, goad, ngọt sweetly; synonyms (adv) sweet, pleasantly,
softly, dolcemente, gladly, harmoniously,
irritate, itch, prickle, provoke, burn, cheat, nettle,
prod, smart, tingle, cut, ache, fret; đầu ngòi bút melodically, melodiously, musically, soavemente,
point.
ngôi 1. throne; synonyms (n) seat, can, stool, place, tunefully, attractively, delectably, delightfully,
chair, commode, crapper, lavatory, pot, potty, (v) gorgeously, wonderfully; tính chất ngọt
enthrone, 2. order; synonyms (n) command, sweetness; sự ngọt bùi sweet; ngon ngọt
decree, dictate, array, rank, sort, charge, class, delicious; không pha ngọt sec.
ngựa 1. length; synonyms (n) extent, distance,
condition, disposition, edict, injunction, instruction, range, duration, compass, depth, dimension,

kind, form, genus, category, (v) direct, commission, longness, measurement, size, quantity, degree,
arrange, call, ordain, conduct, demand, govern;
antonyms (n) anarchy, chaos, confusion, mayhem, breadth, height, longitude, period, piece, scope,
mess, (v) disorder, request; người nối ngôi
successor; ngôi vua throne; ngôi sao star; lễ span, stretch, sweep, width, (v) expanse, tract,
lên ngôi coronation. area; antonyms (n) briefness, shortness, 2. grape;
ngon 1. rich; synonyms (adj) abundant, copious, synonyms (n) grapevine, grapeshot, pipeline; ngựa
fertile, productive, fruitful, full, affluent, ample, con foal; ngựa cái mare; hơn một ngựa
length; ngựa hồng bay; cưỡi ngựa
deep, fat, luxurious, opulent, plentiful, prolific, horseback; yên ngựa saddle; xe ngựa
wagon; người cưỡi ngựa rider; ngựa xấu
bright, liberal, heavy, fecund, grand, lush, luxuriant, plug; ngựa tồi jade.
magnificent, mellow, plenteous, (v) ornate; ngục limbo; synonyms (n) captivity, oblivion,
antonyms (adj) poor, broke, destitute, impoverished, incarceration, purgatory, bilboes, coarctation,
light, 2. succulent; synonyms (adj) juicy, fleshy,
luscious, sappy, liquid, appetizing, fluid, entombment, jail, forgetfulness, hell, neglect,

scrumptious, serous, (n) pulpy, curdled, emulsive, mancipation, stocks, limbus, no-man's-land,
soft; antonym (adj) dry, 3. dodge; synonyms (v) nothingness, nowhere, obliviousness.
circumvent, avoid, evade, maneuver, duck, elude, ngụm drink; synonyms (n) beverage, alcohol, brew,
potion, swallow, crapulence, intoxicant, nip,
escape, fudge, hedge, parry, shirk, sidestep, beat,
potation, tipple, liquid, try, (v) draught, booze,
lurch, skirt, (n) contrivance, stratagem, cheat,
carouse, bib, absorb, down, gulp, pledge, swig,
device, quibble, ruse, scheme, trick, wile, toast, bite, consume, (adj) dram.
avoidance; cái ngon nhất basket; việc ngon ngươi thou; synonyms (n) chiliad, g, grand, m,
xơi picnic; ngon ngọt delicious; rất ngon rare; curtilage, gee, gigabyte, gm, gram, gramme, green,
sự ngon miệng appetite.
ngọn 1. top; synonyms (adj) maximum, superlative, grounds, jet, kelvin, kilobyte, meter, metre, molarity,
(n) crown, peak, acme, apex, crest, cover, height, pace, potassium, thousand, yard, (obj) thyself;
ngươi bị lạc stray.
pinnacle, summit, surface, brow, covering, lid, (v) người 1. soapy; synonyms (adj) saponaceous, oily,
frothy, slick, foamy, bubbly, butyraceous, cleansing,

detersive, lathered, maudlin, sentimental, slippery,

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smegmatic, waxy, pinguid, (v) specious, 2. trunk; prototype; bên nguyên prosecution; căn
synonyms (n) stem, boot, torso, body, bole, nguyên font; còn nguyên chất raw.
nhà 1. corner; synonyms (n) bend, angle, turn, coign,
proboscis, snout, stalk, box, stock, case, house,
luggage, nose, stirps, 3. a; synonyms (n) amp, dilemma, hole, niche, nook, predicament,

ampere, angstrom, axerophthol, forenoon, morn, quandary, recess, jam, fork, plight, fix, spot, edge,

morning, salt, tar, (prep) at, by, in, into, on, to, (v) monopoly, quarter, quoin, box, place, (v)
monopolize, 2. home; synonyms (n) fireside,
grammar, initiation, (adj) cream, elite, flower,
masterpiece, pick, prime, nonesuch, nonpareil, 4. abode, domicile, house, base, building, dwelling,
ball; synonyms (n) bulb, globe, shot, shell, bead,
family, habitation, household, residence, shelter,
baseball, bullet, dance, football, lump, orb, party,
asylum, fatherland, habitat, lodging, lodge, land,
pellet, projectile, sphere, blob, chunk, clod, clump,
egg, missile, roll, round, testicle, glob; người đầu environment, accommodation, address, homeland,
tư investor; người đáng quý dear; người đáng housing, (adj) domestic, internal; nhà chuyên
yêu angel; người đánh cá fisher; người đặt khoa specialist; nhà chức trách authority;
layer; người đấu thầu contractor; người đầu nhà chính trị politician; nhà cách mạng
tiên first; người điều khiển commander; revolutionary; nhà buôn merchant; nhà bảo
người dẫn shower; người dạy instructor. tàng museum; bà chủ nhà housewife; nhà
nguồn reservoir; synonyms (n) cistern, fountain, well, báo journalist; người giữ nhà housekeeper;
nhà hiền triết sage.
lake, store, bank, hoard, reserve, stock, supply, nhã tasteful; synonyms (adj) elegant, refined, neat,
tank; đầu nguồn head; nguồn an ủi comfort;
nguồn phát minh mint; nguồn sáng chế mint; graceful, savory, dainty, delicious, tasty,
nguồn sông source; nơi bắt nguồn cradle;
nguồn cảm hứng fire. appreciate, artistic, becoming, clean, criticise, cute,
ngượng confused; synonyms (adj) abashed, discriminating, judge, polished, unobtrusive;
antonyms (adj) tasteless, cheap, garish, vulgar,
bewildered, baffled, befuddled, bemused, chaotic, offensive; nhục nhã disgraceful; người tao nhã
elegant; khiếm nhã rude; hoà nhã mild; điều
confounded, disjointed, disordered, dizzy, nhục nhã disgrace; chết nhục nhã dog; vẻ
thanh nhã polish; vẻ tao nhã polish; tính nhã
incoherent, indistinct, ambiguous, broken, nhặn amenity; tính hoà nhã gentleness.
nhắc stiff; synonyms (adj) rigid, hard, difficult, formal,
disconnected, disorderly, disorganized, indefinite,
inflexible, firm, numb, rigorous, severe, solid,
indiscriminate, jumbled, perplexed, rambling,
turbulent, (n) cloudy, (adv, adj) topsy-turvy; sturdy, arduous, austere, awkward, buckram,
antonyms (adj) clear, enlightened, alert,
clearheaded, clear-headed, orderly; sự ngượng ceremonious, fixed, harsh, potent, prim, (adv) tight,
ngập confusion; sự ngượng shame; ngượng (n) stark, cadaver, corpse, body; antonyms (adj)
nghịu constrained; làm ngượng ngùng relaxed, flexible, floppy, soft, supple, free, pliable;
shameful. cân nhắc measured; cứng nhắc rigid; điều
nguỵ puppet; synonyms (n) doll, pawn, creature, nhắc lại repetition; cái nhắc nhở reminder; sự
nhắc lại renewal; sự cân nhắc consideration.
instrument, marionette, tool, hireling, mammet, nhạc music; synonyms (n) harmony, melody, chorus,
mercenary, protege; sự nguỵ trang disguise.
nguyên 1. crude; synonyms (adj) clumsy, coarse, musical, composition, sound, euphony, medicine,

raw, rough, rude, barbarous, immature, primitive, refrain, din, entertainment, gayety, glee, joy,

uncouth, vulgar, barbarian, abrupt, churlish, earthy, medicament, medication, medium, merriment,

gross, impolite, indecent, natural, unprocessed, meter, minstrelsy, mirth, bebop, bop, (adj)
unrefined, gaudy, tasteless, basic, common, green; decreasing, increasing; đoạn nhạc strain; khúc
antonyms (adj) refined, sophisticated, 2. primary; nhạc air; ban nhạc orchestra; phần nhạc
synonyms (adj) chief, elementary, essential, first, đệm accompaniment; nhạc mở đầu
introduction; nhạc điệu strain.
foremost, major, original, fundamental, initial, nhám rough; synonyms (adj) coarse, hard, harsh,

preliminary, primal, aboriginal, basal, capital, raw, crude, cruel, grating, gross, hoarse, jagged,

central, dominant, key, leading, primeval, approximate, gruff, inclement, indelicate, rocky,

primordial, principal, (n) paramount, main, cardinal, uneven, impolite, robust, abrasive, austere, bluff,
prime; antonym (adj) secondary, 3. former; blunt, boorish, (n) boisterous, draft; antonyms (adj)
synonyms (adv) before, (adj) antecedent, anterior,
gentle, smooth, polished, precise, refined, silky,
bygone, earlier, foregoing, previous, prior, soft, sophisticated, even, exact, glossy, pleasant.
nhầm abroad; synonyms (adv) away, afield, forth,
deceased, past, preceding, primary, ancient,
farther, further, yonder, elsewhere, forward,
departed, gone, last, late, old, older, quondam,
sometime, (n) predecessor; antonym (adj) future; throughly, (adj) overseas, out, distant, completely,
lãnh nguyên tundra; loài nguyên sản native; off, touring, traveling, (v) spread, lost.
nguyên chất pure; nguyên do cause; nguyên
liệu material; nguyên lý theory; nguyên mẫu

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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nhảm naughty; synonyms (adj) bad, blue, impish, antonym (adj) thorough, 4. apace; synonyms (adj)
mischievous, improper, disobedient, insubordinate, quickly, incontinently, summarily, 5. transient;
synonyms (adj) temporary, transitory, fugacious,
wicked, evil, lewd, dark, defiant, racy, rebellious,
fugitive, temporal, impermanent, provisional,
risque, rude, spicy, unmanageable, unruly, vulgar,
wayward, downcast, gamey, gamy, gloomy; meteoric, migrant, mortal, restless, transeunt, (n)
antonyms (adj) well-behaved, good; chuyện nhảm vagabond; antonyms (adj) permanent, enduring, 6.
nhí ball. tearing; synonyms (adj) fierce, vehement, violent,
nhẩm mentally; synonyms (adv) ideally, inward,
inwardly, internally, intimately, rationally, furious, boisterous, ferocious, agonizing, bowelless,
academically, privately, thoroughly.
nhăn wrinkled; synonyms (adj) furrowed, creased, crimson, cutthroat, excruciating, fervid, harrowing,
crumpled, lined, puckered, wizened, wrinkly,
gnarled, unironed, (n) rough, rugged; antonym (adj) red, rough, savage, (n) lachrymation, lacrimation,
smooth; nhăn nhó bear. tear, lancination, laceration, watering, 7. brisk;
nhãn 1. mark; synonyms (n) brand, evidence, score, synonyms (adj) bracing, energetic, smart, sprightly,
character, heed, impression, imprint, sign, feature,
adroit, crisp, fresh, invigorating, pert, sharp, spry,
badge, check, emblem, indication, line, point, scar,
vigorous, perky, breezy, animate, bouncing,
(v) blemish, characterize, distinguish, grade, label,
differentiate, mind, note, (adj) notice, 2. label; bouncy, brusque, cheerful, chilly, cold, dapper,
synonyms (n) name, tag, title, designation, earmark, dashing, fleet, incisive; antonym (adj) soporific, 8.
rapid; synonyms (adj) sudden, winged, express,
docket, group, ticket, denomination, card, class,
brisk, impetuous, precipitous, precipitate, rash,
make, seal, slip, (v) mark, call, classify, designate, ready, volant, instantaneous; antonym (adj)
gradual; nhanh nhẫu alert; lĩnh hội nhanh
identify, denounce, entitle, categorize, dub, sort, comprehensive; nhanh trí quick; hiểu nhanh
style. trigger; đẹp nhanh clean; biến đổi nhanh
nhẫn smooth; synonyms (adj) easy, calm, level, oily, mobile; sự lao nhanh career; tiếp thu nhanh
facile, flat, flowing, fluent, fluid, glossy, graceful, apprehensive; sự tụt nhanh run; sự nhanh trí
brightness.
greasy, liquid, mellow, polished, slick, peaceful, nhánh effluent; synonyms (n) sludge, outlet,
emanation, wastewater, (adj) emanative, outflowing;
equable, fine, flush, gentle, (v) quiet, facilitate, sông nhánh affluent; dòng nhánh effluent.
even, flatten; antonyms (adj) rough, uneven, nhắp sip; synonyms (n) nip, gulp, swallow, taste, bite,
abrasive, coarse, crumpled, flaking, harsh, jerky,
drop, mouthful, shot, slurp, swig, nibble, (v) drink,
lined, peeling, prickly, ridged, wrinkled, corrugated, imbibe, sample, quaff, lap, test, try, (adj) sup.
grainy, jagged, spiky, (v) wrinkle, crease, disturb; nhất most; synonyms (adv) nearly, greatly, nigh,
kiên nhẫn patient; nhẫn nại patient; nhẫn
nhục resigned; nhẫn tâm coldly; sự nhẫn virtually, approximately, (adj) almost, about, best,
nhục resignation; tàn nhẫn cruelly; thiếu kiên
nhẫn impatient; tính kiên nhẫn patience; tính utmost, indeed, much, near, very, well, close, (n)
nhẫn nại patience; sự tàn nhẫn cruelty. majority, maximum; antonym (adv) least; đơn nhất
nhang incense; synonyms (n) fragrance, aroma, unique; hợp nhất incorporated; gần nhất
smell, bouquet, perfume, scent, (v) exasperate, immediate; đồng nhất homogeneous; không
đồng nhất heterogeneous; độc nhất singular;
anger, enrage, aggravate, infuriate, irritate, đỉnh cao nhất height; điểm cao nhất
culmination; duy nhất sole; lúc tốt nhất best.
provoke, cense, inflame, madden, rile, displease, nhạt 1. female; synonyms (adj) distaff, feminine,
pistillate, (n) lady, woman, girl, (obj) she; antonyms
chafe, excite, fret, annoy, fire, (adj) alienate, (adj) masculine, (n) male, man, 2. delicate;
envenom. synonyms (adj) fine, accurate, breakable, dainty,
nhanh 1. quickly; synonyms (adv) promptly,
immediately, directly, early, quick, pronto, nimbly, fragile, refined, tender, beautiful, brittle, difficult,

apace, hastily, rapidly, readily, soon, suddenly, frail, nice, sensitive, soft, slim, agreeable, infirm,

swiftly, briefly, easily, hurriedly, presently, speedily, careful, decent, elegant, exquisite, flimsy, gentle,
light, mellow; antonyms (adj) strong, inelegant,
cursorily, (adj) fast, shortly, forthwith, briskly, (n) robust, heavy, sturdy, tough, 3. weak; synonyms
instantly; antonyms (adv) slowly, gradually,
permanently, 2. quick; synonyms (adj) bright, (adj) feeble, faint, flat, thin, watery, ailing, cowardly,
prompt, active, agile, clever, hasty, intelligent,
delicate, diluted, exhausted, inadequate, lax,
nimble, speedy, alert, alive, cursory, dexterous,
nerveless, poor, shaky, sickly, slack, slight,
expeditious, hurried, immediate, instant, keen,
lively, swift, brief, abrupt, acute, animated, apt; decrepit, powerless, effeminate, impotent,
antonyms (adj) slow, leisurely, dull, 3. cursory; unhealthy, (v) loose, (n) helpless; antonyms (adj)
synonyms (adj) careless, casual, passing, fleeting,
brave, concentrated, firm, safe, compelling,
perfunctory, ephemeral, evanescent, facile,
momentary, shallow, sketchy, slapdash, superficial; determined, effective, forceful, healthy, intense,

powerful, resolute, vigorous, able, fit, hard-wearing,
loud; lạnh nhạt chilly; màu nâu nhạt biscuit;

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nhạt nhẽo cold; nhợt nhạt gray; sự lạnh nhạt synonyms (adj) caloric, thermic, warm, convection;
cold; tẻ nhạt flat; nâu nhạt biscuit. nhiệt độ temperature; náo nhiệt animated;
nhậu outside; synonyms (prep) past, (adj) external, cuồng nhiệt hectic; không nhiệt tình cool; sự
nồng nhiệt heat; sự nhiệt tình enthusiasm;
out, outdoor, foreign, extraneous, outer, away, sự nhiệt tâm heart; sự náo nhiệt animation;
nhiệt huyết zeal; nồng nhiệt ardent.
outward, remote, slight, surface, distant, extrinsic, nhiều 1. widely; synonyms (adv) wide, extensively,
far, generally, greatly, largely, abroad, broadly,
outlying, maximum, negligible, strange, top, astray; antonym (adv) briefly, 2. much; synonyms
(adv) frequently, almost, awfully, considerably,
international, (adv) outdoors, alfresco, beyond, (n)
exterior, periphery; antonyms (prep) inside, in, (adj) most, often, pretty, highly, nearly, significantly,
indoor, internal, (adv) indoors; trò nhậu nhẹt ploy.
nhầy mucous; synonyms (adj) mucid, slimy, clammy, substantially, molto, (n) lot, heap, multitude, plenty,
moldy, mucose, musty, (n) muculent; nước nhầy (adj) great, considerable, practically, muckle, rag;
mucus. antonym (adv) slightly, 3. multiple; synonyms (adj)
nhạy exquisite; synonyms (adj) beautiful, elegant, manifold, many, complex, diverse, populous,

delicate, excellent, dainty, gorgeous, admirable, compound, multiplex, multiplied, multitudinous,
various, (n) coefficient; antonym (adj) simple, 4.
acute, choice, heavenly, wonderful, charming, fair, full; synonyms (adj) complete, absolute, abundant,
broad, flush, ample, enough, extensive, total,
fine, graceful, intense, lovely, delicious,
detailed, comprehensive, copious, good, plump,
accomplished, bully, discriminating, dandy, exact,
finished, (v) delightful; antonym (adj) everyday; tính undivided, whole, fat, deep, all, adequate, busy,
nhạy cảm scent; độ nhạy sensitivity. finished, (adv) crammed, (n) entire, crowded;
nhẹ 1. mildly; synonyms (adv) gently, blandly, lightly, antonyms (adj) empty, lacking, starving, hungry,
sketchy, incomplete, 5. spate; synonyms (n) flood,
moderately, tenderly, kindly, compassionately, deluge, overflow, torrent, flow, freshet, mass, rash,

favorably, humbly, indulgently, insipidly, modestly, rush, stream, burst, eruption, flock, outbreak, pile,
surge, wave, batch, chain, series, 6. affluent;
submissively, supplely, timidly, weakly, mercifully, synonyms (adj) rich, wealthy, exuberant, moneyed,
pliantly; antonyms (adv) extremely, intensely,
passionately, 2. lightly; synonyms (adv) light, airily, opulent, prosperous, monied, abounding,

softly, flippantly, easily, quietly, readily, slightly, comfortable, flourishing, generous, lavish, loaded,
delicately, thinly; antonyms (adv) heavily, seriously, (n) tributary, feeder; antonyms (adj) poor,
thickly, 3. light; synonyms (adj) fair, clear, facile, impoverished, 7. abundant; synonyms (adj) lush,
luxuriant, thick, affluent, fertile, fruitful, liberal,
easy, faint, flimsy, airy, bright, clean, (n) flame,
plentiful, prolific, substantial, teeming, bountiful, full,
brightness, daylight, illumination, dawn, (v) fire,
fulsome, heavy, large, much, numerous, plenteous,
kindle, inflame, glow, ignite, dismount, illuminate, prodigal, productive, rife; antonyms (adj) scarce,
enkindle, alight, brighten, descend; antonyms (adj) sparse, meager, 8. many; synonyms (adj)
countless, frequent, innumerable, multiple, several,
fattening, nauseating, (n) dark, darkness, gloom, different, numberless, (n) number; antonym (n) few,
shade, night, (v) extinguish, darken, (alt sp) heavy; 9. considerably; synonyms (adv) well, very,
nhẹ nhàng gently; nhẹ dạ frivolous; dịu nhẹ hugely, immensely, markedly, noticeably, rather,
soft; nhè nhẹ faintly; cái vỗ nhẹ bob; cái lắc sizably, advantageously, (adj) quite, (v) fully;
nhẹ bob; cái gảy nhẹ tip; cái đẩy nhẹ tip; cái antonym (adv) insignificantly, 10. different;
đánh nhẹ tip; cái chạm nhẹ tip. synonyms (adj) another, assorted, dissimilar,
nhện spider; synonyms (n) lota, mussuk, schooner,
unusual, alien, alternative, discrete, distinct,
spinner, adapter, terrine, toby, urceus, araneidan,
foreign, fresh, miscellaneous, new, opposite,
cob, attercop, cobnut, fish, goatsucker, pundit,
tardigrade, thief, spinneret, wanderer; con nhện separate, strange, unlike, mixed, discrepant,
spider.
nhẽo soft; synonyms (adj) gentle, easy, light, limp, specific, unalike, abnormal, contrary, discordant,
divergent, exotic; antonyms (adj) similar,
balmy, delicate, quiet, slack, loose, clement, faint, corresponding, equal, identical, like, typical, 11.
lot; synonyms (n) destiny, fate, doom, fortune,
flabby, flaccid, frail, lenient, mild, pliant, smooth, portion, slice, allot, bunch, chance, circle, group,

pleasant, temperate, amiable, bland, calm, (v) set, share, allotment, estate, band, caboodle,
feeble, low; antonyms (adj) hard, firm, harsh, loud,
hoarse, rough, solid, stiff, alcoholic, shrill, strong; cluster, collection, draw, gang, luck, pack, (v) deal,
nhạt nhẽo cold. apportion, 12. lousy; synonyms (adj) dirty, bad,
nhiệt 1. warmth; synonyms (n) glow, heat, rotten, crappy, filthy, mean, nasty, cheap,

temperature, fervor, geniality, passion, warmness, lamentable, atrocious, despicable, shitty, stinking,
fetid, icky; có nhiều quả fruitful; biết nhiều
affection, tenderness, fire, fondness, friendliness,

hotness, sympathy, cordiality, enthusiasm,

excitement, feeling, zeal, affability,

affectionateness, ardor, caring, hospitality, (adj)
verve; antonyms (n) aloofness, chill, chilliness,
coldness, coolness, unfriendliness, 2. thermal;

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knowledgeable; đã đi nhiều travelled; nhiều nhom crop; synonyms (n) fruit, harvest, craw, yield,
thông free; sự nhiều abundance; ra nhiều
quả fruitful; sản xuất nhiều prolific; sinh sản output, produce, product, (v) browse, graze, reap,
nhiều prolific; số nhiều number; tính nhiều
dạng diversity. top, cultivate, cut, lop, prune, shave, trim, reduce,
nho grape; synonyms (n) grapevine, grapeshot, gather, pare, pasture, (adj) clip, shear, dock, mow;
pipeline; cây nho grape; mầu nho grape; mùa gầy nhom skinny.
hái nho vintage; sự hái nho vintage. nhóm 1. crowd; synonyms (n) huddle, swarm,
nhỏ 1. off; synonyms (adv) by, forth, beyond, over,
collection, crew, press, circle, cluster, army,
aside, gone, abreast, (adj) away, bad, putrid,
assembly, concourse, congregation, gang, group,
remote, down, rotten, wide, cancelled, decayed,
sour, (n) murder, (int) out, begone; antonyms (adj) herd, mob, assemblage, audience, (v) bunch, flock,
fresh, on, 2. young; synonyms (adj) green, squeeze, compress, cram, jam, pack, crush;
antonym (v) disperse, 2. galaxy; synonyms (n)
juvenile, immature, adolescent, new, raw, baby,
constellation, beetleweed, bevy, cosmos, galax,
boyish, callow, childish, early, tender, unripe,
coltsfoot, speckling, wandflower, (adj) array, sea,
youthful, recent, childlike, inexperienced, infantile, sight, star, sun, 3. number; synonyms (n) count,

little, small, (n) offspring, progeny, issue, child, amount, score, act, issue, volume, character,
youth; antonyms (adj) old, mature, adult, (n) aged,
3. minute; synonyms (n) instant, flash, jiffy, note, company, digit, multitude, numeral, quota, (v)

memorandum, moment, second, (adj) delicate, calculate, aggregate, enumerate, figure, total,

microscopic, atomic, careful, circumstantial, come, add, account, compute, list, reckon, tally,
tell, 4. plump; synonyms (adj) fat, chubby,
diminutive, elaborate, fine, infinitesimal, miniature,
corpulent, obese, overweight, round, stout, gross,
particular, subtle, thorough, tiny, scrupulous,
critical, detailed, exact; antonyms (adj) enormous, buxom, pudgy, full, heavy, squab, stocky, chunky,
huge, big, gigantic, 4. small; synonyms (adj)
fertile, (v) fatten, drop, go, dive, plop, flump, plunk,
minute, narrow, inadequate, insignificant, low, (n) fleshy, (adv) portly; antonyms (adj) thin,
emaciated, skinny, slim, slender; sự nhóm hợp
minor, petty, slight, light, cramped, young, limited, congress; nhóm máy set.
nhôm aluminium; synonym (n) aluminum.
faint, humble, minuscule, modest, paltry, short, nhốm aluminium; synonym (n) aluminum.
nhọn 1. pointed; synonyms (adj) penetrating, keen,
slender, scanty, ungenerous, outside, poor, feeble,
(v) frail; antonyms (adj) bulky, colossal, poignant, acute, piquant, cutting, marked, pithy,

considerable, extra-large, great, sizeable, giant, biting, acuminate, barbed, prickly, pungent, sharp,
major, (syn) large, 5. miniature; synonyms (adj)
short, meaningful, fine, piercing, thorny, angular,
model, wee, midget, dwarf, teeny, petite, (n) toy, emphatic, bitter, acid, intense, jagged; antonym
copy, illumination; antonyms (adj) full-scale, full- (adj) rounded, 2. sharp; synonyms (adj) intelligent,
size, 6. tenuous; synonyms (adj) rare, thin, flimsy,
subtile, slim, insubstantial, ethereal; làng nhỏ acrid, harsh, incisive, pointed, quick, severe, alert,
hamlet; giường nhỏ cot; khu rừng nhỏ grove;
mảnh đất nhỏ plot; mảnh gỗ nhỏ slip; mảnh caustic, prompt, sarcastic, smart, hot, astute,
nhỏ scrap; cái nhỏ nhất least; chấm nhỏ dot;
chật nhỏ small; đường nhỏ lane. bright, discerning, distinct, high, lively, painful,
nhớ mind; synonyms (n) intellect, brain, head,
perceptive, precipitous, (v) brisk, clever,
inclination, intelligence, psyche, regard, mentality, acrimonious; antonyms (adj) blunt, dull, mild, gentle,
sweet, bland, blurred, naive, round, smooth.
conscience, belief, brains, heart, idea, judgement, nỉ felt; synonyms (v) mat, snarl, tangle, braid,
entangle, (adj) perceived, sensed, conscious; sự
judgment, (v) care, look, attend, beware, keep, năn nỉ urgency; năn nỉ urgent.
listen, notice, guard, mark, (adj) heed; antonym (v) nicôtin nicotine; synonyms (n) strychnine, (adj) quid,
forget; đáng ghi nhớ memorable; không nhớ snuff, tobacco, smoke.
tới oblivious; trí nhớ head; sự tưởng nhớ niêu earthenware; synonyms (n) crockery, (adj)
memory; sự nhớ ơn gratitude; sự nhớ lại ceramic, earthen, terracotta, (v) porcelain, pottery.
recollection; nỗi nhớ nhà nostalgia; sự nhớ nimbu 1. lime; synonyms (n) birdlime, basswood,
memory.
nhói keen; synonyms (adj) acute, eager, sharp, calx, lemon, cement, linden, quicklime, (v) forelay,
(adj) green, 2. lemon; synonyms (n) automobile,
intense, intelligent, biting, brisk, enthusiastic,
gamboge, auto, buff, bum, car, clunker, corn,
exquisite, piercing, discriminating, clever, astute,
criticism, crumb, disappointment, dud, etc, failure,
desirous, ardent, bright, cutting, fervent, hungry,
impatient, incisive, perceptive, smart, (v) fresh, avid; flop, jalopy, limousine, loser, maize, stinker, (adj)
antonyms (adj) dull, apathetic, indifferent, cheap, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, inferior.
unenthusiastic, blunt. nitơ 1. nitrogen; synonyms (n) n, newton, normality,
north, 2. n; synonyms (n) esteem, estimate,

nitrogen, secretary, wages, en, normalcy,
northland, septentrion, union.

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no saturated; synonyms (adj) drenched, sodden, wet, watchful, (prep) above; làm sôi nổi electric;
concentrated, soaked, sopping, full, soggy, soppy, người nổi loạn rebel; nổi bật limelight; nổi
pure, soaking; antonym (adj) dry; sự no danh famous; nổi giận deep; người nổi danh
saturation. institution; cuộc nổi dậy revolt; cuộc nổi loạn
mutiny; dễ nổi giận fiery; nổi tiếng eminent.
nóc roofing; synonym (n) ceiling. nóng 1. hot; synonyms (adj) warm, ardent, boiling,
nói speaking; synonyms (adj) expressive, garrulous,
burning, feverish, fiery, flaming, fresh, blistering,
loquacious, parlante, verbal, voiced, choral, (n)
eager, enthusiastic, fast, peppery, pungent, spicy,
discourse, talk, talking, speech, dialogue,
angry, new, acrid, close, fervent, furious, gingery,
language, tongue, articulation, communication, glowing, hasty, heated; antonyms (adj) mild, cool,
cold, freezing, airy, bland, chilly, 2. thermal;
exclamation, expression, interruption, synonyms (adj) caloric, thermic, convection, 3.
fervent; synonyms (adj) earnest, cordial, hot,
speechmaking, vocalizations, words, cry, dialect,
idiom; lời nói giễu guy; lời nói đùa joke; lời nói intense, passionate, emotional, animated, avid,
càn nonsense; lời nói bóng cue; lời nói bậy
nonsense; lời nói greasy; người nói speaker; excited, impassioned, keen, strong, torrid,
điều nói trên above; dây nói phone; cuộc nói
chuyện conversation. vehement, devout, ablaze, dedicated, devoted,
nòi breed; synonyms (n) kind, race, variety, ancestry,
sort, order, class, genus, posterity, progeny, fervid, fierce, perfervid, zealous, excitable,
fanatical, heartfelt; antonyms (adj) apathetic,
species, stock, (v) engender, beget, multiply, bear, indifferent, unenthusiastic; nóng hổi burning; hơi
nóng heat; được đốt nóng heated; tính nóng
brood, cause, cultivate, hatch, produce, propagate, vội impatience; tính nóng nảy nervousness;
raise, reproduce, spawn; nòi giống lineage. tính nôn nóng impatience; nóng nảy hasty;
nối adjacent; synonyms (adj) abutting, adjoining, sự nóng lên heating; sự đun nóng heating;
close, contiguous, conterminous, nearby, sự đốt nóng heating.
nông 1. shallow; synonyms (adj) shoal, superficial,
neighboring, next, touching, bordering, handy,
immediate, nigh, (adv) near; antonym (adj) distant; low, cursory, petty, little, sketchy, flimsy, frivolous,
chỗ nối join; điểm nối join; đường nối join;
khớp nối joint; mối nối joint; người nối dõi simple, surface, dull, mean, airy, facile, ignorant,
descendant; người nối nghiệp successor; vật
để nối link; nối chưng boiler; ống nối union. plain, thin, trifling, trivial, weak, bookless, (n) flat,
nơi 1. quarter; synonyms (n) area, part, district, silly, brainless; antonyms (adj) deep, bottomless, 2.
division, mercy, neighborhood, region, direction, fleet; synonyms (n) armada, float, marine, navy,

portion, quart, fourth, grace, poop, side, clemency, (adj) swift, fast, expeditious, agile, quick, brisk,

province, flank, (v) place, lodge, line, put, rapid, speedy, hasty, (v) flit, fly, hurry, pass, dart,
accommodate, billet, canton, divide, 2. place; evanesce, fade; chỗ nông shallow; nông cạn
synonyms (n) position, domicile, office, order, spot, shoal; nông dân peasant; nông nổi light;
nông thôn countryside.
attitude, base, job, location, situation, nụ bud; synonyms (n) bloom, blossom, flower, germ,

circumstance, center, abode, (v) post, arrange, fix, button, embryo, implant, nucleus, scion, egg, (v)

lay, locate, rank, station, deposit, install, pitch, set, graft, shoot, vegetate, develop, germinate, grow,
lie; antonym (v) remove, 3. site; synonyms (n) ingraft, pullulate, spring, sprout, begin; nụ cười
point, room, seat, space, ground, locality, setting, smile.
nữa 1. longer; synonyms (adj) longest, better,
locale, settle, berth, habitat, scene, stance, grade, lengest, (adv) more, farther, (n) thirster, yearner, 2.
(v) invest, 4. locality; synonyms (n) quarter, boot; synonyms (n) kick, trunk, bang, charge, gain,
vicinity, section, environs, territory, neighbourhood, kicking, shoe, belt, body, thrill; không dùng nữa
site, zone; nơi đăng ký registry; nơi bắt nguồn obsolete; không lâu nữa shortly; hơn nữa
cradle; nơi công cộng forum; nơi cư trú again; còn nữa đấy knob; tí nữa almost; suýt
residence; nơi cực lạc promise; nơi đây here; nữa almost; nữa ngay next; lâu hơn nữa
nơi đó there; nơi đổ rác dump; nơi đưa tới longer; lần nữa again; lại lần nữa afresh.
destination; khắp nơi everywhere. nửa half; synonyms (n) mediety, halve, piece,
nổi 1. buoyant; synonyms (adj) cheerful, light,
optimistic, sanguine, lighthearted, airy, blithe, bisection, hemisphere, (adv) halfendeal, imperfectly,

bright, elastic, floaty, hopeful, lively, perky, resilient, (adj) moiety, part, short, behalf, bisected, divided,

animated, enthusiastic, upbeat, breezy, cheery, even-steven, halved, lacking, limited, moderate,
chirpy, debonair, floating, happy, jaunty, jolly; shared; antonyms (n) whole, all; nửa đêm
antonyms (adj) pessimistic, heavy, 2. raised; midnight; bên nửa cân six.
synonyms (v) repousse, salient, (adj) elevated, nuây mummy; synonyms (n) mama, mamma,

embossed, erect, convex, brocaded, high, alert, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mater, am,
milliampere, secrecy, skeleton, (v) shrivel.
bold, confident, elate, elated, elative, exultant, lofty,

mountant, prominent, steep, upright, undismayed,

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núi conservancy; synonyms (n) conservation, antonyms (adj) hard, resistant, 2. crooked;
preservation, salvation; có núi mountainous; núi synonyms (adj) bent, awry, corrupt, irregular,
nhỏ mound; ở núi cao alpine; sự leo núi askew, curved, deformed, dishonest, indirect,
mountaineering; sự trèo núi mountaineering. lopsided, unfair, unscrupulous, angular,
asymmetrical, bowed, dishonorable, jagged,
nùi hank; synonyms (n) skein, hasp, clasp, hinge, twisting, bend, cockeyed, curve, deceitful, devious,
hunk, bolt, catch, hold, influence, latch, latchet, tag. false, (v) wry; antonyms (adj) straight, honest, even,
principled; sự oằn yield.
nước 1. country; synonyms (n) state, nation, home, ong 1. culture; synonyms (n) civilization, breeding,
land, area, commonwealth, kingdom, place, realm, cultivation, acculturation, education, learning,
region, soil, territory, district, nationality, province, tillage, erudition, courtesy, enlightenment, farming,
terrain, arena, (adj) rural, rustic, public, provincial, instruction, refinement, agriculture, civilisation,
arable, pastoral; antonyms (n) city, (adj) urban, 2. elegance, finish, maturity, society, 2. bee;
run; synonyms (v) flow, rule, dash, gush, race, synonyms (n) honeybee, ant, termite, caprice,
career, conduct, direct, function, go, hasten, hurry, fancy, freak, humor, mania, mosquito, notion, party,
operate, pour, progress, rush, dribble, (n) pass, phobia, whim, (adj) barbecue, (v) fly; mật ong
campaign, course, drive, range, sequence, tide, honey; tổ ong hive.
(adj) stream, 3. main; synonyms (adj) chief, grand, oxi 1. o; synonyms (n) oxygen, cipher, zero, (adj) one,
great, head, leading, essential, principal, basic, 2. oxygen; synonym (n) o.
capital, central, first, key, major, paramount, oxy 1. oxygen; synonym (n) o, 2. o; synonyms (n)
primary, prominent, vital, uppermost, core, crucial, oxygen, cipher, zero, (adj) one.
(n) cardinal, ocean, sea, conduit, channel;
antonyms (adj) minor, auxiliary, secondary, Ó
supplementary, 4. crystal; synonyms (n) glass,
quartz, gem, (adj) clear, bright, pebble, translucent, óc brain; synonyms (n) mastermind, genius, head,
crag, rock, stone; máng nước gutter; lòng yêu mind, reason, brainpower, brains, encephalon,
nước patriotism; không thấm nước intelligence, mentality, nous, psyche, wit, prodigy;
waterproof; lượng xả nước draught; nước bộ óc skull; trong óc mentally; óc phán đoán
cống sewage; nước chè tea; nước chanh discrimination; óc suy xét judgement; óc
lemonade; nước bọt saliva; nước bóng gloss; sáng tạo creativity; sự choáng óc jar.
nước Anh shopkeeper.
Ô
nướng roast; synonyms (adj) roasted, (n) ridicule,
joint, knock, parody, (v) broil, burn, bake, grill, joke, ô umbrella; synonyms (n) parasol, sunshade, shelter,
heat, quiz, cook, fry, scorch, tease, banter, chaff, canopy, cover, protection, screen, shield, tent,
slam, boil, twit, criticize, inflame, rally; thịt nướng awning, covert, marquee, tilt, (adj) comprehensive;
roast; quán chả nướng grill; cách nấu nướng kẻ ô vuông checked; đồ ô uế muck; điều ô
cuisine. nhục disgrace; xe ô tô car; ngoại ô suburb; ô
trọc filthy; ô tô bus; ô nhục disgraceful.
nút 1. node; synonyms (n) knob, connection, joint,
knot, nodosity, nub, swelling, client, guest, 2. knot; ôi 1. smelly; synonyms (adj) fetid, putrid, foul,
synonyms (n) bow, cluster, tie, loop, bunch, gang, malodorous, noisome, foetid, funky, stinking, rank,
lump, tangle, band, burl, crowd, gnarl, group, node, rancid, rotten; antonyms (adj) aromatic, perfumed,
set, twist, snag, crew, (v) entangle, knit, bind, 2. unsound; synonyms (adj) defective, false,
fasten, entwine, mass, chain; nút bấm knob. fallacious, shaky, faulty, invalid, unreliable, unsafe,
imperfect, unreasonable, bad, diseased, insecure,
nứt split; synonyms (v) crack, cut, fracture, slit, burst, unhealthy, unstable, untrue, weak, damaged,
divide, separate, divorce, breach, cleave, division, hollow, illogical, irrational, risky, spoiled,
fork, part, rift, rive, sever, apportion, scatter, (n) unbalanced, precarious; antonyms (adj) sound,
break, rip, rupture, tear, cleavage, cleft, parting; valid; mùi ôi smell.
antonyms (v) join, unite, merge; đường nứt rạn
rift; chỗ nứt break. ông 1. signor; synonyms (n) signior, signore, 2. box;
synonyms (n) basket, cage, chest, package, booth,
O blow, carton, case, container, crate, envelope, rack,
pyx, house, television, boxful, boxwood, cabin,
oằn 1. yielding; synonyms (adj) flexible, pliable,
compliant, pliant, submissive, obedient, soft, docile,
elastic, easy, ductile, malleable, complying,
complaisant, meek, acquiescent, (v) supple,
tractable, limber, smooth, (n) submission,
concession, surrender, capitulation, compliance;

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compartment, (v) cuff, buffet, beat, fight, hit, smack; Ổ
antonym (v) unbox; đàn ông he; các ông lang
faculty; ông bà ancestor; ông bạn fellow; ông ổ 1. cavity; synonyms (n) cavern, cave, hole, hollow,
cha parent; ông chú cousin; ông chủ patron; pocket, caries, chamber, depression, pit, void, cell,
ông đồng psychic; ông lớn swell; ông ngáo crater, dent, dimple, excavation, hollowness,
ộp raw. opening, recess, sinus, space, indentation, 2. pit;
ôtô control; synonyms (n) rule, authority, care, hold, synonyms (n) cavity, grave, colliery, mine, stone,
dig, fossa, kernel, pitfall, quarry, shaft, perforation,
influence, sway, ascendancy, ascendency, trench, abyss, aperture, depth, concavity, trap,
vault, (v) den, ditch, oppose, mark, match, pock; ổ
dominance, regulation, restraint, governance, đứng toe; vòng ổ bi race.

administration, charge, (v) command, check, curb,

bridle, conduct, handle, conquer, contain, order,
reign, administer; antonyms (n) freedom,
weakness, (v) intensify, share.

Ố P

ốm sick; synonyms (adj) ill, queasy, ailing, indisposed, palăng purchase; synonyms (n) acquisition, bargain,
poorly, weary, invalid, diseased, morbid, sickly, leverage, acquirement, grip, hold, (v) buy, get,
nauseous, poor, crazy, disgusted, nauseated,
upset, perverted, distressed, bad, disordered, (v) obtain, contract, acquire, bribe, gain, procure, take,
unwell, puke, vomit, heave, disgorge; antonyms attain; antonyms (n) transaction, (v) sell.
(adj) well, healthy; ươn ốm off; ngựa ốm screw. Pamfơlê pamphlet; synonyms (n) brochure, book,
booklet, leaflet, flyer, magazine, tract, treatise,
ống 1. tubing; synonyms (n) pipe, tube, metro, folder, literature, writing.
subway, underground, 2. duct; synonyms (n) panen panel; synonyms (n) board, jury, defendant,
channel, conduit, canal, drain, aqueduct, vessel, committee, plank, set, sheet, wall, accused,
ditch, outlet, groove, pipeline, race; ống sáo fife; window, (v) empanel, impanel.
ống bọc ngoài sleeve; ống bọt nước level; panô panel; synonyms (n) board, jury, defendant,
ống địch fife; ống góp collector; ống lót committee, plank, set, sheet, wall, accused,
bolster; ống nối union; ống tiêu pipe; ống window, (v) empanel, impanel.
máng gutter. phác 1. roughly; synonyms (adv) coarsely, almost,
around, rough, harshly, some, generally, hardly,

violently, fiercely, (prep) about, approximately, circa,
(adj) nearly; antonyms (adv) gently, softly, smoothly,
2. rough; synonyms (adj) coarse, hard, harsh, raw,
crude, cruel, grating, gross, hoarse, jagged,

approximate, gruff, inclement, indelicate, rocky,

uneven, impolite, robust, abrasive, austere, bluff,
blunt, boorish, (n) boisterous, draft; antonyms (adj)
gentle, smooth, polished, precise, refined, silky,
soft, sophisticated, even, exact, glossy, pleasant;
người phác hoạ designer; bản phác thảo
design; bức vẽ phác sketch; chất phác bluff;
bản phác hoạ draft; phác hoạ design; sự
phác hoạ designing.
phái 1. community; synonyms (n) association,
public, agreement, commune, nation, people,

brotherhood, likeness, company, district, order,

population, society, solidarity, unison, (adj)

communal, neighborhood, common, group, shared,
social, civic, local, municipal; antonym (adj) private,
2. persuasion; synonyms (n) belief, opinion, faith,
inducement, creed, exhortation, idea, enticement,

sentiment, suasion, view, mind, notion, judgment,

feeling, confidence, religion, thought, attraction,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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incentive, (adj) conviction; antonyms (n) force, disgrace, soil, defile, blur, contaminate, daub, dirty,
pressure, 3. side; synonyms (n) edge, rim, faction, paint, (adj) splash; sản phẩm product; phẩm
border, brink, direction, face, part, hand, aspect, hạnh moral; phẩm cách dignity; lời bình
phẩm criticism; có phẩm cách dignified; tác
facet, margin, page, position, wing, brim, flank, phẩm lớn masterpiece; vật phẩm article; thực
phẩm coupon; tặng phẩm present; sự bình
incline, quarter, surface, team, top, (v) party, (adj) phẩm criticism.
nearby, lateral; antonym (adj) distant; bè phái phân segment; synonyms (n) division, paragraph, bit,
faction; biệt phái draft; giáo phái sect; môn
phái sect; phái đoàn delegation; phái viên piece, portion, share, slice, proportion, length, cut,
envoy; quý phái nobility.
phải 1. correct; synonyms (adj) right, accurate, sector, subdivision, metamere, parcel, block, strip,
appropriate, becoming, nice, precise, proper, apt,
department, chapter, chunk, fragment, (v) section,
befitting, decorous, exact, fitting, (v) adjust, amend, part, divide, partition; người phân phối
distributor; phân biệt differential; phân bón
castigate, chastise, chasten, better, remedy, manure; phân compôt compost; phân điểm
agency; nhị phân binary; mối phân tranh
straighten, atone, check, compensate, discipline, difference; điều phân biệt distinction; không
(n) true; antonyms (adj) incorrect, false, faulty, phân biệt indiscriminate; không phân minh
inappropriate, mistaken, improper, (v) wrong, spoil, unclear.
2. yes; synonyms (int) surely, absolutely, (n) phần 1. concern; synonyms (n) business, affair,
consent, acceptance, nod, (adv) ay, yea, certainly,
regard, attention, anxiety, bother, matter, company,
positively, precisely, ye, yis, definitely, amen, fine,
apprehension, burden, disquiet, fear, firm, part, (v)
gladly, good, granted, (v) acquiesce, agree, allow,
grovel, subscribe, (adj) obedient, submissive, 3. worry, affect, care, interest, trouble, import, involve,
rightly; synonyms (adv) correctly, accurately, pertain, relate, touch, apply; antonym (v)
rightfully, appropriately, properly, fairly, justifiably, unconcern, 2. percentage; synonyms (n) share,
truly, fitly, justifiedly, (v) justly, well; antonyms (adv)
wrongly, inappropriately, 4. right; synonyms (adj) cut, lot, percent, piece, portion, proportion, ration,
correct, due, just, decent, even, perfect, fair,
profit, degree, measure, poundage, quantity, quota,
faithful, fit, reasonable, direct, equitable, ethical, rate, agio, drawback, fee, pct, 3. portion;
synonyms (n) division, constituent, allot,
full, moral, (adv) exactly, (n) privilege, law, liberty,
component, fragment, parcel, section, dole,
authority, claim, freedom, interest, justice, (v)
rectify; antonyms (adj) unjustified, immoral, (n) left, allowance, deal, destiny, fate, fortune, installment,
5. serene; synonyms (adj) sedate, calm, peaceful,
placid, quiet, clear, composed, impassive, tranquil, member, segment, apportion, article, (v) dividend,

gentle, collected, cool, imperturbable, lucid, still, divide, allotment, assign, dispense, distribute,
allocate, 4. part; synonyms (n) character, bit,
limpid, steady, soft, dispassionate, equable, bright,
evident, light, mild, peaceable; antonyms (adj) element, factor, function, ingredient, office, region,
agitated, anxious, 6. fair; synonyms (adj) beautiful,
average, impartial, sweet, candid, comely, role, area, chapter, (v) branch, break, disjoin,

considerable, disinterested, elegant, evenhanded, divorce, class, cleave, dissociate, depart, detach,
disconnect, disunite, separate, split, disperse;
good-looking, mediocre, middling, passable, antonyms (n) whole, entirety, (adj) complete; phần
bổ sung supplement; phần bù complement;
tolerable, unbiased, excellent, acceptable, phần được chia allocation; phần đóng góp
contribution; phần đông generality; phần đầu
adequate, bonnie, bonny, (adv) clean, (n) bazaar, beginning; phần bên lateral; phần cuối finish;
blonde, carnival; antonyms (adj) unfair, biased, phần cốt yếu main; phần còn lại remainder.
dark, exceptional, unjust, partial, foul, imbalanced, phận lot; synonyms (n) batch, destiny, fate, doom,
mismatched, prejudiced, unwarranted, 7. dexter;
synonyms (n) offside, starboard, (adj) benign, fortune, portion, slice, allot, bunch, chance, circle,
propitious, dextrorsal, dextrorse, 8. off; synonyms
(adv) by, forth, beyond, over, aside, gone, abreast, group, set, share, allotment, estate, band,

(adj) away, bad, putrid, remote, down, rotten, wide, caboodle, cluster, collection, draw, gang, heap, (v)
deal, apportion; bộ phận bên lateral; bổn phận
cancelled, decayed, sour, (n) murder, (int) out, charge; bộ phận part; số phận destiny; thân
begone; antonyms (adj) fresh, on; khỏi phải free; phận status.
không phải phép improper; lẽ phải truth; bên phẳng 1. flatly; synonyms (adv) categorically, directly,
phải dexter; điều phải right; sự vừa phải
reason; tính phải chăng modesty; sự khỏi evenly, plainly, smoothly, flat, blankly, completely,
phải freedom; sự gặp phải encounter; vừa
phải average. downright, totally, utterly, bluntly, deeply, dully,
phẩm stain; synonyms (n) spot, blemish, blot, mark,
smear, dirt, brand, damage, discoloration, foul, insipidly, plat, unconditionally, frankly, frigidly,

pollute, slur, smudge, (v) color, dye, tarnish, horizontally, low, resoundingly, simply,
straightforwardly, unequivocally, 2. level;
synonyms (n) grade, degree, category, class, point,

quality, (adj) even, equal, horizontal, plane, smooth,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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straight, (v) flatten, floor, aim, demolish, destroy, multilateral; lườn phía side; ở phía nào
where; ra phía ngoài outwards.
dismantle, raze, bulldoze, balance, direct, equalize, phiến sheet; synonyms (n) board, layer, leaf, canvas,
fell, flush; antonyms (adj) inclined, slanting, angled,
unequal, (v) uneven, build, raise, 3. flat; synonyms film, paper, coat, coating, blanket, cover, coverlet,

(adj) dull, bland, plain, insipid, level, tasteless, newspaper, piece, plane, sail, mainsheet, pane,

dreary, boring, absolute, dead, fixed, lifeless, slip, bill, covering, counterpane, form, shroud,
tabloid, canvass; phiến loạn rebel; phiến lá đài
monotonous, outright, tame, vapid, dry, arid, limb; phiến cánh hoa limb; phiến cách chữ
space; bằng đá phiến slate.
hollow, pedestrian, bald, thin, (n) apartment, (v) Phi-líp-pin 1. congress; synonyms (n) assembly,
uninteresting, emphatic; antonyms (adj) exciting,
high-pitched, bumpy; mặt phẳng aircraft; không convention, convocation, council, conference,
phẳng uneven; không bằng phẳng roughly;
bằng phẳng flat. intercourse, meeting, congregation, confluence,
phanh bite; synonyms (n) taste, bit, cheat, morsel,
association, gathering, synod, cockpit, coition,
nibble, pain, sample, tang, spice, try, catch, chafe, coitus, concourse, conflux, 2. congressional;
synonym (adj) legislative.
chomp, (v) sting, nip, chew, cut, pinch, burn, eat, phim acting; synonyms (adj) active, interim,
erode, gnaw, hurt, munch, corrode.
phao dolphin; synonyms (n) dolphinfish, mahimahi, temporary, provisional, (n) enactment, drama,
trident, pale; cái phao float. playing; antonym (adj) permanent; sự quay phim
pháo 1. ordnance; synonyms (n) artillery, gun, shooting; phim tài liệu documentary; phim
cannon, armament, munitions, arsenal, weapons, ảnh film.
2. barker; synonyms (n) doggie, doggy, pooch, phó 1. associate; synonyms (v) affiliate, connect,
pistol; pháo sáng rocket; pháo hoa rocket;
lóng pháo lớn granny; khẩu pháo piece. company, link, relate, consort, join, unite, coalesce,
phạt punitive; synonyms (adj) punitory, penal,
accompany, (n) ally, assistant, companion, fellow,
vindictive, correctional, revengeful, corrective,
partner, accomplice, adjunct, acquaintance,
harsh, punishing, vengeful, castigating, retaliative,
retaliatory, severe, strict, (n) penalizing; hình phạt colleague, friend, mate, member, accessory,
penalty; việc thưởng phạt payment; sự phạt buddy, collaborator; antonyms (v) avoid, dissociate,
punishment; sự trừng phạt lesson. distance, (adj) chief, (n) stranger, 2. assistant;
phép 1. trick; synonyms (n) deceit, deception, joke, synonyms (adj) ancillary, adjuvant, helpful, acting,

prank, device, dupe, stratagem, knack, delusion, junior, (n) assist, subordinate, acolyte, assistance,

gimmick, hoax, (v) swindle, cheat, deceive, fraud, auxiliary, helper, adjutant, aide, associate,

sham, con, mislead, beguile, bamboozle, defraud, attendant, coadjutor, deputy, help, second,
fob, fool, hoodwink, (adj) fake, 2. law; synonyms (n)
subsidiary, servant, agent, employee, participant,
rule, canon, decree, act, edict, regulation, (v) aid; phó chủ tịch vice-chairman; phó tổng
thống vice-president; phó mát cheese; sự
enactment, jurisprudence, justice, order, police, phó thác recommendation.
phố street; synonyms (n) road, avenue, highway,
principle, ruling, axiom, directive, liberty, measure,
way, route, lane, neighborhood, path, track,
prescription, tenet, command, constabulary, thoroughfare, walk, (v) roadway; khu phố
government; phép cộng addition; phép chấm community; thành phố borough.
câu punctuation; cho phép được permissible; phòng chamber; synonyms (n) bedroom, hall,
mạn phép pace; lễ phép polite; lắm đòn
phép politically; không phải phép improper; bedchamber, cavity, cell, council, compartment,
đúng phép regulation; trái phép illicit; sự lễ committee, court, cubicle, room; phòng bưu điện
phép politeness. post; phòng ăn dining-room; người canh
phía 1. quarter; synonyms (n) area, part, district, phòng watch; phòng khách lounge; để phòng
thủ defensive; chòi phòng shelter; căn phòng
division, mercy, neighborhood, region, direction, apartment; văn phòng office; thế phòng ngự
defensive; sự phòng thủ defence.
portion, quart, fourth, grace, poop, side, clemency, phồng full; synonyms (adj) complete, absolute,

province, flank, (v) place, lodge, line, put, abundant, broad, flush, ample, enough, extensive,
accommodate, billet, canton, divide, 2. direction;
synonyms (n) administration, conduct, bearing, total, detailed, comprehensive, copious, good,

command, course, guidance, address, charge, plump, undivided, whole, wide, fat, deep, all,
adequate, busy, (adv) crammed, (n) entire, crowded;
control, instruction, rule, aspect, aim, counsel, lead, antonyms (adj) empty, lacking, starving, hungry,
sketchy, incomplete; sự bơm phồng inflation;
order, prescription, care, dictate, hand, drift, sự phồng ra expanse; sự thổi phồng
bidding, commission, disposal, (v) management; ở exaggeration.
phía trước fore; ở phía sau after; ở phía phỏng rough; synonyms (adj) coarse, hard, harsh,
ngoài outer; ở phía dưới below; phía dưới
underside; ở phía bắc north; nhiều phía raw, crude, cruel, grating, gross, hoarse, jagged,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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approximate, gruff, inclement, indelicate, rocky, augment, commingle, coalesce, multiply,
aggregate, compose, (adj) composite, mixed;
uneven, impolite, robust, abrasive, austere, bluff, antonym (adj) simple; phức tạp complex; điều
blunt, boorish, (n) boisterous, draft; antonyms (adj) phiền phức plague; mớ phức tạp complex;
gentle, smooth, polished, precise, refined, silky, phiền phức inconvenient; phức hợp
soft, sophisticated, even, exact, glossy, pleasant; compound; sự phiền phức inconvenience; sự
vật mô phỏng imitation; sự phỏng theo copy; phức tạp complexity; thơm phưng phức
sự mô phỏng reproduction; phỏng chừng fragrant.
roughly; bài phỏng vấn interview. phương way; synonyms (n) course, method, path,
photpho phosphorus; synonyms (n) phosphor, passage, road, route, track, custom, direction, form,
daystar. manner, means, style, fashion, habit, mode,
phụ 1. extra; synonyms (adj) additional, over, odd, pathway, approach, bearing, channel, headway,
auxiliary, other, redundant, spare, exceptional, lane, progress, sort, (v) practice; ở phương đông
oriental; phương bắc north; phương diện
second, unneeded, unused, (adv) more, especially, light; phương đông east; phương hướng
chung tenor; đối phương adversary; địa
above, besides, (n) supplement, accessory, excess, phương topical; người địa phương native;
đơn phương unilateral; phương nam south.
plus, supernumerary, addendum, addition, phường fellowship; synonyms (n) brotherhood,
duplicate, attachment, (v) additive; antonyms (adj) community, companionship, company, communion,
basic, less, (n) lack, 2. secondary; synonyms (adj) familiarity, camaraderie, association, society,
inferior, lower, minor, subordinate, ancillary, acquaintance, body, club, family, fraternity,
corporation, confederation, league, partnership,
derivative, incidental, indirect, junior, petty, solidarity, (adj) intercourse, intimacy.
phút second; synonyms (n) instant, moment, flash,
deficient, lesser, dependent, derived, alternate, jiffy, minute, sec, time, wink, bit, countenance, third,
(v) back, endorse, support, encourage, forward,
collateral, side, subaltern, subsidiary, help, advocate, aid, assist, (adj) latter, further,
secondary, inferior, (pron) additional; antonym (adj)
supplementary, (n) proxy, deputy, delegate, first.
representative, substitute; antonyms (adj) main, pích pip; synonyms (n) kernel, pit, beep, blip, core,
central, chief, direct, fundamental, major, primary, spot, (v) hit, shoot, whip, worst.
3. auxiliary; synonyms (adj) adjuvant, assisting, platin platinum; synonyms (n) platina, blonde.
extra, secondary, subservient, supplemental, plutoni plutonium; synonyms (v) radiation,
radioactivity, tritium, uranium, radium, radon.
accompanying, appurtenant, auxiliar, (n) assistant,
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adjunct, adjutant, aide, supporter, attendant, help,
(v) confederate, 4. subsidiary; synonyms (n) qu wing; synonyms (n) annex, arm, fender, limb,
underling, (adj) acceding, (v) ministrant, 5. bye; pinion, flank, extension, pennon, feather, faction,
synonyms (n) adieu, adios, cheerio, arrivederci, sail, shelter, branch, winger, addition, annexe,
army, backstage, cheek, cover, covert, department,
pass, sayonara, crack, dwelling, fling, flip, go, head, division, (v) fly, soar; qu phụ widow.

indirectly, notch, offer, passing, passport, qua 1. across; synonyms (prep) athwart, cross,
overthwart, (adv) over, crossways, crosswise, (adj)
qualifying, strait, straits, (adj) delitescent, private, crossed; antonyms (adv) along, (adj) uncrossed, 2.
retired, secluded, sequestered, 6. subordinate; through; synonyms (prep) for, per, because,
synonyms (adj) subject, lowly, menial, tributary, throughout, (adv) by, thorough, via, (adj) finished,
done, direct, straight, completed, complete, (prf)
under, associate, beneath, dependant, little, minus, past; quá qua over; không xuyên qua proof;
làm qua loa job; ngửa qua over; ngang qua
(n) sub, follower, hyponym, suppressed, (v) submit, by; đã qua departed; đã qua đời deceased;
subdue; antonyms (adj) senior, (n) superior, 7. qua biếu present; qua quá past; sự thông
associate; synonyms (v) affiliate, connect, qua ratification.
company, link, relate, consort, join, unite, coalesce,
quá 1. jolly; synonyms (adj) jovial, cheerful, gay,
accompany, mingle, (n) ally, companion, fellow, happy, festive, genial, bright, cheery, jocund,

partner, accomplice, acquaintance, colleague,

friend, mate, member, buddy, collaborator,
comrade, consociate; antonyms (v) avoid,
dissociate, distance, (n) stranger, 8. assistant;
synonyms (adj) helpful, acting, (n) assist, acolyte,

assistance, helper, coadjutor, servant, agent,
employee, participant, (v) aid; người phụ
subsidiary; mũ phụ nữ bonnet; phụ tùng
attachment; phụ thuộc accidental; phụ bạc
treacherous; cái phụ accidental; không phụ
thuộc independent; đỡ phụ supporting; phụ
vào additional; vãn phụ off.
phức compound; synonyms (n) blend, complex, mix,
amalgam, combination, concoction, mixture, brew,

composition, preparation, compost, union, agree,

(v) alloy, amalgamate, combine, compromise,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

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merry, convivial, jocular, gleeful, funny, buoyant, community; synonyms (n) association, public,

glad, joyful, blithe, hilarious, jaunty, (v) chaff, agreement, commune, nation, people, brotherhood,
banter, flatter, kid, (n) jest; antonym (adj) sad, 2.
unduly; synonyms (adv) overly, too, illegally, likeness, company, district, order, population,

unfairly, extremely, irrationally, over, unjustly, society, solidarity, unison, (adj) communal,
common, group, shared, social, civic, municipal;
wrongly, disproportionately, ever, extravagantly, antonym (adj) private, 4. township; synonyms (n)
town, city, settlement, townsfolk, townspeople;
immensely, incorrectly, indecorously, overfull, quận trưởng marshal.
quãng lapse; synonyms (n) fall, error, fault, mistake,
underhandedly, unjustifiably, (adj) excessively,
oversight, omission, blunder, deterioration, slip, (v)
indefensibly, inexcusably, inexplicably, strangely,
suspiciously, unforgivably; quá qua over; qua relapse, decline, expire, drop, elapse, collapse,
quá past; phiền quá bother; quá lắm
damned; quá tệ wretched; quá nhiều lavish; degenerate, die, backslide, deteriorate, end, go,
quá mức excessive; quá đáng excessive; pass, regress, revert, sink; quãng đường stage.
quá kỹ càng meticulous; quá độ transitional. quanh round; synonyms (adv) about, around, (adj)
quả 1. fruit; synonyms (n) effect, crop, outgrowth,
circular, plump, entire, chubby, complete, fat,
product, consequence, issue, produce, production,
rotund, (n) circle, bout, ring, beat, circuit, cycle,
yield, development, (v) result, return, building,
edifice, erection, fabric, flower, 2. a; synonyms (n) orbit, patrol, rung, sequence, wheel, bend, loop, (v)
compass, turn, gird; antonyms (adj) slim, sharp;
amp, ampere, angstrom, axerophthol, forenoon, chỗ quanh co curve; có quanh năm
perennial; không quanh co plainly; loanh
morn, morning, salt, tar, (prep) at, by, in, into, on, to, quanh around; lời quanh co shift; bao quanh
surrounding; quanh quẩn about; sự vây
(v) grammar, initiation, (adj) cream, elite, quanh environment; vòng quanh round; xung
masterpiece, pick, prime, nonesuch, nonpareil; quanh about.
quả chanh lemon; không ra quả fruitless; quay 1. roast; synonyms (adj) roasted, (n) ridicule,
không quả quyết indeterminate; kết quả là
long; lời quả quyết protest; có nhiều quả joint, knock, parody, (v) broil, burn, bake, grill, joke,
fruitful; có kết quả successful; hoa quả
butcher; có hiệu quả effectively; do hậu quả heat, quiz, cook, fry, scorch, tease, banter, chaff,
consequential. slam, boil, twit, criticize, inflame, rally, 2. rotary;
qualm conscience; synonyms (n) shame, scruple, synonyms (adj) revolving, rotatory, rotating, rotative,
vertiginous, turning, (n) circle, roundabout; sự
principles, bosom, compunction, duty, ethics, inwit, quay phim shooting; sự quay rotation; sự
quay thịt roast; sự quay tròn spin; tay quay
obligation, principle, qualm, regret, repentance, holder; thịt quay roast.
què lame; synonyms (adj) crippled, game, disabled,
scruples, censor, demur, (adj) abandoned,
feeble, halt, halting, weak, becripple, paralytic,
depraved, depravity, describes, dissolute, (v)
absolve, acquit, disinterested, exonerate. inadequate, infirm, faint, meager, unsatisfactory,
quán booth; synonyms (n) stall, cubicle, stand, carrel,
cabin, cell, chalet, hut, kiosk, shed, compartment; hollow, (v) cripple, maim, paralyze, disable, broken,
công quán local; quán ăn restaurant; quán mutilate, drooping, flagging.
chả nướng grill; quán rượu cabaret; quán trọ quý 1. precious; synonyms (adj) dear, beloved,
inn; tập quán usage.
quăn 1. curly; synonyms (adj) curled, kinky, crimped, cherished, costly, valuable, invaluable, expensive,

frizzed, permed, curved, wiry, coiled, convoluted, golden, choice, inestimable, exquisite, cute, rich,

corkscrew, crinkled, crinkling, looped, spiraled, noble, good, goodly, adorable, priceless, sweet,
waving; antonym (adj) straight, 2. curling;
synonyms (n) curl, croquet, pallone, polo, cupping, valued, worthy, delicate, (n) darling, (adv) extremely,
golf, tipcat, (adj) curly; quăn tít woolly. preciously; antonym (adj) worthless, 2. valued;
quẫn nutty; synonyms (adj) crazy, balmy, daft, nuts, synonyms (adj) appreciated, precious, prized,

wacky, barmy, batty, cracked, crackers, dotty, respected, priced, estimable, loved, important,
admired, honored, revered, venerated, 3. term;
foolish, loony, loopy, mad, zany, crazed, bats, synonyms (n) name, expression, period, style, title,

buggy, eccentric, fruity, insane, kookie, kooky, loco, boundary, limit, spell, stipulation, time, duration,
nutlike; antonyms (adj) sane, sensible; sự quẫn trí
distraction; quẫn trí distracted; cảnh túng phrase, tenure, appellation, bound, condition,
quẫn distress.
quận 1. district; synonyms (n) area, quarter, region, season, space, span, word, (v) call, designate,
entitle, denominate, dub; em yêu quý honey;
community, neighborhood, territory, circuit, county, người yêu quý beloved; người quý tộc noble;
người đáng quý dear; anh yêu quý honey;
field, jurisdiction, province, section, domain, quý giá precious; được yêu quý beloved;
được quý trọng valued; đồ ăn quý delicacy;
constituency, country, ground, hemisphere, locality, con yêu quý honey.

municipality, part, place, realm, sector, (adj) local,
(v) zone, 2. shire; synonym (n) shier, 3.

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quyền 1. acting; synonyms (adj) active, interim, deep, dim, familiar, fat, gross, intimate, muddy,
temporary, provisional, (n) enactment, drama,
playing; antonym (adj) permanent, 2. dominion; obtuse, solid, broad, impenetrable, concentrated,
synonyms (n) authority, control, domination, dumb, populous, (n) midst; antonyms (adj) thin,
domain, command, kingdom, power, reign, rule, intelligent, bright, sparse, clever, diluted, fine,
sway, ascendancy, ascendency, dominance, slight, transparent; rậm rạp rank; bụi rậm
empire, mastery, possession, sovereignty, covert.
supremacy, colony, estate, government, influence, rắn 1. solid; synonyms (adj) firm, dense, compact,
jurisdiction, lordship, ownership; người chuyên consistent, hard, real, strong, good, fixed, massive,
quyền ruler; người cầm quyền power; mất
đặc quyền caste; bản quyền copyright; secure, substantial, fast, hearty, heavy, material,
quyền chỉ định nomination; quyền bá chủ
hegemony; quyền Anh art; ở dưới quyền potent, reliable, rigid, sturdy, thick, whole, certain,
subject; người thay quyền deputy; người dưới fine, (v) close; antonyms (adj) soft, unreliable, loose,
quyền subordinate. gaseous, permeable, runny, transparent, watery, (n)
liquid, 2. scale; synonyms (n) flake, gamut,
quyển volume; synonyms (n) bulk, size, book, degree, graduation, measure, yardstick, rate, chip,
magnitude, mass, quantity, dimension, amount,
capacity, intensity, loudness, tome, journal, criterion, fur, gradation, pitch, proportion, shell,
content, heap, strength, extent, contents, plenty,
dimensions, measure, (adj) deal, pot, sight, power; plate, range, film, (v) ascend, climb, gauge, mount,
antonym (n) quietness; quyển anbom album. weigh, rise, peel, (adj) balance; antonym (v)
descend; cứng rắn adamant; tính cứng rắn
quyết resolute; synonyms (adj) constant, decisive, hardness; rắn chắc solid; sự cứng rắn
firm, brave, fixed, inflexible, adamant, bold, hardness; vật rắn solid; thể rắn solid.
courageous, decided, dogged, persistent, stable, rạn cracked; synonyms (v) apart, (adj) broken, nutty,
steadfast, unbending, fast, bent, definite, doughty, batty, chapped, crazy, balmy, wacky, bats,
earnest, gritty, heroic, immovable, (v) determined,
(n) steady; antonyms (adj) irresolute, weak, crackers, crackled, crazed, deranged, dotty,
uncertain; lời quả quyết protest; không quả
quyết indeterminate; kiên quyết decidedly; insane, kookie, kooky, loony, silly, alligatored, daft,
không nhất quyết hesitant; nhất quyết nuts; đường nứt rạn rift.
determined; phán quyết judgement; quả rânh recess; synonyms (n) corner, break, holiday,
quyết assertive; bí quyết key; cách giải quyết intermission, niche, pause, alcove, hollow, nook,
course; chưa giải quyết pending.
vacation, interval, adjournment, interruption,
R
cessation, hole, bay, inlet, respite, interlude, gap,
rạ thatch; synonyms (n) thatching, ceiling, roof, teach, leisure, cell, cavity, hiatus, (v) adjourn.
tile, hair, mop; thợ lợp rạ thatcher; bó rạ bottle. rãnh 1. drain; synonyms (n) ditch, culvert, dike,
channel, sewer, tax, trench, vent, drainage, (v)
rách old; synonyms (adj) antiquated, obsolete,
ancient, former, aged, antique, elderly, deplete, waste, exhaust, bleed, leak, consume,
experienced, outdated, veteran, archaic, decrepit,
hoary, mature, past, stale, disused, hackneyed, finish, sap, tire, drip, pour, dehydrate, seep, (adj)
late, traditional, decayed, inveterate, auld, gray, cloaca, dissipate, spill; antonym (v) bolster, 2.
musty; antonyms (adj) new, young, modern, fresh, ditch; synonyms (n) canal, drain, gutter, dugout,
latest, novel, original, youthful; làm rách tearing; dyke, excavation, furrow, groove, gully, trough,
báo giẻ rách rag; chỗ rách tear; cờ rách rag;
rách tã ragged; sự xé rách tearing; rách tả tơi waterway, (v) abandon, chuck, desert, discard,
ragged.
dump, moat, cut, leave, scrap, drop, dig, fosse,
rađiô wireless; synonyms (n) radio, hollow, jettison; antonym (v) keep, 3. sewer;
radiocommunication, tuner, (v) radiotelephone, synonyms (n) sewerage, main, (adj) latrines; rãnh
intercom, phone, radiophone, telephone; rađiô nhỏ grip.
dây trời aerial; máy rađiô radio. ráp 1. roughly; synonyms (adv) coarsely, almost,
around, rough, harshly, some, generally, hardly,
rađơn radon; synonyms (v) plutonium, radiation,
radioactivity, tritium, uranium, radium. violently, fiercely, (prep) about, approximately, circa,
(adj) nearly; antonyms (adv) gently, softly, smoothly,
rậm thick; synonyms (adj) dense, compact, stupid, 2. harsh; synonyms (adj) grating, sharp, austere,
crowded, dull, heavy, opaque, slow, stocky, close, bitter, coarse, crude, cruel, discordant, grim,

unkind, acrid, acute, biting, brutal, extreme, gruff,

rigorous, severe, stern, abrupt, acerbic, acid,
arduous, (v) hard, (n) dissonant; antonyms (adj)
smooth, gentle, harmonious, kind, lenient, pleasant,
soft, melodious, sweet, 3. rough; synonyms (adj)
harsh, raw, gross, hoarse, jagged, approximate,

inclement, indelicate, rocky, uneven, impolite,

robust, abrasive, bluff, blunt, boorish, clumsy,

fierce, gravelly, gritty, irregular, raspy, (n)
boisterous, draft, ragged; antonyms (adj) polished,

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precise, refined, silky, sophisticated, even, exact, flashy, mean, niggardly, reasonable, shabby,
glossy.
rạp 1. booth; synonyms (n) stall, cubicle, stand, sleazy, vulgar, worthless, miserable, wretched,
carrel, cabin, cell, chalet, hut, kiosk, shed,
compartment, 2. tent; synonyms (n) awning, camp, sorry, chintzy, coarse, common, contemptible,
canopy, barracks, buckling, cover, dossil, shelter, crude; antonyms (adj) expensive, costly, generous,
tasteful, first-rate, luxurious, 2. inexpensive;
tilt, design, gazebo, intention, pergola, porch, (v) synonyms (adj) cheap, gimcrack, reduced, chinchy,
bivouac, dwell, encamp, hinder; rạp xi nê
cinema; rạp hát theatre; rạp đinh pavilion; crummy, flash, garish, gaudy, good, moderate,
rậm rạp rank; ở rạp hát aisle.
rất 1. highly; synonyms (adv) greatly, extremely, modest, nominal, unexpensive, buy, cheapie, dirt-
much, exceedingly, very, too, right, significantly,
terribly, 2. very; synonyms (adv) highly, really, cheap, discounted, efficient, half-price, loud,
completely, entirely, most, quite, truly, actually, meretricious, punk, steal, tatty, uncostly; rẻ tiền
cheap; sự khinh rẻ contempt.
awfully, excessively, intensely, rattling, real, rèm lattice; synonyms (n) grill, fretwork, grid, grille,
net, latticework, mesh, netting, network, web,
thoroughly, vastly, uncommonly, absolutely, (adj) wicket, (v) trellis.
rìa 1. edge; synonyms (n) boundary, margin, verge,
identical, considerably, exact, indeed, totally, true, blade, brink, extremity, advantage, bank, brim, butt,
same, (n) self; antonyms (adv) abysmally, slightly,
somewhat, 3. mighty; synonyms (adj) enormous, corner, limit, perimeter, periphery, rand, skirt,
immense, huge, grand, powerful, intense, high, big,
angle, curb, bounds, confine, (v) border, bound,
forcible, great, large, strong, mammoth, cogent, hem, line, adjoin; antonyms (n) center, (v) middle,
2. skirt; synonyms (n) edge, flap, kilt, apron, dame,
formidable, hardy, potent, violent, massive, forceful, rim, side, crinoline, female, woman, brow, lappet,
able, goodly, terrible, whopping, (adv) mightily, 4.
mightily; synonyms (adv) powerfully, vigorously, (v) fringe, circumvent, evade, elude, sidestep,
fiercely, strongly, forcibly, violently, chiefly,
dodge, avoid, duck, hedge, parry, surround, round,
energetically, mainly, arduously, decidedly, bypass; có rìa edged.
riêng 1. private; synonyms (adj) clandestine,
effectively, hardly, impressively, laboriously, confidential, personal, covert, hidden, individual,
manfully, principally, strenuously, surpassingly, 5.
thoroughly; synonyms (adv) fully, carefully, deeply, secret, inner, esoteric, exclusive, intimate,
exhaustively, soundly, wholly, altogether, exactly,
particular, domestic, interior, lonely, own, privy,
perfectly, utterly, good, profoundly, sound, (v) well,
abundantly, adequately; antonyms (adv) carelessly, retired, secluded, special, informal, inside,
superficially, 6. immensely; synonyms (adv) mysterious, proper, (v) close; antonyms (adj) public,
immeasurably, enormously, infinitely, communal, community, nationalized, official, state-
tremendously, 7. dogged; synonyms (adj) owned, civic, shared, state, 2. corporal;
determined, obdurate, stubborn, willful, bullheaded, synonyms (adj) corporeal, bodily, carnal, physical,
animal, somatic, bodied, (adv) fleshly; antonyms
constant, insistent, obstinate, persistent, resolute, (adj) mental, spiritual, 3. distinct; synonyms (adj)
clear, articulate, different, discrete, apparent,
tenacious, untiring, gritty, dour, firm, grim,
definite, distinctive, palpable, decided, dissimilar,
indomitable, inflexible, pertinacious, perverse,
steadfast, steady, unyielding, bulldog; antonym (adj) marked, plain, tangible, clear-cut, audible,
irresolute; rất đắt happily; rất cừ immense; rất
cao superb; rất cần thiết indispensable; rất conspicuous, diverse, explicit, intelligible, manifest,
bực mình dreadful; rất đúng happy; vật rất tồi
nothing; rất xấu chronic; rất quan trọng noticeable, obvious, several, (prep) separate, (adv)
grand; rất nhỏ wee. apart; antonyms (adj) indistinct, similar, unclear,
rau vegetable; synonyms (n) plant, vegetive, greens, vague, inaudible, shapeless, 4. individual;
artifice, cabbage, engender, establish, fix, synonyms (adj) distinct, single, alone, certain,

generate, install, instate, plan, sapling, settle, characteristic, especial, singular, sole, solitary,
swindle, trick, veggie, (adj) vegetal; rau diếp
lettuce. independent, one, only, peculiar, private, (n)
rễ race; synonyms (n) kind, dash, family, career,
competition, people, kin, nation, pedigree, birth, human, creature, fellow, man, mortal, person,
homo, being, body, personage, self; antonyms (adj)
breed, genus, house, (v) course, run, rush, fly, joint, combined, common, general, (n) collective, 5.
characteristic; synonyms (adj) typical, original,
hasten, hurry, campaign, hunt, dart, match, speed, natural, representative, specific, symbolic,
(adj) lineage; gốc rễ root; đã bén rễ rooted;
chồi rễ tiller. discriminative, distinguishing, exemplary,
rẻ 1. cheap; synonyms (adj) inexpensive, low, stingy,
tacky, base, brassy, bum, cheesy, economical, idiosyncratic, (n) badge, attribute, sign, character,

feature, peculiarity, point, essential, ability,

element, idiosyncrasy, impress, indication, (v)
emblematic, demonstrative; antonym (adj)
uncharacteristic, 6. privy; synonyms (adj) ulterior,
occult, latent, bog, concealed, obscure, colluvies,

dunghill, laystall, midden, mixen, (n) lavatory,

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outhouse, bathroom, can, jakes, toilet, lav, 7. drain, clear, deplete, desolate, pour, spill, void,
peculiar; synonyms (adj) odd, exceptional, devoid, dump, eject, evacuate, exhaust; antonyms
(adj) full, crowded, meaningful, packed, brimming,
anomalous, curious, eccentric, extraordinary,
inhabited, occupied, swarming, cultivated, filled,
abnormal, bizarre, fantastic, irregular, strange, laden, (v) fill, 2. bare; synonyms (adj) naked,
austere, bald, stark, bleak, exposed, mere, nude,
appropriate, funny, quaint, queer, uncommon,
plain, vacant, vacuous, open, simple, unadorned,
unusual, weird, outlandish, erratic, novel,
remarkable, respective, rum, rummy; antonyms (v) empty, show, disclose, denude, expose, reveal,
(adj) normal, ordinary; riêng biệt characteristic; strip, uncover, unveil, air, lean; antonyms (adj)
nhờ ơn riêng courtesy; nét riêng biệt covered, ornate, concealed, (v) cover; trống rỗng
specificity; màu sắc riêng distinction; dành devoid; không rỗng empty.
riêng reserved; việc riêng funeral; vài riêng rộng 1. wide; synonyms (adj) broad, spacious, roomy,
several; thú riêng hobby; tên riêng nickname; comprehensive, extensive, large, ample, vast,
tài sản riêng peculiar.
rìu 1. head; synonyms (n) chief, captain, front, point, capacious, expanded, extended, full, open,

boss, foam, froth, crown, chieftain, executive, chair, sweeping, big, deep, expansive, liberal, thick,
blanket, tolerant, general, huge, (adv) far, widely;
brain, commander, director, end, forefront, heading, antonyms (adj) narrow, thin, restricted, 2. broadly;
synonyms (adv) generally, extensively, largely,
mind, (adj) foremost, great, (v) capital, direct, lead,
command, guide; antonyms (n) subordinate, (v) abroad, usually, effectively, immensely, lengthily,
follow, 2. hack; synonyms (n) drudge, cab, hacker,
loosely, solidly, thickly, basically, expansively,
jade, nag, hackney, journeyman, plug, (v) cut, chop, heftily, mostly, powerfully, slackly, sturdily; antonym
(adv) briefly, 3. extensive; synonyms (adj)
ax, fell, gash, mutilate, rip, slash, slice, cleave, commodious, considerable, copious, major, wide,
carve, chip, hew, incise, maim, mangle, score.
rỗ porous; synonyms (adj) permeable, leaky, long, enormous, detailed, great, immense,

poriferous, holey, open, pervious, spongy, important, massive, voluminous, widespread,
absorbent; antonym (adj) impermeable.
roi whip; synonyms (n) coachman, spur, thong, urge, universal, abundant, elaborate, profound,

(v) scourge, lash, flog, strap, beat, flagellate, goad, exhaustive, grand, complete, diffuse, far-reaching,
lengthy, prevalent; antonyms (adj) small, limited,
punish, stir, thrash, trounce, wallop, chastise, cane, minor, partial, short, 4. broad; synonyms (adj) free,
hit, lather, pip, slash, switch, thresh, welt; trận roi inclusive, coarse, fat, gross, indelicate, loose, plain,
warming; roi song basket; bó roi rod.
rối untidy; synonyms (adj) slovenly, disheveled, round, unsubtle, wholesale, indiscriminate, (n)
female, mere, woman; antonym (adj) specific, 5.
disordered, disorderly, messy, sloppy, unkempt, large; synonyms (adj) generous, bulky, handsome,
high, heavy, hefty, stout, bountiful, colossal, fair,
confused, disorganized, frowzy, scruffy, sluttish,
giant, gigantic, good, jumbo, significant, substantial,
slipshod, dowdy, tousled, dirty, ragged, slatternly,
grubby; antonyms (adj) tidy, neat, elegant; rối loạn corpulent, goodly, adult, magnanimous, mammoth,
fix; rắc rối complex; bối rối constrained; việc mighty, (adv) portly, pretty, (v) larger; antonyms (adj)
rắc rối kettle; sự bối rối puzzle; sự rối rít fuss; cramped, insignificant, 6. ample; synonyms (adj)
sự rối loạn confusion. plentiful, affluent, rich, sizable, sufficient, adequate,
rời separate; synonyms (adj) detached, individual,
enough, plenteous, profuse, sizeable, luxuriant,
particular, single, disjoined, (v) detach, divorce,
bounteous, fertile, lavish, much, plenty,
part, insulate, scatter, cut, dissociate, disconnect, satisfactory, tidy, wealthy, chubby, respectable;
antonyms (adj) inadequate, meager, insufficient,
discrete, discriminate, disjoin, disperse, distinguish, scarce; lan rộng widespread; rộng khắp
world-wide; quyền rộng rãi latitude; phần mở
divide, isolate, demarcate, break, differentiate, rộng extension; căng rộng ra outstretched;
disengage, disjoint; antonyms (adj) connected, học rộng scholar; độ rộng amplitude; chỗ
rộng râi open; chỗ rộng broad; suy rộng
joined, simultaneous, (v) unite, merge, mix, generalized.
combine, fuse, join, link, associate; rã rời weary; Rôto rotor; synonyms (n) rotator, stator.
ra rời clear; sự rụng rời consternation; sự rui woodwork; synonyms (n) carpentry, woodworking.
tháo rời detachment; sự rời khỏi departure; rủi 1. unhappy; synonyms (adj) unfortunate,
sự rời đi exodus; rụng rời heap; rời xa away; depressed, dismal, gloomy, melancholy, sad,
rời ra detached.
rồng dragon; synonyms (n) shrew, calculus, drake, disconsolate, distressed, infelicitous, low,

earthdrake, firedrake, monster, tartar, bitch, miserable, sorrowful, disappointed, downcast,

harridan, tophus, (adj) wyvern, cockatrice, madcap, mournful, poor, sorry, unlucky, unpleasant,

scold, tiger, fury, kraken, roc, termagant, virago, dejected, hapless, pitiful, adverse, cheerless,
vixen. discontented; antonyms (adj) happy, cheerful,
rỗng 1. empty; synonyms (adj) discharge, hollow,

destitute, bare, blank, barren, abandoned,

deserted, vain, airy, exhausted, free, hungry, (v)

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pleased, satisfied, 2. unlucky; synonyms (adj) slow, leisurely, dull, 2. acute; synonyms (adj)
luckless, unhappy, untoward, inauspicious, sinister,
disastrous, ominous, unsuccessful, doomed, sharp, incisive, intense, penetrating, critical,
unfavorable, fatal, unblest, damned, inopportune,
intrusive, timeless; antonyms (adj) lucky, fortunate; piercing, severe, shrewd, shrill, smart, strong, acrid,
sự rủi ro accident; sự may rủi chance; gặp
vận rủi draught. acuate, discerning, discriminating, grave,
run shaky; synonyms (adj) rickety, precarious,
insecure, ramshackle, unsafe, unstable, broken, penetrative, perceptive, pointed, quick, trenchant,
quaking, shaking, trembling, unsound, unsteady, acrimonious, dire, (v) high, pungent; antonym (adj)
weak, wobbly, nervous, perilous, quivering, groggy, obtuse, 3. colour; synonyms (n) coloration,
dangerous, doddering, flimsy, quavering, (v) crazy,
lame, (n) diffident; antonyms (adj) stable, steady, coloring, colouring, semblance, vividness, (v) color,
strong; run rẩy shivering; sự run shiver; sự discolor, discolour, distort, tinge, 4. keen;
run lên thrill. synonyms (adj) eager, biting, brisk, enthusiastic,
rung vibrant; synonyms (adj) resonant, vivacious,
sonorous, glowing, lively, vigorous, rich; antonym exquisite, astute, desirous, ardent, cutting, fervent,
(adj) dull; rung rinh dancing; sự rung shake; sự
rung chuyển commotion; sự rung động hungry, impatient, fine, caustic, earnest, dry,
agitation; tiếng rung ngân ring; sự rung rinh
tremor. anxious, bitter, bleak, (v) fresh, avid, howl, moan,
ruộng contiguous; synonyms (adj) adjacent, (n) cry, dirge; antonyms (adj) apathetic, indifferent,
adjoining, close, abutting, conterminous, near, unenthusiastic, blunt; sắc lệnh decrease; sắc
nearby, bordering, immediate, touching, đẹp beauty; sắc cạnh dry; sắc bén acute;
neighboring, nigh; antonym (adj) distant; đồng nhiều màu sắc colourful; khí sắc air; con súc
ruộng field. sắc ivory; màu sắc riêng distinction; sắc mặt
rương 1. trunk; synonyms (n) stem, boot, torso, body, countenance; sự sắc digestion.
bole, proboscis, snout, stalk, box, stock, case, sách writing; synonyms (n) script, composition,
house, luggage, nose, stirps, 2. chest; synonyms
(n) bosom, bust, bureau, casket, dresser, chamber, lettering, print, document, autograph, paper,
crate, thorax, treasury, trunk.
rượu 1. thickness; synonyms (n) density, authorship, book, inscription, record, journal, text,
consistency, width, layer, heaviness, body, breadth, style, words, correspondence, penning; ngân
bulk, compactness, crassitude, diameter, sách budget; hiệu sách bookshop; gáy sách
substance, 2. lotion; synonyms (n) ointment, rib; phương sách device; cuốn sách nhỏ
wash, balm, application, cerate, cream, dilution, booklet; cuốn sách mỏng brochure; chính
lenitive, salve; người nghiện rượu alcoholic; sách rebel; bìa sách cover; sự yêu sách
men rượu yeast; máy cất rượu still; rượu claim; sổ sách account.
uytky Ê-cốt scotch; sự uống rượu damp; sạch 1. white; synonyms (adj) fair, ashen, blank,
rượu vôtca vodka; quán rượu cabaret; rượu
vang wine; rượu uytky whisky; rượu thùng clean, snowy, wan, achromatic, bloodless, livid,
bin.
pallid, colorless, bright, good, light, hoary,
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blanched, hot, (n) pale, whiteness, cornea, flannel,
sa 1. shah; synonyms (n) king, caliph, czar, dictator, gabardine, iris, (v) whiten, whitewash; antonyms
imaum, kaiser, sovereign, sultan, tsar, cazique, (adj) dark, rosy, (n) black, 2. clean; synonyms (adj)
lama, mikado, mogul, padishah, tenno, tycoon, 2.
chiffon; synonyms (adj) filmy, flimsy, diaphanous, clear, antiseptic, pure, chaste, adroit, tidy,
sheer; sa thạch sandstone; sa mạc waste; sự
sa sút fall. unblemished, empty, fresh, immaculate, innocent,

sắc 1. quick; synonyms (adj) bright, prompt, active, neat, plain, (v) brush, cleanse, bathe, clarify,
agile, clever, hasty, intelligent, nimble, speedy,
alert, alive, cursory, dexterous, expeditious, disinfect, sweep, wash, decontaminate, filter,
hurried, immediate, instant, keen, lively, swift, brief, furbish, rinse, rub; antonyms (adj) filthy, unclean,
abrupt, acute, animated, (adv) fast; antonyms (adj)
muddy, unhygienic, full, syrupy, tainted,
unwholesome, (v) dirty, soil, contaminate, pollute,
3. cleanly; synonyms (adv) flawlessly, freely,

minimally, plainly, simply, adroitly, austerely,

dexterously, innocently, modestly, (adj) prim,

spotless, artful, cleansing, dexterous, finished, nice,
skillful, tasteful; chùi sạch wipe; giũ sạch clear;
giũ sạch được quit; hẳn sạch clean; lau sạch
wipe; sạch sẽ clean; sự dọn sạch clearing;
sự lau sạch clean; sự quét sạch clean; sự
rửa sạch clean.
sai 1. inaccurate; synonyms (adj) erroneous, faulty,

incorrect, false, inexact, wrong, improper, loose,

mistaken, untrue, fallacious, lax, misleading,
slipshod, unsound, vague, careless, general;
antonyms (adj) correct, exact, precise, accurate,
truthful, 2. false; synonyms (adj) bastard,

counterfeit, deceitful, dishonest, artificial, assumed,

deceptive, disloyal, faithless, fake, fictitious, sham,

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)

Vietnamese - English 89

ersatz, apocryphal, bad, bogus, delusive, insincere, sáng 1. shiny; synonyms (adj) bright, lustrous, glossy,

mendacious, mock, pretended, spurious, brilliant, clear, glistening, sheeny, shining, sleek,
treacherous, unreal, disingenuous; antonyms (adj)
true, real, factual, faithful, genuine, natural, honest, slick, smooth, sunny, glassy, resplendent, silken,
valid, 3. unjust; synonyms (adj) unfair, partial, burnished, glazed, (v) nitid, splendent, vivid;
injurious, foul, inequitable, unrighteous, wicked, antonyms (adj) dull, rough, 2. luminous;
synonyms (adj) glowing, lucid, lambent, light, lucent,
wrongful, unjustified, unmerited, iniquitous, undue,
radiant, aglow, shiny, beaming, effulgent, dazzling,
unreasonable, evil, hard, illegal, immoral, incandescent, intelligent, intelligible, perspicuous;
antonym (adj) dark, 3. shining; synonyms (v)
oppressive, rough, sinful, undeserved, unequal,
uneven, unwarranted; antonyms (adj) fair, just, shine, (adj) luminous, glorious, glittering,
equitable, reasonable, rightful, 4. wrongly;
synonyms (adv) erroneously, incorrectly, badly, distinguished, gleaming, illustrious, shimmering,
improperly, mistakenly, falsely, amiss, unjustly;
antonym (adv) correctly, 5. untrue; synonyms (adj) sparkling, gay, sheen, glaring, lively, refulgent,
unfaithful, inaccurate, unfounded, hollow, invalid,
rosy, splendid, cheery, clean, spotless, (n)
phony, untruthful, inconstant, mythical, polishing, 4. bright; synonyms (adj) alive, apt,
untrustworthy, 6. wrong; synonyms (adj) harm, ill,
inappropriate, abuse, criminal, unjust, vicious, brainy, smart, gorgeous, nimble, auspicious, acute,

awry, (v) outrage, trespass, (n) damage, injure, blithe, knowing, airy, alert, buoyant, cheerful,

injury, injustice, crime, hurt, mischief, grievance, cheering, cloudless, colorful, fine, gaudy, happy,
hopeful, keen, limpid, live, promising; antonyms
sin, transgression, iniquity, wickedness, misuse,
misdeed, unfairness; antonyms (adj) good, proper, (adj) cloudy, dim, dreary, gloomy, stupid,
law-abiding, (v) right, (n) justice; sai lầm
erroneous; ngược sai wrong; sai trái wrongly; unintelligent, overcast, shadowy, leaden, slow,
hoàn toàn sai monstrous; dễ sai khiến thick; ánh sáng glare; người sáng chế
workable; sự sai lầm error; tay sai creature; inventor; người sáng lập promoter; người
sự sai sót error; sai sót defect; sự dùng sai sáng tác composer; người sáng tạo architect;
misuse. nguồn sáng chế mint; óc sáng tạo creativity;
sấm thunder; synonyms (n) boom, bang, roll, bellow, pháo sáng rocket; lớp sáng glow; rọi sáng
clap, thundering, crash, roaring, (v) roar, howl, illuminating.
sao star; synonyms (n) asterisk, celebrity, ace,
rumble, fulminate, blast, storm, growl, grumble, (adj)
principal, headliner, leading, luminary, personality,
peal, explode, detonate, bounce, clang, displode,
fly, swell; lời sấm oracle. champion, idol, lead, world, bigwig, decoration,
sàn batten; synonyms (n) plank, bar, batting, (v)
fasten, fix, flourish, thrive, assure, flower, prosper, hero, hotshot, magnate, sensation, virtuoso, whiz,
wizard, (adj) asteriated, (v) feature; antonym (n)
secure, tether, ensure, guarantee, insure, procure, nobody; ra làm sao where; bản sao copy; bản
tie, tighten; sàn nhà crazy. sao lục double; bảo sao transcript; ngôi sao
sẵn ready; synonyms (adj) fit, prompt, quick, nimble, star; vì sao why; ra sao how; sự sao lại
apt, deft, disposed, finished, handy, present, duplication; sự sao lãng neglect; sự sao lục
duplication.
instant, adroit, agile, alert, expert, facile, inclined, sáo mouthpiece; synonyms (n) mouth, embouchure,

prepared, (v) prepare, fix, willing, make, (n) spokesman, speaker, aperture, delegate,
available, dexterous, eager; antonyms (adj)
unprepared, unwilling; sẵn sàng agreeable; sẵn gumshield, (v) authority, exponent, informant,
lòng cheerful; sẵn để dùng disposable; intelligencer; sự huýt sáo whistle; ống sáo fife;
không sẵn sàng unprepared. người thổi sáo piper; không khách sáo
sang 1. over; synonyms (adv) beyond, across, more, homely.
by, o'er, on, too, crosswise, anew, again, off, sáp cosmetic; synonyms (adj) superficial,

besides, (prep) above, during, covering, (n) overs, augmentative, decorative, enhancive, ornamental,

(adj) finished, done, extra, odd, past, gone, out, passive, corrective, gooky, improving, nonessential,
overhead, spare, 2. knowing; synonyms (v)
canny, wise, enlightened, (adj) astute, aware, painted, remedial, restorative, surface, touching-up,

conscious, crafty, bright, conversant, ingenious, (n) cosmetics, cerate, cream, lotion, paint, lenitive,
oil, ointment, salve, rouge; sự sáp nhập
intelligent, smart, understanding, erudite, incorporation; sáp nhập incorporated.
sắp nearly; synonyms (adv) almost, about, close,
experienced, cognizant, foxy, deliberate,
approximately, closely, virtually, around, intimately,
intentional, knowledgeable, sagacious, sharp,
judicious, (n) clever, cunning; sang khắp over; nigh, practically, roughly, much, just, dear, halfway,
người sang fashionable; trội sang swell; sự (adj) near, most, thereabouts, approaching; sắp
rót sang transfusion; sang trọng fashionable. già elderly; sắp đi ra outgoing; sắp đi bound;
sắp đến forthcoming; sắp có lương ghost;
sắp thôi việc outgoing; sắp tới coming; chồng
sắp cưới intended; cách sắp xếp disposal;
cách sắp đặt texture.

Reference: Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)