Collins Dictionaries - Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus

The knight urged his horse to a full gallop.

dry ADJECTIVE

Something that is dry has no water in it at all.

arid

Large areas of Mexico are arid desert.

barren

No crops could grow on the barren land.

parched

The garden was parched and all the seedlings died.

dull (1) ADJECTIVE

Something that is dull is not interesting.

boring

It was the most boring action film they’d ever seen.

dreary

I spent a dreary morning being dragged round the shops.

tedious

John found his cousin’s story tedious.

dull (2) ADJECTIVE

Something that is dull is not bright or clear.

cloudy

The day was so cloudy we thought it might rain at any moment.

dismal

A most surprising thing happened on that dismal wintry afternoon.

drab

She wore a drab grey dress and grimy brown shoes.

gloomy

It was difficult to see the ogre in the gloomy light of the cave.

grey

The clouds in the sky were a dark grey colour when the thunder storm started.

miserable

I like playing board games on miserable, rainy days.

ANTONYM: bright

Ee

eager ADJECTIVE

If you are eager, you very much want to do or have something.

enthusiastic

There were plenty of enthusiastic volunteers to help plan the school garden.

impatient

Mark was impatient to get back to school after the holidays.

keen

Brownie was keen to enter the competition at the dog show.

longing

Rachel was longing to see her newborn baby brother.

easy ADJECTIVE

Something that is easy can be done without difficulty.

clear

The way the teacher showed us made everything clear.

obvious

The answer to the problem was obvious. I gave Tom some of my ice cream and he stopped crying.

plain

It was plain to see he didn’t like spiders.

simple

“Shelling the peas shouldn’t take you long,” said Mum. “It’s a simple job.”

ANTONYM: difficult

eat VERB

When you eat, you chew and swallow food.

bite

“Bite the jammy bit of the doughnut first,” said Isaac.

chew

Cows chew the grass thoughtfully.

devour

They devour the sandwiches as fast as she makes them.

gnaw

Boggart happily lay down in the garden and gnawed his bone.

gobble

Mum told them to stop gobbling sweets.

graze

Sheep graze in the meadow until the farmer brings them in for the night.

have a meal

“We have a meal together every evening,” said Mum.

munch

The horse likes to munch apples, carrots and oats.

nibble

Kylie nibbles her food like a mouse.

peck

Pigeons peck seeds and breadcrumbs thrown by the tourists.

swallow

Arthur was too busy talking to swallow his food properly.

edge NOUN

An edge is the end or side of something.

border

Her wallpaper had a border with animals on it.

boundary

The farmer planted a hedge along the boundary of his land.

brim

He filled his glass up to the brim.

margin

There were holes in the margin of the paper to fit the folder.

rim

They stood at the rim of the crater and gazed down into the depths.

effort NOUN

Effort is the energy needed to do something.

energy

It took a huge amount of energy to climb to the top of the hill.

force

With great force, the giant pushed a boulder from the mouth of the cave.

struggle

The boys found it a struggle to drag the heavy sack.

work

“They have put a lot of work into this project,” said the teacher.

empty (1) ADJECTIVE

Something that is empty has no people or things in it.

bare

John’s room was bare apart from a few packing cases.

blank

Hasan stared at the blank pages of his old diary.

clear

The road was clear and we arrived in record time.

deserted

We knocked on the door, but the place was completely deserted.

unoccupied

The house had been unoccupied for years.

vacant

We had a job to find a vacant field for our picnic.

ANTONYM: full

empty (2) VERB

If you empty a container, you pour or take everything out of it.

clear out

Dad started to clear out the shed today.

drain

There was a hole in his bucket and the water drained out.

unload

The children helped unload the car when they got home.

ANTONYM: fill

encourage (1) VERB

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