Dictionary of Synonym of British English and American English

A story that is told using moving pictures, shown at a cinema or on television.

Ex: The film will be shown on Channel 4.

A part of the cost of something that you pay before paying the total amount later.

Ex: We’ve made a down payment on a new car.

A container on wheels that you use for carrying things, for example in a supermarket.

Ex: She stuffed the shopping cart.

The path you walk on at the side of a road.

Ex: The flower pot crashed to the sidewalk.

A particular  type of reaction or welcome that  someone gets.

Ex: You’ll have to check in at the reception desk before coming into the rest of the building.

Something that has been packed in a box or wrapped in paper and then sent by mail or delivered.

Ex: I’m afraid I have  addressed the parcel wrongly.

A list of the times of buses, trains etc.

Ex: That schedule gives the hours of arrival and departure.

An area of ground used for playing a sport.

Ex: The school has its own soccer field.

A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere.

Ex: How much was the cab fare?

A line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.

Ex: We stood in a queue for half an hour.

A railway system under a city.

Ex: London underground is the oldest underground system in the World.

A type of shoe that you wear fors port or with informal clothes.

Ex: Your sneakers are dirty; take them off before you come in.

A machine that takes you up and down between floors in a building.

Ex: You can take the lift or the escalator.

A piece of rubber used for removing pencil marks from paper.

Ex: I loaned my eraser to my friend.

A period when you travel to another place for pleasure.

Ex: Most people can’t afford two foreign holidays a year.

A piece of clothing with buttons down the front and no sleeves that a man wears over a shirt and under a jacket.

Ex: I can’t find the waistcoat of my three piece suit.

Something that is used to strengthen or  support something.

Ex: Tom is wearing suspenders.

An enclosed space at the back of a car, used for carrying bags etc.

Ex: What’s in the beach bag that’s in the trunk of your car?

A printed piece of paper that you sign and use to pay for things.

Ex: As soon as I received the cheque, I went to the bank.

A large dark purple vegetable.

Ex: There is no eggplant in the market.

A shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products etc.

Ex: She sells medicine in the pharmacy.

Having a taste like sugar.

Ex: After finishing our food, we ordered coffee and sweets.

A large piece of kitchen equipment used for cooking food.

Ex: Did you remember to turn the cooker off?

Things that people throw away such as old food, dirty paper etc.

Ex: As soon as I get my trailer back from my son, I’m going to take a load of rubbish to the tip.

A game played by two teams of 11 players who try to kick a ball into the other team’s goal.

Ex: No sport is as popular as football in Turkey.

A meal that you buy from a restaurant to eat at home or a restaurant that sells this food.

Ex: “We’ll be having takeout from your favorite Chinese restaurant.

Someone whose job is to take away waste that people leave in dustbins.

Ex: The garbage collectors in our neighborhood do their job very meticulously.

A bridge that carries one road over another road.

Ex: They closed the road for overpass construction

Slightly  hungry.

Ex: I cooked some food because I was very hungry.

An area of land next to a house where there are flowers, grass and other plants.

Ex: My dad has been working in the garden for three hours.

A small bag that a woman uses to carry money and personal things.

Ex: The boy stole money from his mother’s handbag.

A main road between two cities.

Ex: The two cities are connected by this highway.

A building where you can buy things.

Ex: I met Jane in the department store by chance.

The thing that you turn on or off in order to control the flow of water from a pipe.

Ex: You can’t use this faucet. It’s out of order.

A small metal container in which food is sold.

Ex: Tom poured the soup into a large tin cup.

A piece of clothing that covers the lower part of your body with a separate part for each leg.

Ex: He has his trousers pressed every day.

A piece of furniture in which you hang clothes.

Ex: I left my shirt in the wardrobe.

A different route that is used because a road is closed.

Ex: Traffic diversions will be kept to a minimum throughout the festival.

A long, thin piece of material that is worn under a shirt collar, especially by men, and tied in a knot at the front.

Ex: He always wears a jacket and tie to work.

A device shaped like a box with a screen that receives electrical signals and changes them into moving images and sound, or the method or business of sending images and sound by electrical signals.

Ex: It’s one of the few television programmes that I still watch.

A rope that is used for jumping over as an exercise or game

Ex: The kids wer  e busy playing with skipping ropes and skateboards

A small, usually wooden, shelter for a dog to sleep in outside

Ex: We left our dog in kennels when we went away.

To cook something under a very hot surface in a cooker:

Ex: I’ll broil the bacon rather than fry it.

A sign on a road vehicle that shows its registration number

Ex: It seems to me quite an easy thing not to take someone’s number plate.

A room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet

Ex: Our bathroom is the warmest room in the house.

An unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person

Ex: I heard a rumor that she’d been seeing Luke Harrison.

A device used for holding clothes onto a clothes line while they dry

Ex: She would often use clothespins, pencils and various household items to act out her created dialogues.

in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock

Ex: Push it down and twist it counterclockwise.

Affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination

Ex: The two become enamored and decide to marry in her home town.

A large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted

Ex: In 1851, his principal implements included only nine ploughs and three harrows.

Comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because of being small and warm

Ex: We had a cozy dinner with the whole family.

A type of hat that covers the ears and is tied under the chin, worn by babies or, especially in the past, by women

Ex: There are too few people with bees in their bonnets at the moment.

To control or limit something that is not wanted.

Ex: You’ve got to learn to curb your temper.

A short series of letters and/or numbers that is part of an address, and shows exactly where a place is.

Ex: After customers enter a zip code, the site identifies local stores in their area.

The number 0 or zero.

Ex: The number one million is written with a one and six zeros.

The symbol Used in writing at the end of a sentence or at the end of the short form of a word.

Ex:Make sure you put a full stop at the end of every sentence.

Hair that a man grows above his upper lip.

Ex: He used a small pair of scissors to trim his mustache.

A particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people.

Ex: Photographs show him wearing the T-shirt and ripped jeans that were the student’s uniform of the time.

A small light that is held in the hand and usually gets its power from batteries.

Ex: The first time, they left; the second time, they came back and torched the barn

The thick dark to light brown syrup that is separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture.

Ex:Brown sugar is a soft light or dark brown sugar made from refined white sugar and molasses.

A large soft ball of white or pink sugar in the form of thin threads, usually sold on a stick and eaten at fairs and amusement parks.

Ex: While at the circus he follows his nose looking for the cotton candy, and when he turns around his parents are gone.

A smooth rubber or plastic object that is given to a baby to suck on, in order to comfort it and make it stop crying.

Ex: Some attendees enjoyed carrying around toys such or other items such as dummies (pacifiers) or face masks.