This section has been put into this site simply to provide mental recreation on Small Words and to help those who are interested in word games. It is well to emphasize, however, that it is generally better to use the Small Words rather than the big words both in speaking and in writing.
Small Words for Big Words have been arranged in alphabetical order.
Big Words…Small Words
Absolution…forgiveness
Abstemious…moderate
Acatalectic…complete
Acauline…stem less
Accessory…additional
Acephalous…headless
Acerbity…bitterness
Acerbity…sourness
Adipose…fatty
Adjacent…near
Adulation…flattery
Adversary…enemy
Affirmation…oath
Afflatus…inspiration
Affluence…wealthy
Alacrity…briskness
Alacrity…readiness
Aliment…food
Alimony…maintenance
Amanuensis…secretary
Ambiguous…doubtful
Ameliorate…improve
Amiable…lovable
Amicable…friendly
Amity…friendship
Amorphous…shapeless
Animosity…hatred
Animus…intention
Anonymous…nameless
Anourous…tailless
Aperients…purgative
Aphonia…dumbness
Aptitude…Fitness
Arenaceous…sandy
Asperity…harshness
Aspersion...slander
Asphyxia…suffocating
Assiduity…diligence
Assuetude…habit
Audacious…bold
Authentic…genuine
Avidity…eagerness
Avocation…occupation
Banausic…mechanical
Beguile…deceive
Benediction…blessing
Bias … prejudice
Boisterous…noisy
Calcareous…chalky
Calisthenics…gymnastics
Calligraphy… penmanship
Cantankerous…quarrelsome
Cecity…blindness
Celerity…swiftness
Chanticleer…cock
Charlatan…quack
Chicanery…trickery
Chirography… penmanship
Chivalrous…gallant
Chronometer…clock
Cinerary… ashes
Clandestine…secret
Clemency…leniency
Clocher…belfry
Co-adjutor…huge
Coagulation…clotting
Coalesce…unite
Coerce…compel
Cogitate…think
Collateral…parallel
Colossal…huge
Commiseration…pity
Commodious… spacious
Commodious…roomy
Communication…denunciation
Commutation…exchange
Compendious…brief
Compunction…remorse
Concierge…porter
Condign…worthy
Confabulate…gossip
Conjecture…guesses
Consentaneous…unanimous
Consign…send
Conspectus…synopsis
Consuetude…custom
Contaminate…pollute
Contiguity…nearness
Contiguous…adjoining
Contumacious…stubborn
Contumelious…insolent
Conundrum…riddles
Convivial…jovial
Copious…plentiful
Corneous…horny
Credence…belief
Culpable…guilty
Cupidity…covetousness
Cupidity…greed
Cursory…hasty
Debility…weakness
Debonair…courteous
Decadence…..decay
Decapitate…behead
Declivity. Slope
Decollate…behead
Decrepit…feeble
Decrescent…waning
Defeasance...defeat
Defecate…purify
Deficiency…lack
Deglutition…swallowing
Delectable…delightful
Deleterious…hurtful
Delinquent…wrong-doer
Delitescent…latent
Demise…death
Demotic…popular
Denegation…denial
Depredator…thief
Depurate…purify
Derelict…abandoned
Deride…mock
Desipient…foolish
Desuetude…disuse
Desultory...rambling
Diaphanous…transparent
Disingenuous…insincere
Disseminate…scatter
Domicile…home
Domicile…house
Dubious…doubtful
Dudgeon…anger
Echinated…prickly
Edacious…greedy
Edentate…toothless
Edible…eatable
Edulcorate…sweeten
Effeminate…womanish
Effulgence…luster
Elliptical…oval
Elucidate…explain
Encephalon…brain
Encomium…praise
Endeavour…try
Enigma…puzzle
Equivocal…doubtful
Erroneous…wrong
Erudite…learned
Eschew…avoid
Esculent…edible
Esoteric…mysterious
Espionage…spying
Eulogy…praise
Evanesce…disappear
Exiguous…small
Eximious…excellent
Exorbitant…excessive
Expectorate…spit
Expeditious…quick
Extortionate…oppressive
Facetious…jocular
Factitious…artificial
Fainéant… idle
Fallacious…misleading
Fallacious…misleading
Fatuous…foolish
Fecundity…fruitfulness
Felicitation…congratulation
Firmament…sky
Fortnightly…bi-weekly
Fortitude…strength
Fortuitous…accidental
Fremescent…noisy
Frigid…cold
Fugacious…fleeting
Furlough…vacation
Garish…gaudy
Garrulous….talkative
Geniculate…knotted
Gigantic…huge
Grandiloquent…bombastic
Gratuitous…free
Gravamen…grievance
Guerdon…reward
Habiliment…garment
Hallucination…delusion
Hamate…crooked
Hauteur…pride
Hebdomadal…weekly
Hiatus…gap
Hilarious…merry
Histrionic…theatrical
Homily…sermon
Humidity…moisture
Hypochondriacal…melancholy
Ignominy…disgrace
Immaculate…spotless
Impeccable…blameless
Impuissant…powerless
Inadequate…insufficient
Inane…empty
Inanimate...lifeless
Incarcerate…imprison
Incertitude…uncertainty
Incessant…unceasing
Indigenous…native
Indigent…poor
Indolent…lazy
Inebriate…drunk
Ineffable…unspeakable
Inexorable…inflexible
Infallible…unerring
Ingenuous…candid
Innocuous… harmless
Innoxiously… harmlessly
Inquietude…uneasiness
Insipience…foolishness
Insomnia…sleeplessness
Insouciant…careless
Insubordinate…disobedient
Insurgent…rebel
Insurrection…rebellion
Interminable…endless
Internecine…deadly
Interstice…space
Intimidate…frighten
Intrepidity…daring
Inundate…flood
Irascible…irritable
Jejune…bare
Jocund…gay
Juvenescence…youthfulness
Keen…Eager
kindle…Ignite
knit…join
knot…tie
Labefaction…decay
Labyrinth…maze
Lacerate…tear
Lancinate…tear
Lascivious…lewd
Lassitude…weariness
Lentitude…slowness
Lethal…deadly
Lethiferous…deadly
Lexicon…dictionary
Loquacious….talkative
Lucrative…profitable
Ludicrous…comical
Lugubrious…mournful
Malediction…curse
Manacle…handcuff
Masticate…chew
Matrimony…marriage
Mendacious…untruthful
Mendacity…falsehood
Mendicant…beggar
Merchandise…goods
Minacious…threatening
Minauderie…affectation
Miscellaneous…mixed
Missive…letter
Moiety…Half
Mucedinous …mouldy
Mucilage…gum
Mundane…worldly
Munificent…liberal
Myriad…countless
Nefarious...wicked
Negation…denial
Nescient…ignorant
Nigrescent…blackish
Nostalgia…home-sickness
Noxious…hurtful
Obdurate…stubborn
Obese…fat
Oblivion…forgetfulness
Obsequious…cringing
Obstreperous…noisy
Occidental…western
Oecumenical…universal
Oleaginous…oily
Opprobrium…disgrace
Opulent…rich
Oriental…eastern
Oriental…eastern
Orison…prayer
Oscillate…waver
Osculate…kiss
Osseous…bony
Parsimonious…frugal
Pellucid…clear
Pendulous…hanging
Penitentiary…prison
Peradventure…perhaps
Perfunctory…careless
Pertinacious…stubborn
Petulant...peevish
Pishogue…sorcery
Plenary…full
Plenipotentiary…ambassador
Plenitude…fullness
Plumose … feathery
Porraceous…greenish
Portal…door
Predatory…plundering
Prehensile…seizing
Pristine…original
Proclivitous…steep
Procrastinate…defer
Prognosis…forecast
Propensity…inclination
Prophylactic…preventive
Propitiate…appease
Prospicience…foresight
Provenance…origin
Proximity…near
Prudence…discretion
Puerile…childish
Pugilist…boxer
Pugnacious…aggressive
Pusillanimous…faint-hearted
Querulous…complaining
Quiescent…dormant
Quixotic…visionary
Quondam…former
Quotidian…daily
Qurimonious…complaining
Rabid…mad
Rapacious…greedy
Rapine…plunders
Recapitulate…summarize
Recipient…receiver
Recluse…hermit
Recreant…coward
Rectitude…uprightness
Refescent…reddish
Renovate…renew
Replete…full
Reticent…silent
Reverberate…echo
Salacious…lustful
Salutary…beneficial
Sangfroid…calmness
Sangfroid…coolness
Sanguinary…blood-thirsty
Sebaceous…fatty
Secrete…hide
Sedentary…sitting
Sediment…dregs
Sempervirent…evergreen
Sempiternal…everlasting
Senile…old
Sepulcher…tomb
Setaceous…bristly
Simulacrum…image
Sobriquet…nickname
Somnolence…sleep
Spurious…false
Sterile…barren
Stratagem…trick
Subaltern…subordinate
Subterranean…underground
Succedaneum…substitute
Succinct…brief
Succulent…juicy
Sudation…sweat
Supercilious…arrogant
Surmise…guesses
Surreptitious…secret
Surveillance…supervision
Tableau…picture
Taciturn…reserved
Taciturn…silent
Tardy…slow
Temerarious…reckless
Tenement…dwelling-house
Tentative…experimental
Tenuity…thinness
Terminus…boundary
Textile…woven
Thesaurus…dictionary
Thrasonical…boasting
Timorous…fearful
Titillate…tickle
Totile…twisted
Traduce…defame
Tranquil…calm
Transgression…sin
Translucent…opaque
Truculent…savage
Turpitude…baseness
Twaddle…chatter
Udometer…rain-gauge
Ululate…howl
Umbrage...offence
Undulate…wavy
Unguent…ointment
Vacillate…waver
Vacuous…empty
Valediction…farewell
Valetudinarian…invalid
Vanquish…conquer
Vapulation…flogging
Vaunt…boast
Velocity…swiftness
Venal…mercenary
Veracity…truth
Verisimilitude…probability
Veritable…real
Vernacular…native
Vertigo…giddiness
Vicissitude…change
Vilify…slander
Viridescent…greenish
Viscid…sticky
Vitiate…corrupt
Vituperate…abuse
Vivacious…lively
Vociferate…bawl
Voracious…gluttonous
Vouchsafe…condescend
Wraith…ghost
Xanthic… Light – skinned
Xanthous… Yellow – haired
Yawn…Split
Yield…Surrender
Yoke…Link
Yell…Scream
Zeal…Eagerness
Zenith…Apex
Zest…Enjoyment
Zip…Energy
It is generally better to use the Small Words rather than the big words both in speaking and in writing.
