Small Words for Big Words Index


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.


Big Words…Small Words

1. Parsimonious…frugal
   
   
   
2. Pellucid…clear
   
   
   
3. Pendulous…hanging
   
   
   
4. Penitentiary…prison
   
   
   
5. Peradventure…perhaps
   
   
   
6. Perfunctory…careless
   
   
   
7. Pertinacious…stubborn
   
   
   
8. Petulant...peevish
   
   
   
9. Pishogue…sorcery
   
   
   
10. Plenary…full
    
    
    
11. Plenipotentiary…ambassador
    
    
    
12. Plenitude…fullness
    
    
    
13. Plumose … feathery
    
    
    
14. Porraceous…greenish
    
    
    
15. Portal…door
    
    
    
16. Predatory…plundering
    
    
    
17. Prehensile…seizing
    
    
    
18. Pristine…original
    
    
    
19. Proclivitous…steep
    
    
    
20. Procrastinate…defer
    
    
    
21. Prognosis…forecast
    
    
    
22. Propensity…inclination
    
    
    
23. Prophylactic…preventive
    
    
    
24. Propitiate…appease
    
    
    
25. Prospicience…foresight
    
    
    
26. Provenance…origin
    
    
    
27. Proximity…near
    
    
    
28. Prudence…discretion
    
    
    
29. Puerile…childish
    
    
    
30. Pugilist…boxer
    
    
    
31. Pugnacious…aggressive
    
    
    
32. Pusillanimous…faint-hearted

It is generally better to use the Small Words rather than the big words both in speaking and in writing.