Word Choice
Descriptive Words Action Words Dead Words Synonyms for said/asked Thesaurus
Touch Taste Sight Smell Sound Speed Color
Touch
cool
cold icy
thin tepid
steamy fragile |
Taste
tangy
gingery overripe burnt
hot
ripe
spoiled |
Sight
flash
shabby frail
elegant scrolled
dull
tampering |
Smell
sweet minty
acidy sickly
scented fishy
odorous |
Sound
crash
thud bump
thump hiss
thunder patter |
Speed
Fast Slow
hurry
run scamper
creep crawl
plod |
celery mint apple lime olive
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snowy milky marble cream ivory oyster pearl silvery
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gold mustard buff straw butter buttercup lemon chartreuse citron canary |
sandy almond amber tawny cinnamon nutmeg chocolate coffee rust |
peacock periwinkle sapphire delft turquoise aqua teal
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rose pink salmon coral raspberry strawberry tomato currant crimson vermillion flame mulberry fuchsia |
violet lavender orchid mauve lilac plum magenta pansy eggplant |
persimmon topaz tangerine peach apricot
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ashy dove steel platinum silver
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licorice jet ebony coal carbon
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ache babble bash batter beam beep bicker blare blind blink blister cackle chant chat chuckle chug clank cluck cough |
crackle creep croon crow crunch dance dazzle dribble drift drip engulf entertain flail flap flare flicker flit float flop |
flow fume glare glide glisten glitter glow grind groan gun hiss hoot invite jerk jump kick kiss laugh leap |
light loan moan mock mumble munch nail nick patter peep pile plop pop pounce pound quack rattle reflect roar |
rumble sail scold shriek simmer sizzle slap slosh smash smoke soar spark spin splash sprinkle sputter squash streak thump |
thunder trill twinkle wail wheeze whip whir whisk whistle wink yap yell zap zip zoom
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Adverbs
Adverbs answer the questions: How? When?
Where? To what extent?
Adverbs ending in - ly
Adverbs not ending in - ly
actually appallingly barely carefully certainly easily extremely finally friendly fully |
generally gradually highly horribly hurriedly intricately nearly painstakingly probably quickly |
quietly rapidly slowly smoothly sorrowfully strangely suddenly surprisingly totally |
already away far fast here inside just more most nearby |
not now often out over quite rather so sometimes soon |
then there today together tomorrow too very well yesterday |
aboard about above across after against along among around at |
before behind below beneath beside between beyond by concerning down |
during except for from in inside into like near of |
off on onto out outside over past since through throughout |
to toward under underneath until up upon with within without |
Don't use these Dead Words
a lot bad cool fine |
fine get got good |
like lots many nice |
really so stuff thing |
very well you yours |
Use these words instead of very (one of the dead words).
bitterly chiefly especially exceedingly imeasurable |
infinitely intensely mightily powerfully richly |
shockingly severely surely truly unusually |
Use these words instead of get (one of the dead words).
accomplished achieve acquire act annoy approach arrive ask assassinate attain bag be become begat borrow bribe bring build buy capture catch collect come comprehend conceive contract |
convince cook do drive dunk earn eat escape establish fetch find fix follow gain generate give go grab grasp hand help hire hit hook induce influence |
inform inherit kill learn live locate make manage master murder obtain overcome perceive persuade prepare procure produce profit purchase pursue put puzzle salvage score secure see |
seize serve shoot slip snare snatch steal strike succeed support survive raise reach reap receive regain remember remove rent retrieve ring run take thrill trap understand |
accused acknowledged added admitted advised agreed announced answered apologized argued asked babbled badgered barked began begged bickered boasted bragged called cautioned challenged chattered cheered chuckled claimed coaxed commented complained complimented complained complimented concluded confessed confided |
continued cried decided declared demanded denied described directed disagreed elaborated emphasized exclaimed explained exploded feared fibbed filled in finished fired fretted fumed fussed gasped giggled gloated grinned grunted held hinted hissed howled implied inquired |
insisted interrupted joked kidded laughed lectured lied mentioned meowed mewed mimicked moaned mocked mumbled murmured muttered nagged objected observed ordered panted persisted persuaded pleaded pointed out pouted praised predicted pretended proclaimed prodded promised prompted |
purposed quarreled questioned quibbled quizzed ranted reassured recalled remarked remembered reminded repeated replied reported requested responded revealed roared ruled sassed scolded screamed screeched shouted shrieked sighed snapped sneered sobbed specified sputtered squawked squeaked |
squealed stammered stated sstormed stressed stuttered suggested taunted thought threatened tweeted urged uttered vowed wailed warned yawned yelled Synonyms for Asked demanded interrogated inquired investigated invited guessed probed questioned quizzed requested |