Level Up Your English Vocabulary! Learn these 10 English common words synonyms!

ah why are you so sad all my friends speak very good English my English is always bad hm what do you mean they use nice words my word choice is very um bad H let's see ah how's the weather today it's bad uhhuh what do you think about Marvel movies oh they were good until end game now they are bad uh-huh uh-huh how about Chelsea the football team what I'm a Manchester United fan of course Chelsea is bad bad oh I say bad a lot exactly you need to learn some synonyms for some overused English

words really like what good question let me show you hello my name is Maddie from pocc English and in this lesson we're going to learn some synonyms for some over overused English words now before we start let me tell you something when we say overused words it's not necessarily something bad it's okay to use these words but if you want to improve your English if you want to sound a bit more sophisticated or if you want to add a little variety to the way you speak it's a very good idea to use some synonyms so

let's get started with word number one and that is good now you obviously know the meaning of good this book is good or it was a good movie now instead of good what other words can we use if something is better than good you can say it's great great the movie was great if something is enjoyable you can say it's pleasant pleasant the weather today is very pleasant or if something is even better than great you can say it's superb superb he is a superb dancer you see a lot of these synonyms are also very

simple and perhaps you knew the meaning of all of these words but the thing is if you want to be able to use them as you are speaking you have to turn these words from passive to active in your head turning passive vocabulary into active will enable you to use your knowledge to use the number of words you know when you are speaking or when you are writing that is when you are producing something in English but do you know how to turn passive vocabulary into active vocabulary no don't worry I've done a video on

this which has gone viral I think it has 8 million views so far that's crazy just click on the link above my head go to that video and then you can watch it after this lesson but first let's continue o I wanted to tell you another thing look at these sentences he's a good guy instead of good I can say great he's a great guy I can say Pleasant he's a pleasant guy and I can say superb he's a superb guy but now out of these four sentences which one do you think is the most

common he's a good guy or he's a nice guy saying that he's a superb guy is kind of uh not natural what you can say he's a superb dancer or a superb musician when talking about somebody's skills but if you say somebody's superb it's okay it makes sense and people will probably understand you but the thing is it's not really natural it's more natural to say that he's good or he's nice or he's a superb dancer a superb musician or a superb teacher so what am I trying to tell you I'm trying to tell you

that you cannot simply substitute a word with its synonyms you need to be aware of the context of that sentence okay for example you can say the show was good you can say the show was great you can say the show was superb and you can also say the show was pleasant all of them make perfect sense so please as you learn synonyms also pay attention to the context of the sentence we will talk about this more in the rest of the video now let's get to the second word which is is bad now you

know the meaning of bad right and you probably know the words that I'm going to tell you later on but let's discuss them that was a bad joke that was a bad joke instead of bad what else can I say if it was very bad I can say that was an awful joke or the weather today is just awful if it's very very bad you can say it's terrible the weather today is just terrible or that was a terrible mistake or if it was very very very very bad you can say that was horrible horrible

it was a horrible experience bad awful terrible horrible you see you are diversifying your knowledge of vocabulary and that is very good now try to practice so that you can use them as you writing and speaking let's move on to the next word very well very is very overused you see I said it's very overused but instead of very what can I say well very is an adverb it is used to add emphasis to another adverb or an adjective for example smart very smart he is very smart instead of very what else can you say

if it's very very you can say extremely for example she's extremely talented she is extremely talented you can also say incredibly he is incredibly talented or he is incredibly dedicated or you can say remarkably The View was remarkably beautiful so very extremely incredibly remarkably but again pay attention to the context of what you are trying to say don't simply substitute these words for one another number four is interesting this video is very interesting right instead of interesting what else can you say hm fascinating which means very interesting in my opinion space exploration is fascinating understanding

that there may be another planet where other creatures are living that's fascinating if something attracts and hold your interest that is captivating it's like a book or a movie that you can't stop watching or reading because it's so captivating the book was captivating I couldn't stop reading it or if it's charming and attractive you can say it's engaging yesterday's lecture was engaging interesting fascinating captivating engaging moving on to number five nice she has a nice smile instead of nice what else can you say lovely it's a lovely day or this is a lovely studio flat

you can say Charming which means pleasantly attractive he has a Charming personality or you can say delightful something that causes Delight or Joy or happiness the play was delightful nice lovely Charming delightful okay now before we continue this lesson let's have a look at this paragraph that I have provided for you let's read it together last weekend I watched the movie it was very interesting the actors were very good but the plot was a bit bad the soundtrack however ever was very nice overall it was a good experience this is a very clear paragraph right

you immediately understand what this paragraph is talking about it's very clear but we can improve this bit more for example instead of very interesting what else can we say instead of very good or a bit bad or very nice hm we can use some of the Alternatives that we just learned right let's do that in 3 2 1 now let's read this together last weekend I watched the movie it was absolutely captivating the actors were superb although the plot was somewhat terrible the soundtrack on the other hand was delightful all in all it was a

great experience you see I'm basically using some synonyms for the words interesting nice good and bad and in this way as you can see the second paragraph now sounds a bit better right great now let's move on with the rest of this lesson but before we continue let me tell you something do you want to have the summary of this lesson with all the words there's synonyms there're example sentences some beautiful pictures in one PDF file so that you can review this lesson easily if that's so you can download My ultimate English book which has

all the lesson summaries of all of my YouTube videos now this book has more than 500 pages of lesson summaries it's a huge book and the good news is it's entirely free for my YouTube subscribers that's my gift to you but how can you get it simply click on the link above my head go to my website type in your name email address country and click download you will receive the link in your inbox and now let's continue this lesson the next word we're going to talk about is happy I feel happy today but instead

of happy what else can we say you can say Joyful Joyful the news made her joyful it made her happy it made her joyful you can also say elated elated which means extremely happy for example he was elated by the success he was elated by the success also pay attention to its preposition elated by or El ated at something or you can say ecstatic ecstatic which means very very very happy she was ecstatic about her new job so happy elated joyful and ecstatic next word is sad I feel sad today instead of sad you can

say upset upset she was upset about the news she was upset about the news or you can say gloomy gloomy means very sad and without any hope he felt gloomy all day he felt gloomy why am I living or you can say heartbroken heartbroken she was heartbroken by the news she was heartbroken by the news so sad upset gloomy heartbroken next word is big big it's a big house well it's not but let's say it is now instead of big you can say huge which means very big they live in a huge mansion they live

in a huge mansion you can say massive who that's a massive building or gigantic gigantic they saw a gigantic ship at the harbor big huge massive gigantic now the opposite of big is small for example I live in a small studio flat but instead of small what else can you say you can say tiny which is very small she had a tiny ring if you were talking about a person specifically a woman who is thin and small you can say she is petite petite now pay attention this is only used to describe a woman's body

and it means thin and attractive she has a petite figure you can also use the word compact for example he drives a compact car perfect for the city so small tiny petite and compact now pay attention again context matters you can say this is a small studio flat you may even be able to say that it's a tiny studio flat it's it's not tiny but if it is very small you can say it's tiny but can you say that this flat is petite no because as I said peti is used for women now for a

car you can say small right a small car you can say compact a compact car but can you say a tiny car well if you have a tiny toy yeah you may be able to say it's a tiny car but a real car can never be tiny but it can be compact it can be small can it be petite no because petite is used for human body so again don't simply use a word instead of another word even though they are synonyms always pay attention to the context and the last word we're going to talk

about today is like but not I like ice cream no this like is the like that people often use as a filler word this happens a lot in everyday conversation for example I was like very tired but the movie was like very long but my friend was uh like um very sad this like is used as a filler word to buy you some time to think about what you want to say or to search for the word or to search for the grammar now instead of like as a filler word what else can you say

well you can basically say uh the movie was uh a bit long and uh people were uh tired but again this doesn't sound very good does it do you know the best alternative just say nothing the movie was long and my friend was not very happy don't say anything just remain silent but you know what I often do I say you know for example the movie was you know very long and my friend was you know a bit sad there are many different filler words that people often use when they're having a conversation but I

think the best one is just to remain silent my friend was sad and now before we end this lesson let's see a dialogue what a gloomy day yeah the weather is just awful today M I hate this tiny room it makes me upset I wish I could buy a huge mansion and that's it guys I hope you've enjoyed this lesson don't forget to give this video a thumbs up and if you're new to my Channel click subscribe see [Music] you