To Describe Taste
Bitter Lemon-flavored Spicy
Bland Minty Sweet
Delicious Pickled Tangy
Fruity Salty Tasty
Gingery Sour Yummy
To Describe Touch
Boiling Fluffy Sharp
Breezy Freezing Silky
Bumpy Fuzzy Slick
Chilly Greasy Slimy
Cold Hard Slippery
Cool Hot Smooth
Cuddly Icy Soft
Damp Loose Solid
Dirty Melted Sticky
Dry Painful Tender
Dusty Prickly Tight
Encrusted Rough Uneven
Filthy Shaggy Warm
Flaky Shaky Wet
To Describe Sound
Blaring Melodic Screeching
Deafening Moaning Shrill
Faint Muffled Silent
Hoarse Mute Soft
High-pitched Noisy Squealing
Hissing Purring Squeaking
Hushed Quiet Thundering
Husky Raspy Voiceless
Loud Resonant Whispering
To Describe Color
Azure Gray Pinkish
Black Green Purple
Blue Indigo Red
Bright Lavender Rosy
Brown Light Scarlet
Crimson Magenta Silver
Dark Multicolored Turquoise
Drab Mustard Violet
Dull Orange White
Gold Pink Yellow
To Describe Size
Abundant Jumbo Puny
Big-boned Large Scrawny
Chubby Little Short
Fat Long Small
Giant Majestic Tall
Gigantic Mammoth Teeny
Great Massive Thin
Huge Miniature Tiny
Immense Petite Vast
To Describe Shape
Blobby Distorted Rotund
Broad Flat Round
Chubby Fluffy Skinny
Circular Globular Square
Crooked Hollow Steep
Curved Low Straight
Cylindrical Narrow Triangular
Deep Oval Wide
To Describe Time
Annual Futuristic Rapid
Brief Historical Regular
Daily Irregular Short
Early Late Slow
Eternal Long Speed
Fast Modern Speedy
First Old Swift
Fleet Old-fashioned Waiting
Future Quick Young
To Describe an Amount
All Heavy One
Ample Hundreds Paltry
Astronomical Large Plentiful
Bountiful Light Profuse
Considerable Limited Several
Copious Little Sizable
Countless Many Some
Each Measly Sparse
Enough Mere Substantial
Every Multiple Teeming
Few Myriad Ten
Full Numerous Very
To Describe an Emotion
Abrasive Embarrassed Grumpy
Abrupt Energetic Kind
Afraid Enraged Lazy
Agreeable Enthusiastic Lively
Aggressive Envious Lonely
Amiable Evil Lucky
Amused Excited Mad
Angry Exhausted Manic
Annoyed Exuberant Mysterious
Ashamed Fair Nervous
Bad Faithful Obedient
Bitter Fantastic Obnoxious
Bewildered Fierce Outrageous
Boring Fine Panicky
Brave Foolish Perfect
Callous Frantic Persuasive
Calm Friendly Pleasant
Calming Frightened Proud
Charming Funny Quirky
Cheerful Furious Relieved
Combative Gentle Repulsive
Comfortable Glib Rundown
Defeated Glorious Sad
Confused Good Scary
Cooperative Grateful Selfish
Courageous Grieving Silly
Cowardly Gusty Splendid
Crabby Gutless Successful
Creepy Happy Tedious
Cross Healthy Tense
Cruel Heinous Terrible
Dangerous Helpless Thankful
Defeated Hilarious Thoughtful
Defiant Hungry Thoughtless
Delightful Hurt Tired
Depressed Hysterical Troubled
Determined Immoral Upset
Disgusted Impassioned Weak
Disturbed Indignant Weary
Eager Irate Wicked
Elated Itchy Worried
Embarrassed Jealous Zany
Enchanting Jolly Zealous
To Describe a Person or Personality
Aggressive Famous Restless
Agoraphobic Fearless Rich
Ambidextrous Fertile Righteous
Ambitious Fragile Ritzy
Amoral Frank Romantic
Angelic Functional Rustic
Brainy Gabby Ruthless
Breathless Generous Sassy
Busy Gifted Secretive
Calm Helpful Sedate
Capable Hesitant Shy
Careless Innocent Sleepy
Cautious Inquisitive Somber
Cheerful Insane Stingy
Clever Jaunty Stupid
Common Juicy Super
Complete Macho Swanky
Concerned Manly Tame
Crazy Modern Tawdry
Curious Mushy Terrific
Dead Naughty Testy
Deep Odd Uninterested
Delightful Old Vague
Determined Open Verdant
Different Outstanding Vivacious
Diligent Perky Wacky
Energetic Poor Wandering
Erratic Powerful Wild
Evil Puzzled Womanly
Exuberant Real Wrong
To Describe Appearance
Ablaze Distinct Quirky
Adorable Drab Ruddy
Alluring Dull Shiny
Attractive Elegant Skinny
Average Embarrassed Sloppy
Awkward Fancy Smiling
Balanced Fat Sparkling
Beautiful Filthy Spotless
Blonde Glamorous Strange
Bloody Gleaming Tacky
Blushing Glossy Tall
Bright Graceful Thin
Clean Grotesque Ugly
Clear Handsome Unattractive
Cloudy Homely Unbecoming
Clumsy Interior Uncovered
Colorful Lovely Unsightly
Confident Magnificent Unusual
Cracked Murky Watery
Crooked Old-fashioned Weird
Crushed Plain Wild
Curly Poised Wiry
Cute Pretty Wooden
Debonair Puffy Worried
Dirty Quaint Zaftig
To Describe Situations
Accidental Doubtful Main
Achievable Elementary Minor
Advantageous Finger-printed Nasty
Alcoholic Groundless Nutritious
Credible Inventive Tricky
Creepy Jazzy Wholesale
Cumbersome Juvenile Hard Obsolete
Disastrous Legal Harmful Optimal
Dismissive Logical High Organic
Honest Premium
Horrible Quizzical
Illegal Rainy
Illegible Redundant
Imperfect Remarkable
Broken Animated Simple
Careful Aquatic Tangible
Aromatic
Aspiring
Bad
Bawdy
Biographical
Bizarre
Preposition Meaning Example
at a point within an
in The pen is in the drawer.
area
in front of directly before The child ran out in front of the bus.
inside on the inner part of The bird is inside the cage.
into enter a closed space He went into the shop.
of 5220 (preposition)
with 1062 (preposition)
at 624 (preposition)
from 622 (preposition)
into 301 (preposition)
during 103 (preposition)
including 58 (preposition)
until 54 (preposition)
against 46 (preposition)
among 37 (preposition)
throughout 27 (preposition)
despite 17 (preposition)
towards 16 (preposition)
upon 15 (preposition)
concerning 3 (preposition)
to 4951 (preposition, adverb)
in 2822 (preposition, adverb)
for 1752 (preposition,
conjunction)
(preposition, adverb,
on 1087
adjective)
by 706 (preposition, adverb)
(preposition, adverb,
about 451
adjective)
(preposition, verb,
like 324
conjunction)
(preposition, adverb,
through 235
adjective)
(preposition, adjective,
over 170
noun)
(preposition, adverb,
before 141
conjunction)
between 137 (preposition, adverb)
(preposition, adjective,
after 110
adverb)
(preposition, adverb,
since 107
conjunction)
(preposition, adverb,
without 89
conjunction)
(preposition, adverb,
under 70
adjective)
within 46 (preposition, adverb)
along 45 (preposition, adverb)
(preposition, noun,
following 39
adjective)
(preposition, adverb,
across 36
adjective)
(preposition, adverb,
behind 22
adjective)
beyond 20 (preposition, noun)
(preposition, adjective,
plus 14
noun)
(preposition,
except 6
conjunction, idiom)
(conjunction,
but 626
preposition, adverb)
(adverb, preposition,
up 296
adjective)
(adverb, preposition,
out 294
adjective)
around 101 (adverb, preposition)
(adverb, preposition,
down 94
adjective)
(adverb, preposition,
off 74
adjective)
(adverb, preposition,
above 40
adjective)
(adverb, preposition,
near 13
adjective)
Coordinating conjunctions are the most popular category of conjunctions. Simply put, they
bring ideas together. They can join words, phrases, and clauses.
Coordinating Conjunctions
The English language has seven coordinating conjunctions, and they're easy to remember if
you can just remember the acronym FANBOYS:
For - Explains reason or purpose (just like "because")
I go to the park every Sunday, for I long to see his face.
And - Adds one thing to another
I like to read, and I write faithfully in my journal every night.
Nor - Used to present an alternative negative idea to an already stated negative idea
I neither love nor hate to watch TV.
But - Shows contrast
Television is a wonderful escape, but it interferes with my writing.
Or - Presents an alternative or a choice
Would you rather read a book or watch a good TV show?
Yet - Introduces a contrasting idea that follows the preceding idea logically (similar to "but")
I always take a book to the beach, yet I never seem to turn a single page.
So - Indicates effect, result or consequence
I like to read, so my grammar is always on-point.
What Is A Subordinating Conjunction?
A subordinating conjunction is a word that connects an independent clause to a dependent
clause. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. In other words, it does not
need any additional information to operate as a sentence. The sentence "The student failed
the test" is an example of an independent clause.
A dependent clause adds extra information to the main clause. These clauses cannot stand
by themselves and their meaning is dependent on the independent clause. They are
not complete sentences. For example, "because she didn't study" is not a complete
sentence.
However, combine the two clauses, and we have "The student failed the test because she
didn't study." A complete idea has been expressed and enough information has been
presented to fully explain the thought. What joined the two clauses? The word "because."
And there we have our first subordinating conjunction.
Using Subordinating Conjunctions
In English, there are a lot of subordinating conjunctions. Let's take a look at the most
common ones, along with a few examples from some classic songs:
After - "Your heart will break like mine, and you'll want only me after you've gone" (Ella
Fitzgerald)
Although - "Although I've been here before, he's just too hard to ignore" (Amy Winehouse)
As - "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize
there's nothing left" (Coolio)
As long as - "I don't care who you are, where you're from or what you did as long asyou love
me" (Backstreet Boys)
Because - "I'm everything I am because you loved me" (Celine Dion)
Before - "Just call me angel of the morning, angel. Just touch my cheek before you leave me,
baby" (Juice Newton)
Even if - "Even if the sky is falling down, you'll be my only" (Jay Sean)
If - "If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me" (Chicago)
Once - "Once in a blue moon, something good comes along." (Van Morrison)
Now that - "Baby, now that I've found you, I won't let you go" (Tony Macaulay/John
MacLeod)
Since - "I guess I'll never be the same since I fell for you" (B.B. King)
Though - "Walk on through the rain though your dreams be tossed and blown" (Rodgers and
Hammerstein)
Unless - "We're never going to survive unless we get a little crazy" (Seal)
Until - "I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true." (Charlie Louvin)
When - "When I see you smile, I can face the world" (Bad English)
Where - "There's a light burning bright, showing me the way, but I know where I've been"
(Scott Wittman)
While - "I look at the world, and I notice it's turning while my guitar gently weeps" (The
Beatles)
You'll notice that when a dependent clause precedes an independent clause, th
Correlative conjunctions are sort of like tag-team conjunctions. They come in pairs, and you have to
use both of them in different places in a sentence to make them work. They get their name from the
fact that they work together (co-) and relate one sentence element to another. Correlative
conjunctions include pairs such as "both/and," "either/or," "neither/nor," "not/but" and "not only/but
also." For example:
either/or - I want either the cheesecake or the chocolate cake.
both/and - We'll have both the cheesecake and the chocolate cake.
whether/or - I didn't know whether you'd want the cheesecake or the chocolate cake, so I got
both.
neither/nor - Oh, you want neither the cheesecake nor the chocolate cake? No problem.
not only/but also - I'll eat them both - not only the cheesecake but also the chocolate cake.
not/but - I see you're in the mood not for desserts but appetizers. I'll help you with those, too.
Here are some more useful pairs of correlative conjunctions:
as/as - Bowling isn't as fun as skeet shooting.
such/that - Such was the nature of their volatile relationship that they never would have made it
even if they'd wanted to.
scarcely/when - I had scarcely walked in the door when I got an urgent call and had to run right
back out again.
as many/as - There are as many curtains as there are windows.
no sooner/than - I'd no sooner lie to you than strangle a puppy.
rather/than - She'd rather play the drums than sing.