SYNONYMS FOR THE MOST COMMON ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH | ADVANCED ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR C1/C2 LEARNERS

The most common adjectives in English tend to be overused. So, it's useful to know some advanced synonyms in order to demonstrate a better command of the language, especially if you're preparing for a Cambridge English exam (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency - aka FCE, CAE, CPE).
In this video, you'll learn some advanced adjectives and idioms which are synonyms of some the most common English adjectives.
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Timestamps;
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Good
3:25 Bad
4:09 Great
4:53 Old
5:52 Young
7:11 Little/small
8:20 Big/large
8:50 High
9:46 Different
10:30 Same
As always, share your own examples in the comments section! 🕺
Ben Gill
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[@ferni8956]

Gargantuan is one of my favourite adjectives. It is a word that comes from French satirical work '''Gargantua et Pantagruel'', and it is fascinating how English adopted the word ''Gargantuan'' to describe something gigantic whereas Spanish adopted '' Pantagrúelico'' ,who was Gargantua's son.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Very interesting 👍

[@loadedenglish9173]

That's so funny! 😆

[@theRatsAmongUs]

A very unique one for me was to use the word "towering" instead of "very tall" . =)

[@YukaNil]

Oh, wow! Thank you for this video. Your examples are awesome 👌

[@nagwanagwa9443]

Another more outstanding video , Really appreciate all your efforts .

[@amirniksirat9011]

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[@adelefusco9016]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks! I'm glad you found the video useful 🙂

[@maciejkowal2608]

Thanks, as usual enormously enlightening.

[@evgeniia_dro]

Thank you so much for this video and for all your help! 😃

[@nirelkoiji3972]

I tried use some of these synonyms while i'm translating articles. I see my translations getting better. I hope i do an amazing job so thank you for this new advanced words!

[@RR-te1bu]

Hey Ben, thanks man.

[@user-zb3dh9se2r]

Thank you, Ben, you explain very clear as usually)

[@loadedenglish9173]

Tip: .... as usual (instead of ...as usually)

[@user-xk2sn4up2g]

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Your examples are just pure perfection !

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks! Glad you like them 🙂

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's nice 🙂

[@giovannaquilici2194]

Use it or lose it, it's quite true!! These synonyms are very useful either in colloquial situation or in a formal one!! I only knew they are 2 peas in a pod!! 🤔👌👍

[@Lsxere]

I've just written them down. Thank you so much!

[@loadedenglish9173]

Good job!

[@user-fe5om2dp9k]

Thanks for sich an awesome bunch of words! Trying to use the words straight away :)

[@mariavictoriaholguin8239]

Dear Ben, Thank you for all your videos. Your recommendations and tips were very useful for the exam. I followed your advice and used a couple of these in the exam.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! Well done 👍

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[@piluka23]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks!

[@grzegorz2191]

Thanks for your work.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome

[@faladindesign4389]

Your videos are awesome. I work on them in front of my every english exam. Thanks for your help.

[@loadedenglish9173]

Tip: It's better to say, " I study them before every English exam."

[@vincenzoanzoletti1296]

Another great video, thanks. I had never heard of the phrase "long in the teeth", such a strange image!

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[@tatianahoggarth108]

An outstanding choice of adjectives and idioms, thank you! I'd be great though if there was a sum-up at the end and probably a shorter introduction and less explanation of the obvious things (I presume those videos are aimed at B2-C1 levels or higher). But I'm generally an impatient person :)

[@jablickozelene1491]

Top notch video

[@alexanderwilde8259]

You're an Amazing teacher 🔥🔥

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks!

[@suri7284]

Hello Ben! I subscribed to your channel just a few days ago, and I must say you've helped me acquire some new, nice vocabulary and given me really good tips for the Cambridge C1 advanced. I'm gonna do the exam in two months, I hope it goes astonishingly well with the support of your videos added to my English classes. Thank you so much for the interesting content you bring!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome. Thanks for your comment

[@loadedenglish9173]

Good luck on your exam!

[@suri7284]

@@loadedenglish9173 Thanks!! 😊

[@turicoppola9815]

Ben, it's just as well I found out your you tube channel! I love watching these lessons about advanced adjectives or synonyms! As far as I'm concerned you are the best teacher on you tube! I got used to using only phrasal verbs and advanced adjectives in exercise about writing. In addition to this, I started to study for the b2 first exam and I have to thank you due to the fact you are such a source of inspiration! I'm not frightened by english grammar, it's straightforward!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you for the lovely comment 🙏

[@turicoppola9815]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. my pleasure!

[@loadedenglish9173]

That's awesome! Good luck on your exam! 👍💯

[@davesmith6436]

*_A tremendous thanks to Ben for sharing this vocabulary video!_* *_Such essential and needful words!_*

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome

[@loadedenglish9173]

Tip: useful (instead of needful)

[@user-el3cz6tw4b]

Thank you.

[@Crisguay]

Tremendous lesson, Ben! Outstanding quality, as usual. And what about "tiny" as a synonym for little/small? Thanks for sharing such functional contents!! 🤗

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, tiny is good

[@monicabritoibarra]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. or minute! As an adjective of course.

[@english_with_arisha9453]

This video is awesome!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm glad you liked it 🙂

[@abfr48]

Thanks

[@lisad5257]

I rarely leave a comment under a KZbin video, but I just had to make an exception for this one. Ben, you're a life saver! I'm about to face the CPE exam and, since I discovered your channel a few days ago, your videos have been of tremendous help for me. I can't believe your top notch content is on the tube for free. Thank you!!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm glad you like my videos ☺️

[@viewoflife1222]

great sir.love from Bangladesh

[@mobasheratshyoon]

thanks

[@oscar1281]

Thanks for sharing your tricks, "make a personal example to remember essay" or use the adjective/adverbs more similar to Spanish and come to Latin, e.g. Enormous, Antiquated, Puerile, Pertinent, Minuscule, Colossal, etc. Gracias.

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

Your videos are always top notch. I went to see Alicia keys 10 days ago and the concert was awesome.

[@maymary__7]

Yesterday I have been working for all day so I was diying of hunger. But when I came home I had a tremendous dinner which was made by my mother (there haven't ever been lousy food in our house!). Then I decided to watch TV and I understood that I am too long in the tooth to watch modern TV shows: people from TV have a really lofty ambitions, but in fact they are boring and a little childish. So after that I suggest my brother to play table plays. (To be honest, we are chalk and cheese at all, but it's interesting for us to spend time together) We sat down on humongous brother's bed and started to play. Oh, we were playing for two hours! Generally, it was outstanding evening thanks my brother and delicious dishes)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍

[@loadedenglish9173]

Good job!

[@josephinebrossier3209]

that was an OUTSTANDING video. Indeed, my level in english is appalling though I have lofty expectations about my grade for the C1 advanced exam. I will do the exam the humongus and antiquated university of lille. Hoping my examples aren't too childish, I don't want to be a tantamout to my litlle brother beause I believe we are disparate.

[@Monika-lb7lz]

Thank you so much, I'm sure many people tell you this but your content has helped me a lot. I had my speaking test today and thanks to your tips I was prepared and confident, I used the phrases for speculating and so on. I would recommend your videos to everyone. :D Edit: I passed with A, my score was 201 😄

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks!

[@huonggiang9583]

useful

[@ferni8956]

Great video! I suscribed to your channel just right after I watched the first video. It is unbelievably good! I am an English teacher from Spain and my students always use good, bad and important as the holy trinity of adjectives in their essays, even though I always provide them a nice variety to choose from. In my view, I am very fond of compound adjectives, such as ''heart-breaking, jaw-dropping, and mouth-watering''. Notwithstanding, when I face myself in a situation when I want to use some of those, I am not very sure if that adjective actually exists in English language. Do you have any video regarding that issue? Thanks a lot for these educative videos!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Not yet but I'll look into it. Thanks for your comment

[@Juanse78]

Do you live near Murcia? I do

[@freddiemercury8700]

Good to see you again gaffer! Same = you are a spitting image to your dad. Young = spring chicken. Great= exquisite/ sensational . Good = dog's bollocks. Bad = atrocious, horrendous. Tremendous Is one of my favourite words. Thanks ever so much for your time as well as your bubby dazzler lesson.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great vocabulary! (but it's Bobby dazzler 👍)

[@freddiemercury8700]

Nice one Guv. Thanks for your time. Say hi to your young man/ daddy 😁

[@khalifalbilal3141]

Good video as always, Ben! But will it also correct if I write 'minuscule' instead of 'miniscule?

[@pilky_boooi]

from a quick google search: both are correct, but miniscule is a newer way of spelling it

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, both spellings are accepted

[@clausita]

The Queen's funeral was top nutch. 🌟👸

[@olyachernova2291]

This Monday I have a lofty goal to pass my English test, impress the interviewer and get a job offer. I'm so dreading about the result, but thanks to your lessons my performance will be awesome. Hopefully)) Thank you ever so much, Ben!!!

[@loadedenglish9173]

Best of luck! You'll do great!

[@olyachernova2291]

@@loadedenglish9173 thank you!!!

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@@olyachernova2291 💯👍

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

All the best, Olya!

[@olyachernova2291]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you so much!)

[@learningeasyenglish9008]

genius :)

[@yulia7126]

Amy is a top notch actress in all your videos 🤩 she has tremendous potential to become an outstanding star.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Ha ha... true

[@victoriagiro1943]

As always, very nice!!!💯💯💯💯💯 Thanks a lot!

[@aram5642]

Awesome, I'd say, has also become overused. Lots of coaches or so called influencers these days blindly motivate people they haven't ever met, by telling them they are awesome. But nothing will beat "nice", usually pronounced "nnnn-niiiice" as a reply to just about anything.

[@loadedenglish9173]

That's awesome! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[@aram5642]

@@loadedenglish9173 nnnnniiice :)

[@user-xk2sn4up2g]

😍😍

[@user-ee6zh3yr4q]

hey, Ben! Recently I was wondering if you offer English lessons, I looked through your website and found no info. Would you mind sharing that information with us or where can I find it?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Hi. You can contact me via Instagram or Facebook. Details in the video description

[@freddiemercury8700]

Any chance for some political words and expressions that you can hear from the news ? Greetings from Casablanca Morocco.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'll look into it

[@Meg-bj4rq]

What about juvenile for young? What is the difference between little and small? Could you please make a video about this?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'll look into it 👍

[@nagwanagwa9443]

May you allow me to ask you a question Ben ? can we use ('d) as a contraction of did ? or it's for had and would only ? thanks in advance

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I don't recommend contracting "did". We sometimes do it spoken English but it's very colloquial and not appropriate in written English

[@nagwanagwa9443]

@@tothepointenglishwithben.I can't thank you enough , I'm beyond grateful

[@francescam.7117]

The paintings I saw at that gallery were outstanding This misunderstanding made me end up in appalling situations

[@semnificatiavisului]

''He had lofty dreams about becoming CEO. Shouldn't there be an indefinite article? ''He had lofty dreams about becoming a CEO.'' Thanks!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's a good question. In this case, we can use the zero article or "the". This is the explanation: When a predicative noun phrase names a unique role or job, either a zero article or the is used.

[@semnificatiavisului]

You're right. ''He's going to be president.'' Thanks, Ben !

[@reykjavik9187]

A couple of adjectives to "bad" I'm keep hearing from the News outlets are "abysmal" and "vile". I may guess that the first one is more formal, right?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, a little more formal

[@NomanKhan-ic4vh]

Where r u from man u r quite marvelous

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm from England

[@sandeepKumar-yk2zl]

Sir I want to ask u something . Are u given any English classes for Indian students ?

[@michaeltirentive4718]

7:29 Is it supposed to be written as minUscule?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Both spellings are accepted 👍

[@jonyer1980]

Could idiom "much of a muchness " qualify for a synonym of "SAME"?

[@soniamayrink3295]

Sir, I noticed you said "in me making", so it's the same as "in my making"? I remember being corrected by teachers when I was and adolescent. I remember Mr. Collins, saying to a student who had arrived late and she asked him: "Do you mind me sitting here?" and he said: " I don't mind you, sitting there or not." It happened about 75 years ago... I've never forgotten this "incident", to say the least, that's why you might think I'm picky. I'm not being childish...it's because I'm antiquated....

[@alejobola]

"I'm too long in the tooth for listening to reggaeton" 😂😂 I just died. Funny enough I never liked it, was I too long in the tooth since a young age? 🤔 whatever the case, thanks for the advanced adjectives, you are being of tremendous help for my C1 test preparation.

[@soniaghezzi7262]

What about TINY instead of MINISCULE?

[@katarzynar6778]

Amy- just be yourself. ;)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😁 Indeed

[@saeid9800]

Thank you. This lesson was useful, but for language exams like IELTS Academic, finding good synonyms for nouns is quite challenging. Nouns such as teenagers, schools, university, boy, girl, person, people, youth, men, women, etc. I hope you also do a video on common nouns. An example: Men and women= males and females Men and their female counterparts Men and their female peers

[@summer6868]

Another synonym for Different could be dissimilar

[@user-hf6vw1sv8w]

chalk and cheese in russian means the sky and ground or heaven and earth . i don't which one is much more correct 😄

[@loadedenglish9173]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Ricardo-xg6gx]

It took me a lot of time to identify the accent as you say the word lousy; in the end, I found it was Irish. Isn't it?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

No, English 🙂

[@franciscojose6496]

Go watching now

[@jwy4264]

7:41 minuscule not miniscule.

[@soniamayrink3295]

"Asking Mr. Graham to repeat a sentence is tantamount to hear the sound of silence." ( too bad example?)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It's ok. "to hearing" would be better 👍

[@ahmadshafiqzia2087]

Summary: 1. Good: Top notch, outstanding 2. Bad: Lousy, appalling 3. Great: Awesome, Tremendous 4. Old: Long in the tooth, Antiquated 5. Young: Childiike, Childish 6. Little/ Small: Miniscule, Knee-high to a grasshoper 7. Big/large: Humungous, 8. High: lofty 9. Different: Chalk and cheese, Disparate 10. Same: Peas in a pod, Tantamount

[@cyruschang1904]

Good: nice, decent Bad: aweful, poor Young: youthful Little/small: tiny, puny, itsy, bitsy, itty, bitty Different: not the same Same: identical High (on substance): stoned 😁

[@loadedenglish9173]

👍

[@cyruschang1904]

@@loadedenglish9173 😀🙏

[@ramonoblanca-rojo5433]

For Catalan pro-independence activists, expecting fair justice on a Spanish Court is tantamount hoping for a sunny holiday in Scotland!

[@vanessapizol]

Amy is beautiful.

[@addressannknown7636]

Wow, tantamount is a surprising one

[@minativishwakarma3985]

Well, I don't think childlike and childish could ever be any suitable synonyms for young... It's better we use the word 'young' only... Even tremendous cannot be suitably used for great in all contexts..

[@angeloneto7853]

So handsome😍