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verb noun adjective adverb job opposite

be able ability able ably incompetent


enable disability disabled (adj)
absence absent
absentee presence (n)
academy academic academically
accept acceptance accepting acceptably reject (v)
acceptable unacceptably
unacceptable
accident accidental accidentally planned (adj)
accuracy accurate accurately
inaccuracy
inaccurate inaccurately
achieve achievement achievable achiever fail
act action active actively actor passive
activity inactive actress
inactivity
addict addiction addictive
addicted
address address addressed addressee
administrate administration administrative
advance advancement advanced retreat/regress
advertise advertisement advertised advertiser
advertising
ad(vert)
agree agreement agreed disagreeable
disagree agreeable
allergy allergic
allow allowance allowed forbid
allowable
amuse amusement amusing amusingly
unamusing
announce announcement announced announcer
anxiety anxious anxiously
calm
appear appearance apparently disappear
apply application applicable applicant
inapplicable
applied
appreciate appreciation appreciative appreciatively
unappreciative
argue argument argumentative
arrange arrangement arranged
rearrange
arrive arrival leave
art artistic artist
arty
artifice artificial reality
assist assistance assistant
associate association associated associate
astronomy astronomical astronomically astronomer
atom atomic
attend attention attentive attentively attendant
attendance inattentive inattentively
attract attraction attractive attractively repulsive
unattractive unattractively
awareness aware consciously obliviousness
unaware
oblivious
beautify beauty beautiful beautifully ugliness
behave behavior well behaved
badly behaved
believe belief believable believably believer
unbelievable unbelievably
benefit benefit beneficial beneficiary disadvantage
biology biological biologist
bore boredom boring boringly interest
bored
broaden breadth broad narrow
build building building builder destroy
built
capability capable capably
capacity incapable
care care careful carefully careless
caring carelessly
uncaring
careless
certify certainty certain certainly uncertain
certify certificate certified
centralize center central
centered
change change unchangeable remain
changeability changeable
civilize civilization civil civilly uncivil
claim claim claiming
colour colour colourful
colourless
coast coastal land-locked
coastline
comfort comfort comfortable comfortably comforter
uncomfortable
commercialise commerce commercial commercially
un/non/commercial
communicate communication communicative communicator
uncommunicative
commonality common commonly uncommon
compete competition competitive competitively competitor uncompetitive
connect connection connected disconnect
connectivity
construct construction constructive constructively constructor unconstructive
destructive
consume consumption consumptive consumer save
contain container contained container
content
continue continuation continuous continually stop
discontinue discontinuation discontinuous
continual
contribute contribution contributor
converse conversation conversational conversationally
convince conviction convinced convincingly argue
convincing unconvincingly
unconvincing
cool cool coolly (calmly) cooler warm
cooperate cooperation cooperative
uncooperative
correspond correspondence
count count countable counter
uncountable
countless
collect collection collected collector
collective
create creation creative creatively creator destroy
creativity
crime criminal criminal
culture cultural culturally
uncultured
current currently
endanger danger dangerous dangerously safe
day daily daily
decide decision decisive decisively
indecisive indecisively
Dedicate dedication dedicated
desire desire desirable undesirable
develop development developing developer destroyer
developed regress
differ difference different differently conform
difficulty difficult easy
direct directness direct directly director employee
indirect indirectly
discover discovery discovered pioneer hide
undiscovered
discuss discussion discussed
disgust disgust disgusting pleasant
disgusted
dispute dispute disputable
distance distant distantly close
divide division divided divider connect
divisible
dividable
earn earning earned breadwinner spend
economise economy economic economically economist uneconomical
economics economical uneconomically
edit edition edited editor
editorial
educate education educational educationally educator
effect effect effective effectively ineffective
ineffective ineffectively
emphasize emphasis emphatic
employ employment employed employer
unemployed employee
end end endless endlessly start
ending unending finite
entertain entertainment entertaining entertainer
enthuse enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically
unenthusiastic unenthusiastically
entirety entire entirely nothing
incomplete
enter entrance exit
entry
environment environmental environmentally environmentalist
equip equipment equippped
unequipped
evidence evidence evident evidently doubtful
exist existence existing non- existent
excite excitement exciting excitedly to calm
unexciting
excited
expectation expected unexpectedly
expect expectancy unexpected
expectant
expense expensive expensively cheap
expenses inexpensive
explain explanation explicable explicably
inexplicable inexplicably
express expression expressive
extremity extreme extremely extremist average
extreme
explore (un)explored explorer
fact factual factually
factor
fail failure success
failing
fame famous famously
infamous infamously
fantasize fantasy fantastic fantastically reality
fashion fashionable fashionably
unfashionable unfashionably
finance finance financial financially
finances
fitness fit, unfit
forge forgery forged forger
fortune fortunate unfortunately
misfortune unfortunate fortunately
freeze freezer frozen warm
freeze freezing
befriend friend friendly enmity
friendship unfriendly
geography geographic geographer
geographical
globalize globe global globally local
globalization
govern government governmental governor
governance
graduate graduation graduated graduate
greatness great greatly paltry
minor
grow growth growing grower decrease
grown-up grown
home- grown
inhabit habitation habitable inhabitant
inhabitable
happiness happy happily woe
unhappiness unhappy unhappily grief
unhappiness
harm harm harmful harmfully
harmless harmlessly
harmed
unharmed
help help helpful helpfully helper
helping unhelpful unhelpfully
helpless helplessly
history historical historically historian
honesty honest honestly lie
dishonesty dishonest dishonestly
Humor humor humorous
humorless
illness ill health
well
immediacy immediate immediately slow
importance important importantly
unimportant
impress impression impressive impressively
unimpressive
improve improvement improved worsen
individualize individual individual individually individual conform
industrialize industry industrious industriously destroy
inform information informed
uninformed
informative
uninformative
infect infection infected
infectious
inject injection injected
injure injury injured
inspire inspiration inspired inspiration
uninspired
intensify intensity intense intensely weak
interest interest interested interestingly
disinterest uninterested
interesting
uninteresting
Introduce introduction introductory introducer
invent invention inventive inventor
investigate investigation investigative investigator
invest investment investor
involve involvement involved suspend
uninvolved
jealousy jealous jealously
journal journalistic journalist
journalism
kindness kind kindly cruelty
unkindness unkind
know knowledge knowledgeable
know-how unknowing
law lawful lawfully lawyer criminal
unlawful unlawfully
legal legally
illegal illegally
enlarge large largely small
lengthen length long short
lengthy
lead lead leading leader
like likelihood likable
dislike likeness unlikable
liking likely
unlikely
literacy literate
literature illiterate
illiteracy
loneliness lonely crowded
alone
lose loss lost find
lower low tall
lower
luck (un)lucky (un)luckily
luxury luxurious luxuriously
luxuries
machine
machinery
maintain maintenance maintainable
well maintained
badly maintained
manage management well managed manager
managing badly managed
marry marriage married free, divorced,
unmarried single
mass / amass mass massive massively
mean meaning meaningful meaningfully
meaningless meaninglessly
medal medalists
meet meeting met diverge
mere merely major
Mix mixture mixed
mixer
mountain mountainous mountaineer valley
move move movable
moving immovable
moving
murder murder murderous murderer
nationalize nation national nationally international
nationality
nationhood
nature natural naturally artificial
unnatural unnaturally
neighbourhood neighbourly neighbour
neighbouring
nerve nervous nervously calm
nervousness nervy
note note noted notably
notable
obey obedience obedient obediently
disobey disobedience disobedient disobediently
observe observation observer
observatory
occupy occupation occupied occupant idleness
occur occurrence occurring
offend offense offensive offender
operate operation operating operator
oppose opposition opposing support
oppositional
originate origin original originally originator banal
unoriginal
own ownership own owner
paint painting painted painter
pay payment paid payer
unpaid
payable
perform performance performing performer
period periodic periodically
person personal personally
personality impersonal impersonally
photograph photograph photographic photographer
photography
poison poison poisonous antidote
poisoning
politeness polite politely rude
impoliteness impolite impolitely
politicize politics political politically politician
pollute pollution polluted purity
pollutant unpolluted
popularize popularity popular popularly populist
unpopular
positivity positive positively negative
possibility possible possibly
impossibility impossible impossibly
impoverish poverty poor poorly rich
empower power powerful powerfully weak
powerless powerlessly
practice practice practical practically theoretical
impractical impractically
prepare preparation preparatory
prepared
unprepared
present presence present presenter hide/obscure
presentable
prevent prevention preventive
preventative
imprison prison prisoner
imprisonment
probability probable probably unlikely
improbable improbably
produce product productive productively producer
production unproductive unproductively
protect protection protecting protector
protective
profession professional professionally unprofessionally
unprofessional
prove proof proven rebuttal
unproven
psychology psychological psychologically psychologist
qualification qualifying unqualified
qualified
quality qualitative
quicken quickness quick quickly

rapidity rapid rapidly slow


rapidness
react reaction reacting unreactive
reactive
reality real really realist fantastic
unreality unreal idealist
reason reason reasonable reasonably
reasoning unreasonable unreasonably
recognize recognition recognizable recognizably
unrecognizable unrecognizably
recover recovery recovered open
recoverable
unrecoverable
refrigerate refrigeration refrigerated refrigerator heated
regulate regulation regulated regulator
unregulated
regulative
relate relative related relatively
relation
relationship
remark remark remarkable remarkably
unremarkable
research research researched researcher
reserve reserve reserved
reservation
reside residence residential resident
respond response responsive responsively responder unresponsive
responsibility responsible apathetic
irresponsibility irresponsible
revise revision revised
revolution revolutionary revolutionary
enrich richness rich richly the rich poor
ridicule ridiculousness ridiculous ridiculously
ridicule
rob robbery robber
save safety safe safely savior danger
unsafe unsafely saver
sail sailing sailor
(a) sail
say say said
saying
scholarship scholarly scholar
scholastic
science scientific scientifically scientist
unscientifically
second secondment second secondly
secondary
security secure securely insecure
insecure insecurely
seriousness serious seriously silly
frivilous
signify significance significant significantly
insignificant
similarity similar similarly different
dissimilar
sleep sleep sleepy sleepily sleeper awake
sleepiness
solve solution solvable unsolvable
solving
specialize specialty special specially specialist
spell spelling spelled
misspell misspelling misspelled
strangeness strange strangely stranger familiar
strengthen strength strong strongly weak
study studies studious student
study
succeed success successful successfully successor failed
suggest suggestion suggested suggestively deny
suggestive
sun sunny
sunshine
supervise supervision supervised supervisor ignore

surprise surprise surprising surprisingly anticipate


unsurprising unsurprisingly
surgery surgical surgically surgeon
sweeten sweetener sweet sweetly sour
teach taught teacher learn
technique technical technically technician
technology technological technologically
tech
terrify terror terrifying terrifyingly calm
terrified
thieve theft thief
thoroughness thorough thoroughly careless
think thought thoughtful thoughtfully thinker unthinking
thoughtfulness
time time timely
timetable
tour tour tourist tourist
tourism touristic
tradition traditional traditionally
nontraditional
train trainability trained trainee
training well-trained trainer
badly-trained
training
treat treatment treatable
treated
tropics tropical
type typewritten typist
typed typewriter
understand understanding understood understandably
misunderstanding misunderstood
understandable
use usage useful usefully user
useless uselessly
usable
unusable
usual usually
unusual
value value valuable valuably
valuation invaluable invaluably
vary variation various variously unvarying
variety variable
unvarying
visit visit visiting visitor avoid
weaken weakness weak weakly strong
wealth wealthy poor
wear wear worn
widen width wide widely narrow
willingness willing willingly
unwillingness unwilling unwillingly
wood wooden woodenly
world worldwide
worldly
unworldly
otherworldly
work work working worker
work ethic workable
unworkable
write writing written writer
unwritten

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