| big | 126 | adult, ample, astronomic, astronomical, bad | KET | NGSL-1k |
| light | 108 | ablaze, abstemious, airy, alight, autofluorescent | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| large | 106 | ample, astronomic, astronomical, banging, bear-sized | KET | NGSL-1k |
| thin | 100 | anorectic, anorexic, bladed, boney, bony | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| soft | 89 | balmy, brushed, cheeselike, clement, compressible | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| hard | 87 | adamantine, alcoholic, ambitious, arduous, awkward | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| little | 87 | atomic, bantam, bittie, bitty, chunky | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| good | 84 | acceptable, adept, advantageous, ample, angelic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| close | 81 | accurate, adjacent, adpressed, airless, ambient | KET | NGSL-1k |
| dirty | 81 | augean, awful, bawdy, bedraggled, befouled | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| clear | 80 | absolved, acquit, assoil, authorise, authorize | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| broken | 79 | bankrupt, better, breach, break, break-dance | Ogden+KET | — |
| bright | 77 | agleam, aglitter, aglow, ardent, auspicious | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| simple | 76 | acerate, acerose, acicular, acuminate, apiculate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dark | 73 | acheronian, acherontic, aphotic, benighted, black | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| long | 72 | abundant, agelong, all-night, bimestrial, chronic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| old | 72 | age-old, aged, ageing, aging, ancient | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bad | 71 | abominable, atrocious, awful, badly, badness | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| ill | 71 | afflicted, aguish, ailing, ailment, airsick | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| small | 70 | atomic, bantam, belittled, bittie, bitty | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| cut | 68 | abbreviate, abridge, abridged, burn, castrated | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| short | 68 | abbreviated, abruptly, breakable, brief, brusk | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| break | 66 | bankrupt, better, breach, break-dance, breakage | KET | NGSL-1k |
| wet | 64 | alcoholic, bedewed, besotted, besprent, blotto | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| full | 63 | afloat, air-filled, ample, awash, booming | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| high | 62 | adenoidal, advanced, altissimo, altitudinous, alto | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| important | 62 | all-important, alpha, authoritative, beta, big | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| open | 62 | acceptant, acceptive, active, admissive, afford | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| pass | 61 | authorise, authorize, bye, choke, clear | KET | NGSL-1k |
| hold | 60 | accommodate, adjudge, admit, agree, apply | KET | NGSL-1k |
| low | 60 | abject, alto, baritone, bass, blue | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| take | 60 | accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| hot | 59 | active, baking, blistering, blistery, calefacient | KET | NGSL-1k |
| set | 59 | adjust, arrange, arranged, band, bent | KET | NGSL-1k |
| clean | 58 | adroit, antiseptic, blank, clean-living, cleanable | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| free | 58 | absolve, atrip, autonomous, available, aweigh | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| get | 58 | acquire, aim, amaze, arrest, arrive | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| tired | 58 | aweary, banal, beat, blear, blear-eyed | Ogden+KET | — |
| dead | 57 | abruptly, absolutely, asleep, assassinated, beat | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fast | 56 | accelerated, alacritous, allegretto, allegro, andantino | KET | NGSL-1k |
| check | 55 | agree, arrest, ascertain, assay, assure | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cold | 54 | acold, algid, arctic, bleak, chilly | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| complete | 54 | absolute, accomplished, all, all-or-none, all-or-nothing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| black | 53 | african-american, afro-american, angry, black-market, blackamoor | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| make | 53 | attain, brand, build, ca-ca, cause | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| round | 53 | apple-shaped, around, assail, assault, attack | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| blue | 50 | amytal, aristocratic, aristocratical, blasphemous, blue-blooded | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fat | 50 | abdominous, adipose, avoirdupois, blubber, blubbery | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| run | 50 | bleed, bunk, campaign, carry, consort | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| go | 49 | a-ok, a-okay, adam, become, belong | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| right | 49 | accurate, appropriate, aright, compensate, conservative | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dry | 48 | adust, air-dried, air-dry, alcoholic, arid | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| strong | 45 | alcoholic, beardown, beefed-up, brawny, bullnecked | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| easy | 44 | abundant, available, casual, clean, comfortable | KET | NGSL-1k |
| can | 43 | arse, ass, backside, bathroom, behind | KET | NGSL-1k |
| slow | 43 | adagio, andante, behind, boring, bumper-to-bumper | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| flat | 42 | 2-dimensional, apartment, bland, categoric, categorical | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| single | 42 | 1, ace, azygos, azygous, bingle | KET | NGSL-1k |
| form | 41 | anatomy, bod, build, cast, chassis | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| cheap | 40 | affordable, bargain-priced, brassy, bum, catchpenny | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| deep | 40 | abstruse, abysmal, abyssal, artful, bass | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fix | 40 | bushel, cook, define, deposit, desex | KET | NGSL-1k |
| see | 40 | ascertain, assure, attend, catch, check | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sweet | 40 | afters, angelic, angelical, cherubic, cloying | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| cross | 39 | bad-tempered, baffle, bilk, cover, crabbed | KET | NGSL-1k |
| difficult | 39 | ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling, catchy | KET | NGSL-1k |
| early | 39 | aboriginal, advance, archaean, archaeozoic, archaic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fall | 39 | accrue, autumn, capitulation, come, crepuscle | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| lift | 39 | abstract, airlift, annul, arise, cabbage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| mark | 39 | brand, check, chump, commemorate, crisscross | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| new | 39 | bran-new, brand-new, early, fresh, freshly | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| young | 39 | adolescent, boyish, boylike, childlike, childly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| healthy | 38 | anicteric, bouncing, considerable, firm, florid | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| place | 38 | aim, berth, billet, commit, direct | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| straight | 38 | aboveboard, accurate, aligned, consecutive, continuous | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| past | 37 | ago, agone, ancient, by, bygone | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| point | 37 | aim, bespeak, betoken, channelise, channelize | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| cover | 36 | address, back, binding, blanket, breed | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| down | 36 | behind, blue, consume, dejected, depressed | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| draw | 36 | absorb, attract, attracter, attraction, attractor | KET | NGSL-1k |
| first | 36 | 1st, archetypal, archetypical, basic, beginning | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| line | 36 | air, ancestry, argument, argumentation, billet | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| play | 36 | act, bet, bid, bring, caper | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| strange | 36 | adventive, alien, antic, crazy, curious | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| tail | 36 | arse, ass, backside, behind, bob | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| loud | 35 | aloud, big, blaring, blasting, brassy | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| quiet | 35 | calm, hush, hushed, lull, muted | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| still | 35 | allay, calm, distillery, ease, even | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| poor | 34 | bad, beggarly, broke, bust, deficient | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| give | 33 | afford, apply, break, collapse, commit | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| return | 33 | comeback, counter, deliver, devolve, fall | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sound | 33 | audio, complete, deep, dependable, effectual | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| white | 33 | albescent, albumen, ashen, blanched, blank | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dress | 32 | apparel, arrange, attire, clip, clothe | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| drop | 32 | bead, cast, cliff, dangle, degenerate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| ground | 32 | anchor, background, base, basis, bray | KET | NGSL-1k |
| just | 32 | antimonopoly, antitrust, barely, but, clean | KET | NGSL-1k |
| last | 32 | close, closing, concluding, conclusion, death | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wrong | 32 | amiss, awry, base, condemnable, criminal | KET | NGSL-1k |
| head | 31 | brain, capitulum, caput, channelise, channelize | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| left | 31 | allow, bequeath, depart, entrust, exit | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| live | 31 | active, alive, be, bouncy, charged | KET | NGSL-1k |
| order | 31 | arrange, club, consecrate, decree, dictate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| stop | 31 | arrest, bar, barricade, block, blockade | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| true | 31 | accurate, actual, admittedly, apodeictic, apodictic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wide | 31 | across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, ample | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| angry | 30 | aggravated, angered, black, choleric, enraged | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| catch | 30 | apprehension, arrest, becharm, beguile, bewitch | KET | NGSL-1k |
| fine | 30 | alright, amercement, close, close-grained, delicately | KET | NGSL-1k |
| heart | 30 | affection, affectionateness, bosom, center, centre | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| work | 30 | act, bring, crop, cultivate, employment | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fit | 29 | able, able-bodied, acceptable, accommodate, agree | KET | NGSL-1k |
| picture | 29 | characterisation, characterization, delineation, depict, depiction | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| present | 29 | acquaint, attendant, award, confront, deliver | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| top | 29 | acme, apical, clear, cover, crest | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| turn | 29 | act, become, bend, bit, bout | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| back | 28 | backbone, backmost, backrest, backward, backwards | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| beautiful | 28 | beauteous, better-looking, bonnie, bonny, comely | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bill | 28 | account, banknote, beak, billhook, broadsheet | KET | NGSL-1k |
| fire | 28 | ardor, ardour, arouse, attack, blast | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| seat | 28 | arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bear | 27 | abide, accept, acquit, assume, behave | KET | NGSL-1k |
| behind | 27 | arse, ass, backside, behindhand, bottom | KET | NGSL-1k |
| great | 27 | bang-up, big, bully, capital, corking | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sorry | 27 | bad, blue, cheerless, dark, deplorable | KET | NGSL-1k |
| call | 26 | address, anticipate, bid, birdcall, birdsong | KET | NGSL-1k |
| carry | 26 | acquit, bear, behave, channel, comport | KET | NGSL-1k |
| part | 26 | break, character, component, constituent, contribution | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| red | 26 | blood-red, bloody, bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wind | 26 | curve, fart, farting, flatus, hint | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| case | 25 | caseful, casing, causa, cause, character | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cat | 25 | barf, bozo, cast, cat-o’-nine-tails, caterpillar | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| do | 25 | act, answer, arrange, bash, behave | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| look | 25 | appear, aspect, attend, await, bet | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| match | 25 | agree, catch, check, compeer, correspond | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| whole | 25 | all, altogether, completely, entire, entirely | KET | NGSL-1k |
| find | 24 | ascertain, breakthrough, bump, chance, detect | KET | NGSL-1k |
| near | 24 | about, adjacent, almost, approach, approximate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| tall | 24 | difficult, gangling, gangly, grandiloquent, hard | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| warm | 24 | affectionate, ardent, close, cordial, enthusiastic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| different | 23 | antithetic, antithetical, assorted, contrary, contrasting | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dog | 23 | andiron, blackguard, bounder, cad, chase | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| even | 23 | equal, eve, evening, eventide, fifty-fifty | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| have | 23 | accept, bear, birth, cause, consume | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| late | 23 | advanced, after-hours, belated, belatedly, dead | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| level | 23 | charge, degree, dismantle, equal, even | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| mean | 23 | average, awful, base, bastardly, beggarly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| mountain | 23 | batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| same | 23 | aforementioned, aforesaid, assonant, comparable, cookie-cutter | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| serious | 23 | critical, dangerous, difficult, earnest, good | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| show | 23 | appearance, demo, demonstrate, depict, designate | KET | NGSL-1k |
| star | 23 | ace, adept, asterisk, champion, genius | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| start | 23 | begin, beginning, bulge, commence, commencement | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| stuff | 23 | binge, block, clobber, englut, engorge | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sure | 23 | bound, careful, certain, certainly, confident | KET | NGSL-1k |
| throw | 23 | bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, cast | KET | NGSL-1k |
| up | 23 | ahead, ascending, astir, awake, aweigh | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| drive | 22 | aim, campaign, cause, crusade, driveway | KET | NGSL-1k |
| green | 22 | chromatic, common, commons, dark-green, fleeceable | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| guess | 22 | approximate, conjecture, estimate, gauge, guessing | KET | NGSL-1k |
| meeting | 22 | adjoin, assemble, confluence, contact, converge | Ogden+KET | — |
| one | 22 | 1, ace, ane, cardinal, combined | KET | NGSL-1k |
| out | 22 | away, dead, down, exterior, extinct | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| project | 22 | cast, contrive, design, envision, externalise | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ring | 22 | annulus, band, border, call, doughnut | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| square | 22 | aboveboard, conventional, direct, feather, foursquare | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| train | 22 | aim, caravan, check, civilise, civilize | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| transport | 22 | carry, channel, channelise, channelize, conveyance | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| view | 22 | aspect, catch, consider, eyeshot, horizon | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dear | 21 | affectionately, beloved, close, costly, darling | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| far | 21 | alir, cold, distant, far-off, faraway | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| foreign | 21 | abroad, adulterant, adulterating, adventive, alien | KET | NGSL-1k |
| grass | 21 | betray, denounce, dope, eatage, forage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| guide | 21 | channelise, channelize, conduct, direct, draw | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| hit | 21 | attain, bang, collision, dispatch, gain | KET | NGSL-1k |
| meet | 21 | adjoin, assemble, contact, converge, encounter | KET | NGSL-1k |
| outside | 21 | after-school, alfresco, away, exterior, external | KET | NGSL-1k |
| pull | 21 | attract, clout, commit, deplumate, deplume | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sign | 21 | augury, bless, communicative, communicatory, contract | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| similar | 21 | akin, alike, analogous, confusable, connatural | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sugar | 21 | boodle, bread, cabbage, carbohydrate, clams | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| world | 21 | cosmos, creation, domain, earth, existence | KET | NGSL-1k |
| yellow | 21 | chicken, chickenhearted, chromatic, cowardly, dishonorable | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| air | 20 | aerate, airwave, atmosphere, aura, aviation | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bit | 20 | act, bite, burn, chip, flake | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| discover | 20 | attain, break, describe, detect, disclose | KET | NGSL-1k |
| game | 20 | back, biz, brave, courageous, crippled | KET | NGSL-1k |
| kind | 20 | benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, forgiving | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| model | 20 | example, exemplar, exemplary, framework, manakin | KET | NGSL-1k |
| real | 20 | actual, concrete, documentary, existent, factual | KET | NGSL-1k |
| rest | 20 | balance, breathe, ease, lie, perch | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sport | 20 | athletics, boast, cavort, disport, feature | KET | NGSL-1k |
| stand | 20 | abide, bandstand, base, bear, brook | KET | NGSL-1k |
| study | 20 | analyse, analyze, bailiwick, canvas, canvass | KET | NGSL-1k |
| trouble | 20 | ail, bother, cark, difficulty, discommode | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| use | 20 | apply, consumption, employ, employment, enjoyment | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| available | 19 | accessible, acquirable, addressable, disposable, easy | KET | NGSL-1k |
| bread | 19 | boodle, breadstuff, cabbage, clams, dinero | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| finish | 19 | cease, close, coating, complete, conclusion | KET | NGSL-1k |
| metal | 19 | all-metal, alloy, aluminiferous, antimonial, argentiferous | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| modern | 19 | advanced, bodoni, contemporary, fashionable, forward-looking | KET | NGSL-1k |
| move | 19 | act, actuate, affect, displace, go | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| name | 19 | advert, appoint, call, cite, constitute | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| natural | 19 | biological, born, cancel, earthy, innate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| push | 19 | advertise, advertize, agitate, button, campaign | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sad | 19 | bad, bittersweet, deplorable, distressing, doleful | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| second | 19 | 2d, 2nd, arcsecond, back, bit | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| skirt | 19 | annulus, bird, border, chick, circumvent | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| south | 19 | confederacy, dixie, dixieland, s, south-central | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| subject | 19 | affected, bailiwick, capable, case, content | KET | NGSL-1k |
| grey | 18 | achromatic, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grayish | Ogden+KET | — |
| keep | 18 | celebrate, continue, donjon, dungeon, hold | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| net | 18 | clear, cyberspace, earnings, final, internet | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| north | 18 | n, north-central, northbound, northeast, northeasterly | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| possible | 18 | accomplishable, achievable, affirmable, assertable, attainable | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| spring | 18 | bounce, bound, form, fountain, give | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| stay | 18 | abide, appease, arrest, bide, check | KET | NGSL-1k |
| try | 18 | adjudicate, assay, attempt, effort, endeavor | KET | NGSL-1k |
| alone | 17 | entirely, exclusive, exclusively, incomparable, lone | KET | NGSL-1k |
| bird | 17 | birdie, birdwatch, boo, chick, dame | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| colour | 17 | color, coloration, coloring, colorise, colorize | Ogden+KET | — |
| come | 17 | amount, arrive, cum, derive, descend | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| drink | 17 | beverage, booze, boozing, crapulence, deglutition | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| key | 17 | cardinal, cay, central, describe, discover | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| learn | 17 | acquire, ascertain, check, con, determine | KET | NGSL-1k |
| notice | 17 | acknowledge, bill, card, comment, detect | KET | NGSL-1k |
| quick | 17 | active, agile, excitable, fast, flying | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| reading | 17 | indication, interpret, interpretation, learn, read | Ogden+KET | — |
| silver | 17 | achromatic, ag, argent, articulate, bright | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| successful | 17 | boffo, booming, flourishing, in, made | KET | NGSL-1k |
| visit | 17 | call, chaffer, chat, chatter, chit-chat | KET | NGSL-1k |
| watch | 17 | ascertain, catch, check, determine, follow | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wear | 17 | assume, bear, break, bust, clothing | KET | NGSL-1k |
| well | 17 | advantageously, advisable, asymptomatic, comfortably, considerably | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| word | 17 | articulate, bible, book, countersign, discussion | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| act | 16 | behave, bit, deed, dissemble, do | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| build | 16 | anatomy, bod, body-build, chassis, construct | KET | NGSL-1k |
| end | 16 | cease, close, closing, conclusion, death | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| face | 16 | aspect, boldness, brass, case, cheek | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| family | 16 | category, class, fellowship, folk, home | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| field | 16 | airfield, area, arena, bailiwick, battlefield | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| jump | 16 | alternate, bound, chute, derail, jump-start | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| kick | 16 | bang, beef, bitch, boot, charge | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| kid | 16 | banter, chaff, child, fry, jolly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| know | 16 | acknowledge, bang, bed, bonk, cognise | KET | NGSL-1k |
| link | 16 | associate, colligate, connect, connectedness, connection | KET | NGSL-1k |
| love | 16 | bang, bed, beloved, bonk, dear | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| note | 16 | annotation, banknote, bill, billet, distinction | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| review | 16 | brushup, critique, follow-up, followup, inspection | KET | NGSL-1k |
| tell | 16 | assure, differentiate, distinguish, enjoin, evidence | KET | NGSL-1k |
| think | 16 | believe, cerebrate, cogitate, conceive, consider | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ball | 15 | ballock, bollock, chunk, clod, clump | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| blood | 15 | ancestry, bloodline, descent, line, lineage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| card | 15 | add-in, bill, board, carte, lineup | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| circle | 15 | band, circuit, circulate, encircle, lap | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| design | 15 | aim, blueprint, conception, contrive, designing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| exercise | 15 | do, drill, employment, example, exercising | KET | NGSL-1k |
| front | 15 | advance, advanced, battlefront, breast, face | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| future | 15 | approaching, coming, early, emerging, forthcoming | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| home | 15 | abode, base, domestic, domicile, dwelling | KET | NGSL-1k |
| leave | 15 | allow, bequeath, depart, entrust, exit | KET | NGSL-1k |
| piece | 15 | assemble, bit, composition, firearm, man | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ready | 15 | available, cook, fit, fix, intelligent | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| send | 15 | air, beam, broadcast, charge, commit | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| smoke | 15 | bullet, dope, fastball, fume, gage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| stomach | 15 | abdomen, abide, bear, belly, breadbasket | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| variety | 15 | assortment, change, diverseness, diversity, form | KET | NGSL-1k |
| wash | 15 | airstream, backwash, dampen, lap, launder | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| add | 14 | adhd, append, bestow, bring, contribute | KET | NGSL-1k |
| agree | 14 | accord, check, concord, concur, consort | KET | NGSL-1k |
| book | 14 | al-qur’an, bible, hold, koran, ledger | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bring | 14 | add, bestow, contribute, convey, fetch | KET | NGSL-1k |
| change | 14 | alter, alteration, commute, convert, deepen | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| clothes | 14 | adorn, apparel, cloak, clothe, drape | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cloud | 14 | becloud, befog, corrupt, dapple, defile | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| father | 14 | beget, begetter, beginner, don, engender | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| follow | 14 | accompany, adopt, be, come, comply | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ice | 14 | chalk, crank, deoxyephedrine, frappe, frost | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| meat | 14 | center, centre, core, essence, gist | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| middle | 14 | center, central, centre, eye, halfway | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| need | 14 | ask, demand, indigence, involve, motivation | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| nice | 14 | courteous, dainty, decent, fastidious, good | KET | NGSL-1k |
| number | 14 | act, amount, bit, come, count | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| off | 14 | away, cancelled, disconnected, dispatch, forth | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| office | 14 | agency, authority, berth, billet, bureau | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| only | 14 | alone, but, entirely, exclusive, exclusively | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| put | 14 | arrange, assign, cast, commit, couch | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| question | 14 | doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, enquiry, head | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| record | 14 | book, commemorate, disc, disk, enter | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| safe | 14 | condom, dependable, fail-safe, good, prophylactic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| shop | 14 | betray, browse, denounce, frequent, grass | KET | NGSL-1k |
| stamp | 14 | boss, cast, emboss, impression, mold | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| suppose | 14 | conjecture, guess, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize | KET | NGSL-1k |
| total | 14 | add, aggregate, amount, come, complete | KET | NGSL-1k |
| about | 13 | active, almost, approximately, around, astir | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| address | 13 | accost, call, cover, deal, destination | KET | NGSL-1k |
| bed | 13 | bang, bonk, bottom, eff, fuck | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| die | 13 | break, choke, conk, croak, decease | KET | NGSL-1k |
| grow | 13 | acquire, arise, develop, farm, get | KET | NGSL-1k |
| happy | 13 | blessed, blissful, bright, felicitous, fortunate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| international | 13 | external, foreign, global, internationalist, internationalistic | KET | NGSL-1k |
| married | 13 | conjoin, espouse, joined, marital, marry | Ogden+KET | — |
| minute | 13 | arcminute, bit, careful, hour, infinitesimal | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| miss | 13 | drop, escape, fille, girl, lack | KET | NGSL-1k |
| offer | 13 | bid, crack, extend, fling, go | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| opposite | 13 | antonym, contrary, diametric, diametrical, different | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| post | 13 | berth, billet, brand, carry, mail | KET | NGSL-1k |
| prepare | 13 | cook, develop, devise, educate, fix | KET | NGSL-1k |
| special | 13 | especial, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, limited | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| story | 13 | account, chronicle, fib, floor, history | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| talk | 13 | babble, blab, lecture, mouth, peach | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| baby | 12 | babe, child, cocker, coddle, cosset | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| be | 12 | beryllium, comprise, constitute, cost, embody | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| brain | 12 | brainiac, brainpower, einstein, encephalon, genius | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| character | 12 | case, eccentric, fiber, fibre, grapheme | KET | NGSL-1k |
| class | 12 | assort, category, classify, course, division | KET | NGSL-1k |
| club | 12 | bludgeon, cabaret, clubhouse, gild, golf-club | KET | NGSL-1k |
| course | 12 | class, feed, flow, form, grade | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cry | 12 | call, exclaim, holler, hollo, outcry | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| describe | 12 | account, delineate, depict, discover, distinguish | KET | NGSL-1k |
| enter | 12 | accede, embark, enrol, enroll, figure | KET | NGSL-1k |
| feel | 12 | experience, feeling, find, finger, flavor | KET | NGSL-1k |
| glass | 12 | chalk, crank, deoxyephedrine, glassful, glaze | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| mind | 12 | beware, brain, head, heed, idea | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| normal | 12 | average, convention, formula, mean, median | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| nothing | 12 | aught, cipher, cypher, nada, naught | KET | NGSL-1k |
| race | 12 | airstream, backwash, hasten, hie, hotfoot | KET | NGSL-1k |
| say | 12 | allege, articulate, aver, enjoin, enounce | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| some | 12 | about, any, approximately, around, both | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| allow | 11 | admit, appropriate, countenance, earmark, grant | KET | NGSL-1k |
| answer | 11 | do, reply, resolution, resolve, respond | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bag | 11 | bagful, base, bulge, dish, grip | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| bus | 11 | autobus, busbar, charabanc, coach, double-decker | KET | NGSL-1k |
| child | 11 | baby, fry, kid, minor, nestling | KET | NGSL-1k |
| doctor | 11 | bushel, doc, dr., fix, md | KET | NGSL-1k |
| fly | 11 | alert, aviate, fell, flee, pilot | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| foot | 11 | base, foundation, ft, fundament, groundwork | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| happen | 11 | bechance, befall, bump, chance, encounter | KET | NGSL-1k |
| like | 11 | alike, care, comparable, corresponding, ilk | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| man | 11 | gentleman, homo, human, humanity, humankind | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| monkey | 11 | fiddle, imp, potter, putter, rapscallion | Ogden+KET | — |
| opinion | 11 | belief, feeling, impression, judgement, judgment | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| pain | 11 | ail, anguish, annoyance, bother, botheration | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| plant | 11 | constitute, embed, engraft, establish, flora | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| popular | 11 | best-selling, common, democratic, fashionable, favorite | KET | NGSL-1k |
| practice | 11 | apply, commit, do, drill, exercise | KET | NGSL-1k |
| read | 11 | interpret, learn, record, register, say | KET | NGSL-1k |
| save | 11 | deliver, economise, economize, keep, preserve | KET | NGSL-1k |
| score | 11 | account, grade, grievance, grudge, hit | KET | NGSL-1k |
| screen | 11 | blind, concealment, cover, covert, filmdom | KET | NGSL-1k |
| test | 11 | essay, exam, examination, examine, prove | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| trip | 11 | activate, actuate, jaunt, misstep, slip | KET | NGSL-1k |
| understand | 11 | empathise, empathize, infer, interpret, read | KET | NGSL-1k |
| useful | 11 | functional, multipurpose, reclaimable, recyclable, reusable | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ask | 10 | demand, enquire, expect, inquire, involve | KET | NGSL-1k |
| contact | 10 | adjoin, impinging, liaison, link, meet | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cook | 10 | fake, falsify, fix, fudge, make | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| fill | 10 | filling, fulfil, fulfill, meet, occupy | KET | NGSL-1k |
| help | 10 | aid, assist, assistance, assistant, avail | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| house | 10 | domiciliate, family, firm, home, household | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| join | 10 | articulation, conjoin, connect, joint, junction | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| let | 10 | allow, countenance, get, have, lashkar-e-taiba | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| life | 10 | aliveness, animation, biography, life-time, lifespan | KET | NGSL-1k |
| morning | 10 | aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| mouth | 10 | backtalk, lip, mouthpiece, sass, sassing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| other | 10 | another, different, early, former, new | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| quarter | 10 | billet, canton, draw, fourth, one-fourth | KET | NGSL-1k |
| receive | 10 | encounter, experience, find, get, have | KET | NGSL-1k |
| serve | 10 | answer, assist, attend, dish, do | KET | NGSL-1k |
| share | 10 | apportion, contribution, deal, parcel, part | KET | NGSL-1k |
| shut | 10 | blinking, close, closed, compressed, exclude | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| sort | 10 | assort, class, classify, form, kind | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| table | 10 | board, defer, mesa, postpone, prorogue | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| want | 10 | deficiency, deprivation, desire, lack, need | KET | NGSL-1k |
| writing | 10 | authorship, compose, composition, indite, pen | Ogden+KET | — |
| action | 9 | accomplish, activeness, activity, execute, fulfil | KET | NGSL-1k |
| all | 9 | altogether, complete, completely, each, entirely | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| band | 9 | banding, circle, isthmus, lot, ring | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| birth | 9 | bear, birthing, deliver, have, nascence | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| brown | 9 | browned, brownish, brownness, brunet, brunette | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| brush | 9 | brushing, brushwood, clash, coppice, copse | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| continue | 9 | cover, extend, keep, preserve, proceed | KET | NGSL-1k |
| court | 9 | courtroom, courtyard, homage, judicature, lawcourt | KET | NGSL-1k |
| east | 9 | e, eastbound, easterly, eastern, easternmost | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| floor | 9 | base, coldcock, deck, dump, flooring | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fork | 9 | branch, branching, crotch, forking, furcate | Ogden+KET | — |
| gold | 9 | amber, au, aureate, chromatic, gilded | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| hand | 9 | deal, give, handwriting, manus, mitt | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| i | 9 | 1, ace, ane, cardinal, iodin | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| in | 9 | fashionable, inch, incoming, indiana, indium | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| job | 9 | business, caper, chore, line, occupation | KET | NGSL-1k |
| national | 9 | domestic, federal, home, interior, internal | KET | NGSL-1k |
| nearly | 9 | about, almost, closely, intimately, most | KET | NGSL-1k |
| pay | 9 | bear, compensate, devote, earnings, give | KET | NGSL-1k |
| plane | 9 | aeroplane, airplane, even, flat, level | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| pretty | 9 | bad, beautiful, fairly, jolly, middling | KET | NGSL-1k |
| reason | 9 | argue, cause, conclude, ground, grounds | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| school | 9 | civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, schoolhouse | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| so | 9 | hence, indeed, soh, sol, then | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| stage | 9 | arrange, degree, leg, level, phase | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| travel | 9 | go, jaunt, journey, locomote, locomotion | KET | NGSL-1k |
| various | 9 | assorted, different, diverse, individual, respective | KET | NGSL-1k |
| way | 9 | agency, direction, fashion, manner, means | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| west | 9 | occident, w, westbound, westerly, western | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| yet | 9 | even, heretofore, hitherto, however, nevertheless | KET | NGSL-1k |
| animal | 8 | beast, brute, carnal, creature, fauna | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| area | 8 | arena, country, domain, expanse, field | KET | NGSL-1k |
| as | 8 | a, adenine, amp, ampere, angstrom | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| away | 8 | absent, aside, by, forth, inaccurate | KET | NGSL-1k |
| board | 8 | add-in, card, gameboard, panel, plank | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| boot | 8 | bang, charge, flush, kick, kicking | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| capital | 8 | cap, chapiter, great, majuscule, primary | KET | NGSL-1k |
| company | 8 | accompany, caller, companion, companionship, fellowship | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| daily | 8 | casual, day-after-day, day-by-day, day-to-day, everyday | KET | NGSL-1k |
| egg | 8 | ball, ballock, bollock, eggs, nut | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| example | 8 | case, exemplar, exercise, illustration, instance | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| fail | 8 | betray, bomb, break, die, flunk | KET | NGSL-1k |
| film | 8 | celluloid, cinema, flick, movie, pic | KET | NGSL-1k |
| final | 8 | closing, concluding, inalterable, last, net | KET | NGSL-1k |
| friend | 8 | acquaintance, admirer, ally, booster, champion | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| inside | 8 | exclusive, indoors, inner, interior, inwardly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| list | 8 | heel, inclination, lean, leaning, listing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| mother | 8 | beget, engender, father, fuss, generate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| noise | 8 | dissonance, disturbance, haphazardness, interference, racket | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| side | 8 | broadside, english, face, incline, lateral | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sock | 8 | air-sleeve, bash, bonk, bop, drogue | Ogden+KET | — |
| store | 8 | depot, entrepot, fund, memory, shop | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sun | 8 | dominicus, insolate, solarise, solarize, sunbathe | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| wait | 8 | await, delay, expect, hold, look | KET | NGSL-1k |
| wing | 8 | annex, annexe, backstage, extension, fender | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| worry | 8 | care, concern, headache, interest, occupy | KET | NGSL-1k |
| adult | 7 | big, full-grown, grown, grownup, mature | KET | NGSL-1k |
| almost | 7 | about, most, near, nearly, nigh | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| always | 7 | constantly, e’er, ever, forever, incessantly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| arm | 7 | branch, fortify, gird, limb, sleeve | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| body | 7 | consistence, consistency, eubstance, personify, soundbox | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| building | 7 | build, construct, construction, edifice, establish | Ogden+KET | — |
| business | 7 | byplay, clientele, concern, job, line | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| competition | 7 | challenger, competitor, contender, contention, contest | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| enjoy | 7 | bask, delight, love, relish, revel | KET | NGSL-1k |
| event | 7 | case, consequence, effect, issue, outcome | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| experience | 7 | feel, get, have, know, live | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| eye | 7 | center, centre, eyeball, heart, middle | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| flower | 7 | bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, heyday | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| further | 7 | advance, boost, encourage, far, farther | KET | NGSL-1k |
| guy | 7 | blackguard, bozo, cat, hombre, rib | KET | NGSL-1k |
| hair | 7 | fuzz, hair’s-breadth, haircloth, hairsbreadth, pilus | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| harbour | 7 | entertain, harbor, haven, hold, nurse | Ogden+KET | — |
| matter | 7 | affair, count, issue, subject, thing | KET | NGSL-1k |
| moment | 7 | bit, consequence, import, instant, minute | KET | NGSL-1k |
| most | 7 | about, almost, near, nearly, nigh | KET | NGSL-1k |
| much | 7 | lots, often, overmuch, practically, some | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| nose | 7 | intrude, nozzle, nuzzle, poke, pry | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| now | 7 | directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, nowadays | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| phone | 7 | call, earphone, earpiece, headphone, ring | KET | NGSL-1k |
| quickly | 7 | apace, chop-chop, cursorily, promptly, quick | KET | NGSL-1k |
| rock | 7 | careen, rock’n’roll, rock-and-roll, shake, stone | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sail | 7 | canvas, canvass, cruise, navigate, sheet | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| very | 7 | identical, precise, rattling, real, really | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| water | 7 | h2o, irrigate, pee, piddle, piss | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wish | 7 | bid, care, compliments, like, regard | KET | NGSL-1k |
| age | 6 | eld, geezerhood, maturate, mature, senesce | KET | NGSL-1k |
| bank | 6 | camber, cant, deposit, rely, swear | KET | NGSL-1k |
| brother | 6 | buddy, chum, comrade, crony, pal | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| car | 6 | auto, automobile, gondola, machine, motorcar | KET | NGSL-1k |
| difference | 6 | conflict, departure, deviation, dispute, divergence | KET | NGSL-1k |
| dream | 6 | ambition, aspiration, daydream, dreaming, stargaze | KET | NGSL-1k |
| earn | 6 | clear, gain, garner, make, realise | KET | NGSL-1k |
| eat | 6 | consume, corrode, deplete, exhaust, feed | KET | NGSL-1k |
| electric | 6 | electrical, exciting, galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| however | 6 | nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal | KET | NGSL-1k |
| idea | 6 | approximation, estimate, estimation, mind, theme | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| many | 6 | galore, legion, numerous, some, umpteen | KET | NGSL-1k |
| memory | 6 | remembering, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, storage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| next | 6 | adjacent, close, following, future, incoming | KET | NGSL-1k |
| oil | 6 | anele, anoint, crude, embrocate, inunct | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| over | 6 | complete, concluded, ended, finished, o’er | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| player | 6 | actor, histrion, instrumentalist, musician, participant | KET | NGSL-1k |
| program | 6 | broadcast, curriculum, plan, platform, programme | KET | NGSL-1k |
| really | 6 | actually, genuinely, rattling, real, truly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| remember | 6 | commemorate, commend, recall, recollect, retrieve | KET | NGSL-1k |
| several | 6 | different, individual, respective, single, some | KET | NGSL-1k |
| shame | 6 | attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy | Ogden+KET | — |
| sing | 6 | babble, blab, peach, talk, tattle | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sit | 6 | baby-sit, model, pose, posture, ride | KET | NGSL-1k |
| sleep | 6 | kip, nap, quietus, rest, slumber | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| snow | 6 | bamboozle, blow, c, coke, hoodwink | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| song | 6 | birdcall, birdsong, call, strain, sung | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| speak | 6 | address, mouth, talk, utter, verbalise | KET | NGSL-1k |
| suggest | 6 | advise, evoke, hint, indicate, intimate | KET | NGSL-1k |
| wall | 6 | bulwark, fence, palisade, paries, rampart | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wheel | 6 | bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal, rack | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| win | 6 | acquire, advance, gain, profits, succeed | KET | NGSL-1k |
| write | 6 | compose, indite, pen, publish, save | KET | NGSL-1k |
| advertisement | 5 | ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| after | 5 | aft, afterward, afterwards, later, subsequently | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| around | 5 | about, approximately, roughly, round, some | KET | NGSL-1k |
| box | 5 | boxful, boxwood, corner, loge, package | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| buy | 5 | bargain, bribe, corrupt, purchase, steal | KET | NGSL-1k |
| comb | 5 | cockscomb, combing, coxcomb, disentangle, ransack | Ogden+KET | — |
| copy | 5 | imitate, re-create, replicate, simulate, transcript | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| country | 5 | area, commonwealth, land, nation, state | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| degree | 5 | arcdegree, grade, level, point, stage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| enough | 5 | adequate, decent, plenty, sufficiency, sufficient | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| evening | 5 | eve, even, eventide, flush, level | KET | NGSL-1k |
| girl | 5 | daughter, fille, girlfriend, miss, missy | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| hear | 5 | discover, learn, listen, see, try | KET | NGSL-1k |
| horse | 5 | buck, cavalry, knight, sawbuck, sawhorse | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| huge | 5 | big, brobdingnagian, immense, large, vast | KET | NGSL-1k |
| immediately | 5 | directly, forthwith, instantly, now, straightaway | KET | NGSL-1k |
| language | 5 | lyric, nomenclature, speech, terminology, words | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| laugh | 5 | gag, jape, jest, joke, laughter | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| leg | 5 | branch, peg, pegleg, ramification, stage | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| lose | 5 | mislay, misplace, miss, recede, suffer | KET | NGSL-1k |
| market | 5 | commercialise, commercialize, grocery, marketplace, mart | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| maybe | 5 | mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| often | 5 | frequently, much, oft, oftentimes, ofttimes | KET | NGSL-1k |
| paper | 5 | composition, newspaper, report, theme, wallpaper | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| park | 5 | ballpark, common, commons, green, parkland | KET | NGSL-1k |
| pen | 5 | compose, indite, penitentiary, playpen, write | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| perhaps | 5 | maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, possibly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| person | 5 | individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| plan | 5 | contrive, design, program, programme, project | KET | NGSL-1k |
| plate | 5 | denture, home, plateful, scale, shell | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| pocket | 5 | bag, pouch, sac, sack, scoop | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| probably | 5 | believably, belike, credibly, likely, plausibly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| season | 5 | flavor, flavour, harden, mollify, temper | KET | NGSL-1k |
| somebody | 5 | individual, mortal, person, someone, soul | KET | NGSL-1k |
| someone | 5 | individual, mortal, person, somebody, soul | KET | NGSL-1k |
| space | 5 | blank, distance, infinite, place, quad | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| time | 5 | clip, clock, meter, metre, sentence | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| too | 5 | also, besides, excessively, likewise, overly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| type | 5 | case, character, eccentric, typecast, typewrite | KET | NGSL-1k |
| under | 5 | below, low, low-level, nether, subordinate | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| weather | 5 | brave, conditions, endure, upwind, windward | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| able | 4 | able-bodied, capable, competent, fit | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| art | 4 | artistry, artwork, graphics, prowess | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| bath | 4 | bathe, bathroom, bathtub, tub | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| become | 4 | get, go, suit, turn | KET | NGSL-1k |
| believe | 4 | conceive, consider, think, trust | KET | NGSL-1k |
| below | 4 | beneath, downstairs, infra, under | KET | NGSL-1k |
| but | 4 | just, merely, only, simply | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| chain | 4 | concatenation, range, strand, string | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| choose | 4 | opt, prefer, select, take | KET | NGSL-1k |
| clearly | 4 | clear, distinctly, intelligibly, understandably | KET | NGSL-1k |
| coat | 4 | cake, coating, pelage, surface | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| computer | 4 | calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner | KET | NGSL-1k |
| curtain | 4 | drape, drapery, mantle, pall | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| date | 4 | appointment, engagement, escort, see | KET | NGSL-1k |
| decide | 4 | adjudicate, determine, resolve, settle | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ear | 4 | auricle, capitulum, pinna, spike | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| finally | 4 | eventually, last, lastly, ultimately | KET | NGSL-1k |
| finger | 4 | digit, feel, fingerbreadth, thumb | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| flight | 4 | escape, fledge, flying, trajectory | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| fun | 4 | merriment, play, playfulness, sport | KET | NGSL-1k |
| goat | 4 | butt, capricorn, laughingstock, stooge | Ogden+KET | — |
| half | 4 | fractional, incomplete, one-half, uncomplete | KET | NGSL-1k |
| husband | 4 | conserve, economise, economize, hubby | KET | NGSL-1k |
| improve | 4 | ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate | KET | NGSL-1k |
| instrument | 4 | cat’s-paw, instrumentate, pawn, tool | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| invention | 4 | conception, design, excogitation, innovation | Ogden+KET | — |
| kiss | 4 | buss, osculate, osculation, snog | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| machine | 4 | auto, automobile, car, motorcar | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| member | 4 | appendage, extremity, penis, phallus | KET | NGSL-1k |
| moon | 4 | daydream, lunation, moonlight, moonshine | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| movie | 4 | film, flick, pic, picture | KET | NGSL-1k |
| news | 4 | intelligence, newsworthiness, tidings, word | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| no | 4 | nary, nobelium, none, zero | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| own | 4 | ain, have, personal, possess | KET | NGSL-1k |
| page | 4 | foliate, pageboy, paginate, varlet | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| paint | 4 | blusher, key, pigment, rouge | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| people | 4 | citizenry, mass, masses, multitude | KET | NGSL-1k |
| price | 4 | cost, damage, terms, toll | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| site | 4 | locate, place, situation, website | KET | NGSL-1k |
| soap | 4 | goop, lather, max, scoop | Ogden+KET | — |
| student | 4 | bookman, educatee, pupil, scholar | KET | NGSL-1k |
| teach | 4 | blackbeard, instruct, learn, thatch | KET | NGSL-1k |
| television | 4 | telecasting, telly, tv, video | KET | NGSL-1k |
| usually | 4 | commonly, normally, ordinarily, unremarkably | KET | NGSL-1k |
| walk | 4 | paseo, pass, walking, walkway | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| will | 4 | bequeath, leave, testament, volition | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| worker | 4 | actor, doer, prole, proletarian | KET | NGSL-1k |
| also | 3 | besides, likewise, too | KET | NGSL-1k |
| any | 3 | some, whatever, whatsoever | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| begin | 3 | commence, get, start | KET | NGSL-1k |
| bridge | 3 | bridgework, nosepiece, span | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| by | 3 | aside, away, past | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| cake | 3 | bar, coat, patty | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| century | 3 | 100, c, hundred | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cost | 3 | be, price, toll | KET | NGSL-1k |
| dance | 3 | dancing, saltation, terpsichore | KET | NGSL-1k |
| discuss | 3 | discourse, discus, saucer | KET | NGSL-1k |
| environment | 3 | environs, surround, surroundings | KET | NGSL-1k |
| especially | 3 | particularly, peculiarly, specially | KET | NGSL-1k |
| exactly | 3 | incisively, just, precisely | KET | NGSL-1k |
| except | 3 | demur, exclude, omit | KET | NGSL-1k |
| farm | 3 | grow, produce, raise | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| file | 3 | charge, lodge, register | KET | NGSL-1k |
| forget | 3 | block, bury, leave | KET | NGSL-1k |
| goal | 3 | destination, end, finish | KET | NGSL-1k |
| group | 3 | aggroup, grouping, radical | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| here | 3 | hera, hither, present | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| history | 3 | account, chronicle, story | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| hope | 3 | desire, promise, trust | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| information | 3 | data, entropy, info | KET | NGSL-1k |
| listen | 3 | hear, heed, mind | KET | NGSL-1k |
| local | 3 | localised, localized, topical | KET | NGSL-1k |
| magazine | 3 | cartridge, clip, mag | KET | NGSL-1k |
| manager | 3 | coach, director, handler | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| map | 3 | function, mapping, represent | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| mile | 3 | knot, mi, mil | KET | NGSL-1k |
| must | 3 | essential, moldiness, mustiness | KET | NGSL-1k |
| night | 3 | dark, nighttime, nox | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| once | 3 | erst, erstwhile, formerly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| orange | 3 | chromatic, orangeness, orangish | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| parent | 3 | nurture, raise, rear | KET | NGSL-1k |
| performance | 3 | execution, functioning, operation | KET | NGSL-1k |
| police | 3 | constabulary, law, patrol | KET | NGSL-1k |
| potato | 3 | murphy, spud, tater | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| print | 3 | impress, mark, publish | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| rain | 3 | pelting, rainfall, rainwater | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| recently | 3 | late, lately, latterly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| salt | 3 | salinity, saltiness, sharp | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| secretary | 3 | escritoire, repository, secretaire | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| sell | 3 | betray, deal, trade | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ship | 3 | embark, send, transport | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| sister | 3 | babe, baby, sis | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| sky | 3 | flip, pitch, toss | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| snake | 3 | hydra, ophidian, serpent | Ogden+KET | — |
| son | 3 | boy, logos, word | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| spend | 3 | drop, expend, pass | KET | NGSL-1k |
| station | 3 | place, post, send | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| success | 3 | achiever, succeeder, winner | KET | NGSL-1k |
| suddenly | 3 | abruptly, dead, short | KET | NGSL-1k |
| swim | 3 | drown, float, swimming | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| through | 3 | direct, done, finished | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| ticket | 3 | fine, slate, tag | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| town | 3 | townsfolk, township, townspeople | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| while | 3 | patch, piece, spell | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| woman | 3 | char, charwoman, womanhood | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| wood | 3 | forest, woods, woodwind | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| wool | 3 | fleece, woolen, woollen | Ogden+KET | — |
| year | 3 | class, twelvemonth, yr | KET | NGSL-1k |
| above | 2 | preceding, supra | KET | NGSL-1k |
| across | 2 | crossways, crosswise | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| activity | 2 | action, activeness | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ago | 2 | agone, past | KET | NGSL-1k |
| anyway | 2 | anyhow, anyways | KET | NGSL-1k |
| arrive | 2 | come, get | KET | NGSL-1k |
| before | 2 | ahead, earlier | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| between | 2 | ’tween, betwixt | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| career | 2 | calling, vocation | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cent | 2 | centime, penny | KET | NGSL-1k |
| certainly | 2 | sure, surely | KET | NGSL-1k |
| cow | 2 | moo-cow, overawe | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| cup | 2 | cupful, transfuse | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| danger | 2 | peril, risk | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| day | 2 | daylight, daytime | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| dollar | 2 | buck, clam | KET | NGSL-1k |
| door | 2 | doorway, threshold | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| each | 2 | all, apiece | KET | NGSL-1k |
| easily | 2 | easy, well | KET | NGSL-1k |
| ever | 2 | always, e’er | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| explain | 2 | excuse, explicate | KET | NGSL-1k |
| fish | 2 | angle, pisces | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| hat | 2 | chapeau, lid | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| hate | 2 | detest, hatred | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| hour | 2 | hr, minute | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| insect | 2 | louse, worm | Ogden+KET | — |
| instead | 2 | alternatively, rather | KET | NGSL-1k |
| journey | 2 | journeying, travel | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| knife | 2 | stab, tongue | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| less | 2 | fewer, inferior | KET | NGSL-1k |
| message | 2 | content, substance | KET | NGSL-1k |
| might | 2 | mightiness, power | KET | NGSL-1k |
| music | 2 | euphony, medicine | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| newspaper | 2 | newsprint, paper | KET | NGSL-1k |
| on | 2 | along, connected | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| or | 2 | oregon, surgery | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| perform | 2 | do, execute | KET | NGSL-1k |
| problem | 2 | job, trouble | KET | NGSL-1k |
| receipt | 2 | acknowledge, reception | Ogden+KET | — |
| roof | 2 | cap, ceiling | Ogden+KET | NGSL-3k |
| room | 2 | board, way | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| seem | 2 | appear, look | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| shoe | 2 | horseshoe, skid | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| size | 2 | sized, sizing | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| soon | 2 | presently, shortly | KET | NGSL-1k |
| spoon | 2 | smooch, spoonful | Ogden+KET | — |
| staff | 2 | faculty, stave | KET | NGSL-1k |
| surprise | 2 | storm, surprisal | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| term | 2 | condition, terminus | KET | NGSL-1k |
| then | 2 | past, so | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| thing | 2 | affair, matter | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| till | 2 | cashbox, trough | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |
| today | 2 | now, nowadays | KET | NGSL-1k |
| together | 2 | unitedly, unneurotic | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| tree | 2 | corner, shoetree | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| trousers | 2 | pant, trouser | Ogden+KET | — |
| village | 2 | hamlet, settlement | KET | NGSL-1k |
| week | 2 | hebdomad, workweek | Ogden+KET | NGSL-1k |
| winter | 2 | overwinter, wintertime | Ogden+KET | NGSL-2k |