The Word Library

The most overused words in English, each with six curated alternatives — elevated, literary, punchy, and rare.

A

afraid amazing angry awesome

B

bad beautiful big bitter brave bright

C

calm change clean clever cold cool cry cute

D

dance dark deep dirty drink dry

E

easy eat empty end

F

fair fancy fast fine fresh full funny

G

gentle give good great

H

happy hard hate heavy help hot huge hungry

I

important interesting

J

K

L

laugh lazy light listen lonely look lost loud love lucky

M

mad make mean messy mysterious

N

O

P

perfect poor pretty proud pure

Q

R

rare read real rich rough run

S

sad said scared see sharp shiny short shy simple sing sleep slow small smart smile smooth soft speak special start strange strong sweet

T

take talk tall thick thin think tiny tired tough

U

W

walk want warm weak weird wet wild wise write

Y