DIFFERENT WORDS

Different types of Friends

All of us have friends, some we adore, some we like, some we appreciate and some we barely acknowledge. Keeping the above in mind, we have 15 such types of friends listed here; try to classify your friends according to this list and in the process, memorize the word as well.

• Acquaintance: A relationship less intimate than friendship
• Ally: An associate who provides cooperation or assistance
• Amigo: A friend or comrade
• Backer: Someone who provides financial support for some venture
• Beau: A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
• Benefactor: A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
• Chum: A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Cohort: A company of companions or supporters
• Compadre: A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Companion: A friend who is frequently in the company of another
• Comrade: A friend who is frequently in the company of another
• Confidant: Someone to whom private matters are confided
• Patron: Someone who supports or champions something
• Sidekick: A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Well-wisher: A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

The word mania stands for an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something. Most of us suffer from some obsession or the other, but we might not have the word to describe 'our obsessions'. In this article, we explore 20 extreme reactions, 20 irrational kinds of beliefs and action and 20 words which will help you boost your vocabulary.

Explore the list and see if any one of these matches with your obsessions:

• Ablutomania: Mania for washing oneself
• Arithmomania: Obsessive preoccupation with numbers
• Bibliomania: Craze for books or reading
• Clinomania: Excessive desire to stay in bed
• Dinomania: Mania for dancing
• Dipsomania: Abnormal craving for alcohol
• Egomania: Irrational self-centered attitude or self-worship
• Ergomania: Excessive desire to work; workaholism
• Graphomania: Obsession with writing
• Hydromania: Irrational craving for water
• Hypermania: Severe mania
• Hypomania : Minor mania
• Kleptomania: Irrational predilection for stealing
• Megalomania: Abnormal tendency towards grand or grandiose behaviour
• Monomania: Abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea
• Nymphomania: Excessive or crazed sexual desire
• Plutomania: Mania for money
• Pyromania: Craze for starting fires
• Theomania: Belief that one is a god
• Xenomania: Inordinate attachment to foreign things

Different Types of People

Master the words used to describe different types of people

Different people have different abilities. In general, we find ourselves short of words when we try to describe these individual qualities, and are generally stuck with regular descriptions such as happy, sad, cheerful, dull and so on. What if you have a bank of words that you can use to describe people in varied hues and identify peculiar individual traits of people?
This article will provide a comprehensive list of 45 such qualities that you can explore and start using for the 'different types of people' you know.

• Acquaintance: A relationship less intimate than friendship
• Able: (usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means, skill, know-how or authority to do something
• Absent-minded: Lost in thought; showing preoccupation
• Adventurous: Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
• Apathetic: Showing little or no emotion or animation
• Ardent: Characterized by intense emotion
• Awful: Exceptionally bad or displeasing
• Boisterous: Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
• Callous: Emotionally hardened
• Cantankerous: Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
• Churlish: Rude and boorish
• Circumspect: Heedful of potential consequences
• Conceited: Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
• Condescending: (used of behaviour or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension (Disdain or Scorn)
• Conscientious: Characterized by extreme care and great effort
• Crabby: Annoyed and irritable
• Dainty: Delicately beautiful
• Demonic: Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
• Dowdy: Lacking in smartness or taste
• Egotistical: Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
• Fastidious: Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
• Ferocious: Marked by extreme and violent energy
• Fervent: Characterized by intense emotion
• Glutinous: Able or tending to stick; having the properties of an adhesive
• Immodest: Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
• Irascible: Quickly aroused to anger
• Listless: Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
• Lithe: Moving and bending with ease
• Lively: Full of life and energy
• Meddlesome: Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
• Mercurial: Liable to sudden unpredictable change
• Meticulous: Marked by precise accordance with details
• Moronic: Having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
• Obnoxious: Causing disapproval or protest
• Paternalistic: Benevolent but sometimes intrusive
• Peevish: Easily irritated or annoyed
• Persnickety: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
• Prejudiced: Emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
• Querulous: Habitually complaining
• Resourceful: Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
• Sentimental: Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
• Slovenly: Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
• Stoic: Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
• Testy: Easily irritated or annoyed
• Volcanic: Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
• Zealous: Marked by active interest and enthusiasm

Different types of Phobias

The word Phobia means an extreme or irrational fear of something. We all have some fears, some phobias. Some of us are aware of our phobias; while some of us take time to realize what is hiding in the closet.

Go through the following list of fears and pick the ones that match your symptoms (hope they aren't too many):

• Ablutophobia: Fear of Bathing, washing and cleansing.
• Acrophobia: Fear of heights
• Agoraphobia: Fear of Open spaces.
• Anthropophobia: Fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia.
• Autophobia: Fear of being alone or isolated.
• Bibliophobia: Fear of books. Biblio is the root word here which means Book.
• Chrematophobia: Fear of money.
• Claustrophobia: Fear of closed spaces.
• Cynophobia: Fear of dogs.
• Emetophobia: Fear or anxiety pertaining to vomiting.
• Ergophobia: Fear of work
• Gamophobia: Fear of marriage.
• Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles.
• Hydrophobia: Fear of water.
• Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at.
• Paedophobia: Fear of children; fear of dolls or fear of infants, childhood.
• Pantophobia: Fear of everything.
• Pentheraphobia: Fear or hatred of one's mother-in-law.
• Phonophobia: fear of noise or of speaking aloud.
• Photophobia: Fear of light.
• Pyrophobia: Fear of fires or flames. Pyro means fire.
• Spectrophobia: Fear of looking in a mirror
• Technophobia: Fear of technology.
• Thanatophobia: Fear of death. Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number thirteen.
• Xenophobia: Fear of foreigners or strangers.

Words based on Root 'Phile'

What is a suffix?

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to alter the grammatical function of the original word. For example, the verb read can be made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er; read can be made into the adjective readable by adding the suffix -able.

What is a prefix?

A prefix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. For example, the word prefix itself begins with a prefix--pre-, which generally means "before."

Let's look at a few words that use the root 'phile' as a prefix or a suffix. The meaning of the word is one that loves, likes, or is attracted to. Thus, all the words would be related to this meaning.

Dig into this list of words here:

• Anglophilia - love or fondness for England or the English. The word is formed by using 'Anglo' for English and 'philia' for fondness.
• Astrophile - person interested in astronomy.
• Bibliophile - A bibliophile is someone who loves reading books and in most cases loves collecting books too.
• Foodophile - A foodophile is a person who is really fond of eating or loves to eat.
• Logophile - a lover of words.
• Necrophile - A necrophile is a person who feels an attractive pull towards dead bodies.
• Paedophile - A paedophile is a person who gets sexually attracted towards children.
• Philalethist - lover of truth.
• Philanthropy - Love for mankind.
• Philogyny - love of women.
• Philomath - lover of learning.
• Philosophy - Love for wisdom.
• Philotherianism - love of animals.
• Theophile - one who loves or is loved by God. This term is mainly used for those people who believe in God and pray regularly.
• Xenophilia - love of foreigners

Words related to Animals

The animal world is one which fills delight in the most cynical of hearts. From the countless dog lovers to those who appreciate nature, there are countless fans of animals in this world. In a world with countless types of animals, the English language has done its bit in imbibing words into the language that make a reference to animals.

15 such words, based on various animals and their qualities, are explored below:

• Bovine-an ox, cow, or related animal; having ox like qualities; slow, dull, stupid, or stolid.
• Equine-a horse; of, like, or a characteristic of a horse.
• Feline-of or relating to cats
• Hircine-of or characteristic of a goat, especially in strong odor or lustfulness.
• Leonine-of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
• Lupine-wolf like; rapacious or ravenous
• Ophidian-snakelike; a snake or serpent
• Ovine-designating sheep or sheeplike; an ovine animal
• Piscine-of, pertaining to, or typical of a fish or fishes.
• Porcine-of or pertaining to swine or pigs; piglike.
• Saurian-of or having the characteristics of lizards; a lizard.
• Taurine- resembling a bull.
• Ursine-of or characteristic of a bear.
• Vixen-a female fox, a quarrelsome shrewish or malicious woman.
• Vulpine-of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox; clever, devious, or cunning.

Words related to Big Shapes/Sizes

This is an interesting group of words that can be used to describe anything and everything that is large, big or huge in life. This group of words can be especially useful in describing the scale and impact of situations and events, and you would do well to use these words for impact. It will help be a huge help to you in questions of synonyms.

Go through the list here:

• Astronomical: Inconceivably large.
• Colossal: Of immense size; huge; gigantic.
• Considerable: Rather large or great in size, distance, extent etc.
• Elephantine: Huge, ponderous, or clumsy.
• Extensive: Large in extent, range, or amount.
• Gargantuan: Huge; enormous.
• Gigantic: Extremely large and huge.
• Ginormous: Very large.
• Hefty: Big and strong.
• Hulky: Of great size and bulk.
• Humongous: Extraordinarily large; enormous.
• Jumbo: Unusually large.
• Mammoth: Anything very large.
• Monstrous: Abnormally large.
• Mountainous: Resembling a mountain in size; huge.
• Prodigious: Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous.
• Sizable: Of considerable size; fairly large.
• Titanic: Huge or colossal.
• Voluminous: Of great size, quantity, volume, or extent.
• Whopping: Exceptionally large.

Words related to being Happy

Who does not like to happy? We all do but are there different types of being happy? Well, in fact, there are and this little article illustrates 15 different happy moods that you can use for various situations.

Explore the list of words here:

• Amused: To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure.
• Blissful: Completely happy and contented.
• Blithe: Very happy or cheerful; joyous.
• Buoyant: Lively and lighthearted; chirpy.
• Ecstatic: Feeling or showing great enthusiasm or delight.
• Elated: Full of high spirits, joy, pride or optimism; very happy.
• Enraptured: Delight beyond measure.
• Euphoric: A feeling of great happiness or well-being.
• Exhilarated: Feeling of happily refreshed and energetic; enliven, made joyful.
• Gleeful: Full of high-spirited delight; joy or merry.
• Jovial: Characterized by high-spirited merriment and good cheer.
• Jubilant: Feeling or expressing great joy, satisfaction.
• Rapturous: Full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
• Thrilled: Feeling intense pleasurable excitement.
• Exuberant: Full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.

Words related to Groups/Numbers

The best thing about life is that it allows you to form as many combinations as you wish. You can combine a dozen of something or collect a flock or literally call upon a multitude, if you wish. What are we talking about? We are talking about a group of words that represent 'numbers', or to be precise, each word in this group represents some form of collection or the other.

Explore the list here:

• Assortment: A collection of various kinds; a variety.
• Bunches: A group of things.
• Copious: Large in number or quantity; abundant; extensive in quantity.
• Deluge: An overwhelming number or amount.
• Dozens: An indefinite, large number or amount.
• Enormous: Very great in size, extent, number, or degree.
• Extensive: Great in amount, number, or degree.
• Flock: Very great in size, extent, number, or degree.
• Heaps: A large number or amount.
• Infinite: Too numerous to be counted.
• Multifarious: Having great variety; diverse.
• Multitude: A large indefinite number.
• Multiplicity: A large number or variety.
• Numerous: Amounting to a large number; many.
• Plenty: More than sufficient; ample; many.
• Profusion: Abundance.
• Oodles: A large amount; many numbers
• Slew: A large amount or number; a lot.
• Umpteen: Innumerable but many.

Words related to Family/Families

The most important part of one's personal life is one's family. Considering the importance of a family unit and the multifarious roles available under the wide umbrella of the human family, the English language has a dedicated set of words to take care of this important function in human life.

A list of 25 'family-related' words is given below:

• Ancestor: predecessor in family
• Care-giver: a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled.
• Foster child: a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
• Foster parent: a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child.
• Fraternal: of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
• Heir: a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
• Hereditary: descending or capable of descending to succeeding generations by inheritance, derived from one's ancestors; traditional:
• Infant: a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
• Juvenile: young, youthful, or immature, suitable or designed for young people.
• Kin: kindred of the same family; related; akin.
• Kinship: family relationship
• Kith: blood relative
• Lineage: Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.
• Matriarch: A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
• Matrimony: the state of being married; marriage:
• Nuptial: of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony
• Offspring: children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
• Paternal: Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.
• Patriarch: A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
• Progenitor: a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor:
• Progeny: The immediate descendants of a person
• Sibling: A person's brother or sister
• Spouse: A person's partner in marriage
• Surrogate mother: A woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so
• Wedlock: The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

Words related to Food

Howsoever hard you may try; it is next to impossible to leave out food from our daily lives, schedules and discussions. As they say, 'food' is always on the table, and in the same way, we serve 20 words related to food here. Many of these words would not be common and you might hear them for the first time. Make sure you chew them well and ingrain them in your memory.

• Aliment: It can be defined as something that supports or nourishes life .i.e. food.
• Bite: An act of biting .i.e. cutting into an edible item. Bite can also be defined as an amount of food taken into mouth at one time.
• Board: Board in terms of food can be defined as a table that is meant for serving food. Also, board can also be defined as food being considered as whole .e.g. when we say boarding and lodging.
• Chow: Slang used for to eat.
• Comestible: Characteristic of food that makes it fit to be eaten. Comestible can also be used in place of edible.
• Comfort food: Food that is prepared to give someone a sense of well being .i.e. is easy to eat and easy to digest. Also, it can be defined as that food, which has a nostalgic appeal to it.
• Ambrosia: This is a word borrowed from Greek Mythology and refers the food of the gods. Mortals who ate this food became immortal supposedly.
• Entree: The principal dish of a meal, the star attraction, the centerpiece around which chefs build the complete meal. There is a second meaning for 'entree'. It is as times used to refer to 'a dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.' or starters.
• Fare: In simple words fare is also called food or diet, which can either be cooked at home or can also be something that is traditionally eaten .e.g. traditional fare or home-cooked fare.
• Grub: It is a slang often used for food.
• Handout: food given free for charitable purposes.
• Larder: It is the cool area where food is stored prior to use. Larder can also be used as a synonym for pantry or a cellar. Larders were in use when refrigerators were not in vogue.
• Pabulum: Something that has been made to be bland; also it is a solution of nutrients prepared in such a way that it is perfect for absorption by the body.
• Provender: In simple words it is food; also, it can be called as a dry food for domestic animals. It can also be used as a synonym for fare, grub, foodstuffs and eatables.
• Provisions: A stock of food or needed materials made available for specific use, as by an expedition
• Ration: Share or supply of food that is determined and supplied to a person; also, a supply of another commodity as dictated by availability. It can also be called a food allowance for one day.
• Subsistence: the minimum amount of food necessary for survival; also, the equivalent in non-edible commodities
• Sustenance: Something that maintains and supports survival/life; also, food and drink that can be a source of strength.
• Viand: An item of food, particularly delicious one. In plural form, see provisions
• Victuals: In simple words it is food that can be consumed by humans. See provisions; as victual, a verb synonymous with provision in the sense of supplying with provisions

Words related to Geography

Was Geography your favorite subject in school? In case it was, you would be familiar with most of the words in this word group. But in case Geography did not feature too high on your favorite subject list, chances are most of these words might have escaped you by now or might be new for you. Explore this list and see how good your knowledge of 'Geography-related' words is:

Go through the list here:

• Analemma: A graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun.
• Antipodes: Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
• Azimuth: The angle of horizontal deviation, measured clockwise, of a bearing from a standard direction, as from north or south.
• Bathymetric map: Geographic charts showing the relief of the seabed usually supplemented by notations of the depth. It is the basic tool for the study of the physical geography and the mapping of bodies of water.
• Cartographer: An individual who makes charts or maps.
• Compass rose: A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions north, south, east, and west, and inscribed on a chart; used for the calibration of compasses on crafts.
• Elevation: Vertical distance to a point or object from sea level or some other datum.
• Equator: The great circle around the earth, equally distant from the North and South poles, which divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
• Mercator Projection: An orthomorphic map projection on which parallels and meridians form a rectangular grid, scale being exaggerated with increasing distance from the equator.
• Nautical chart: A graphic representation on a plane surface of a section of the earth's sea surface constructed to include known dangers and aids to navigation.
• Prime meridian: The meridian of longitude 0°, used as the origin for measurement of longitude.
• Relied Map: Map depicting the configuration of the earth's surface, called the relief, by means of contours, form lines, hachures, shading, tinting, or relief models.
• Topographic map: A large-scale map showing relief and man-made features of a portion of a land. surface distinguished by portrayal of position, relation, size, shape, and elevation of the features.
• Topography: The study or detailed description of a surface, may be a land or water-bottom.
• Tropics: All the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 23 1-2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 23 1-2°S.