Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus

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2019

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forgery

He thought the man gave him a twenty-pound note, but it was a forgery.

imitation

Those jewels are only imitations. They’re made of glass.

photocopy

“Can you give me a photocopy of that page?” asked Domenica.

print

It’s not an original painting. It’s a print.

replica

Manuel bought a plastic replica of the Eiffel Tower.

copy (2) VERB

If you copy what someone does, you do the same thing.

follow

“You must follow my movements exactly,” said the dance teacher.

imitate

She can imitate her mum’s voice.

impersonate

Frank is really good at impersonating famous people.

mimic

Ben can mimic the sounds animals make.

mirror

We carefully mirrored the movements of the karate teacher.

trace

Kim carefully traced the outline of the country into her book.

correct ADJECTIVE

Something that is correct is true and has no mistakes.

accurate

Make sure that your measurements are accurate, or the pieces will not fit together.

exact

It’s no good guessing the amount of flour you need, it must be exact.

precise

“It’s very important that the details you give are precise,” said the policeman.

right

In the test, all his answers were right.

true

“Your report may be exciting,” said her teacher, “but is it true?”

cosy ADJECTIVE

A house or room that is cosy is comfortable and warm and not too big.

comfortable

It was a comfortable room with lots of deep armchairs and thick rugs.

snug

We love our house because it’s so snug.

warm

The fire sent out a warm, welcoming glow.

count VERB

If you count a number of things, you find out how many there are.

add up

She added up her pocket money to see if there was enough to go to the cinema.

calculate

Patrick calculated the number of hours he had spent doing his homework.