Small Words for Big Words Index


This section has been put into this site simply to provide mental recreation on Small Words and to help those who are interested in word games. It is well to emphasize, however, that it is generally better to use the Small Words rather than the big words both in speaking and in writing.


Big Words…Small Words

1. Debility…weakness
   
   
2. Debonair…courteous
   
   
3. Decadence…..decay
   
   
4. Decapitate…behead
   
   
5. Declivity. Slope
   
   
6. Decollate…behead
   
   
7. Decrepit…feeble
   
   
8. Decrescent…waning
   
   
9. Defeasance...defeat
   
   
10. Defecate…purify
    
    
11. Deficiency…lack
    
    
12. Deglutition…swallowing
    
    
13. Delectable…delightful
    
    
14. Deleterious…hurtful
    
    
15. Delinquent…wrong-doer
    
    
16. Delitescent…latent
    
    
17. Demise…death
    
    
18. Demotic…popular
    
    
19. Denegation…denial
    
    
20. Depredator…thief
    
    
21. Depurate…purify
    
    
22. Derelict…abandoned
    
    
23. Deride…mock
    
    
24. Desipient…foolish
    
    
25. Desuetude…disuse
    
    
26. Desultory...rambling
    
    
27. Diaphanous…transparent
    
    
28. Disingenuous…insincere
    
    
29. Disseminate…scatter
    
    
30. Domicile…home
    
    
31. Domicile…house
    
    
32. Dubious…doubtful
    
    
33. Dudgeon…anger

It is generally better to use the Small Words rather than the big words both in speaking and in writing.