SYNONIMS

bati se – to fear, anticipate, apprehend, avoid, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be scared, blanch, cower, crouch, dare not, dread, expect, falter, feel concern, flinch, foresee

biti jezen – angry, affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated

biti zaljubljen – love, admire, adulate, canonize, care for, cherish, choose, deify, delight in, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, fancy, flip over, glorify, go for*, gone on*, hold dear, hold high, idolize, like, long for, prefer

ne dovoliti – to forbid, ban, block, cancel, censor, check, cool, debar, declare illegal, deny, deprive, ding, disallow

osredotočiti se – to focus, adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten

nadaljevati – continue, abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, go on, hang in*, keep at, keep on, keep up, last, lengthen, linger

priznati – confess, accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, credit, declare, disclose

zaspati – to fall asleep, oversleep

izmenjati – to exchange, alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, cash in, castle, change, change hands*, commute, contact with, convert into, correspond, deal in, displace, flip-flop*, hook up, horse trade, interchange, invert, link up, market, network, pass to, pay back, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap

biti živčen – nervous, afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable

neverjetno – unbelievable, astonishing, cockamamie*, cockeyed*, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy*, flaky*, flimsy*, harebrained*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, incredible, kooky*, lamebrained*, outlandish, past belief, phony, preposterous, questionable

neneumen – smart, intelligent, acute, adept, agile, alert, apt, astute, bold, brain, brainy*, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, clever, crafty, effective, egghead, fresh, genius, good, hep, impertinent, ingenious, keen, knowing, long-haired*, nervy, nimble, pert, pointed, quick, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, skull, slick*, whiz*, wise

kuhinjski pripomočki – utensils, accoutrement, appliance, black box*, bugger, contraption, device, dingbat, dohickey, dojiggy, doodad*, fandangle, furnishings, gaff*, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, grabber*, habiliments, idiot box*, implement, jigger*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, set-up, stuff, sucker, supplies

bahati se – to brag, blow, bluster*, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow*, exult, gas, gasconade, gloat, grandstand*, hotdog*, jive*, mouth*, prate, puff*, rodomontade, showboat*, shuck*, swagger, talk big, vaunt

stranišče - bathroom, comfort station, john, lavatory, toilet, water closet, WC, ladie’s room, toilet, privy, water closet, powder room

utrujen – exhausted, annoyed, asleep, beat*, beat up, bored, broken-down, burned out*, collapsing, consumed, distressed, dog-tired*, done for*, done in*, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, empty, enervated, exasperated, fagged, faint, fatigued, fed up*, finished, flagging, haggard, irked, irritated, jaded, narcoleptic, overtaxed, overworked, petered out*, played out*, pooped*, pooped out, prostrated, run-down, sick of, sleepy, spent, stale, tuckered out*, wasted, weary, whacked, worn, worn out

dober – good, pleasant, acceptable, ace*, admirable, agreeable, bully*, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack*, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly*, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neato, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad*, recherché, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape*, sound, spanking*, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, superior, tip-top*, valuable, welcome, wonderful

slab – bad, abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news*, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer*, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy*, crummy*, defective, deficient, diddly*, dissatisfactory, downer*, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, god-awful, gross*, grungy*, icky*, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky*, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, scuzzy, sleazeball, sleazy, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits*, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

zelo – very, absolutely, acutely, amply, astonishingly, awfully, certainly, considerably, cruel, dearly, decidedly, deeply, eminently, emphatically, exaggeratedly, exceedingly, excessively, extensively, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, highly, incredibly, indispensably, largely, notably, noticeably, particularly, positively, powerfully, pressingly, pretty, prodigiously, profoundly, really, remarkably, substantially, superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, terribly, truly, uncommonly, unusually, vastly, wonderfully

obvestiti - accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, get together*, habituate, inform, intro*, introduce, let know, make familiar, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn

odpustiti – forgive, absolve, accept apology, acquit, allow for, amnesty, bear with, clear, commute, condone, efface, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extenuate, forget, laugh off*, let off*, let pass*, make allowance, overlook, palliate, pardon, pocket, purge, release, relent, remit, reprieve, respite, spring, w, wink at*

oddaljen – remote, distant, alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks*, boonies, devious, distant, far, far piece, far-flung, far-off, faraway, foreign, frontier, godforsaken*, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, long chalk, obscure, off-lying, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retire, secluded, secret, undiscovered, unknown, unsettled

izginiti – disappear, abandon, abscond, be gone, be lost, clear, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south*, leave, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw

z veseljem pričakovati – expect, anticipate, apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, believe, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, figure, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gather, hope, hope for, imagine, look, look for, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, see coming*, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, wait for, watch for

čakati -abide, ambush, anticipate, await, bide, cool it*, dally, delay, expect, fill time, foresee, hang*, hang around*, hang fire, hang out, hold back, hold everything*, hold on, hole up*, lie low*, linger, look for, mark time*, pray for, remain, rest, save it*, sit tight*, stall, stand by, stay, stick around*, sweat it*, tarry, wait

invalid – invalid, consumptive, convalescent, cripple, disabled person, incurable, inmate, leper, paralytic, patient, shut-in, weakling

tekmec – rival, competitor, adversary, angries, antagonist, bad guy, bandit, buddy, challenger, competition, competitor, contender, contestant, emulator, entrant, equal, equivalent, fellow, match, meat, opponent, opposite number, peer

smeti – rubbish, garbage, debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, sweepings, trash, waste

prepirati se – quarrel, disagree, altercate, argue, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords*, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out*, feud, fight, find fault, hassle, have words*, lock horns*, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, tiff, vary, war, wrangle

imeti veliko dela – to be busy, bustling, energetic, full, fussy, hectic, humming*, hustling, lively, popping*, restless, strenuous, tireless, tiring

strinjati se – agree, accord, answer, attune, blend, click, cohere, coincide, concert, concord, concur, conform, consort, correspond, equal, fit, go together, harmonize, jibe, match, parallel, square, synchronize, tally

skoraj – almost, about, about to, all but, approximately, around, bordering on, close to, close upon, essentially, in effect, just about, most, much, near to, nigh, not quite, practically, pretty near, relatively, roughly, substantially, virtually, well-nigh

umeten – artificial, imitation, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, falsie*, hyped up*, man-made, manufactured, mock, phony*, plastic, queer, sham, simulated, specious, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unnatural, unreal

vprašati – ask, angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch*, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge

zanimiv – interesting, absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, arresting, attractive, beautiful, captivating, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, fine, gracious, gripping, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, turn-on, unusual, winning

dolgočasen – boring, arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer*, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten*, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero*

prepričan – sure, certain, abiding, assured, changeless, clear, confident, constant, convinced, convincing, decided, definite, doubtless, enduring, firm, fixed, genuine, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, never-failing, persuaded, positive, real, satisfied, set, steadfast, steady, telling, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeniable, unequivocal, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioning, unshakable, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering, valid

poceni – cheap , bargain, bargain-basement*, bargain-counter, budget, buy, cheapo*, competitive, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, economical, economy, economy-size, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly-priced, real buy*, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, stingy, thrifty, tight*, uncostly, undear, utility

drag – expensive, big-ticket*, cher, costly, dear, excessive, executive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery*, holdup*, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny*, pricey*, rich, ritzy*, sky-high*, steep*, stiff*, swank*, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale*, valuable

dobre volje – cheerful, happy, airy, animated, blithe, bouncy, bright, bucked, buoyant, cheery, chipper, chirpy, contented, effervescent, enlivening, enthusiastic, gay, glad, gladsome, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, light-hearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy

jasen – clear, apprehensible, audible, clear-cut, coherent, comprehensible, conspicuous, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, graspable, incontrovertible, intelligible, knowable, legible, loud enough, lucent, lucid, manifest, obvious, palpable, patent, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, precise, pronounced, readable, recognizable, sharp, simple, spelled out*, straightforward, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred, uncomplicated, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable

hladen – cold, chilly, algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed, biting, bitter, blasting, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilled, cool, crisp, cutting, freezing, frigid, frore, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hiemal, hyperborean, icebox, iced, icy, inclement, intense, keen, nipping, nippy, numbed, numbing, one-dog night*, penetrating, piercing, polar, raw, rimy, severe, sharp, shivery, sleety, snappy, snowy, stinging, wintry

zahtevati – claim, demand right, adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, dibs, exact, hit, hit up*, hold, insist, justify, knock, need, pick up, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, reserve, solicit, stake out, take, uphold, vindicate

bistven – essential, absolute, basal, cardinal, cold, cold turkey, complete, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, elementary, fundamental, ideal, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, main, material, nitty-gritty*, nub, perfect, primary, prime, primitive, principal, quintessential, substratal, underlying

hiter – fast, PDQ*, accelerated, active, agile, blue streak*, breakneck*, brisk, chop chop, dashing, double time, electric, expeditious, expeditive, flashing, fleet, fleeting, flying, hair-trigger, hasty, hot, hurried, hypersonic, lickety-split, like crazy*, like mad*, mercurial, nimble, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, racing, rapid, ready, screamin'*, snap*, snappy*, speedball*, swift, velocious, winged

zabaven – entertaining, amusing, absorbing, affecting, ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty

zadovoljen – satisfied,

vesel – happy, blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain*, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high*, gay, glad, gleeful, gratified, hopped up, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good*, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, satisfied, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink*, up, upbeat

odkrit – truthful, above board, authentic, bona fide*, candid, conscientious, decent, direct, equitable, ethical, fair, forthright, frank, genuine, high-minded*, honorable, impartial, ingenuous, just, law-abiding*, no lie*, open, outright, plain, proper, real, reliable, reputable, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, true blue*, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, up front,

nor – crazy, ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy*, dippy*, erratic, flaky, flipped*, flipped out*, freaked out*, fruity*, haywire, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, moonstruck*, nuts, nutty, potty*, psycho*, screw loose*, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, unglued*, unhinged*, unzipped*, wacky, whacko

star – old, aged, aged, ancient, broken down*, debilitated, decrepit, deficient, doddering, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil*, geriatric, getting on*, gray, gray-haired*, grizzled*, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, patriarchal, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted*

boleč – painful, aching, afflictive, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, hurting, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious

bogat – rich, affluent, bloated, comfortable, easy, fat, filthy rich*, flush, gilded, in clover*, independent, loaded*, moneyed, opulent, plush, propertied, prosperous, rolling, stinking rich, swimming, upscale, uptown, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*

reven – poor, bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down-and-out*, empty-handed*, flat*, flat broke*, fortuneless, hard up*, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in rags, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched*, played out, poverty-stricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke*, strapped*, suffering, tapped, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous

prav – all right, acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, decent, ducky, fair, fit, fitting, good, hunky-dory*, okey-dokey*, passable, proper, satisfying, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable

grob – grave, acute, afflictive, consequential, critical, dangerous, deadly, destructive, dire, exigent, fatal, fell, grievous, hazardous, heavy*, important, killing*, life-and-death*, major, momentous, ominous, perilous, pressing, serious, severe, significant, threatening, ugly, urgent, vital, weighty

vreden – worthy, aces*, admirable, best, blameless, choice, commendable, creditable, decent, dependable, deserving, desirable, divine, estimable, ethical, excellent, exemplary, first class, first rate, good, honest, incorrupt, invaluable, laudable, meritorious, model, moral, noble, pleasing, praiseworthy, precious, priceless

dobrega počutja –

moker – wet, damp, aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moist, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, stormy, teary, teeming, water-logged, watery, wringing-wet

zaskrbljen – worried, afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, clutched, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill-at-ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, tormented, troubled, uneasy, upset, uptight, worried stiff*

narobe – wrong, incorrect, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, bad, bum, counterfactual, defective, erratic, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fluffed, goofed*, in error, inaccurate, inexact, miscalculated, misconstrued, misfigured, misguided, mishandled, mistaken, not precise, not right, not working, off-target*, out, perverse, rotten*, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsubstantial, untrue, wide