Childrens Illustrated Thesaurus

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tasty

adjective having a pleasant

flavour » The soup was

extremely tasty.

appetizing, delicious,

luscious, palatable,

flavourful, flavoursome,

delectable, scrumptious,

yummy

antonym: tasteless

tax^1

noun money paid to the

government » The amount

of tax paid by each person

was reduced this year.

duty, excise, levy (formal),

tariff

tax^2

verb to make heavy demands

on someone

» The difficult jigsaw puzzle

taxed Norah’s patience.

drain, exhaust, sap,

strain, stretch

teach

verb to instruct someone

how to do something

» Emma decided to teach the

class the rules of the game.

coach, drill, educate,

instruct, school, train, tutor

teacher

noun someone who teaches

something » My English

teacher inspired me to

become a writer.

coach, don, guru,

instructor, lecturer,

professor, tutor,

educator, pedagogue

team^1

noun a group of people

» The girls’ basketball team

won the championship again

last year.

band, crew, gang, group,

side, squad, troupe

team^2 or team up

verb to work together

» The teacher said we could

team up with a classmate to

work on the project.

collaborate, cooperate,

join forces, link up, pair up,

unite, work together

tear^1

noun a hole or rip in something

» I found a tear in my jeans.

hole, ladder, rip, rupture,

scratch, split

tear^2

verb to make a hole or rip in

something » The cat tore

a hole in the curtains.

ladder, rip, rupture, scratch,

shred, split, rend, sunder

tear^3

verb to go somewhere in a

hurry » Mike tore along the

road on his bike.

charge, dart, dash, fly,

race, shoot, speed, zoom,

bolt, career

tease

verb to make fun of someone

» I teased my elder sister

about her new boyfriend.

make fun of, mock,

needle (informal), taunt

The girls’ basketball team won the

championship again last year.

The difficult jigsaw puzzle taxed

Norah’s patience.

tall

adjective higher than average

» The skyscraper was an

extremely tall building.

antonym: short

That building looks short

by comparison.

high

The walls are high.

lofty

Inside, the

ceilings are lofty.

soaring

The soaring tower

reached high into

the sky.

towering

The building is so

towering it’s making

my neck ache to

look up at it.

lanky

Even the builder is tall –

he’s six foot four, all

leggy and lanky.

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