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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) be

Synonyms: beryllium, Be, atomic number 4, glucinium Definition: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

Hypernyms: metal, metallic element Definition: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

Synonyms for (verb) be

Synonyms: be Definition: spend or use time Usage: I may be an hour

Hypernyms: take, occupy, use up Definition: require (time or space) Usage: It took three hours to get to work this morning; This event occupied a very short time

Synonyms: personify, embody, be Definition: represent, as of a character on stage Usage: Derek Jacobi was Hamlet

Hypernyms: typify, symbolise, symbolize, stand for, represent Definition: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol Usage: What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

Synonyms: be, cost Definition: be priced at Usage: These shoes cost $100

Hypernyms: be Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer

Synonyms: be Definition: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form Usage: let her be

Hypernyms: remain, rest, stay Definition: stay the same; remain in a certain state Usage: The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it; rest assured; stay alone; He remained unmoved by her tears; The bad weather continued for another week