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Speak and write with confidence.

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) task

Synonyms: task, job, chore Definition: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee Usage: estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars; the job of repairing the engine took several hours; the endless task of classifying the samples; the farmer's morning chores

Hypernyms: duty Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons Usage: the duties of the job

Synonyms: undertaking, task, labor, project Definition: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted Usage: he prepared for great undertakings

Hypernyms: work Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something Usage: she checked several points needing further work

Synonyms for (verb) task

Synonyms: task, tax Definition: use to the limit Usage: you are taxing my patience

Hypernyms: extend, strain Definition: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity Usage: He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro; Don't strain your mind too much

Synonyms: task Definition: assign a task to Usage: I tasked him with looking after the children

Hypernyms: delegate, depute, designate, assign Definition: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)