Let’s say you’re feeling particularly ornery and you want to lash out. You could write a vitriolic diatribe and post it on your social media account. But what if you don’t like the word vitriolic — say it annoys you because it sounds like I’m a sesquipedalian.
If you visit Word Hippo you can type in vitriolic and see a lot of synonyms:
spiteful, venomous, hurtful, acerbic, bitter, cruel, rancorous, malicious, hateful, sarcastic, vicious, caustic. If that’s not enough for you, you can click on any of those words and get synonyms for them.
But let’s suppose you’re feeling the opposite. Type in “Vitriolic” and find words that mean the opposite.
Word Hippo also finds rhyming words too. If you’re a poet or rap star or song writer you might find this useful.
“She stuck her finger in the faucet hole
And pulled out a nasty multi-colored troll.
She started screaming and the firemen came
They tried to save her but they all were lame.
That was the end of old Lucille McDill…
She was the owner of the cider mill.
No more cider guys, the press is dry,
Wipe that tear that is dripping from your eye.
The funeral’s Tuesday and I’ll see you there.
If you want please come and you can say a prayer…”
Anyway, you can do a lot of things with words at Word Hippo including writing award-winning songs (see above).
I’m not going to tell you everything else you can do at Word Hippo -besides the above you can find corrrect pronounciations, translate words, and more. You’ll have to go to www.wordhippo.com to find out what the more is.
I need to go finish my song of Lucille McDill, but first I need a little swill.
Word Hippo my friends…that’s what it’s all about.
LOL
I checked out Word Hippo and it’s brilliant, I’m about to put a link to ir where I can easily access it.
Thank you!
Barb.
Oh Wow! and Whoopie! I’ve been trying to remember the name of this site for several years. Thank you, Thank you, TC. Sooo many uses. I’m going to put it on my “favorites bar” right away for quick access.
This is great. But, for those who would prefer the page-turning of real books, let me recommend Bessie Redfield’s Rhyming Dictionary – not a dictionary at all, but entirely made up of words that rhyme, and, the regular old, latest edition of the Thesaurus – in book form, not in computer screen form. As a former creative writing instructor, I came across these books in a fit of desperation for something novel for my more cynical students, and you’d be thrown into a vat of awe at what they came up with. Happy writing – and thanks for the alternatives!!