Do you find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything?
I will confess that I find myself falling back on the use of the word “awesome” far too often, and that is why I was pleased to find the following infographic.
It lists two hundred colorful words and phrases that you can use in place of the word “good”, better, best, or great (which is probably as stale as “good”).
I’ll add it to my list of 300 ways to say ‘said’ … 😛
hehehe
Good post.
Bookmarked. Faster than the Scrivener built-in thesaurus.
Now, if you wouldn’t mind creating one quickly for ‘get,’ my worst sin…
Good posting.
Excellent list
Sometimes good is good enough. Often/most often, if you need to go further, explaining *why* it’s good is probably a better option than substituting a ridiculously superlative synonym.
When it comes to writing, ‘what would Hemingway do’ is a good — but certainly not exquisite — guiding principle.
good point
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