Plain English Thesaurus

Now you can clarify it! —Give this Plain English Thesaurus a whirl…

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Plain Language Medical Dictionary

Looking for ways to clarify medical lingo? Look no further–this tool developed by the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library may be just what you need. Simply click on the drop-down menu to browse the list of medical terms, and then select a word to see the plain language alternatives.

Redundant Word and Jargon Buster

Now you can cut the flab! —Simply search by letter to find words that you can often remove from your writing that don’t actually take away from it and usually improve it.

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Searching for words starting with "i".

21 words found

Jargon or Redundant
I don't mean to offend...but
I will revert back to you
I won't lie to you...
I would like to thank
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ideate
imho
in a surprise move
in harm's way
in order to
in other news
in the wake of
incarcerated
incent
incentivize
Informed sources say . . .
Instantiate
irregardless instead of Regardless
issue (= problem)
it is what it is
it's deja vu all over again