Plain English Thesaurus

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Searching for words starting with "m".

21 words found

Instead of This	Try This
magnitude	extent; size
maintain	keep; support; take care of
majority	bulk; mass; most
manufacture	build; make; produce
mask (v)	hide
material	information
maximum	biggest; longest; most
medication	drug; remedy; medicine; pill
mediocre	ordinary; average
methodology	method
milieu	culture; scene; setting
minimal	least; small; smallest; token
minimize	lessen; play down
miniscule	tiny
mitigate	ease; soften
momentous	important; big
monitor	check; watch; follow
motivate	cause; drive
motor vehicle	car; truck; van
motor vehicle accident	car crash
multidisciplinary	simply list examples of the various disciplines in

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