Plain English Thesaurus

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Searching for words starting with "o".

21 words found

Instead of This	Try This
objective	aim; end; goal; mission
obligation	debt; duty
obscure	hidden; rare
observation	remark
observe	comment; look; note; remark; say; see; watch
obstruct	block; hinder; prevent; stop
obstruction	barrier; block; hurdle
obtain	come by; gain; get
occasion	cause (verb); event (noun); time (noun)
occasionally	sometimes
occupation	job; profession; trade
occurrence	event
on the basis of	by; from
operate	run; work
opportunity	chance
optimal	best
optimistic	hopeful
option	choice; way
originate	create; invent; set in motion; start
overabundance	excess; too much
owing to the fact that	because

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