For most English speakers and writers, falling into a language rut is common and unavoidable. A few words recycle themselves over and over until they each blur into exactly the same sound. Before you know it, your writing is bland and monotone. However, with some help and a little imagination, you can overcome boring, trite words!

Here, for your consideration, are some common adjectives and their vastly more interesting synonyms.

Instead of “Pretty”

1. Comely
2. Elegant
3. Lovely
4. Stunning
5. Graceful
6. Striking
7. Becoming
8. Engaging
9. Fascinating
10. Charming

Instead of “Ugly”

1. Beastly
2. Loathsome
3. Uninviting
4. Repulsive
5. Unseemly
6. Vile
7. Wretched
8. Odious
9. Foul
10. Repugnant

Instead of “Good”

1. Valuable
2. Brilliant
3. Beneficial
4. Favorable
5. Healthy
6. Pleasing
7. Worthy
8. Agreeable
9. Welcome
10. Delightful

Instead of “Bad”

1. Atrocious
2. Faulty
3. Rough
4. Deficient
5. Rotten
6. Poor
7. Imperfect
8. Miserable
9. Lousy
10. Inferior

Instead of “Different”

1. Distinct
2. Contrasting
3. Opposed
4. Discrepant
5. Clashing
6. Contrary
7. Antithetical
8. Unequal
9. Disparate
10. Varied

Instead of “Same”

1. Similar
2. Alike
3. Interchangeable
4. Twin
5. Corresponding
6. Compatible
7. Indistinguishable
8. Duplicate
9. Equivalent
10. Synonymous

Instead of “Small”

(Having to do with importance)

1. Minute
2. Trivial
3. Inconsequential
4. Trifling
5. Petty

(Having to do with size)

1. Petite
2. Frail
3. Wizened
4. Delicate
5. Diminutive

Instead of “Big”

1. Spacious
2. Prodigious
3. Extensive
4. Bulky
5. Capacious
6. Elephantine
7. Titanic
8. Walloping
9. Towering
10. Vast

Instead of “Important”

1. Urgent
2. Grave
3. Exceptional
4. Salient
5. Arrestive
6. Esteemed
7. Vital
8. Integral
9. Critical
10. Indispensable

Instead of “Unimportant”

1. Trivial
2. Frivolous
3. Irrelevant
4. Minor
5. Paltry
6. Trite
7. Nonessential
8. Everyday
9. Piddling
10. Incidental

Instead of “Old”

(Referring to a person)

1. Matured
2. Hoary
3. Venerable
4. Geriatric
5. Gray

(Referring to a thing)

1. Antique
2. Relic
3. Crumbling
4. Decayed
5. Dated

Instead of “Young”

1. Vernal
2. Puerile
3. Unfledged
4. Tender
5. Green
6. Blooming
7. Fledgling
8. Fresh
9. Unversed
10. Burgeoning