Words To Make You Sound Smart

 

The English language has been spoken now for over 1400 years. With the oldest language being Egyptian which dates back to 2690 BC!

The fact of the matter is, expanding our vocabulary is a great journey to go on. We can learn more about our language, and the more words we use, the more we are able to use. As we start noticing patterns in the language we speak. One word open up ten more possibilities!

Let’s start off then, with the longest world in any of the major languages for funs sake!

pneumonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – A lung disease in which it is contracted due to the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano!

As far as some fun facts about language.

The world “alphabet” is actually created from the summation of the two letters of the greek alphabet which are: “Alpha” and “Beta”.

Cambodia has the longest alphabet including 76 words!

There are actually over 7000 languages. Basque language is the only language spoken that has no relation at all whatsoever to any other language.

There is a language called “La Gomera” in which the language has no words, it is spoken in whistles!

Hawaiians have nearly 200 words that the use for rain.

The first printed book was in the German language.

About 2/3 of languages come directly from Africa and Asia.

Anyways, I am sure you will be using that sporadically throughout your day now, as there are SO MANY good times to use it during the average conversation you have with the check out clerk at the grocery store!

It also happens to be more intellectually attractive to the world, which can create a feeling of being more worthy to the world as well as allowing us to feel a sense of significance and growth in our lives.

The fact of the matter is, all words are not created equal. We can set ourselves apart very quickly once we learn words that most of the population have never even heard of.

It can make us ace interviews, give better presentations, sounds more attractive on dates as well as even make us smarter and change our brain in a positive manner, according to this extensive study!

And let’s face it, variety is the spice of life, am I right?? So the fact of the matter is, when you and I start to build out our vocabulary, I truly believe that it will sustain a much more colorful existence to where we are able to see the world and express how we feel about it, in multiple new different shades.

So let’s jump into the list so we can start to really milk the most out of this life through the expansion of vocabulary.

Really it is all about little tweaks, like for example instead of saying cartoons, we can say animation. Instead of saying crazy, we can instead say ludicrous.

These little tweaks can make our communication sound more poetic and captivating.

So here are some big words to use to make you sound smart or list of fancy words if you will!

Enjoy.

List Of Big Smart Sounding Words (Learn New Words)

1. Abdicate – To renounce one’s throne, failing to fulfill a undertake
2. Absurdity – Utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue, contrary to all reason or common sense. Laughably foolish or false.
3. Accolade – An award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgement
4. Abiogenically – Not produced by the action of living organism
5. Abstruse – Hard to understand
6. Absorb – Take in or soak up.
7. Academia – The life, community or world of teachers, schools and education
8. Advantageous – Affording advantage, favorable or beneficial
9. Adversary – Relating to a person, place or thing where conflict is involved
10. Advocate – To speak or write in favor of, support or urge by argument, recommend publicly.
11. Anomaly – Something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected.
12. Altruistic – Showing disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others, unselfish.
13. Annihilate – Destroy utterly, obliterate
14. Antidisestablishmentarianism – Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church
15. Abbreviate – Shorten the duration of, cut short
16. Acrimony – Bitterness or ill feeling.
17. Accoutrement – Additional items of dress or equipment or other items carried or worn by a person or used in a particular activity.
18. Agitated – Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous
19. Allure – To entice by charm or attraction
20. Ambiguous – Open to more than one interpretation, having a double meaning
21. Amicable – Having a spirit of friendliness
22. Amnesty – The act of an authority, by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
23. Ample – Of large or great size, amount, extend or capacity.
24. Animation – The preparation of animated cartoons
25. Anomalistic – Departing from the normal. Irregular
26. Anagnorisis – The point in the plot, especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her true identity
27. Angst – A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.
28. Anomaly – Something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected
29. Antidote – A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.
30. Annihilate – Destroy utterly.
31. Anachronistic – Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
32. Antiquated – Old fashioned or outdated.
33. Antagonist – A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. An adversary
34. Aplomb – Self confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation. Self assurance
35. Apparatus – Items needed for the performance a task or activity
36. Appalled – Greatly dismayed or horrified
37. Appreciation – Grateful, thankful, recognition
38. Apprehension – A suspicion or fear especially of future evil
39. Apprenticeship – A person who works for another in order to learn a trade.
40. Arbitrary – Existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance
41. Arsenal – A place where military arms are stored
42. Arcane – Understood by few, mysterious, secret.
43. Astronomically – Of or relating to astronomy, of enormous magnittude, immense
44. Astonishment – A feeling of great surprise and wonder. The state of being astonished.
45. Astute – Having or showing shrewdness and ab ability to notice and understand things clearly, mentally sharp or clever
46. Auspicious – Conducive to success, favorable. Being a sign of future success.
47. Austere – Severe in manner or appearance, strict, forbidding
48. Avante Garde – People or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox, with respect to art, culture or society.
49. Aversion – A strong feeling of dislike, opposition
50. Baroque – relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century.
51. Belittle – To regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate, depreciate, disparage.
52. Blunder – A stupid or careless mistake
53. Bloviate – To speak or write verbosely and windily
54. Bolster – To support or improve something or make it stronger
55. Boondoggle – Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but given the appearance of having value
56. Bona fide – Made with earnest intent, neither specious nor counterfeit
57. Bravado – A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate
58. Brunt – The main force of something unpleasant
59. Bourgeois – Of or character of the middle class, typically with reference to it’s perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
60. Brutalize – Attack someone in a savage or violent
61. Byzantine – Excessively complicated and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail.
62. Cacophony – A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
63. Camaraderie – A mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
64. Captivating – Charmingly or irresistibly appealing
65. Carnage – The killing of a large number of people. Death and destruction
66. Capricious – Given to sudden or unaccountable chances in mood or behavior
67. Caustic – Able to burn or corrode tissue by chemical action
68. Childrearing – One who raises a child
69. Clattering – A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other./
70. Cognoscenti – People who are considered to be especially well informed about a particular subject
71. Combustion – The act or process of burning,
72. Concoction – A mixture or various ingredients of elements
73. Connotation – The suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes
74. Conspicuous – Standing out so as to be clearly visible. Attracting notice or attention.
75. Contemptuous – Showing or expressing contempt, disdain, scornful, disrespectful.
76. Contour – The outline of a figure or body, the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
77. Contextualize – To place something, such as a word or activity in context.
78. Convoluted – Twisted, coiled, complicated, intricately involved
79. Cloying – Disgust or sickening someone with an excess or sweetness, richness or sentiment
80. Commendable – To express the approval of, praise, to represent as worth, qualified, or desirable.
81. Composition – The nature of something’s ingredients or constituients, the way in which a whole or mixture is made up of.
82. Congenial – Friendly and pleasant.
83. Conformity – Correspondence in form, manner, or character
84. Consensus – A generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people.
85. Correspondence – The agreement of things with one another
86. Corrosion – The wearing away of
87. Culprit – One accused of or charged with a crime
88. Deceptive – Tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid, tending or having power to deceive
89. Delighted – Feeling or showing great pleasure
90. Depleting – To empty of a principle substance
91. Depreciate – To reduce the value of .
92. Destabilize – Upset the stability of, cause unrest in
93. Dialogue – Conversation between two or more persons. Exchange of ideas or opinions.
94. Diatribe – A harsh criticism
95. Dichotomy – A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposite or different
96. Dictation – The action of saying words aloud to be typed, written down or recorded. Arbitrary command
97. Dilettante – Intended to entrap or beguile
98. Disambiguate – Remove uncertainty of meaning from
99. Disheveled – Hanging loosely or in disorder, unkempt
100. Derision – Ridicule, mockery. An object of ridicule.
101. Disbanded – To break up or dissolve. To disperse
102. Discrepancy – A lack of compatibility between two or more facts. Displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference.
103. Disdain – A feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
104. Disorderly – Lacking organization, untidy, confused.
105. Distraught – Extremely worried, upset or confused.
106. Dragoon – Coerce someone into doing something. A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British Army.
107. Earnest – Not playful, serious, important
108. Echelon – A level of command, authority or rank. A level of worthiness, achievement or reputation.
109. Ecstatic – Experiencing or marked by overwhelming pleasurable emotion
110. Elaborate – Planned or carried out with great care, marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or orateness
111. Elitism – Practice of or belief in a rule by an elite. Conscious of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group.
112. Eloquence – Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
113. Equivocate – Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
114. Euphemism – A mild indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
115. Elucidate – To make something clear
116. Epitome – A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
117. Esoteric – Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
118. Espionage – The practice of spying or using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
119. Enormity – An outrageous, improper or immoral act.
120. Euphoric – Characterized or feeling intense excitement and happiness-
121. Explicit – A fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity, leaving no question as to meaning or intent
122. Extravagant – Exceeding the limits of reason or necessity
123. Erroneous – Wrong, incorrect, containing, error, mistaken. Straying away from what is moral.
124. Exquisite – Very beautiful and delicate
125. Fastidious – Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
126. Fascination – The state of feeling an intense interest in something
127. Faux Pas – An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation
128. Fiasco – A thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way
129. Finagle – To trick, swindle or cheat, manipulation.
130. Flattery – lavish insincere praise and compliments upon someone, especially to further ones own interest.
131. Flustered – In a state of agitated confusion
132. Foibles – A minor weakness or eccentricity in someones character
133. Foist – To pass something off as valuable when its not
134. Foster – To promote the growth or development of.
135. Futile – Incapable of producing any result, ineffective, useless, not successful.
136. Glamorous – Full of glamour, charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
137. Gargantuan – Very large, impressive in size
138. Glib – Fluent and voluble but insincere or shallow.
139. Guileless – Innocent, naive
140. Harping – Talk or write persistently or tediously
141. Harbinger – A person or something that foreshadows a future event. Something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
142. Hedonist – A person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self gratification
143. Homogeneous – Of the same kind, alike, having the same properties
144. Helm – The handle or wheel which controls the direction in which a ship or boat travels.
145. Hostile – Unfriendly, antagonistic. Having or showing unwanted feelings.
146. Idealistic – Unrealistic aiming for perfection.
147. Idiom – An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.
148. Implicate – To bring into intimate or incrimating connection
149. Impoverished – To make more, to deprive of strength or fertility by depleting or draining something essential
150. Incisive – Intelligently analytical and clear thinkings.
151. Indelible – That cannot be removed, washed away or erased.
152. Infinitesimal – Extremely small, a value approaching zero
153. Indenture – A legal agreement, contract or document.
154. Inordinate – Exceeding reasonable limits.
155. Irrepressible – No able to be controlled or restrained.
156. Inebriated – Exhilarated or confused by alcohol.
157. Irrelevant – Not connected with what you are discussing or dealing with. Not important.
158. Insensible – Lacking sensory perception or ability to react
159. Insentient – Lacking perception, consciousness, or animation
160. Insidious – Unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.
161. Insignificant – Unimportant, especially because it is very small.
162. Intelligentsia – Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded or possessing culture and political influence .
163. Intergalactic – Relating to or situated between two or more galaxies.
164. Jejune – Naive, simplistic, superficial, very simply and childish, boring and not interesting.
165. Junket – A trip made by an official at public expense.
166. Kerfuffle – A fuss or commotion. A disturbance or commotion, typically caused by a dispute or conflict.
167. Lavish – Produced in abundance
168. Litany – A prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation. A sizable series or set.
169. Lollygag – To waste time in trifling or aimless activity, too fool around.
170. Ludicrous – Causing laughter because of absurdity, provoking or deserving derision, laughable.
171. Lucid – A clear understanding of.
172. Lurid – Vivid and attention grabbing in a shocking, graphic, or horrible way.
173. Malaise – A general feeling of discomfort, illness or unease
174. Malevolent – Having or showing a wish to do evil to others
175. Malignant – Very infectious
176. Malinger – A pretend or exaggerate incapacity of illness
177. Mantra – A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation
178. Marvelous – Superb, excellent, great. Such as to cause wonder, admiration, or astonishment.
179. Maudlin – Drunk enough to be emotionally silly
180. Memoir – An official note or report, a narrative composed from personal experience
181. Merit – A praiseworthy quality
182. Mercilessly – Cruel, Pitiless
183. Mercenary – One that serves merely for wages, a soldier hired into foreign services.
184. Methodical – Done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
185. Misnomer – A wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
186. Morale – The confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time.
187. Mountainous – Resembling a mountain, containing many mountains
188. Nidificate – To build a nest
189. Non Sequitur – A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement
190. Notorious – Widely and unfavorably known
191. Nouveau-riche – People who have recently acquired wealthy, typically those perceived as an ostentatious or lacking in good taste
192. Nullify – To reder or declare legally void or inoperative.
193. Obliterate – Wipe out, utterly destroy. Cause to become invisible, or indistinct, bewilder
194. Obliged – To constrain by physical, moral or legal force
195. Oblivion – The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening, the fact or condition of not remembering, a state of marked by lack of awareness or consciousness
196. Obfuscate – Render obscure, unclear or unintelligible
197. Obscure – No discovered or known about, uncertain. Keeping from being seen, conceal
198. Orate – To speak in an elevated or often pompous manner
199. Obstinate – Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion.
200. Ostentatious – Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display, designed to impress or attract notice
201. Ostracize – To exclude, by general consent from society, friendship or conversation, to banish
202. Opportunistic – Exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.
203. Oratory – A small chapel, especially for private worship.
204. Panacea – A remedy for all ills or difficulties
205. Pedant – A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or who is displaying academic learning.
206. Peevish – Easily irritated, especially by unimportant things. Marked by an ill temper
207. Pervicacious – Inflexible and self willed
208. Perception – Awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation.
209. Periodically – From time to time, occasionally
210. Pessimistic – Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen
211. Phenomenal – Beyond stellar, greatness in all forms. Truely gifted and able.
212. Philistine – One uninformed in a special area of knowledge
213. Pitiless – Merciless, showing no pity, no sympathy
214. Placate – Make someone less angry or hostile 
215. Plebeian – A person, especially one from earlier history, who comes from a low social class
216. Plethora – Excess, overabundance
217. Pompous – Excessively elevated or ornate, having or exhibiting self importance.
218. Precarious – Not securely held in position, dangerously likely to fall or collapse
219. Prodigious – Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size or degree. Unnatural
220. Perfunctory – Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
221. Precipitous -Dangerously high or steep, perpendicular, overhanging in rise or fall
222. Prodigy – A person, especially a young one endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.
223. Prolix – Extended to great, unnecessary length, long or wordy
224. Proficient – Well advanced in an art, occupation or branch of knowledge.
225. Pretentious – Making usually unjustified or excessive claims
226. Prone – Likely or liable to suffer from, or experience something regrettable or unwelcome
227. Pusillanimous – Lacking courage and resolution, marked by contemptible timidity
228. Quid Pro Quo – Something that is given or taken in return from something else
229. Quintessential – Of the pure and essential essence of something
230. Radiant – Sending our light, shining or glowing brightly
231. Ratified – Sign or give formal consent to. To confirm by expressing consent
232. Rebellion – An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. An instance of such defiance or resistance.
233. Recherche  – Rare, exotic, or obscure. Excessively refined
234. Reciprocate – To give and take mutually
235. Recondite – Dealing with profound or difficult matter. Beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding
236. Redemption – The action of saving or being saved from sin, error or evil.
237. Red Herring – Something to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand.
238. Remorse – Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
239. Retort – Say something in an answer or a remark or accusation typically in a sharp, angry or wittily incisive manner.
240. Revel – Lively and noisy enjoyment, enjoy oneself in a lively or noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.
241. Rhetoric – The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
242. Ridicule – Speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing
243. Rococo – Ornate or elegant in architectural style
244. Rollicking – A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be to harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
245. Ruse – A trick intended to deceive someone
246. Sarcastic – Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey content
247. Salubrious – Promoting health or welfare, healthful, wholesome, salutary
248. Scatterbrained – A person who tends to be disorganized or lacking in concentration
249. Scintillating – Shining brightly, sparkling.
250. Scornful – Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving or respect or concern.
251. Schism – A split or division between strongly opposes sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
252. Skewed – Not accurate or exact
253. Sleek – Smooth or glossy, as hair. Well fed, or well-groomed.
254. Smattering – A slight or superficial knowledge of a language or subject.
255. Smug – Contentedly confident of one’s ability, superiority, or correctness or complacent
256. Specious – Having a false look or truth or genuineness, having a deceptive attraction or allure.
257. Splendid – Excellent, or beautiful and impressive.
258. Standardized – To bring into conformity with a standard, especially in order to assure consistency and regularity.
259. Stimulating – Encouraging and arousing interest and enthusiasm.
260. Stratospheric – Relating to the stratosphere, very high or great
261. Stigma – A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person.
262. Streamlined – Having a contour designed to offer the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, optimally shaped for motion or conductivity.
263. Strewn – To let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface, scatter or sprinkle.
264. Stern – Very serious or strict
265. Stupefaction –
266. Stupor – A condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility.
267. Subdued – Lacking in vitality, intensity, or strength
268. Subvert – Undermine the power and authority of, to pervert or corrupt by an undermining of morals, allegiance or faith
269. Supplications – The action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
270. Svengali – A person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives
271. Sycophant – Self seeking flatter. A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important
272. Systematically – Characterized, based on, or consulting a system.
273. Repugnance – Strong distaste, aversion or objection
274. Tedious – Long and tiresome, so as to cause werryness or boredom
275. Teetotaler – Someone who never drinks alcohol
276. Tete-a-tete – A meeting in private between two people
277. Thrive – To prosper, be fortunate or successful
278. Tumultuous – Marked by disturbance and uproar. Raising great clatter or commotion.
279. Turbulent – Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion, not controlled or calm.
280. Tirade – A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
281. Trifling – Small or unimportant, tiny, insignificant.
282. Truce – A suspension for hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement, an agreement
283. Tyrant – Cruel ruler or authority figure
284. Tryst – A planned meeting, a plan to meet at a certain time
285. Ubiquitous – Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
286. Umbrage – Offense or annoyance
287. Undaunted – Undismayed, not discouraged, not forced to abandon purpose or effort
288. Unduly – To an unwarranted degree, inordinately. Harsh punishment.
289. Unsystematic – No done or acting according to a fixed plan or system
290. Untenable – No able to be defeated, not able to be occupied.
291. Utterly – Complete, absolute manner.
292. Vamoose – Depart hurriedly.
293. Vile – Morally despicable or abhorrent, physically repulsive
294. Vignette – A brief evocative description, account or episode. A small illustration or portrait photograph which fades into it’s background without a definitive border.
295. Vigorous – Strong, actie, robust, energetic, forceful
296. Vitriolic – Something said or written that is caustic or biting
297. Vivid – Very strong, producing a clear impression on the senses
298. Wage – To carry on (Wage a war)
299. Wield – To exercise power, authority, influence as in a ruling or dominating way
300. Zealous – Enthusiastic or eager.

Conclusion To Big Words That Make You Feel Smart

So look at it this way, using big words that make you sound smart should bring you and I no shame. Forget about the people telling you thfat you are just “trying” to sound smart.

The fact of the matter is, you and I are growing as people when we are learning, even if it is for vanity or selfish reasons. The bi-product is more growth and utilization the language we use everyday!

Nothing wrong with that.

I hope you enjoyed this article and learned so cool new words that you can use to impress your friends or that special person!