🔁 Similar Meanings for TOEIC® Success
Being familiar with words and expressions which have similar meanings will give you a big advantage in the TOEIC®, especially in the Reading Comprehension section. Below are exercises to help you master common and useful synonyms.
🧠 Exercise 1: Similar Nouns
Complete each sentence with a word from box A or a similar word from box B. Identify both options. Some answers need to be plural or conjugated.
Box A: accommodation, agenda, appointment, assistance, benefit, customer, discipline, discount, drop, fault, opposition, proof, proximity, requirement, work
Box B: advantage, client, closeness, decline, defect, employment, evidence, help, housing, meeting, order, prerequisite, resistance, reduction, schedule
- We have a very busy _____ / _____ today.
- The company provides free _____ / _____ for its staff.
- We need to maintain _____ / _____ on the factory floor.
- Thank you for your kind _____ / _____.
- There has been a sharp _____ / _____ in attendance.
- The software has several _____ / _____.
- There has been a lot of _____ / _____ to the plan.
- No _____ / _____ of improvement was found.
- Repeat orders get a 10% _____ / _____.
- The hotel is favored for its _____ / _____ to downtown.
- I can’t come—I have an _____ / _____.
- Many _____ / _____ complained about delays.
- The company hopes to create _____ / _____ for 300 people.
- There are many _____ / _____ to remote work.
- German skills are a key _____ / _____.
🧾 Exercise 2: More Noun Synonyms
Box A: acclaim, choice, code, cooperation, customer, liability, outlet, overview, priority, problem, question, revision, staff, strategy, term
Box B: change, collaboration, complication, condition, description, option, patron, personnel, plan, praise, precedence, query, responsibility, rule, store
- The film received widespread _____ / _____.
- The company _____ / _____ forbid early exits.
- No _____ / _____ is accepted for parking damages.
- There are two _____ / _____ before us.
- The brochure gives an _____ / _____ of our services.
- All _____ / _____ must attend.
- Thanks to our _____ / _____, sales rose.
- _____ / _____ must not smoke inside.
- Review the _____ / _____ of the contract.
- Have a _____ / _____? Ask for help.
- We have multiple _____ / _____ across town.
- Several _____ / _____ delayed progress.
- Our _____ / _____ is to delay the launch.
- Marketing takes _____ / _____ now.
- Do we need _____ / _____ to the proposal?
🏅 Exercise 3: Professional and Academic Nouns
Box A: achievement, advertising, assignment, caliber, category, charisma, disparity, ending, entitlement, notion, proceeds, proficiency, review, specialist, ultimatum
Box B: accomplishment, appeal, classification, difference, earnings, expert, final demand, idea, intellect, job, publicity, right, skill, termination, write-up
- The restaurant earned positive _____ / _____.
- We need stronger _____ / _____ to promote sales.
- The manager’s weak _____ / _____ affected morale.
- Rooms fall under different _____ / _____.
- Poor sales caused contract _____ / _____.
- Leaving means forfeiting _____ / _____ to bonuses.
- Your _____ / _____ would enhance our team.
- A safety _____ / _____ visited our plant.
- He took the _____ / _____ of press liaison.
- The manager believes a strange _____ / _____.
- Typing _____ / _____ is a course requirement.
- That promotion was a great _____ / _____.
- The bank issued an _____ / _____.
- A _____ / _____ in pay still exists.
- All _____ / _____ from the sale will be reinvested.
