Formal and Informal Words
| Informal | Formal |
|---|---|
| Also in | Addition |
| Ask | Enquire |
| At first | Initially |
| At once | Immediately |
| Avoid | Evade |
| Boss | Employer |
| Buy | Purchase |
| Call off | Cancel |
| Call on | Visit |
| Catch up | Understand |
| Cheap | Inexpensive |
| Childish | Immature |
| Choose | Select |
| Climb | Ascend |
| Check | Verify |
| Dad | Father |
| Deal with | Manage |
| Death | Demise |
| Dim | Indistinct |
| Ease | Facilitate |
| End | Finish |
| Enough | Sufficient |
| Femished | Hungry |
| Fill in | Substitute |
| Find out | Discover |
| Free | Release |
| Friendly | Amiable |
| Get | Receive/Obtain |
| Get away | Elude |
| Get by | Survive |
| Give | Donate |
| Go | Leave/Depart |
| Good | Positive |
| Go Ahead | Proceed |
| Go Down | Decrease |
| Go through | Examine |
| Good Looking | Attractive |
| Happy | Pleased |
| Help | Assist |
| Here | Present |
| Hit out at | Criticise |
| Hungary | Famished |
| Hurry | Haste |
| Idea | Notion |
| Imagine | Envisage |
| In the end | Finally |
| Iron out | Solve/Overcome |
| Keep | Retain |
| Kidding | Jesting |
| Leave out | Omit |
| Live | Reside |
| Lively | Energetic |
| Look into | Investigate |
| Lucky | Fortunate |
| Mainly | Principally |
| Marvelous | Exceptional |
| Maybe | Perhaps |
| Mend | Repair |
| Need | Require/Request |
| Next | Subsequently |
| On and Off | Intermittently |
| Over | At an end |
| Point out | Indicate |
| Put in | Insert |
| Pick up | Collect |
| Pin Down | Determine |
| Rack up | Accumulate |
| Really Big | Considerable |
| Remove | Eliminate |
| Right | Correct |
| Say | Express |
| Say no | Reject |
| See | Observe |
| Seem | Appear |
| Shorten | Decrease |
| Show | Demonstrate |
| Sick | Ill |
| Sight | Vision |
| Speed up | Accelerate |
| Stop | Cease |
| Start/Begin | Commence |
| Tell | Inform |
| So | Therefore |
| Try | Endeavour |
| Try out | Test |
| Use | Utilise/Consume |
| Want/Hope | Desire/ Wish for |
| Whole | Entire |
| Worse | Inferior |