How do I increase my vocabulary?
How do I increase my vocabulary?
user
Your vocabulary is your “bag of words”, and it’s useful to the extent you can access them when you’re writing.  It’s possible to improve your vocabulary just by reading, but it’s also good to spend some time getting to know words in the contexts that you’ll use them in.  Here’s some ways to improve your vocabulary:
assistant
Any other tips? I want to learn new cool words and add them to my everyday speech
user
You might also want to watch for words that you often use but don’t really know the meaning of.  For example, in America and the UK “over the hill” means “behind the present time”.  People often hear it as a metaphor for “after a certain amount of time”, so they know it as a figurative expression.  It’s easy to use a word you don’t know what it means without realizing it!
assistant
Are there online resources I can use? Books?
user
There are plenty of “Vocabulary Websites” (many of which are free) and there are also many books on vocabulary.  Your Vocabulary Book for Newbies by Charles J. Mayberry (2011) is one example.
assistant
What else can I do to learn new words?
user