The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it’s like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the «HasProperty» API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there’s a much better way of doing this: parse books!
Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files — mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.
Hopefully it’s more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way — for example, gender is interesting: «woman» versus «man» and «boy» versus «girl». On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, «beautiful» is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world’s literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for «woman» — too many to show here).
The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The «uniqueness» sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives’ uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it’s actually pretty simple). As you’d expect, you can click the «Sort By Usage Frequency» button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.
Please note that Describing Words uses third party scripts (such as Google Analytics and advertisements) which use cookies. To learn more, see the privacy policy.
The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like «longing for a time in the past», then the engine will return «nostalgia». The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it’s starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a «search engine for words», or a sentence to word converter.
I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren’t included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).
In case you didn’t notice, you can click on words in the search results and you’ll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.
Please note that Reverse Dictionary uses third party scripts (such as Google Analytics and advertisements) which use cookies. To learn more, see the privacy policy.
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It’s bad enough these old houses are full of asbestos and lead paint.
Эти старые дома под завязку забиты асбестом и свинцовой краской.
A lot of monuments, old houses and fortress testifies ancient times.
Многие памятники, старые дома и крепости свидетельствует о глубокой древности.
The city abounds with old houses, charming streets, cafes, restaurants and good shopping opportunities.
Город изобилует старыми домами, очаровательными улицами, кафе, рестораны и хорошие возможности для покупок.
Most often, bedbugs come from neighboring rooms,
which is especially important for old houses.
Чаще всего клопы приходят из соседских помещений,
Land plot with 5 old houses— Dubrovnik area Dubrovnik.
Francesca: I was shocked to discover that people live in very old houses.
Франческа: Для меня было шоком то, что люди живут в очень старых домах.
Here you will find both narrow streets with old houses, and modern supermarkets.
Здесь вы найдете как узкие улочки со старинными домами, так и современные супермаркеты.
I thought I would
see the vestiges of an
old
Russian city, old houses, quaint streets.
Я думал, тут остался
старый
русский город, старые дома, уютные улочки.
There are ruins of 12 medieval churches and some original old houses in Visby.
В Висби сохранились развалины 12 средневековых церквей и несколько оригинальных старинных домов.
I like old houses, its authentic architecture and layout.
Мне нравятся старые дома, их аутентичная архитектура и планировка.
A secluded courtyard with old houses, an inner garden and the English Reformed Church.
Изолированный внутренний двор со старыми постройками, внутренним садом и Английской Реформаторской церковью.
Art can be see in the old houses and renowned museums while beer reaches the height
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восходящей к династий Мин и Цин.
The cobbled medieval streets, old houses with gabled roofs,
decorated with colored lights evening illumination, as if descended from a fabulous pages.
Мощеные средневековые улочки, старинные дома с двускатными крышами,
вечерами украшенные разноцветными огнями иллюминации, словно сошли со сказочных страниц.
You can see in there textile factories with beautiful architecture, old houses, mosque, tomb, madrasahs from Ottoman period and 3 museums….
Текстильные фабрики в регионе с его прекрасной архитектурой, старые дома, мечети от османского периода, мавзолеи и медресе, три можно увидеть музей.
The shape of the walled cities of the many
forms that are typical of medieval towns, old houses, narrow streets, terraces, remnants of fortifications, Lanes.
Облик городов- крепостей формируют многочисленные,
характерные для средневековых городов, старинные домики, узкие улочки, террасы, остатки крепостных сооружений, переулки.
It is these and many other events tell dungeon room of the museum,
which restored old houses, granaries, a church and a hotel.
Именно об этих и многих других событиях рассказывают подземные комнаты музея,
в которых восстановлены старинные домики, зернохранилища, церковь и гостиница.
old house — перевод на русский
It’s an old house on a side road about 20 miles from nowhere.
Это старый дом у дороги, отсюда примерно 20 миль.
— The old house.
— Старый дом.
What a marvelous old house.
Какой изумительный старый дом.
An old house.
Старый дом.
But how well do you remember your old house?
— И как это ты так хорошо помнишь свой старый дом?
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I love that old house.
Мне нравится этот дом.
— This is such a wonderful old house.
Прекрасный дом.
The only thing that stays it’s stand is your old house.
Только твой дом стоит как и прежде.
This is the Johnson’s old house.
Это же дом Джонсона.
We were hoping to show her the old house. You know, for old times’ sake. You know what?
Если это не очень затруднит вас, мы надеялись показать ей дом, знаете, вспомнить прошлое.
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Her name’s Sara, and she moved into your old house.
Ее зовут Сара, и она переехала в твой прежний дом.
You bought your old house?
Ты купил свой прежний дом?
It’s like your old house.
Он похож на ваш прежний дом.
I think you started to walk home. Without realising, you ended up at your old house.
Думаю, что вы направились домой, и не поняли, что пришли в свой прежний дом.
And became so intoxicated that you mistakenly broke into your old house where, consumed with rage and jealousy, you brutally murdered two innocent strangers!
И вы напились так, что по ошибке вломились в ваш прежний дом, где, горя от ярости и ревности, вы зверски убили двух ни в чем не повинных незнакомых вам людей!
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There’s an old house, and the war’s a million miles away.
Там, в миллионе миль от войны, стоит старинный дом.
The old house of Uskalan, up on the mountain.
Старинный дом Ускалан. Там, в горах.
The crickets, the great old house.
—верчки, старинный дом.
Why buy an old house and rip it all out?
Зачем покупать старинный дом, чтобы все ломать?
It’s a grand old house.
Большой старинный дом.
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I can just see us ten years from now in a big old house with kids running around, giving sage, sane advice. To Mark Sloan, who will still be single.
Большой дом, вокруг бегают дети, а мы даем мудрые советы Марку Слоану, который все еще одинок.
It seems silly to leave mum’s big old house standing empty.
Глупо оставлять мамин большой дом пустым.
It’s a big old house. Just the two of you.
Такой большой дом для двоих.
Yeah, dickhead, in that big old house while the oldies are away.
Да, чувак, в твоём большом доме, без всяких взрослых.
And she can’t be all alone in that big old house of hers.
И ей нельзя быть одной в большом доме.
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Learn English Words for Houses and Other Places To Live
Check Your Vocabulary
- Here is a list of English words for different types of places to live.
- Read the words, and click on the pictures to learn how to pronounce them.
- A flat is a place to live that shares a building with lots of other homes.
- A tower block is a tall building containing lots of flats (or apartments).
- Blocks of flats often have lifts as well as stairs that serve the upper floors.
A FLAT
- A row of houses joined together is called a terrace.
- Mid-terraced houses have houses on either side.
- End terraced houses are only joined to one other house.
A TERRACED HOUSE
- A semi-detached house (or semi) is a house joined to another house.
- Semi-detached houses are built as a pair, joined together by one wall.
- Three bedroomed semis are the most popular house type in the UK.
A SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE
- A detached house is a house that isn’t joined to other houses.
- Detached houses have empty space on all sides.
- Detached houses are usually bigger than other houses.
A DETACHED HOUSE
- A bungalow is a low, single storey house. It only has rooms on the ground floor.
- Bungalows are ideal for disabled people, and are popular with older people.
- British people sometimes buy a bungalow to live in when they retire.
A BUNGALOW
- A hall of residence is a building designed for students to live in.
- Students typically rent rooms or flats in halls to live in during term time.
- The American English word for student housing is a dorm, or dormitory.
HALLS OF RESIDENCE
- A houseboat is a floating home.
- Some houseboats have engines and can travel up and down waterways.
- Other houseboats are permanently fixed to land near a river.
A HOUSEBOAT
- A mobile home is a house that can be moved to another place.
- Another word for a mobile home is caravan.
- The American English word for this type of home is a trailer.
A MOBILE HOME
- A hotel is a place to stay for one or more nights.
- Hotels are often used by people who are travelling.
- Bed and Breakfast (B & B) hotels are sometimes used for emergency housing.
A HOTEL
- A hostel is a temporary place to stay for one or more nights.
- Youth hostels are hostels for older teenagers and young adults.
- Homeless people sometimes stay in hostels while they are waiting to be housed.
A HOSTEL
Memory Matching Game
This matching quiz will help you learn and revise British English words for places to live and stay.
Instructions
Click on a card to start the game. Find the words and pictures that go together.
Click the ‘new game’ button to play the game again with a different set of words.
Check Your Vocabulary
- Here is a list of English words for different types of places to live.
- Read the words, and click on the pictures to learn how to pronounce them.
- A flat is a place to live that shares a building with lots of other homes.
- A tower block is a tall building containing lots of flats (or apartments).
- Blocks of flats often have lifts as well as stairs that serve the upper floors.
A FLAT
- A row of houses joined together is called a terrace.
- Mid-terraced houses have houses on either side.
- End terraced houses are only joined to one other house.
A TERRACED HOUSE
- A semi-detached house (or semi) is a house joined to another house.
- Semi-detached houses are built as a pair, joined together by one wall.
- Three bedroomed semis are the most popular house type in the UK.
A SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE
- A detached house is a house that isn’t joined to other houses.
- Detached houses have empty space on all sides.
- Detached houses are usually bigger than other houses.
A DETACHED HOUSE
- A bungalow is a low, single storey house. It only has rooms on the ground floor.
- Bungalows are ideal for disabled people, and are popular with older people.
- British people sometimes buy a bungalow to live in when they retire.
A BUNGALOW
- A hall of residence is a building designed for students to live in.
- Students typically rent rooms or flats in halls to live in during term time.
- The American English word for student housing is a dorm, or dormitory.
HALLS OF RESIDENCE
- A houseboat is a floating home.
- Some houseboats have engines and can travel up and down waterways.
- Other houseboats are permanently fixed to land near a river.
A HOUSEBOAT
- A mobile home is a house that can be moved to another place.
- Another word for a mobile home is caravan.
- The American English word for this type of home is a trailer.
A MOBILE HOME
- A hotel is a place to stay for one or more nights.
- Hotels are often used by people who are travelling.
- Bed and Breakfast (B & B) hotels are sometimes used for emergency housing.
A HOTEL
- A hostel is a temporary place to stay for one or more nights.
- Youth hostels are hostels for older teenagers and young adults.
- Homeless people sometimes stay in hostels while they are waiting to be housed.
A HOSTEL
Memory Matching Game
This matching quiz will help you learn and revise British English words for places to live and stay.
Instructions
Click on a card to start the game. Find the words and pictures that go together.
Click the ‘new game’ button to play the game again with a different set of words.