How to use AI to help you improve your vocabulary

Why is having a strong vocabulary important?

Improving your vocabulary can make your writing more engaging. For example, instead of merely stating a book was ‘good’ in a review, using words like ‘riveting’, ‘captivating’, or ‘thought-provoking’ paints a more vivid picture for your readers. Repeating that the book was good is uninteresting and less appealing. Having an advanced vocabulary can also help you improve your reading comprehension.

Use AI to create vocabulary quizzes

One effective way to improve your word choice is by creating vocabulary quizzes with AI. By taking a few minutes out of your day for a vocabulary quiz, you can easily expand your knowledge of different words. Try these prompts with your preferred AI language model:

• I’m trying to use stronger adjectives in my writing. Can you create a basic 10-question quiz that will help me expand my adjective knowledge?
• Can you create a quiz that tests my knowledge of synonyms for the word “good”?
• Can you create a 15-question advanced vocabulary quiz?

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Ask AI for synonyms

AI can help you identify better synonyms for words. While you can easily do a quick internet search to find synonyms, AI can help you narrow down the right word to use. Here are examples of prompts that you can ask AI:

• I’m writing about really good food. What are some synonyms for “good food”?
• Can you help me find a synonym for “exciting”?
• What’s a synonym I can use for “soft”?

Ask AI for antonyms

Antonyms are another way you can improve your word choice. While synonyms help you find similar words, antonyms help you find words with the opposite meaning. Instead of writing, “Sarah was not friendly” you could find an antonym for the word “friendly” and write, “Sarah was aloof” or “Sarah was unpleasant.” These words are more concise than the phrase “not friendly.” Try these prompts in your preferred AI platform:

• What’s an antonym for the word “funny”?
• What’s an antonym for the word “polite” that’s less than 10 characters long?
• What are five different antonyms I can use for the word “delicious”?

Share what you’ve written with AI

Another way you can use AI as a vocabulary builder is to copy and paste your work into an AI platform. Share your text with AI to pinpoint and upgrade weak word choices, transforming them into compelling vocabulary. You can also ask the AI tool to explain its reasoning behind the changes it made or to provide definitions of the new words that it added to your document.

Other ways you can use AI to improve your vocabulary

There are many other ways AI can help you improve your vocabulary. For example, ask AI to give you the word of the day. Or you can ask AI to find word games that you can play to help you expand your vocabulary. AI is also useful as a dictionary. If you come across a word you don’t know, you can improve your vocabulary by asking AI to define it and give you an example of it in a sentence.

AI is a powerful tool that can help you learn more about the English language. Leverage the power of AI to deepen your understanding and discover the expansive potential of AI writing. Start learning more about AI and how AI writing works today.