Ключевое слово: «synonyms»

When advanced language learners are introduced to new lexical items, they might face obstacles when using them in their own utterances due to the unclear concept of synonymy in English. Most of the synonyms in English are partially interchangeable, which is the reason for stylistic, syntactic, collocational, and semantic errors evident in advanced language learners’ spoken and written speech. This article examines the complexity of English synonymy, explores the errors that advanced language learners tend to commit, and offers strategies for language instructors to enhance vocabulary acquisition and mitigate the most frequent errors.