{"id":31582,"date":"2016-11-04T17:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/?p=31582"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:07:37","slug":"words-to-use-instead-of-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/content-creation\/words-to-use-instead-of-good\/","title":{"rendered":"PR Writing Tip: 200 Powerful Words to Use Instead of ‘Good’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Work-related<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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If you want to add sizzle to your PR materials, or anything you write, start by eliminating lazy words.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A word I catch myself using, especially when I’m in a hurry, is “good.” Thanks to  Custom-Writing.org, which writes academic papers, for a helpful infographic of 200 Powerful Words to Use<\/a> instead. The photo above shows only one category of words: those used to describe work. Other categories include words for describing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A performance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A holiday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An opportunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A personality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A smile<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An exhibition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A view<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An achievement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An adventure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A question<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A look<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t Print This Writing Cheat Sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Jack Milgram of Custom-writing.org email me this week and shared the infographic, I told him I’d love to see the text in a Word document suitable for printing<\/strong> and posting on a bulletin board so we don’t have to waste all that ink for a clunky infographic<\/strong>, especially if we’re printing multiple copies for others in the office. He loved the idea and said he’ll add a link to the blog post. Stay tuned…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Lazy Words and How to Strengthen Your Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also see these lists, perfect for strengthening and toning your writing muscle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 alternatives to the word ‘excited’<\/a> by Laura Hale Brockway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

41 alternatives to the word cool<\/a>, also by Laura Hale Brockway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 fabulous alternatives to the word awesome<\/a> by Laura Pepper Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatives to the word ‘but’ for academic writing<\/a> by ProofreadMyDoc.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you found similar lists? Share the link in the Comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re a wordsmith, see my guidelines on how to pitch a guest blog post for The Publicity Hound’s blog.<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to add sizzle to your PR materials, or anything you write, start by eliminating lazy words. A word I catch myself using, especially when I’m in a hurry, is “good.” Thanks to  Custom-Writing.org, which writes academic papers, for a helpful infographic of 200 Powerful Words to Use instead. The photo above shows\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":5,"wds_primary_category":603,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[465,801,587,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-31582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-content-creation","7":"tag-free-pr-tools","8":"tag-improve-writing-skills","9":"tag-pr-writing","10":"tag-writing-articles","11":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42764,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582\/revisions\/42764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}