✅ Run means to move quickly, especially in order to act quickly or to escape from something (They ran from the house).

✅ Fly means to move quickly, especially in a sudden or unexpected way, or so as to escape from something (Fly before it’s too late!).

✅ Fly and run can both mean to escape and to move fast.

✅ In this context, fly suggests going particularly fast, even faster than run (Her dog was flying across the field!).

Write about someone who ran so fast they were flying with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Calm describes something still and undisturbed or something that is free from excitement or other strong emotion (calm water; a calm smile).

✅ Placid describes something peaceful and serene (a placid response).

✅ Calm and placid both describe peaceful or tranquil things or people who seem emotionally peaceful.

✅ Placid, when describing people and their emotions, can suggest that someone is strangely or unexpectedly calm (She had a placid response to the betrayal).

Write about relaxing on the shores of a placid lake with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ An adventure is an exciting, interesting, or sometimes hazardous experience (Visiting another country will be such an adventure).

✅ A quest is an expedition or adventure, undertaken in order to find something (We went on a quest for lime green sneakers).

✅ In everyday life, an adventure is an interesting or unusual experience, and a quest is a search for something.

✅ In a fantasy context, an adventure is an exciting or hazardous experience, and a quest is an adventure with a particular goal. Both usually involve long and exciting journeys.

Go on a quest to discover more synonyms!