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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonym: A word used when you can’t spell the word you want.
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ynonyms are different words or phrases in the same language that
have a similar meaning. For example, the words “bigger” and
“larger” are synonyms. In comparing rocks and pebbles, either one
could be used in the sentence.
Rocks are bigger than pebbles.
Rocks are larger than pebbles.
Both sentences have the same meaning because the words “big” and “large”
are synonyms. (“Bigger” and “larger” are the comparative forms of “big” and
“large”.)
ntonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For example,
“happy” and “sad” are antonyms. Read the following examples:
I am happy because the visitors have left.
I am sad because the visitors have left.
When the word “happy” in the first sentence is replaced by the word “sad”
in the second sentence, the meaning of the statement changes. This is because the
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meaning of the word “sad” is “not happy”. In the second sentence, it is as if you
said, “I am not happy because the visitors have left”. This is the exact opposite of
what you said in the first sentence.
Here is a list of some words and their antonyms and synonyms:
Word Synonyms Antonyms
abbreviate shorten, compress,
condense, cut back
lengthen, extend,
enlarge
abdicate abandon, give up,
leave, quit
appropriate, retain,
usurp
agrarian agricultural, rural,
natural
industrial, urban,
developed
allay alleviate, calm, ease excite, intensify,
provoke
anguish agony, grief, worry,
mourn
happiness, comfort,
carefree
antique old, rustic, obsolete new, modern, recent
apathetic emotionless,
impassive, indifferent
enthusiastic, caring,
concerned
archaic old, antique, obsolete new, young, modern
arrogate confiscate,
commandeer, seize
give, present, hand
over
assiduous active, busy,
industrious
lazy, slothful, neglectful
baleful deadly, malevolent,
foreboding
friendly, favourable,
helpful
baroque elaborate, flamboyant,
extravagant
dull, plain,
unsophisticated
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Word Synonyms Antonyms
warrant justify, sanction,
authorize
undetermined, refute,
refuse
wayward prodigal, misbehaved,
irresponsible
dependable,
responsible, respectful
wheedle entice, persuade,
seduce
coerce, force, compel
yank pull, snatch, jerk push, shove
yearn desire, hanker, lust dislike, hate
yen urge, yearning, desire dislike, hatred,
revulsion
yoke fasten, connect, link separate, divorce,
unhitch
zany crazy, wacky, silly serious, somber,
sedate
zealous enthusiastic, ebullient,
ardent
indifferent, lethargic,
unconcerned
zenith peak, pinnacle, top valley, bottom
zest desire, ambition,
enthusiasm
apathy, lethargy,
indifference
zoom speed, streak, dash slow, crawl, ooze
Did you know that… ?The verb “cleave” is the only English
word with two synonyms that are antonyms of
each other: adhere and separate.
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ACTIVITY 1
Look for the pairs of synonyms in the puzzle. Write them on the
blanks provided.
Example:
1. CLEAR – __SURE__
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Let’s Practice!
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ACTIVITY 2
Encircle the word which does not belong to the group.
Example:
1. evil decent poor bad bush
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1. recent antique obsolete rustic old
2. malicious mean spiteful hateful kind
3. zoom crawl streak speed dash
4. bright clever smart simple intelligent
5. earthborn hominid immortal natural man
6. agree differ coincide concur admit
7. clemency mercy forbearance coldheartedness charity
8. indigent affluent flush rich opulent
9. courage prowess virtue valor cowardice
10. faith piety devotion atheism religion
ACTIVITY 3
Underline the word that would best collocates with the given term.
Example:
1. tight/ capable/ secure - knot
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1. profound/ bottomless/ subterranean - ideas
2. ubiquitous/ everywhere/ far and wide - coconut trees
3. herculean/ giant/ mammoth - task
4. automated/ robotic/ independent - counting machine
5. silly/ immature/ unripe - answer
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6. memorized/ brained/ mindful - speech
7. sweet / sugary/ saccharine - memory
8. wet/ sodden/ soggy - paint
9. indelible/ ineffaceable/ unforgettable - ink
10. religious/ pious/ secular - sector
ACTIVITY 4
Look for at least three (3) synonyms and two (2) antonyms of the
following words in a thesaurus. Write your answers on the box.
Example:
Start here:
patient lean swim calm
proud suspicious modest dull
forward great gigantic extraordinary
radiant
synonyms: beautiful,
shining, charming
antonyms: sad,
pessimistic
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ACTIVITY 5
Identify the given pair of words whether synonyms or antonyms.
Write S if they are synonyms and A for antonyms. Write your answer on
the blank provided.
Example:
____A___ 1. huge – midget
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________ 1. up – down
________ 2. small – little
________ 3. yes – no
________ 4. minute – tiny
________ 5. in – out
________ 6. soft – downy
________ 7. hot – cold
________ 8. wet – moist
________ 9. comport – differ
________ 10. weak – wimpy
ACTIVITY 6
A. Underline the words which are synonyms in the following
sentences.
Example:
1. Victor has enormous plaque of commendations while Alex has
cosmic trophies.
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1. Tom commented that Sally was very pretty and Mike agreed that
Sally was very attractive.
2. Although the man was destitute, he was not poor in spirit.
3. Mary claimed she was happy because she felt so content.
4. Lethargic generally means a person is very tired and extremely
sleepy.
5. George’s financial problems were great obstacles and impediments
to paying his monthly bills.
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B. Underline the words which are antonyms in the following
sentences.
Example:
1. Emma found a giant Sinraptor’s bone at the backyard of their home
and Chris also found a miniature bone of an Ingenia.
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1. When you are loud, I will ask you to be quiet.
2. You are kind even when he is mean to you.
3. The sun is high at noon and low at sunset.
4. Messy kids need to work on being tidy.
5. Stop at a red light and go when it is green.
ACTIVITY 7
Write the antonym/s of the word/s inside the box and create a
sentence either of the two words.
Example:
1. old – young
__I want to grow old with you.__
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brother inside heedless gloomy honest
over sassy near timid noisy
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ACTIVITY 8
Give the synonyms and antonyms of the underlined words found on
the poem. Write them on the table below.
Example:
Don’t tell me to grow up
Or worst still act my age
Word Synonym Antonym
1. grow expand decrease
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BEGGAR CHILDREN
by Emmanuel Torres
Wherever they go, skies looking for them
Remain ghosts of killer kites
Even their clothes have the rip holes of kites
Caught raving among high electric branches.
Playgrounds they wander in are condemned
By the fat book of proverbs: games have abandoned them.
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They trail the tracks of sparrows’ slingshot
Would stone down, live, into their dreamless hands.
Shreds of nests, wind struck, straw their hair.
When they speak, plucking the high sleeves of the strangers
Beyond reach of sweat crowding their brows,
It is all a hopscotch make-do language.
Reaped from wall of liberal graffiti
(Colorum profiles, amulet signals, pistols
Pointed at hunger shaped like purse of hairy mouth)
Patrolled by the shadow of a carnal cop.
Their eyes, alert, are blacker than a shadow
They spill about them and loose in crowded noons.
Catch-as-catch-can is what their fingers learn
From hoops of skinny thorns: thus they survive.
If between the billboard siren and the rainy highway
Their eyes fall on pebbles, their wishes are not
For marbles gleaming with rainbow swirls heaven
But for hubcaps to take to as far as the next possible town.
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