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Antonyms Antonyms are words with the opposite meaning to another word. For example the antonym of up is down.

Here are a few for you


Word tall wide below destroy dirty under Antonym short narrow above create clean over

Synonyms Synonyms are words that have a similar meaning to another word. For example a synonym of awful would be terrible. We use synonyms to make our writing more interesting. Synonyms can make our writing more dramatic. We often use a thesaurus to find synonyms of words. Here are a few for you to try. Find a few synonyms for each of the following words. Some you may know, others you may have to use a thesaurus for.
Word terrified give add great brave sad cry Synonym frightened, scared, petrified

Answers Well how did you do? Your answers may be different but that does not matter. The important thing is that your synonyms have a similar meaning to the word given.
Word terrified give add great brave sad cry Synonym frightened, scared, petrified offer, reward, assign insert, mix, join powerful, superior, strong bold, courageous, splendid sorrowful, unhappy, miserable weep, utter, shout

Review An antonym means the opposite to a given word and a synonym has a similar meaning.

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