SYNONYMS and

ANTONYMS
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SYNONYMS

A synonym is a word or phrase that has the same or nearly

the same meaning as another word or phrase.
● It comes from the Greek “syn” and “onym,” which mean
“together” and “name,” respectively.
● When speaking or writing, one of the best ways to expand
your vocabulary and to avoid using the same words
repeatedly is to use a thesaurus to find synonyms.
● A thesaurus is a book that lists words in groups of synonyms
and related concepts.
● It is important because synonyms can improve both oral and
writing skills.
● Finding the right synonymous word can be tricky because it
might exaggerate the idea of the sentence or change its
meaning.
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● What are the benefits of synonyms?
● Make text much more captivating
● Help avoid dull and repetitive text
● Improve communication between you and others
● Help provide an image in the mind of the reader

● Examples:
● Evil - wicked
● Look - watch
● Terrible - awful
● Travel - journey
● Safe - secure
● Drive - ride
● Persistent - firm
● Answer - reply
● Gorgeous - good-looking
● Remember - recall
● Needed - necessary
● Jump - leap
● Provide - give
● Asked - questioned
● Place - location
● Scared - frightened
● Kill - murder
● Presage - foreshadow
● Vital - essential
● Permit - allow
● Nice - pleasant
● Near - close
● Phone - call
● Hero - champion
● Glad - happy
● Progress - advance
● Very - extremely
● Delicious - tasty
● Sentence application:
○ She is a beautiful lady.
○ She is a stunning lady.

○ Light the fire; it is getting dark.

○ Set fire to the wood; it is getting dark.

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● Synonyms can be any part of speech, as long as both words
belong to the same part of speech.
● Noun: drink and beverage
● Verb : buy and purchase
● Adjective: pretty and interesting
● Adverb: quickly and speedily
● Preposition: on and upon

ANTONYMS
Antonyms are words that have opposing meanings.

● They are used to show a contrast between two things.

● The word antonym was not added to the language until the
1860s, derived from the Greek prefix anti– meaning opposite
or against, and the Greek word onym, which means name.
● Antonyms fall within three categories: Relational Antonyms,
Graded Antonyms, and Complementary Antonyms.

● Relational Antonyms: These are word pairs showing

the relationship between two opposites such as there
can’t be a child without a parent or it’s either all or
nothing.
Examples - Front: Back, Uncle: Aunt, Hello: Goodbye

● Graded Antonyms: These are word pairs showing

variation between the two opposites such as little and
big are antonyms but you will observe a lot of changes
to get to the opposite meaning.
Examples - Sad: Happy, Healthy: Sick, Smart: Stupid

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● Complimentary Antonyms: These are the sets of word
pairs that have no degree of meaning. There is only one
opposite possible for the word.
● Example: Dead-Alive, Male-Female, On-Off
● The English language also lets its speakers make antonyms
just by adding a prefix. Examples:
● Un: Able becomes unable. Accounted becomes
unaccounted.
● In: Flexible becomes inflexible. Complete becomes
incomplete.
● Im: Proper becomes improper. Polite becomes impolite.
● Ir: Relevant becomes irrelevant. Reparable becomes
irreparable.
● Dis: Honest becomes dishonest. Grace becomes
disgrace.
● Il: Licit becomes illicit. Legible becomes illegible.
● Mis: Fortune becomes misfortune. Advice becomes
misadvice.
● However, adding a prefix does not always make the word an
antonym.
● Only certain words and concepts have opposites. The one
part of speech that almost never has an antonym is the noun.
○ Mostly, antonyms are adjectives, which are words that
describe nouns. Example: Light-Dark
○ Prepositions, which show a relationship between words
or location. Example: Up-Down
○ Verbs, which are action words, can sometimes have
antonyms. Example: Open-Close, Buy-Sell

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SYNONYMS
Match the words with their synonyms. Draw a line to connect them.

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SYNONYMS
Match the words with their synonyms. Draw a line to connect them.

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