SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIP EXERCISE

Identify the semantic relationship between the words in the following pairs

1. honest – dishonest: BINARY ANTONYMY

2. night – knight: HOMOPHONY
3. wider – narrower: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
4. clothes – jeans: HYPONYMY
5. refuse – decline: SYNONYMY
6. long ( a verb which means “yearn”) – long (not short): HOMONYMY
7. guard (person who guards, sentinel) – guard (solid protective shield): POLYSEMY
8. animal – foal: HYPONYMY
9. crop (harvest) – crop (handle of a riding whip): HYPONYMY
10. sight – site: HOMOPHONY
11. fix – repair: SYNONYMY
12. luggage – suitcase: HYPONYMY
13. flat (an apartment) – flat (smooth and level): HOMONYMY
14. purchase – buy: SYNONYMY
15. tail (of a coat) – tail (of an animal): POLYSEMY
16. row (a quarrel) – row (a line of things or people): HOMOGRAPHY
17. enormous – huge: SYNONYMY
18. sawed – sword: HOMOPHONY
19. lead (as in Does this road lead to town?) – lead (as in Lead is a heavy metal.):
HOMOGRAPHY
20. before – after: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
21. sell – cell: HOMOPHONY
22. wound (an injury) – wound (injure someone with a knife): POLYSEMY
23. in front of – behind: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
24. lip (of a jug) – lip (of a person): POLYSEMY
25. branch (a part of a tree) – branch (a division or office of a large business or
organization): HOMONYMY
26. wind (as in The wind was blowing hard.) – wind (as in wind one’s watch): HOMOGRAPHY
27. customer – supplier: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
28. vehicle – car: HYPONYMY
29. ripe – mature: SYNONYMY
30. professor – student: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
31. fork (in a road) – fork (instrument for eating): POLYSEMY
32. rude – polite: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
33. bow (bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame) –
bow (a knot): HOMOGRAPHY
34. doctor – patient: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
35. never – always: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
36. married—single: BINARY ANTONYMY
37. sweet – suite: HOMOPHONY
38. absent – present: BINARY ANTONYMY
39. well (in good health) – well (a source for water in the ground): HOMONYMY
40. know – no: HOMOPHONY
41. accept – refuse: BINARY ANTONYMY
42. husband – wife: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
43. thin – thick: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
44. tire (to grow fatigued) – tire (a part of a wheel): HOMONYMY
45. blew – blue: HOMONYMY
46. deny – admit: BINARY ANTONYMY
47. steal – steel : HOMOPHONY
48. postpone – delay: SYNONYMY
49. plant – rose: HYPONYMY
50. cup (drinking vessel) – cup (an ornamental trophy ): POLYSEMY
51. fall – autumn: SYNONYMY
52. host – guest: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
53. right – write: (HOMOPHONY)
54. bat (an implement used to hit a ball) – bat (a nocturnal flying mammal):
HOMOPHONY
55. deep – shallow: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
56. where – wear: HOMOPHONY
57. figure (a person's bodily shape) – figure (a number): HOMOPHONY
58. rite – right: HOMOPHONY
59. fruit – orange: HYPONYMY
60. wood – would: HOMOPHONY
61. heavy – light : GRADABLE ANTONYMY
62. crocodile – reptile : HYPONYMY

63. fair (an exhibition) – fair (pleasing) : HOMONYMY

64. right – wrong : BINARY ANTONYMY
65. weak – week : HOMOPHONY
66. match (a stick for making a flame) – match (a contest in which people or teams compete
against each other in a particular sport) : HOMONYMY
67. pass – fail: BINARY ANTONYMY
68. dear – deer: HOMOPHONY
69. high – low: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
70. bye – buy: HOMOPHONY
71. sole (bottom part of foot) – sole (edible flat fish that live in sea): HOMONYMY
72. soil – earth: SYNONYMY
73. rode – road: HOMONYMY
74. asleep – awake: BINARY ANTONYMY
75. permit – allow: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
76. well – badly: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
77. plane (aeroplane) – plane (flat surface): HOMONYMY
78. sport – football: HYPONYMY
79. quick – rapid: SYNONYMY
80. pen (handwriting instrument) – pen (enclosure): HOMONYMY
81. feat – feet: HOMOPHONY
82. mug (drinking vessel) – mug (gullible person): HOMONYMY
83. ceiling (top inner surface of a room) – ceiling (upper limit): POLYSEMY
84. flour – flower: HOMONYMY
85. alive--dead: BINARY ANTONYMY
86. far – near: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
87. bark (a tree's out layer) – bark (the sound a dog makes): HOMONYMY
88. principle – principal: HOMOPHONY
89. address (to speak to) - address (location): HOMONYMY
90. drive (operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle) – drive (Propel or
carry along by force in a specified direction): POLYSEMY
91. bass (the lowest adult male singing voice) – bass (the common European freshwater
fish): HOMOGRAPHY
92. fowl – rooster: HYPONYMY
93. fall – autumn: SYNONYMY
94. give – receive: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
95. fish – salmon: HYPONYMY
96. conceal – hide: SYNONYMY
97. import – export: RELATIONAL ANTONYMY
98. die (to cease living) – die (a cube marked with numbers one through six):
HOMONYMY
99. happy – sad: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
100. male – female: BINARY ANTONYMY
101. kind (type) – kind (caring): HYPONYMY
102. broad – wide: SYNONYMY
103. clever – stupid: GRADABLE ANTONYMY
104. right (correct) – right (direction opposite of left): HOMONYMY
105. Earth (the planet that we live on) – earth (soil, the substance that plants grow in):
POLYSEMY
106. tear (a noun) – tear (a verb): HOMOGRAPHY
107. cereal – serial : HOMOPHONY