Friday 28 October 2011

Synonyms and Antonyms

Synonym

A synonym is a word that means exactly the same as, or very nearly the same as, another word in the same language. For example, "close" is a synonym of "shut".

Here are some examples of synonyms:

synonyms
closeshut 
blow upexplode 
blow upinflate 
shallowsuperficial 
eagerearnestkeen
spontaneousimpromptuunplanned

Antonym

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
For example "bad" is an antonym of "good".

Here are some more examples:

prefixantonymspart of speech
 goodbadadjective
smallbigadjective
easyhard
difficult
adjective
softhardadjective
malefemaleadjective
noun
updownpreposition
adverb
gocomeverb
made by adding prefix un-ableunableadjective
selfishunselfishadjective
doundoverb
made by adding prefix in-decentindecentadjective
tolerantintolerantadjective
humaninhumanadjective
made by adding prefix non-conformistnonconformistadjective
noun
essentialnonessentialadjective
noun
sensenonsensenoun

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