The document defines synonyms and antonyms. It states that synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings, while antonyms are words with opposite meanings. It provides many examples of synonyms and antonyms in different parts of speech, such as verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. It also notes that not all near-synonyms are interchangeable and provides guidance on determining which word in a list is not a synonym.

1. SYNONYMS

2. Synonyms are words with the same or similar
meanings.
Words that are synonyms are said to
be synonymous, and the state of being a
synonym is called synonymy.
The word comes from Ancient
Greek syn (σύν) ("with") and onoma (ὄνομα)
("name").
Synonyms can be any part of speech (such
as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prep
ositions), as long as both words are the
same part of speech.

3. Here are more examples of English synonyms:
verb
 "buy" and "purchase“
adjective
 "big" and "large“
adverb
 "quickly" and "speedily“
preposition
 "on" and "upon"

4. Note that synonyms are defined
with respect to certain senses of
words; for instance, pupil is not
synonymous with student.
Likewise, he expired means the
same as he died, yet my passport
has expired cannot be replaced
by my passport has died.

5. Examples:
 Beautiful: Attractive, Pretty, Lovely, Stunning
 Fair: Just, Objective, Impartial, Unbiased
 Funny: Humorous, Comical, Hilarious, Hysterical
 Happy: Content, Joyful, Mirthful, Upbeat
 Hardworking: Diligent, Determined, Industrious,
Enterprising
 Honest: Honorable, Fair, Sincere, Trustworthy
 Intelligent: Smart, Bright, Brilliant, Sharp
 Introverted: Shy, Bashful, Quiet, Withdrawn
 Kind: Thoughtful, Considerate, Amiable,
Gracious

6.  silence – quiet
 thrilled -excited
 melancholy - sad
 scream - yell
 huge - gigantic
 small - tiny
 skilled - talented
 novice - rookie
 teach – instruct
 ocean - sea
 often, frequently
 start, begin
ridiculous - absurd
offend - insult
help - aid
fight - argue
war - battle
offbeat
unconventional
winner - champion
moist, damp
fall - autumn
strange - odd
stinky, smelly

7. The American Slang
Dictionary lists over
400 synonyms for drunk.
Here are just a few:
blind
blitzed
bombed
buzzed
capernoited
hammered
high
inebriated
legless
loaded
looped
merry
messed up
nimptopsical
off the wagon
pickled
pifflicated
plastered
ripped
sloshed
smashed
snockered
soused
stewed
three sheets to the wind
tight
tipsy
trashed
wasted
wrecked

8. Write the synonyms of the given words.
sad
small father
house woman
street
happy angry
quiet love

9. Which word in each series of words is not a
synonym for the others?
1. Youthful juvenile senile
2. Student author scholar
3. Look believe stare
4. Rest relax squat
5. Sit stroll stride
6. Kind good proud
7. Fortune lack lack
8. Legal lawful equal
9. Praise invite glorify
10. Capable able idle

10. ANTONYM

11. AN·TO·NYM
a word opposite in meaning to anoth
er. Fast is an antonym of slow.
Categories Of Antonym
Graded antonyms deal with levels of
the meaning of the words, like if
something is not “good”, is may still not
be “bad.”

12. Examples:
 Fat and skinny
 Young and old
 Happy and sad
 Hard and soft
 Last and first
 Foolish and wise
 Fast and slow
 Warm and cool
 Wide and narrow
 Abundant and scarce
 Joy and grief
 Dark and light
 Dangerous and safe
 Clever and foolish
 Early and late
 Empty and full
 Smart and dumb
 Risky and safe
 Bad and good
 Pretty and ugly
 Best and worst
 Simple and
challenging
 Soft and hard
 Worried and calm

13.  Complementary antonyms have a relationship where there is
no middle ground. There are only two possibilities, either one
or the other.
 Examples include:
 Man and woman
 Push and pull
 Dead and alive
 Off and on
 Day and night
 Absent and present
 Exit and entrance
 Sink or float
 True or false
 Pass and fail
 Former and latter

14. Relational antonyms are sometimes considered a
subcategory of complementary antonyms. With these
pairs, for there to be a relationship, both must exist.
Examples are:
 Husband and wife
 Doctor and patient
 Buy and sell
 Predator and prey
 Above and below
 Give and receive
 Teach and learn
 Instructor and pupil
 Servant and master
 Borrow and lend
 Come and go

15. Directions: Read the following sentences and click on
the best answer according the antonym
1. Today is a WARM day, said Karoline to Peter.
 Hot. Cool
 Shine. Heat
2. He is a STRONG man.
 Weak Sturdy
 Powerful Happy
3. We are going to talk with our ENEMIES
 Lost Neighbors.
 Friends Rivals.

16. 4. Mr. Brown always makes EASY tests
 Soft Hard
 Strong Weak
5. His garden is very LARGE
 Small Enormous
 Big Huge
6. OPEN the door, please!
Close Huge
Free Soak
 7. In the trial the judge declared this person GUILTY of all
the facts
 Easy Rival
 innocent Simple

17. 8. The International Organizations are going to be in
a TEMPORARY way in the country.
 Permanent Guess
 Complicated Soak
9. How POVERTY is defined?
 Wealthy Guilty
 Cold Idle
10. How you are going to JOIN these wires?, Said Ana to
Pedro
 Paste Separate
 Unite Gather
11. He is HAPPY of being here.
 First Jolly
 Unhappy exited
12. My MOTHER is living in Guanacaste.

 Small Father
 Love Guilty