This document provides information about synonyms and antonyms. It defines synonyms as words that have the same or similar meaning, and antonyms as words that have opposite meanings. Examples of synonyms include big/large and cold/chilly. Examples of antonyms include hot/cold and fast/slow. The document encourages finding synonyms and antonyms to help make writing more interesting and descriptions more precise. It includes exercises to test the reader's understanding of synonyms and antonyms.

1. SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS
By Kamlesh JoshiBy Kamlesh Joshi

2. Synonyms
and
Antonyms!

3. FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH A
WORD.
LET’S TRY THE WORD
“evening”

4. WHAT DO I DO IF I DON’T KNOW
WHAT THAT WORD MEANS?
• LOOK UP the
word “evening” in
the dictionary.
• For example, the
word “evening”
means late
afternoon or early
night.

5. Now that we know what
the word “evening”
means, let’s find a
SYNONYM

6. BUT FIRST WE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT A SYNONYM IS
A SYNONYM is a
word whose
meaning is the
same or almost the
same to that of
another word in the
same language.

7. WHAT IS A SYNONYM?
A SYNONYM is a word that has the same
or almost the same meaning as another
word.
EXAMPLES:
big- large
cold-chilly

8. Can you think
of a word that
means the
same thing or
almost the
same thing as
evening?
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

9. If you chose the
word “night”, you
are very close, but
that’s not quite it.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

10. ANOTHER RESOURCE
to find a synonyms for evening
THE THESAURUS!

11. A thesaurus
is a book of
synonyms,
which makes
it a perfect
resource for
finding
synonyms!
THE THESAURUS

12. Look up the word “evening” in
your thesaurus.
What do you find?
THE THESAURUS

13. WHO FOUND THE WORD:
 Dusk?
 Nightfall?
 Close of day?
 Sundown?
 Sunset?
 Eve?
 Twilight?

14. No, not this Twilight...

15. This twilight...

16. “EVENING” is the time of day right around sunset,
before it gets completely dark outside.
We sometimes refer to this time as “DUSK”.

17. LET’S PRACTICE FINDING
SYNONYMS!

18. WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR MAD?
• happy
• angry
• smart

19. THE ANSWER IS…
angry

20. PLEASE FIND SYNONYMS FOR THE
FOLLOWING WORDS:
• Start
• Rock
• Pretty
• Road
• City
• Finish
• Small
• Lead
You have 8
minutes.
Go!

21. EXAMPLE(S):
• large and big
• tiny and small
• happy and content
• sad and miserable
• funny and humorous
• weird and strange

22. More Examples of Synonyms
Beautiful Pretty Smart Intelligent
Rich Wealthy Funny Hilarious

23. What is a Synonym for
intelligent?
a. Dumb
b. Smart
c. Glad
d. Silly

24. What is the synonym
for silent?
a.Round
b.Expensive
c.Loud
d.Quiet

25. IF THEY HAVE THE SAME MEANING,
THEN WHY USE THEM?
• using the same word over and over again is
dull
• these help make the sentence more
interesting

26. What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word that means the
opposite of another word.
EXAMPLES:
happy-sad
hot-cold

27. WHY USE THEM?
They help describe things better...

28. EXAMPLE(S):
• cold and hot
• smart and stupid
• easy and hard
• fast and slow
• day and night
• right and left

29. More Examples of Antonyms
Sunny Cloudy Big Small
Wet Dry Day Night

30. EXERCISE:
WHAT IS THE ANTONYM OF:
•clean
•complicated
•ugly

31. WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
LET’S FIND OUT

32. SUN - MOON

33. HAPPY – SAD

34. LEFT - RIGHT

35. What is an antonym for big?
• little
• giant
• cold

36. THE ANSWER IS…
little

37. What is the Antonym for
Country?
a.Summer
b.High
c.City
d.Rich

38. What is an antonym for
always?
a. Yell
a. Never
c. Sometimes
d. Forever

39. Now it’s YOUR turn!
1. Read the following sentences.
2. Replace the underlined word with either a
synonym or antonym of that word.

40. Sentence 1:
The student was silent during class.
What is a synonym for silent?

41. Sentence 2:
The room was very bright.
What is an antonym for bright?

42. Sentence 3:
The frog jumped into the pond.
What is a synonym for jumped?

43. Sentence 4:
The towel was very wet.
What is an antonym for wet?

44. Now you know all about
synonyms and
antonyms !
All the best !!!!