The document discusses antonyms, which are words that have opposite meanings. It provides examples of word pairs that are antonyms, such as speedily/plodding, ferocious/tame, hard/soft, immense/small, generous/miserly, affluent/impoverished, feeble/strong, noisy/relaxing, towering/short, permanent/unstable, plentiful/sparse, positive/negative, powerful/weak, praise/criticism, private/public, problem/solution, profit/loss, quality/inferiority, and random/specific. It also lists some common antonym pairs like positive/negative, powerful/weak, praise/criticism,

1. English grammar
fundamEntals-ii
Course: B.Tech
Sem. II
Subject: ECLS
Unit: II Antonyms
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2. What are Antonyms?
Antonyms are words which have almost
opposite meanings. Most words can have one
or more antonyms.

3. The bus goes speedily.
The turtle is plodding.
Antonyms

4. The ferocious bull is
angry.
The bird is tame.
Antonyms

5. The hard rocks were by the beach.
The pillow was soft.
Antonyms

6. The hippopotamus is
immense.
The mouse is small.
Antonyms

7. The generous man
gave his money
away to the poor.
At the beginning,
Scrooge was
miserly.
Antonyms

8. The affluent king gave to the
needy.
The impoverished people had no
homes.
Antonyms

9. The old dog is feeble.
The giant insect is strong.
Antonyms

10. Antonyms

11. The tractor’s noise hurt our
ears.
The silence was relaxing.
Antonyms

12. Antonyms

13. The dinosaur is
towering.
The boy is short.
Antonyms

14. Antonyms

15. Antonyms

16. •Permanent – Unstable
•Plentiful – Sparse
•Positive – Negative
•Powerful – Weak
•Praise – Criticism
•Private – Public
•Problem – Solution
•Profit – Loss
•Quality – Inferiority
•Random – Specific
These are some of the Antonyms.

17. References
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