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Opposite Words in English, 1000+ Antonyms Alphabetically, Worksheet

An opposite word is a word that tells you the opposite meaning of any word. Another name for this Word is the antonym.  It is immensely advantageous for you to learn antonyms to improve your vocabulary skills. To frame meaningful sentences for comprehension, you need to learn simple antonyms. Opposite words will play an important role in your educational growth as well as developing reading and writing skills. However, you can check the list of these Antonyms letter-wise and practice exercises given in this article.

Opposite Words

The topic of “Opposite Words” is vast and impossible for a person to learn the antonyms of all words in the English dictionary. However, there are numerous antonyms in English that we often use in our daily life but some of us may don’t know the opposite of many other words. For your reference, we have tabulated numerous words in this article, read and try to adapt some new words in your daily life with their opposite meanings.

Antonyms

‘Antonyms’ are a crucial subject in English Grammar, particularly at school, and students must acquire as many antonyms as possible to construct coherent sentences for understanding. These words will help them strengthen their reading and writing skills as well as their educational advancement. However, you can check out the list of some simple opposite terms in English for kids below –

Normal Word
Opposite Words
Ask Respond
Awake Asleep
Approximately Exactly
Ask Reply/Respond
Authentic Fake
Above Below
Absent Present
Accept Refuse
Alive Dead
Ally Enemy
attack defend
Bad Good
Beautiful Ugly
Before After
Boy Girl
Blank Complete
Break Join
Build Destroy
Beginning End
Black White
Bold Timid
Bright Dim
Broad Narrow
Best Worst
Clever Foolish
Come Go
Cool Warm
Child Adult
Changeable Constant
Clemency Ruthlessness
Concise Lengthy
Construction Destruction
Cheap Expensive
Clean Dirty
Dark Light
Drop Catch
Delicious Awful
Descent Ascent
Dictatorship Republic
Domestic Foreign
Dwindle Flourish
Dull Shiny
Dusk Dawn
Early Late
Entrance Exit
Even Odd
Eccentric Ordinary
East West
Easy Difficult
Empty Full
Entry Exit
Fancy Plain
Far Near
Fast Slow
Fat Thin
Far Near
Friend Enemy
Full Empty
Funny Serious
Frequently Occasionally
Foreigner Native
Friend Foe
Full Empty
Funny Serious
Future Past
General
Particular, Special
Generous Mean
Gentle Violent
Good Bad
Healthy Sick
Heavy Light
Hopeful
Desperate, Hopeless
Horizontal Vertical
Humid Dry
Happy Sad
Honest Dishonest
Heaven Hell
High Low
Honest Dishonest
Hot Cold
Hard Easy
Inside Outside
In Out
Interesting Boring, Dull
Import Export
Inside Outside
Insult Compliment
Junior Senior
Kind Cruel, Unkind
Large Small
Lead Follow
Lend Borrow
Light Dark
Love Hate
Little Big
Laugh Cry
Left Right
Liquid Solid
Mend Break
Mess Order
Moderate Extreme
More Less
Man Woman
Messy Neat
Modern Ancient
Normal Strange
Opposite Same
Opponent Supporter
Praise Castigate
Refuse Agree
Regret Satisfaction
Rich Poor
Rude Polite
Start End
Sunny Cloudy
Sweet Sour
Strengthen Debilitate
Tight Loose
Top Bottom
Thick Thin
Tiny Huge
Truth Lie
Thick Thin
Throw Catch
Tight Loose
Tiny Huge
Together Separate
Unity Division
Useful Useless
Under Over
United Divided
Urban Rural
Visible Invisible
Visitor Host
Victory Defeat
Visible Invisible
Visitor Host
Wide Narrow
Wise Foolish, Stupid
Whisper Scream
War Peace
Waste Utilise
Wet Dry
Winner Loser

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Opposite word in English A to Z

An opposite word conveys a meaning different from the significance of another word; in this sense, the two terms are antonyms of one another. It is incredibly important to introduce contrary words to children in order to boost their vocabulary skills. Antonyms in English from all the alphabets a to z are discussed below.

Words with Letter ‘A’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter Y, which is provided below.

Words Antonyms
Adorable Hateful
Adequate Insufficient
Affordable Costly
Attractive Boring
Awesome Bad
Accept Refuse
Artificial Natural
Ascent Descent
Adult Child
Ask Answer
Allow Forbid
all None
Advanced Elementary
Afraid Brave
Against For
always Never
Alike Different
annoy satisfy
about exactly
above below
absence presence
abundance lack
accept refuse
accidental intentional
active lazy
add subtract
admit deny
adult child
advanced elementary
affirmative negative
afraid brave
after before
against for
alike different
alive dead
all none
allow forbid
already not yet
always never
ancient modern
angry happy
agree refuse
amateur professional
amuse bore
ancestor descendant
angel devil
animal human
annoy satisfy
answer ask
answer question
antonym synonym
apart together
approximately exactly
argue agree
arrival departure
artificial natural
ascent descent
ask answer
attack defense
awake asleep

Words with Letter ‘B’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter B  which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Beauty Grotesqueness
Believe Disbelieve
Beloved Unbeloved
Benefit Drawback
Best Worst
Blank Complete
Break Join
Build Destroy
Beginning End
Black White
Bold Timid
Bright Dim
Broad Narrow

Words with Letter ‘C’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter C, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Care Carelessness
Carry Exclude
courageous cowardly
careless
careful
Creative Uninventive
children
parents
courage fear
Cut Restore
center
outskirts
Close Far
clever stupid
careful careless
cool warm
cold hot
changeable
constant
cheerful
sad, discouraged, dreary
clear cloudy, opaque
catch miss
clever stupid
complicated
simple
construction destruction
cheap
expensive
continue interrupt
compulsory
voluntary
cry laugh
constant
changeable
correct wrong
close open
cowardly brave
compliment
insult
create destroy

Word with Letter ‘D’

Students may look over the significant words beginning with the letter D which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Darling Unbeloved
Dear Unbeloved
Deep Shallow
departure arrival
Demand Disclaim
damage repair
Destroy Raise
Descent Ascent
Dictatorship Republic
devil angel
Domestic Foreign
Dwindle Flourish
Dull Shiny
Dusk Dawn
death birth
danger security
dangerous safe
dark light
daughter son
dawn dusk
day night
desperate hopeful
dead alive
divide unite
dirty clean
deep shallow
defeat victory
defense attack
delicious awful
deny admit
depart arrive
descendant ancestor
descent ascent
destruction construction
dictatorship republic
die live
different alike
difficult easy
division unity
disease health
distant near

Words with Letter ‘E’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter E, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Effective Ineffective
Efficient Inefficient
Effort Ease
Enjoy Abhor
Enough Inadequate
Even Odd
Eccentric Ordinary
East West
Easy Difficult
Empty Full
early late
east west
easy difficult
elementary advanced
emigrate immigrate
emigration immigration
empty full
end begin
ending beginning
enemy friend
enjoy hate
enter leave
entrance exit
equal different
even odd
exactly approximately
evening morning
everybody nobody
everything nothing
exclude include
excited calm
exciting boring
export import
exit entrance
expensive cheap
extreme moderate
exposure shelter

Words with Letter ‘F’

Students may look over the significant antonyms words beginning with the letter F, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Fabulous Ordinary
Fair Foul
Fast Slow
find  lose
Few Many
Forgive Resent
Fabulous
normal
Faddish
permanent
Frivolous
Meaningful
Found
Lost
Facetious
serious
Follow
lead
Frugal extravagant
Fallible
infallible
Famous unknown
Fabrication truth
failure success
false true
far near
fast slow
fat slim
fear courage
female male
few many
final first
floor ceiling
finish begin
finish start
fix break
flat hilly
foreigner native
follow lead
forbid allow
form destroy
foreground background
foreign domestic
for against
forget remember
forward backward
fortune bad luck

Words with Letter ‘G’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter G, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Gentle Abrasive
generous mean
Great Little
good bad
go come
good bad
guest host
giant tiny, very little, small
gentleman lady
giant tiny
Genius Stupidity
gentle violent
Glad Dismayed
guilty innocent
Gorgeous Uninteresting
general particular

Words with Letter ‘H’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter H, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Habit Disinclination
Happy Sad
Help Hinder
Habitual occasional
Half-hearted enthusiastic
Hairless hairy
Humanity Inhumanity
Hurt Heal
Happiness
misery
Hapless
lucky
Harmony
disagreement
 Handy
inconvenient

Words with letter ‘I’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter I, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Illegal Legal
Impress Disappoint
Independent Dependent
Inspire Depress
Install Remove

Words with Letter ‘J’

Students may look over the significant antonyms words in English beginning with the letter J, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Joke Humorless
Jolly Miserable
Joy Misery
Justice Injustice
Justify Disprove

Words with Letter ‘K’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter K, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Keen Reluctant
Keep Spend
Kickoff End
Kind Unkind
Knowledge Ignorance

Words with Letter ‘L’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter L, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Little Plenty
Lively Listless
Lost Regain
Love Hatred
Luck Misfortune

Words with Letter ‘M’

Students may look over the significant antonyms words in English beginning with the letter M, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Magic Awful
Make Destroy
Master Servant
Mature Immature
Morality Immorality

Words with Letter ‘N’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter N, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Neat Disorderly
Need Optional
Next Previous
Nice Unpleasant
Normal Abnormal

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Words with Letter ‘O’

Students may look over the significant antonyms words in English beginning with the letter A, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Objective Biased
Offer Withdraw
Omnipotent Impotent
Optimistic Pessimistic
Outstanding Mediocre

Words with Letter ‘P’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter P, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Pause Continue
Peace Noise
Potential Impotence
Power Inability
Pretty Plain

Words with Letter ‘Q’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter Q, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Qualify Disqualify
Quality Inadequacy
Quick Slow
Quiet Loud
Quit Stay

Words with Letter ‘R’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter R, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Real Unreal
Recall Forget
Relax Tense
Report Silence
Rough Gentle

Words With Letter ‘S’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter S, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Simple Difficult
Sincere Perfunctory
Small Big
Soft Hard
Sure Unsure

Words with Letter ‘T’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter T, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Talent Inability
Talkative Taciturn
Target Deselect
Task Inactivity
Triumph Defeat

Words with Letter ‘U’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter U, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Unique Common
Unite Divide
Unlimited Finite
Uplift Lower
Useful Useless

Words with Letter ‘V’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter V, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Valid Invalid
Valuable Worthless
Variety Uniformity
Vast Tiny
Victory Defeat

Words with Letter ‘W’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter W, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Warning Neglect
Wealth Poverty
Winner Loser
Wise Stupid
Worthy Unimportant

Words with Letter ‘X’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter X, which are provided below.

Words Antonyms
Xenial Inhospitable
Xenophobic Impartial
Xeroxes Original

Words with Letter ‘Y’

Students may look over the significant antonyms in English beginning with the letter Y, which are provided below.

Words Opposite Words
Young Old
Yield Resist
Yearning Disinclination
Youthful Old
Yummy Unappetizing

Words with Letter ‘Z’

Check the antonyms of some common words starting with letter “Z”.

Words Opposite Words
Zappy Melancholy
Zeal Apathy
Zen Disturbed
Zingy Sullen

20 Odd Words

English opposite words or Odd are very easy to remember. here in the table below, we have discussed more than 20 very common Antonyms.

20 Antonyms
Boy Girl
Bold Timid
Bright Dim
Broad Narrow
Best Worst
Child Adult
Changeable Constant
Descent Ascent
Dictatorship Republic
Domestic Foreign
Dwindle Flourish
Early Late
Entrance Exit
Friend Enemy
Full Empty
Funny Serious
Frequently Occasionally
General
Particular, Special
Generous Mean
Perfect Imperfect
Pretty Ugly
Inside Outside
Laugh Cry
Sit Stand
Right Wrong
Old Young
High Low
combine separate

 

Learn Antonyms – Fun activities

Here are some fun activities to learn antonyms.

  • Play a game of “opposites”. In this game, you will need to come up with a list of antonyms. Then, split the students into two teams. One team will say a word, and the other team will have to say the antonyms. The first team to get 10 correct answers wins the game.
  • Use flashcards. Flashcards are a great way to help students learn new vocabulary words. Make a set of flashcards with antonyms on them. Then, have the students take turns flipping over the cards and saying the antonyms.
  • Create a word search. A word search is a fun and challenging way to help students learn new words. Create a word search with antonyms hidden in it. Then, have the students find the words and write them down.

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Opposite Words Exercise

Choose the correct opposite or odd word from the given 4 options –

Q1. vibrant
(a) drab (b) gaudy
(c) jazzy (d) vivid

Q2. deep-seated
(a) chronic (b) temporary
(c) inbred (d) subconscious

Q3. Humdrum
(a) tedious (b) trite
(c) drab (d) fascinating

Q4. celibate
(a) chaste (b) virtuous
(c) promiscuous (d) continent

Q5. ingestion
(a) gulp (b) slug
(c) excrete (d) chug

Q6. horrify
(a) affright (b) petrify
(c) appall (d) soothe

Q7. sacred
(a) pious (b) hallowed
(c) divine (d) profane

Q8. outlandish
(a) droll` (b) kinky
(c) common (d) grotesque

Q9. coalesce
(a) separate (b) adhere
(c) cleave (d) amalgamate

Q10. loiter
(a) lag (b) hasten
(c) amble (d) loll

Q11. fidgety
(a) composed (b) restive
(c) twitchy (d) antsy

Q12. bland
(a) blah (b) insipid
(c) tame (d) lively

Q13. adulterate
(a) attenuated (b) purify
(c) vitiated (d) dilute

Q14. conjoined
(a) sever (b) adjoin
(c) meld (d) affix

Q15. mishmash
(a) potpourri (b) medley
(c) organized (d) haphazard

Q16. generosity
(a) altruism (b) general
(c) largesse (d) malevolence

Q17. analogue
(a) correlate (b) cognate
(c) dialogue (d) difference

Q18. amusement
(a) mischief (b) naughty
(c) melancholy (d) hilarity

Q19. Reform
(a) ameliorate (b) worsen
(c) amends (d) emend

Q20. liberty
(a) incarceration (b) choice
(c) license (d) right

Q21. intrinsic
(a) elemental (b) innate
(c) connate (d) acquired
Q22. ogle
(a) leer (b) gaze
(c) ignore (d) gawk

Q23. pejorative
(a) rude (b) complimentary
(c) derisive (d) cheeky

Q24. avid
(a) apathetic (b) desirous
(c) devoted (d) fanatical

Q25. impiety
(a) blasphemy (b) heresy
(c) profanity (d) reverence

Q26. pompous
(a) modern (b) turgid
(c) modest (d) vain

Q27. whirl
(a) swirl (b) peace
(c) flurry (d) surge

Q28. jaunt
(a) halt (b) excursion
(c) stroll (d) ramble

Q29. veteran
(a) youthful (b) pliable
(c) expert (d) amateur

Q30. fatigue
(a) restive (b) slouch
(c) vigor (d) tire

Q31. castigated
(a) approve (b) rate
(c) flay (d) drub

Q32. deliberate
(a) judge (b) imprudent
(c) cogitate (d) argue

Q33. demure
(a) humble (b) bold
(c) coy (d) sober

Q34. genteel
(a) uncivilized (b) stuffy
(c) urbane (d) prim

Q35. abominable
(a) attractive (b) gross
(c) grim (d) lousy

Q36. flog
(a) whop (b) compliment
(c) flay (d) flax

Q37. extravagance
(a) expensive (b) thrift
(c) cheap (d) absurd

Q38. virtuous
(a) vile (b) chaste
(c) kosher (d) celibate

Q39. primed
(a) fit (b) able
(c) unready (d) prepped

Q40. pilferer
(a) sniper (b) punk
(c) lifter (d) police

Q41. to spurn
(a) to accept (b) to flout
(c) to scorn (d) to rebuff

Q42. to conceive
(a) to reckon (b) to neglect
(c) to apprehend (d) to perceive

Q43. to brood
(a) to repine (b) to ignore
(c) to fret (d) to mope

Q44. veracity
(a) deceit (b) condor
(c) probity (d) rectitude

Q45. to sue
(a) to absolve (b) to litigate
(c) to indict (d) to solicit

Q46. facade
(a) frontage (b) semblance
(c) veneer (d) reality

Q47. endeavour
(a) passive (b) buck
(c) assay (d) intend

Q48. beleaguer
(a) gnaw (b) assist
(c) badger (d) pester

Q49. vigour
(a) lethargy (b) fettle
(c) kilter (d) robust

Q50. skeptic
(a) profaner (b) heretic
(c) atheist (d) devotee

Answers

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Vibrant means full of energy and life and drab means lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. deep-seated means strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of and temporary means lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Humdrum means lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous and fascinating means
extremely interesting. Hence options (d) is the correct choice.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Celibate means not having sexual activity, especially because you have made a religious promise not to and promiscuous means having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Ingestion means the process of taking food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it and excrete means (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism).

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Horrify means fill with horror; shock greatly and soothe means reduce pain or discomfort in (a part of the body).

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Sacred means connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration and profane means not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Outlandish means looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar and common means occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Coalesce means come together to form one mass or whole. Hence separate is the correct choice.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Loiter means stand or wait around without apparent purpose and hasten means be quick to do something.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Fidgety means inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy and composed means having one’s feelings and expression under control; calm.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bland means lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting and lively means full of life and energy; active and outgoing.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Adulterate means render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance. Hence purity is the correct choice.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. conjoined means join; combine and sever means divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. mishmash means a confused mixture. Hence organized is the correct choice.

S16. Ans.(d)
Sol. Generosity means the quality of being kind and generous and malevolence means the state or condition of being malevolent
where malevolent means having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

S17. Ans.(d)
Sol. Analogue means a person or thing seen as comparable to another. Hence difference is the correct
choice.

S18. Ans.(c)
Sol. Amusement means the state or experience of finding something funny and melancholy means a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
S19. Ans.(b)
Sol. Reform means make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it and worsen means make or become worse.

S20. Ans.(a)
Sol. Liberty means a right or privilege, especially a statutory one and incarceration means the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.

S21. Ans.(d)
Sol. Intrinsic means belonging naturally; essential and acquired means to come into possession or ownership of; get as one’s own.

S22. Ans.(c)
Sol. Ogle means stare at in a lecherous manner and ignore means refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.

S23. Ans.(b)
Sol. pejorative: expressing contempt or disapproval. complimentary: expressing a compliment; praising or approving.

S24. Ans.(a)
Sol. Avid: having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something. Apathetic: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

S25. Ans.(d)
Sol. Impiety means lack of piety or reverence.

S26. Ans.(c)
Sol. Pompous means affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important and modest means unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities or achievements.

S27. Ans.(b)
Sol. Whirl means move or cause to move rapidly round and round and peace means mental or emotional calm.

S28. Ans.(a)
Sol. Jaunt means a short excursion or journey made for pleasure and halt means bring or come to an abrupt stop.

S29. Ans.(d)
Sol. veteran: a person who has had long experience in a particular field.
Amateur: a person who is not skillful and just a beginner.

S30. Ans.(c)
Sol. fatigue: extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. Vigor: physical strength and good health.

S31. Ans.(a)
Sol. castigate: reprimand (someone) severely.
Approve: officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.
Flay: strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).
Drub: hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.

S32. Ans.(b)
Sol. deliberate: done consciously and intentionally.
Imprudent: not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.
Cogitate: think deeply about something; meditate or reflect.

S33. Ans.(b)
Sol. Demure means (of a woman or her behaviour) reserved, modest, and shy. Hence bold is the correct choice.

S34. Ans.(a)
Sol. Genteel means characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability and uncivilized means (of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced.

S35. Ans.(a)
Sol. Abominable means causing moral revulsion. Hence attractive is the correct choice.

S36. Ans.(b)
Sol. Flog means beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment and compliment means a polite expression of praise or admiration.

S37. Ans.(b)
Sol. Extravagance: lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
Thrift: using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.

S38. Ans.(a)
Sol. vile: extremely unpleasant.
Chaste: abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse.
Kosher: genuine and legitimate.
Celibate: abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons.

S39. Ans.(c)
Sol. primed: to make something ready for use or action, in particular.
Prepped: to prepare something ready.

S40. Ans.(d)
Sol. pilferer: a thief who steals without using violence.
Punk: A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse).

S41. Ans.(a)
Sol. spurn: reject with disdain or contempt.
Rebuff: to reject someone or something in an abrupt or ungracious manner.
flout: openly disregard

S42. Ans.(b)
Sol. conceive: to form or devise a plan or idea in the mind.
Reckon: establish by calculation.

S43. Ans.(b)
Sol. brood: think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
Ignore: refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.

S44. Ans.(a)
Sol. veracity: conformity to facts; accuracy.
Deceit: the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
Condor: Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures
Probity: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Rectitude: morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.

S45. Ans.(a)
Sol. sue:
institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.
Absolve: declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
Litigate: resort to legal action to settle a matter; be involved in a lawsuit.
Solicit: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

S46. Ans.(d)
Sol. facade: a deceptive outward appearance.
Frontage: the facade of a building.
Semblance: the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.
Reality: the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.

S47. Ans.(a)
Sol. endeavour: try hard to do or achieve something.
Assay: the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality.

S48. Ans.(b)
Sol. beleaguer: put in a very difficult situation.
Gnaw: bite at or nibble something persistently.
Badger: a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.
Pester: trouble or annoy someone with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

S49. Ans.(a)
Sol. vigour: physical strength and good health.
Lethargy: a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
Fettle: condition
Robust: strong and healthy; vigorous.

S50. Ans.(d)
Sol. skeptic: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
Profaner: not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.
Heretic: unorthodox thinker.

Opposite Words Worksheet

Choose the correct alternative of the given words.

  1.  ‘broad’

(A) narrow
(B) short
(C) thin
(D) mat
Answer is   (A) narrow

  1.  ‘lend’

(A) take
(B) lend
(C) borrow
(D) bring
Answer is    (C) borrow

  1.  ‘laugh’

(A) smile
(B) whistle
(C) cry
(D) threaten
Answer is   (C) cry

  1. ‘dead’

(A) wake
(B) get up
(C) asleep
(D) alive
Answer is    (D) alive

  1.  ‘tall’

(A) small
(B) short
(C) narrow
(D) thin
Answer is      (B) short

  1.  ‘first’

(A) slow
(B) fast
(C) last
(D) first
Answer is            (C) last

  1. ‘buy’

(A) sell
(B) stable
(C) hope
(D) succeed
Answer is         (A) sell

  1. ‘failure’

(A) success
(B) end
(C) beginning
(D) finish
Answer is          (A) success

  1.  ‘hard’

(A) glaze
(B) narrow
(C) soft
(D) cool
Answer is       (C) soft

  1.  ‘better’

(A) best
(B) worse
(C) good
(D) bad
Answer is       (B) worse

Antonyms in English Quiz

Now Test yourself by taking an advanced-level quiz on the antonyms in English.

Q1. Persist
(a) abandon
(b) cease
(c) remain
(d) ruin
Q2. Cogent
(a) suspicious
(b) muddled
(c) vague
(d) plausible
Q3. Turbulent
(a) unsettled
(b) moderate
(c) stormy
(d) anarchic
Q4. Alluring
(a) obnoxious
(b) appealing
(c) enticing
(d) charming

Q5. Mettle
(a) Goad
(b) Courage
(c) Wealth
(d) Benign
Q6. Assimilate
(a) Rub
(b) Live
(c) Return
(d) Imbibe
Q7. Termagant
(a) Charming
(b) Turbulent
(c) Brawling
(d) Shrewish
Q8. Vindictive
(a) Praise
(b) Forgiving
(c) Useless
(d) Piercing

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FAQs

Q.1 What is an antonym?

Ans. Antonym is another word used for opposite.

Q.2 List 5 commonly used opposite words.

Some of the common Opposite Word for Kids slow – fast, cold – hot, love – hate, night – day, wet – dry, brief – long, far – near, give – take, heavy – light, open – close, on – off, tall – short, import – export, etc.

Q. 3 How do we learn opposite words?

Ans. Learn commonly used opposite word and adapt them in your daily life.

How Do You teach Opposite Word to Children?

Some simple ways to teach Opposite Word for Kids include making a list of simple words and having them read them aloud. You can also read with them to help them learn these opposite words.

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