English Leap

Page 17


What is Antonyms

What is Antonyms
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

View →


What is Antonyms

What is Antonyms
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

View →


What is Antonyms

What is Antonyms
An antonym of a particular word is one that has the opposite meaning.An antonym is usually an adjective or adverb, but can include verb forms such as “coming / going”, “leading/ following”, and “heeding / ignoring”. Example: The antonym of up is down. Other examples:Small is an antonym of bigThe antonym of smart would be unintelligent. Walk can be an antonym of run Happy is an antonym of sad (or possibly angry) Catch is an antonym of throw Black can be an antonym for white

View →


Example of Antonyms

Example of Antonyms
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:

PREFIX ANTONYMS PART OF SPEECH
good bad adjective
small big adjective
easy hard
difficult adjective
soft hard adjective
male female adjective
noun
up down preposition
adverb
go come verb
made by adding prefix un- able unable adjective
selfish unselfish adjective
do undo verb
made by adding prefix in- decent indecent adjective
tolerant intolerant adjective
human inhuman adjective
made by adding prefix non- conformist nonconformist adjective
noun
essential nonessential adjective
noun
sense nonsense noun

View →


Example of Antonyms

Example of Antonyms
Free online synonyms and antonyms exercises. In these exercises, students must choose the best synonym or antonym for the word given. Each exercise is six questions long. Before you begin, you may find it helpful to view our verbal reasoning techniques page. This page outlines several strategies that will enable you to answer synonyms/antonyms questions with a higher success rate, even on questions in which you are unsure about specific word definitions. We recommend that you use a thesaurus to learn word definitions, especially if studying for the SAT or GRE tests. A thesaurus allows you to become familiar with the family of synonyms and antonyms associated with a given word. In terms of test taking, this can prove more valuable than knowing the precise definition of individual words.

Continue reading →


Example of Antonyms

Example of Antonyms
Definition:

A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word. (See “Three Types of Antonyms,” below.) Antonym is the antonym of synonym. Adjective: antonymous.

Antonymy is the sense relation that exists between words which are opposite in meaning. Antonymy is found most commonly (though not exclusively) among adjectives.

View →


Example of Antonyms

Example of Antonyms
Definition:

A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word. (See “Three Types of Antonyms,” below.) Antonym is the antonym of synonym. Adjective: antonymous.

Antonymy is the sense relation that exists between words which are opposite in meaning. Antonymy is found most commonly (though not exclusively) among adjectives.

View →


Examples of Antonyms

Examples of Antonyms
As well as the online thesaurus from world-famous publisher Collins, you will find synonyms and definitions added by users, based on their own knowledge and experience. Slang phrases, specialized terminology, colloquial expressions, and commonly used words are explained by our users via synonyms, definitions, examples and comments. Feel free to join in with the discussions and add entries that are missing from our thesaurus.The clear and concise content of our thesaurus, enhanced by examples, antonyms, and user contributions, will improve your understanding of English words and the contexts in which they are used. Searching our online dictionary is a fascinating experience: by simply clicking on a word you can go further, launching a new search for its synonyms, listening to its pronunciation, conjugating it or suggesting a new definition for our dictionary.

Continue reading →


Examples of Antonyms

Examples of Antonyms
Help us write our English synonyms dictionary

As well as the online thesaurus from world-famous publisher Collins, you will find synonyms and definitions added by users, based on their own knowledge and experience. Slang phrases, specialized terminology, colloquial expressions, and commonly used words are explained by our users via synonyms, definitions, examples and comments. Feel free to join in with the discussions and add entries that are missing from our thesaurus.

A wide-ranging dictionary lookup tool

The clear and concise content of our thesaurus, enhanced by examples, antonyms, and user contributions, will improve your understanding of English words and the contexts in which they are used. Searching our online dictionary is a fascinating experience: by simply clicking on a word you can go further, launching a new search for its synonyms, listening to its...

Continue reading →


Examples of Antonyms

Examples of Antonyms
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning as another word. It refers to a word that is completely different from another one.They also are called opposites. The opposite of a antonym is a synonym. Hot and cold are antonyms, whereas hot and torrid are synonyms.

View →