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Definition:
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Adjective: synonymous.
Contrast with antonym.
Examples:
Synonyms of Small
Synonyms of Soft
Synonyms of Wet
Synonyms of Weak
Synonyms of Long
Synonyms of Create
Synonyms of Hold
Synonyms of Run
Synonyms of Jump
Synonyms of Smile
Beam, Grin
ANTONYM
Definition:
A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word. Antonym is the antonym of
synonym. Adjective: antonymous.
SYNONYMS
Synonyms are different words which have the same meaning, or almost the
same meaning.
Synonyms can be nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives, as long as both are the same part of
speech.
For example:
- chair and seat (nouns)
- go and leave (verbs)
- quickly and rapidly (adverbs)
- long and extended (adjectives)
A word can have more than one synonym depending on which meaning you use for the
word.
For example:
- expired could have the synonym no longer fresh, if you mean milk that's past its sale
date.
- expired could have the synonym dead, if you mean no longer alive.
ANTONYMS
Antonyms are words which have opposite meanings.
The words hot and cold are antonyms. So are up and down, and short and tall.
A word can have more than one antonym, depending on which meaning you use for the
word.
For example:
- short could have the antonym tall if you are referring to a person's height.
- short could have the antonym long if you are referring to to the length of something.
In many languages, including English, you can sometimes make antonyms by adding a
prefix:
- real and unreal are antonyms
- flexible and inflexible are antonyms
However, English is well known for its exceptions to the rules, so you have to watch out for
words like flammable and inflammable, where this doesn't work ... they're synonyms!
Gradable antonyms are opposites at either end of the spectrum, as in slow and
fast.
Complementary antonyms are absolute opposites, like mortal and immortal.
Relational antonyms are opposites where one word describes a relationship
between two objects, and the other word describes the same relationship when the
two objects are reversed.
For example, parent and child, teacher and student, or buy and sell.
Auto-antonyms are the same two words that mean the opposite.
For example, fast (moving quickly) and fast (stuck in place).
A homonym ('same name') is a word that has the same pronunciation and
spelling as another word, but a different meaning.
For example, mean (an average) and mean (nasty) are homonyms. They are identical in
spelling and pronunciation, but different in meaning.
For example, punch and punch are homophones, but so are creak (the sound)
and creek (a tiny river). Homophones don't have to be spelled the same way.
HOMONYMS
Definition:
Words that sound alike but have different meanings and/or spellings. Adjective: homonymous
2. argue, debate
4. boat, ship, sail boat, yacht, motor boat, ferry, row boat, canoe, kayak, raft
5. look, watch, see, stare, behold, view, peek, peep, peer, glare, glaze, glance, ogle,
goggle
7. walk, saunter, strut, stroll, hobble, limp, stumble, stagger, ambulate, shuffle
8. ghost, phantom, spirit, soul, apparition, specter, sprite, banshee, disembodied spirit,
un-embodied spirit, devil, Devil, demon, Satan, Lucifer, angel, Holy Ghost, ghoul, goblin,
zombie
Antonyms
Antonyms are word pairs with opposite meanings. They can be words differentiated by a prefix
(original/unoriginal, respect/disrespect) or can comprise two completely different words (old/young, big/small).
Synonyms
Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. Some words have more than one group
of synonyms. For example: big large (extensive, huge, substantial), important (eminent, influential, main),
grown-up (adult, elder, grown), generous (altruistic, benevolent, gracious).
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Homonyms
Homophones are groups of words that are pronounced the same way but which differ in meaning or spelling or
both. For example: bare/bear, to/too/two. Homophones are commonly used in puns and cryptic crossword
clues.
Homographs are groups of words that are spelt the same way but which have different meanings. They may or
may not be pronounced differently. For example: sow (female pig) and sow (plant seeds), nail (as in fingernail)
and nail (used with a hammer).
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Acronyms
An acronym is a pronounceable name made from the initial letters of a group of words. Acronyms are often
used as abbreviations and are generally written in capitals. Some acronyms have become words in their own
right and these are generally written in lower case.
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Examples of Acronyms
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Antonym List
absence presence
accept refuse
accurate inaccurate
advantage disadvantage
alive dead
always never
ancient modern
approval disapproval
abundant scarce
admit deny
artificial natural
arrival departure
ascend descend
attack defense
attractive repulsive
attention inattention
asleep awake
ally enemy
agree disagree
bad good
bend straighten
beautiful ugly
beginning ending
below above
bent straight
big small, little
blunt sharp
better worse
best worst
blame praise
bless curse
bitter sweet
borrow lend
bravery cowardice
bright dull
broad narrow
calm troubled
capable incapable
cellar attic
close distant
clever stupid
cold hot
combine separate
clockwise anti-clockwise
correct incorrect
conceal reveal
come go
common rare
comfort discomfort
courage cowardice
cruel kind
cunning simple
dainty clumsy
danger safety
dark light
deep shallow
decrease increase
definite indefinite
demand supply
despair hope
disappear appear
disease health
discourage encourage
dismal cheerful
doctor patient
dry wet
dusk dawn
early late
easy difficult
ebb flow
East West
economise waste
encourage discourage
entrance exit
employer employee
empty full
excited calm
end beginning
expand contract
export import
exterior interior
external internal
fail succeed
false true
foolish wise
fast slow
few many
famous unknown
fat thin
find lose
first last
freedom captivity
fold unfold
frequent seldom
forget remember
found lost
fresh stale
friend enemy
fortunate unfortunate
frank secretive
full empty
generous mean
gentle rough
gather distribute
glad sorry
gloomy cheerful
granted refused
guardian ward
guest host
guilty innocent
hard soft
harmful harmless
hasten dawdle
hate love
heavy light
height depth
hero coward
hill valley
horizontal vertical
honest dishonest
humble proud
hunger thirst
imitation genuine
imprison free
include exclude
increase decrease
inhabited uninhabited
inferior superior
inside outside
inhale exhale
internal external
intentional accidental
join separate
junior senior
justice injustice
king subject
knowledge ignorance
laugh cry
lawful unlawful
land sea
landlord tenant
last first
lawyer client
lecturer student
lender borrower
lengthen shorten
left right
less more
likely unlikely
leader follower
lofty lowly
long short
loud soft
low high
loyal disloyal
mad sane
magnetize demagnetize
master servant
mature immature
maximum minimum
me you
minority majority
miser spendthrift
misunderstand understand
narrow wide
neat untidy
new old
night day
noisy quiet
North South
obedient disobedient
odd even
offer refuse
open shut
optimist pessimist
out in
parent child
past present
patient impatient
peace war
permanent temporary
please displease
plentiful scarce
poetry prose
possible impossible
poverty wealth
private public
prudent imprudent
pure impure
qualified unqualified
rapid slow
regularly irregularly
rich poor
rough smooth
satisfactory unsatisfactory
security insecurity
scatter collect
serious trivial
second-hand new
sense nonsense
shopkeeper customer
singular plural
simple complicated
solid liquid
sober drunk
speaker listener
sour sweet
sorrow joy
sow reap
stand lie
straight crooked
strong weak
success failure
sunny cloudy
take give
tall short
tame wild
teacher pupil
thick thin
top bottom
transparent opaque
up down
vacant occupied
valuable valueless
victory defeat
virtue vice
visible invisible
voluntary compulsory
vowel consonant
wax wane
wisdom folly
within without