Synonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Antonyms

Review

Synonyms Same

How to remember which one is

which

Antonyms

Opposite

What are Synonyms Synonyms are words that have the same

or very similar meaning. words of the same language belong to the same part of speech possess one or more identical or nearly

identical denotational meanings interchangeable, at least in some contexts

Types of Synonyms Absolute Ideographic stylistic

Absolute absolute – words

coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics

Ideographic ideographic (denotational)– words conveying the same concept but differing in shades of meaning

e.g. to look – to see – to gaze – to glare

Stylistic stylistic – words

differing in stylistic characteristics

e.g. father – Dad - Daddy

What are Antonyms An antonym is a word that is the opposite

meaning of another. It comes from the Greek words “anti” for

opposite and “onym” for name. since language is complex, people may at

times, disagree on what words are truly opposite in meaning to other words.

Types of Antonyms Graded antonyms Relational antonyms Complimentary

antonyms

Graded antonyms

Graded antonyms are word pairs that have variations between the two opposites. For example, big and little are antonyms but there are a lot of changes before you get to the opposite meaning. Like this:

Big, huge, bulky, full-size, slight, petite, little

Relational antonyms

Relational antonyms are pairs that have a relationship. Each word wouldn’t exist without the other. There can’t be a parent without a child or it’s either all or nothing. Other examples include:

Open – close Husband – wife

Complimentary antonyms

Complimentary antonyms are word pairs that have no degree of meaning. There are only two opposite possibilities.

Dead- alive True – false Male- female

We are singing a new song in chorus.

The choir traveled to Europe to sing at the opera house.

Synonyms

We used flames to toast marshmallows.

The blaze was so hot we could not get close to put it out.

Synonyms

The generous man gave his money away to the poor.

At the beginning, Scrooge was miserly.

Antonyms

The affluent king gave to the needy.

The impoverished people had no homes.

Antonyms