Context Clues: Antonyms

Marty is gregarious, unlike his brother who is quiet and shy.

• unlike

• brother

• quiet

Although some men are loquacious, others hardly talk at all.

• talk

• hardly

• men

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rather than be involved in clandestine meetings, they did everything quite openly.

• meetings

• openly

• quite

The feral cat would not let us pet him, unlike our friendly cat.

• pet

• unlike

• friendly

Lucinda is very adroit on the balance beam, but Constance is rather clumsy.

• rather

• balance beam

• clumsy

Sweet syrup and delicious strawberry juice are used to conceal the acrid taste of the medicine.

• sweet

• medicine

• conceal

Some city dwellers are affluent, others live in poverty.

• dwellers

• poverty

• live

Unlike Kyle, who is a conformer and a follower, Jeremy is a maverick.

• conformer

• unlike

• Jeremy

The children were as different as day and night. He was a lively conversationalist, but she was reserved and taciturn.

• reserved

• lively

• different

This painting of the landscape is picturesque, while the one of the old house is just plain ugly.

• house

• landscape

• ugly