Synonyms and Antonyms

What is a synonym for hot?

• cold
• scorching
• coffee
• freezing

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is an antonym of before?

• after
• at first
• beginning
• start

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CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

Are the words synonyms or antonyms?
smile
grin

• Synonyms
• Antonyms

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is a synonym?

• a person, place, or thing
• a word that means the same as another word
• an action word
• a word that means the opposite of another word

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is an antonym? 

• a word that means the opposite of another word
• a person, place, or thing
• a word that means the same as another word
• an action word

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

Pick the pair of antonyms:

• giant, huge
• awake, asleep
• happy, glad
• messy, dirty

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

Pick the pair of antonyms:

• angry, mad
• slim, thin
• big, tall
• messy, clean

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CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

What pair of words have almost the same meaning?

• break and destroy

• fall and decide

• help and take

• normal and strange

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Synonyms are...

• words which share extremely close or similar meanings

• words that have opposite meanings

• what a word suggests, not what it actually means

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

Antonyms are...

• words which share extremely close or similar meanings

• words that have opposite meanings

• what a word suggests, not what it actually means

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C