Synonym and Antonym Lesson

Another definition of an antonym

• Words of opposite meaning

• Words of the same meaning

• Words that sounds alike

A synonym can also be described as

• Words that are often confused

• Words pronounced the same

• Words of the same or similar meaning

An antonym for extreme

• Rare

• slight

• in between

• extremely

A synonym for priceless

• precious

• cheap

• bargain

• no name

Synonyms are often

• Interchangeable

• Modern

• Old fashioned

• Foreign

A synonym for haughty

• oblige

• proud

• selfish

• unhappy

An antonym for arrival

• departure

• descend

• subtract

• retreat

A synonym for surprise

• motionless

• invisible

• reluctant

• astonishment

An antonym for forbid

• anticipate

• prohibit

• mute

• moist

Synonyms are...

• words which share extremely close or similar meanings

• words that have opposite meanings

• what a word suggests, not what it actually means