Synonyms and Atonyms

                               

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Recognise how synonyms improve writing.
2. Identify common antonyms to increase your vocabulary.

          

 What are antonyms?

 Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning another word.

EG: Good- bad, Blunt- keen and callous - tender.

Word	Antonym		Word	Antonym
absence	presence		frequent	seldom
accept	refuse		harmful	harmless
accurate	inaccurate		horizontal	vertical
advantage	disadvantage		imitation	genuine
ancient	modern		inhabited	uninhabited
abundant	scarce		inferior	superior
artificial	natural		intentional	accidental
attractive	repulsive		justice	injustice
borrow	lend		knowledge	ignorance
bravery	cowardice		landlord	tenant
create	destroy, demolish		likely	unlikely
bold	timid, meek		minority	majority
capable	incapable		miser	spendthrift
combine	separate		obedient	disobedient
conceal	reveal		optimist	pessimist
common	rare		permanent	temporary
decrease	increase		plentiful	scarce
definite	indefinite		private	public
despair	hope		prudent	imprudent
discourage	encourage		qualified	unqualified
employer	employee		satisfactory	unsatisfactory
expand	contract		tame	wild
forget	remember		vacant	occupied👻👀👀👁👀

                                   

What are synonyms?

They are words that are nearest in meaning to another word.

Eg: good- great, easy- simple, big- large and hard - difficult