SYNONYM:

Definition:

A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Adjective: synonymous.
Contrast with antonym.

Examples:

Synonyms of Small

Little, Mini, short, dimunitive, tiny, fine, petite

Synonyms of Soft

Downy, silky, dull, low, weak, spongy, limp, malleable

Synonyms of Wet

Moist, watery, soppy, soggy, drenched, awashed

Synonyms of Weak

Wimpy, sapped, faint, soft, flimsy

Synonyms of Long

Elongated, lengthy, outstretched, extended

Synonyms of Create

Cause, make, construct

Synonyms of Hold

Cling, Clench, Wait, Grip, grasp, clasp

Synonyms of Run

Dash, Gallop, Sprint, Scuttle

Synonyms of Jump

Leap, Bounce, Hop, Vault, Spring

Synonyms of Smile
Beam, Grin

ANTONYM

Definition:

A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word. Antonym is the antonym of
synonym. Adjective: antonymous.

SYNONYMS

Synonyms are different words which have the same meaning, or almost the
same meaning.

The words stones and rocks are synonyms.

Synonyms can be nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives, as long as both are the same part of
speech.

For example:
- chair and seat (nouns)
- go and leave (verbs)
- quickly and rapidly (adverbs)
- long and extended (adjectives)

Synonyms need not be single words, as in war and armed conflict.

Here are more synonyms:

- tremendous and remarkable

- cat and feline
- baby and infant
- sick and ill
- quickly and speedily

A word can have more than one synonym depending on which meaning you use for the
word.
For example:
- expired could have the synonym no longer fresh, if you mean milk that's past its sale
date.
- expired could have the synonym dead, if you mean no longer alive.

ANTONYMS
Antonyms are words which have opposite meanings.

The words hot and cold are antonyms. So are up and down, and short and tall.

A word can have more than one antonym, depending on which meaning you use for the
word.
For example:
- short could have the antonym tall if you are referring to a person's height.
- short could have the antonym long if you are referring to to the length of something.

In many languages, including English, you can sometimes make antonyms by adding a
prefix:
- real and unreal are antonyms
- flexible and inflexible are antonyms
However, English is well known for its exceptions to the rules, so you have to watch out for
words like flammable and inflammable, where this doesn't work ... they're synonyms!

There are actually four types of antonyms:

Gradable antonyms are opposites at either end of the spectrum, as in slow and
fast.
Complementary antonyms are absolute opposites, like mortal and immortal.
Relational antonyms are opposites where one word describes a relationship
between two objects, and the other word describes the same relationship when the
two objects are reversed.
For example, parent and child, teacher and student, or buy and sell.
Auto-antonyms are the same two words that mean the opposite.
For example, fast (moving quickly) and fast (stuck in place).

HOMONYMS and more ...

A homonym ('same name') is a word that has the same pronunciation and
spelling as another word, but a different meaning.

For example, mean (an average) and mean (nasty) are homonyms. They are identical in
spelling and pronunciation, but different in meaning.

Here are some more homonyms:

- punch (a drink) and punch (a hit)
- dog (an animal) and dog (to follow closely)
- bat (an animal) and bat (baseball equipment)
A homophone ('same sound') is a word that has the same pronunciation
as another word, but a different meaning.

For example, punch and punch are homophones, but so are creak (the sound)
and creek (a tiny river). Homophones don't have to be spelled the same way.

Here are some more homophones:

- there, their and they're
- to, too, and two
- led and lead (the metal)
- weak and week

HOMONYMS
Definition:

Words that sound alike but have different meanings and/or spellings. Adjective: homonymous

Homonyms, Homophones, & Homographs (A - B)

accept - take in except - other than

ad - advertisement add - join, combine
advice - guidance advise - recommend
aid - assist, assistance aide - one who gives
assistance
ail - to suffer poor ale - a beverage
health
air - atmosphere heir - one who inherits
property
aisle - a passage I'll - contraction of I isle - island
will
allusion - an indirect illusion - false
reference appearance
altar - table in a alter - to change
church
ate - past tense of eat eight - the number 8
bail - to clear water bail - release of a bale - a large
prisoner bundle
band - a ring, band - a group banned -
something that binds prohibited
bare - uncovered bear - large animal bear - support,
yield
bases - starting points bases - four stations basis - a basic
on a baseball field principle
beat - to strike, beat - exhausted beet - a plant
overcome with red roots
blew - past tense of blue - the color
 blow
bread - baked food bred - produced
item
buy - purchase by - near, through bye - goodbye
Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs (C - E)

capital - punishable capital - chief city capitol - building where

by death legislature meets
ceiling - top of a sealing - setting,
room fastening
cell - small unit sell - to give up for
money
cent - a penny scent - an odor sent - past tense of
send
chews - gnaws with choose - to select
teeth
cite - mention, quote sight - vision site - place
coarse - rough course - path,
procedure
complement - make compliment -
complete praise
conduct - behavior conduct - to lead
council - assembly counsel - advice,
to advise
days - plural of day daze - stun
dear - loved one, deer - the animal
valued
desert - to abandon desert - dry land dessert - after-dinner
treat
die - expire dye - color
discreet - tactful discrete - distinct
dual - double duel - fight
elicit - draw out illicit - illegal
eminent - imminent - soon
distinguished
Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs (F - L)

fair - pleasing, fair - gathering, fare - fee for

impartial exhibition transportation
find - locate fined - charged (past
tense of fine)
fir - a pine tree fur - a coat or
covering
flea - insect flee - to escape
 flour - milled wheat flower - plant
for - (preposition) fore - front, forward four - the number 4
foreward - preface forward - related to
direction
grate - to irritate grate - a frame great - large,
superior
groan - moan grown - matured
hall - auditorium, haul - to carry
dormitory
hear - listen here - this place
higher - taller, hire - to employ
more advanced
hoarse - rough horse - the animal
sounding
its - (possessive it's - it is
pronoun)
jam - to force or jam - jelly jamb - part of a door
block or window
know - to no - negative
understand
lead - the metal lead - to direct led - past tense of
lead (directed)
lessen - to lesson - an example
decrease or unit of instruction
lie - to recline lie - tell an untruth lye - used in making
soap
Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs (M - R)

meat - food meet - to encounter mete - to give out

miner - a worker in a minor - someone under minor - lesser or
mine legal age smaller
missed - past tense mist - a light rain
of miss
one - the number 1 won - past tense of win
pail - a container pale - not bright or
colorful
pair - two of pare - remove, cut back pear - the fruit
something
passed - past form past - a previous time past -
of pass (preposition)
patience - patients - people under
endurance medical care
peace - absence of piece - a portion
conflict
plain - treeless land plain - simple, plane - aircraft
 unadorned
poor - lacking pore - to read carefully pour - to cause to
possessions flow
principal - main, principal - head of a principle - rule
most important school
profit - gain prophet - someone who
foretells events
raise - lift rays - beams of light raze - demolish
rap - knock rap - hip-hop wrap - cover,
conceal
role - character, part roll - to move forward roll - a portion of
bread
Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs (S - W)

sail - fabric used to sale - the act of selling

move a ship
scene - setting or a seen - past participle
part of a play of see
seam - a line formed seem - to appear
by joining two pieces
shear - to cut sheer - transparent
soar - to rise or fly sore - hurt
stair - step stare - gaze
stake - pointed piece steak - a slice of beef
of wood
stationary - unmoving stationery - writing
materials
tail - rear part tale - story
team - group teem - to be present
in large quantity
threw - past tense of through -
throw (preposition)
tide - rising and falling tied - fastened
of water
vain - conceited, vane - device for vein - a blood
fruitless showing wind direction vessel, streak, or
crack
waist - mid-section of waste - to spend,
the body wear away
way - a course or weigh - to measure
manner
weak - frail, not strong week - seven days
weather - atmospheric whether - if
conditions
whine - complain wine - an alcoholic
 drink

English Synonyms Page

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1. speak, talk, say, tell, mention, discuss, converse, comment

2. argue, debate

3. hear, listen, comprehend

4. boat, ship, sail boat, yacht, motor boat, ferry, row boat, canoe, kayak, raft

5. look, watch, see, stare, behold, view, peek, peep, peer, glare, glaze, glance, ogle,
goggle

6. school, academy, institute, college, university

7. walk, saunter, strut, stroll, hobble, limp, stumble, stagger, ambulate, shuffle

8. ghost, phantom, spirit, soul, apparition, specter, sprite, banshee, disembodied spirit,
un-embodied spirit, devil, Devil, demon, Satan, Lucifer, angel, Holy Ghost, ghoul, goblin,
zombie

9. effective & efficient

10. job, profession, vocation, occupation

11. holiday, vacation

12. electric, electrical, electronic

13. excrement, feces, stool, crap, shit, defecation, manure

14. accept, receive, take

15. include, contain, have

16. be made of, be made from, be composed of, consist of

 17. land, territory, earth, ground, soil, dirt

18. beach, shore, coast, ~side, bank

19. wide, broad, vast, huge

20. had better / have to & must / ought to & should

21. home, house, housing, abode, domicile, dwelling, dormitory, barracks

22. attire, apparel, clothes, clothing, garment, vestiture, wear

23. kinds of attire

24. faculty and staff

25. folktale, folklore, legend, myth

Antonyms

From Greek anti- (against, opposing) and onoma (name).

Antonyms are word pairs with opposite meanings. They can be words differentiated by a prefix
(original/unoriginal, respect/disrespect) or can comprise two completely different words (old/young, big/small).

Synonyms

From Greek syn- (together, same) and onoma (name)

Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. Some words have more than one group
of synonyms. For example: big large (extensive, huge, substantial), important (eminent, influential, main),
grown-up (adult, elder, grown), generous (altruistic, benevolent, gracious).

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Homonyms

From Greek homos (same) and onoma (name).

Homophones are groups of words that are pronounced the same way but which differ in meaning or spelling or
both. For example: bare/bear, to/too/two. Homophones are commonly used in puns and cryptic crossword
clues.

Homographs are groups of words that are spelt the same way but which have different meanings. They may or
may not be pronounced differently. For example: sow (female pig) and sow (plant seeds), nail (as in fingernail)
and nail (used with a hammer).
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Acronyms

From Greek akros (tip, end) and onoma (name)

An acronym is a pronounceable name made from the initial letters of a group of words. Acronyms are often
used as abbreviations and are generally written in capitals. Some acronyms have become words in their own
right and these are generally written in lower case.

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Examples of Acronyms

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

QANTAS Queensland And Northern Territory Air Service

ASAP As Soon As Possible

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Disease

laser Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

scuba Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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GIVEN WORD ANTONYM

subtract a _ _ add
front b _ _ _ back
go c _ _ _ come
up d _ _ _ down
near f _ _ far
thin f _ _ fat
lose f _ _ _ find
 empty fu _ _ full
soft h _ _ _ hard
cold h _ _ hot
first l _ _ _ last
right l _ _ _ left
follow l _ _ _ lead
unlock l _ _ _ lock
found l _ _ _ lost
hate l _ _ _ love
high l _ _ low
one m _ _ _ many
then n _ _ now
even o _ _ odd
young o _ _ old
in o _ _ out
unpack p _ _ _ pack
ripe r _ _ raw
he s _ _ she
open s _ _ _ shut
short t _ _ _ tall
untidy t _ _ _ tidy
untie t _ _ tie
false t _ _ _ true
strong --> w _ _ _ weak
dry --> w _ _ wet
lose --> w _ _ win

Antonym List

absence presence

accept refuse

accurate inaccurate
advantage disadvantage

alive dead

always never

ancient modern

answer question, query

approval disapproval

approached receded, departed

abundant scarce

admit deny

advance retreat, retire

artificial natural

arrival departure

ascend descend

attack defense

attractive repulsive

attention inattention

asleep awake

ally enemy

agree disagree

bad good

backward forward, onward

bend straighten

beautiful ugly

beginning ending

below above

bent straight
 big small, little

blunt sharp

better worse

best worst

blame praise

bless curse

bitter sweet

borrow lend

bravery cowardice

build destroy, demolish

bold timid, meek

bright dull

broad narrow

clear vague, cloudy

careful rush, careless

calm troubled

capable incapable

captivity freedom, liberty

cellar attic

cheap dear, expensive

close distant

clever stupid

cold hot

combine separate

clockwise anti-clockwise

correct incorrect
 conceal reveal

come go

common rare

comfort discomfort

courage cowardice

cruel kind

courteous discourteous, rude

cunning simple

dainty clumsy

danger safety

dark light

deep shallow

decrease increase

definite indefinite

demand supply

despair hope

disappear appear

disease health

discourage encourage

dismal cheerful

doctor patient

dry wet

dull clear, bright

dusk dawn

early late

easy difficult
 ebb flow

East West

economise waste

encourage discourage

entrance exit

employer employee

empty full

excited calm

end beginning

expand contract

expensive inexpensive, cheap

export import

exterior interior

external internal

fail succeed

false true

feeble sturdy, strong, powerful

foolish wise

fast slow

few many

famous unknown

forelegs hind legs

fat thin

find lose

first last

freedom captivity
 fold unfold

frequent seldom

forget remember

found lost

fresh stale

friend enemy

fortunate unfortunate

frank secretive

full empty

generous mean

gentle rough

gather distribute

glad sorry

gloomy cheerful

giant dwarf, pygmy

granted refused

great minute, small, little

guardian ward

guest host

guilty innocent

happy sad, miserable

hard soft

harmful harmless

hasten dawdle

hate love

healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased

 here there

heavy light

height depth

hero coward

hill valley

horizontal vertical

hinder aid, help

honest dishonest

humble proud

hunger thirst

imitation genuine

immense tiny, minute

imprison free

include exclude

increase decrease

inhabited uninhabited

inferior superior

inside outside

intelligent unintelligent, stupid

inhale exhale

interior exterior, outside

interesting uninteresting, dull

internal external

intentional accidental

join separate

junior senior
 justice injustice

king subject

knowledge ignorance

laugh cry

lawful unlawful

lazy industrious, energetic

land sea

landlord tenant

large little, small

last first

lawyer client

lecturer student

lender borrower

lengthen shorten

left right

less more

light dark, heavy

like dislike, unlike

likely unlikely

leader follower

little large, much, big

lofty lowly

long short

loud soft

loss find, win

low high
 loyal disloyal

mad sane

magnetize demagnetize

master servant

mature immature

maximum minimum

me you

merry mirthless, sad

minority majority

miser spendthrift

misunderstand understand

narrow wide

near far, distant

neat untidy

new old

night day

noisy quiet

North South

obedient disobedient

odd even

offer refuse

open shut

optimist pessimist

out in

parent child

past present
 patient impatient

peace war

permanent temporary

please displease

plentiful scarce

poetry prose

possible impossible

poverty wealth

powerful feeble, weak

polite impolite, rude

private public

prudent imprudent

pretty unsightly, ugly

pure impure

qualified unqualified

rapid slow

regularly irregularly

rich poor

right wrong, left

rigid pliable, soft

rough smooth

satisfactory unsatisfactory

security insecurity

scatter collect

serious trivial

second-hand new
 sense nonsense

shopkeeper customer

singular plural

simple complicated

slim thick, stout

solid liquid

sober drunk

speaker listener

sour sweet

sorrow joy

sow reap

stand lie

straight crooked

strong weak

success failure

sunny cloudy

take give

tall short

tame wild

teacher pupil

thick thin

tight slack, loose

top bottom

transparent opaque

truth untruth, lie

up down
 vacant occupied

valuable valueless

victory defeat

virtue vice

visible invisible

voluntary compulsory

vowel consonant

wax wane

wisdom folly

within without

Word Synonym Synonym

abandon discard vacate

accord agree grant
adversity difficulty misfortune
affluent plentiful rich
aggravate annoy infuriate
alleviate lighten mitigate
amenable agreeable favorable
anguish distress sorrow
apathetic dispirited lifeless
arrogant disdainful imperious
astonish confound overwhelm
atrocious appalling detestable
augment add enlarge
avoid ignore shun
awkward graceless inept

baffle confuse deceive

banal common plain
barren desolate sterile
berate criticize disapprove
betray deceive fool
bias inclination predisposition
bitter acrid sour
blend combine mix
bliss happiness joy
bluff boast feign
bold daring fearless
bonus award gift
 bother annoy irritate
brief concise short
brilliant clever intelligent
brisk fast swift
budget allot plan

candid honest truthful

caricature cartoon imitation
casual informal natural
category classification division
cease desist stop
chaotic disordered messy
cherish esteem love
circumvent avoid go around
commemorate celebrate honor
compensate balance recompense
competent able capable
conceive design plan
confirmation acknowledgement proof
contradict deny oppose
contribution donation grant
courteous polite well-mannered
craving desire longing
credulous confident trustful

damp moist wet

dare challenge defy
decay decline rot
decent honorable pure
dense filled packed
designate name select
detain hold keep
disclose announce reveal
dogma belief view
durable constant lasting
dwindle abate diminish

eager earnest keen

eccentric abnormal idiosyncratic
elaborate embellish enhance
emanate arise radiate
embezzle purloin steal
eminent distinguished prominent
encourage foster induce
endure last persist
essential cultured learned
essential basic necessary
estimate guess predict
evaluate appraise judge
 exhaust deplete empty
exhilarated cheerful zestful
explicit definite specific

fastidious exacting particular

federation alliance band
feeble helpless infirm
fervor intensity passion
feud argument dispute
filth dirt squalor
flatter compliment praise
fleet nimble swift
frivolous inconsequential trivial
frugal prudent saving
furious angry outraged

generous benevolent unselfish

genuine actual real
glare gleam glisten
gloomy cheerless dim
goad provoke badger
grasp grab hold
greed avarice longing
guarantee assure pledge
guile cunning deceit
gullible credulous unsuspicious

habitual accustomed regular

handicap disability disadvantage
harass annoy disturb
harmless innocuous inoffensive
harsh hard coarse
hasty abrupt hurried
haughty arrogant pretentious
humiliate humble shame
hygiene cleanliness sanitation
hypocrisy duplicity falseness

ideal goal perfection

idle lazy unoccupied
ignorant stupid unintelligent
illogical incongruent rambling
illustrious eminent famous
imitate copy reflect
immense huge mammoth
impartial candid impersonal
impatient anxious eager
implicate accuse insinuate
importune beg solicit
inadvertent accidental unintentional
indifferent apathetic disinterested
isolate detach quarantine

jargon argot slang

jovial genial merry
judge estimate referee
justification excuse reason
juvenile adolescent immature

keen clever observant

label brand classify

labor toil work
lead direct proceed
lean slim thin
leave abandon desert
liberal copious unrestrained
liberal lenient open-minded
limitation boundary constraint
lucid clear understandable
lucky auspicious fortunate

mad furious irate

manage administer control
manipulate control shape
marginal borderline limited
match agree correspond
maze complexity labyrinth
meditate ponder think
memorial commemoration monument
mention allude refer to
merge blend fuse

narrow confined restricted

nature aspect character
necessary mandatory requisite
negate contradict refute
negligent careless remiss
negotiate bargain deal
nice affable benign
noble aristocratic distinguished
novice beginner nonprofessional
nuisance annoyance offense

obedient faithful loyal

objection disapproval protest
obligatory compulsory required
observe notice watch
 obvious conspicuous definite
offend anger irritate
offer bid proposal
omen premonition sign
omit exclude remove
opportune advantageous auspicious

pacify appease placate

pain ache discomfort
paramount chief leading
partisan biased dogmatic
passive inactive lethargic
pause break cease
permeate diffuse disseminate
perpetuate endure preserve
perplex astonish baffle
persecute afflict harass

radiate effuse emanate

radical basic fundamental
range anger furor
rank arrange classify
realize accomplish fulfill
recalcitrant obstinate stubborn
receptacle container repository
reconcile atone conciliate
regret deplore grieve
reliable dependable trustworthy

sanction approval permit

scope aim extent
section division portion
settle adjust compromise
shallow superficial trivial
shrewd careful calculating
significant distinctive important
slight delicate slender
spontaneous impromptu unplanned
spread announce broadcast
stabilize balance steady

tame domesticate subdue

tangle intertwine twist
temper mood nature
tendency inclination trend
term cycle duration
thrift conservation prudence
tough aggressive unyielding
transfer convey exchange
 tumult agitation commotion
turbulent disordered violent

vain boastful inflated

valid authorized legitimate
variety assortment diversify
verify authenticate substantiate