Understand and Use Antonyms

Which two words have opposite meanings?

• brave, tough

• cook, burn

• correct, wrong

• football, baseball

Which word is an antonym for early?

• close

• late

• night

• near

As it is used below, which word means the opposite of common?

The stamp was too common to be worth anything.

• usual

• dirty

• clean

• rare

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• Homonyms

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

Which word is an antonym of the word "key"?

• vital

• important

• crucial

• minor

What is an antonym

• A word that means the same thing a s the other word

• A complete opposite to that word

What are Antonyms?

• words with no meaning

• words with the SAME meaning

• adjectives

• Words with OPPOSITE meanings

What is an antonym?

(a)  

• words that are opposite or have totally different meanings

• words that are similar in meanings

abundant

d

adequate

scarce

abundant

meager

Select the item that means the OPPOSITE of the underlined word.

excise the passage ​ (a)  

• insert

• write

• delete

• study

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.b

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.d