An antonym is a word that is the opposite meaning of another. It comes from the Greek words “anti” for opposite and “onym” for name. Since language is complex, people may at times, disagree on what words are truly opposite in meaning to other words. Synonyms and Antonyms A synonym is a word that means the same, or almost the same, as another word. Synonyms and antonyms are used by teachers, students, writers, editors, poets, and songwriters. Working with Antonyms Sometimes you need to take two steps to enlarge your findings when doing antonym research: Step 1: Search for the antonyms for a word. Here is an example of antonyms for the word "good" from Rhyme Zone: bad, badly, badness, evil, evilness, ill, malevolent, malicious, poorly, wicked Step 2: Search for synonyms of the antonyms identifed in step one. If you take the first antonym listed, “bad,” and search for synonyms, you would be shown 73 synonyms for “bad.” #oceandeep
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:54:44 +0000
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