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► Find more formal synonyms for the given words.
1. NECESSARY I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
2. ESPECIALLY IN P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. CHANGE (N) A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. IMPORTANT S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. CORRECTION A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. SUGGEST P_ _ _ _ _ _
7. EXPLAIN E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. ADDITIONAL S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. OUTSIDE E_ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. INSIDE I_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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► Find more formal synonyms for the given words.
1. NECESSARY I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
2. ESPECIALLY IN P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. CHANGE (N) A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. IMPORTANT S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. CORRECTION A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. SUGGEST P_ _ _ _ _ _
7. EXPLAIN E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. ADDITIONAL S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. OUTSIDE E_ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. INSIDE I_ _ _ _ _ _ _
► Find more formal synonyms for the given words. KEY
1. NECESSARY Indispensabl E
2. ESPECIALLY IN Particular
3. CHANGE (N) Alteration
4. IMPORTANT Significant
5. CORRECTION A mendment
6. SUGGEST Propose
7. EXPLAIN Elucidate
8. ADDITIONAL Supplemental
9. OUTSIDE Exterior
10. INSIDE Interior
Synonyms and Antonyms
Find a synonym and an antonym in the following lists to match the words in the first column.
Word Synonym (Similar meaning) Antonym (Opposite meaning)
ancient
beautiful
certain
difficult
energy
fear
grand
happiness
important
join
keen
liberty
mischief
necessary
offer
polite
question
regular
shelter
Synonyms: needful eager terror sure courteous fasten lovely freedom power
steady enquiry old delight hard harm splendid protect give serious
Antonyms: unnecessary good answer easy sadness rude slavery uncertain
separate expose uninterested refuse irregular ugly humble modern
unimportant bravery weakness
Answer Key:
Word Synonym (Similar meaning) Antonym (Opposite meaning)
ancient old modern
beautiful lovely ugly
certain sure uncertain
difficult hard easy
energy power weakness
fear terror bravery
grand splendid humble
happiness delight sadness
important serious unimportant
join fasten unfasten
keen eager uninterested
liberty freedom slavery
mischief harm good
necessary needful unnecessary
offer give refuse
polite courteous rude
question enquiry answer
regular steady irregular
shelter protect expose
• Circle the synonym of each given word.
quiet noisy silent loud dirty
award hotel hospital great prize
walk stroll jump legs fly
mend break repair car spanner
cheerful sad clown jolly curtain
truthful lie naughty honest mum
cry weep laugh eye tears
sick well spots ill hospital
intelligent school teacher stupid clever
sleep awake doze night pyjamas
hungry food dinner full peckish
monster beast scared film dark
lazy work idle bed school
pull push shove tug rope
rude child please polite cheeky
Name: Date:
Synonyms
Identify the Synonym
Name:__________________________________
Synonyms are two words that mean the same or nearly the same as
each other. Choose the correct synonym for each underlined word below by circling your choice.
1. The girls were surprised when they saw the beautiful flowers the delivery boy brought.
A) frustrating B) pretty C) fast D) orange
2. Watching the movie with all of my friends from school was fun, but it was too long.
A) sticky B) lengthy C) silly D) short
3. Jennifer’s roasted hot dog was ruined when it fell into the fire.
A) flames B) water C) ground D) refrigerator
4. The librarian asked the children to be silent because everyone was trying to study.
A) noisy B) boring C) quiet D) early
5. My grandpa made the new dollhouse, complete with miniature furniture for every room.
A) pretty B) tiny C) fresh D) tall
6. The boys on the soccer team were hungry after the game, so they went to eat pizza.
A) bumpy B) happy C) starving D) full
7. Mrs. Blackwell assigned a difficult project for the students to complete during their vacation.
A) free B) easy C) caring D) hard
8. The college professor was wise and gave the new students a lot of good advice.
A) intelligent B) funny C) ordinary D) ugly
9. Samantha’s great-grandpa is very old.
A) friendly B) crazy C) charming D) elderly
10. During physical education, the children had to jump as far as they could.
A) juggle B) leap C) swim D) run
Synonyms are two words that mean the same or nearly the same as
each other. Choose the correct synonym for each underlined word below by circling your choice.
1. The girls were surprised when they saw the beautiful flowers the delivery boy brought.
A) frustrating B) pretty C) fast D) orange
2. Watching the movie with all of my friends from school was fun, but it was too long.
A) sticky B) lengthy C) silly D) short
3. Jennifer’s roasted hot dog was ruined when it fell into the fire.
A) flames B) water C) ground D) refrigerator
4. The librarian asked the children to be silent because everyone was trying to study.
A) noisy B) boring C) quiet D) early
5. My grandpa made the new dollhouse, complete with miniature furniture for every room.
A) pretty B) tiny C) fresh D) tall
6. The boys on the soccer team were hungry after the game, so they went to eat pizza.
A) bumpy B) happy C) starving D) full
7. Mrs. Blackwell assigned a difficult project for the students to complete during their vacation.
A) free B) easy C) caring D) hard
8. The college professor was wise and gave the new students a lot of good advice.
A) intelligent B) funny C) ordinary D) ugly
9. Samantha’s great-grandpa is very old.
A) friendly B) crazy C) charming D) elderly
10. During physical education, the children had to jump as far as they could.
A) juggle B) leap C) swim D) run
Identify the Synonym
Name:__________________________________Key
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Words that have the same meaning are called synonyms.
Examples: little — smallwoman — ladyover — above
● For each word in Column A, find a synonym in Column B. Write the number of thesynonym next to the word.
A B
frighten 1. earth
harm 2. scare
grateful 3. peacefulness
make 4. build
loyal 5. great
world 6. piece
powerful 7. damage
blackness 8. correct
wonderful 9. strong
fearless 10. thankful
right 11. gladness
calmness 12. darkness
useless 13. worthless
part 14. faithful
happiness 15. brave
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Words that have the opposite meaning are called antonyms.
Examples: little — bigwoman — manover — under
● For each word in Column A, find an antonym in Column B. Write the number of theantonym next to the word in Column A.
A B
day 1. release
damage 2. night
beautiful 3. thanklessness
harmful 4. ugly
helpful 5. fearlessly
happiness 6. loosen
speechless 7. fix
capture 8. harmless
difference 9. talkative
thankfulness 10. sadness
cheap 11. lightness
tighten 12. expensive
neatness 13. helpless
fearfully 14. sameness
heaviness 15. messiness
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Same or Different Meanings
Directions: Fast and quick have the same meaning. Circle the pairs below that also havethe same meaning.
Set I Set I I
1. fast—quick 1. thick—wide
2. bright—shiny 2. save—keep
3. bell—clock 3. buy—sell
4. sad—unhappy 4. hill—mountain
5. hide—seek 5. car—automobile
6. hungry—thirsty 6. rush—hurry
7. object—thing 7. shop—store
8. look at—watch 8. draw—paint
9. dog—cat 9. happy—glad
10. want—desire 10. sky—cloud
Directions: Can you think of another word with the same meaning? The first one is donefor you.
aboveover ___________________________________________________________
build __________________________________________________________
angry __________________________________________________________
hold ___________________________________________________________
clean __________________________________________________________
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Same or Different Meanings
Directions: The first word in each problem is underlined. Circle another word in the rowthat has the same meaning as the underlined word.
1. grab throw snatch run close hang
2. fight enemy battle sword talk soldier
3. mend fix buy find live travel
4. knock hit window door plant lock
5. harm illness accident injury help charm
6. bun fruit soup roll cookie beverage
7. help cheer fool aid hurt tease
8. push crush pat shove bring lift
9. haul drag store clean heap distant
10. scream music yell grip bind
11. dunk slide trap reach dip weigh
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Opposites
The opposite of empty is full; the opposite of black is white.
Opposites are as different as they can be.
Empty is the least amount, full is the most amount; black is the darkest color, white is the lightest color.
Directions: Give an opposite for each of the following words.
1. up__________________________
3. yes _________________________
5. thin ________________________
7. dark ________________________
9. high ________________________
11. bumpy______________________
13. day _________________________
15. cold ________________________
17. light ________________________
19. little ________________________
2. stop ________________________
4. wet_________________________
6. work________________________
8. loud ________________________
10. cry _________________________
12. wild ________________________
14. break _______________________
16. soft _________________________
18. new ________________________
20. loose _______________________
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Opposites
Directions: In each row there is one word that is the opposite of the underlined word.Find this opposite. Circle it.
1. end result way start edge item
2. yell whisper drink weep laugh sigh
3. mean crazy angry quiet kind lazy
4. sharp pretty nimble boring dull brisk
5. melt pester listen cover guard freeze
6. near long far happy tricky alone
7. tall wide deep thin short long
8. lost soft found long eager wish
9. slow quiet near glad quick sleepy
10. deep useful high narrow shallow thick
11. easy hard bright short big early
12. skinny long hungry fat afraid tall
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Synonyms
A word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another is called asynonym. Under and beneath are synonyms, for example.
Directions: Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms, and some are not. Label the pairs
of synonyms S and the pairs that are not synonyms NS.
______ 1. roof—ceiling ______ 11. key—clasp
______ 2. honest—truthful ______ 12. late—last
______ 3. box—crate ______ 13. idea—thought
______ 4. when—then ______ 14. level—flat
______ 5. worker—servant ______ 15. jump—past
______ 6. destroy—ruin ______ 16. pair—couple
______ 7. bulge—burst ______ 17. heavy—full
______ 8. blank—empty ______ 18. make—create
______ 9. fang—tooth ______ 19. wide—deep
______ 10. stroke—push ______ 20. continue—stop
Synonyms and Antonyms
A word opposite in meaning to another word is called an antonym. Tiny andgigantic are antonyms, for example.
Directions: Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms and some are antonyms. Label the
synonyms S and the antonyms A.
______ 1. hate—love
______ 2. frightened—scared
______ 3. squirm—wiggle
______ 4. energetic—tired
______ 5. timid—bold
______ 6. win—lose
______ 7. silly—foolish
______ 8. kind—cruel
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Synonyms and Antonyms
Directions: Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms, some are antonyms, and some do
not have either type of relationship. Label the synonyms S, the antonyms A, and the
other pairs O.
______ 1. shake—quiver ______ 6. task—job
______ 2. pair—bunch ______ 7. never—always
______ 3. talk—discuss ______ 8. follow—wait
______ 4. wood—plant ______ 9. stove—fire
______ 5. slow—fast ______ 10. hurry—rush
1. Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms and some are not. Put a starby each pair of synonyms.
weak—strong silence—stillness start—beginning
pants—trousers prank—trick extra—enough
boring—dull fast—rapid drag—pull
end—middle make—create clever—rapid
2. Circle any word in the following list that is a synonym for argue. You may need tolook up words you do not know in a dictionary.
quarrel ask select
disapprove begin reason
dislike haggle persuade
wrangle command indicate
squabble bicker dispute
explain introduce talk
3. Underline any word in the following list that is a synonym for fearful.
proud scary horrible
sturdy energetic eager
terrible frightening tense
honest strong famous
4. Give at least two synonyms for each word. Then check with the dictionary or withyour classmates to see how many synonyms you can find for each word.
tired __________________________________________________________________
boring ________________________________________________________________
lift ____________________________________________________________________
sad ___________________________________________________________________
Name _________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Synonyms and Antonyms
Directions: Give a synonym and an antonym for each word. The first one is done for you.
1. small S: _______________________ A: ________________little large
2. bright S: _______________________ A: ________________
3. heavy S: _______________________ A: ________________
4. new S: _______________________ A: ________________
5. give S: _______________________ A: ________________
6. start S: _______________________ A: ________________
7. usual S: _______________________ A: ________________
8. sloppy S: _______________________ A: ________________
9. nervous S: _______________________ A: ________________
10. happy S: _______________________ A: ________________
Directions: Give a synonym for each word. Give two synonyms if you can.
11. raw ___________________________________________________________________
12. twirl __________________________________________________________________
13. pleasure _______________________________________________________________
14. main _________________________________________________________________
15. argument _____________________________________________________________
16. method _______________________________________________________________
17. simple ________________________________________________________________
18. honesty _______________________________________________________________
19. occupation ____________________________________________________________
20. calm __________________________________________________________________
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
I Match the adjectives on the left with their synonyms on the right.
1 hard a) smart
2 dull b) scared
3 afraid c) little
4 intelligent d) timid
5 wealthy e) outgoing
6 cheerful f) awful
7 sociable g) difficult
8 shy h) boring
9 terrible i) merry
10 small j) rich
II Match the verbs on the left with their synonyms on the right.
1 cry a) reply
2 clean b) giggle
3 ask c) believe
4 answer d) sob
5 shout e) neglect
6 laugh f) reject
7 refuse g) question
8 begin h) scrub
9 forget i) scream
10 trust j) start
III Circle the Odd – One – Out
1 crazy mad happy absurd
2 cross fine angry annoyed
3 sad cheerful merry happy
4 clean neat wide tidy
5 stare gaze look neglect
6 shy modest honest timid
7 pink nice fine good
8 upset amused sad miserable
9 refuse deny agree decline
10 loud idle noisy thundering
IV Find the synonyms of these words in the word search Example: intelligent – smart ( find smart) intelligent a lot of hard small afraid sad shy cheerful sociable crazy loud
D T A D E R A C S
L I T T L E V T O
U M F E R Y M A D
P I L F N O I S Y
S D S A I T B O R
E T M I K C L Z R
T H A X I O U W E
Q Y R O C P T L M
O U T G O I N G T
V Choose the correct synonyms of the underlined words.
1 Mr. Black has a huge house. a) great b) tiny c) large d) very large
2 This car is very expensive. a) cheap b) inexpensive c) overpriced
3 John never comes on time. a) does b) arrives c) goes d) sees
4 My elder sister is very pretty. a) attractive b) ugly c) plain d) unattractive
5 Sam is terrible at French. a) awful b) good c) great d) fantastic
6 Jill is a fast runner. a) slow b) quick c) calm d) inactive
KEY I 1g 2 h 3 b 4 a 5 j 6 i 7 e 8 d 9 f 10 c II 1 d 2 h 3 g 4 a 5 i 6 b 7 f 8 j 9 e 10 III 1 happy 2 fine 3 sad 4 wide 5 neglect 6 honest 7 pink 8 amused 9 agree 10 idle IV Synonyms: smart many difficult little scared upset timid merry outgoing mad noisy
D T D E R A C S
L I T T L E
U M F Y M A D
P I F N O I S Y
S D S A I R
E M C R
T A U E
R L M
O U T G O I N G T V 1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 b