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Unit 3: Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms

shopkeeper customer Notes
simple complicated
slim thick, stout
sober drunk
sour sweet
sorrow joy
sow reap
success failure
sunny cloudy
tall short
tame wild
thick thin
top bottom
transparent opaque
vacant occupied
victory defeat
virtue vice
voluntary compulsory
wisdom folly

Task Replace the underlined word in the sentence with its apt antonym.
1. Sam loves to eat cold pizza.
2. We must be very careless while driving.

3. Andy impressed the interviewers with his stupid answers.
4. Mary’s act of cowardice won her many accolades.
5. Everyone praised Jennie’s ugly dress.

3.2 Synonyms

A synonym is a word that has almost the same meaning. For example, the word vary is a synonym
of the word differ.

Example:
Words Synonyms Synonyms
abandon discard vacate
accord agree grant
adversity diffi culty misfortune
affl uent plentiful rich
aggravate annoy infuriate
alleviate lighten mitigate
Contd....

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