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Antonyms





                                                      Antonyms







                                                 Antonyms are words
                                                  that are opposite or
                                                   nearly opposite to
                                                     each other in
                                                       meaning.





                                                       Examples:
                                                    a) top  x bottom
                                                     b) happy x sad












               Learning objective: The students will be able to recognize opposites or
               antonyms and understand that different words have opposite meanings.


               • A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word is known as
               Antonym.


               • It comes from the Greek words “Anti” for opposites and “Onym” for name.

               • It refers to word that is completely different from another one.


               • They are also called opposites.

               • Some words may have more than one opposites or antonyms.(Ex: big –

               small,little,slight,short)
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