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Antonym Examples

An antonym is the opposite of another word. Antonyms can be used to help show contrast between two things or give clues to exactly what is meant. Below are some examples of antonyms:

• Achieve – Fail

• Idle – Active

• Afraid – Confident

• Ancient – Modern

• Arrive – Depart

• Arrogant – Humble

• Ascend – Descend

• Attack – Defend

• Blunt – Sharp

• Brave – Cowardly

• Cautious – Careless

• Complex – Simple

• Compliment – Insult

• Crazy – Sane

• Crooked – Straight

• Decrease – Increase

• Demand – Supply

• Destroy – Create

• Divide – Unite

• Drunk – Sober

• Expand – Contract

• Freeze – Boil

• Full – Empty

• Generous – Stingy

• Giant – Dwarf

• Gloomy – Cheerful

• Guilty – Innocent

• Hire – Fire

• Include – Exclude

• Individual – Group

• Innocent – Guilty

• Knowledge – Ignorance

• Liquid – Solid

• Major – Minor

• Marvelous – Terrible

• Mature – Immature

• Maximum - Minimum

• Noisy – Quiet

• Optimist - Pessimist

• Ordinary – Extraordinary

• Partial – Complete

• Passive – Active

• Permanent – Unstable

• Plentiful – Sparse

• Positive – Negative

• Powerful – Weak

• Praise – Criticism

• Private – Public

• Problem – Solution

• Professional – Amateur

• Profit – Loss

• Quality – Inferiority

• Random – Specific

• Rigid – Flexible

• Segregate – Integrate

• Shame – Honor

• Simple - Complicated

• Single – Married

• Strength – Weakness

• Sunny - Cloudy

• Superb – Awful

• Temporary – Permanent

• Timid – Bold

• Toward – Away

• Tragic – Comic

• Transparent - Opaque

• Triumph – Defeat

• Union – Separation

• Unique – Common

• Upset – Relaxed

• Urge – Deter

• Vacant – Occupied

• Vague – Definite

• Vertical – Horizontal

• Villain – Hero

• Visible - Invisible

• Wax - Wane

• Wealth – Poverty

For more examples of antonyms, including graded antonyms, complementary antonyms and relational anonyms read Examples of Antonyms.

Synonym Examples

Synonyms can provide you with variety in speech or writing. There are endless examples of synonyms, making it easy for you to avoid overusing the same word and sounding repetitive. Some examples of synonyms include the following:

• Amazing, astounding, surprising, stunning

• Annihilation, destruction, carnage, extinction

• Benefit, profit, revenue, yield

• Brave, courageous, valiant, heroic

• Center, middle, inside, midpoint

• Cunning, keen, sharp, slick

• Destitute, poor, bankrupt, impoverished

• Deterioration, pollution, defilement, adulteration

• Enormous, huge, gigantic, massive

• Evil, bad, wicked, vile, malicious

• Fertile, fruitful, abundant, productive

• House, dwelling, abode, domicile

• Hungry, ravenous, empty

• Injured, damaged, wounded, harmed

• Intelligent, clever, brilliant, knowledgeable

• Look, glance, see, gaze, stare

• Loyal, faithful, ardent, devoted

• Old, elderly, aged, senior

• Organization, institution, management

• Partner, associate, colleague, companion

• Polite, courteous, cordial, gracious

• Quick, fast, swift, speedy, rapid

• Risky, dangerous, perilous, treacherous

• Sleepy, drowsy, listless, sluggish

• True, correct, right, accurate, exact

• Under, below, beneath, lower

• Vacant, empty, deserted, uninhabited

• Woman, lady, female, girl

• Wet, damp, moist, soaked, soggy

For more examples of synonyms read Examples of Synonyms.

Homonym Examples

Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings. The following are examples of homonyms:

• Address - manner of speaking to another / Address - description of a property location

• Arm – body part / Arm – division of a company

• Bat – an implement used to hit a ball / Bat – a nocturnal flying mammal

• Bear - an animal / Bear - to tolerate something

• Book - to reserve a hotel room or a table at a restaurant / Book – pages of writing bound together with a cover

• Bright – very smart or intelligent / Bright – filled with light

• Cave - to give in or surrender / Cave – a hole or gap in a rock or in earth

• Chair - an item of furniture / Chair – the distinguished head of a department

• Change - to replace the clothing you are wearing with another outfit / Change – money given back after a purchase

• Cool - chilly in temperature / Cool – someone trendy or popular

• Crane - a large type of bird / Crane – a mechanical device used for lifting

• Deck - a pack of playing cards / Deck - to punch someone and knock them out

• Dive – to go down quickly / Dive – an unpleasant place

• Duck - a type of bird / Duck – to lower your head or body in order to avoid being hit by something

• Employ - to put into use / Employ – to hire someone for a job

• Even - without any variation / Even – flat and level surface

• Express – something done fast / Express – to show your thoughts by using words

• File - to store computer data / File – to make a formal request

• Fine – being of high quality / Fine – sum of money used as a penalty

• Fire - to terminate someone from a job / Fire – a blaze

• Grave – something very serious / Grave – a place to bury the dead

• Groom - to make tidy in appearance / Groom – the man who is about to get married

• Gross - disgusting / Gross – large

• Hide – to keep something secret / Hide – the skin of an animal

• Iron – to press or smooth / Iron – silvery-gray metal

• Jam – pack tightly / Jam – spread made from fruit and sugar

• Key - scale of musical notes / Key – device used to lock or unlock a door

• Left - side of the body / Left – what is remaining of something

• Light - to set fire / Light – pale in color

• Line – a continous length / Line – verse in a poem or story

• Man - male person / Man – to brace or fortify

• Match - competitive sporting event / Match – a device used to start a fire

• Nail - the end plate of your finger or toe / Nail – spike shaped metal fastener

• Park - area used for recreation / Park – to bring a vehicle to a halt

• Pen – an instrument for writing / Pen - type of enclosure for animals

• Ring – a band on a finger / Ring – something circular in shape

• Right – correct / Right – direction opposite of left

• Rock – a genre of music / Rock – a stone

• Seal - a type of mammal / Seal – a tight closure

• Show - to display / Show – a type of broadcast

• Sign - omen / Sign – to write your signature on something to make it official

• Stalk – a part of a plant / Stalk – to follow or harass someone

• Tank - military vehicle / Tank- container used to store liquid

• Tire - rubber covering of a wheel / Tire – to become bored with or in need of rest

• Trip - to stumble / Trip - journey

• Wave - move your hand sideways to say hello / Wave – a movement in water

• Watch - wearable timepiece / Watch – to observe

• Well- in good health / Well – a source for water in the ground

• Yard – space around a house / Yard – measurement of length

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Конспект

Фразалық етістіктер предлог немесе үстеу қосылу арқылы жасалады. Мысалы: come in, take off, sit down.

Фразалық етістіктің жасалуына көмектесетін предлогтар бар. Мысалы: оut, in, on, through, up, round, by, down, along, about etc.

Кейбір фразалық етістіктер тура мағынада беріледі.

Мысалы : You may come in and sit down.

Кейбір фразалық етістіктер идиомалық мағынада қолданылады.

Мысалы : go on = continue, put on = wear, fall away = disappear.

Find out = discover get up = get out of bed

Go back = return come back = return

Send out = distribute stand up = be on your feet

Give up = stop to go ahead = be in front of others

Hold up = delay get out = leave

Look for = seek give up = stop trying to do smth

Bring in = introduce take off= leave a place

Turn up = arrive, appear look after = take care of smth

Go away = disappear to look up = find information

Make up = invent come across = meet by chance

Turn on = connect put up with = tolerate

Switch on = connect go in for = have smth as interest

Look after = care hobby and etc.

Конспект сұрақтар

1. Фразалық етістікті дұрыс аудар. Give up

2. Фразалық етістікті таңда. Жалғастыру.

3. Сөйлемді толықтыр. She … her glasses.

4. Фразалық етістіктің синонимін тап. Make up

5.   Фразалық етістігі бар сөйлемді тап.

6. Идиоманы аудар. To pull oneself together.

7. Идиоманы толықтыр. Something is on the tip of somebody’s …

8. Мақалды аяқтаңыз. All that glitters is not …

9. Мақалды аяқтаңыз. There is no smoke without ...

10. Ерекшеленген сөзді фразалық етістікпен ауыстыр. I think that you invented this story.

11. Фразалық етістікті аудар. Жазып алу.

12. Мақалды толықтыр. No … without pain.

13. Фразалық етістіктің синонимін анықта. Turn on

14. Фразалық етістіктің мағынасын тап. «шығып кету»