1. Synonyms Antonyms Review

2. SynonymsSame How to remember which one is which Antonyms Opposite

5.  Synonyms are words that have the same or very similar meaning.  words of the same language  belong to the same part of speech  possess one or more identical or nearly identical denotational meanings  interchangeable, at least in some contexts

6.  Absolute  Ideographic  stylistic

7.  absolute – words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics

8.  ideographic (denotational)– words conveying the same concept but differing in shades of meaning  e.g. to look – to see – to gaze – to glare

9.  stylistic – words differing in stylistic characteristics  e.g. father – Dad - Daddy

10.  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.

11.  Graded antonyms  Relational antonyms  Complimentary antonyms

12.  Graded antonyms are word pairs that have variations between the two opposites. For example, big and little are antonyms but there are a lot of changes before you get to the opposite meaning. Like this:  Big, huge, bulky, full-size, slight, petite, little

13.  Relational antonyms are pairs that have a relationship. Each word wouldn’t exist without the other. There can’t be a parent without a child or it’s either all or nothing. Other examples include:  Open – close  Husband – wife

14.  Complimentary antonyms are word pairs that have no degree of meaning. There are only two opposite possibilities.  Dead- alive  True – false  Male- female

15. We are singing a new song in chorus. The choir traveled to Europe to sing at the opera house. S ynonyms

16. We used flames to toast marshmallows. The blaze was so hot we could not get close to put it out. S ynonyms

17. The generous man gave his money away to the poor. At the beginning, Scrooge was miserly. A ntonyms

18. The affluent king gave to the needy. The impoverished people had no homes. A ntonyms