ANTONYMS

Practice Exercise 1

1. Believer Appreciate

2. Belittle Genuine

3. Rigid Aggressive

4. Submissive Entry

5. Partial Descent

6. Phoney Flexible

7. Expulsion Oriental

8. Occident Liability

9. Asset Pagan

10. Ascent Complete

Practice Exercise 1

11. Antagonistic Negligible

12. Puzzle Modern

13. Appreciable Delay

14. Applaud Confuse

15. Deadly Friendly

16. Hasten Interest

17. Antiquated Appreciate

18. Apathy Criticize

19. Belittle Safe

20. Clarify Solution

ANTONYMS BY ADDING PREFIXES

Antonyms can be formed by adding negative prefixes like a, an, anti,

counter, de, dis, il, im, in, ir, mis, mal, non, un, to the word.

Prefix Meaning Example

A

An

Ant

Counter

De

Dis

Il

Im

In

Ir

Mis

Mal

Non

in

Without/ on

Without

Against

Contrary/ in opposition to

Not

Not

Not

Not

Not

Not

Bad/ unfavourably

Bad/badly

Not

Not/ reverse action

Amoral/ afoot

Anarchy

Antibiotic

Counterpart

Debug

Disarm

Illogical

Immodest

Inefficient

Irrelevant

Misuse

malformation

Non-interference

Unreal/unlock

I. Change the following words into their opposites by adding suitable prefixes: Ability – inability like -- dislike

Violence – non-violence regular – irregular

Fortune – misfortune moral -- immoral

Legal -- illegal suitable – unsuitable

Exercise: Give antonyms of the following words by adding suitable negative prefixes:

Approve generate management

Normal reversible intelligible

Function infect repairable

Forestation consistent locate

Legible nutrition renewable

Conventional mobile permeable

Sufficient handle appropriate

Sophisticated relenting nutrition

Social purity centralize

Conductor sensitive possible

Balance advantage logical

Pollution relevant rational