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Antonyms

6,385 Questions
All Descriptive Adjective Antonyms 2246 Action Verb Antonyms 1544 Abstract Noun Antonyms 1250 Gradable vs. Binary Opposites 325 Connotation Reversals 314 Homograph / Context-Dependent Opposites 230 Root-Based Deceptive Opposites 228 Phrasal Verb Antonyms 34

Antonyms Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

The purpose of the terror alerts is not to INCITE panic but rather to make people more cautious.

  1. Tranquilize

  2. Abet

  3. Discuss

  4. Dissuade

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. To 'dissuade' someone is to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action.

Multiple choice

Directions: Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

The operator answered the phone with a PERFUNCTORY greeting.

  1. Extra

  2. Minor

  3. Thorough

  4. Automatic

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. 'Thorough' implies complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.

Multiple choice

Directions: Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

I couldn't CONDONE what she was doing.

  1. Veto

  2. Comment

  3. Commend

  4. Deny

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. To 'commend' is to praise formally or officially whereas to 'condone' is to approve or sanction something, especially with reluctance..

Multiple choice

Directions: Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

The interviewer asked me to articulate my POTENTIAL contributions to the company.

  1. Actual

  2. Helpless

  3. Unreasonable

  4. Senseless

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. 'Actual' is something that is existing in reality and not potential, possible, simulated, or false

Multiple choice

Directions: Each of the following items consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

There is a huge DISPARITY between the crime rates in the urban cities and the crime rates in the rural areas.

  1. Stagnation

  2. Sucess

  3. Similarity

  4. Clarity

  5. .
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. 'Similarity' implies a quality or state of having something in common.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the antonym to the keyword.

FLUSTER

  1. Upset

  2. Disconcert

  3. Arrange

  4. Disobey

  5. Muster
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Fluster means to make someone agitated or confused. Arrange is an antonym because it implies putting things in order or organizing, which is the opposite of creating confusion.

Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALLIATE

  1. increase the intensity of

  2. expand the scope of

  3. enhance the appeal of

  4. extend the endurance of

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To palliate means to soothe; to soften; to assuage; to mitigate. Its opposite is to increase the intensity  of.

Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALPABLE

  1. phantomlike

  2. insecure

  3. distinctive

  4. insubordinate

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Palpable means touchable; tangible; corporeal. Its opposite is phantomlike, meaning ghostlike; spectral; unreal.