English Language

Synonyms and Antonyms

385 Questions

Build a strong English vocabulary by practicing these essential synonyms and antonyms questions. Each item provides a keyword where you must find the meaning or opposite. This section is highly critical for cracking English language papers in SSC, banking, and railway exams.

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Synonyms and Antonyms Questions

Multiple choice
  1. foreigners

  2. similar

  3. disconnection

  4. enemy

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

Kindred means related by blood, family, or similar in nature/character. "Similar" is the closest match among the options - it captures the idea of likeness and affinity that kindred implies. Foreigners, disconnection, and enemy are all opposites or unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice
  1. disregard

  2. interfere

  3. overlook

  4. free

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

To meddle means to interfere in something without being invited or without having the right to do so. "Interfere" is the exact synonym here. Disregard and overlook both mean ignoring something (the opposite), while free is unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. philosophical

  2. original

  3. headless

  4. commonplace

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

Banal means lacking originality, boring, or repeated too often - essentially something ordinary and uninteresting. "Commonplace" perfectly captures this meaning. Philosophical implies depth, original is the opposite, and headless is literal/unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. generous

  2. kindly

  3. ruinous

  4. severity

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

Baneful means causing harm, distress, or ruin - destructive or poisonous in effect. "Ruinous" directly captures this sense of causing destruction. Generous and kindly are opposites, while severity is a related concept but not the meaning itself.

Multiple choice
  1. urge

  2. to give examples

  3. waste

  4. condemn

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

To exhort means to strongly encourage, urge, or advise someone to do something. "Urge" is the most direct synonym. Giving examples is not related, waste is unrelated, and condemn means to express strong disapproval (opposite direction).

Multiple choice
  1. conditionality

  2. independence

  3. originality

  4. autonomous

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

Relativity means the state of being dependent on something else for existence or value - existing in relation to something else. "Conditionality" captures this concept of being contingent or dependent on conditions. Independence and autonomous are opposites, while originality is unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. overlook

  2. introduce

  3. notice

  4. insert

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

In this context, "skip" means to omit, leave out, or fail to notice/attend to something. "Overlook" captures this sense of missing something or failing to give it attention. Introduce and insert are opposites (adding rather than skipping), while notice is the opposite action.

Multiple choice
  1. shameless

  2. modest

  3. pleasant

  4. melodramatic

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

Brazen means bold, shameless, or without any attempt to hide something - often used for behavior that is audacious or impudent. "Shameless" is the exact synonym. Modest is the opposite, pleasant is unrelated, and melodramatic is about exaggerated emotion (not the same as boldness).

Multiple choice
  1. greediness

  2. satisfaction

  3. sadness

  4. beatitude

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

Gluttony means excessive eating and drinking, or more broadly, greediness and overindulgence. "Greediness" captures this sense of wanting more than needed. Satisfaction, sadness, and beatitude are unrelated or opposite concepts.