FINDING SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

Synonymsand

Antonyms!

FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH A WORD.

LET’S TRY THE WORD

“evening”

WHAT DO I DO IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS?

• LOOK UP the word “evening” in the dictionary.

• For example, the word “evening” means late afternoon or early night.

Now that we know what the word

“evening” means, let’s find a SYNONYM

BUT FIRST WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT A SYNONYM IS

A SYNONYM is a word whose meaning is the same or almost the same to that of another word in the same language.

WHAT ARE SYNONYMS?

Words that have the SAME or NEARLY THE SAME meaning

Can you think of a word that means the same thing or almost the same thing as evening?

TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE

If you chose the word “night”, you are very close, but that’s not quite it.

TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE

ANOTHER RESOURCEto find a synonyms for evening

THE THESAURUS!

A thesaurus is a book of synonyms, which makes it a perfect resource for finding synonyms!

THE THESAURUS

Look up the word “evening” in your

thesaurus.

What do you find?

THE THESAURUS

WHO FOUND THE WORD:

Dusk? Nightfall? Close of day? Sundown? Sunset? Eve? Twilight?

No, not this Twilight...

This twilight...

“EVENING” is the time of day right around sunset, before it gets completely dark outside.

We sometimes refer to this time as “DUSK”.

LET’S PRACTICE FINDING SYNONYMS!

PLEASE FIND SYNONYMS FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS:

• Start• Rock• Pretty• Road• City• Finish• Small• Lead

You have 8 minutes.

Go!

EXAMPLE(S):

• large and big • tiny and small• happy and content • sad and miserable• funny and humorous • weird and strange

IF THEY HAVE THE SAME MEANING, THEN WHY USE THEM?

• using the same word over and over again is dull

• these help make the sentence more interesting

WHAT IS A SYNONYM?

A SYNONYM is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning

as another word.

EXAMPLES:big- large

cold-chilly

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR MAD?

• happy• angry

• smart

THE ANSWER IS…

angry

WHAT ARE ANTONYMS?

Words that mean the OPPOSITE of each other.

WHY USE THEM?

They help describe things better...

EXAMPLE(S):

• cold and hot• smart and stupid• easy and hard• fast and slow• day and night• right and left

EXERCISE:

WHAT IS THE ANTONYM OF:

•clean•complicated•ugly

WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

LET’S FIND OUT

SUN - MOON

HAPPY – SAD

LEFT - RIGHT

What is an antonym?

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.

EXAMPLES: happy-sad

hot-cold

What is an antonym for big?

• little• giant• cold

THE ANSWER IS…

little

Now it’s YOUR turn!

1. Read the following sentences.

2. Replace the underlined word with either a synonym or antonym of that

word.

Sentence 1:

The student was silent during class.

What is a synonym for silent?

Sentence 2:

The room was very bright.

What is an antonym for bright?

Sentence 3:

The frog jumped into the pond.

What is a synonym for jumped?

Sentence 4:

The towel was very wet.

What is an antonym for wet?

Now you know all about synonyms and antonyms!

Fun Synonym and Antonym Games

Synonym Sam’s Lab

Antonym Jeopardy

Word Frog+

REFERENCES

Hazem, S. (2013). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/heytherehowareyou/synonyms-and-antonyms-24585411 (Accessed 7 March 2014).

Jacobsen, M. (2011). Finding Synonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/mjay921/synonyms-power-point (Accssed 7 March 2014).

Kmcmillen92. (2012). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/kmcmillen92/synonym-and-antonym-powerpoint (Accessed 7 March 2014).