Synonyms & Antonyms

The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in the written or in the oral from.

Synonym
Synonym is nothing but the similar meaning of a particular word or its semantic relation. So , it is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language.

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noun "student" and "pupil" "petty crime" and "misdemeanor" verb "buy" and "purchase" adjective "sick" and "ill" adverb "quickly" and "speedily" preposition "on" and "upon"

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about Abstract to accomplish to accumulate Beneficiant beneficial Bid approximately summary to achieve to build up generous favourable tender

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Blameless Business busy (telephone) to condemn confederate to confine conflict Deliberately delicate innocent commerce, trade engaged to sentence accomplice to restrict clash intentionally fragile

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fright Fly Funny Get collect Go Good dread, terror, soar, hover, flit, humorous,amusing, acquire, obtain gather, glean, recede, depart, excellent, fine, superior

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Hide Hurry Hurt Moody Neat Newconceal, cover rush, run, damage, harm, temperamental, clean, orderly, fresh, unique,

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TroubleTrueUgly Unhappy distress, anguish, accurate, right, hideous, frightful, miserable,

Antonyms
Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language

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Abundant Joy accept knowledge accidental Lazy accurate literal admit majority scarce grief refuse ignorance intentional industrious incorrect figurative deny minority

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Advance maximum antique merciful attack Conquer perfect contract retreat minimum modern cruel defend fail faulty expand

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permit dangerous positive depart private Dwarf shrink Evil slavery forbid safe negative arrive public giant expand good freedom

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Genuine triumph generous unbreakable grin unique fake fail stingy fragile frown ordinary

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Idle vacant Imaginary vanish import victory busy occupied real appear export defeat

Homonyms
1. One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).

Homonyms
Homonyms generally include two categories of word types: homophones and homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Homophones are words that sound the same when you pronounce them, but have different meanings.

 Homonym - two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify. Homograph - two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) Homophone - two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

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accept/except to buy/by/ capital/capitol to eminent/imminent fair/fare to lie/lye meat/meet/mete to role/roll scene/seen to whine/wine

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accept - take in except - other than ad - advertisement add - join, combine advice - guidance advise - recommend aid - assist, assistance aide - one who gives assistance ail - to suffer poor health ale - a beverage

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air - atmosphere heir - one who inherits property aisle - a passage I'll - contraction of I will allusion - an indirect reference illusion - false appearance altar - table in a church alter - to change ate - past tense of eat eight - the number 8

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bail - to clear water bail - release of a prisoner bale - a large bundle band - a ring, something that binds band - a group banned - prohibited

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bare - uncovered bear - large animal bear - support, yield bases - starting points bases - four stations on a baseball field basis - a basic principle

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beat - to strike, overcome beat - exhausted beet - a plant with red roots blew - past tense of blow blue - the color bread - baked food item bred - produced buy - purchase by - near, through bye - goodbye

An idiom
An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.

 Moreover, an idiom is an expression, word, or phrase whose sense means something different from what the words literally imply. When a speaker uses an idiom, the listener might mistake its actual meaning, if he or she has not heard this figure of speech before Idioms usually do not translate well; in some cases, when an idiom is translated into another language, either its meaning is changed or it is meaningless.

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Piece of Cake- Something easy. Ex. - Making Rajma is a piece of cake for me. 2. At Stake - At risk. Ex. - Raju has made Satyam's business and repo at stake. 3. Beyond Question -Undoubtedly. Ex. - Chitvish's recipes are beyond question, easy and tasty to make. 4. Paint the town Red- enjoy nightlife with drinks. Ex.- Yesterday, all the boys of my class painted the town red.

5. Dress to kill - Wear one's finest clothes. Ex. - You are dressed to kill today, your fiancee will marry you today itself.

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All shook up extremely excited, worried, or disturbed about something He's all shook up about his mother's illness. All the way (with go) do something completely He's going all the way for the scholarship. Dash it all! expression used when very upset Dash it all! I didn't do very well.

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Free for all crazy, non-restricted activity (generally a fight) It was a free for all! Everyone went crazy! Have it all together be very poised, successful He has it all together. The house, the wife, the kids, the great job - everything! Hold all the aces have all the advantages Unfortunately, Tom holds all the aces right now. You'll have to do what he says.

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Know all the angles be very clever about something salesman knew all the angles, and by the end of our talk I had bought a new computer! Once and for all finally (usually putting an end to something) I'm going to stop his behavior once and for all! Pull out all the stops make every possible effort to do something He pulled out all the stops on the exam.

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1.One who is out to subvert a government Anarchist 2.One who is recovering from illness Convalescent 3. One who is all powerful Omnipotent 4. One who is present everywhere Omnipresent 5. One who knows everything Omniscient

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6. One who is easily deceived Gullible 7. One who does not make mistakes Infallible 8. One who can do anything for money Mercenary

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9.One who has no money Pauper 10. One who changes sides Turncoat 11. One who works for free Volunteer

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11. One who works for free Volunteer 12. One who loves books Bibliophile 13. One who can speak two languages Bilingual 14. One who loves mankind Philanthropist 15. One who hates mankind Misanthrope 16. One who looks on the bright side of things Optimist

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17. One who looks on the dark side of things Pessimist 18. One who doubts the existence of god Agnostic 19. One who pretends to be what he is not Hypocrite 20. One incapable of being tired Indefatigable

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21. One who helps others Good Samaritan 22. One who copies from other writers Plagiarist 23. One who hates women Misogynist 24. One who knows many languages Polyglot

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25. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures Epicure 26. One who thinks only of himself Egoist 27. One who thinks only of welfare of women