Englishbix brings you the examples of synonyms for elementary grade kids. Parents and teachers can use these words to help their children learn similar meaning words.
What are Synonyms?
Synonym is a term, for any word or phrase,(in any language) which has the same meaning, or may differ slightly. For instance run is a word and sprint, race, dart, are it’s synonyms and vice versa. To understand the difference between synonym and homonym, is important.
Example– Expire(lapse; die) is a homonym and the two ‘expire’ will have different synonyms.
Examples of Synonyms for Kids
Following is a list of examples of synonyms for elementary grade kids to practice.
Word | Synonyms |
Come | advance, approach, arrive, near, reach |
Go | depart, disappear, fade, move, proceed, recede, travel |
Run | dash, escape, elope, flee, hasten, hurry, race, rush, speed, sprint |
Hurry | rush, run, speed, race, hasten, urge, accelerate, bustle |
Hide | conceal, cover, mask, cloak, camouflage, screen, shroud, veil |
Move | plod, go, creep, crawl, inch, poke, drag, toddle, shuffle |
Do | execute, enact, carry out, finish, conclude, effect, accomplish, achieve |
Have | hold, possess, own, contain, acquire, gain, maintain, believe, bear, beget, occupy, absorb, fill, enjoy |
Use | employ, utilize, exhaust, spend, expend, consume, exercise |
Get | acquire, obtain, secure, procure, gain, fetch, find, score, accumulate, win, earn, rep |
Keep | hold, retain, withhold, preserve, maintain, sustain, support |
Put | place, set, attach, establish, assign, keep, save, set aside, effect, achieve, do, build |
Take | hold, catch, seize, grasp, win, capture, acquire, pick, choose, select |
Make | create, originate, invent, beget, form, construct, design, fabricate |
Break | fracture, rupture, shatter, smash, wreck, crash, demolish, atomize |
Destroy | ruin, demolish, raze, waste, kill, slay, end, extinguish |
Table 2
Kill | slay, execute, assassinate, murder, destroy, cancel, abolish |
Cut | gash, slash, prick, nick, sever, slice, carve, cleave |
Fall | drop, descend, plunge, topple, tumble |
Fly | soar, hover, flit, wing, flee, waft, glide, coast, skim, sail, cruise |
Decide | determine, settle, choose, resolve |
Help | aid, assist, support, encourage, back, wait on |
Mark | label, tag, price, ticket, impress, effect, trace |
Plan | plot, scheme, design, draw, map, diagram, procedure |
Show | display, exhibit, present, note, point to, indicate, explain |
Begin | start, open, launch, initiate, commence, inaugurate, originate |
End | stop, finish, terminate, conclude, close, halt |
Big | large, enormous, huge, immense, gigantic, vast, colossal |
Little | small, tiny, diminutive, shrimp, runt, miniature |
New | fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent |
Old | feeble, frail, ancient, weak, aged, used, worn |
False | wrong, fake, fraudulent, counterfeit, spurious |
True | right, accurate, proper, precise, exact, valid |
Fast | quick, rapid, speedy, fleet, hasty, snappy |
What are Antonyms?
Antonym is a term, for any word or phrase,(in any language) which has the opposite meaning to that of a word. For instance hard is a word and simple, easy, are it’s antonyms and vice versa.
Examples of Antonyms for Kids
Following is a list of examples of antonyms for elementary grade kids to learn.
Table – 1
happy – sad | hard – easy |
hard – soft | harmful – harmless |
harsh – mild | hate – love |
haves – have-not | healthy – diseased, ill, sick |
heaven – hell | heavy – light |
Table – 2
help – hinder | here – there |
hero – coward | high – low |
hill – valley | hinder – help |
honest – dishonest | horizontal – vertical |
hot – cold | humble – proud |
ill – healthy, well | immense – tiny, small |
Table – 3
important – trivial | in – out |
include – exclude | increase – decrease |
inferior – superior | inhale – exhale |
inner – outer | inside – outside |
intelligent – stupid, unintelligent | intentional – accidental |
Table – 4
interesting – boring | interesting – dull, uninteresting |
interior – exterior | internal – external |
join – separate | junior-senior |
just – unjust | justice – injustice |
knowledge – ignorance | known – unknown |
Table – 5
landlord-tenant | large – small |
last – first | laugh – cry |
lawful – unlawful, illegal | lazy – industrious |
leader-follower | left – right |
lend -borrow | lengthen – shorten |
Table – 6
lenient – strict | less – more |
light – dark, heavy | like – dislike, hate |
likely – unlikely | limited – boundless |
little – big | long – short |
loose – tight | lose – find |
Table – 7
loss – win | loud – quiet |
love – hate | low – high |
loyal – disloyal | mad – happy, sane |
major – minor | many – few |
mature – immature | maximum – minimum |
melt-freeze | merry – sad |
messy – neat | minor – major |
minority-majority | miser – spendthrift |
misunderstand – understand | more – less |
nadir – zenith | narrow – wide |
near – far, distant | neat – messy, untidy |
never – always | new – old |
night – day | nighttime – daytime |
no – yes | noisy – quiet |
none – some | north-south |
obedient – disobedient | odd-even |
offer – refuse | old – new |
old – young | on – off |
open – closed, shut | opposite- same, similar |
optimist – pessimist | out – in |
outer – inner | over – under |
past – present | patient – impatient |
peace – war | permanent – temporary |
plentiful – scarce | plural – singular |
poetry – prose | polite – rude, impolite |
possible – impossible | poverty – wealth, riches |
powerful – weak | pretty – ugly |
private – public | prudent – imprudent |
pure – impure, contaminated | push-pull |
qualified – unqualified | question – answer |
raise – lower | rapid – slow |
rare – common | real – fake |
regular – irregular | rich – poor |
right – left, wrong | upside-down |
rough – smooth | rude – courteous |
safe – unsafe | same – opposite |
satisfactory – unsatisfactory | scatter – collect |
second-hand – new | secure – insecure |
separate – join, together | serious – trivial |
shallow – deep | shrink – grow |
sick – healthy, ill | simple – complex, hard |
singular – plural | sink – float |
slim – fat, thick | slow – fast |
sober – drunk | soft – hard |
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Benefits of Learning Antonyms and Synonyms
Above all, Knowing words in synonymy plays an important role in creative writing . Repeating one word will make your piece, dull and uninteresting and correct use of synonyms will transform your writing from repetitive to imaginative giving it life and creating a vivid picture in reader’s head. It also enhances the essence of your insight in a better way.
Furthermore, thesaurus is a book of synonyms in which you can find and learn different synonyms, but to pull a thesaurus right here, right now, will not be appreciated by many of you. So to begin with we have fished some twenty words out of English because none of us wants to leave puzzled. However, to wrap up, let’s go on a “verbivore” diet!
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