Antonyms

An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning to another word.

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light is an antonym of dark
off is an antonym of on
Words can have more than one antonym.
How many antonyms for big can you think of? Write them here.

Draw lines to join the words that are antonyms.

back last few empty

first front full over
give take under many

Now write the antonyms of these words.

Choose from the words in the box.

cold in
come up
down hot
good go
out pull
new day
night old
push bad
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Antonyms ✩
a An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning to another word.
light is an antonym of dark

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off is an antonym of on
Words can have more than one antonym.
How many antonyms for big can you think of? Write them here.

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back last few empty
first front full over
give take under many

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Now write the antonyms of these words.
Choose from the words in the box.
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down
go
up
up
hot
s good bad go
l out in pull
new old day
n night

push
day
pull
old
bad
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word with a meaning that is opposite to another word. A word may have more
than one antonym, for example, warm and hot are both antonyms of cold.

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