Antonyms Exercises with Answers

Answer: (b) Solicitous is someone who is anxious about a person’s welfare, concerned will be a synonym to solicitous. Indifferent is one who does not care, eager is full of desire.

Answer: (c) Rampant is widespread, something that can’t be controlled or kept in limits, furious is angry and restrained is controlled, kept in limits.

Answer: (a) Prolific means fecund or very productive, Barren means unproductive, reckless is wildly impulsive, profound is something with much depth (of meaning).

Answer: (c) Sequester is to isolate or confiscate and unify means to bring together. Slump is a sudden fall down in an economy. Isolate will be a synonym to sequester.

Answer: (c) Trite and hackneyed mean something that has been overused and thus has lost its impact, original on the other hand is the get unused new in character, being the first form of something still has its impact.

Answer: (b) Compassionate is someone who cares or is concerned about another person, unsympathetic is one who does not care or understand another’s condition or position. Indecisive means someone who cannot take decisions easily, unlawful is something against law, and Untrustworthy is someone who cannot be trusted.

Answer: (b) Restive is something very difficult to control and placid is calm and peaceful so can be controlled easily. Buoyant is very cheerful and insolent is rude.

Answer: (c) Gradual refers to a slow and steady process, Rapid means quick and swift, dynamic means changing.

Answer: (a) Rudimentary means still in the initial stage, developed will be opposite to this.

Answer: (a) Salvage is to save something from destruction, burn will be to destroy.

Answer: (d) Sedentary means something inactive or sleeping. Indolent means rude.

Answer: (a) Scrimp means to live on very little money and Lavish is to live extravagantly, i.e., spending a lot of money, parsimonious are means for making money.

Answer: (c) Delectable is delightful or pleasant, distasteful is something unpleasant, agonising is something that gives pain and anxiety, appetising means to rouse or increase appetite, laborious means something that needs or shows much effort.

Answer: (b) Grave means seriously important, and inconsequential is something of no importance at all, solemn means serious and calm and can be synonymously used with Grave, senile is to grow old and weaker.

Answer: (a) Confident is the person you tell your secrets and who keeps that secret, turncoat is a person who changes allegiance from one to another and does not remain loyal, arrogant means rude, firm means strict and strong, confederate means joined by a treaty or agreement.

Answer: (d) Amalgamate is to blend two things together, split is to break up, merge is synonymous to amalgamate, impoverish is to make poor inequality and consecrate is to devote something for religious purpose.

Answer: (a) Boisterous means with lot of energy and noise, serene is calm, tumultuous means turbulent or agitated, Brazen means shameless and opaque is an object through which one can see.

Answer: (b) Asset means a useful property of a person, liability means a debt or an obligation, credibility means believable, prosperity means progress.

Answer: (c) Smother means to suffocate or stifle, i.e., to prevent the growth of something, nurture is to help the growth, repress also means to prevent the growth and thus is a synonym to smother.

Answer: (b) Reprimand means to scold, while appreciate means to praise, praise is not the right antonym because praise is a noun while reprimand and appreciate are both verbs. Reward is to give prize.