Antonyms, Homonyms,

Synonyms, and Analogies

Antonyms

Words that have opposite meanings.

Match up words that mean the opposite on

the next slide.

abundant

accept

accurate

admit

antique

combine

extinguish

scarce

refuse

incorrect

deny

modern

separate

ignite

import

knowledge

merciful

prohibit

temporary

minimum

majority

export

ignorance

cruel

allow

permanent

maximum

minority

Homonyms

• Homonyms, or homophones, are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but are pronounced alike. Usually, they come in pairs. Sometimes they come in triplets.

• Examples: The most common errors to be aware of include: 1) principal, principal; 2) there, their, they’re; 3) through, threw; 4) to, too, two; 5) whether, weather; 6) which, witch; 7) its, it’s.

SynonymsSynonyms

Synonyms!Synonyms!

• A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word.

• For example, happy = sunny, smiley, or joyful.

• What would be the synonym for woman?

• Female, lady

Fun with synonymsFun with synonyms

• Sally has a good friend named Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is very nice to Sally.

• What words could we replace for the underlined words?

• Sally has a great, wonderful, nice friend named Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is very friendly, respectful to Sally.

Fun with synonymsFun with synonyms

• What type of word did we use to replace the underlined words?

SynonymsSynonyms

• Now, let’s figure out what the synonyms are for 1. crying, 2. hungry, and 3. large.

• 1. Sobbing, 2. Famished, starving, 3. Big, huge.

•AnalogiesAnalogies

Analogies are two sets of words that have something in common.

Example: grass//green & sky//????

The ‘clue’ is to discover why and how the first pair go

together.

• What makes grass and green go together?

• The color of grass is greengreen..

Sky is to ______.

•What color is the sky?

•Blue!

Milk is to glass as soup is to ____.

•bowl

Dog is to fur as bird

is to ________.

feather

Tomato is to red as lemon

is to _________.

yellow

Train is to tracks as boat is to _________.

water

Elephant is to large as mouse is to __________.

small

Winter is to cold as

summer is to ________.

hot

Fish is to swim as

rabbit is to _________.

hop

THEEND!!!