Antonyms for Class 2

Antonyms and Its Types - Class 2

What is an Antonym?

Importance of Antonyms

Examples of Antonyms

Common Mistakes With Antonyms

FAQs

What is an Antonym?

Look at the following sentences:

The pair of words like hot : cold and fast : slow are opposite in meaning therefore they are antonyms.

Words with the opposite meaning are called antonyms. When we replace antonyms in a sentence, the meaning of the sentence changes and becomes the opposite.

Importance of Antonyms

Antonyms help us to learn new words and increase our vocabulary.
By learning opposite words, we can communicate effectively.
Antonyms help us to write better and convey our ideas with the right words.

Examples of Antonyms

Here are some examples of opposite words for class 2:

Words	Antonyms
action	rest, do nothing, laziness
adult	baby, infant, children
against	for, in favour of, in support of
alive	dead, lifeless, dying
allow	deny, ban, refuse
annoyed	satisfied, pleased, happy
answer	question, query, quiz
asleep	awake, sleepless, aware
avoid	seek, welcome, accept
before	after, later, next
begin	end, finish, complete
belief	disbelief, doubt, unbelief
blur	sharpness, clarity, clearness
bored	interested, excited, entertained
catch	miss, drop, let go
cloudy	clear, sunny, sunshine
correct	wrong, incorrect, mistake
costly	cheap, affordable, inexpensive
defeat	win, success, achieve
different	same, alike, similar
dumb	smart, intelligent, brainy
enough	limited, short, lack
follow	lead, guide, command
fresh	spoilt, rotten, old
grow	shrink, decrease, decline
hardworking	lazy, idle, inactive
moist	dry, dried, thirsty
nothing	all, everything, something
paid	unpaid, free, donated

Read About: Synonym for Class 2

Common Mistakes With Antonyms

Students may use synonyms instead of antonyms which leads to confusion for the readers or listeners. For example, Using 'hot' and 'warm' as antonyms when the correct antonym for 'hot' is 'cold'.
Some students do not pay attention to spelling and misspell antonyms. It is important to learn spellings when learning new antonyms.

FAQs

1. What are antonyms for class 2?

Answer: Two words with opposite meanings are called antonyms. For example, fat-thin, good-bad, fun-boring, etc.

2. What are the antonyms for 'happy'?

Answer: Antonyms for the word happy are unhappy, sad and unfortunate. For example, Shelly is feeling "happy" and Shelly is feeling "unhappy".

3. What are some examples of antonyms?

Answer: Examples of antonyms are:

day - night
fast - slow
white - black
soft - hard
easy - difficult

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