Learn About Opposites!
Hi kids! Did you know that you can make new words by adding a little bit to the beginning or end of a word? These are called prefixes (added at the start) and suffixes (added at the end). We can use them to make opposites, which are called antonyms. For example, if you add 'un' to 'happy', you get 'unhappy', which is the opposite! Let's look at some more examples below. It's like a fun word game!
List of Words and Their Opposites
- able x unable (prefix)
- complete x incomplete
- proper x improper
- guide x misguide
- regular x irregular
- ordinary x extraordinary
- social x anti-social
- legal x illegal
- encourage x discourage
- interior x exterior
- agree x disagree
- careful x careless (suffix)
- fearful x fearless
- appear x disappear
- direct x indirect
- perfect x imperfect
- septic x antiseptic
- ability x inability
- useful x useless
- important x unimportant
- call x miscall
- national x international
- correct x incorrect
- pure x impure
- obey x disobey
- understand x misunderstand
- literate x illiterate
- war x antiwar
- clear x unclear
- willing x unwilling
- pleasant x unpleasant
- romantic x unromantic
- developed x undeveloped
- equal x unequal
- definite x indefinite
- aware x unaware
- respect x disrespect
- patient x impatient
- responsible x irresponsible
- lock x unlock
- cyclone x anti-cyclone
- like x dislike
- continue x discontinue
- restless x restful
- justice x injustice
- experienced x inexperienced
- valuable x valueless
- successful x unsuccessful
- necessary x unnecessary
- maximum x minimum
- powerful x powerless
- sensitive x insensitive
- vegetarian x non-vegetarian
- reserved x unreserved
- kind x unkind
- friendly x unfriendly
- advantage x disadvantage
- connect x disconnect
- give x receive
- normal x abnormal
Difficult Words and Their Meanings
- Prefix: A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
- Suffix: A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
- Ordinary: Something that is normal or common.
- Extraordinary: Very unusual or remarkable.
- Interior: The inside part of something.
- Exterior: The outside part of something.
- Septic: Infected with bacteria.
- Antiseptic: Something that prevents infection.
- Literate: Able to read and write.
- Illiterate: Unable to read or write.
- Cyclone: A large-scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.
- Anti-cyclone: A weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise (in the northern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (in the southern hemisphere) direction.
- Valuable: Something that is worth a lot of money or is very important.
- Valueless: Having no worth.
- Maximum: The most or highest amount possible.
- Minimum: The least or smallest amount possible.
- Vegetarian: A person who does not eat meat or fish.
- Non-vegetarian: A person who eats meat or fish.