Antonyms and Synonyms Exercises for Class 8 With Answers – English Grammar (Word Power)

Synonyms And Antonyms Meaning

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
abandon	desert, forsake	keep
ability	skill, aptitude incompetence,	inability
abundant	ample, sufficient scanty,	insufficient
achieve	accomplish, attain	fail
adjourn	postpone, recess	recommence, continue
amateur	beginner, novice	professional
artificial	fake, synthetic	real, authentic
barren	unproductive, infertile fertile,	productive
bashful	shy, timid outgoing, assured
beginning	start, initiate	finish, end
blend	combine, mix	separate
broad	wide, expansive	narrow
calm	quiet, tranquil, still	excited, turbulent
chubby	plump, pudgy	thin, skinny
coarse	bumpy, rough	fine, smooth
competent	capable, qualified	incompetent, inept
complex	complicated, intricate	simple
condemn	censure, denounce	approve
conflict	fight, battle, struggle	peace, harmony
congested	overcrowded, stuffed	empty, unfilled
conscientious	scrupulous, virtuous	neglectful, careless
consecutive	successive, continuous	interrupted
contaminate	pollute, defile, infect	purify
conventional	customary, traditional	unusual
courteous	polite, civil	rude
cranky	cross, irritable	good-humored
daring	bold, audacious	cautious
decay	rot, spoil bloom, flourish
delicate	fragile, dainty	sturdy
desolate	barren, forsaken	dense, verdant
despise	hate, detest, loathe	love
detach	separate, unfasten, remove	attach
difficult	hard, challenging	easy
diminish	curtail, lessen, decrease	increase, amplify
dormant	sleeping, inactive	awake, active
drastic	severe, extreme, tough	mild,moderate
dumb	stupid, dense	smart
eccentric	peculiar, unusual	normal
ecstasy	joy, rapture, elation	sadness, depression
enormous	vast, immense, colossal	tiny, microscopic
eternal	always, perpetual, everlasting	temporary, passing
exhilarated	overjoyed, ecstatic, elated	depressed, dejected, sad
extravagant	extreme, excessive, luxurious	meagre
fabulous	marvelous, amazing	unexciting
face	confront, meet	avoid
fantastic	incredible, extra-ordinary,	ordinary, normal
feasible	possible, attainable, practical	impossible
ferocious	fierce, savage, brutal,	tame, gentle
flaw	defect, fault, blemish	perfection
flimsy	frail, fragile, delicate	sturdy, strong
flippant	impudent, sassy	polite, respectful
fluid	liquid	solid
foe	enemy, adversary, opponent	friend
follow	succeed, trail lead,	precede
forbid	prohibit, ban, bar	permit
frivolous	trivial, unimportant, silly	important, serious
furious	angry, enraged, infuriated	calm, placid
gaudy	showy, garish, vulgar	tasteful, refined
gaunt	scrawny, skinny, thin	overweight, plump
generous	giving, selfless, big-hearted	selfish, stingy
gentle	tender, mild	rough, harsh
genuine	real, authentic, sincere	fake, phony
gigantic	immense, colossal, enormous	tiny, minute
gloomy	dark, dismal, depressing	cheery, bright
glorious	splendid, magnificent, superb	terrible, awful
good	nice, fine, well-behaved	bad, awful
gorgeous	ravishing, dazzling, stunning	hideous, unattractive
gratitude	thankfulness, appreciation	ungratefulness
hold	grasp, grip, retain	release, discharge
honest	truthful, sincere, frank	untruthful, dishonest
hospitable	welcoming, cordial, gracious	rude, unfriendly
hostile	antagonistic, aggressive, militant	friendly, cordial
huge	vast, immense, great	small, tiny
humble	modest, unpretentious	vain, showy
humiliate	embarrass, disgrace, dishonour	honour, dignify
immaculate	spotless, pure	dirty, filthy
immature	childish, inexperienced	mature, adult
immune	resistant, exempt	susceptible
impartial	neutral, unbiased, fair	prejudiced, partial
impatient	eager, anxious, intolerant	patient
imperfect	marred, defective, faulty	perfect, flawless
impetuous	impulsive, rash, reckless	restrained, careful
join	connect, unite, link	separate, disconnect, detach
jolly	merry, jovial, joyful	sad, grim, glum
jubilant	overjoyed, delighted, elated	dejected, depressed
keep	save, protect, guard	discard, lose
kind	considerate, tender, thoughtful	mean, cruel, inconsiderate
lenient	kind, unrestrained, easy	harsh, strict
listless	lethargic, tired	active, energetic
logical	sensible, sane, rational	illogical, unreasonable
migrant	drifting, traveling, transient	stationary, immovable
militant	combative, aggressive,warlike	peaceful
minor	lesser, inferior,	secondary major
mirth	merriment, fun, laughter	gloom, sadness
mischievous	naughty, impish	well-behaved, angelic
misfortune	hardship, catastrophe, mishap	good luck, fortune
mobile	moveable, changeable	immobile, stationary
moderate	temperate, lenient, medium	extreme, harsh
momentous	important, powerful, outstanding	unimportant, insignificant
monotonous	boring, tedious,	humdrum, interesting

One Word Substitutions

A. Pertaining to Government:

1.	To give up a throne or another office of dignity	Abdicate
2.	A diplomatic minister of the highest order sent by one country to another	Ambassador
3.	Absence of government	Anarchy
4.	A person who is out to destroy all government and order	Anarchist
5.	A person liable to be called to account for his actions	Answerable
6.	Government by one Autocracy	Despotism
7.	Government by the officials/ departments of state	Bureaucracy
8.	Government by the nobles	Aristocracy
9.	The right of self-government	Autonomy
10.	Government of the people, for the people, by the people	Democracy

B. Pertaining to Sciences and Arts:

1.	The study of all heavenly bodies and the earth in relation to them	Astronomy
2.	One who studies the sky and stars	Astronomer
3.	The study of mankind/ the science which treats of man	Anthropology
4.	The study of physical life or living matter	Biology
5.	The study of plants	Botany
6.	The art of beautiful hand-writing	Calligraphy
7.	The art of practicing by statesman and ambassadors	Diplomacy
8.	One who thinks of the welfare of women	Feminist
9.	The study of coins	Numismatics
10.	The study of birds/ the science which treats of the birds	Ornithology

C. Pertaining to the Literary Arts:

1.	A work whose writer is unknown	synonymous
2.	A record of one’s life written by himself	Autobiography
3.	The history of the life of a person	Biography
4.	A humorous play, having a happy ending	Comedy
5.	A list of books in a library	Catalog
6.	A book in which the events of each day are recorded	Diary
7.	A book containing the words of a language with their definitions, in alphabetical order	Dictionary
8.	A book of names and address	Directory
9.	A book containing information on all branches of knowledge	Encyclopedia
10.	A speech delivered without earlier preparation	Extempore

D. Pertaining to Religion:

1.	One who is not sure of the existence of God	Agnostic
2.	One who renounces his religious vows or forsakes his religious principles	Apostate
3.	One who does not believe in the existence of God	Atheist
4.	One who believes in the existence of God	Theist
5.	One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views	Bigot
6.	One who is present everywhere	Omnipresent
7.	One who knows everything	Omniscient
8.	One who is all-powerful	Omnipotent
9.	One who serves the public interest and feels very sympathetic towards human beings	Humanitarian

E. Pertaining to Death:

1.	To destroy completely	Annihilate
2.	Dead and decaying flesh especially of animals	Carrion
3.	A monument set up for persons who are buried elsewhere	Cenotaph
4.	To preserve a dead body from decaying	Embalm
5.	Words inscribed on a tomb	Epitaph
6.	An examination of a dead body	Autopsy/Postmortem
7.	An article in the newspaper about the life of the deceased	of one Obituary
8.	The property left to someone by a will	Legacy
9.	Something occurring after death	Posthumous
10.	The act of killing a human being	Homicide

F. Pertaining to Marriage/ Family/ Children:

1.	One who marries a second wife/ husband while the legal spouse is alive	Bigamist
2.	One vowed to a single or unmarried life	Celibate
3.	One engaged to be married	Fiancee
4.	Children whose parents are dead	Orphan
5.	A hater of marriage	Misogamist
6.	One has more than one wife or husband at a time	Polygamist
7.	State of growth between boyhood and youth	Adolescence
8.	Marrying more than one husband/ wife at a time	Polygamy
9.	Marrying more than one husband at a time	Polyandry
10.	Hater of mankind	Misanthrope

G. Pertaining to Profession:

1.	One who writer books	Author
2.	One who makes or sells candles	Chandler
3.	One who drives a motor car	Chauffeur
4.	One skilled in the care of hands and feet	Chiropodist
5.	One who sells sweets and pastries	Confectioner
6.	One who works in a coal mine	Collier
7.	One who attends to the teeth	Dentist
8.	One who shoes horses	Ferrier
9.	One who studies rocks and soils	Geologist
10.	One who travels from place to place selling articles	Hawker

H. Denoting Numbers

1.	A collection of poems	Anthology
2.	A number of merchant ships protected by warships	Convoy
3.	A number of stars grouped together	Constellation
4.	A number of hired applauders, i.e., persons paid to clap	Claque
5.	A number of people at church	Congregation
6.	A number of people gathered together for some common purpose	Gathering, assembly
7.	People who get together to work for some cause of common interest	Coterie
8.	A number of workmen, prisoners, thieves	Gang
9.	A number of sheep	Flock
10.	A number of ships	Fleet

I. Miscellaneous

1.	Loud enough to be heard	Audible
2.	Not distinct enough to be heard	Inaudible
3.	Fit to be eaten	Edible
4.	Unfit for human consumption	Inedible
5.	Fit to be chosen or selected	Eligible
6.	Not having the qualities of being chosen	Ineligible
7.	Writing that is easy to read	Legible
8.	Writing that is easy to decipher	Illegible
9.	Able to read	Literate
10.	Unable to read	Illiterate
11.	Born of married parents	Legitimate
12.	Born of unmarried parents	Illegitimate
13.	To send back a person to his own country	Repatriate
14.	To banish from one’s country	Expatriate
15.	To move from one country to another	Migrate
16.	One who leaves his country to settle in another	Emigrant
17.	One who comes into a foreign country to settle there	Immigrant
18.	Incapable of being redeemed from evil, i.e., beyond correction	Incorrigible
19.	That which cannot be rubbed out or blotted out	Ineffaceable
20.	That which cannot be conquered	Invincible

Idioms and Phrases

Cry for the moon	Ask for the impossible
To in a tight corner	In a very difficult situation
Cock and bull story	Made up story that one should not believe
Cat and dog life	Life full of quarrels
Like a cat on hot bricks	Very nervous
Have a card up one’s sleeve	Have a secret plan in reserve
Tell against	To prove adverse to; to go against
Run through	to squander or waste
Run over	to drive over
Alive and kicking	Active and healthy
To burn one’s fingers	To lose on account of foolish behaviour
At sea	Confused or lost
Behind one’s back	In the absence of
To call a spade a spade	To be frank and truthful
To break the ice	To break the silence
To bell the cat	To face the risk
A cold fish	A person devoid of emotions
To cross the Rubicon	To take a decisive step
Double	dealing – Deceiving
To die hard	Change with great difficulty
To eat humble pie	To apologize in a humble manner
To fight a losing battle	Struggle without hope of success
A deadlock	A position where no progress can be made
A daredevil	A person who does not care for any consequences
Once in a blue moon	Very rarely
At a premium	Difficult to get or obtain
To play the game	To act honestly
To die in harness	To work till the last day of one’s life
To plough a lonely furrow	To work without help or support
Lock, stock and barrel	Completely
The long and the short	The main point
Bring to light	Disclose
The bottom line	The final criteria
To kick one’s heels	To wait with nothing to do
Rain cats and dogs	Rain heavily
A hard nut to crack	A difficult problem
In high spirits	Very happy
Like a fish out of water	In a strange situation
Smell a rat	Suspect something foul
Read between the lines	Understand the hidden meaning
Tooth and nail	With all one’s power
Spread like wild fire	Spread quickly
Hit the nail on the head	Do or say the exact thing
Burn the midnight oil	Work or study hard
Under his thumb	Under his control
With a high hand	Oppressively
Gain ground	Become popular
By leaps and bounds	Rapidly
Make off with	to run away with
Pass away	to die
To make a pig of oneself	To overeat
Donkey’s years	A very long time
To pull one’s leg	to joke; tease someone
To keep one’s fingers crossed	To hope fervently
To call in question	To doubt
To talk through one’s hat	To talk ignorantly
To make up one’s mind	To decide
Hard and fast rules	Rigid rules
To make one’s mouth water	To stimulate one’s appetite
By word of mouth	By spoken message
To get the better of someone	To take advantage of someone
To rub shoulders	To come into close contact
A snake in the grass	A hidden enemy
Between the devil and the deep blue sea	Between two dangers
Chew the cud	To discuss matters in a ponderous manner, especially reminiscing
To kill two birds with one stone	To achieve two results with one effort
A close shave	A narrow escape
Chip off the old block	someone as good as one’s father
To pull a long face	To look sad
Above board	Open and honest
To turn a deaf ear	To ignore
To turn the tables	To reverse the situation
To call someone names	To abuse or insult someone
Above board	Honest and open
At arm’s length	To keep at a distance
At the eleventh hour	At the last moment
An apple of discord	A cause of quarrel
To burn one’s boats	Make a final decision, destroy all possible ways of going back a situation
To build castles in the air	Make imaginary schemes
A burning question	An important topic
A brown study	Daydreaming
Sitting on the fence	Hesitate between two decisions

Homophones
The words that pronounce the same, but have different meanings are called homophones.

1. Two, to, and too:

l Two: The number after one.

l To: A preposition indicating direction or purpose.

l Too: Means also or excessively.

2. Their, there, and they're:

l Their: Possessive form of they.

l There: Refers to a place or position.

l They're: Contraction of they are.

3. Write and right:

l Write: To form letters or words on a surface.

l Right: Correct or a direction opposite of left.

4. Peace and piece:

l Peace: The absence of war or conflict.

l Piece: A portion or part of something.

5. Bear and bare:

l Bear: A large mammal or to carry or endure.

l Bare: Exposed or not covered.

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