Synonyms
Synonyms are the words that have the same or very similar meaning. For example: the synonym of the word ‘beautiful’ is ‘lovely’. For further understanding of students, a list of synonyms is given in the following chart.
Antonyms
Antonyms are the words that have opposite meaning. For example: the antonym of the word ‘sad’ is ‘happy’. A list of antonyms is given below for your comprehension.
How to Learn and Remember Synonyms and Antonyms ?
It is observed that majority of the students find difficulty in learning and memorizing new words. Poor vocabulary leads to poor reading; which results in shallow study. Some valuable tips and tricks are given below to help the students in building their vocabulary.
Reading, Reading and Reading
Reading is the most important activity for learning new words. When you develop reading habit then definitely you search the difficult words while reading. As a result, you learn and grasp new things and words.
Writing Regularly
Writing is crucial for students to implement the learnt words. It provides platform for using vocabulary. Students may write a story, an essay or any other piece of writing for using newly known words.
Ask Questions
When students read or write,they may face new difficult words. In such situation, they should ask questions from their teachers to know meanings of difficult words and terms.
Use Difficult Words in Sentences
Making sentences is a good method to use new learnt words. When you make sentence of a word then you don’t forget it. It is a useful technique for kids to memorize new words.
Learn New Words Each Day
If you want to improve your vocabulary then you should learn new words every day. Use a note book and write all new words that you learnt each day.
Analyze and Know Word’s Root
You may learn new words by understanding root words. For example, ‘auto’ is a root word. It means ‘same’ or ‘self”. Its related words are ‘autograph’ and ‘autobiography’. The concept of root words for making new words can be learnt with the help of following chart.
