Wednesday, February 1, 2012

What are antonyms i need to know what the definition is for my sons homework i need help?

i need to know what the definition for antonyms is for my sons homework i need helpWhat are antonyms i need to know what the definition is for my sons homework i need help?
As the others answered, antonyms are words with opposite meaning.

Synonyms, in contrast, are words with same meaning.

A thesaurus will give you both the synonyms and the antonyms for a word you enter:

http://thesaurus.com

If you enter love into the above thesaurus, you will get:

SYNONYMS FOR "LOVE":

adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*, cherishing, crush, delight, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, fidelity, flame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, lust, mad for, partiality, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot, taste, tenderness, weakness, worship, yearning, zeal

ANTONYMS FOR "LOVE":

dislike, hate, hatredWhat are antonyms i need to know what the definition is for my sons homework i need help?
As said before me, a word that means the opposite of another wordWhat are antonyms i need to know what the definition is for my sons homework i need help?
Antonyms are words with the opposite meaning to another word.

For example the antonym of up is down.

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