1. FINDING
SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

2. Synonyms
and
Antonyms!

3. FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH A WORD.
LET’S TRY THE WORD
“evening”

4. WHAT DO I DO IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT
THAT WORD MEANS?
• LOOK UP the
word “evening” in
the dictionary.
• For example, the
word “evening”
means late
afternoon or early
night.

5. Now that we know what
the word “evening”
means, let’s find a
SYNONYM

6. BUT FIRST WE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT A SYNONYM IS
A SYNONYM is a
word whose
meaning is the
same or almost the
same to that of
another word in the
same language.

7. WHAT ARE SYNONYMS?
Words that have the SAME or
NEARLY THE SAME meaning

8. TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE
Can you think
of a word that
means the
same thing or
almost the
same thing as
evening?

9. TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE
If you chose the
word “night”, you
are very close, but
that’s not quite it.

10. ANOTHER RESOURCE
to find a synonyms for evening
THE THESAURUS!

11. THE THESAURUS
A thesaurus
is a book of
synonyms, w
hich makes it
a perfect
resource for
finding
synonyms!

12. THE THESAURUS
Look up the word “evening” in
your thesaurus.
What do you find?

13. WHO FOUND THE WORD:
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Dusk?
Nightfall?
Close of day?
Sundown?
Sunset?
Eve?
Twilight?

14. No, not this Twilight...

15. This twilight...

16. “EVENING” is the time of day right around
sunset, before it gets completely dark
outside.
We sometimes refer to this time as “DUSK”.

17. LET’S PRACTICE FINDING
SYNONYMS!

18. PLEASE FIND SYNONYMS FOR THE
FOLLOWING WORDS:
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Start
Rock
Pretty
Road
City
Finish
Small
Lead
You have 8 minutes.
Go!

19. EXAMPLE(S):
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large and big
tiny and small
happy and content
sad and miserable
funny and humorous
weird and strange

20. IF THEY HAVE THE SAME MEANING,
THEN WHY USE THEM?
• using the same word over and over again is
dull
• these help make the sentence more
interesting

21. WHAT IS A SYNONYM?
A SYNONYM is a word that has the same or
almost the same meaning as another
word.
EXAMPLES:
big- large
cold-chilly

22. WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR MAD?
• happy
• angry
• smart

23. THE ANSWER IS…
angry

24. WHAT ARE ANTONYMS?
Words that mean the OPPOSITE of
each other.

25. WHY USE THEM?
They help describe things better...

26. EXAMPLE(S):
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cold and hot
smart and stupid
easy and hard
fast and slow
day and night
right and left

27. EXERCISE:
WHAT IS THE ANTONYM OF:
• clean
• complicated
• ugly

28. WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
LET’S FIND OUT

29. SUN - MOON

30. HAPPY – SAD

31. LEFT - RIGHT

32. What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word that means the
opposite of another word.
EXAMPLES:
happy-sad
hot-cold

33. What is an antonym for big?
• little
• giant
• cold

34. THE ANSWER IS…
little

35. Now it’s YOUR turn!
1. Read the following sentences.
2. Replace the underlined word with either a
synonym or antonym of that word.

36. Sentence 1:
The student was silent during
class.
What is a synonym for silent?

37. Sentence 2:
The room was very bright.
What is an antonym for bright?

38. Sentence 3:
The frog jumped into the pond.
What is a synonym for jumped?

39. Sentence 4:
The towel was very wet.
What is an antonym for wet?

40. Now you know all
about synonyms and
antonyms!

41. Fun Synonym and Antonym
Games
Synonym Sam’s Lab
Antonym Jeopardy
Word Frog+

42. REFERENCES

Hazem, S. (2013). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from:
http://www.slideshare.net/heytherehowareyou/synonyms-andantonyms-24585411 (Accessed 7 March 2014).
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Jacobsen, M. (2011). Finding Synonyms. Available from:
http://www.slideshare.net/mjay921/synonyms-power-point
(Accssed 7 March 2014).
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Kmcmillen92. (2012). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from:
http://www.slideshare.net/kmcmillen92/synonym-and-antonympowerpoint (Accessed 7 March 2014).