Can you remember what we mean by an antonym? An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning to another word, for example, the words hot and cold are antonyms of each other.
Many words have an obvious antonym, such as near and far, or over and under.
However, there are quite a lot of words that have more than one antonym. Sometimes this is because the same word can mean different things.
For example:
right (meaning 'correct') and wrong
right (as in 'right-hand side') and left
Sometimes there can be more than one antonym for a word with a single meaning. The antonym of open can be either shut or closed.
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Can you remember what we mean by an antonym? An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning to another word, for example, the words hot and cold are antonyms of each other.
Many words have an obvious antonym, such as near and far, or over and under.
However, there are quite a lot of words that have more than one antonym. Sometimes this is because the same word can mean different things.
For example:
right (meaning 'correct') and wrong
right (as in 'right-hand side') and left
Sometimes there can be more than one antonym for a word with a single meaning. The antonym of open can be either shut or closed.
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