1. Becoming Familiar With
Synonyms and Antonyms
4th grade Lesson

2. What is a synonym?
Words that have the same meaning but are
completely different words.
Which example shows synonyms?
Happy/Sad Tidy/Neat
Memory/recollect
ion

3. YOU ARE CORRECT!
• Tidy/Neat are synonyms because they are
different words but have the same meaning!
• Memory and recollection are also examples of
a synonym because they mean the same
thing!

4. INCORRECT
• These two words are actually examples of an
antonym

5. What is an Antonym?
• Two words that are the complete opposite of
each other.
• Which of the following groups of words are an
example on an antonym?
Pleasant/Obnoxi
Beautiful/Pretty
ous

6. You are CORRECT!
Pleasant and obnoxious are opposite words!Can
you think of other antonyms?

7. Sorry, those are examples of a
synonym

8. Let’s try something a little bit harder…

9. What’s the difference?
• Homonyms- words that are spelled the same but
have more than one meaning.
• Homographs-words that are spelled the same,
have different meanings and are pronounced
differently.
• Homophones- words that sound the same but
have different meanings and different spellings.

10. Homonyms…
• Which of the following groups of words are
considered homonyms?
band/band
Accept/except

11. Well done! You are correct!
Can you think of any other homonyms?
What about bug and bug?
For example, My little brother really bugs me or
I hate bugs!

12. Sorry, that is incorrect
• The choice you picked Is actually an example
of a homophone.