Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

1. Synonyms, Antonyms, and
Homonyms

2. What is a synonym?
• A synonym is a word that has the same
or nearly the same meaning as another
word.
• Example:
– Cold and Chilly
• Sara’s feet were cold, so she put on her slippers.
• Sara’s feet were chilly, so she put on her slippers.

3. What is an antonym?
• An antonym is a word opposite in
meaning to another word.
• Example:
– Short and Tall
• The person on the left is short.
• The person on the right is tall.

4. What is a homonym?
• A homonym is a word that is the same as
another in sound and/or spelling but
different in meaning.
• Example:
– Ant and Aunt
• An ant is an insect.
• An aunt is the sister of your mother or father.
• You are absolutely right.
• He knows his right.
• You write a poem.

5. Let’s Review!
• Nice and kind are:
– synonyms
• Happy and sad are:
– antonyms
• Bye and buy are:
– homonyms
• Quiet and loud are:
– antonyms
• Two and to are:
– homonyms
• Fast and quick are:
– synonyms

6. Game Time!
• Please get into teams of 4-5 students.
• In your teams, you will choose a point value and a
category for a question that you will answer
regarding synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms.
• If your team gets the answer right, your team
receives the selected amount of points.
• If your team gets the answer wrong, another team
can answer the question to earn those points.

7. Game Time!
Ready?

8. Game Time!
Let’s go!

9. Jeopardy
Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms
100 100 100
200 200 200
300 300 300
400 400 400
500 500 500

10. Synonyms-100 Points
• What is a synonym for the word “nice”?

11. Synonyms-100 Points
• The synonym for the word “nice” is
“pleasant, delightful, attractive,
charming”.

12. Synonyms-200 Points
• What is a synonym for the word
“cheerful”?

13. Synonyms-200 Points
• The synonym for the word “cheerful” is
“joyful, happy”.

14. Synonyms-300 Points
• What is a synonym for the word “walk”?

15. Synonyms-300 Points
• The synonym for the word “walk” is
“tread”.

16. Synonyms-400 Points
• What is a synonym for the word
“impolite”?

17. Synonyms-400 Points
• The synonym for the word “impolite” is
“rude”.

18. Synonyms-500 Points
• What is a synonym for the word “honest”?

19. Synonyms-500 Points
• The synonym for the word “honest” is
“truthful, virtuous”.

20. Antonyms-100 Points
• What is an antonym for the word “up”?

21. Antonyms-100 Points
• The antonym for the word “up” is
“decline”.

22. Antonyms-200 Points
• What is an antonym for the word “dark”?

23. Antonyms-200 Points
• The antonym for the word “dark” is
“bright”.

24. Antonyms-300 Points
• What is an antonym for the word “right”?

25. Antonyms-300 Points
• The antonym for the word “right” is
“wrong”.

26. Antonyms-400 Points
• What is an antonym for the word “old”?

27. Antonyms-400 Points
• The antonym for the word “old” is “new”.

28. Antonyms-500 Points
• What is an antonym for the word
“talkative”?

29. Antonyms-500 Points
• The antonym for the word “talkative” is
“quiet”.

30. Homonyms-100 Points
• Describe the definitions of the words “I”
and “eye”.

31. Homonyms-200 Points
• Describe the definitions of the words
“meet” and “meat”.

32. Homonyms-300 Points
• Describe the definitions of the words
“mail” and “male”.

33. Homonyms-400 Points
• Describe the definitions of the words
“hair” and “hare”.