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Class Number: 38 English II Elegado, Angel Nica T. BSIT-1: Synonym

This document defines and provides examples of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and heteronyms. Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning, like "begin", "start", and "commence". Antonyms are words with opposite meanings, such as "achieve" and "fail". Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings like "bark" (sound) and "bark" (tree). Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations and meanings, like "row" (propel with oars) and "row" (argument). The document aims to distinguish between these similar yet distinct linguistic concepts through examples.

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Class Number: 38 English II Elegado, Angel Nica T. BSIT-1: Synonym

This document defines and provides examples of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and heteronyms. Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning, like "begin", "start", and "commence". Antonyms are words with opposite meanings, such as "achieve" and "fail". Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings like "bark" (sound) and "bark" (tree). Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations and meanings, like "row" (propel with oars) and "row" (argument). The document aims to distinguish between these similar yet distinct linguistic concepts through examples.

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Class Number: 38

Elegado, Angel Nica T.

English II
BSIT-1

SYNONYM
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word
or phrase in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous,
and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. An example of synonyms are the
words begin, start, and commence. Words can be synonymous when meant in certain
senses, even if they are not synonymous in all of their senses.

Example:

Beautiful: Attractive, Pretty, Lovely, Stunning


Fair: Just, Objective, Impartial, Unbiased
Funny: Humorous, Comical, Hilarious, Hysterical
Happy: Content, Joyful, Mirthful, Upbeat
Hardworking: Diligent, Determined, Industrious, Enterprising
Honest: Honorable, Fair, Sincere, Trustworthy

ANTONYM
An antonym is a word that is the opposite meaning of another. It comes from the Greek
words anti for opposite and onym for name. Since language is complex, people may
at times, disagree on what words are truly opposite in meaning to other words.
Example:
Achieve Fail
Idle Active
Afraid Confident
Ancient Modern
Arrive Depart
Arrogant Humble
Blunt Sharp
Brave Cowardly
On Off

HOMONYM

Over Under
Play Work
Polite Rude
Poor Rich
Present Absent
Top - Bottom
Quick Slow
Raise Lower
Right Wrong

Homonyms (also called homophones) are words that sound like one another but have
different meanings. Some homonyms are spelled the same, like bark (the sound a dog
makes) and bark (the outer layer of a tree trunk). Some homonyms are spelled
differently, like one (the number) and won (having been victorious).
Example:
Aid - Aide
Affect - Effect
Aisle - Ill - Isle
Aloud - Allowed
Altar - Alter

Base - Bass
Beech - Beach
Birth - Berth
Bore - Boar
Byte - Bite

HETERONYM
A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that is written identically but
has a different pronunciation and meaning. In other words, they are homographs that
are not homophones. Thus, row (propel with oars) and row (argument) are heteronyms,
but mean (intend) and mean (average) are not (since they are pronounced the same).
Example:
They were too close to the door
to close it.
I did not object to the object.
When shot at, the dove dove into
the bushes.

We must polish the Polish furniture.

How can I intimate this to my


most intimate friend?

He thought it was time


to present the present.

After a number of injections my


jaw got number.

References:
Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-ofsynonyms.html#vhhH3pkmGPpFfFJU.99
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-antonyms.html#pR72hkU1DfXYCT3W.99
Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-antonyms-synonyms-andhomonyms.html#vYWUzzjQ3Dxgkegv.99

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