Antonyms, Synonyms, Homographs, and Homophones

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Antonyms, Synonyms, Homographs, and Homophones. ANTONYMS: A word of opposite meaning. bad = good pretty = ugly tall = short. SYNONYMS: one of two ...
Antonyms, Synonyms, Homographs, and Homophones ANTONYMS: A word of opposite meaning. bad = good

pretty = ugly

tall = short

SYNONYMS: one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses. big = gigantic, huge, enormous, titanic small = tiny, microscopic, little, miniature HOMOGRAPHS: Words that are spelled alike but have different meanings or pronunciations. read, present, minute, bow, lead, live HOMOPHONES: Words that are spelled differently but sound alike and have different meanings. pair, pear, pare

bare, bear

hair, hare