Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning:
- Words such as happy, cheerful and merry.
- Words such as sad, miserable and heartbroken.
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings:
- Words such as angry and peaceful.
- Words such as funny and serious.
To find synonyms and antonyms for words, you can use a thesaurus. A thesaurus is a book which lists groups of words with a similar meaning (synonyms), and also their opposite (antonyms).
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