Antonyms - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

Shame : a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.
Glorify : praise and worship (God).
Exalt : think or speak very highly of (someone or something).
Dignify : make (something) seem worthy and impressive.
Enshrine : place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.

Antonym of Shame is Exalt

Tentative : not certain or fixed; provisional.
Immediate : occurring or done at once; instant.
Urgent : requiring immediate action or attention.
Developed : advanced or elaborated to a specified degree.
Final : allowing no further doubt or dispute.

Antonym of Tentative is Final

Inundate : flood.
Dehydrate : cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.
Dislocated : disturb the normal position of (a bone in a joint).
Devastated : destroy or ruin.
Disfigured : spoil the appearance of.

Antonym of Inundate is Dehydrate

Adherent : someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.
Rival : a person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.
Alien : belonging to a foreign country.
Detractor : a person who disparages someone or something; critic.
Enemy : a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Antonym of Adherent is Detractor

Pertinent : relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
Indifferent : having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
Detached : separate or disconnected.
Determined : having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
Irrelevant : not connected with or relevant to something.

Antonym of Pertinent is Irrelevant

Capitulate : cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield.
Conquer : overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.
Venerate : regard with great respect; revere.
Destroy : end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
Surrender : stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.

Antonym of Capitulate is Conquer

Magnify : make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.
Induce : succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
Diminish : make or become less.
Destroy : end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
Shrink : become or make smaller in size or amount.

Antonym of Magnify is Diminish

Vanquish : defeat thoroughly.
Surrender : give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand.
Debase : reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.
Destroy : end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
Ruin : the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Antonym of Vanquish is Surrender

Humble : having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.
Dominant : having power and influence over others.
Proud : feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
Despotic : of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.
Pompous : affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Antonym of Humble is Proud

Execrable : extremely bad or unpleasant.
Importable : to bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
Acceptable : able to be agreed on; suitable.
Desirable : wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action.
Irritable : having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

Antonym of Execrable is Desirable