Antonyms - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

Prolong : extend the duration of.
Obstruct : block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.
Curtail : reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.
Hinder : make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.
Restrain : prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.

Antonym of Prolong is Curtail

Literal : taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration.
Complex : consisting of many different and connected parts.
Figurative : departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
Deep : extending far down from the top or surface.
Fictitious : not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Antonym of Literal is Figurative

Authorise : give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).
Pulverize : reduce to fine particles.
Prescribe : (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing.
Detach : disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.
Proscribe : forbid, especially by law.

Antonym of Authorise is Proscribe

Eliminated : completely remove or get rid of (something).
Added : denoting an increased or enhancing quality or factor.
Improved : having become or been made better.
Deleted : remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
Shortened : make or become shorter.

Antonym of Eliminated is Added

Compact : closely and neatly packed together; dense.
Expanded : being or having been enlarged or extended.
Enlarged : having become or been made larger.
Diffused : spread over a wide area or between a large number of people.
Broken : having been broken.

Antonym of Compact is Diffused

Quixotic : extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
Wasteful : (of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
Profitable : (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain.
Fantastic : extraordinarily good or attractive.
Practical : of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas.

Antonym of Quixotic is Practical

Undertake : commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on.
Refrain : stop oneself from doing something.
Leave : go away from.
Conceal : not allow to be seen; hide.
Retrieve : get or bring (something) back from somewhere.

Antonym of Undertake is Leave

Following : coming after or as a result of.
Receding : go or move back or further away from a previous position.
Preceding : coming before something in order, position, or time.
Proceeding : begin a course of action.
Succeeding : coming after something in time; subsequent.

Antonym of Following is Preceding

Scurrilous : making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
Decent : conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour.
Relevant : closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.
Accurate : (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact.
Useful : able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.

Antonym of Scurrilous is Decent

Irreproachable : beyond criticism; faultless.
Flawed : having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Blemished : spoil the appearance or quality of (something).
Defective : imperfect or faulty.
Deformed : (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.

Antonym of Irreproachable is Defective