Antonyms - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

Affinity : a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something.
Apathy : lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Empathy : the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Antipathy : a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
Sympathy : feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

Antonym of Affinity is Antipathy

Adulation : excessive admiration or praise.
Back-biting : malicious talk about someone who is not present.
Flattery : excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one's own interests.
Condemnation : the expression of very strong disapproval; censure.
Praise : express warm approval or admiration of.

Antonym of Adulation is Condemnation

Lamenting : express passionate grief about.
Smiling : the action or fact of smiling.
Ridiculing : subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.
Enjoying : take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion).
Rejoicing : great joy; jubilation.

Antonym of Lamenting is Rejoicing

Boisterous : noisy, energetic, and cheerful.
Quiet : making little or no noise.
Business : a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.
Noisy : making or given to making a lot of noise.
Calm : not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.

Antonym of Boisterous is Quiet

Delinquent : (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime. Reverent : feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
Uncivil : discourteous; impolite.
Quarrelsome : given to or characterized by quarrelling.
Conformist : a person who conforms to accepted behaviour or established practices.

Antonym of Delinquent is Conformist

Extraneous : irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.
Relevant : closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.
Integral : necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.
Important : of great significance or value.
Needful : necessary; requisite.

Antonym of Extraneous is Integral

Abandon : cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Like : having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.
Reject : dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.
Keep : have or retain possession of.
Help : make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering them one's services or resources.

Antonym of Abandon is Keep

Rancour : bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.
Rivalry : competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.
Competition : the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
Friendliness : the quality of being friendly; affability.
Suspicion : a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.

Antonym of Rancour is Friendliness

Scarcity : the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.
Shortage : a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.
Abundance : a very large quantity of something.
Excess : an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
Sufficiency : the condition or quality of being adequate or sufficient.

Antonym of Scarcity is Abundance

Dearth : a scarcity or lack of something.
Extravagance : lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
Scarcity : the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.
Abundance : a very large quantity of something.
Sufficiency : the condition or quality of being adequate or sufficient.

Antonym of Dearth is Abundance