Antonyms - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

Tragedy : an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
Humorous : causing laughter and amusement; comic.
Comedy : professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
Romance : a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
Calamity : an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

Antonym of Tragedy is Comedy

Haggard : looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.
Healthy : in a good physical or mental condition; in good health.
Animated : full of life or excitement; lively.
Robust : strong and healthy; vigorous.
Hearty : loudly vigorous and cheerful.

Antonym of Haggard is Animated

Debacle : a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
Regain : obtain possession or use of (something, typically a quality or ability) again after losing it.
Progress : forward or onward movement towards a destination.
Rise : move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.
Movement : an act of moving.

Antonym of Debacle is Rise

Sublime : of very great excellence or beauty.
Strange : unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.
Low : ranking below other people or things in importance or class.
Ridiculous : deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
Mean : intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Antonym of Sublime is Low

Doleful : expressing sorrow; mournful.
Poor : lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
Happy : feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
Rich : having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy.
Steady : firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving.

Antonym of Doleful is Happy

Diverge : (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction.
Repulse : drive back (an attack or attacker) by force.
Converge : (of lines) tend to meet at a point.
Resurgence : an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.
Constrict : make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

Antonym of Diverge is Converge

Former : denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things.
Subsequent : coming after something in time; following.
Later : comparative of late.
Resultant : occurring or produced as a result of something.
Latter : denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things.

Antonym of Former is Latter

Degenerate : decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.
Create : bring (something) into existence.
Progress : development towards an improved or more advanced condition.
Restore : bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation).
Reproduce : produce a copy of.

Antonym of Degenerate is Progress

Wreck : something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed.
Make : form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.
Build : construct (something) by putting parts or material together.
Restore : bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation).
Relieve : cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.

Antonym of Wreck is Restore

Profane : not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.
Arrogant : having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
Benign : gentle and kind.
Respectful : feeling or showing deference and respect.
Pious : devoutly religious.

Antonym of Profane is Pious