Synonyms Worksheet
Name: __________________________
Date: __________________________
Class: __________________________
What are Synonyms?
Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.
Example: big – large
A. Match the Synonyms
Match each word with its synonym.
- Big ______
- Happy ______
- Fast ______
- Small ______
- Begin ______
- Smart ______
- Angry ______
- Pretty ______
- Easy ______
- Quiet ______
A. Clever
B. Beautiful
C. Quick
D. Little
E. Simple
F. Silent
G. Large
H. Start
I. Mad
J. Glad
B. Choose the Correct Synonym
- A synonym for happy is:
A. Sad
B. Glad
C. Angry
Answer: ______
- A synonym for big is:
A. Large
B. Tiny
C. Short
Answer: ______
- A synonym for fast is:
A. Slow
B. Quick
C. Weak
Answer: ______
- A synonym for smart is:
A. Clever
B. Lazy
C. Noisy
Answer: ______
- A synonym for small is:
A. Huge
B. Little
C. Tall
Answer: ______
- A synonym for begin is:
A. Stop
B. Finish
C. Start
Answer: ______
- A synonym for pretty is:
A. Beautiful
B. Ugly
C. Dirty
Answer: ______
- A synonym for angry is:
A. Calm
B. Mad
C. Happy
Answer: ______
- A synonym for easy is:
A. Simple
B. Hard
C. Difficult
Answer: ______
- A synonym for quiet is:
A. Loud
B. Noisy
C. Silent
Answer: ______
C. Write a Synonym
Write a synonym for each word.
- Big = __________________
- Small = __________________
- Happy = __________________
- Sad = __________________
- Fast = __________________
- Smart = __________________
- Beautiful = __________________
- Angry = __________________
- Easy = __________________
- Start = __________________
D. Replace the Word
Replace the underlined word with a synonym.
- The big elephant walked slowly.
- Sara was happy about her gift.
- The rabbit was very fast.
- We will begin the lesson now.
- The test was easy.
- The boy is smart.
- The garden is beautiful.
- The baby is small.
- The teacher was angry.
- Please be quiet.
E. Challenge
Write a synonym for each word.
- Brave = __________________
- Cold = __________________
- Funny = __________________
- Clean = __________________
- Rich = __________________
- Kind = __________________
- Old = __________________
- Strong = __________________
- Difficult = __________________
- Finish = __________________
Answer Key
A:
- G
- J
- C
- D
- H
- A
- I
- B
- E
- F
B:
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. C
C: Sample answers:
21. Large
22. Little
23. Glad
24. Unhappy
25. Quick
26. Clever
27. Pretty
28. Mad
29. Simple
30. Begin
D: Answers may vary. Sample answers:
31. The large elephant walked slowly.
32. Sara was glad about her gift.
33. The rabbit was very quick.
34. We will start the lesson now.
35. The test was simple.
36. The boy is clever.
37. The garden is pretty.
38. The baby is little.
39. The teacher was mad.
40. Please be silent.
E: Answers may vary.
41. Courageous
42. Chilly
43. Humorous
44. Neat
45. Wealthy
46. Caring
47. Ancient
48. Powerful
49. Hard
50. End