Synonyms: Meaning and examples of synonyms

The acronym Wi-Fi stands for _____.

• A. Wireless Files

• B. Wireless Flips

• C. Wireless Fidelity

• D. Wireless Freedom

• E. Wireless and Free

• F. Wireless Fun

The words massacre and bloodbath are _____.

• A. Antonyms

• B. Synonyms

• C. Homonyms

• D. Homophones

• E. Heteronyms

• F. Heterophone

_____ are words or a phrases or expressions that have an exact or closely related meaning with another word or phrase or expression

• A. Antonyms

• B. Synonyms

• C. Homonyms

• D. Homophones

• E. Heteronyms

• F. Heterophones

A figure of speech that shows a balanced expression written in a reverse order is the _____.

• A. Oxymoron

• B. Hyperbole

• C. Onomatopoeia

• D. Synecdoche

• E. Anaphora

• F. Chiasmus

The little giant is here

The figure of speech used in the above instance is _____.

• A. Oxymoron

• B. Hyperbole

• C. Onomatopoeia

• D. Synecdoche

• E. Anaphora

• F. Chiasmus

_____ is a figure of speech that uses two main words 'as and 'like' as a source of comparison between two things that normally do not have anything in common.

• A. Metaphor

• B. Irony

• C. Simile

• D. Oxymoron

• E. Personification

• F. Hyperbole

Tell whoever may ask that I am not interested

Whoever as used in the above sentence is a _____.

• A. Simple relative pronoun

• B. Compound relative pronoun

• C. Complex relative pronoun

• D. Complicated relative pronoun

• E. Universal relative pronoun

• F. Base relative pronoun

Which of the following statement is incorrect concerning relative pronouns?

• A. They refer to a noun that had been previously mentioned

• B. They introduce relative clauses

• C. They can function as an object in a sentence

• D. They can function as a partial noun in a sentence

• E. They can function as a possessive pronoun in a sentence

• F. They can function as a subject in a sentence

The furry tufts of hair inside a cat's ear are called ear furnishings

There are only four words in the English language that end in 'dous'. These are:

• Tremendous 

• Horrendous

• Stupendous

• Hazardous

The only English word that ends with the letters 'mt' is dreamt and its derivatives; that is: undreamt, daydreamt, and redreamt

Los Angeles is America's second largest city. It's original name is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula'. In English language, this means: 'Town of our Lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciúncula'

If you close your eyes in a completely dark room. When you open them, the color you see is called eigengrau, which means intrinsic gray

I.e is an abbreviation for id est which means 'that is,'

E.g is an abbreviation for exempli gratia which means 'for the sake of example,'

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Bacteria is a plural word. Its singular is Bacterium

That smell that comes after a rain has a name. It's called petrichor

The word 'orange' does not rhyme with any other word in the dictionary

Homonyms are words with the same spellings, same sounds but different meanings.

Below are some sentences containing homonyms with their respective meanings:

• Keen

We have a keen match against Ronaldo’s team and Messi seems to be keen.

Keen: An involvement of people competing very hard for something.

Keen: Very interested in something.

• Tear

Regardless the tear you shed, Mr. Frank will still tear your examination scripts.

Tear: The drop of liquid that comes out from a person's eye when they cry.

Tear: To damage something by pulling or cutting it apart.

• Jot

There isn't any jot of truth in what he said, so I didn't jot anything down.

Jot: A very small amount of something

Jot: To write something quickly

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Certain words in English language appear to be similar but are quite different in meaning.

The table below shows some examples:

Synonyms should not be confused with the above instance. They are different words with similar meanings.

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Some words always exist in the plural form. Examples of such words are:

• Scissors
• Shears
• Alms
• News
• Trousers

Possessive adjective tells you the owner of a thing. For instance;

This is his car.

'His' in the above statement is describing him as the owner of the car; and this makes 'his' a possessive adjective.

That is your bag.

'Your' is a possessive adjective in the above statement.

Note: An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Possessive pronouns show possession.

A possessive pronoun will always correspond with each of the personal pronouns. For Instance:

I own the book. ('I' is a personal pronoun)

The book is mine. ('Mine' is the possessive pronoun)

She owns a car. ('She' is a personal pronoun)

The car is hers. ('Hers' is the possessive pronoun)