Common adjectives and their opposites

             Common adjectives and their opposites

Common adjectives and their opposites

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are describing words.

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Adjectives are words we use to describe the noun. Simple words like "warm" and "fat" are adjectivescommonly used in writing. One can make adverbs from some adjectives by adding the suffix ly.

Example: 1. take the adjective "beautiful," the adverb is beautifully.

                 2. 1. take the adjective "Perfect," the adverb is perfectly.

Adjectives  Examples: Good, bad, young and old are all adjectives.

We can use adjectives to describe people:

§  A young girl

  She is young.

§  An old woman

 She is old.

We can use adjectives to describe places:

§  A big city

 New York is a big city.

§  A beautiful country

 Austria is a beautiful Country.

Here are some adjectives and their opposites:

Adjective opposites
adjective / opposite	example
cold ⇄ hot	Ice-cream is cold. Soup is hot.
big ⇄ small	Elephants are big animals. Cats are small animals.
old ⇄ young	Tom is 80. He's old. Sara is 18. She's young.
old ⇄ new	Rome is an old city. My car is new.
lovely ⇄ horrible	Mmm . . . this food is lovely!  Yuk! My food is horrible!
dry ⇄ wet	The Sahara Desert is dry. Rain forests are wet.
fast ⇄ slow	Tigers are fast animals. Tortoises are slow animals.

Here are 12  more common English adjectives for beginners:

Adjective opposites
adjective / opposite	example
happy ⇄ sad	He always smiles because he is happy. He never smiles: he’s sad (unhappy).
healthy ⇄ unhealthy	Fruit and vegetables are healthy. Smoking is unhealthy.
rich ⇄ poor	Bob is a millionaire. He's rich. Tom has no money. He's poor.
long ⇄ short	The street has 300 houses: it’s long. The meeting was short – only ten minutes.
expensive ⇄ cheap	This wine is expensive – $40 a bottle! This wine is cheap – only $4 a bottle.
heavy ⇄ light	20 kg? This bag is heavy! 2 kg? This bag is light!