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Synonyms & Antonyms : Primary





Primary



( Adjective )


More than five hundred students are studying in this primary school.

Synonyms:

Best

Capital

Cardinal

Chief

Dominant

Elementary

First

Greatest

Highest

Leading

Main

Paramount

Prime

Principal

Top

Essential

Radical

Contextual Examples:

The best thing about the party was the food.

Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.

The caste stands in a dominant position above the town.

The questions were so elementary that he easily passed the test.

She won first prize in the competition.

Mount Everest is the highest peak of the world.

Oxygen is essential for every living being.



Antonyms:

Inferior

Lesser

Lowest

Subordinate

Supplementary

Unimportant

Ensuring

Following

Later

Secondary

Subsequent

Succeeding

Contextual Examples:

The new term of employment may be inferior to those they previously enjoyed.

He is stubborn, and so is she but to a lesser degree.

The reservoir was very low after the long drought.

He is in a subordinate position to the head of the department.

His first and subsequent visits were kept secret.




The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.

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