What’s on the Synonyms and Antonyms poster
A 6-row table: Word · Synonym · Antonym.
Synonym = same meaning. Antonym = opposite meaning.
- big — huge, large — small
- happy — glad, cheerful — sad
- fast — quick, rapid — slow
- cold — chilly, freezing — hot
- hard — tough, solid — soft
- begin — start — finish
Synonyms are rarely identical. 'Huge' and 'big' do not carry quite the same weight.
Questions about the Synonyms and Antonyms poster
- What’s on the Synonyms and Antonyms poster?
- A 6-row table: Word · Synonym · Antonym. Synonym = same meaning. Antonym = opposite meaning. big — huge, large — small; happy — glad, cheerful — sad; fast — quick, rapid — slow; cold — chilly, freezing — hot; hard — tough, solid — soft; begin — start — finish. Synonyms are rarely identical. 'Huge' and 'big' do not carry quite the same weight.
- Who is the Synonyms and Antonyms poster for?
- Synonyms and Antonyms is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Synonyms and Antonyms poster?
- Ban the word 'nice' for a day and make them find synonyms instead. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Synonyms and Antonyms belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Synonyms and Antonyms?
- Apostrophes That Show Belonging, Blends & Digraphs and Common and Proper Nouns sit alongside Synonyms and Antonyms in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Apostrophes That Show BelongingBlends & DigraphsCommon and Proper Nouns
- Is the Synonyms and Antonyms poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Synonyms and Antonyms downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Synonyms and Antonyms poster print at?
- Synonyms and Antonyms is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Synonyms and Antonyms loses nothing.Printing guide
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