★ Free Synonyms & Antonyms
Every word keeps company. Its Smiles mean the same thing, its Frowns mean the opposite, and learning a word means learning the words it travels with.
A word's Smiles mean the same and its Frowns mean the opposite, and Slang and the Mayor are living proof of both: they say the same thing two ways, and they sit at opposite ends of the same town.
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A very large amount of something.
In a sentenceAfter the harvest, the barn held an abundance of apples.
Smile or Frown?
Synonyms & Antonyms
Is this pair a Smile (same meaning) or a Frown (opposite meaning)?
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Two words a turn. Same meaning is a Smile, opposite is a Frown. A daily synonym and antonym game with Slang and the Mayor.
Play Smile or Frown →A word in the family isn't always a friend.
Scarcity shows up right next to abundance in a word list, so it's tempting to call them the same. They're opposites. Abundance is a lot; scarcity is barely any. That's a Frown, not a Smile.
Plenty means the same as abundance. That's the Smile. The test is direction: a Smile points the same way, a Frown points the opposite way.
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CCSS L.x.5 (word relationships and nuances, including synonyms and antonyms).
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