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The Crossword Club: Synonym and Antonym Clues

Grade 4 synonyms and antonyms practice: solve crossword-style clues and pick the synonym that fits each sentence best.

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Aligned toL.4.5.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students find synonyms and antonyms of grade-level words from clues.
Students choose between synonyms with similar but not identical meanings.
Students explain the difference between a synonym clue and an antonym clue.

How to use

Review the words synonym and antonym first. Students can work with a partner on the clue sections, then finish the last section on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.5.c

Show understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

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The Crossword Club: Synonym and Antonym Clues

Solve puzzle clues that ask for words with similar or opposite meanings.

Synonym clues

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Use the clues to find each answer.

Every Thursday, the Crossword Club meets in Room 12. This week, Priya, Theo, Marisol and Kwame are writing clues for a new puzzle. Some clues ask for a synonym. Other clues ask for an antonym, a word with the opposite meaning.

Priya wrote four synonym clues. Write the answer to each clue. Use each word from the word bank once.

Word bank: courageous · simple · furious · ancient

A synonym of angry (7 letters):
A synonym of old (7 letters):
A synonym of brave (10 letters):
A synonym of easy (6 letters):

Theo's clue says: "A synonym of help (6 letters)." Which word fits the clue?