Antonyms Name Antonym Search Unscramble the antonym for each word. Then circle the antonyms in the puzzle. The words go forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally. 1. industrious: zyla ___________________ 2. lenient: crtist ___________________ 3. obscure: isvuobo ___________________ 4. graceful: ymlcus ___________________ 5. exterior: ornireti ___________________ 6. courteous: duer m o r s t m u m i n i m p s o p u n i m p o r t a n t u n a d i n e v e r m o r e p t r e c g l e p e r i n g p b q u a l t c h i c k e n d p e s s i m i s t h a n y e l l d k p o l i s h e s o l e e s a e r c n i e m u p i h e n l a z y o n u d o a b e l b i s n e s l y r i q e x r o e n e g c m c o v u r a y q u e l u l l a n b e a g o t t s i n t e r i o r t o n h s a n d e r d m g y e ___________________ 7. optimist: stpiesmsi ___________________ 9. absurd: bilneses ___________________ 11. crucial: rainmuntopt 8. hinder: lhpe ___________________ 10. accidental: reblteadei ___________________ 12. attract: lreep ___________________ ___________________ 13. translucent: pqeoau 14. maximum: umnimni ___________________ ___________________ 15. reduce: seerican ___________________ 30 16. major: omnri ___________________ Scholastic Success With: Vocabulary, Grade 5 © Scholastic Teaching Resources Page 30 1. lazy; 2. strict; 3. obvious; 4. clumsy; 5. interior; 6. rude; 7. pessimist; 8. help; 9. sensible; 10. deliberate; 11. unimportant; 12. repel; 13. opaque; 14. minimum; 15. increase; 16. minor m o r s t m u m i n i m p s o p u n i m p r t a n u n a d i n e v e r m o t r e c g l e p e r b q u a l t c h i p e s s i m i s t l l d k p o l i e e s a e r c h e n l a z y e l b i s n x r o e n e a y q u e l u g o t t s i o n h s a n o t r e p i n g p c k e n d h a n y e s h e s o l n i e m u p i o n u o a b e s l y r i q e g c m c o v u r l l a n b e a n t e r i o r t d e r d m g y e d
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