विलोम पदः

 Match the following words with their antonyms (विलोम पद)

1. सुन्दर:                      निकटम्                  
   
2. दु:खी                        कर्कशः
   
3. अध:                         असुन्दरः
   
4. मधुरः                       सुखी
   
5. मूर्खः                         उपरि
   
6. दूरम्                         चतुरः

Now do we understand these adjectives?  Let us write all these words with their English meanings.

1. सुन्दर:    Pretty                  निकटम्        Near          
   
2. दु:खी     Sad                      कर्कशः          Harsh sound
   
3. अध:     Down                   असुन्दरः       Not beautiful
   
4. मधुरः    Melodious           सुखी            Happy
   
5. मूर्खः      Idiot                    उपरि           Above
   
6. दूरम्      Far                      चतुरः           Intelligent

Now our task is very simple, isn't it? Let us match each word with it antonym - विलोम पद

1. सुन्दर:                      असुन्दरः             
   
2. दु:खी                        सुखी
   
3. अध:                         उपरि
4. मधुरः                       कर्कशः
5. मूर्खः                         चतुरः
   
6. दूरम्                         निकटम्     

Set 2.

Match each word with its antonym.

• प्रसिद्धः              न
• प्रियः                 अप्रसिद्धः
• विशेषः              अनवगतम्
• अाम्                  अप्रियः
• अवगतम्            अविशेषः

Let us write meanings of these words

• प्रसिद्धः  famous
• प्रियः     dear
• विशेषः   special
• अाम्       Yes
• अवगतम्   Understood

 You can see that most of these words become their antonyms by adding अ or अन as a prefix to the words. You see this in English too - where many antonyms are formed by adding "un" or "dis" to the words - happy - unhappy, satisfied - dissatisfied, able - unable etc.

Only word in the above list which has a compeltely different antonym is अाम् (yes) whose antonym is न (no).

So our words with their antonyms are

• प्रसिद्धः              अप्रसिद्धः
• प्रियः                 अप्रियः
• विशेषः              अविशेषः
• अाम्                  न
• अवगतम्            अनवगतम् 

Set 3 

Here are some more words. Match them with their antonyms.  

• नूतनम्           दुःखम्
  
• तूष्णीम्          पुरातनम्
• सुखम्             लघुः
• विशालः          उच्चैः

Here are the meanings of these words

नूतनम्    - new              दुःखम्  - sadness
तूष्णीम्   -still/quiet       पुरातनम् - old
सुखम्    - happiness         लघुः - small
विशालः   - large            उच्चैः   - loudly

So here is matched list

• नूतनम्          पुरातनम्
  
• तूष्णीम्          उच्चैः
• सुखम्          दुःखम्   
  
• विशालः        लघुः