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MAKING OPPOSITES USING PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

🍓Making opposites using prefixes :

🍓You can make opposites of words by putting Prefixes before the words.

🍓Prefixes - un, in, im, dis, mis, ir, ill, ab - Letters adding at the beginning of a word.

Examples:

un -

1. safe × unsafe    2. do × undo

in -

1. complete × incomplete    2. definite × indefinite

im -

1. proper × improper    2. moral × immoral

dis -

1. obey × disobey    2. use × disuse

mis -

1. behave × misbehave    2. use × misuse

ir -

1. rational × irrational    2. responsible × irresponsible

ill -

1. logical × illogical    2. literate × illiterate

ab -

1. use × abuse    2. normal × abnormal

🍓 Making opposites using Suffixes

🍓 You can make opposites of words by changing the suffix '-ful' to -less or simply by adding the suffix '-less' to the word.

tearful × tearless

shameful × shameless

harmful × harmless

powerful × powerless

thoughtful × thoughtless

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