Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet: "Cooking Up Words" - A fun educational activity for students to practice finding synonyms and antonyms.

Let’s go step by step to find a synonym and an antonym for each word in the middle column.

We’ll start with the first one as an example:
- Word: NICE
- Synonym (same meaning): KIND — because both mean being friendly or good.
- Antonym (opposite meaning): MEAN — because mean is the opposite of nice.

Now let’s do the rest:

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HARD
- Synonym: Something that means “difficult” → TOUGH
- Antonym: Opposite of hard → EASY

MAD
- Synonym: Means angry → ANGRY
- Antonym: Opposite of mad → CALM

CLEAN
- Synonym: Means tidy or not dirty → TIDY
- Antonym: Opposite of clean → DIRTY

HOT
- Synonym: Means very warm → WARM (or SCALDING, but WARM is simpler)
- Antonym: Opposite of hot → COLD

RUN
- Synonym: Means move quickly on foot → JOG or SPRINT → Let’s use JOG (simplest)
- Antonym: Opposite of run → WALK (since walking is slower)

STOP
- Synonym: Means to cease moving → HALT
- Antonym: Opposite of stop → GO

CLOSE
- Synonym: Means near → NEAR
- Antonym: Opposite of close → FAR

PRETTY
- Synonym: Means attractive → BEAUTIFUL
- Antonym: Opposite of pretty → UGLY

SILLY
- Synonym: Means foolish or funny → FOOLISH
- Antonym: Opposite of silly → SERIOUS

CHILD
- Synonym: Means young person → KID
- Antonym: Opposite of child → ADULT

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Final Answer:

| SYNONYM | WORD | ANTONYM |
|-----------|----------|----------|
| KIND | NICE | MEAN |
| TOUGH | HARD | EASY |
| ANGRY | MAD | CALM |
| TIDY | CLEAN | DIRTY |
| WARM | HOT | COLD |
| JOG | RUN | WALK |
| HALT | STOP | GO |
| NEAR | CLOSE | FAR |
| BEAUTIFUL | PRETTY | UGLY |
| FOOLISH | SILLY | SERIOUS |
| KID | CHILD | ADULT |