Synonys & Antonyms

We have been learning a lot about synonyms and antonyms in class this week! Here are some fun games that you can play at home to learn even more about synonyms (two words that mean the same) and antonyms (two words that are opposite).

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

We also have fun songs that we have been learning! Ask your child to sing them for you!

Synonyms Song

Sing to the tune of "Hush Little Baby"

Synonyms are the same,

Synonyms are the same.

Come, let’s play a matching game,

Sing two words that mean the same.

When I’m happy I am glad.

When I’m naughty I am bad.

If it’s large it’s also big.

A hog is also called a pig.

See me hurry, see me rush. 


To be quiet means to hush.

If I want, I also wish. 


A plastic bowl is still a dish.

Practice or repeat a song.

If you miss you’ve gone way wrong.

If you end you stop the game.

They have like meanings, 


Much the same.

Synonyms, almost the same. 


Synonyms, almost the same.

The Antonyms Song

Sing to the tune of “Shortnin’ Bread.”

We can find opposites, opposites, opposites.

We can call them antonyms here we go.

Top and bottom

Front and back

Happy and sad

Left and right

Up and down

LOUD and soft

Open and shut

Stand and sit

We can find antonyms, antonyms, antonyms.

We can call them opposites here’s some more.

She and he

Out and in

Stop and go

Boy and girl

Old and new

After and before

Below and top

First and last

We can find antonyms, antonyms, antonyms.

We can find antonyms way to go!