Opposites with Purpose: Antonym Mastery Drill for Class 5

This Grade 5 worksheet helps learners build strong vocabulary skills through a set of 100 thoughtfully selected antonym words. Students must write the opposite of each word, encouraging them to explore deeper meaning relationships and strengthening their grasp of advanced descriptive and conceptual vocabulary.

The worksheet includes a broad range of terms—such as adventurous, barren, conquer, dedicated, elegant, gigantic, grateful, intelligent, permanent, sincere, and many more—that push learners beyond basic opposites. 
Arranged in a simple, list-style format across five pages, the worksheet allows children to practise independently while improving spelling, comprehension, and expression. 
With repeated exposure to diverse antonym pairs, Class 5 students develop sharper language intuition, stronger sentence construction, and improved confidence in academic writing.

Answer Key:

1. Active – Inactive
2. Adventurous – Cautious
3. Alert – Unaware
4. Ancient – Modern
5. Artificial – Natural
6. Ashamed – Proud
7. Backward – Forward
8. Barren – Fertile
9. Boldness – Timidity
10. Careless – Careful

11. Cheerful – Gloomy
12. Cloudy – Clear
13. Combine – Separate
14. Conclude – Begin
15. Conquer – Surrender
16. Constant – Changing
17. Courage – Fear
18. Creative – Unimaginative
19. Criminal – Lawful / Innocent
20. Cruel – Kind

21. Curious – Indifferent
22. Defend – Attack
23. Dedicate – Neglect
24. Demanding – Easygoing
25. Dense – Sparse
26. Deny – Admit
27. Descend – Ascend
28. Distant – Near
29. Divide – Unite
30. Dullness – Brightness

31. Eager – Reluctant
32. Easy – Difficult
33. Elegant – Clumsy
34. Enormous – Tiny
35. Equalize – Distort
36. Eternal – Temporary
37. Exterior – Interior
38. Faint – Clear / Strong
39. Faithful – Disloyal
40. Escape – Stay / Remain

41. Fearless – Fearful
42. Flexible – Rigid
43. Fortunate – Unfortunate
44. Fragile – Strong
45. Generous – Stingy
46. Gigantic – Small
47. Graceful – Awkward
48. Grateful – Ungrateful
49. Harmful – Harmless
50. Hesitant – Confident

51. Hopeful – Hopeless
52. Humorous – Serious
53. Inferior – Superior
54. Inner – Outer
55. Intelligent – Unintelligent / Foolish
56. Irregular – Regular
57. Jealous – Supportive
58. Joyful – Sad
59. Justice – Injustice
60. Lawful – Unlawful

61. Lively – Dull
62. Logical – Illogical
63. Mature – Immature
64. Maximum – Minimum
65. Meaningful – Meaningless
66. Mighty – Weak
67. Minimal – Maximum
68. Modest – Boastful
69. Multiply – Divide
70. Negative – Positive

71. Nervous – Confident
72. Noble – Dishonourable
73. Obey – Disobey
74. Optimistic – Pessimistic
75. Outer – Inner
76. Peaceful – Violent
77. Permanent – Temporary
78. Positive – Negative
79. Powerful – Powerless
80. Precious – Worthless

81. Previous – Next
82. Primary – Secondary
83. Private – Public
84. Probable – Unlikely
85. Productive – Unproductive
86. Protect – Harm
87. Rare – Common
88. Reduce – Increase
89. Reject – Accept
90. Release – Capture

91. Reliable – Unreliable
92. Reveal – Conceal
93. Secure – Insecure
94. Separate – Join
95. Serious – Playful / Lighthearted
96. Silent – Noisy
97. Sincere – Insincere
98. Stable – Unstable
99. Silent – Noisy
100. Successful – Unsuccessful

Use this worksheet regularly to help your child expand vocabulary and think critically about opposite meanings across different contexts.

Strengthen your child’s linguistic confidence with engaging antonym practice today! 
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