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Close Opposites
There are thousands of antonyms, but not many pairs of opposite words differ by only one letter. See how many of them you can figure out.
Note: Although some pairs used here are not perfect opposites, they are listed as antonyms in the thesaurus.
1. Add one letter to "fast" to create a word with the opposite meaning.
2. Look around in this teaser to find two words that refer to opposite locations.
3. How many? Give two answers that differ by a single letter.
4. Start with a close companion; remove a letter and they become an evil person.
5. Complete with opposite meaning words: We are _____ ____ getting back together.
6. Add a letter to a private region to get something open to all.
7. Remove a letter from a private operation to get something visible to all.
Note: Although some pairs used here are not perfect opposites, they are listed as antonyms in the thesaurus.
1. Add one letter to "fast" to create a word with the opposite meaning.
2. Look around in this teaser to find two words that refer to opposite locations.
3. How many? Give two answers that differ by a single letter.
4. Start with a close companion; remove a letter and they become an evil person.
5. Complete with opposite meaning words: We are _____ ____ getting back together.
6. Add a letter to a private region to get something open to all.
7. Remove a letter from a private operation to get something visible to all.
Hint
1. "Fast" does not refer to speed.2. Both words are in the instructions.
3. The quantities are small.
4. The words start with F.
5. This is from a Taylor Swift song.
6. The words start with P.
7. The C is removed from the longer word.
Answer
1. Fast / Feast2. Here / There
3. One / None
4. Friend / Fiend
5. Never / Ever
6. Pubic / Public
7. Covert / Overt
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A good challenge!
Clever. I can't believe I could not get #2, and I also can't believe my answer to #6 was right!
Very fun.
Very fun.
thanks for the teaser! not my favorite but still fun!!!
I got some and others not, but it was fun trying. Nice teaser.
Nice teaser, thanks!
That was a good mix of hard and easy!
Challenging but clever. Thanks for posting!
Got them all but I put eight & eighty for #3
Got them all but I put eight & eighty for #3...again
Managed to solve almost all of them, once I understood the rules.
An example would have saved a lot of time, thanks!
An example would have saved a lot of time, thanks!
I like this even more the second time around. This time I could not come up with #7. I love #1. Did everyone else waste time looking for words that mean "slow"? The self-referential nature of #2 is also wonderful. There is a mix of easy and hard. This is just wonderful. It's going on my favorites. So deserving.
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