Closest meaning words are words which are most alike.
Find TWO words, from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning. Words which have SIMILAR meanings are called SYNONYMS, words like small and tiny, and big and large. However, not all words which are CLOSE in meaning are the CLOSEST.
Think about these three words: tall, big and large. Which two are CLOSEST in meaning? Big and large are closer than tall and big or tall and large. Tall means big only in terms of how high something is.
Make sure you play our first two 11-plus verbal reasoning quizzes on closest meaning before attempting this one. Good luck!
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
jog, sprint, amble, stroll, march |
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amble, stroll |
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jog, sprint |
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sprint, march |
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amble, march |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
clean, dirty, spotless, tidy, hygienic |
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clean, tidy |
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spotless, tidy |
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spotless, hygienic |
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tidy, hygienic |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
drab, bright, dark, dull, dim |
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drab, dark |
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drab, dull |
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dull, dim |
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drab, dim |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
genius, clever, intelligent, academic, knowledgeable |
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clever, intelligent |
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genius, intelligent |
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academic, knowledgeable |
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clever, knowledgeable |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
eat, chew, devour, gobble, munch |
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eat, chew |
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chew, munch |
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devour, munch |
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devour, gobble |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
nice, attractive, stunning, appealing, gorgeous |
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stunning, gorgeous |
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nice, attractive |
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stunning, appealing |
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attractive, gorgeous |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
think, ponder, wonder, decide, imagine |
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think, imagine |
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decide, imagine |
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think, ponder |
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ponder, wonder |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
surprised, astonished, fear, shock, frighten |
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fear, shock |
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surprised, astonished |
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fear, frighten |
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surprised, shock |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
struggle, succeed, difficulty, ease, hard |
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struggle, difficulty |
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succeed, hard |
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succeed, ease |
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ease, hard |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
write, scribble, colour, paint, doodle |
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scribble, colour |
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scribble, doodle |
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write, colour |
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paint, doodle |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
jog, sprint, amble, stroll, march |
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amble, stroll |
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jog, sprint |
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sprint, march |
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amble, march |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
clean, dirty, spotless, tidy, hygienic |
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clean, tidy |
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spotless, tidy |
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spotless, hygienic |
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tidy, hygienic |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
drab, bright, dark, dull, dim |
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drab, dark |
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drab, dull |
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dull, dim |
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drab, dim |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
genius, clever, intelligent, academic, knowledgeable |
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clever, intelligent |
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genius, intelligent |
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academic, knowledgeable |
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clever, knowledgeable |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
eat, chew, devour, gobble, munch |
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eat, chew |
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chew, munch |
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devour, munch |
[x] |
devour, gobble |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
nice, attractive, stunning, appealing, gorgeous |
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stunning, gorgeous |
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nice, attractive |
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stunning, appealing |
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attractive, gorgeous |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
think, ponder, wonder, decide, imagine |
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think, imagine |
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decide, imagine |
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think, ponder |
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ponder, wonder |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
surprised, astonished, fear, shock, frighten |
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fear, shock |
[x] |
surprised, astonished |
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fear, frighten |
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surprised, shock |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
struggle, succeed, difficulty, ease, hard |
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struggle, difficulty |
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succeed, hard |
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succeed, ease |
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ease, hard |
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Find TWO words from the following group of five words that are the CLOSEST in meaning.
write, scribble, colour, paint, doodle |
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scribble, colour |
[x] |
scribble, doodle |
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write, colour |
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paint, doodle |
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