Question

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
MAGNANIMOUS
A) Selfish
B) Naive
C) Generous
D) Small

Answer 1

Hint:Antonyms are the words that are opposite in meaning to another. The root words for the word 'antonym' are the words 'anti' meaning 'against' or 'opposite' and 'onym' meaning 'name’. For instance: the antonym of ‘hot’ is ‘cold’.

Complete answer:
The meaning of the word magnanimous is ‘generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person or charitable or beneficent’. So, as per the question we must find the word which is opposite in meaning to the word magnanimous.
Option A) Selfish - is the correct answer because the meaning of selfish is ‘lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure or egocentric or self-centred’ and this is the antonym of the word magnanimous as they have different meaning or they are opposite in meaning to each other. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option B) Naïve - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of naive is ‘showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement or innocence or artless’ and this is not antonym of the word magnanimous. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Generous - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of generous is ‘showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected or liberal or lavish or giving’ and this is not antonym of the word magnanimous. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Small - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of small is ‘of a size that is less than normal or usual or compact or little or portable or tine’ and this is not antonym of the word magnanimous. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:Antonyms are the words that have opposite meanings. So, option A is the most appropriate answer because selfish is the opposite of magnanimous and synonyms are the words that are similar in meaning. So, the synonym of magnanimous is generous.