Question

Select the word which means the opposite of the given word:- “Extricate”
A. Disengage
B. Involve
C. Exculpate
D. Free

Answer 1

Hint: The word “Extricate” is a verb which means to free someone or something from
constraint or difficulty. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For instance, the antonym of “hot” may be “cold”. Now since the meaning of “extricate” is to set free, the antonym of it should be “to engage”.

Complete answer:
Let’s carefully take a look at the question. The meaning of the word is to free someone or
something from constraint or difficulty. Example:- He extricated himself from the misery.
Now the opposite of the word will be to engage or involve someone into something.

Option A) Disengage- This is an incorrect answer as the meaning of the word is also to become free from
something. Example:- I disengaged myself from the fight. Hence this cannot be the opposite
of “Extricate”.
Option B) Involve- This is the correct answer because the meaning of the word is to engage into
something which is opposite of “Extricate”.
Example:- I got involved in a fight.
Option C) Exculpate- This is incorrect. This means to declare that someone is not guilty of the
wrongdoing.
This cannot be the opposite of “Extricate”.
Example:- The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.
Option D) Free- This is incorrect. The meaning of this word is the same as “Extricate”. So this is a
synonym of the word.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note: In case of questions such as finding antonyms and synonyms always try to use the word in a sentence and then try to figure out the antonym. We need to remember “Synonyms” have similar or same meaning and “Antonyms” have opposite meanings.