Question

Choose one word to replace the word in italics.
Her love for the child is quite understandable.
A) Affection
B) Tenderness
C) Attachment
D) Lure

Answer 1

Hint:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning and to avoid repetition synonyms are used. For example: the synonym of beautiful is pretty and adorable.

Complete answer:
Let us individually analyse the answer to figure out the correct one
The meaning of love is ‘an intense feeling of deep affection or fondness or warmth’. And we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of love.
Option A) Affection - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of affection is ‘a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something: tender attachment’ and this is not the synonym of love because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Tenderness – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of tenderness is ‘extreme sensitivity to pain’ and this is not the synonym of love because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Attachment - is the correct answer because the meaning of an attachment is ‘affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something or closeness or bond’ and this is the synonym of the word love and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) Lure - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of lure is ‘tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward or induce or attract’ and this is not the synonym of love because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Her attachment for the child is quite understandable.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonym of love is attachment, and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of love is hate. Thus, Option C is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the word love and other options are wrong.