Question

Choose the antonym of the word given below:
Fixed
(A) Established
(B) Confirmed
(C) Undecided
(D) Immobile

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms and antonyms are essential parts of grammar that help to increase our vocabulary, make reading languages more enjoyable and also make our writings come alive. Synonyms are words that closely resemble a given word. Whereas antonyms are those words which are completely opposite in meaning to a given word.

Complete answer:
1. The meaning of the given word fixed is ‘something that has been decided and cannot be changed’.
2. In order to find the correct answer, we need to go through all the options one by one and find their meaning in order to get the right word that resembles the given word.
3. The first option 'established’ means having existed for a long time like a business or a building.
4. The second option 'confirmed’ refers to something that has been firmly decided and agreed upon. So, both of these options are similar with the meaning of ‘fixed’ and not having shown as antonyms.
5. The third option 'undecided’ is used for something that has not been decided yet.
6. The fourth option, 'immobile’ refers to someone or something that cannot be moved.
7. Hence, we can clearly say that the word 'undecided’ is the perfect antonym of the given word. Therefore, option C is correct.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C'.

Note:While dealing with antonyms, one should keep in mind that there will be various words whose meaning will be in the opposite direction of the given word. But the correct antonym would be the word which will be completely opposite to the given word in every respect. Here in the options above as well, we can find that the words like ‘established’ and ‘confirmed’ are rather synonyms of the question word, not the opposite.