Question

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SALVAGE
a)Outfit
b)Lose
c)Burn
d)Remove

Answer 1

Hint: A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word is its antonym. So you need to find the antonym of the word – salvage.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Salvage means to rescue a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from a loss at sea. For e.g. – A salvage operation was underway to save the wrecked ship.
When you are rescuing something you are keeping it safe. Right, so what happens when you don’t keep something safe, what happens? You lose it. So by this explanation which option would be an appropriate solution for the above-given question?
It would be the option – b, i.e. lose. So the word opposite n meaning to salvage is – lose.
Let us also look into the other options that are given and understand why we did not choose them by looking into their meaning.
a)Outfit is a set of clothes worn especially for some occasion or purpose. This has no relation whatsoever to rescuing. Therefore, this is not the correct option.
b)Lose is the correct option as we have already discussed above.
c)Burn is to be or cause destruction by fire. Fire isn’t something used for rescuing nor is it the opposite of rescuing. Hence, this also is an incorrect option.
d)Remove is taking away something. So this also does not fulfill the requirement of the question. Therefore, this is also an incorrect option.

Note: Do not get confused by the different options given. Chalk out the meanings of all the options and compare them with the meaning of the given word. That will help you find the most appropriate opposite of the given word.