Question

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
CHALLENGE

a)Admire
b)Accept
c)Favour
d)Praise

Answer 1

Hint: Challenge a word used very frequently, is used as both, noun and verb, as per the sentence.

Complete answer:

 Challenge means to oppose, provoke, dare, or question someone, mostly it is used in a positive sense. Challenge used in a sentence is like: I Challenge you to accept that fight. The antonym would mean something like to support an idea or person.

Admire is a verb which means to be pleased or impressed by someone, with this meaning, we know that it does not stand near the antonym of the word in the question.
To come to recognize as valid or correct is the explanation of the second alternative, Accept. Since this too is not an acceptable opposite, we can conclude that option B is also the incorrect alternative.
We are well aware that Favour means to advocate, recommend or support something.
Since this is the exact contrast of the word in question, so option c is the correct answer.
To praise someone means to acknowledge and appreciate their work. We can clearly understand that this has no correlation to the antonym of Challenge, therefore, option d is also incorrect.

Hence option ‘c’: Favour, is the correct antonym of the word Challenge.

Note: Do not get confused between the terms synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are the words with the same meaning and antonyms are the words with different meanings.