Question

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

LIABILITY

a)treasure
b)debt
c)asset
d)property

Answer 1

Hint: Antonyms are those words that have contrasting or opposite meanings to the given word.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The word ‘liability' refers to a person or a thing whose presence or behavior is likely to put one at a disadvantage, something for which someone is responsible, especially an amount of money owed.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), ‘treasure', refers to something that is a very valuable object. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is not antonymous to the given word ‘liability’.

Option (b.), ‘debt', refers to the state of owing money. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as it is not antonymous to the given word ‘liability’.

Option (c.), ‘asset', refers to a useful or valuable thing or person. Therefore, option (c.) is correct as

Option (d.), ‘property', refers to a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not antonymous to the given word ‘liability’.

Note: Sometimes the given options in a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word do not exactly mean the opposite of the given word. If this happens, we have to select the option which is the most anonymous to the meaning of the word in the question.