Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
A small piece of wood.
A) Splinter
B) Crumb
C) Scrap
D) Chip

Answer 1

Hint: Substitute means that can be used in place of each other. So, here we have to give one word for the sentence ‘A person who looks on the bright side of things.’

Complete answer:
The meaning of sentence ‘a small piece of wood’ is ‘a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Option A) Splinter - is the correct answer because the meaning of splinter is ‘a small thin sharp piece of wood, metal or glass that has broken off a larger piece’ and this is the one word of the sentence ‘A small piece of wood’ and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option B) Crumb - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of crumb is ‘a very small dry piece of bread, cake or biscuit’ and this is not the one word of the sentence ‘A small piece of wood’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Scrap - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of scrap is ‘a small piece of something or fragment or shred’ and this is not the one word of the sentence ‘A small piece of wood’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Chip - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of chip is ‘a small piece of stone, glass, wood, etc. that has broken off something’ and this is not the one word of the sentence ‘A small piece of wood’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘A’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have same or similar meaning i.e. synonym of ‘A small piece of wood’ is splinter, and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of splinter is bulk or mass. Thus, Option A is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the sentence and other options are wrong.