Question

What is the opposite of perseverance?

a)Procrastinate
b)Postponement
c)Putting off
d)All of these

Answer 1

Hint: The word “perseverance” is a noun which means ‘persistent efforts in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success’. E.g. ‘The song ends with the hope of perseverance.’

Complete step-by-step answer:

 Let us look at all the options given to us. Option a “procrastinate” means ‘to put something off or to delay/postpone.’ This is the opposite of the given word.

Option b “postponement” means ‘delay in something’, may be an event, a meeting, holiday, etc. This too is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Option c “putting off” means ‘to postpone something for now or to delay it than the previously decided time’. This is again opposite to the meaning of “perseverance”. Thus, option a, b, c, are all opposite to the given word in terms of their meaning.

Therefore, the correct answer is option d “All of the above”.


Note: Carefully look at all the options before picking one answer. Option a, b, c, are synonyms of each other. So, if one of them is opposite in meaning of the given word, all would be opposite as they are synonyms of each other and hence, the antonym of “perseverance”.