Question

Select the opposite of the given word:
Concrete
a) Particular
b) Firm
c) Abstract
d) Real

Answer 1

Hint: Antonyms are the words which have a contrasting or opposite meaning to the word being talked about. You can put all the options in a sentence one by one to know the approximate meaning, if you are not able to recall.

Complete answer:
Concrete means a building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water, which can be spread or poured into moulds and forms a mass resembling stone on hardening, colloquially meaning something which is strong and hard and well established. The opposite of the word given would mean something which is ‘not concrete’.

Option ‘a’ means to single out an individual member of a specified group or class. This term has no correlation with the word in question, hence it is the incorrect answer.

Firm means having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure. This word is synonymous to the word in question, hence option b is an incorrect alternative.

Option c means existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical existence. So it is very clear from the explanation that this is the antonym of Concrete and hence is the correct answer.

Real means something which has a live existence, and this again can not be the antonym of Concrete. Therefore option d is also incorrect.

Note: You do not need to learn a lot of synonyms and antonyms, increasing your vocabulary is the trick here.