Question

Select the opposite of the given word: Rarely
a) Seldom
b) Daily
c) Never
d) Used to

Answer 1

Hint: The opposite of a word has a completely different or reverse meaning of the given word.

Complete solution:

In the given question, the word 'rarely' refers to something that does not happen often.

For example- 'I rarely go to the museum'.

Let us thus analyze the given options:

Option (a.), ‘seldom', also means 'not often'. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as 'seldom' is synonymous and it is not antonymous to the given word ‘rarely’.

Option (c.), ‘never,' means 'not ever' or 'not at all'. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as it is not the opposite of the given word, which has a meaning similar to 'hardly ever'.

Option (d.), 'used to', refers to an action that has been done previously in the past hence, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not antonymous to the given word ‘rarely.

These words are not anonymous to the given word ‘rarely’. Hence options (a.), (c.), and (d.) are wrong.

Option (b.), 'daily', refers to something occurring every day. 

Therefore, option (b) is correct as it is the opposite of the given word.

Note: Rarely refers to something that happens next to never. It’s opposite would be a word that refers to something happening next to always, or every time. Thus, the opposite is ‘daily’ in this case.