Question

The antonym of the word immigrant is:

a)Emigrant
b)Ammigrant
c)Homophobic
d)None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Antonym is the word that has the opposite meaning to the given word.


Complete step by step answer:

the given word “immigrant” means someone who moves to a foreign country to live there permanently. It is used in context of the country that the person moved to. An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
 The word meaning the opposite would be in context with the country the person moved away from. Option a emigrant means someone who moved to a different country to live there permanently, in context of the country he left, it is the correct answer.
 Option b, ammigrant, is not a word in English language, it is an incorrect answer.
 Option c, homophobic, means someone who is repelled by the idea of homosexuality, as we can see, “phobic” is used when someone is scared of something or is repelled by it. It is irrelevant to the given context, hence it is also an incorrect option.
Option d, none of the above, since we established that there is a correct answer, this option is irrelevant.

Note: one must be familiar with the given words. Immigrant and emigrant may even seem like synonyms in a different context, hence one must be vary of it.