Yes I tried child, children, heir, offspring, even spawn. Couldnt think of more english words meaning children of your bloodline that come after you. (Well not come after you haha)
I think atleast offspring should be allowed
Edit; and after looking it up (heard of posterity, not sure about progeny, but either way not sure about the exact definition) posyerity and progeny should be allowed too.
Posterity? has nothing to do genetics. All the other words you suggest refer to the people of whom you are a parent. Only descendant refers to the people of whom you are an ancestor. Only descendant is the correct answer.
Thats not really an antonym. In cars a "standard" transmission was just the way cars worked before the automatic transmission was invented. In this case standard just means "the normal way of doing things". you could argue that nowadays an automatic transmission is more "standard" but the name has stuck. So, the opposite of automatic is still manual, not standard.
Descendant is the perfect choice. Progeny is not as strong. For one it rarely ever takes the plural. When referring to more than one, you would still say "my progeny." Secondly, in usage it's far more academic than descendant. Ancestor is a fairly casual word. Similarly is descendant. You would casually say "the descendants of Thomas Jefferson." "The progeny of Thomas Jefferson" not so much. Definition alone does not make it an antonym. The antonym for "large" is not "little" but "small."
You both make good points but I think the reason progeny doesn't work is much simpler than that: it's just number agreement. Ancestor is singular. Progeny is both the singular AND the plural form of the word, and so it's just not a grammatical fit.
I think the antonym 'provincial' should also be accepted for 'urban' (when talking about a person). And maybe 'kin' for 'ancestor' and 'remove' for 'add'.
I did almost as well but I got hung up on zenith thinking the antonym was azimuth.. finally I figured out I wasn't spelling it wrong and the answer was something else. Then it came to me.
I knew how to spell opaque, but I just found out about six months ago that I've been *pronouncing* it wrong my entire lifetime! And I'm WELL over 40. Derp.
I, personally, think that sounds great! Some of these are *really* hard, and besides, antonyms are getting into some advanced language skills. Plus here you are practicing your skills by taking these quizzes, so I say awesome work!
Just curious; how/when is something your second or third language?
When you know several language besides your native tongue. (Random, or the one you happen to better at? Or something else?)
Or is it only called second language when you have actually been raised in more than one language (like an english mother and a french father, just to give an example)
Would make sense... because then you say MY second language (not that you own it, but is is more your own than when, say, you learned another language at 30)
You see, english isnt my first language? I know the words, and the meaning of them, but that doesnt allways mean you know what is meant by them ;)
Usually, your first language is the one you were actually raised speaking. And yes, that does mean it's possible to have more than one first language, if you were raised in a household that spoke multiple languages. A second/third/etc. language would be one that you learned later in life, after you already knew how to speak your first language(s).
I think my point was if you know like 3,4,5+ languages when is something your second language (when you have only been raised with one), how do you decide which one is your second language. First is obvious.
it is remote when you cant reach is. Like when your remote is lying by the television instead of on your couch.. (or wherever you are sitting) I hate it when people move my remote.,.
For some reason, I never put together "oriental" as literally meaning "eastern." I just thought of orient in the sense of the verb, i.e. to right one's sense of direction.
Isnt that orientate? (That what it would translate to from dutch orienteren. Not that there arent exceptions to certain rules. Language can be a strange thing)
Not sure I agree with the antonym of protagonist, regardless of what any dictionary or thesaurus will tell you. A protagonist is defined as the main character in a story, while antagonist describes an opponent. However, in a story you can have two protagonists who happen to fight against each other, i.e. becoming antagonists to each other (think the battle between your personal angel and devil). The opposite of protagonist for me would be every other (supporting) character that is not "main" - much like in a film where you have main actors (standing for the main character) and supporting actors (for supporting characters).
Personally, I think the quiz is great! 👍 But I got a near perfect score so naturally, I am biased! 😉 As the Quizmaster states ... the definitions sought are very specific and a word that is "close" cannot be considered to be the correct answer! In any case, this is a great opportunity to learn something new! Right? Right! :)
Interesting quiz but poetry and prose are not antonyms. Poetry can be written in verse but also in prose. You could argue that verse poetry is the opposite of prose poetry, but not that poetry and prose are antonyms.
I think the quiz should just be updated to use "addition" and "subtraction". Add definitely has a few words that could be considered legitimate antonyms.
"Remove" is just as much an antonym for "add" as anything else. I'll add a Cobb salad to my order. I'll remove the Cobb salad from my order. I don't think addition promotes the same level of confusion.
COME ON!!!!!!!!! the opposite of digital is physical because you can have something digitally stored or something physically stored. It should have said that it was a clock.
Can you accept "physical" as an antonym for digital? With stuff like music or video games, for example, you can either have a digital copy or a physical copy.
I think digital means something that is operated by a binary code (ie digits). Analogue means something that works by an organic or mechanic sequence. The antonym of physical is imaginary.
I'm not arguing that analog is wrong, I just think physical should be accepted as well. Yes, words like "imaginary" or "abstract" can be antonyms of physical in many contexts, but not in the context I brought up with owning a copy of whatever media.
I tried desperately to type in substract... and realized afterwards that you don't have the double "s" in english like we do in most romance languages.
You should accept physical as an antonym for digital — it’s not very clear what exactly digital is referring to. The opposite of a digital copy of something would be a physical copy.
I think atleast offspring should be allowed
Edit; and after looking it up (heard of posterity, not sure about progeny, but either way not sure about the exact definition) posyerity and progeny should be allowed too.
All three all listed as synonyms to descendant
and im not even in high school
Never heard of some of these terms.
i kid i kid.....
but seriously. i tried it.
When you know several language besides your native tongue. (Random, or the one you happen to better at? Or something else?)
Or is it only called second language when you have actually been raised in more than one language (like an english mother and a french father, just to give an example)
Would make sense... because then you say MY second language (not that you own it, but is is more your own than when, say, you learned another language at 30)
You see, english isnt my first language? I know the words, and the meaning of them, but that doesnt allways mean you know what is meant by them ;)