Choose the most appropriate antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence:
Vegetables are cheap at the Sunday market because the farmers sell them directly to the buyers.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Expensive
In the given sentence, cheap means costing little money. Its antonym is expensive. Example: Bus tickets are cheap, so most students travel by bus.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Affordable | cheap enough for most people to buy (a synonym of cheap) | The canteen sells affordable meals for twenty rupees. |
| (2) Expensive (answer) | costing a lot of money (opposite of cheap) | The new phone was too expensive for Rahul’s pocket money. |
| (3) Fresh | newly made, picked or cooked, not old | Dadi buys fresh coriander from the cart every morning. |
| (4) Plain | simple, without decoration or extra things | Papa likes plain rice with dal for dinner. |
| Synonyms of cheap: affordable, inexpensive, low-priced, economical Antonyms of cheap: expensive, costly, dear, high-priced |