Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Antonyms

Question:

Which word in the given sentence is the ANTONYM of – nibble?

They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.

Options:

gobble

muzzles

elevated

sprinted

Correct Answer:

gobble

Explanation:

The word gobble is the antonym of nibble in the given sentence.

  • Nibble means "to eat or take small bites of something."
  • Gobble means "to eat or swallow something quickly and greedily."

The other words in the sentence do not have opposite meanings to nibble.

  • Muzzles are the soft parts of an animal's face that surround the mouth and nose.
  • Elevated means "raised up or above something else."
  • Sprinted means "to run very fast."