Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

FASTEN

Detach

he most appropriate antonym of the word FASTEN is DETACH.

• Fasten means to fix or hold in place; attach.
• Detach means to disengage (something or part of something) and remove it; unfasten.

Therefore, the antonym of fasten must mean the opposite of fix, hold in place, or attach. Of the above choices, only detach has the opposite meaning of fasten.

The other choices are not antonyms of fasten.

• Candid means frank and honest. This is not the opposite of fasten, as fastening something does not mean that you are being dishonest or hiding something.
• Conceit means an excessive or exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or abilities. This is not the opposite of fasten, as fastening something does not mean that you have an exaggerated opinion of yourself.
• Egotism means excessive or inordinate self-love or self-importance. This is not the opposite of fasten, as fastening something does not mean that you are excessively self-loving or self-important.