Question

Choose the word that is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in capitals.

TANGIBLE

• A. Ethereal
• B. Concrete
• C. Actual
• D. Solid

Hint:

Tangible means solid enough to touch and grasp. Its opposite must mean too delicate or unreal to ever be touched.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The word TANGIBLE means able to be touched or clearly perceived as real and solid, such as tangible proof or a tangible object. We need the option meaning delicate, light, or not physically real at all, the reverse of solid and touchable.

1. Ethereal: This word means extremely light, delicate, and almost not of this physical world, like mist or a faint spirit. Since tangible means solid and touchable, ethereal, meaning too light and delicate to grasp, is its clean opposite.
2. Concrete: This word means specific and solid, very close in meaning to tangible itself, so it is a synonym, not an opposite.
3. Actual: This word means existing in fact, which again supports the same real and solid sense as tangible rather than reversing it.
4. Solid: This word directly restates the physical, touchable quality of tangible, so it cannot be its opposite.

Ethereal reverses the solid, touchable sense of tangible into delicate and almost not physical. So option (1), Ethereal, is correct.

Let's summarize:

• Tangible means solid and able to be touched or clearly perceived.
• Concrete, Actual, and Solid are all near synonyms of tangible.
• Ethereal means light and not physically graspable, making it the true opposite.

The correct answer is option (1), Ethereal.