Analogies

An analogy is a comparison of two different things that are alike in some way.

Here are some examples

wide is to narrow as up is to ____________ Wide and narrow are antonyms or opposites, therefore to create this analogy you must find a word that is the antonym of up. Since down is the opposite of up the analogy may read like this:

wide is to narrow as up is to down
green is to go as red is to ____________ Green means to go on a stoplight, therefore red means to stop.

green is to go as red is to stop
clock is to time as thermometer is to ________ A clock is a tool that tells time, therefore a thermometer is a tool that records temperature.

clock is to time as thermometer is to temperature
hand is to glove as foot is to __________ A glove is worn on the hand. Something that is worn of the foot is a shoe.

hand is to glove as foot is to shoe
leaf is to green as apple is to __________ Leaves are generally green. The color of apples is usually red. (Note green or yellow would also be acceptable.)

leaf is to green as apple is to red

You must find the relationship between the first pair of words. Once the relationship is found try to think a a word that has the same relationship with the next word given. Try these.

  1. tall is to short as up is to ______________
  2. ceiling to is floor as top is to ___________________
  3. eat is to hungry as sleep is to __________________
  4. dark is to light as buy is to _________________
  5. sheep is to lamb as bear is to ________________
  6. soda is to drink as a sandwich is to _________________
  7. snake is to slither as rabbit is to ___________________
  8. east is to west as north is to __________________
  9. century is to 100 years as a decade is to _____________________
  10. winter is to season as July is to __________________
  11. deer is to antlers as bull is to __________________
  12. baseball is to sport as hamburger is to ______________
  13. lemon is to sour as candy is to _______________
  14. The Cricket in Times Square is to George Selden as The Cat in the Hat is to __________________
  15. bird is to nest as bee is to _____________
  16. brother is to sister as dad is to _________________
  17. carrot is to vegetable as grape is to _____________________
  18. dark is to light as laugh is to _______________________
  19. above is to below as artificial is to ___________________
  20. saw us to cut as pencil is to ________________
  21. fast is to quick as trot is to ____________________
  22. swim is to water as fly is to ________________
  23. music is to ear as eat is to ______________
  24. frightened is to scared as giggle is to ___________________
  25. book is to read as ball is to _____________

 

-----------Key-----------

  1. down
  2. bottom
  3. tired
  4. well
  5. cub
  6. eat
  7. hop
  8. south
  9. 10 years
  10. month
  11. horns
  12. meat
  13. sweet
  14. Dr. Seuss
  15. hive
  16. mom
  17. fruit
  18. cry
  19. real
  20. write
  21. jog, run
  22. sky
  23. mouth
  24. laugh
  25. throw, pass, kick, hit