OPPOSITES OR NOT

GAMES Magazine

April, 1999

Edward Dermon

 

Can you think of two eight-letter words that are synonyms as well as antonyms of one another, and which have the following letter patterns?

O _ _ _O _ _ _

R _ _ _ R _ _ _

HINT:

Each word is a homograph - that is, it has two meanings. 

Answers:

 

OUTGOING (leaving a position / sociable)

RETIRING (leaving a job / shy)