# Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms CDS PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms CDS PYQs: all 701 questions from 66 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/cds/topics/cds-vocabulary/

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## Answer first

Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms PYQs (previous year questions) for CDS: Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms (English) had **701 questions** across the 66 official CDS papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 20 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## FAQ

### How many Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms questions come in CDS?
In the official papers we tagged: 140 in 2026, 95 in 2025, 65 in 2024, 60 in 2023, 45 in 2022, 60 in 2021, 80 in 2020, 72 in 2019, 61 in 2018, 14 in 2017 and 9 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 701 questions in all, about 27% of English.

### Which Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms topics repeat in CDS?
Asked in the most papers: Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official CDS questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CDS paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.