Antonyms : A word opposite in meaning to another
Antonims | |
absence | presence |
accept | refuse |
accurate | inaccurate |
advantage | disadvantage |
alive | dead |
always | never |
ancient | modern |
answer | question, query |
approval | disapproval |
approached | receded, departed |
abundant | scarce |
admit | deny |
advance | retreat, retire |
artificial | natural |
arrival | departure |
ascend | descend |
attack | defense |
attractive | repulsive |
attention | inattention |
asleep | awake |
ally | enemy |
agree | disagree |
bad | good |
backward | forward, onward |
bend | straighten |
beautiful | ugly |
beginning | ending |
below | above |
bent | straight |
big | small, little |
blunt | sharp |
better | worse |
best | worst |
blame | praise |
bless | curse |
bitter | sweet |
borrow | lend |
bravery | cowardice |
build | destroy, demolish |
bold | timid, meek |
bright | dull |
broad | narrow |
clear | vague, cloudy |
careful | rush, careless |
calm | troubled |
capable | incapable |
captivity | freedom, liberty |
cellar | attic |
cheap | dear, expensive |
close | distant |
clever | stupid |
cold | hot |
combine | separate |
clockwise | anti-clockwise |
correct | incorrect |
conceal | reveal |
come | go |
common | rare |
comfort | discomfort |
courage | cowardice |
cruel | kind |
courteous | discourteous, rude |
cunning | simple |
dainty | clumsy |
danger | safety |
dark | light |
deep | shallow |
decrease | increase |
definite | indefinite |
demand | supply |
despair | hope |
disappear | appear |
disease | health |
discourage | encourage |
dismal | cheerful |
doctor | patient |
dry | wet |
dull | clear, bright |
dusk | dawn |
early | late |
easy | difficult |
ebb | flow |
East | West |
economise | waste |
encourage | discourage |
entrance | exit |
employer | employee |
empty | full |
excited | calm |
end | beginning |
expand | contract |
expensive | inexpensive, cheap |
export | import |
exterior | interior |
external | internal |
fail | succeed |
FALSE | TRUE |
feeble | sturdy, strong, powerful |
foolish | wise |
fast | slow |
few | many |
famous | unknown |
forelegs | hind legs |
fat | thin |
find | lose |
first | last |
freedom | captivity |
fold | unfold |
frequent | seldom |
forget | remember |
found | lost |
fresh | stale |
friend | enemy |
fortunate | unfortunate |
frank | secretive |
full | empty |
generous | mean |
gentle | rough |
gather | distribute |
glad | sorry |
gloomy | cheerful |
giant | dwarf, pygmy |
granted | refused |
great | minute, small, little |
guardian | ward |
guest | host |
guilty | innocent |
happy | sad, miserable |
hard | soft |
harmful | harmless |
hasten | dawdle |
hate | love |
healthy | unhealthy, ill, diseased |
here | there |
heavy | light |
height | depth |
hero | coward |
hill | valley |
horizontal | vertical |
hinder | aid, help |
honest | dishonest |
humble | proud |
hunger | thirst |
imitation | genuine |
immense | tiny, minute |
imprison | free |
include | exclude |
increase | decrease |
inhabited | uninhabited |
inferior | superior |
inside | outside |
intelligent | unintelligent, stupid |
inhale | exhale |
interior | exterior, outside |
interesting | uninteresting, dull |
internal | external |
intentional | accidental |
join | separate |
junior | senior |
justice | injustice |
king | subject |
knowledge | ignorance |
laugh | cry |
lawful | unlawful |
lazy | industrious, energetic |
land | sea |
landlord | tenant |
large | little, small |
last | first |
lawyer | client |
lecturer | student |
lender | borrower |
lengthen | shorten |
left | right |
less | more |
light | dark, heavy |
like | dislike, unlike |
likely | unlikely |
leader | follower |
little | large, much, big |
lofty | lowly |
long | short |
loud | soft |
loss | find, win |
low | high |
loyal | disloyal |
mad | sane |
magnetize | demagnetize |
master | servant |
mature | immature |
maximum | minimum |
me | you |
merry | mirthless, sad |
minority | majority |
miser | spendthrift |
misunderstand | understand |
narrow | wide |
near | far, distant |
neat | untidy |
new | old |
night | day |
noisy | quiet |
North | South |
obedient | disobedient |
odd | even |
offer | refuse |
open | shut |
optimist | pessimist |
out | in |
parent | child |
past | present |
patient | impatient |
peace | war |
permanent | temporary |
please | displease |
plentiful | scarce |
poetry | prose |
possible | impossible |
poverty | wealth |
powerful | feeble, weak |
polite | impolite, rude |
private | public |
prudent | imprudent |
pretty | unsightly, ugly |
pure | impure |
qualified | unqualified |
rapid | slow |
regularly | irregularly |
rich | poor |
right | wrong, left |
rigid | pliable, soft |
rough | smooth |
satisfactory | unsatisfactory |
security | insecurity |
scatter | collect |
serious | trivial |
second-hand | new |
sense | nonsense |
shopkeeper | customer |
singular | plural |
simple | complicated |
slim | thick, stout |
solid | liquid |
sober | drunk |
speaker | listener |
sour | sweet |
sorrow | joy |
sow | reap |
stand | lie |
straight | crooked |
strong | weak |
success | failure |
sunny | cloudy |
take | give |
tall | short |
tame | wild |
teacher | pupil |
thick | thin |
tight | slack, loose |
top | bottom |
transparent | opaque |
truth | untruth, lie |
up | down |
vacant | occupied |
valuable | valueless |
victory | defeat |
virtue | vice |
visible | invisible |
voluntary | compulsory |
vowel | consonant |
wax | wane |
wisdom | folly |
within | without |