Common Opposites -Antonyms Vocabulary Word List :

A absent – present
abundant – scarce
accept – decline, refuse
accurate – inaccurate
admit – deny
advantage – disadvantage
against – for
agree – disagree alive – dead
all – none, nothing
ally – enemy
always – never
ancient – modern
answer – question
antonym – synonym
apart – together appear – disappear, vanish
approve – disapprove
arrive – depart
artificial – natural
ascend – descend
attic – cellar
attractive – repulsive
awake – asleep
B backward – forward
bad – good
beautiful – ugly
before – after
begin – end
below – above
bent – straight
best – worst better – worse, worst
big – little, small
black – white
blame – praise
bless – curse
bitter – sweet
borrow – lend
bottom – top
boy – girl brave – cowardly
build – destroy
bold – meek, timid
borrow – lend
bound – unbound, free
boundless – limited
bright – dim, dull
brighten – fade
broad – narrow
C calm – windy, troubled
can – cannot, can’t
capable – incapable
captive – free
careful – careless
cheap – expensive
cheerful – sad, discouraged, dreary
clear – cloudy, opaque
clever – stupid clockwise – counterclockwise
close – far, distant
closed – ajar, open
clumsy – graceful
cold – hot
combine – separate
come – go
comfort – discomfort
common – rare conceal – reveal
contract – expand
cool – warm
correct – incorrect, wrong
courage – cowardice
create – destroy
crooked – straight
cruel – kind
compulsory – voluntary
courteous – discourteous, rude
D dangerous – safe
dark – light
day – night
daytime – nighttime
dead – alive
decline – accept, increase
decrease – increase deep – shallow
definite – indefinite
demand – supply
despair – hope
dim – bright
disappear – appear
discourage – encourage diseased – healthy
down – up
downwards – upwards
dreary – cheerful
dry – moist, wet
dull – bright, shiny
dusk – dawn
E early – late
east – west
easy – hard, difficult
empty – full encourage – discourage
end – begin, start
enter – exit
even – odd expand – contract
export – import
exterior – interior
external – internal
F fade – brighten
fail – succeed
false – true
famous – unknown
far – near
fast – slow
fat – thin
feeble – strong, powerful few – many
find – lose
first – last
float – sink
foolish – wise
fore – aft
free – bound, captive
fold – unfold forget – remember
found – lost
fresh – stale
frequent – seldom
friend – enemy
for – against
fortunate – unfortunate
full – empty
G generous – stingy
gentle – rough
get – give
giant – tiny, small, dwarf
girl – boy give – receive, take
glad – sad, sorry
gloomy – cheerful
go – stop
good – bad, evil grant – refuse
great – tiny, small, unimportant
grow – shrink
guest – host
guilty – innocent
H happy – sad
hard – easy
hard – soft
harmful – harmless
harsh – mild
hate – love
haves – have-nots healthy – diseased, ill, sick
heaven – hell
heavy – light
help – hinder
here – there
hero – coward
high – low hill – valley
hinder – help
honest – dishonest
horizontal – vertical
hot – cold
humble – proud
I ill – healthy, well
immense – tiny, small
important – trivial
in – out
include – exclude
increase – decrease inferior – superior
inhale – exhale
inner – outer
inside – outside
intelligent – stupid, unintelligent interesting – boring
interior – exterior
interesting – dull, uninteresting
internal – external
intentional – accidental
J join – separate junior – senior
just – unjust justice – injustice
K knowledge – ignorance known – unknown
L landlord – tenant
large – small
last – first
laugh – cry
lawful – unlawful, illegal
lazy – industrious
leader – follower
left – right
lend -borrow lengthen – shorten
lenient – strict
left – right
less – more
light – dark, heavy
like – dislike, hate
likely – unlikely
limited – boundless
little – big long – short
loose – tight
lose – find
loss – win
loud – quiet
love – hate
low – high
loyal – disloyal
M mad – happy, sane
major – minor
many – few
mature – immature
maximum – minimum melt – freeze
merry – sad
messy – neat
minor – major minority – majority
miser – spendthrift
misunderstand – understand
more – less
N nadir – zenith
narrow – wide
near – far, distant
neat – messy, untidy never – always
new – old
night – day
nighttime – daytime no – yes
noisy – quiet
none – some
north – south
O obedient – disobedient
odd – even
offer – refuse
old – young old – new
on – off
open – closed, shut
opposite- same, similar optimist – pessimist
out – in
outer – inner
over – under
P past – present
patient – impatient
peace – war
permanent – temporary
plentiful – scarce
plural – singular poetry – prose
polite – rude, impolite
possible – impossible
poverty – wealth, riches
powerful – weak pretty – ugly
private – public
prudent – imprudent
pure – impure, contaminated
push – pull
Q qualified – unqualified question – answer quiet – loud, noisy
R raise – lower
rapid – slow
rare – common
regular – irregular real – fake
rich – poor
right – left, wrong right-side-up – upside-down
rough – smooth
rude – courteous
S safe – unsafe
same – opposite
satisfactory – unsatisfactory
secure – insecure
scatter – collect
separate – join, together
serious – trivial
second-hand – new
shallow – deep
shrink – grow sick – healthy, ill
simple – complex, hard
singular – plural
sink – float
slim – fat, thick
slow – fast
sober – drunk
soft – hard
some – none
sorrow – joy sour – sweet
sow -reap
straight – crooked
start – finish
stop – go
strict – lenient
strong – weak
success – failure
sunny – cloudy
synonym – antonym
sweet – sour
T take – give
tall – short
tame – wild
them – us
there – here thick – thin
tight – loose, slack
tiny – big, huge
together – apart
top – bottom tough – easy, tender
transparent – opaque
true – false
truth – flasehood, lie, untruth
U under – over
unfold – fold
unknown – known unqualified – qualified
unsafe – safe
up – down
upside-down – right-side-up upstairs – downstairs
us – them
useful – useless
V vacant – occupied
vanish – appear
vast – tiny victory – defeat
virtue – vice visible – invisible
voluntary – compulsory
W war – peace
wax – wane
weak – strong
wet – dry white – black
wide – narrow
win – lose wisdom – folly, stupidity
within – outside
wrong – right
Y yes – no yin – yang young – old
Z zip – unzip zenith – nadir

Synonyms for opposite

noun something completely unlike

Antonyms for opposites

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More words related to opposites

antonym

noun. word with opposite meaning to another word

contradiction

noun. variance to something

counterpart

noun. match; identical part or thing

equivalent

noun. equal, counterpart

negation

noun. contradiction, denial

paradox

noun. contradiction, puzzle

Words	Opposites

A
about	exactly
above	below
absence	presence
abundance	lack
to accept	to refuse
accidental	intentional
active	lazy
to add	to subtract
to admit	to deny
adult	child
advanced	elementary
affirmative	negative
afraid	brave
after	before
against	for
alike	different
alive	dead
all	none
always	never
ancient	modern
to agree	to refuse, to argue
to allow	to forbid
already	not yet
always	never
amateur	professional
to amuse	to bore
angel	devil
animal	human
to annoy	to satisfy
to answer	to ask
answer	question
antonym	synonym
apart	together
approximately	exactly
to argue	to agree
to arrest	to free, to set free
arrival	departure
to arrive	to depart, to leave
artificial	natural
to ask	to answer
asleep	awake
to attack	to defend
attack	defence, protection
attic	cellar
autumn	spring
awake	asleep
awful	delicious, nice, pleasant

B
back	in front of
background	foreground
backward	forward
bad	good
bad luck	fortune, good luck
beauty	ugliness
before	after
to begin	to end, to finish
beginning	end, ending
behind	in front of
below	above
best	worst
better	worse
beautiful	ugly
big	small
birth	death
bitter	sweet
black	white
blunt	sharp
body	soul
to bore	to amuse, to be interested in
boring	exciting, interesting
to borrow	to lend
bottom	top
boy	girl
brave	cowardly, afraid
to break	to mend, to fix
broad	narrow
brother	sister
to build	to destroy
busy	lazy
to buy	to sell

C
calm	excited
careful	careless
careless	careful
to catch	to miss, to throw
ceiling	floor
cellar	attic
centre	outskirts, suburb
certainly	probably
changeable	constant
cheap	expensive
child	adult, grown-up
children	parents
clean	dirty
clever	stupid
to close	to open
closed	open
cloudy	clear, sunny, bright

cold (adj)	hot
cold (noun)	heat
to come	to go
comedy	drama, tragedy
complicated	simple
compliment	insult
compulsory	voluntary
to connect	to separate
consonant	vowel
constant	changeable
construction	destruction
to continue	to interrupt
cool	warm
correct	false, wrong
courage	fear
courageous	cowardly
cowardly	brave, courageous
to create	to destroy
cruel	human, kind humane
to cry	to whisper
to cry	to laugh
curly	straight

D
to damage	to repair
danger	security, safety
dangerous	safe
dark	light
daughter	son
dawn	dusk
day	night
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
delicious	awful
to deny	to admit
to depart	to arrive
departure	arrival
desperate	hopeful
to destroy	to build, to create, to form
destruction	construction
devil	angel
dictatorship	democracy
to die	to live
different	alike, equal, the same
difficult	easy
dirty	clean
disease	health
distant	near
to divide	to unite
division	unity
to divorce	to marry
divorce	marriage, wedding
divorced	married
domestic	foreign
down	up
downstairs	upstairs
drama	comedy
dry	humid, wet
dull	interesting
dusk	dawn

E
early	late
east	west
easy	difficult, hard
elementary	advanced
to emigrate	to immigrate
emigration	immigration
empty	full
to end	to begin
end	beginning
ending	beginning
enemy	friend
to enjoy	to hate
to enter	to leave
entrance	exit
equal	different
even	odd
evening	morning
everybody	nobody
everything	nothing
exactly	approximately
excited	calm
exciting	boring
to exclude	to include
exit	entrance
expensive	cheap
export	import
exposure	shelter
extreme	moderate

F
to fail	to succeed, to pass
failure	success
false	correct, true
far	near
fast	slow
fat	slim, thin
fear	courage
female	male
few	many

to find	to lose
to finish	to begin
finish	start
first	final, last
to fix	to break
flat	hilly
floor	ceiling
to follow	to lead
to forbid	to allow, to let, to permit
for	against
foreground	background
foreign	domestic
foreigner	native
to forget	to remember
to form	to destroy
fortune	bad luck
forward	backward
to free	to arrest
to freeze	to melt
frequently	occasionally
friend	enemy
front	rear
in front of	back, behind
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present

G
general	particular, special
generous	mean
gentle	violent, rough, strict
gentleman	lady
girl	boy
to give	to take
to go	to come, to stop
good	bad
godfather	godmother
grown-up	child
guest	host
guilty	innocent

H
happiness	sadness
happy	sad
handsome	ugly
hard	easy, soft
to harvest	to plant
to hate	to enjoy, to like, to love
health	disease, illness
healthy	ill, sick
heat	cold
heaven	hell
heavy	light
hell	heaven
here	there
high	deep
high	low
hilly	flat
to hit	to miss
hopeful	desperate, hopeless
hopeless	hopeful
horizontal	vertical
host	guest, visitor
hot	cold
huge	tiny
human	animal
humane	cruel
humid	dry
hungry	thirsty
husband	wife

I
in front of	back, behind
to ignore	to notice
ill	healty, well
to immigrate	to emigrate
immigration	emigration
import	export
in	out
to include	to exclude
to increase	to reduce
innocent	guilty
inside	outside
insult	compliment
intelligent	silly, stupid
intentional	accidental
interested	bored
interesting	boring, dull
to interrupt	to continue

J
to jeopardize	to secure
jolly	unhappy
junior	senior

K
keen	uninterested
kind	cruel, nasty

L
lack	abundance, plenty
lady	gentleman
to land	to take off
land	water
large	small
last	first
late	early
to laugh	to cry
lazy	active, busy
to lead	to follow
to learn	to teach
to leave	to arrive, to enter
left	right
to lend	to borrow
less	more
to let	to forbid
to lie	to stand
life	death
light	dark, heavy
to like	to hate
liquid	solid
little	big, large
little	much
to live	to die
long	short
to lose	to find, to win
loser	winner
loud	quiet
to love	to hate
lovely	terrible
low	high
to lower	to raise
M
major	minor
male	female
man	woman
many	few, some
marriage	divorce
married	divorced, single
to marry	to divorce
master	servant
maximum	minimum
mean	generous
to melt	to freeze
men	women
to mend	to break
mess	order
midnight	noon
minimum	maximum
minor	major
to miss	to hit, to catch
moderate	extreme
modern	ancient, old
monarchy	republic
moon	sun
more	less
morning	evening
mountain	valley
much	little
N
narrow	broad, wide
nasty	nice, pleasant
native	foreigner, stranger
natural	artificial
near	distant, far
negative	affirmative
nephew	niece
never	always
new	ancient, old
nice	awful, nasty
niece	nephew
night	day
no	yes
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet, silent
noon	midnight
none of	al lof
normal	strange
north	south
not yet	already
nothing	everything
to notice	to ignore
now	then
O
occasionally	frequently
occupied	vacant
odd	even
off	on
often	seldom, sometimes
old	modern, new, young
on	off
to open	to close, to shut
open	closed, shut
opponent	supporter
order	mess
ordinary	special
other	same
out	in

outside	inside
outskirts	centre
over	under

P
parents	children
part	whole
partial	total
particular	general
to pass	to fail
past	future, present
peace	war
to permit	to forbid
to plant	to harvest
plenty	lack
pleasant	awful
polite	rude, impolite
poor	rich, wealthy
poverty	wealth
powerful	weak
presence	absence
present	past, future
pretty	ugly
private	public
probably	certainly
professional	amateur
to protect	to attack
protection	attack
public	private
to pull	to push
pupil	teacher
to push	to pull

Q
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy

R
to raise	to lower
rainy	sunny
rear	front
to receive	to send
to reduce	to increase
to refuse	to agree, to accept
regret	satisfaction
to remember	to forget
to repair	to damage
to reply	to ask
reply	question
republic	dictatorship, monarchy
to rest	to work
rich	poor
right	left, wrong
to rise	to sink
rough	gentle, smooth, soft
rude	polite
rural	urban

S
sad	happy
sadness	happiness
safe	dangerous
safety	danger
same, similar	different
satisfaction	dissatisfaction
to satisfy	to disssatisfy
to save	to spend, to waste
to scream	to whisper
security	danger
seldom	often
to sell	to buy
to send	to receive
to sit	to stand
senior	junior
to separate	to connect, to unite
serious	funny
servant	master
to set free	to arrest
shallow	deep
sharp	blunt
shelter	exposure
short	long, tall
to shout	to whisper
to shut	to open
sick	healthy
silent	noisy
silly, stupid	intelligent
simple	complicated
to sink	to rise
single	married
sister	brother
slim	fat
slow	fast, quick
small	big, large, tall
smooth	rough
soft	hard, rough
solid	liquid
somber	colorful, cheerful
some	many
son	daughter
soul	body
sour	sweet

south	north
special	general, ordinary
spring	autumn
to stand	to sit
to start	to stop
start	finish, end, stop
to stop	to start, to go
to stand	to lie
strange	normal
strict	tolerant, indulgent
strong	weak
student	teacher
stupid	clever, intelligent
suburb	centre
to succeed	to fail
success	failure
to subtract	to add
sugar	salt
summer	winter
sun	moon
sunny	cloudy, rainy
supporter	opponent
to suspect	to trust
sweet	bitter, sour
synonym	antonym
T
to take	to give
to take off	to land
tall	small, short
to teach	to learn
teacher	pupil, student
thankful	thankless
terrible	lovely
there	here
then	now
thin	thick, fat
to throw	to catch
tight	loose
tiny	huge
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
top	bottom
total	partial
town	village
tragedy	comedy
trivial	important
true	false
to trust	to suspect

U
ugliness	beauty
ugly	beautiful, handsome, pretty
under	over
to unite	to divide, to separate
unity	division
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
urban	rural
urgent	leisurely
useless	useful

V
vacant	occupied
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal
victory	defeat
village	town
violent	gentle
visitor	host
voluntary	compulsory
vowel	consonant

W
war	peace
warm	cool
to waste	to save
water	land
weak	powerful, strong
wealth	poverty
wealthy	poor
wedding	divorce
well	ill
west	east
wet	dry
to whisper	to scream, to shout
white	black
whole	part
wide	narrow
wife	husband
to win	to lose
winner	loser
winter	summer
to work	to rest
woman	man
women	men
worse	better
worst	best
wrong	correct, right

Y
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
young	old

WORDS	OPPOSITES	WORDS	OPPOSITES	WORDS	OPPOSITES
L		outside	inside	south	north
lack	abundance, plenty	outskirts	centre	special	general, ordinary
lady	gentleman	over	under	spring	autumn
to land	to take off	P		to stand	to sit
land	water	parents	children	to start	to stop
large	small	part	whole	start	finish, end, stop
last	first	partial	total	to stop	to start, to go

The following antonym list (opposites) are presented alphabetically, as groups. Each group goes from easier to more difficult words. More proficient-level antonyms are towards the end of each letter group.

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

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Pankaj Dhar Choudhury, B.A Hons. in English, M.A in English, B.ED. He passed Madhyamik from his native village Kumar Gram Duar of Alipurduar district. He got B.A Hons. in English from Alipurduar College. He completed M.A in English from North Bengal University, Siliguri. He completed B.ED from Maldah Govt. Teachers" Training College. He has been a social media activist since 2006.

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Form and Content in literary criticism

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