ANTONYMS

absence
accept
accurate
advantage
alive
always
ancient
answer
approval
approached
abundant
admit
advance
artificial
arrival
ascend
attack
attractive
attention
asleep
ally
agree
bad
backward
bend
beautiful
beginning
below
bent
big
blunt
better
best
blame
bless
bitter
borrow
bravery
build
bold
bright
broad
clear
careful
calm
capable
captivity
cellar
cheap
close
clever
cold
combine
clockwise
correct
conceal

presence
refuse
inaccurate
disadvantage
dead
never
modern
question, query
disapproval
receded, departed
scarce
deny
retreat, retire
natural
departure
descend
defense
repulsive
inattention
awake
enemy
disagree
good
forward, onward
straighten
ugly
ending
above
straight
small, little
sharp
worse
worst
praise
curse
sweet
lend
cowardice
destroy, demolish
timid, meek
dull
narrow
vague, cloudy
rush, careless
troubled
incapable
freedom, liberty
attic
dear, expensive
distant
stupid
hot
separate
anti-clockwise
incorrect
reveal

come
common
comfort
courage
cruel
courteous
cunning
dainty
danger
dark
deep
decrease
definite
demand
despair
disappear
disease
discourage
dismal
doctor
dry
dull
dusk
early
easy
ebb
East
economise
encourage
entrance
employer
empty
excited
end
expand
expensive
export
exterior
external
fail
false
feeble
wise
fast
few
famous
forelegs
fat
find
first
freedom
fold
frequent
forget
found
fresh
friend
fortunate
frank
full

go
rare
discomfort
cowardice
kind
discourteous, rude
simple
clumsy
safety
light
shallow
increase
indefinite
supply
hope
appear
health
encourage
cheerful
patient
wet
clear, bright
dawn
late
difficult
flow
West
waste
discourage
exit
employee
full
calm
beginning
contract
inexpensive, cheap
import
interior
internal
succeed
true
sturdy, strong,foolish
slow
many
unknown
hind legs
thin
lose
last
captivity
unfold
seldom
remember
lost
stale
enemy
unfortunate
secretive
empty

generous
gentle
gather
glad
gloomy
giant
granted
great
guardian
guest
guilty
happy
hard
harmful
hasten
hate
healthy
here
heavy
height
hero
hill
horizontal
hinder
honest
humble
hunger
imitation
immense
imprison
include
increase
inhabited
inferior
inside
intelligent
inhale
interior
interesting
ternal
intentional
join
junior
justice
king
knowledge
laugh
lawful
lazy
land
landlord
large
last
lawyer
lecturer
lender
lengthen
left
less
light

mean
rough
distribute
sorry
cheerful
dwarf, pygmy
refused
minute, small,
ward
host
innocent
sad, miserable
soft
harmless
dawdle
love
unhealthy, ill,
there
light
depth
coward
valley
vertical
aid, help
dishonest
proud
thirst
genuine
tiny, minute
free
exclude
decrease
uninhabited
superior
outside
unintelligent
exhale
exterior, outside
uninteresting, dull
inexternal
accidental
separate
senior
injustice
subject
ignorance
cry
unlawful
industrious, energetic
sea
tenant
little, small
first
client
student
borrower
shorten
right
more
dark, heavy

like
likely
leader
little
lofty
long
loud
loss
low
loyal
mad
magnetize
master
mature
maximum
me
merry
minority
miser
misunderstand
narrow
near
neat
new
night
noisy
North
obedient
odd
offer
open
optimist
out
parent
past
patient
peace
permanent
please
plentiful
poetry
possible
poverty
powerful
polite
private
prudent
pretty
pure
qualified
rapid
regularly
rich
right
rigid
rough
satisfactory
security

dislike, unlike
unlikely
follower
large, much, big
lowly
short
soft
find, win
high
disloyal
sane
demagnetize
servant
immature
minimum
you
mirthless, sad
majority
spendthrift
understand
wide
far, distant
untidy
old
day
quiet
South
disobedient
even
refuse
shut
pessimist
in
child
present
impatient
war
temporary
displease
scarce
prose
impossible
wealth
feeble, weak
impolite, rude
public
imprudent
unsightly, ugly
impure
unqualified
slow
irregularly
poor
wrong, left
pliable, soft
smooth
unsatisfactory security in-

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
wax
wane
wisdom
folly
within
without
Exercise
Pick out the correct antonym of the given word.
1. Tart
a.sour
b.loose
c.sweet
d.long
2. tasty
a.bitter
b.bland
c.salty
d.fruity
3. tedious
a.easy
b.enjoyable c.laborious d.simple
4. temperaament
a.calm
b.moody
c.even
d.haughty
5. tenacious
a.weak
b.slim
c.unreliable d.flexible
6. tender
a.brutal
b.old
c.separate d.crude
7. taxing
a.free
b.heavy
c.weakening
d.effortless

8. threaten
a.smooth b.guard
9. thriving
a.bankrupt b.cozy
10. tolerance
a.love
b.hatred
Answers
1.d
2.a
8.b
9.b

3.a
10.b

c.kind

d.help

c.poor

d.distress

c.helpful

d.bigotry

4.d

5.c

6.b

7.a