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Antonyms
Words having opposite meanings are called Antonyms.

Antonyms

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

Abolish Create Above Below, beneath

Absent Present Abstract Concrete

Abundance Shortage, scarcity Accept Reject, refuse
Acquit Convict Active passive
Advance Retreat Advantage Disadvantage
Adversity Prosperity Affinity Antipathy
Affirm Deny Affluence Poverty
Agile Clumsy Agony Ease
Agree Differ Agreeable Disagreeable
Allow Disallow, forbid Always Never
All none Alleviate Aggravate
Ample scanty Analysis Synthesis
Ancestor Descendant Ancient Modern
Angel Devil Angry pleased
Anonymous Authentic Appear Disappear, Vanish
Apostate Loyalist Aristocrat Plebeian
Arrival Departure Artificial Real
Ascend Descend Assent Dissent
Asset Liability Assail Defend
Attach Defend Attract Repel
Awake Asleep Awkward graceful

Antonyms

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

blunt sharp best worst

better worse blame praise

bad good bless curse

backward forward, onward bitter sweet

bend straighten borrow lend

beautiful ugly bravery cowardice

beginning ending build destroy, demolish

below above bold timid, meek

bent straight bright dull

big small, little broad narrow

careful rush, careless clear vague, cloudy

 Antonyms

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

Calm troubled deep shallow

Capable incapable decrease increase

captivity freedom, liberty definite indefinite

cellar attic demand supply

cheap expensive despair hope

close distant disappear appear

clever stupid disease health

cold hot discourage encourage

combine separate dismal cheerful

clockwise anti-clockwise doctor patient

correct incorrect dry wet

conceal reveal dull clear, bright

come go dusk dawn

common rare early late

comfort discomfort easy difficult

courage cowardice ebb flow

cruel kind East West

courteous discourteous, rude economise waste

cunning simple encourage discourage

dainty clumsy entrance exit

danger safety employer employee

dark light empty full

excited calm found lost

end beginning fresh stale

expand contract friend enemy

expensive inexpensive, cheap fortunate unfortunate

export import frank secretive

exterior interior full empty

external internal generous mean

fail succeed gentle rough

false true gather distribute

feeble sturdy, strong, powerful glad sorry

foolish wise gloomy cheerful

fast slow giant dwarf, pygmy

few many granted refused

famous unknown great minute, small, little

forelegs hindlegs guardian ward

 fat thin guest host

find lose guilty innocent

first last happy sad, miserable

freedom captivity hard soft

fold unfold harmful harmless

frequent seldom hasten dawdle

forget remember hate love

interesting uninteresting, dull like dislike, unlike

internal external likely unlikely

intentional accidental leader follower

join separate little large, much, big

junior senior lofty lowly

justice injustice long short

king subject loud soft

knowledge ignorance loss find, win

laugh cry low high

lawful unlawful loyal disloyal

lazy industrious, energetic mad sane

land sea magnetize demagnetize

landlord tenant master servant

large little, small mature immature

last first maximum minimum

lawyer client me you

lecturer student merry mirthless, sad

lender borrower minority majority

lengthen shorten miser spendthrift

left right misunderstand understand

less more narrow wide

light dark, heavy near far, distant

Antonyms

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

Healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased inside outside
here there interior exterior, outside
heavy light solid liquid
height depth sober drunk
hero coward speaker listener
hill valley sour sweet
horizontal vertical sorrow joy
hinder aid, help sow reap
honest dishones stand lie
 humble proud straight crooked
hunger thirst strong weak
imitation genuine success failure
immense tiny,minute sunny cloudy
imprison free take give
include exclude tall short
increase decrease tame wild
inhabited uninhabited teacher pupil

inferior superior thick thin

Antonyms - Verbs

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

Accept reject Insert extract
Agree differ Inhale exhale
Affirm deny Include exclude
Arrive depart Invest divest
Allow forbid Lend borrow
Advance retreat Lead follow
Assemble disperse Laugh weep
Begin end Offer refuse
Conceal reveal Open shut
Create destroy Omit insert
Discharge convict Recognize ignore
Enthrone dethrone Resist submit
Enrich impoverish Rise fall, set
Expose conceal Remember forget
Gather scatter Smile Frown
Go come Sleep wake
Hide seek Sink swim
Help hinder Teach learn
Hurt heal Wax wane

Antonyms - Adjectives

Words Antonyms Words Antonyms

Ancient modern Masculine feminine
Active passive Material spiritual
Attractive repulsive Mental physcial
Barren fertile Natural artifical
Beautiful ugly Offensive defensive
Clean dirty Odd even
Clever Stupid Public private
Cheap dear Progressive retrogade
Cheerful gloomy Religious secular
Civilized savage Round flat
Convex Concave Rough smooth
Confident Diffident Rash deliberate
Difficult easy Strict lenient
Domestic wild Solid hollow
Dense rare Simple artful
Deficient proficient Singular plural
Economical extravagant Slow prompt
Explicit implicit Straight crooked
Early late Stern mild
Friendly hostile Superior inferior
Faithful treacherous Sublime ridiculous
Far near Temporal spiritual
 Full empty Temporary permanent
Fat thin Transparent opaque
Great Small Uniform varied
Grave cheerful Vulgar refined
General particular Vertical horizontal
Guilty innocent Vigorous feeble
Hot cold Voluntary compulsory
Hard soft Wide narrow
Important trivial Warm cool
Intentional accidental Wise foolish
Loud soft Wild tame

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