Synonyms and Antonyms

A synonym is a word that has almost the same meaning as another word.

For example:

• big large

• beautiful pretty

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.

• rich, poor

• young, old

Synonyms List
Word Synonym
1 able capable
2 accomplish achieve
3 afraid scared
4 annual yearly
5 begin start
6 buy purchase
7 choose select
8 connect join
9 correct accurate
10 dark dismal
11 dawn sunrise
12 depart leave
13 destroy ruin
14 damage hurt
15 easy simple
16 enemy opponent
17 enlarge expand
18 enormous huge, giant
19 end finish
20 enough sufficient
21 error mistake
22 fast quick
23 get receive
24 glad happy
25 good fine
26 happen occur
27 ill sick
28 infant baby
29 intelligent brilliant, clever, smart
30 joy pleasure
31 journey trip
32 lift raise
33 mad crazy, (angry)
34 old aged, elderly
35 rich wealthy
36 support reinforce, back
37 thick dense
38 war battle, fight
39 wonderful marvelous, fantastic
40 work job

Antonyms List
Word Antonym
1 achieve (gain, get) fail, lose
2 active passive
3 ancient modern
4 arrive depart
5 arrogant humble
6 attack defend
7 beautiful ugly
8 blunt sharp
9 brave coward
10 careful careless
11 complex simple
12 crazy wise
13 dead alive
14 destruct construct
15 divide unite
16 full empty
17 drunk sober
18 friend enemy
19 generous stingy
20 giant/enormous tiny, dwarf
21 innocent guilty
22 knowledge (knowledgeable) ignorance (ignorant)
23 love hate
24 noisy quiet
25 pass fail
26 permanent temporary
27 Powerful/strong weak
28 praise criticize
29 private public
30 problem solution
31 profit loss
32 quick(ly) slow(ly)
33 rich poor
34 single married
35 sunny gloomy, cloudy
36 union separation
37 upset relaxed
38 victory/triumph defeat
39 villain hero
40 warm cool

Adapted from Your Dictionary website.

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Accessed on 15.1.2022