accept – decline, refuse day – night hard – easy, soft accurate – inaccurate daytime – nighttime hate – love advantage – disadvantage decrease – increase heavy – light against – for deep – shallow high – low agree – disagree definite – indefinite honest – dishonest all – none, nothing demand – supply horizontal – vertical always – never disappear – appear hot – cold answer – question discourage – encourage humble – proud antonym – synonym! down – up apart – together downwards – upwards I appear – disappear ill – healthy, well approve – disapprove E important – trivial arrive – depart early – late in – out ascend – descend east – west include – exclude awake – asleep easy – hard, difficult increase – decrease empty – full inhale – exhale encourage – discourage inner – outer B end – begin, start inside – outside backward – forward enter – exit intelligent – stupid, bad – good even – odd unintelligent beautiful – ugly exterior – interior intentional – accidental before – after external – internal interior – exterior begin – end internal – external below – above F best – worst fade – brighten J better – worse fail – succeed join – separate big – little, small false – true junior – senior bitter – sweet famous – unknown just – unjust black – white far – near justice – injustice bottom – top fast – slow brighten – fade first – last K broad – narrow float – sink knowledge – ignorance fold – unfold known – unknown foolish – wise C for – against L can – cannot, can’t forget – remember large – small capable – incapable fortunate – unfortunate last – first careful – careless found – lost laugh – cry cheap – expensive friend – enemy lawful – unlawful, illegal clear – opaque full – empty left – right clockwise – anticlockwise lend -borrow close – far G lengthen – shorten closed – open gentle – rough lenient – strict cold – hot girl – boy less – more comfort – discomfort gloomy – cheerful light – dark, heavy common – rare go – stop like – dislike, hate compulsory – voluntary good – bad, evil likely – unlikely conceal – reveal grow – shrink limited – boundless cool – warm guest – host little – big correct – incorrect, wrong guilty – innocent long – short create – destroy loose – tight cruel – kind lose – find loss – win loud – quiet Q U love – hate qualified – unqualified under – over low – high question – answer unfold – fold loyal – disloyal unknown – known R unqualified – qualified M raise – lower unsafe – safe major – minor rapid – slow up – down many – few rare – common upstairs – downstairs mature – immature real – fake us – them maximum – minimum regular – irregular useful – useless melt – freeze rich – poor messy – neat right – left, wrong V minority – majority rough – smooth vast – tiny misunderstand – understand victory – defeat more – less S virtue – vice safe – unsafe visible – invisible N same – opposite voluntary – compulsory nadir – zenith satisfactory – unsatisfactory narrow – wide secure – insecure W neat – messy, untidy separate – join, together war – peace never – always serious – trivial wax – wane new – old shallow – deep weak – strong night – day shrink – grow wet – dry nighttime – daytime sick – healthy, ill white – black no – yes simple – complex, hard wide – narrow noisy – quiet singular – plural win – lose none – some sink – float within – outside north – south slim – fat, thick wrong – right slow – fast O sober – drunk Y obedient – disobedient soft – hard yes – no odd – even some – none yin – yang old – new sorrow – joy young – old old – young sour – sweet on – off sow -reap Z optimist – pessimist start – finish zenith – nadir out – in stop – go zip – unzip outer – inner straight – crooked over – under strong – weak success – failure P sunny – cloudy past – present synonym – antonym patient – impatient peace – war T permanent – temporary take – give plentiful – scarce tall – short plural – singular tame – wild possible – impossible them – us poverty – wealth, riches there – here powerful – weak thick – thin pretty – ugly together – apart private – public top – bottom prudent – imprudent tough – easy, tender pure – impure true – false push – pull