Words having opposite meanings are called Antonyms.
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |