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Serious English

Antonym refers to a word that means the opposite of another word.

Antonym Pairs Antonym Pairs �
above below   hill valley
abroad home   humble proud
absent present   husband wife
absent present   in out
accept refuse   include exclude
active passive   increase decrease
add subtract   increase decrease
admit deny   indifferent interested
adult child   inner outer
alive dead   inside outside
all  none   insult praise
allow refuse   interested bored
always never   interesting dull
arrive depart   joy sorrow
asleep awake   junior senior
back front   kind cruel
backwards forward   kind cruel
bad  good   knowledge ignorance
barren fertile   lazy industrious
beautiful ugly   lead follow
before after   least greatest
begin end   leave arrive
bent straight   lend borrow
best worst   level steep
better worse   life death
big small   liquid solid
black white   long short
blameless guilty   loss gain
bless curse   loud soft
blunt sharp   love hate
bold timid   majority minority
bold timid   many few
boss employee   masculine feminine
bravery cowardice   master servant
break repair   mean kind
bridge tunnel   miser spendthrift
bright dull   modern ancient
broad narrow   most least
busy idle   motorist pedestrian
buy sell   mountain valley
capture release   natural artificial
catch throw   near far
cheap dear   never always
city country   niece nephew
clean dirty   noise silence
clever  foolish   noisy quiet
cloudy clear   normal abnormal
clumsy graceful   north south
coarse fine   notice ignore
cold hot   obey command
come go   obtain give
comedy tragedy   often seldom
comfort disturb   old new
common rare   omit include
common unusual   open shut/close
contract expand   order chaos
cool warm   overlook notice
coward hero   pardon punish
cowardly bold   part whole
create destroy   past future
cry laugh   peace war
daily nightly   plural singular
danger safety   polite rude
dark bright   polite rude
dawn dusk   poor rich
day night   powerful weak
deep shallow   praise blame
depth height   public private
die live   public private
difficult easy   punish reward
dim bright   pupil teacher
discourteous polite   purchase sell
divide multiply   push pull
doctor patient   question answer
drunk sober   quick slow
dry wet   raw cooked
dwarf giant   raw cooked
early late   real imaginary
east west   right left
easy difficult   rise fall
ebb flow   rough smooth
empty full   sad cheerful
enemy friend   safe dangerous
enjoy dislike   safe dangerous
entrance exit   same different
evening morning   separate join
ever never   several few
everybody nobody   silly serious
everywhere nowhere   similar different
exit entrance   slim fat
fact fiction   smile frown
failure success   smile frown
fair dark   straight crooked
famous unknown   straight crooked
fancy plain   strange familiar
far near   strong weak
fat thin   summer winter
fat skinny   sweet sour
few many   sweet sour
find lose   talk listen
finish start   tall short
first last   tame wild
flatter insult   teach learn
foe friend   teacher student
foolish wise   these those
foreign local   thick thin
forget remember   this that
found lost   tight loose
freeze thaw   tiny huge
fresh stale   top bottom
fresh stale   trainer trainee
friend enemy   trust doubt
full vacant   truth lie
future past   under over
generous selfish   unusual ordinary
give receive   up down
give take   upset comfort
graceful awkward   vacant occupied
guilty innocent   vacant occupied
guilty innocent   valuable worthless
happy sad   victory defeat
happy sad   villain hero
hard easy   war peace
hard soft   wide narrow
head tail   win lose
heavy light   wise foolish
hell heaven   within without
help hinder   work rest
here there   wrong right
hide show   yes no
high low   young old

Antonyms (un-)

attractive unattractive   justifiable unjustifiable
able unable   known unknown
acceptable unacceptable   lawful unlawful
accompanied unaccompanied   licensed unlicensed
arm unarm   like unlike
certain uncertain   lock unlock
comfortable uncomfortable   necessary unnecessary
common uncommon   patriotic  unpatriotic
conscious unconscious   popular unpopular
dress undress   prepared unprepared
equal unequal   safe unsafe
ethical unethical    screw unscrew
even uneven   seen unseen
fair unfair   selfish unselfish
fold unfold   steady unsteady
friendly unfriendly   suitable unsuitable
happy unhappy   tidy untidy
healthy unhealthy   tie untie
just unjust   used unused
kind unkind   willing unwilling
known unknown   wise unwise

Antonyms (dis-)

Antonym Pairs Antonym Pairs �
advantage disadvantage   enfranchise disenfranchise
agree  disagree   honest dishonest
allow disallow   incentive disincentive
appear disappear   indispensable dispensable
arm disarm   like  dislike
arrange disarrange   loyal disloyal
associate disassociate   obey disobey
believe disbelieve   proportionate disproportionate
connect disconnect   order disorder
continue discontinue   own disown
embark disembark   satisfied dissatisfied
encourage discourage   trust distrust

Antonyms (in-)

Antonym Pairs
accurate inaccurate
active inactive
adequate inadequate
admissible inadmissible
attentive inattentive
correct incorrect

Antonyms (im-)

Antonym Pairs
mature immature
mobile immobile
moral immoral
mortal immortal
movable immovable
patient impatient
perfect imperfect
polite impolite
possible impossible
probable improbable
proper improper
pure impure

Antonyms (mis-)

Antonym Pairs
handle mishandle
judge misjudge
spell misspell
understand misunderstand
use misuse

Antonyms (-less)

Antonym Pairs
careful careless
harmful harmless
helpful helpless
hopeful hopeless
painful painless
pitiful pitiless
powerful powerless
shameful shameless
useful useless