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 |
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