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Learn about opposite words.
Opposite Words
A
about - exactly
above - below
absence - presence
abundance - lack
accept - refuse
accidental - intentional
active - lazy
add - subtract
admit - deny
adult - child
advanced - elementary
affirmative - negative
afraid - brave
after - before
against - for
agree - disagree
alive - dead
all - none
allow - forbid
already - not yet
always - never
amateur - professional
amuse - bore
ancient - modern
ancestor - descendant
angel - devil
animal - human
annoy - satisfy
answer - ask
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together
approximately - exactly
argue - agree
arrest - free
arrival - departure
arrive - depart
artificial - natural
ascent - descent
ask - answer
asleep - awake
attack - defend
attack - defence
attic - cellar
autumn - spring
awake - asleep
awful - nice
Opposite Words
B
back - in front of
backward - forward
bad - good
bad luck - fortune
Beautiful - ugly
beauty - ugliness
begin - end
beginning - end
beginning - ending
before - after
behind - in front of
below - above
best - worst
better - worse
birth - death
bitter - sweet
black - white
blunt - sharp
body - soul
bore - amuse
boring - exciting
borrow - lend
bottom - top
boy - girl
brave - cowardly
break - fix
broad – narrow
brother - sister
build - destroy
busy - lazy
buy - sell
Opposite Words
C
calm - excited
careful - careless
careless - careful
catch - miss
ceiling - floor
cellar - attic
certainly - probably
clear - cloudy
clever - stupid
close - open
closed - open
cloudy - clear
cowardly - brave
Opposite Words
D
day - night
dead - alive
death - birth
devil - angel
deep - shallow
defeat - victory
defence - attack
defend - attack
descendant - ancestor
descent - ascent
depart - arrive
departure - arrival
different - equal
down - up
Opposite Words
E
elder - younger
empty - Full
end - begin
end - beginning
ending - beginning
enemy - friend
enjoy - hate
enter - leave
entrance - exit
equal - different
even - odd
excited - calm
exciting - boring
exclude - include
exit - entrance
Opposite Words
F
failure - success
false - true
far - near
few - many
female - male
first - final
final - first
find - lose
finish - start
finish - begin
first - final
fix - break
flat - hilly
floor - ceiling
follow - lead
forbid - allow
foreign - domestic
foreigner - native
form - destroy
fortune - bad luck
forward - backward
free - arrest
fresh - old/stale
friend - enemy
Full - empty
G
general - particular
generous - mea
gentle - violent
gentleman - lady
giant - tiny
girl - boy
give - take
go - come
good - bad
grown-up - child
guest - host
guilty - innocent
Opposite Words
H
harvest - plant
hate - love
hate - enjoy
hate - like
health - disease
healthy - ill
heaven - hell
heavy - light
hell - heaven
high - low
hilly - flat
host - guest
huge - tiny
human - animal
humane - cruel
humid - dry
hungry - thirsty
husband - wife
I
in front of - back
ignore - notice
immigrate - emigrate
immigration - emigration
import - export
in - out
include - exclude
increase - reduce
innocent - guilty
inside - outside
insult - compliment
intelligent - silly
intentional - accidental
interesting - boring
interrupt - continue
Opposite Words
L
lack - plenty
left - right
lead - follow
leave - enter
life - death
light - dark
like - hate
little - big
little - much
live - die
liquid - solid
long - short
lose - win
lose - find
loud - quiet
love - hate
lovely - terrible
low - high
lower – raise - lower
Opposite Words
M
major - minor
male - female
many - few
minor - major
miss - catch
modern - ancient
moon - sun
more - less
much – little
N
narrow - broad
narrow - wide
nasty - nice
native - foreigner
natural - artificial
near - far
nephew - niece
never - always
new - ancient
nice - nasty
nice - awful
niece - nephew
night - day
north - south
none - all
not yet - already
notice - ignore
Opposite Words
O
occasionally - frequently
occupied - vacant
odd - even
old - modern
old - young
off - on
often - seldom
on - off
open - close
opponent - supporter
order - mess
ordinary - special
other - same
out - in
outside - inside
outskirts - centre
over - under
P
plant- harvest
pleasant - awful
plenty - lack
probably - certainly
professional - amateur
polite - rude
Opposite Words
Q
question - answer
quick - slow
quiet - loud
R
raise - lower
rear - front
rest - work
right - left
rough - smooth
rude - polite - rude
rural - urban
S
sad - happy
satisfy - annoy
shallow - deep
short - long
small - big
smooth - rough
some – many
solid - liquid
south - north
spring - autumn
start - finish
stupid - clever
success - failure
sun - moon
synonym - antonym
Opposite Words
T
take - give
take off - land
tall - small
teach - learn
teacher - pupil
then - now
terrible - lovely
there - here
thick - thin
thin - thick
thirsty - hungry
throw - catch
tight - loose
tiny - giant
together - apart
tomorrow - yesterday
top - bottom
total - partial
town - village
tragedy - comedy
true - false
trust - suspect
U
ugliness - beauty
ugly - Beautiful
under - over
unite - divide
unity - division
up - down
upstairs - downstairs
urban - rural
useful - useless
useless - useful
Opposite Words
V
vacant - occupied
valley - mountain
vertical - horizontal
victory - defeat
village - town
violent - gentle
visitor - host
voluntary - compulsory
vowel - consonant
W
war - peace
warm - cool
waste - save
water - land
weak - powerful
wealth - poverty
wealthy - poor
wedding - divorce
well - ill
west - east
wet - dry
whisper - scream
white - black
whole - part
wide – narrow
wife - husband
win - lose
winner – loser
winter – summer
woman - man
women - men
work - rest
worse - better
worst - best
wrong - correct
Y
yes - no
yesterday - tomorrow
young - old
younger - elder
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