Antonyms

Words having opposite meanings are called Antonyms.

Antonyms

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

 

Antonyms

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

 

Antonyms

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


 

Antonyms

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

 


Antonyms - Verbs

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

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