Antonyms and Synonyms are vital to speak English. English Vocabulary is essential for every English learner. It’s necessary to learn more and more words. Antonyms are also known as opposite words. Antonyms play a crucial role in English speaking, writing, etc.
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What are Antonyms ? – Examples
Antonyms are two or more words having the opposite meanings.
Examples :
| Good | Bad |
| True | False |
| New | Old |
| Joy | Sorrow |
| Day | Night |
List of Antonyms (400 Opposite words)
- Accept – Reject
- Absence – Presence
- Alive – Dead
- Allow – Disallow
- Appear – Disappear
- Arrival – Departure
- Agree – Differ
- Attach – Detach
- Always – Never
- Active – Inactive
- Admire – Despise
- Advantage – Disadvantage
- Awareness – Ignorance
- Ascend – Descend
- Angel – Devil
- Attack – Defend
- Attentive – Inattentive
- Ancient – Modern
- Abandon – Retain
- Assemble – Disperse
- Abnormal – Normal
- Begin – Finish
- Beautiful – Ugly
- Back – Front
- Bad – Good
- Believe – Disbelieve
- Careful – Careless
- Cause – Effect
- Care – Neglect
- Celebrated – Unknown
- Cheerful – Sad
- Certain – Uncertain
- Cease – Commence
- Complete – Incomplete
- Connect – Disconnect
- Cheap – Expensive
- Decrease – Increase
- Dark – Light
- Death – Birth
- Decline – Accept
- Defend – Attack
- Demise – Birth
- Definite – Indefinite
- Defy – Obey
- Demolish – Build
- Degrade – Upgrade
- Defeat – Victory
- Decent – Indecent
- Dawn – Dusk
- Daring – Cowardly
- Easy – Difficult
- Efficient – Inefficient
- Empty – Full
- Enough – Insufficient
- Enter – Depart
- Entrance – Exit
- Enjoyable – Unpleasant
- Endless – Limited
- Employed – Unemployed
- Eminent – Unimportant
- Edible – Inedible
- Eligible – Ineligible
- Enlarge – Reduce
- Educated – Uneducated
- False – True
- Faith – Distrust
- Few – Many
- Famous – Unknown
- Feeble – Strong
- Failure – Success
- Finish – Start
- Familiar – Strange
- Far – Near
- Fake – Authentic
- Fair – Ugly
- Faithful – Unfaithful
- Fruitful – Fruitless
- Float – Sink
- Ferocious – Gentle
- Flexible – Inflexible
- Fertile – Barren
- Fearful – Bold
- Fat – Thin
- Glad – Unhappy
- Gain – Loss
- High – Low
- Happy – Sad
- Harmful – Harmless
- Hide – Disclose
- Hazardous – Safe
- Hard – Soft
- Honest – Dishonest
- Hideous – Beautiful
- Hold – Release
- Heat – Cold
- Important – Unimportant
- Impossible – Possible
- Illegal – Legal
- Illegible – Legible
- Imprison – Release
- Innocent – Guilty
- Idle – Industrious
- Imaginary – Real
- Ill – Well
- Immortal – Mortal
- Impudent – Polite
- Inadequate – Adequate
- Kind – Unkind
- Keep – Abandon
- Knowledge – Ignorance
- Known – Unknown
- Lazy – Industrious
- Lend – Borrow
- Large – Small
- Lifeless – Alive
- Lock – Unlock
- Link – Detach
- Life – Death
- Lucky – Unlucky
- Late – Early
- Legal – Illegal
- Like – Dislike
- Literate – Illiterate
- Little – Large
- Mature – Immature
- Married – Unmarried
- Male – Female
- Minimum – Maximum
- Make – Destroy
- Majority – Minority
- Main – Subsidiary
- Minimize – Maximize
- Near – Far
- Nothing – Something
- Necessary – Unnecessary
- Normal – Abnormal
- Narrow – Wide
- Natural – Unnatural
- Neglect – Care
- Never – Always
- New – Old
- Open – Shut
- Obey – Disobey
- Often – Seldom
- Obedient – Disobedient
- Old – Young
- Omit – Add
- Order – Disorder
- Ordinary – Extraordinary
- Paradise – Hell
- Poor – Wealthy
- Praise – Criticise
- Pause – Continue
- Partial – Complete
- Pleasure – Displeasure
- Polite – Impolite
- Physical – Mental
- Possible – Impossible
- Reply – Ask
- Repair – Break
- Remote – Near
- Recent – Old
- Receive – Send
- Rare – Common
- Raise – Lower
- Recover – Lose
- Remember – Forget
- Regular – Irregular
- Reduce – Increase
- Renowned – Unknown
- Rear – Front
- Real – Unreal
- Rapid – Slow
- Responsible – Irresponsible
- Ready – Unprepared
- Sad – Happy
- Same – Different
- Satisfaction – Dissatisfaction
- Secondary – Primary
- Sell – Purchase
- Shallow – Profound
- Simple – Complicated
- Sorrow – Joy
- Slim – Fat
- Successful – Unsuccessful
- Tidy – Untidy
- Tall – Short
- Take – Give
- Understand – Misunderstand
- Use – Misuse
- Valid – Invalid
- Visible – Invisible
- Vacant – Full
- Vanish – Appear
- Young – Old
- Wise – Stupid
- Warm – Cold
- Worried – Unconcerned
- Whole – Part
- Win – Lose
Related Contents :
1. Synonyms
2. Homophones
3. Phrasal Verbs