Different from synonyms, antonyms are words which have almost opposite meanings. Most words can have one or more antonyms. Each time you learn a new English word, try to find out its antonyms. This is a good way to improve your vocabulary. Following is an antonyms list (or opposites list) from A to Z to help you expand vocabulary.
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Antonyms
Learn antonyms list in English:
List of Antonyms (A-H)
- Above – Below
- Absent – Present
- Achieve – Fail
- Add – Subtract
- Afraid – Confident
- After – Before
- Amateur – Professional
- Ancient – Modern
- Argue – Agree
- Arrive – Depart
- Arrogant – Humble
- Ascend – Descend
- Attack – Defend
- Awake – Asleep
- Bad – Good
- Beautiful – Ugly
- Before – After
- Better – Worse
- Big – Little
- Birth – Death
- Black – White
- Blunt – Sharp
- Bold – Timid
- Brave – Cowardly
- Brief – Long
- Bright – Dull
- Busy – Idle
- Buy – Sell
- Cautious – Careless
- Cheap – Expensive
- Clean – Dirty
- Close – Open
- Cold – Hot
- Complex – Simple
- Compliment – Insult
- Cool – Warm
- Crazy – Sane
- Crooked – Straight
- Cruel – Kind
- Dark – Light
- Day – Night
- Deep – Shallow
- Decrease – Increase
- Demand – Supply
- Destroy – Create
- Divide – Unite
- Down – Up
- Drunk – Sober
- East – West
- Easy – Difficult
- End – Begin
- Even – Odd
- Evening – Morning
- Expand – Contract
- Fail – Pass
- False – True
- Fat – Skinny
- Fiction – Fact
- Float – Sink
- Follow – Lead
- Foolish – Wise
- Forgive – Blame
- Freeze – Boil
- Full – Empty
- Generous – Stingy
- Gentle – Rough
- Giant – Dwarf
- Give – Receive
- Gloomy – Cheerful
- Grief – Joy
- Guilty – Innocent
- Happy – Sad
- Hard – Soft
- Heaven – Hell
- Heavy – Light
- High – Low
- Hire – Fire
- Huge – Tiny
- Hungry – Full
List of Antonyms (H-P)
- Idle – Active
- In – Out
- Include – Exclude
- Individual – Group
- Innocent – Guilty
- Inside – Outside
- Joy – Sadness
- Kind – Cruel
- Knowledge – Ignorance
- Last – First
- Laugh – Cry
- Less – More
- Lie – Truth
- Like – Dislike
- Likely – Unlikely
- Liquid – Solid
- Lonely – Crowded
- Long – Short
- Loose – Tight
- Lost – Found
- Love – Hate
- Major – Minor
- Man – Woman
- Marvelous – Terrible
- Mature – Immature
- Maximum – Minimum
- Mix – Separate
- Moist – Dry
- More – Less
- Most – Least
- Move – Stay
- Near – Far
- Never – Always
- New – Old
- Noisy – Quiet
- None – All
- North – South
- Nothing – Something
- Now – Then
- Obvious – Hidden
- Odd – Even
- Often – Seldom
- Old – Young
- On – Off
- Optimist – Pessimist
- Ordinary – Extraordinary
- Over – Under
- Pain – Pleasure
- Panic – Calm
- Partial – Complete
- Passive – Active
- Peace – War
- Permanent – Unstable
- Play – Work
- Plentiful – Sparse
- Polite – Rude
- Poor – Rich
- Positive – Negative
- Powerful – Weak
- Praise – Criticism
- Pride – Modesty
- Private – Public
- Problem – Solution
- Profit – Loss
List of Antonyms (Q-Y)
- Quality – Inferiority
- Quick – Slow
- Raise – Lower
- Random – Specific
- Rare – Common
- Raw – Cooked
- Regret – Rejoice
- Remember – Forget
- Right – Wrong
- Rigid – Flexible
- Rise – Sink
- Rough – Smooth
- Rude – Polite
- Same – Different
- Segregate – Integrate
- Seldom – Often
- Sell – Buy
- Send – Receive
- Shame – Honor
- Short – Long
- Show – Hide
- Simple – Complicated
- Single – Married
- Sour – Sweet
- Spend – Earn
- Start – Stop
- Started – Finished
- Stay – Leave
- Stiff – Flexible
- Stop – Go
- Strength – Weakness
- Strong – Weak
- Student – Teacher
- Sturdy – Weak
- Sunny – Cloudy
- Superb – Inferior
- Tame – Wild
- Teach – Learn
- Temporary – Permanent
- Thin – Wide
- Tidy – Messy
- Timid – Bold
- Together – Apart
- Top – Bottom
- Toward – Away
- Tragic – Comic
- Transparent – Opaque
- Triumph – Defeat
- True – False
- Union – Separation
- Unique – Common
- Upset – Stabilize
- Urge – Deter
- Vacant – Occupied
- Vague – Definite
- Vertical – Horizontal
- Victory – Defeat
- Villain – Hero
- Visible – Invisible
- Wax – Wane
- Wealth – Poverty
- Well – Sick
- Wet – Dry
- White – Black
- Wild – Tame
- Win – Lose
- With – Without
- Worthy – Worthless
- Young – Old
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Thursday 21st of September 2023
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Tuesday 9th of May 2023
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Olamide
Monday 6th of February 2023
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Monday 6th of February 2023
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Monday 23rd of May 2022
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Monday 23rd of May 2022
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