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Common antonyms/Opposite words
SHAHEEN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACADEMY
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
absent - present abundant - scarce accept - decline, refuse accurate - inaccurate admit - deny advantage - disadvantage against - for agree - disagree | alive - dead all - none, nothing ally - enemy always - never ancient - modern answer - question antonym - synonym apart - together | appear - disappear, vanish approve - disapprove arrive - depart artificial - natural ascend - descend attic - cellar attractive - repulsive awake - asleep |
B
backward - forward bad - good beautiful - ugly before - after begin - end below - above bent - straight best - worst | better - worse, worst big - little, small black - white blame - praise bless - curse bitter - sweet borrow - lend bottom - top boy - girl | brave - cowardly build - destroy bold - meek, timid borrow - lend bound - unbound, free boundless - limited bright - dim, dull brighten - fade broad - narrow |
C
calm - windy, troubled can - cannot, can't capable - incapable captive - free careful - careless cheap - expensive cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary clear - cloudy, opaque clever - stupid | clockwise - counterclockwise close - far, distant closed - ajar, open clumsy - graceful cold - hot combine - separate come - go comfort - discomfort common - rare | conceal - reveal contract - expand cool - warm correct - incorrect, wrong courage - cowardice create - destroy crooked - straight cruel - kind compulsory - voluntary courteous - discourteous, rude |
D
dangerous - safe dark - light day - night daytime - nighttime dead - alive decline - accept, increase decrease - increase | deep - shallow definite - indefinite demand - supply despair - hope dim - bright disappear - appear discourage - encourage | diseased - healthy down - up downwards - upwards dreary - cheerful dry - moist, wet dull - bright, shiny dusk - dawn |
E
early - late east - west easy - hard, difficult empty - full | encourage - discourage end - begin, start enter - exit even - odd | expand - contract export - import exterior - interior external - internal |
F
fade - brighten fail - succeed false - true famous - unknown far - near fast - slow fat - thin feeble - strong, powerful | few - many find - lose first - last float - sink foolish - wise fore - aft free - bound, captive fold - unfold | forget - remember found - lost fresh - stale frequent - seldom friend - enemy for - against fortunate - unfortunate full - empty |
G
generous - stingy gentle - rough get - give giant - tiny, small, dwarf girl - boy | give - receive, take glad - sad, sorry gloomy - cheerful go - stop good - bad, evil | grant - refuse great - tiny, small, unimportant grow - shrink guest - host guilty - innocent |
H
happy - sad hard - easy hard - soft harmful - harmless harsh - mild hate - love haves - have-nots | healthy - diseased, ill, sick heaven - hell heavy - light help - hinder here - there hero - coward high - low | hill - valley hinder - help honest - dishonest horizontal - vertical hot - cold humble - proud |
I
ill - healthy, well immense - tiny, small important - trivial in - out include - exclude increase - decrease | inferior - superior inhale - exhale inner - outer inside - outside intelligent - stupid, unintelligent | interesting - boring interior - exterior interesting - dull, uninteresting internal - external intentional - accidental |
J
join - separate | junior - senior just - unjust | justice - injustice |
K
knowledge - ignorance | known - unknown |
L
landlord - tenant large - small last - first laugh - cry lawful - unlawful, illegal lazy - industrious leader - follower left - right lend -borrow | lengthen - shorten lenient - strict left - right less - more light - dark, heavy like - dislike, hate likely - unlikely limited - boundless little - big | long - short loose - tight lose - find loss - win loud - quiet love - hate low - high loyal - disloyal |
M
mad - happy, sane major - minor many - few mature - immature maximum - minimum | melt - freeze merry - sad messy - neat minor - major | minority - majority miser - spendthrift misunderstand - understand more - less |
N
nadir - zenith narrow - wide near - far, distant neat - messy, untidy | never - always new - old night - day nighttime - daytime | no - yes noisy - quiet none - some north - south |
O
obedient - disobedient odd - even offer - refuse old - young | old - new on - off open - closed, shut opposite- same, similar | optimist - pessimist out - in outer - inner over - under |
P
past - present patient - impatient peace - war permanent - temporary plentiful - scarce plural - singular | poetry - prose polite - rude, impolite possible - impossible poverty - wealth, riches powerful - weak | pretty - ugly private - public prudent - imprudent pure - impure, contaminated push - pull |
Q
qualified - unqualified | question - answer | quiet - loud, noisy |
R
raise - lower rapid - slow rare - common regular - irregular | real - fake rich - poor right - left, wrong | right-side-up - upside-down rough - smooth rude - courteous |
S
safe - unsafe same - opposite satisfactory - unsatisfactory secure - insecure scatter - collect separate - join, together serious - trivial second-hand - new shallow - deep shrink - grow | sick - healthy, ill simple - complex, hard singular - plural sink - float slim - fat, thick slow - fast sober - drunk soft - hard some - none sorrow - joy | sour - sweet sow -reap straight - crooked start - finish stop - go strict - lenient strong - weak success - failure sunny - cloudy synonym - antonym sweet - sour |
T
take - give tall - short tame - wild them - us there - here | thick - thin tight - loose, slack tiny - big, huge together - apart top - bottom | tough - easy, tender transparent - opaque true - false truth - flasehood, lie, untruth |
U
under - over unfold - fold unknown - known | unqualified - qualified unsafe - safe up - down upside-down - right-side-up | upstairs - downstairs us - them useful - useless |
V
vacant - occupied vanish - appear vast - tiny | victory - defeat virtue - vice | visible - invisible voluntary - compulsory |
W
war - peace wax - wane weak - strong wet - dry | white - black wide - narrow win - lose | wisdom - folly, stupidity within - outside wrong - right |
Y
yes - no | yin - yang | young - old |
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