Antonyms are words which have almost opposite meanings. Most words can have one or more antonyms.

Quiz on Antonyms Each time you learn a new English word, try to find out its antonyms. This is a good way to improve your vocabulary. LIST OF ANTONYMS 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 Idle Active In Out Include - Exclude Individual Group Innocent Guilty Inside Outside Joy Sadness Kind Cruel

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