Antonyms

Antonyms are words of the same grammatical class that have opposite meanings.
A list of antonyms is given below. For a comprehensive list, consult a good thesaurus.
above below, beneath
abstract concrete
accept reject
acquit condemn
advance retreat
affirm deny
affluence poverty
aggravate alleviate, lessen
agree differ
allow forbid
analysis synthesis
ancestor descendant
ancient modern
aristocrat commoner
arrive depart
ascent descent
assent dissent
asset liability
attract repel
awake asleep
barren fertile
base noble
beautiful ugly
belief doubt
benediction malediction
benevolent malevolent
bold timid
boom slump
bravery cowardice
bright dim, dull
carnal spiritual
centrifugal centripetal
cheap dear, costly
cheerful gloomy
clean dirty
clever stupid
common rare
compulsory optional
concord discord
confident diffident
create destroy
dark light
dawn dusk
debtor creditor
deep shallow
defensive offensive
deliberate unintentional, accidental
diligent crazy
dilute concentrated
dwarf giant
elevation depression
exclude include
exit entrance
exotic indigenous
expand contract
explicit implicit
external internal
extravagant frugal, thrifty
famous obscure
fast loose, slow
fat lean, thin
fictitious real
forget remember
frequent rare
fresh stale
friendly hostile
full empty
gain loss
gather scatter
general particular, special
generous mean
gradual abrupt, sudden
guilty innocent
harsh gentle
hasty leisurely
hate love
haughty meek
heavy light
high low
hit miss
hollow solid
honour shame
hope despair
host- guest
hurt heal
ideal actual
idle busy
imagination reality
increase decrease
industrious indolent, lazy
inferior superior
inhale exhale
input output
joy sorrow
junior senior
kind cruel
kindle extinguish
knowledge ignorance
lament rejoice
later earlier
latter former
lead follow
lend borrow
let hire
liberate enslave
literal figurative
loose tight
lose find
major minor
many few
masculine feminine
material spiritual
maximum minimum
memory oblivion
mild severe, stern
miser spendthrift
monogamy polygamy
monotony variety, diversity
nave sophisticated
narrow broad
native foreign
natural artificial
negative positive
neutral partial
observe reverse
odd even
offer refuse
often seldom
omission commission
optimistic pessimistic
oral written
oriental occidental
original duplicate, copy
ostensible actual
partly wholly
permanent temporary
permit prohibit
pleasure pain
practice theory
pragmatic idealistic
praise blame
precede succeed
pride humility
profit loss
progress regress
progressive retrograde
promote demote
public private
quiet noisy
queer normal
rash cautious, careful
rapid slow, leisurely
recede advance
relative absolute
reluctant ready, willing
reserved sociable
resist submit
retail wholesale
reward punish
rigid flexible
ripe raw
rise fall, set
rough smooth
rude polite
sacred secular, profane
safe risky, dangerous
saint sinner
servant master
sharp blunt
simple complex, complicated
sink - swim, float
smile frown
sober drunk, rash
solid liquid
straight crooked, curved
strait broad
strange familiar
subjective objective
succeed fail
sure doubtful
sweet bitter, sour
sympathy antipathy
tall short
tense relaxed
terrestrial celestial
thick thin
tight loose, slack
top bottom
tranquil disturbed, agitated
transparent opaque
triumph defeat
trivial important
true false
unite separate
upper lower
upright dishonest
urban rural
urbane rude, uncultured
vacant occupied
vague clear, definite
vertical horizontal
victory defeat
virtue vice
voluntary compulsory
wake sleep
wax wane
wealth poverty
wide narrow
win lose
wise foolish
zenith nadir