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Common Opposites - Antonyms

Vocabulary Word List
absent - present
abundant - scarce
accept - decline, refuse
accurate - inaccurate
admit - deny
advantage - disadvantage
against - for
agree - disagree

backward - forward
bad - good
beautiful - ugly
before - after
begin - end
below - above
bent - straight
best - worst

calm - windy, troubled

can - cannot, can't
capable - incapable
captive - free
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A
alive - dead
all - none, nothing
ally - enemy
always - never
ancient - modern
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together

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appear - disappear, vanish

approve - disapprove
arrive - depart
artificial - natural
ascend - descend
attic - cellar
attractive - repulsive
awake - asleep

B
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
clockwise - counterclockwise
close - far, distant
closed - ajar, open
clumsy - graceful

conceal - reveal
contract - expand
cool - warm
correct - incorrect, wrong
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careful - careless
cheap - expensive
cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary
clear - cloudy, opaque
clever - stupid

cold - hot
combine - separate
come - go
comfort - discomfort
common - rare

dangerous - safe
dark - light
day - night
daytime - nighttime
dead - alive
decline - accept, increase
decrease - increase

D
deep - shallow
definite - indefinite
demand - supply
despair - hope
dim - bright
disappear - appear
discourage - encourage

early - late
east - west
easy - hard, difficult
empty - full

fade - brighten
fail - succeed
false - true
famous - unknown
far - near
fast - slow
fat - thin
feeble - strong, powerful

E
encourage - discourage
end - begin, start
enter - exit
even - odd
F
few - many
find - lose
first - last
float - sink
foolish - wise
fore - aft
free - bound, captive
fold - unfold

generous - stingy
gentle - rough
get - give
giant - tiny, small, dwarf
girl - boy

G
give - receive, take
glad - sad, sorry
gloomy - cheerful
go - stop
good - bad, evil

happy - sad
hard - easy
hard - soft
harmful - harmless
harsh - mild
hate - love
haves - have-nots

H
healthy - diseased, ill, sick
heaven - hell
heavy - light
help - hinder
here - there
hero - coward
high - low

ill - healthy, well

immense - tiny, small
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I
inferior - superior
inhale - exhale

courage - cowardice
create - destroy
crooked - straight
cruel - kind
compulsory - voluntary
courteous - discourteous, rude

diseased - healthy
down - up
downwards - upwards
dreary - cheerful
dry - moist, wet
dull - bright, shiny
dusk - dawn

expand - contract
export - import
exterior - interior
external - internal

forget - remember
found - lost
fresh - stale
frequent - seldom
friend - enemy
for - against
fortunate - unfortunate
full - empty

grant - refuse
great - tiny, small, unimportant
grow - shrink
guest - host
guilty - innocent

hill - valley
hinder - help
honest - dishonest
horizontal - vertical
hot - cold
humble - proud

interesting - boring
interior - exterior
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important - trivial
in - out
include - exclude
increase - decrease

inner - outer
inside - outside
intelligent - stupid, unintelligent

interesting - dull, uninteresting

internal - external
intentional - accidental

J
junior - senior
just - unjust

join - separate

justice - injustice

K
knowledge - ignorance

landlord - tenant
large - small
last - first
laugh - cry
lawful - unlawful, illegal
lazy - industrious
leader - follower
left - right
lend -borrow

mad - happy, sane

major - minor
many - few
mature - immature
maximum - minimum

nadir - zenith
narrow - wide
near - far, distant
neat - messy, untidy

obedient - disobedient
odd - even
offer - refuse
old - young

past - present
patient - impatient
peace - war
permanent - temporary
plentiful - scarce
plural - singular

known - unknown
L
lengthen - shorten
lenient - strict
left - right
less - more
light - dark, heavy
like - dislike, hate
likely - unlikely
limited - boundless
little - big
M
melt - freeze
merry - sad
messy - neat
minor - major

N
never - always
new - old
night - day
nighttime - daytime
O
old - new
on - off
open - closed, shut
opposite- same, similar
P
poetry - prose
polite - rude, impolite
possible - impossible
poverty - wealth, riches
powerful - weak

long - short
loose - tight
lose - find
loss - win
loud - quiet
love - hate
low - high
loyal - disloyal

minority - majority
miser - spendthrift
misunderstand - understand
more - less

no - yes
noisy - quiet
none - some
north - south

optimist - pessimist
out - in
outer - inner
over - under

pretty - ugly
private - public
prudent - imprudent
pure - impure, contaminated
push - pull

Q
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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
sick - healthy, ill
simple - complex, hard
singular - plural
sink - float
slim - fat, thick
slow - fast
sober - drunk
soft - hard
some - none
sorrow - joy

safe - unsafe
same - opposite
satisfactory - unsatisfactory
secure - insecure
scatter - collect
separate - join, together
serious - trivial
second-hand - new
shallow - deep
shrink - grow

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
unqualified - qualified
unsafe - safe
up - down
upside-down - right-side-up

under - over
unfold - fold
unknown - known

V
victory - defeat
virtue - vice

vacant - occupied
vanish - appear
vast - tiny

upstairs - downstairs
us - them
useful - useless

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
Z

zip - unzip
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zenith - nadir
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