Opposites
A
about
above
absence
abundance
to accept
accidental
active
to add
to admit
adult
advanced
affirmative
afraid
after
against
alike
alive
all
always
ancient
to agree
exactly
below
presence
lack
to refuse
intentional
lazy
to subtract
to deny
child
elementary
negative
brave
before
for
different
dead
none
never
modern
to refuse, to argue
to allow
already
always
amateur
to amuse
angel
animal
to annoy
to answer
answer
antonym
apart
approximately
to argue
to arrest
arrival
to arrive
artificial
to ask
asleep
to attack
attack
attic
to forbid
not yet
never
professional
to bore
devil
human
to satisfy
to ask
question
synonym
together
exactly
to agree
to free, to set free
departure
to depart, to leave
natural
to answer
awake
to defend
defense, protection
cellar
autumn
awake
awful
spring
asleep
delicious, nice, pleasant
B
back
background
backward
bad
bad luck
beauty
before
to begin
beginning
behind
below
best
better
beautiful
big
birth
bitter
black
blunt
in front of
foreground
forward
good
fortune, good luck
ugliness
after
to end, to finish
end, ending
in front of
above
worst
worse
ugly
small
death
sweet
white
sharp
body
soul
to amuse, to be
interested in
exciting, interesting
to lend
top
girl
cowardly, afraid
to mend, to fix
narrow
sister
to destroy
lazy
to sell
to bore
boring
to borrow
bottom
boy
brave
to break
broad
brother
to build
busy
to buy
C
calm
careful
careless
to catch
ceiling
cellar
center
certainly
excited
careless
careful
to miss, to throw
floor
attic
outskirts, suburb
probably
changeable
cheap
child
children
clean
clever
to close
closed
cloudy
constant
expensive
adult, grown-up
parents
dirty
stupid
to open
open
clear, sunny, bright
Words
cold (adj)
cold (noun)
to come
comedy
complicated
compliment
compulsory
to connect
consonant
constant
construction
to continue
cool
correct
courage
courageous
cowardly
to create
cruel
to cry
Opposites
hot
heat
to go
drama, tragedy
simple
insult
voluntary
to separate
vowel
changeable
destruction
to interrupt
warm
false, wrong
fear
cowardly
brave, courageous
to destroy
human, kind
humane
to whisper
to cry
curly
to laugh
straight
D
to damage
danger
dangerous
dark
daughter
dawn
day
deep
defeat
delicious
to deny
to depart
departure
desperate
to destroy
destruction
devil
dictatorship
to die
different
to repair
security, safety
safe
light
son
dusk
night
shallow
victory
awful
to admit
to arrive
arrival
hopeful
to build, to create, to form
construction
angel
democracy
to live
alike, equal, the same
difficult
dirty
disease
distant
to divide
division
to divorce
divorce
divorced
domestic
down
downstairs
drama
dry
dull
dusk
easy
clean
health
near
to unite
unity
to marry
marriage, wedding
married
foreign
up
upstairs
comedy
humid, wet
interesting
dawn
E
early
east
easy
elementary
to emigrate
emigration
late
west
difficult, hard
advanced
to immigrate
immigration
empty
to end
end
ending
enemy
to enjoy
to enter
entrance
equal
even
evening
everybody
everything
exactly
excited
exciting
to exclude
exit
expensive
export
exposure
extreme
full
to begin
beginning
beginning
friend
to hate
to leave
exit
different
odd
morning
nobody
nothing
approximately
calm
boring
to include
entrance
cheap
import
shelter
moderate
F
to fail
failure
false
far
fast
fat
fear
female
few
final
to succeed, to pass
success
correct, true
near
slow
slim, thin
courage
male
many
first
Words
cold (adj)
cold (noun)
to come
comedy
complicated
compliment
compulsory
to connect
consonant
constant
construction
to continue
cool
correct
courage
courageous
cowardly
to create
cruel
to cry
to cry
Opposites
hot
heat
to go
drama, tragedy
simple
insult
voluntary
to separate
vowel
changeable
destruction
to interrupt
warm
false, wrong
fear
cowardly
brave, courageous
to destroy
human, kind
humane
to whisper
to laugh
curly
straight
D
to damage
danger
dangerous
dark
daughter
dawn
day
deep
defeat
delicious
to deny
to depart
departure
desperate
to destroy
destruction
devil
dictatorship
to die
different
difficult
to repair
security, safety
safe
light
son
dusk
night
shallow
victory
awful
to admit
to arrive
arrival
hopeful
to build, to create, to form
construction
angel
democracy
to live
alike, equal, the same
easy
dirty
disease
distant
to divide
division
to divorce
divorce
divorced
domestic
down
downstairs
drama
dry
dull
dusk
clean
health
near
to unite
unity
to marry
marriage, wedding
married
foreign
up
upstairs
comedy
humid, wet
interesting
dawn
E
early
east
easy
elementary
to emigrate
emigration
empty
late
west
difficult, hard
advanced
to immigrate
immigration
full
to end
end
ending
enemy
to enjoy
to enter
entrance
equal
even
evening
everybody
everything
exactly
excited
exciting
to exclude
exit
expensive
export
exposure
extreme
to begin
beginning
beginning
friend
to hate
to leave
exit
different
odd
morning
nobody
nothing
approximately
calm
boring
to include
entrance
cheap
import
shelter
moderate
F
to fail
to succeed, to pass
failure
false
far
fast
fat
fear
female
few
final
success
correct, true
near
slow
slim, thin
courage
male
many
first
Words
Opposites
L
lack
lady
to land
land
large
last
late
to laugh
lazy
to lead
to learn
to leave
left
to lend
less
to let
to lie
life
light
to like
abundance, plenty
gentleman
to take off
water
small
first
early
to cry
active, busy
to follow
to teach
to arrive, to enter
right
to borrow
more
to forbid
to stand
death
dark, heavy
to hate
liquid
little
little
to live
long
to lose
loser
loud
to love
lovely
low
to lower
solid
big, large
much
to die
short
to find, to win
winner
quiet
to hate
terrible
high
to raise
M
major
male
man
many
marriage
married
to marry
master
maximum
mean
minor
female
woman
few, some
divorce
divorced, single
to divorce
servant
minimum
generous
to melt
men
to mend
mess
midnight
minimum
minor
to miss
moderate
modern
monarchy
moon
more
morning
mountain
much
to freeze
women
to break
order
noon
maximum
major
to hit, to catch
extreme
ancient, old
republic
sun
less
evening
valley
little
N
narrow
nasty
native
natural
near
negative
broad, wide
nice, pleasant
foreigner, stranger
artificial
distant, far
affirmative
nephew
never
new
nice
niece
night
no
nobody
noisy
noon
none of
normal
north
not yet
nothing
to notice
now
niece
always
ancient, old
awful, nasty
nephew
day
yes
everybody
quiet, silent
midnight
all of
strange
south
already
everything
to ignore
then
O
occasionally
occupied
odd
off
often
frequently
vacant
even
on
seldom, sometimes
old
on
to open
open
opponent
order
ordinary
other
out
Words
outside
outskirts
over
Opposites
inside
center
under
P
parents
part
partial
particular
to pass
past
peace
to permit
to plant
plenty
pleasant
polite
poor
poverty
powerful
presence
present
children
whole
total
general
to fail
future, present
war
to forbid
to harvest
lack
awful
rude, impolite
rich, wealthy
wealth
weak
absence
past, future
pretty
private
probably
professional
to protect
protection
public
to pull
pupil
to push
ugly
public
certainly
amateur
to attack
attack
private
to push
teacher
to pull
Q
question
quick
quiet
answer
slow
loud, noisy
R
to raise
rainy
rear
to receive
to reduce
to refuse
regret
to remember
to lower
sunny
front
to send
to increase
to agree, to accept
satisfaction
to forget
to repair
to reply
reply
republic
to rest
rich
right
to rise
rough
rude
rural
to damage
to ask
question
dictatorship, monarchy
to work
poor
left, wrong
to sink
gentle, smooth, soft
polite
urban
S
sad
sadness
safe
safety
same, similar
satisfaction
to satisfy
to save
to scream
security
seldom
happy
happiness
dangerous
danger
different
dissatisfaction
to dissatisfy
to spend, to waste
to whisper
danger
often
to sell
to send
to sit
senior
to separate
serious
servant
to set free
shallow
sharp
shelter
short
to shout
to shut
sick
silent
silly, stupid
simple
to sink
single
sister
slim
slow
to buy
to receive
to stand
junior
to connect, to unite
funny
master
to arrest
deep
blunt
exposure
long, tall
to whisper
to open
healthy
noisy
intelligent
complicated
to rise
married
brother
fat
fast, quick
small
smooth
soft
solid
somber
some
son
soul
sour
Words
south
special
spring
to stand
to start
start
to stop
to stand
strange
strict
strong
student
stupid
suburb
to succeed
success
to subtract
sugar
summer
sun
sunny
Opposites
north
general, ordinary
autumn
to sit
to stop
finish, end, stop
to start, to go
to lie
normal
tolerant, indulgent
weak
teacher
clever, intelligent
center
to fail
failure
to add
salt
winter
moon
cloudy, rainy
supporter
to suspect
sweet
synonym
opponent
to trust
bitter, sour
antonym
T
to take
to take off
tall
to teach
teacher
thankful
terrible
there
then
thin
to throw
tight
tiny
together
tomorrow
top
total
town
to give
to land
small, short
to learn
pupil, student
thankless
lovely
here
now
thick, fat
to catch
loose
huge
apart
yesterday
bottom
partial
village
tragedy
trivial
true
to trust
comedy
important
false
to suspect
U
ugliness
beauty
beautiful, handsome,
pretty
over
to divide, to separate
division
down
downstairs
rural
leisurely
useful
ugly
under
to unite
unity
up
upstairs
urban
urgent
useless
V
vacant
valley
vertical
victory
village
violent
occupied
mountain
horizontal
defeat
town
gentle
visitor
voluntary
vowel
host
compulsory
consonant
W
war
warm
to waste
water
weak
wealth
wealthy
wedding
well
west
wet
to whisper
white
whole
wide
wife
to win
winner
winter
peace
cool
to save
land
powerful, strong
poverty
poor
divorce
ill
east
dry
to scream, to shout
black
part
narrow
husband
to lose
loser
summer
to work
woman
women
worse
worst
wrong
to rest
man
men
better
best
correct, right
Y
yes
yesterday
young
no
tomorrow
old
Opposite words
1. Ability x inability
2. Happy x unhappy
3. Import x export
4. Interior x exterior
5. Maximum x minimum
6. Include
x exclude
7. Junior x senior
8. Above x below
9. Majority x minority
10. Optimist x pessimist
11. Superior x inferior
12. Accept x refuse
13. Civilized x uncivilized/savage/barbaric
14. Big x small
15. Acquire x lose
16. Ancient
x modern
17. Agree x disagree
18. Alive x dead
19. Barren x fertile
20. Admirex despise
21. Blunt x sharp
22. Bold x timid
23. Bright x dim
24. Broad x narrow
77. Sharp x
78. Tragedy
79. General
80. Victory x
81. Wild x
82. Weak x
83. Wisdom
84. Youth x
85. Give x
86. Laugh x
87. Smile x
88. Buy
x
89. Here x
90. This x
91. Never x
92. Stop x
93. Wrong x
94. Tight x
95. Love x
96. Throw x
97. Yes
x
98. Forward
99. Stand x
100. Lost
dull
x comedy
x particular
defeat
domestic/tame
strong
x folly
aged
take
cry
frown
sell
there
that
always
start
right
loose
hate
catch
no
x backward
sit
x found
English Vocabulary
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.
List of Antonyms
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
Word
Opposite
A
about - exactly
above - below
absence - presence
abundance - lack
to accept - to refuse
accidental - intentional
active - lazy
to add - to subtract
to admit - to deny
adult - child
advanced - elementary
affirmative - negative
afraid - brave
after - before
against - for
alike - different
alive - dead
all - none
to allow - to forbid
already - not yet
always - never
ancient - modern
ancestor - descendant
to agree - to refuse, to argue
amateur - professional
to amuse - to bore
ancestor - descendant
angel - devil
animal- human
to annoy - to satisfy
to answer - to ask
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together
approximately - exactly
to argue - to agree
to arrest - to free, to set free
arrival - departure
to arrive - to depart, to leave
artificial - natural
to ask - to answer
asleep- awake
to attack - to defend
attack - defence, protection
attic - cellar
autumn - spring
awakeawful -
asleep
delicious, nice, pleasant
B back - in front of
background - foreground
backward - forward
bad - good
bad luck - fortune, good luck
beauty - ugliness
before - after
to begin - to end, to stop, to finish
beginning - end, ending
behind - in front of
below - above
best - worst
better - worse
beautiful - ugly
big - small, little
birth - death
bitter - sweet
black - white
blunt - sharp
body - soul
to bore - to amuse, to be interested in
boring - exciting, interesting
to borrow - to lend
bottom
boy brave to break
broad brother
to build
busy to buy -
- top
girl
cowardly, afraid
- to mend, to fix
narrow
- sister
- to destroy
lazy
to sell
C calm - excited
careful - careless
careless - careful
to catch - to miss, to throw
ceiling - floor
cellar - attic
centre - outskirts, suburb
certainly - probably
changeable - constant
cheap - expensive
child - adult, grown-up
children - parents
clean - dirty
clear - cloudy
clever - stupid
to close - to open
closed- open
cloudy- clear, sunny, bright
cold (kalt) - hot
cold (Klte) - heat
to come - to go
comedy - drama, tragedy
complicated - simple
compliment - insult
compulsory - voluntary
to connect - to separate
consonant - vowel
constant - changeable
construction - destruction
to continue - to interrupt
cool - warm
correct - false, wrong
courage - fear
courageous - cowardly
cowardly - brave, courageous
to create - to destroy
cruel - human, kind
humane to cry (schreien) - to whisper
to cry (weinen) - to laugh
D to damage - to repair
danger - security, safety
dangerous - safe
dark - light
daughter - son
dawn - dusk
day - night
dead - alive
death - birth, life
deep - shallow
defeat - victory
defence - attack
to defend - to attack
delicious - awful
to deny - to admit
to depart - to arrive
departure - arrival
desperate - hopeful
to destroy- to build, to create, to form
destruction - construction
devil - angel
dictatorship - republic
to die - to live
E early - late
east - west
easy - difficult, hard
elementary - advanced
to emigrate - to immigrate
emigration - immigration
empty - full
to end - to begin
end - beginning
ending - beginning
enemy - friend
to enjoy - to hate
to enter - to leave
entrance - exit
equal - different
even (Zahlen) - odd
evening - morning
everybody - nobody
everything - nothing
exactly - about, approximately
excited - calm
exciting - boring
to exclude - to include
exit - entrance
expensive - cheap
export - import
exposure - shelter
extreme - moderate
F to fail - to succeed, to pass
failure - success
false - correct, true
far - near
fast - slow
fat - slim, thin
fear - courage
female - male
few - many
final - first
to find - to lose
to finish - to begin
finish - start
first - final, last
to fix - to break
flat - hilly
floor - ceiling
to follow - to lead
H happiness - sadness
happy - sad
handsome - ugly
hard - easy, soft
to harvest- to plant
to hate - to enjoy, to like, to love
health - disease, illness
healthy - ill, sick
heat - cold
heaven - hell
heavy - light
hell - heaven
here - there
high (Berg) - deep
high - low
hilly - flat
to hit - to miss
hopeful - desperate, hopeless
hopeless - hopeful
horizontal - vertical
host - guest, visitor
hot- cold
huge - tiny
M major - minor
male - female
man - woman
many - few, some
marriage - divorce
married - divorced, single
to marry - to divorce
master - servant
maximum - minimum
mean - generous
to melt - to freeze
men - women
to mend - to break
mess - order
midnight - noon
minimum - maximum
minor - major
to miss (verfehlen) - to hit
to miss (verpassen) - to catch
moderate - extreme
modern - ancient, old
monarchy- republic
moon - sun
more morning
mountain
much -
less
- evening
- valley
little
O occasionally - frequently
occupied - vacant
odd (Zahlen) - even
off - on
often - seldom, sometimes
old - modern, new, young
on - off
open - closed, shut
open - closed
opponent - supporter
order - mess
ordinary - special
other - same
out- in
outside - inside
outskirts - centre
over - under
P parents - children
part - whole
partial - total
particular - general
to pass - to fail
past - future, present
peace - war
to permit - to forbid
to plant - to harvest
plenty - lack
pleasant - awful
polite - rude
poor - rich, wealthy
poverty - wealth
powerful - weak
presence - absence
present - past, future
pretty - ugly
private - public
probably - certainly
professional - amateur
to protect - to attack
protection- attack
private
to push
teacher
- to pull
- answer
slow
loud, noisy
R to raise - to lower
rainy - sunny
rear - front
to receive - to send
to reduce - to increase
to refuse - to agree, to accept
regret - satisfaction
to remember - to forget
to repair - to damage
to reply - to ask
reply - question
republic - dictatorship, monarchy
to rest - to work
rich - poor
right (rechts) - left
right (richtig) - wrong
to rise - to sink
rough (Umgang) - gentle
rough (Oberflche) - smooth, soft
rude - polite
rural - urban
S sad - happy
sadness - happiness
safe - dangerous
safety - danger
salt - sugar
(the) same - different, the other
satisfaction - regret
to satisfy - to annoy
to save - to spend, to waste
to scream- to whisper
security - danger
seldom - often
to sell - to buy
to send - to receive, to save
senior - junior
to separate - to connect, to unite
serious - funny
servant - master
to set free - to arrest
shallow - deep
sharp - blunt
shelter - exposure
short - long, tall
to shout - to whisper
to shut - to open
sick - healthy
silent - noisy
silly - intelligent
simple- complicated
to sink- to rise
single - married
sister - brother
to sit - to stand
slim - fat
slow - fast, quick
small - big, large, tall
smooth - rough
soft - hard, rough
solid - liquid
some - many
sometimes - often
son - daughter
soul - body
sour - sweet
south - north
special - general, ordinary
spring - autumn
to stand - to sit
to start - to stop
start - finish, end, stop
to stop - to start, to go
to stand - to lie
strange - normal
stranger - native
strict - gentle
strong - weak
student - teacher
stupid - clever, intelligent
suburb - centre
to succeed - to fail
success - failure
to subtract - to add
sugar - salt
summer - winter
sun - moon
sunny - cloudy, rainy
supporter - opponent
to suspect - to trust
sweet - bitter, sour
synonym - antonym
T to take - to give
to take off- to land
tall - small, short
to teach - to learn
teacher - pupil, student
then - now
terrible - lovely
there - here
thick - thin
thin - thick, fat
thirsty - hungry
to throw - to catch
tight - loose
tiny - giant, huge
together - apart
tomorrow - yesterday
top- bottom
total - partial
town - village
tragedy - comedy
true - false
to trust - to suspect
U ugliness - beauty
ugly - beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty
(girls)
under - over
to unite - to divide, to separate
unity - division
up - down
upstairs - downstairs
urban - rural
useful - useless
useless - useful
V vacantvalley vertical
victoryvillage violentvisitor voluntary
vowel -
occupied
mountain
- horizontal
defeat
town
gentle
host
- compulsory
consonant
W war - peace
warm - cool
to waste - to save
water - land
weak - powerful, strong
wealth- poverty
wealthy - poor
wedding - divorce
well (gesund) - ill
west - east
wet - dry
to whisper - to scream, to shout
white - black
whole - part
wide - narrow
wife - husband
to win - to lose
winner- loser
winter - summer
to work - to rest
woman - man
women - men
worse - better
worst - best
wrong - correct, right
Y yes - no
yesterday - tomorrow
young - old