Antonyms
Antonyms are words which have almost opposite meanings. Most words can have one or more 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
Knowledge – Ignorance
Last – First
Laugh – Cry
Less – More
Lie – Truth
Like – Dislike
Likely – Unlikely
Liquid – Solid
Lonely – Crowded
Long – Short
Loose – Tight
Lost – Found
Love – Hate
Major – Minor
Man – Woman
Marvelous – Terrible
Mature – Immature
Maximum - Minimum
Mix – Separate
Moist – Dry
More – Less
Most – Least
Move – Stay
Near – Far
Never – Always
New – Old
Noisey – Quiet
None – All
North – South
Nothing – Something
Now – Then
Obvious – Hidden
Odd – Even
Often – Seldom
Old – Young
On – Off
Optimist - Pessimist
Ordinary – Extraordinary
Over – Under
Pain – Pleasure
Panic – Calm
Partial – Complete
Passive – Active
Peace - War
Permanent – Unstable
Play – Work
Plentiful – Sparse
Polite – Rude
Poor – Rich
Positive – Negative
Powerful – Weak
Praise – Criticism
Pride – Modesty
Private – Public
Problem – Solution
Profit – Loss
Quality – Inferiority
Quick – Slow
Raise – Lower
Random – Specific
Rare – Common
Raw – Cooked
Regret – Rejoice
Remember – Forget
Right – Wrong
Rigid – Flexible
Rise – Sink
Rough – Smooth
Rude – Polite
Same – Different
Segregate – Integrate
Seldom – Often
Sell – Buy
Send – Receive
Shame – Honor
Short – Long
Show – Hide
Simple - Complicated
Single – Married
Sour – Sweet
Spend – Earn
Start – Stop
Started – Finished
Stay – Leave
Stiff – Flexible
Stop – Go
Strength – Weakness
Strong - Weak
Student – Teacher
Sturdy – Weak
Sunny - Cloudy
Superb – Inferior
Tame – Wild
Teach – Learn
Temporary – Permanent
Thin – Wide
Tidy – Messy
Timid – Bold
Together – Apart
Top - Bottom
Toward – Away
Tragic – Comic
Transparent - Opaque
Triumph – Defeat
True – False
Union – Separation
Unique – Common
Upset – Stabilize
Urge – Deter
Vacant – Occupied
Vague – Definite
Vertical – Horizontal
Victory - Defeat
Villain – Hero
Visible - Invisible
Wax - Wane
Wealth – Poverty
Well - Sick
Wet – Dry
White – Black
Wild – Tame
Win – Lose
With – Without
Worthy – Worthless
Young - Old
