List Of Opposites - English Vocabulary

Vocabulary: List Of Opposites (Antonyms)

Lists of opposites arranged in alphabetical order

Here is a list of opposites arranged in alphabetical order. If you are interested in synonym adjectives, explore our comprehensive list of synonyms.

NOTE: this list of opposites is of course by no means an extensive one. More opposites can be added

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – Y – Z

Words	Opposites
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
always	never
ancient	modern
to agree	to refuse, to argue
to allow	to forbid
already	not yet
always	never
amateur	professional
to amuse	to bore
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	defense, protection
attic	cellar
autumn	spring
awake	asleep
awful	delicious, nice, pleasant

Words	Opposites
back	in front of
background	foreground
backward	forward
bad	good
bad luck	fortune, good luck
beauty	ugliness
before	after
to begin	to end, to finish
beginning	end, ending
behind	in front of
below	above
best	worst
better	worse
beautiful	ugly
big	small
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	top
boy	girl
brave	cowardly, afraid
to break	to mend, to fix
broad	narrow
brother	sister
to build	to destroy
busy	lazy
to buy	to sell

Words	Opposites
calm	excited
careful	careless
careless	careful
to catch	to miss, to throw
ceiling	floor
cellar	attic
center	outskirts, suburb
certainly	probably
changeable	constant
cheap	expensive
child	adult, grown-up
children	parents
clean	dirty
clever	stupid
to close	to open
closed	open
cloudy	clear, sunny, bright
cold (adj)	hot
cold (noun)	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	to whisper
to cry	to laugh
curly	straight

Words	Opposites
to damage	to repair
danger	security, safety
dangerous	safe
dark	light
daughter	son
dawn	dusk
day	night
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
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	democracy
to die	to live
different	alike, equal, the same
difficult	easy
dirty	clean
disease	health
distant	near
to divide	to unite
division	unity
to divorce	to marry
divorce	marriage, wedding
divorced	married
domestic	foreign
down	up
downstairs	upstairs
drama	comedy
dry	humid, wet
dull	interesting
dusk	dawn

Words	Opposites
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	odd
evening	morning
everybody	nobody
everything	nothing
exactly	approximately
excited	calm
exciting	boring
to exclude	to include
exit	entrance
expensive	cheap
export	import
exposure	shelter
extreme	moderate

Words	Opposites
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
to forbid	to allow, to let, to permit
for	against
foreground	background
foreign	domestic
foreigner	native
to forget	to remember
to form	to destroy
fortune	bad luck
forward	backward
to free	to arrest
to freeze	to melt
frequently	occasionally
friend	enemy
front	rear
in front of	back, behind
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present
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
to forbid	to allow, to let, to permit
for	against
foreground	background
foreign	domestic
foreigner	native
to forget	to remember
to form	to destroy
fortune	bad luck
forward	backward
to free	to arrest
to freeze	to melt
frequently	occasionally
friend	enemy
front	rear
in front of	back, behind
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present
frequently	occasionally
friend	enemy
front	rear
in front of	back, behind
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present
frequently	occasionally
friend	enemy
front	rear
in front of	back, behind
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present
funny	serious
future	past, present

Words	Opposites
general	particular, special
generous	mean
gentle	violent, rough, strict
gentleman	lady
girl	boy
to give	to take
to go	to come, to stop
good	bad
godfather	godmother
grown-up	child
guest	host
guilty	innocent

Words	Opposites
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	deep
high	low
hilly	flat
to hit	to miss
hopeful	desperate, hopeless
hopeless	hopeful
horizontal	vertical
host	guest, visitor
hot	cold
huge	tiny
human	animal
humane	cruel
humid	dry
hungry	thirsty
husband	wife

Words	Opposites
in front of	back, behind
to ignore	to notice
ill	healthy, well
to immigrate	to emigrate
immigration	emigration
import	export
in	out
to include	to exclude
to increase	to reduce
innocent	guilty
inside	outside
insult	compliment
intelligent	silly, stupid
intentional	accidental
interested	bored
interesting	boring, dull
to interrupt	to continue

Words	Opposites
to jeopardize	to secure
jolly	unhappy
Junior	senior

Words	Opposites
Keen	Uninterested
Kind	Cruel, Nasty
Known	Unknown
Keep	Discard
Knowledge	Ignorance
Kindness	Meaness
Kick	Catch
Key	Lock
Kill	Save
Kindly	Harshly
Knit	Unravel

Words	Opposites
lack	abundance, plenty
lady	gentleman
to land	to take off
land	water
large	small
last	first
late	early
to laugh	to cry
lazy	active, busy
to lead	to follow
to learn	to teach
to leave	to arrive, to enter
left	right
to lend	to borrow
less	more
to let	to forbid
to lie	to stand
life	death
light	dark, heavy
to like	to hate
liquid	solid
little	big, large
little	much
to live	to die
long	short
to lose	to find, to win
loser	winner
loud	quiet
to love	to hate
lovely	terrible
low	high
to lower	to raise

Words	Opposites
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	to hit, to catch
moderate	extreme
modern	ancient, old
monarchy	republic
moon	sun
more	less
morning	evening
mountain	valley
much	little

Words	Opposites
narrow	broad, wide
nasty	nice, pleasant
native	foreigner, stranger
natural	artificial
near	distant, far
negative	affirmative
nephew	niece
never	always
new	ancient, old
nice	awful, nasty
niece	nephew
night	day
no	yes
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet, silent
noon	midnight
none of	all of
normal	strange
north	south
not yet	already
nothing	everything
to notice	to ignore
now	then

Words	Opposites
occasionally	frequently
occupied	vacant
odd	even
off	on
often	seldom, sometimes
old	modern, new, young
on	off
to open	to close, to shut
open	closed, shut
opponent	supporter
order	mess
ordinary	special
other	same
out	in
outside	inside
outskirts	center
over	under
outside	inside
outskirts	center
over	under

Words	Opposites
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, impolite
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
public	private
to pull	to push
pupil	teacher
to push	to pull

Words	Opposites
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy

Words	Opposites
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	left, wrong
to rise	to sink
rough	gentle, smooth, soft
rude	polite
rural	urban

Words	Opposites
sad	happy
sadness	happiness
safe	dangerous
safety	danger
same, similar	different
satisfaction	dissatisfaction
to satisfy	to dissatisfy
to save	to spend, to waste
to scream	to whisper
security	danger
seldom	often
to sell	to buy
to send	to receive
to sit	to stand
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, stupid	intelligent
simple	complicated
to sink	to rise
single	married
sister	brother
slim	fat
slow	fast, quick
small	big, large, tall
smooth	rough
soft	hard, rough
solid	liquid
somber	colorful, cheerful
some	many
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
strict	tolerant, indulgent
strong	weak
student	teacher
stupid	clever, intelligent
suburb	center
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

Words	Opposites
to take	to give
to take off	to land
tall	small, short
to teach	to learn
teacher	pupil, student
thankful	thankless
terrible	lovely
there	here
then	now
thin	thick, fat
to throw	to catch
tight	loose
tiny	huge
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
top	bottom
total	partial
town	village
tragedy	comedy
trivial	important
true	false
to trust	to suspect

Words	Opposites
ugliness	beauty
ugly	beautiful, handsome, pretty
under	over
to unite	to divide, to separate
unity	division
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
urban	rural
urgent	leisurely
useless	useful

Words	Opposites
vacant	occupied
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal
victory	defeat
village	town
violent	gentle
visitor	host
voluntary	compulsory
vowel	consonant

Words	Opposites
war	peace
warm	cool
to waste	to save
water	land
weak	powerful, strong
wealth	poverty
wealthy	poor
wedding	divorce
well	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

Words	Opposites
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
young	old

Words	Opposites
Zeal	Apathy
Zenith	Nadir
Zigzag	Straight
Zip	Unzip
Zest	Bland
Zany	Serious
Zen	Chaos
Zealotry	Apathy
Zestful	Lifeless

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