Here are the list of the words with opposite meanings alphabetically.
A
Words | Antonyms |
absent | present |
above | below |
accept | reject |
active | passive, inactive |
appear | disappear |
adult | minor |
able | unable |
agree | disagree, differ |
arrive | depart |
ascend | descend |
attract | repel |
ancient | modern |
attentive | inattentive |
attractive | repulsive |
ability | inability, disability |
aware | unaware |
B
Words | Antonyms |
bad | good |
buy | sell |
big | small |
begin | end |
before | after |
bold | timid, cowardly |
bind | loosen |
break | repair |
better | worse |
barren | fertile |
balance | imbalance |
breakable | unbreakable |
bearable | unbearable |
believe | disbelieve |
blame | praise |
bright | dull |
C
Words | Antonyms |
cry | laugh |
care | neglect |
cold, cool | hot, warm |
complete | incomplete |
correct | wrong |
create | destroy |
clean | dirty |
clever | stupid |
cheap | dear, costly |
coarse | fine |
contract | expand |
confident | diffident |
civil | rude, military |
content | discontent |
comfort | discomfort |
change | unchange |
common | uncommon |
civilized | uncivilized |
certain | uncertain |
conscious | unconscious |
careful | careless |
cheerful | cheerless |
D
Words | Antonyms |
die | live |
dead | alive |
debit | credit |
dark | bright |
different | same, similar |
defend | attack |
decided | undecided |
direct | indirect |
day | night |
deep | shallow |
dry | wet |
E
Words | Antonyms |
even | uneven |
easy | difficult |
empty | full |
entrance | exit |
employed | unemployed |
encourage | discourage |
eligible | ineligible |
equal | unequal |
equality | inequality |
early | late |
educated | uneducated |
F
Words | Antonyms |
fat | thin |
far | near |
first | last |
friend | foe, enemy |
friendly | hostile, inimical |
fast | slow |
full | empty |
freedom | bondage |
fortune | misfortune |
familiar | unfamiliar |
fertile | barren, sterile |
fresh | stale |
finite | infinite |
faithful | unfaithful |
finished | unfinished |
favourable | unfavourable |
fearful | fearless |
G
Words | Antonyms |
glad | sorry |
guest | host |
gain | loss, lose |
green | ripe |
grateful | ungrateful |
H
Words | Antonyms |
high | low |
hard | soft |
heavy | light |
humble | proud |
hope | despair |
hopeful | hopeless |
happy | unhappy |
happiness | misery |
harmful | harmless |
holy | unholy |
human | inhuman |
honest | dishonest |
honour | dishonour |
helpful | helpless |
hate | love |
I
Words | Antonyms |
ill | well |
include | exclude |
interior | exterior |
import | export |
important | unimportant |
interested | uninterested |
J
Words | Antonyms |
joy | sorrow |
join | disjoin, separate |
justice | injustice |
just | unjust |
K
Words | Antonyms |
kind | unkind, cruel |
known | unknown |
knowledge | ignorance |
L
Words | Antonyms |
long | short |
legal | illegal |
life | death |
limited | unlimited |
light | darkness |
like | dislike |
loyal | disloyal |
lend | borrow |
licit | illicit |
legible | illegible |
large | small |
lazy | industrious |
loud | low |
liberal | illiberal |
logical | illogical |
literate | illiterate |
M
Words | Antonyms |
many | few |
major | minor |
make | break |
master | servant |
maximum | minimum |
mature | immature |
mortal | immortal |
modest | immodest |
material | immaterial |
minority | majority |
merit | demerit |
modern | ancient |
movable | immovable |
meaningful | meaningless |
N
Words | Antonyms |
new | old |
negative | positive |
natural | artificial |
noble | mean, ignoble |
novice | expert |
native | foreign |
narrow | wide, broad |
neither | either |
O
Words | Antonyms |
open | shut |
oral | written |
oppose | support |
obedient | disobedient |
optimism | pessimism |
often | seldom |
P
Words | Antonyms |
poor | rich |
profit | loss |
past | present |
pure | impure, mixed |
perfect | imperfect |
permanent | temporary |
proficient | deficient |
pain | pleasure |
possible | impossible |
prosperity | adversity |
proper | improper |
patient | impatient |
partial | impartial |
pious | impious |
powerful | powerless |
painful | painless |
popular | unpopular |
Q
Words | Antonyms |
quick | slow |
question | answer |
R
Words | Antonyms |
right | left, wrong |
real | imaginary |
rise | fall |
rough | smooth |
rigid | flexible |
rude | polite |
rich | poor |
regular | irregular |
religious | irreligious |
respect | disrespect |
responsible | irresponsible |
relevant | irrelevant |
rational | irrational |
S
Words | Antonyms |
sad | cheerful |
sour | sweet |
start | finish |
same | different |
smile | frown |
sincere | insincere |
simple | complex |
similar | different, dissimilar |
success | failure |
sufficient | insufficient |
superior | inferior |
synonym | antonym |
sharp | blunt |
T
Words | Antonyms |
top | bottom |
true | false |
thin | thick |
tame | wild |
tragedy | comedy |
theoretical | practical |
trust | distrust |
tasteful | tasteless |
U
Words | Antonyms |
up | down |
unity | diversity |
uniform | varied |
V
Words | Antonyms |
virtue | vice |
valid | invalid |
victory | defeat |
visible | invisible |
W
Words | Antonyms |
war | peace |
weak | strong |
wisdom | folly |
white | black |
work | rest |
weep | laugh |
woe | weal |
wise | unwise, fool |
wholesale | retail |
Y
Words | Antonyms |
young | old |
U
Words | Antonyms |
ugly | beautiful |
usual | unusual |
useful | useless |
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