Common antonyms
absent - present
below - above
abundant - scarce
bent - straight
accept - decline, refuse
best - worst
accurate - inaccurate
better - worse, worst
admit - deny
big - little, small
advantage disadvantage
black - white
cheerful - sad,
discouraged,
clear - cloudy, opaque
clever - stupid
close - far, distant
closed - ajar, open
clumsy - graceful
blame - praise
cold - hot
against - for
bless - curse
combine - separate
agree - disagree
bitter - sweet
comfort - discomfort
ally - enemy
borrow - lend
common - rare
always - never
bottom - top
conceal - reveal
ancient - modern
boy - girl
contract - expand
apart - together
brave - cowardly
cool - warm
appear - disappear,
vanish
build - destroy
approve - disapprove
bold - meek, timid
correct - incorrect,
wrong
arrive - depart
borrow - lend
courage - cowardice
artificial - natural
bound - unbound, free
create - destroy
ascend - descend
bright - dim, dull
crooked - straight
attic - cellar
brighten - fade
cruel - kind
attractive - repulsive
broad - narrow
compulsory - voluntary
awake - asleep
calm - windy, troubled
courteous discourteous, rude
backward - forward
can - cannot, can't
bad - good
capable - incapable
beautiful - ugly
captive - free
before - after
careful - careless
begin - end
cheap - expensive
dangerous - safe
dark - light
day - night
daytime - night-time
dead - alive
expand - contract
fortunate - unfortunate
decline - accept,
increase
export - import
full - empty
exterior - interior
generous - stingy
external - internal
gentle - rough
fade - brighten
get - give
fail - succeed
giant - tiny, small,
dwarf
decrease - increase
deep - shallow
definite - indefinite
demand - supply
false - true
despair - hope
girl - boy
famous - unknown
dim - bright
give - receive, take
far - near
disappear - appear
glad - sad, sorry
fast - slow
discourage - encourage
gloomy - cheerful
fat - thin
diseased - healthy
go - stop
down - up
feeble - strong,
powerful
good - bad, evil
downwards - upwards
few - many
grant - refuse
dreary - cheerful
find - lose
great - tiny, small,
unimportant
dry - moist, wet
first - last
dull - bright, shiny
float - sink
dusk - dawn
foolish - wise
grow - shrink
guest - host
guilty - innocent
early - late
free - bound, captive
east - west
fold - unfold
easy - hard, difficult
forget - remember
empty - full
found - lost
encourage - discourage
fresh - stale
healthy - diseased, ill,
sick
end - begin, start
frequent - seldom
hinder - help
enter - exit
friend - enemy
honest - dishonest
even - odd
for - against
horizontal - vertical
happy - sad
harmful - harmless
harsh - mild
hot - cold
light - dark, heavy
night - day
humble - proud
like - dislike, hate
night - day
ill - healthy, well
likely - unlikely
no - yes
immense - tiny, small
limited - endless
noisy - quiet
important - trivial
little - big
none - some
in - out
long - short
north - south
include - exclude
loose - tight
obedient - disobedient
increase - decrease
lose - find
odd - even
inferior – superior
loss - win
offer - refuse
inner - outer
loud - quiet
old - young
interior - exterior
many - few
old - new
interesting - dull,
uninteresting
mature - immature
on - off
maximum - minimum
open - closed, shut
melt - freeze
patient - impatient
messy - neat
peace - war
minor - major
permanent - temporary
minority - majority
plentiful - scarce
miser - spendthrift
plural - singular
misunderstand understand
poetry - prose
internal - external
intentional - accidental
join - separate
junior - senior
just - unjust
justice - injustice
knowledge - ignorance
polite - rude, impolite
known - unknown
more - less
large - small
narrow - wide
last - first
near - far, distant
possible - impossible
poverty - wealth, riches
powerful - weak
lenient - strict
neat - messy, untidy
left - right
never - always
pretty - ugly
private - public
less - more
new - old
prudent – unwise,
stupid
slim - fat, thick
unsafe - safe
pure - impure,
contaminated
slow - fast
upside-down - rightside-up
sober - drunk
upstairs – downstairs
push - pull
soft - hard
qualified - unqualified
useful - useless
some - none
question - answer
vacant - occupied
sorrow - joy
quiet - loud, noisy
vanish - appear
sour - sweet
raise - lower
vast - tiny
straight - crooked
rapid - slow
victory - defeat
start - finish
rare - common
visible - invisible
stop - go
regular - irregular
voluntary - compulsory
strict - lenient
real - fake
wisdom - stupidity
strong - weak
rich - poor
within - outside
success - failure
right - left, wrong
zip - unzip
sunny - cloudy
right-side-up - upsidedown
synonym - antonym
rough - smooth
tiny - big, huge
rude - courteous
together - apart
safe - unsafe
top - bottom
same - opposite
tough - easy, tender
satisfactory unsatisfactory
transparent - opaque
true - false
shrink - grow
truth - falsehood, lie
sick - healthy, ill
under - over
simple - complex, hard
unfold - fold
singular - plural
unknown - known
sink - float
unqualified - qualified