500 Opposites Words in English (Antonyms)
Opposites words in English (antonyms) are basically just words with opposite meanings to one another. Antonyms words list will help you add variety to your English Vocabulary usage.
Opposites Words in English
Below we’ll take a look at these different types of antonyms (opposites words):
Word | Opposite | Word | Opposite |
Exactly | About, Approximately | Below | Above |
Presence | Absence | Lack | Abundance |
Intentional | Accidental | Lazy | Active |
Subtract | Add | Deny | Admit |
Child | Adult | Elementary | Advanced |
Negative | Affirmative | Before | After |
For | Against | Argue | Agree |
Refuse | Agree | None Of | Al Lot Of |
Different | Alike | Dead | Alive |
Forbid | Allow | Not Yet | Already |
Never | Always | Professional | Amateur |
Bore | Amuse | Descendant | Ancestor |
Modern | Ancient | New | Ancient |
Devil | Angel | Devil | Angel |
Human | Animal | Satisfy | Annoy |
Ask | Answer | Question | Answer |
Exactly | Approximately | Free | Arrest |
Set Free | Arrest | Departure | Arrival |
Depart | Arrive | Leave | Arrive |
Natural | Artificial | Descent | Ascent |
Answer | Ask | Reply | Ask |
Awake | Asleep | Awake | Asleep |
Defense | Attack | Defend | Attack |
Protect | Attack | Protection | Attack |
Cellar | Attic | Spring | Autumn |
Pleasant | Awful | In Front Of | Back |
Foreground | Background | Forward | Backward |
Good | Bad | Fortune | Bad Luck |
Good Luck | Bad Luck | Ugly | Beautiful |
Ugliness | Beauty | After | Before |
End | Begin | Finish | Begin |
End | Beginning | Ending | Beginning |
Above | Below | Little | Big |
Small | Big | Death | Birth, Life |
White | Black | Sharp | Blunt |
Soul | Body | Amuse | Bore |
Be Interested In | Bore | Exciting | Boring |
Interesting | Boring | Lend | Borrow |
Girl | Boy | Afraid | Brave |
Cowardly | Brave, Courageous | Fix | Break |
Mend | Break | Narrow | Broad |
Sister | Brother | Destroy | Build |
Sell | Buy | Excited | Calm |
Careless | Careful | Careful | Careless |
Careful | Careless | Miss | Catch |
Floor | Ceiling | Attic | Cellar |
Outskirts | Centre | Suburb | Centre |
Probably | Certainly | Constant | Changeable |
Expensive | Cheap | Adult | Child |
Parents | Children | Dirty | Clean |
Cloudy | Clear, Sunny, Bright | Stupid | Clever |
Open | Closed | Clear | Cloudy |
Heat | Cold | Hot | Cold |
Go | Come | Drama | Comedy |
Simple | Complicated | Insult | Compliment |
Voluntary | Compulsory | Separate | Connect |
Vowel | Consonant | Changeable | Constant |
Destruction | Construction | Destruction | Construction |
Interrupt | Continue | Warm | Cool |
False | Correct, True | Fear | Courage |
Fear | Courage | Brave | Cowardly |
Courageous | Cowardly | Brave | Cowardly, Afraid |
Humane | Cruel | Kind | Cruel |
Laugh | Cry | Repair | Damage |
Safety | Danger | Security | Danger |
Safe | Dangerous | Light | Dark |
Son | Daughter | Dusk | Dawn |
Night | Day | Alive | Dead |
Birth | Death | Life | Death |
High | Deep | Shallow | Deep |
Victory | Defeat | Attack | Defend |
Awful | Delicious, Nice, Pleasant | Admit | Deny |
Arrive | Depart | Arrival | Departure |
Ancestor | Descendant | Ascent | Descent |
Ascent | Descent | Hopeful | Desperate |
Build | Destroy | Create | Destroy |
Form | Destroy | Construction | Destruction |
Angel | Devil | Republic | Dictatorship |
Live | Die | Alike | Different |
Equal | Different | Same | Different |
Easy | Difficult, Hard | Clean | Dirty |
Health | Disease | Near | Distant |
Unite | Divide | Unity | Division |
Marriage | Divorce | Marry | Divorce |
Wedding | Divorce | Married | Divorced |
Foreign | Domestic | Up | Down |
Upstairs | Downstairs | Comedy | Drama, Tragedy |
Humid | Dry | Wet | Dry |
Dawn | Dusk | Late | Early |
West | East | Difficult | Easy |
Hard | Easy | Advanced | Elementary |
Immigrate | Emigrate | Immigration | Emigration |
Full | Empty | Begin | End |
Beginning | End, Ending | Friend | Enemy |
Friend | Enemy | Hate | Enjoy |
Exit | Entrance | Exit | Entrance |
Odd | Even | Morning | Evening |
Nobody | Everybody | Nothing | Everything |
Approximately | Exactly | Calm | Excited |
Boring | Exciting, Interesting | Include | Exclude |
Entrance | Exit | Cheap | Expensive |
Import | Export | Shelter | Exposure |
Moderate | Extreme | Pass | Fail |
Success | Failure | True | False |
Correct | False, Wrong | Slow | Fast |
Slim | Fat | Courage | Fear |
Male | Female | Many | Few |
First | Final | Start | Finish |
Final | First | Last | First |
Break | Fix | Hilly | Flat |
Ceiling | Floor | Lead | Follow |
Against | For | Allow | Forbid |
Let | Forbid | Permit | Forbid |
Background | Foreground | Domestic | Foreign |
Native | Foreigner | Remember | Forget |
Bad Luck | Fortune | Melt | Freeze |
Occasionally | Frequently | Enemy | Friend |
Rear | Front | Empty | Full |
Serious | Funny | Past | Future |
Particular | General | Special | General |
Mean | Generous | Rough | Gentle |
Strict | Gentle | Violent | Gentle |
Lady | Gentleman | Boy | Girl |
Come | Go | Bad | Good |
Bad Luck | Good Luck | Host | Guest |
Innocent | Guilty | Sadness | Happiness |
Sad | Happy | Soft | Hard |
Plant | Harvest | Enjoy | Hate |
Like | Hate | Love | Hate |
Disease | Health | Sick | Healthy |
Ill | Healthy | Cold | Heat |
Hell | Heaven | Light | Heavy |
Heaven | Hell | Low | High |
Flat | Hilly | Miss | Hit |
Desperate | Hopeful | Hopeless | Hopeful |
Vertical | Horizontal | Guest | Host |
Visitor | Host | Cold | Hot |
Cold (Kalt) | Hot | Animal | Human |
Cruel | Human, Kind | Dry | Humid, Wet |
Notice | Ignore | Healthy | Ill |
Well | Ill | Emigrate | Immigrate |
Export | Import | Out | In |
Back | In Front Of | Behind | In Front Of |
Exclude | Include | Reduce | Increase |
Guilty | Innocent | Outside | Inside |
Compliment | Insult | Silly | Intelligent |
Accidental | Intentional | Dull | Interesting |
Continue | Interrupt | Senior | Junior |
Abundance | Lack | Plenty | Lack |
Gentleman | Lady | Water | Land |
Early | Late | Cry | Laugh |
Active | Lazy | Busy | Lazy |
Follow | Lead | Enter | Leave |
Right | Left | Borrow | Lend |
More | Less | Stand | Lie |
Dark | Light | Heavy | Light |
Solid | Liquid | Much | Little |
Die | Live | Short | Long |
Find | Lose | Quiet | Loud |
High | Low | Raise | Lower |
Minor | Major | Female | Male |
Female | Male | Few | Many |
Some | Many | Divorce | Marriage, Wedding |
Divorced | Married | Single | Married |
Divorce | Marry | Servant | Master |
Minimum | Maximum | Generous | Mean |
Freeze | Melt | Order | Mess |
Noon | Midnight | Maximum | Minimum |
Major | Minor | Catch | Miss |
Hit | Miss | Extreme | Moderate |
Ancient | Modern | Old | Modern |
Sun | Moon | Less | More |
Evening | Morning | Valley | Mountain |
Little | Much | Broad | Narrow |
Wide | Narrow | Foreigner | Native |
Stranger | Native | Artificial | Natural |
Distant | Near | Far | Near |
Affirmative | Negative | Niece | Nephew |
Always | Never | Nasty | Nice |
Nephew | Niece | Day | Night |
Everybody | Nobody | Silent | Noisy |
All | None | Midnight | Noon |
Strange | Normal | South | North |
Already | Not Yet | Everything | Nothing |
Ignore | Notice | Frequently | Occasionally |
Vacant | Occupied | Even | Odd |
On | Off | Seldom | Often |
Fresh | Old/Stale | Off | On |
Close | Open | Shut | Open |
Mess | Order | In | Out |
Inside | Outside | Centre | Outskirts, Suburb |
Under | Over | Children | Parents |
Whole | Part | General | Particular |
Present | Past | Future | Past, Present |
War | Peace | Harvest | Plant |
Rude | Polite | Rich | Poor |
Wealthy | Poor | Weak | Powerful |
Absence | Presence | Public | Private |
Certainly | Probably | Suggested: 12 Tenses Rules | |
Amateur | Professional | Private | Public |
Push | Pull | Pull | Push |
Answer | Question | Reply | Question |
Loud | Quiet | Noisy | Quiet |
Lower | Raise | Front | Rear |
Send | Receive | Increase | Reduce |
Accept | Refuse | Agree | Refuse |
Satisfaction | Regret | Forget | Remember |
Damage | Repair | Dictatorship | Republic |
Monarchy | Republic | Poor | Rich |
Left | Right | Sink | Rise |
Smooth | Rough | Polite | Rude |
Urban | Rural | Happy | Sad |
Happiness | Sadness | Dangerous | Safe |
Sugar | Salt | Other | Same |
Regret | Satisfaction | Annoy | Satisfy |
Waste | Save | Whisper | Scream |
Danger | Security | Often | Seldom |
Buy | Sell | Receive | Send |
Junior | Senior | Connect | Separate |
Funny | Serious | Master | Servant |
Deep | Shallow | Blunt | Sharp |
Exposure | Shelter | Long | Short |
Intelligent | Silly | Complicated | Simple |
Rise | Sink | Brother | Sister |
Stand | Sit | Fat | Slim |
Fat | Slim, Thin | Fast | Slow |
Quick | Slow | Big | Small |
Large | Small | Rough | Smooth |
Liquid | Solid | Daughter | Son |
Body | Soul | North | South |
Ordinary | Special | Save | Spend |
Autumn | spring | Lie | Stand |
Sit | Stand | Finish | Start |
Stop | Start | Start | Stop |
Normal | Strange | Clever | Stupid |
Add | Subtract | Fail | Succeed |
Failure | Success | Salt | Sugar |
Moon | Sun | Rainy | Sunny |
Opponent | Supporter | Trust | Suspect |
Bitter | Sweet | Sour | Sweet |
Antonym | Synonym | Give | Take |
Land | Take Off | Learn | Teach |
Pupil | Teacher | Student | Teacher |
Lovely | Terrible | Now | Then |
Here | There | Hungry | Thirsty |
Giant | Tiny | Huge | Tiny |
To Deny | To Admit | To Argue | To Agree |
To Forbid | To Allow, To Let, To Permit | To Bore | To Amuse, To Be Interested In |
To Ask | To Answer | To Free | To Arrest |
To Depart | To Arrive | To Answer | To Ask |
To Defend | To Attack | To End | To Begin |
To Finish | To Begin | To Amuse | To Bore |
To Fix | To Break | To Destroy | To Build, To Create, To Form |
To Attack | To Defend | To Admit | To Deny |
To Arrive | To Depart, To Leave | To Build | To Destroy |
To Create | To Destroy | To Form | To Destroy |
To Begin | To End, To Stop, To Finish | To Allow | To Forbid |
To Arrest | To Free, To Set Free | To Come | To Go |
To Enjoy | To Hate | To Emigrate | To Immigrate |
To Exclude | To Include | To Continue | To Interrupt |
To Cry | To Laugh | To Follow | To Lead |
To Enter | To Leave | To Borrow | To Lend |
To Die | To Live | To Find | To Lose |
To Divorce | To Marry | To Freeze | To Melt |
To Break | To Mend, To Fix | Must Try: synonyms antonyms list | |
To Catch | To Miss, To Throw | To Close | To Open |
To Accept | To Refuse | To Agree | To Refuse, To Argue |
To Forget | To Remember | To Damage | To Repair |
To Annoy | To Satisfy | To Buy | To Sell |
To Connect | To Separate | To Add | To Subtract |
To Fail | To Succeed, To Pass | To Divide | To Unite |
To Cry | To Whisper | Apart | Together |
Bottom | Top | Partial | Total |
Village | Town | False | True |
Beauty | Ugliness | Handsome | Ugly |
Pretty | Ugly | Over | Under |
Divide | Unite | Division | Unity |
Downstairs | Upstairs | Rural | Urban |
Useless | Useful | Useful | Useless |
Occupied | Vacant | Mountain | Valley |
Horizontal | Vertical | Defeat | Victory |
Defeat | Victory | Gentle | Violent |
Compulsory | Voluntary | Consonant | Vowel |
Consonant | Vowel | Peace | War |
Cool | Warm | Land | Water |
Powerful | Weak | Strong | Weak |
Poverty | Wealth | East | West |
Cry | Whisper | Scream | Whisper |
Shout | Whisper | Black | White |
Part | Whole | Husband | Wife |
Lose | Win | Loser | Winner |
Summer | Winter | Men | Women |
Rest | Work | Better | Worse |
Best | Worst | Correct | Wrong |
Right | Wrong | No | Yes |
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