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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