+1000 Opposite Words in English! This tutorial will explain what an antonym is, how it is used in writing, and why knowing antonyms is crucial in all types of writing. A term that reflects a meaning that is diametrically opposed to that of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms. Antonyms and opposites are synonyms. Something that is in opposition to something else that is frequently specified.
Antonyms (opposite words) are a common word type that can be found in practically any genre of writing. Most people would be startled to learn that they almost always utilize antonyms without even realizing it. Many people, on the other hand, have no idea what an antonym is.
1000 Opposite Words in English, 1000 Antonyms
- active → lazy
- after → before
- already → not yet
- angel → devil
- approximately → exactly
- asleep → awake
- awful → nice
- be interested in → bore
- before → after
- black → white
- body → soul
- brave → cowardly
- calm → excited
- certainly → probably
- clever → stupid
- comedy → drama
- cowardly → brave
- dangerous → safe
- deep → shallow
- departure → arrival
- dictatorship → republic
- different → alike
- down → up
- east → west
- end → beginning
- even → odd
- exclude → include
- failure → success
- few → many
- flat → hilly
- foreigner → native
- freeze → melt
- future → past
- go → come
- handsome → ugly
- healthy → ill
- hilly → flat
- huge → tiny
- ignore → notice
- innocent → guilty
- land → water
- leave → arrive
- lie → stand
- little → much
- lovely → terrible
- man → woman
- mean → generous
- modern → ancient
- narrow → broad
- never → always
- noisy → quiet
- notice → ignore
- old → modern
- other → same
- partial → total
- plenty → lack
- present → past
- pull → push
- raise → lower
- remember → forget
- right → wrong
- sad → happy
- satisfy → annoy
- scream → whisper
- serious → funny
- shout → whisper
- single → married
- soft → hard
- south → north
- stand → lie
- suburb → centre
- sunny → cloudy
- unity → division
- valley → mountain
- vowel → consonant
- wealthy → poor
- whole → part
- accidental → intentional
- afraid → brave
- allow → forbid
- ancient → modern
- apart → together
- ask → answer
- awake → asleep
- beauty → ugliness
- bitter → sweet
- boy → girl
- buy → sell
- centre → outskirts
- clear → cloudy
- come → go
- constant → changeable
- courageous → cowardly
- danger → security
- death → birth
- depart → arrive
- devil → angel
- domestic → foreign
- early → late
- end → begin
- equal → different
- exciting → boring
- fail → succeed
- female → male
- fix → break
- foreign → domestic
- free → arrest
- funny → serious
- give → take
- happy → sad
- health → disease
- high → low
- hot → cold
- in front of → back
- increase → reduce
- intentional → accidental
- lady → gentleman
- land → take off
- learn → teach
- let → forbid
- little → big
- love → hate
- male → female
- maximum → minimum
- moderate → extreme
- much → little
- nephew → niece
- nobody → everybody
- nothing → everything
- often → seldom
- ordinary → special
- part → whole
- plant → harvest
- presence → absence
- protection → attack
- quiet → loud
- regret → satisfaction
- rich → poor
- rural → urban
- satisfaction → regret
- save → spend
- separate → connect
- short → long
- sink → rise
- smooth → rough
- sour → sweet
- stop → start
- stupid → clever
- sun → moon
- under → over
- vacant → occupied
- voluntary → compulsory
- wealth → poverty
- white → black
- abundance → lack
- advanced → elementary
- alive → dead
- ancestor → descendant
- answer → question
- artificial → natural
- attic → cellar
- bad → good
- below → above
- big → small
- borrow → lend
- build → destroy
- ceiling → floor
- children → parents
- cold → hot
- compulsory → voluntary
- correct → wrong
- cry → laugh
- day → night
- delicious → awful
- destroy → build
- distant → near
- divorce → marriage
- dull → interesting
- emigration → immigration
- enter → leave
- exactly → approximately
- exposure → shelter
- fat → slim
- finish → start
- for → against
- forward → backward
- front → rear
- gentle → violent
- giant → tiny
- good luck → bad luck
- guilty → innocent
- hate → enjoy
- here → there
- horizontal → vertical
- hungry → thirsty
- import → export
- in front of → back
- kind → cruel
- laugh → cry
- like → hate
- loser → winner
- marry → divorce
- minimum → maximum
- minor → major
- morning → evening
- negative → affirmative
- night → day
- north → south
- odd → even
- opponent → supporter
- over → under
- peace → war
- poverty → wealth
- professional → amateur
- question → answer
- reduce → increase
- republic → dictatorship
- rough → smooth
- salt → sugar
- send → receive
- sharp → blunt
- silly → intelligent
- slow → fast
- son → daughter
- start → stop
- strong → weak
- sugar → salt
- ugly → beautiful
- useful → useless
- village → town
- water → land
- wet → dry
- absence → presence
- adult → child
- alike → different
- amuse → bore
- answer → ask
- arrive → depart
- attack → defense
- backward → forward
- bad luck → good luck
- beautiful → ugly
- behind → in front of
- boring → exciting
- brother → sister
- catch → miss
- child → adult
- cloudy → clear
- connect → separate
- cool → warm
- cry → whisper
- daughter → son
- defend → attack
- desperate → hopeful
- disease → health
- divorce → marry
- drama → comedy
- emigrate → immigrate
- enjoy → hate
- everything → nothing
- export → import
- fast → slow
- finish → begin
- forbid → allow
- form → destroy
- friend → enemy
- gentleman → lady
- guest → host
- harvest → plant
- hell → heaven
- hopeless → hopeful
- humid → dry
- immigration → emigration
- intelligent → silly
- junior → senior
- late → early
- less → more
- light → heavy
- lose → win
- married → divorced
- midnight → noon
- more → less
- natural → artificial
- niece → nephew
- normal → strange
- occupied → vacant
- open → closed
- outskirts → centre
- past → future
- poor → rich
- probably → certainly
- push → pull
- receive → send
- reply → question
- rough → gentle
- safety → danger
- sell → buy
- shallow → deep
- silent → noisy
- slim → fat
- sometimes → often
- stand → sit
- strict → gentle
- subtract → add
- ugliness → beauty
- urban → rural
- victory → defeat
- waste → save
- west → east
- above → below
- admit → deny
- agree → refuse
- amateur → professional
- annoy → satisfy
- arrival → departure
- attack → defend
- background → foreground
- beginning → end
- better → worse
- bore → amuse
- broad → narrow
- careless → careful
- cheap → expensive
- closed → open
- compliment → insult
- continue → interrupt
- cruel → human
- dawn → dusk
- defence → attack
- descent → ascent
- dirty → clean
- division → unity
- dry → humid
- elementary → advanced
- enemy → friend
- everybody → nobody
- expensive → cheap
- far → near
- find → lose
- follow → lead
- fortune → bad luck
- fresh → old/stale
- generous → mean
- grown-up → child
- hard → easy
- heavy → light
- hopeful → desperate
- humane → cruel
- immigrate → emigrate
- insult → compliment
- interrupt → continue
- last → first
- lend → borrow
- light → dark
- long → short
- lower → raise
- marriage → divorce
- mess → order
- moon → sun
- native → foreigner
- nice → awful
- none of → a lot of
- occasionally → frequently
- on → off
- outside → inside
- pass → fail
- polite → rude
- private → public
- pupil → teacher
- rear → front
- reply → ask
- rise → sink
- safe → dangerous
- seldom → often
- set free → arrest
- sick → healthy
- sit → stand
- some → many
- spring → autumn
- strange → normal
- success → failure
- trust → suspect
- up → down
- visitor → host
- warm → cool
- well- ill
- about → exactly
- add → subtract
- against → for
- always → never
- animal → human
- argue → agree
- back → in front of
- begin → end
- best → worst
- blunt → sharp
- break → fix
- careful → careless
- changeable → constant
- close → open
- complicated → simple
- construction → destruction
- create → destroy
- dark → light
- defeat → victory
- descendant → ancestor
- die → live
- difficult → easy
- downstairs → upstairs
- easy → difficult
- ending → beginning
- evening → morning
- exit → entrance
- false → true
- final → first
- floor → ceiling
- forget → remember
- frequently → occasionally
- general → particular
- good → bad
- heaven → hell
- hit → miss
- human → animal
- ill → healty
- inside → outside
- interesting → boring
- large → small
- left → right
- life → death
- live → die
- low → high
- many → few
- men → women
- mend → break
- monarchy → republic
- nasty → nice
- new → ancient
- noon → midnight
- now → then
- open → closed
- out → in
- particular → general
- pleasant → awful
- pretty → ugly
- public → private
- rainy → sunny
- repair → damage
- right → left
- sadness → happiness
- security → danger
- servant → master
- shut → open
- sister → brother
- solid → liquid
- special → general
- stranger → native
- succeed → fail
- true → false
- unite → divide
- vertical → horizontal
- war → peace
- wedding → divorce
- wide → narrow
- accept → refuse
- affirmative → negative
- all → none
- ancestor → descendant
- antonym → synonym
- ascent → descent
- autumn → spring
- bad luck → fortune
- birth → death
- bottom → top
- busy → lazy
- cellar → attic
- clean → dirty
- cold → heat
- consonant → vowel
- courage → fear
- damage → repair
- dead → alive
- deny → admit
- destruction → construction
- divide → unite
- divorced → married
- dusk → dawn
- empty → full
- entrance → exit
- excited → calm
- extreme → moderate
- fear → courage
- first → final
- foreground → background
- full → empty
- girl → boy
- happiness → sadness
- heat → cold
- high → deep
- host → guest
- husband → wife
- in → out
- include → exclude
- lack → abundance
- lazy → active
- lead → follow
- liquid → solid
- loud → quiet
- major → minor
- master → servant
- melt → freeze
- miss → catch
- miss → hit
- mountain → valley
- near → distant
- no → yes
- not yet → already
- off → on
- order → mess
- parents → children
- permit → forbid
- powerful → weak
- protect → attack
- quick → slow
- refuse → agree
- rest → work
- rude → polite
- same → different
- senior → junior
- shelter → exposure
- simple → complicated
- small → big
- soul → body
- start → finish
- student → teacher
- summer → winter
- upstairs → downstairs
- useless → useful
- violent → gentle
- weak → powerful
- whisper → scream
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