30 Opposite Words, Opposite Words in English

30 opposite words, Opposite Words in English! 30 opposite words, Opposite words in English! Words with opposite meanings are called antonyms or opposites. Any two words with opposing meanings are referred to as opposites. Learning opposites is difficult, but learning the most common antonyms is really simple. The most prevalent anonyms are only a few, which makes learning them all at once considerably easier.

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30 Common Opposite Words

happy – sad
hard – easy
healthy – sick
heavy – light
honest – dishonest
hot – cold
humid – dry
import – export
in – out
inside – outside
interesting – boring
junior – senior
kind – cruel
laugh – cry
left – right
light – dark
liquid – solid
little – big
long – short
love – hate
major – minor
man – woman
many – few
married – single
messy – neat
modern – ancient
more – less
natural – artificial
night – day
normal – strange

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A List of Most Common Opposites

Afraid– Brave
Against– For
Answer – Question
Beginning – Ending
Beginning– End
Boy– Girl
Clever – Stupid
Comfort – Discomfort
Constant– Changeable
Correct – Incorrect
Cry– Laugh
Distant– Near
Divide– Unite
Division– Unity
Dull– Interesting
Emigration– Immigration
Excited– Calm
Exciting– Boring
Final– First
Find– Lose
Floor– Ceiling
Fortune– Bad Luck
Front– Rear
Giant – Dwarf
Guest– Host
Hard– Easy
Hate – Love
Heaven– Hell
Huge– Tiny
Humid– Dry
Husband– Wife
Kind– Cruel
Last– First
Lazy – Industrious
Lend– Borrow
Little– Much
Lower– Raise
Marriage– Divorce
Minor– Major
Mountain– Valley
New– Ancient
Out– In
Poverty– Wealth
Private– Public
Professional– Amateur
Protect– Attack
Pull– Push
Raise– Lower
Remember– Forget
Republic– Dictatorship
Rigid – Pliable
Rude– Polite
Single– Married
Sister– Brother
Special– General
Stop– Start
Summer– Winter
Useful– Useless
Voluntary– Compulsory
War– Peace
Wide– Narrow
About– Exactly
Accept – Refuse
Adult– Child
Alike– Different
Back– In Front Of
Bad– Good
BadLuck – Fortune
BeInterested In – Bore
Big– Small
Blame – Praise
Blunt – Sharp
Broad – Narrow
Brother– Sister
Careful – Rush
Ceiling– Floor
Cheap – Dear
Clear– Cloudy
Close– Open
Deny– Admit
Die– Live
Dusk– Dawn
End– Beginning
Enter– Leave
Equal– Different
Everything– Nothing
Finish– Begin
For– Against
Generous– Mean
Girl– Boy
Healthy – Unhealthy
High– Low
Horizontal – Vertical
Human– Animal
Immigration– Emigration
Include– Exclude
Intelligent– Silly
Let– Forbid
Life– Death
Little – Large
Long– Short
Lovely– Terrible
Major– Minor
Miss– Catch
Negative– Affirmative
Nephew– Niece
North– South
Occupied– Vacant
Partial– Total
Pretty– Ugly
Rest– Work
Same– Different
Send– Receive
Shallow– Deep
Shelter– Exposure
Sink– Rise
Soft– Hard
Suburb– Centre
Succeed– Fail
Trust– Suspect
Ugly– Beautiful
Unite– Divide
West– East
Agree – Disagree
Alive– Dead
Always– Never
Asleep – Awake
Before– After
Begin– End
Brave– Cowardly
Careful– Careless
Clean– Dirty
Complicated– Simple
Conceal – Reveal
Consonant– Vowel
Courage– Fear
Dead– Alive
Destroy– Build
Divorce– Marriage
Enjoy– Hate
Even– Odd
Extreme– Moderate
Fear– Courage
Forbid– Allow
Foreigner– Native
Free– Arrest
Full– Empty
Gentle – Rough
Give– Take
Handsome– Ugly
Health– Disease
Healthy– Ill
Heavy– Light
Humane– Cruel
Immigrate– Emigrate
Innocent– Guilty
Intentional– Accidental
Late– Early
Live– Die
Love– Hate
Male– Female
Melt– Freeze
Midnight– Noon
Modern– Ancient
Much– Little
Normal– Strange
Ordinary– Special
Plenty– Lack
Present– Past
Probably– Certainly
Prudent – Imprudent
Push– Pull
Safe– Dangerous
Save– Spend
Serious – Trivial
Shut– Open
Silly– Intelligent
Solid– Liquid
Stand– Lie
Strange– Normal
Unity– Division
Urban– Rural
Waste– Save
White– Black
Abundant – Scarce
Agree– Refuse
Ally – Enemy
Antonym– Synonym
Argue– Agree
Artificial – Natural
Attack– Defend
Attic– Cellar
Awful– Nice
Blunt– Sharp
Calm– Excited
Capable – Incapable
Certainly– Probably
Changeable– Constant
Closed– Open
Cold– Hot
Courageous– Cowardly
Create– Destroy
Damage– Repair
Dangerous– Safe
Deep– Shallow
Departure– Arrival
Divorced– Married
Down– Up
Drama– Comedy
Easy– Difficult
Enemy– Friend
Everybody– Nobody
Exactly– Approximately
Fast– Slow
Fix– Break
Follow– Lead
Forget– Remember
Hell– Heaven
Hungry– Thirsty
Import– Export
Insult– Compliment
Junior– Senior
Laugh– Cry
Learn– Teach
Light– Dark
Little– Big
Married– Divorced
Mess– Order
Monarchy– Republic
Moon– Sun
Often– Seldom
On– Off
Open– Closed
Opponent– Supporter
Outskirts– Centre
Possible – Impossible
Senior– Junior
Sharp– Blunt
Sick– Healthy
Slim– Fat
Soul– Body
Stranger– Native
Strong– Weak
Stupid– Clever
Subtract– Add
Village– Town
Above– Below
Accept– Refuse
Admit – Deny
Already– Not Yet
Amateur– Professional
Annoy– Satisfy
Approached – Receded
Beauty– Ugliness
Below– Above
Busy– Lazy
Centre– Outskirts
Cheap– Expensive
Cloudy– Clear
Cold– Heat
Cruel – Kind
Defend– Attack
Desperate– Hopeful
Dictatorship– Republic
Domestic– Foreign
Elementary– Advanced
Evening– Morning
Exclude– Include
Fail– Succeed
False– True
First– Final
Form– Destroy
Gentle– Violent
GoodLuck – Bad Luck
Hasten – Dawdle
Heat– Cold
Honest – Dishonest
Host– Guest
Ignore– Notice
Interesting– Boring
Lack– Abundance
Large– Small
Leave– Arrive
Left– Right
Marry– Divorce
Night– Day
No– Yes
Occasionally– Frequently
Odd– Even
Old– Modern
Other– Same
Pass– Fail
Quick– Slow
Rainy– Sunny
Rich– Poor
Safety– Danger
Salt– Sugar
Satisfaction– Regret
Seldom– Often
Servant– Master
Silent– Noisy
Sometimes– Often
South– North
Sugar– Salt
Ugliness– Beauty
Up– Down
Warm– Cool
Whole– Part
Absence – Presence
Advantage – Disadvantage
After– Before
Allow– Forbid
Ancestor– Descendant
Animal– Human
Approval – Disapproval
Arrival– Departure
BadLuck – Good Luck
Better– Worse
Birth– Death
Boring– Exciting
Borrow– Lend
Calm – Troubled
Children– Parents
Come– Go
Comedy– Drama
Courteous – Discourteous
Defence– Attack
Depart– Arrive
Dirty– Clean
Divorce– Marry
East– West
Exposure– Shelter
Female– Male
Foreign– Domestic
Generous – Mean
Happy – Sad
Hit– Miss
Hopeless– Hopeful
Immense – Tiny
InFront Of – Back
Interrupt– Continue
Light– Heavy
Liquid– Solid
Loud– Quiet
Many– Few
Mean– Generous
Mend– Break
Narrow– Broad
Peace– War
Permit– Forbid
Pleasant– Awful
Poor– Rich
Presence– Absence
Question– Answer
Refuse– Agree
Reply– Question
Rough– Gentle
Scatter – Collect
Scream– Whisper
Security– Danger
Small– Big
Some– Many
Son– Daughter
Sorrow – Joy
Visitor– Host
Vowel– Consonant
Weak– Powerful
Wet– Dry
Whisper– Scream
Admit– Deny
Amuse– Bore
Artificial– Natural
Ascent– Descent
Attack– Defense
Autumn– Spring
Backward– Forward
Beautiful– Ugly
Behind– In Front Of
Best– Worst
Bitter – Sweet
Bitter– Sweet
Borrow – Lend
Broad– Narrow
Captivity – Freedom
Continue– Interrupt
Cool– Warm
Danger– Security
Dawn– Dusk
Day– Night
Death– Birth
Different– Alike
Disease– Health
Downstairs– Upstairs
Emigrate– Immigrate
Entrance– Exit
Exit– Entrance
Few– Many
Flat– Hilly
Friend– Enemy
Gentleman– Lady
Grown-Up– Child
Happiness– Sadness
Happy– Sad
Horizontal– Vertical
Hot– Cold
Humble – Proud
Imprison – Free
Inferior – Superior
Lose– Win
Low– High
Men– Women
Morning– Evening
Nasty– Nice
Never– Always
Nobody– Everybody
Noon– Midnight
Notice– Ignore
Off– On
Polite– Rude
Reduce– Increase
Rise– Sink
Rough– Smooth
Sadness– Happiness
Sell– Buy
Serious– Funny
Sit– Stand
Stand– Sit
Strict– Gentle
Sun– Moon
Under– Over
Wealth– Poverty
Abundance– Lack
Accurate – Inaccurate
Active– Lazy
Affirmative– Negative
All– None
Ancestor– Descendant
Approximately– Exactly
Attack – Defense
Background– Foreground
Body– Soul
Bottom– Top
Catch– Miss
Cellar– Attic
Clever– Stupid
Connect– Separate
Construction– Destruction
Correct– Wrong
Cowardly– Brave
Defeat– Victory
Descendant– Ancestor
Descent– Ascent
Ending– Beginning
Finish– Start
Future– Past
Harvest– Plant
Here– There
Hilly– Flat
Hunger – Thirst
Increase– Reduce
Inside– Outside
Interesting – Uninteresting
Land– Water
Lie– Stand
Lofty – Lowly
Man– Woman
Minimum– Maximum
Moderate– Extreme
Native– Foreigner
Niece– Nephew
NoneOf – Al Lot Of
Now– Then
Order– Mess
Parents– Children
Particular– General
Public– Private
Rear– Front
Regret– Satisfaction
Right– Wrong
Satisfy– Annoy
Separate– Connect
Short– Long
Shout– Whisper
Simple– Complicated
Sour – Sweet
Start– Finish
Start– Stop
Success– Failure
Sunny– Cloudy
Victory– Defeat
Water– Land
Wealthy– Poor
Well-Ill
Add– Subtract
Advance – Retreat
Advanced– Elementary
Alive – Dead
Ascend – Descend
Ask– Answer
Asleep– Awake
Black– White
Bore– Amuse
Bravery – Cowardice
Break– Fix
Build– Destroy
Careless– Careful
Compliment– Insult
Compulsory– Voluntary
Courage – Cowardice
Destruction– Construction
Devil– Angel
Early– Late
Empty– Full
Export– Import
Fat– Slim
Foreground– Background
Forward– Backward
Gloomy – Cheerful
Good– Bad
Harmful – Harmless
High– Deep
Hopeful– Desperate
Ill– Healty
In– Out
InFront Of – Back
Land– Take Off
Lazy– Active
Less– More
Loser– Winner
Maximum– Minimum
Miss– Hit
Natural– Artificial
Nice– Awful
Nothing– Everything
Open– Closed
Over– Under
Part– Whole
Past– Future
Protection– Attack
Receive– Send
Reply– Ask
Right– Left
Sad– Happy
Satisfactory – Unsatisfactory
SetFree – Arrest
Slow– Fast
Sour– Sweet
Student– Teacher
True– False
Upstairs– Downstairs
Valley– Mountain
Vertical– Horizontal
Violent– Gentle
Wedding– Divorce
Absence– Presence
Accidental– Intentional
Ancient – Modern
Ancient– Modern
Angel– Devil
Answer– Ask
Apart– Together
Arrive– Depart
Attention – Inattention
Awake– Asleep
Beautiful – Ugly
Buy– Sell
Child– Adult
Cruel– Human
Cry– Whisper
Cunning – Simple
Dark– Light
Daughter– Son
Delicious– Awful
Difficult– Easy
Dry– Humid
End– Begin
Expensive– Cheap
Failure– Success
Far– Near
Freeze– Melt
Frequently– Occasionally
Fresh– Old/Stale
Funny– Serious
General– Particular
Giant– Tiny
Go– Come
Guilty– Innocent
Hate– Enjoy
Hinder – Aid
Intentional – Accidental
Interior – Exterior
Justice – Injustice
Knowledge – Ignorance
Lady– Gentleman
Lead– Follow
Like– Hate
Master– Servant
Misunderstand – Understand
More– Less
Near– Distant
Noisy– Quiet
NotYet – Already
Outside– Inside
Plant– Harvest
Powerful– Weak
Pupil– Teacher
Quiet– Loud
Rapid – Slow
Repair– Damage
Rural– Urban
Smooth– Rough
Spring– Autumn
Strong – Weak
Useless– Useful
Vacant– Occupied