40 opposite words, Opposite words in English

40 opposite words, Opposite words in English! We will read 40 frequent antonyms in this session. You should practice these popular anonyms with some of your friends after learning them. The simplest approach to practice is to find someone with whom you can share this list and practice speaking with them.

Words with completely opposing meanings, or more particularly, any two terms with completely opposed meanings, are referred to as opposite words. Today we’ll look at 40 antonyms that are highly common and that you must know in order to communicate in English. Without these words, I believe you will be unable to continue your everyday discourse.

40 Opposite words in English

healthy – sick
little – big
long – short
many – few
top – bottom
laugh – cry
left – right
messy – neat
tight – loose
import – export
light – dark
liquid – solid
sunny – cloudy
in – out
modern – ancient
supporter – opponent
tiny – huge
hard – easy
interesting – boring
major – minor
night – day
sweet – sour
honest – dishonest
humid – dry
more – less
normal – strange
hot – cold
inside – outside
natural – artificial
together – separate
happy – sad
heavy – light
junior – senior
man – woman
tall – short
good – bad
kind – cruel
love – hate
married – single
thick – thin

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A list of Common Opposite Words

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