200 Opposite Words in English
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Opposites
Opposites (antonyms) are words that contain contradictory characteristics, that is, words that are opposed to one another in terms of meaning. Everyone should be taught how to appropriately use words that have antonyms. It is vital in tests as well as in everyday life, in terms of utilizing the language appropriately and successfully expressing oneself in a variety of situations.
Antonyms are only words that have meanings that are opposed to each other; for example, the negative connotation of a word with a positive meaning cannot be considered an antonym. For example, the phrase “not descending,” which is the negative meaning of the word descend, cannot be considered an antonym. The opposite of the descend is the word ascend. Along with that not every word has an opposite.
If you wish to express yourself with more delicacy or precision in your language choices, you’ll need antonyms. The following are some of the reasons why comprehending this principle is critical.
200 Opposite Words
1.stop-go
2.forget-remember
3.former-latter
4.forward-backward
5.frequent-infrequent
6.sharp-dull
7.she-he
8.shout-whisper
9.shrink-expand
10.sick-well
11.simple-complicated
12.sink-float
13.sit-stand
14.slavery-freedom
15.slow-fast
16.small-large
17.smart-dumb
18.smile-frown
19.soft-hard
20.solid-liquid
21.literal-figurative
22.little-big
23.lock-unlock
24.long-short
25.loose-tight
26.lose-find
27.lost-found
28.loud-soft
29.love-hate
30.straight-crooked
31.in-out
32.inside-outside
33.joy-grief
34.kind-mean
35.king-queen
36.knowledge-ignorance
37.known-unknown
38.large-small
39.last-first
40.laugh-cry
41.lazy-industrious
42.admit-deny
43.advance-retreat
44.stranger-friend
45.strengthen-weaken
46.strong-weak
47.summer-winter
48.sun-moon
49.sweet-sour
50.beneath-above
51.best-worst
52.bitter-sweet
53.black-white
54.borrow-lend
55.bottom-top
56.boy-girl
57.brave-scared
58.against-for
59.ahead-behind
60.all-none
61.always-never
62.antique-modern
63.asleep-awake
64.attack-defend
65.aunt-uncle
66.authentic-imitation
67.awake- asleep
68.bad-good
69.bald-hairy
70.beautiful-ugly
71.brother-sister
72.buy-sell
73.drunk-sober
74.dry-wet
75.hungry-full
76.husband-wife
77.combine-separate
78.comedy-tragedy
79.reward-punishment
80.right-wrong
81.rough-smooth
82.south-north
83.spend-save
84.start-finish
85.stationary-movable
86.sweet-sour
87.swift-slow
88.take-give
89.tall-short
90.come-go
91.complete-incomplete
92.condemn-praise
93.conquer-fail
94.contract-expand
95.cool-warm
96.country-city
97.high-low
98.him-her
99.hit-miss
100.crooked-straight
101.finish-begin
102.first-last
103.floor-ceiling
104.give-take
105.graceful-clumsy
106.grin-frown
107.guilty-innocent
108.happy-sad
109.wild-tame
110.win-lose
111.winter-summer
112.work-play
113.worthless-valuable
114.wrong-right
115.yes-no
116.young-old
117.fail-succeed
118.fall-spring
119.break-fix
120.Antonym Word List
121.cease-begin
122.certain-uncertain
123.cheerful-sad
124.city-country
125.closed-open
126.cold-hot
127.above-below
128.absent-present
129.abundant-scarce
130.accept-refuse
131.accidental-intentional
132.accurate-incorrect
133.increase-decrease
134.heavy-light
135.hide-show
136.after-before
137.hard-soft
138.harmony-discord
139.harsh-mild
140.healthy-sick
141.length-width
142.less-more
143.rural-urban
144.sane-insane
145.seldom-often
146.selfish-unselfish
147.send-receive
148.together-apart
149.top-bottom
150.tough-tender
151.triumph-fail
152.true-false
153.ugly-pretty
154.unbreakable-fragile
155.under-over
156.unique-ordinary
157.up-down
158.useful-useless
159.usually-rarely
160.vacant-occupied
161.vanish-appear
162.victory-defeat
163.dirty-clean
164.discourage-encourage
165.disgrace-honor
166.dwarf-giant
167.early-late
168.east-west
169.easy-hard
170.empty-full
171.mix-sort
172.moist-dry
173.permit-forbid
174.polite-rude
175.poor-rich
176.cruel-kind
177.dangerous-safe
178.dark-light
179.daughter-son
180.day-night
181.dead-alive
182.death-life
183.deep-shallow
184.depart-arrive
185.destroy-create
186.different-same
187.friend-enemy
188.from-to
189.front-back
190.gain-loss
191.gather-scatter
192.generous-stingy
193.genuine-fake
194.fancy-plain
195.fat-skinny
196.fat-thin
197.fertile-barren
198.few-many
199.fiction-fact
200.find-lose
