200 Opposite Words in English

200 Opposite Words in English

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