Opposite Words / Antonyms List

A to Z Opposite Words

A
Absent – Present
Accept – Reject
Always – Never
Ancient – Modern
Asleep – Awake
Arrive – Depart
Artificial – Natural
Ascend – Descend

B
Back – Front
Bad – Good
Beautiful – Ugly
Begin – End
Big – Small
Bitter – Sweet
Bold – Timid
Buy – Sell

C
Careful – Careless
Clean – Dirty
Cold – Hot
Clever – Foolish
Create – Destroy
Cruel – Kind
Cheap – Expensive
Close – Open

D
Day – Night
Deep – Shallow
Defeat – Victory
Despair – Hope
Difficult – Easy
Dry – Wet
Dull – Bright
Down – Up

E
Early – Late
East – West
Empty – Full
Enter – Exit
Even – Odd
Expand – Shrink
Exterior – Interior
Exact – Approximate

F
Fail – Succeed
False – True
Far – Near
Fast – Slow
Fat – Thin
Fear – Courage
Forget – Remember
Friend – Enemy

G
Gain – Loss
Generous – Stingy
Gentle – Rough
Give – Take
Go – Come
Gloomy – Cheerful
Grow – Shrink
Guilty – Innocent

H
Happy – Sad
Hard – Soft
Hate – Love
Healthy – Sick
Heavy – Light
High – Low
Honest – Dishonest
Humble – Proud

I
Idle – Busy
Include – Exclude
Increase – Decrease
Innocent – Guilty
Inside – Outside
Intelligent – Stupid
Interested – Bored
Import – Export

J
Join – Separate
Joy – Sorrow
Junior – Senior
Just – Unjust
Justice – Injustice
Jealous – Content
Joke – Seriousness
Jump – Fall

K
Kind – Cruel
Knowledge – Ignorance
Known – Unknown
Keep – Lose
Kill – Save
King – Slave
Keen – Dull
Knock – Ignore

L
Laugh – Cry
Lazy – Active
Lead – Follow
Less – More
Light – Dark
Life – Death
Lose – Win
Loud – Quiet

M
Major – Minor
Man – Woman
Many – Few
Master – Servant
Maximum – Minimum
Melt – Freeze
Modern – Ancient
More – Less

N
Narrow – Wide
Natural – Artificial
Near – Far
Neat – Messy
Negative – Positive
Never – Always
New – Old
Noise – Silence

O
Obey – Disobey
Offer – Refuse
On – Off
Open – Close
Opposite – Same
Optimist – Pessimist
Order – Chaos
Out – In

P
Pass – Fail
Peace – War
Permit – Forbid
Permanent – Temporary
Plain – Fancy
Play – Work
Polite – Rude
Poverty – Wealth

Q
Quick – Slow
Quiet – Loud
Question – Answer
Quit – Continue
Qualified – Unqualified
Quench – Ignite
Quarrel – Agree
Queen – King

R
Raise – Lower
Real – Fake
Remember – Forget
Rich – Poor
Right – Wrong
Rough – Smooth
Rude – Polite
Rise – Fall

S
Sad – Happy
Safe – Dangerous
Same – Different
Satisfy – Dissatisfy
Sell – Buy
Short – Long
Simple – Complicated
Soft – Hard

T
Take – Give
Tall – Short
Teach – Learn
Temporary – Permanent
Thick – Thin
Tight – Loose
Top – Bottom
True – False

U
Ugly – Beautiful
Unkind – Kind
Unusual – Common
Up – Down
Use – Misuse
Useful – Useless
Unity – Division
Urban – Rural

V
Victory – Defeat
Visible – Invisible
Valuable – Worthless
Vacant – Occupied
Virtue – Vice
Voluntary – Forced
Vague – Clear
Vertical – Horizontal

W
War – Peace
Weak – Strong
Wealth – Poverty
Win – Lose
Wisdom – Foolishness
Work – Rest
Wet – Dry
Wrong – Right

X
Xenophobic – Tolerant
Xenophile – Xenophobe

Y
Yes – No
Young – Old
Yell – Whisper
Yield – Resist
Youth – Aged
Yummy – Yucky

Z
Zenith – Nadir
Zigzag – Straight
Zoom in – Zoom out