The antonyms are those words whose meanings are opposite each other. For example: light – dark .
Antonyms can be nouns ( start – end ), adjectives ( clean – dirty ), verbs ( buy – sell ) or adverbs ( fast – slow ).
They differ from synonyms , which are those words that have the same meaning, or at least equivalent.
- It can help you: Synonyms and antonyms
Types of antonyms
- Reciprocal antonyms. Neither word could exist without the other. For example: buy – sell; give – receive.
- Gradual antonyms. Although they are words with opposite meanings, between the two there are gradual terms. For example: black – white (middle term: gray) or cold – hot , ( middle term: warm) .
- Complementary antonyms. The existence of one term prevents the other from existing. For example: married – single or dead – alive ( a person cannot be dead and alive at the same time).
Examples of antonyms
Word | Its antonym is … |
close | far |
light | darkness |
ease | difficulty |
small | big |
delete | enroll |
evaporate | solidify |
top | Start |
eventual | permanent |
implicit | explicit |
topple | institute |
overthrow | build |
shut down | to open |
accentuate | attenuate |
inadmissible | admissible |
defeat | triumph |
to accept | reject |
identical | different |
I owe | fertilizer |
chance | mistake |
charity | selfishness |
die | to live |
just | unfair |
fable | truth |
even | unfair |
weightless | solid |
blind | seer |
work | passivity |
append | disengage |
moldable | rigid |
failed | right |
put off | return |
show off | go out |
hang | hook off |
training | disintegration |
irresponsibility | responsibility |
humor | seriousness |
war | peace |
pack | unpack |
slim | thick |
deny | to access |
drop | lifting |
deprave | ennoble |
effervescence | tranquility |
pious | impiety |
moisten | dry off |
bored | amuse |
evacuate | to hold back |
easy | hard |
future | past |
general | personal |
select | common |
press | break free |
hit | confuse |
equality | inequality |
stench | fragrance |
inside | Exterior |
superiority | inferiority |
cute | ugly |
tired | rested |
man | woman |
dirty | cleansed |
wise | ignorant |
to accuse | cover up |
cease | continue |
mess | order |
imperfection | complement |
change | stay |
goodbye | Hello |
sad | happy |
glory | to embarrass |
unexpected | provided |
global | partial |
search | hide |
Justice | injustice |
weariness | joy |
satiate | limit |
access | exit |
have fun | get bored |
flexible | rigid |
pacifier | fighter |
despise | assess |
frequent | unusual |
idealistic | rationalist |
Sure | Dark |
feasible | unrealizable |
to put | take out |
hot | cold |
you liar | authentic |
current | past |
hygienic | unhealthy |
to adore | hate |
effects | cause |
palate | insensitivity |
snuggled up | erect |
excite | disappoint |
center | Bank |
battle | peace |
ice | thaw |
function | fail |
hill | flat |
perceptive | clumsy |
spare | lack |
guaranteed | uncertain |
unlikely | probable |
guess | mislead |
to mention | hide |
shorten | enlarge |
unskilled | skilled |
order | chaos |
educated | ignorant |
advance | to delay |
place | dislodge |
settle | uproot |
together | separated |
day | night |
beautiful | ugly |
infinity | smallness |
- It can help you: Sentences with antonyms
More antonyms
- Cold – hot.
- High Low.
- Give – receive.
- Buy Sell.
- Cute – ugly.
- Day Night.
- Big boy.
- Single married.
- Full empty.
- Learn – teach.
- Odd Couple.
- Poor rich.
- Hate love.
- Darkness – light.
- Weak strong.
- Peace war.
- Far near.
- Closed open.
- Defeat – triumph.
- Dirty clean.
- Long short.
- Expensive cheap.
- Sad, happy.
- New old.
- Late early.
- Good bad.
- Fun – boring.
- Seer – blind.
- Fine – thick.