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Common Opposites - Antonyms

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A
absent - present
abundant - scarce
accept - decline, refuse
accurate - inaccurate
admit - deny
advantage - disadvantage
against - for
agree - disagree

alive - dead
all - none, nothing
ally - enemy
always - never
ancient - modern
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together

appear - disappear, vanish

approve - disapprove
arrive - depart
artificial - natural
ascend - descend
attic - cellar
attractive - repulsive
awake - asleep

B
backward - forward
bad - good
beautiful - ugly
before - after
begin - end
below - above
bent - straight
best - worst

better - worse, worst

big - little, small
black - white
blame - praise
bless - curse
bitter - sweet
borrow - lend
bottom - top
boy - girl

brave - cowardly
build - destroy
bold - meek, timid
borrow - lend
bound - unbound, free
boundless - limited
bright - dim, dull
brighten - fade
broad - narrow

C
calm - windy, troubled
can - cannot, can't
capable - incapable
captive - free
careful - careless
cheap - expensive
cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary
clear - cloudy, opaque
clever - stupid

clockwise - counterclockwise
close - far, distant
closed - ajar, open
clumsy - graceful
cold - hot
combine - separate
come - go
comfort - discomfort
common - rare

conceal - reveal
contract - expand
cool - warm
correct - incorrect, wrong
courage - cowardice
create - destroy
crooked - straight
cruel - kind
compulsory - voluntary
courteous - discourteous, rude

D
dangerous - safe
dark - light
day - night
daytime - nighttime
dead - alive
decline - accept, increase
decrease - increase

deep - shallow
definite - indefinite
demand - supply
despair - hope
dim - bright
disappear - appear
discourage - encourage

diseased - healthy
down - up
downwards - upwards
dreary - cheerful
dry - moist, wet
dull - bright, shiny
dusk - dawn

E
early - late
east - west
easy - hard, difficult

encourage - discourage
end - begin, start
enter - exit

expand - contract
export - import
exterior - interior
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empty - full

even - odd

external - internal

F
fade - brighten
fail - succeed
false - true
famous - unknown
far - near
fast - slow
fat - thin
feeble - strong, powerful

few - many
find - lose
first - last
float - sink
foolish - wise
fore - aft
free - bound, captive
fold - unfold

forget - remember
found - lost
fresh - stale
frequent - seldom
friend - enemy
for - against
fortunate - unfortunate
full - empty

G
generous - stingy
gentle - rough
get - give
giant - tiny, small, dwarf
girl - boy

give - receive, take

glad - sad, sorry
gloomy - cheerful
go - stop
good - bad, evil

grant - refuse
great - tiny, small, unimportant
grow - shrink
guest - host
guilty - innocent

H
happy - sad
hard - easy
hard - soft
harmful - harmless
harsh - mild
hate - love
haves - have-nots

healthy - diseased, ill, sick

heaven - hell
heavy - light
help - hinder
here - there
hero - coward
high - low

hill - valley
hinder - help
honest - dishonest
horizontal - vertical
hot - cold
humble - proud

I
ill - healthy, well
immense - tiny, small
important - trivial
in - out
include - exclude
increase - decrease

inferior - superior
inhale - exhale
inner - outer
inside - outside
intelligent - stupid, unintelligent

interesting - boring
interior - exterior
interesting - dull, uninteresting
internal - external
intentional - accidental

J
join - separate

junior - senior
just - unjust

justice - injustice

K
knowledge - ignorance

known - unknown

L
landlord - tenant
large - small
last - first
laugh - cry
lawful - unlawful, illegal
lazy - industrious
leader - follower
left - right
lend -borrow

lengthen - shorten
lenient - strict
left - right
less - more
light - dark, heavy
like - dislike, hate
likely - unlikely
limited - boundless
little - big

long - short
loose - tight
lose - find
loss - win
loud - quiet
love - hate
low - high
loyal - disloyal

M
mad - happy, sane
major - minor
many - few
mature - immature
maximum - minimum

melt - freeze
merry - sad
messy - neat
minor - major

minority - majority
miser - spendthrift
misunderstand - understand
more - less

N
nadir - zenith
narrow - wide
near - far, distant
neat - messy, untidy

never - always
new - old
night - day
nighttime - daytime

no - yes
noisy - quiet
none - some
north - south

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O
obedient - disobedient
odd - even
offer - refuse
old - young

old - new
on - off
open - closed, shut
opposite- same, similar

optimist - pessimist
out - in
outer - inner
over - under

P
past - present
patient - impatient
peace - war
permanent - temporary
plentiful - scarce
plural - singular

poetry - prose
polite - rude, impolite
possible - impossible
poverty - wealth, riches
powerful - weak

pretty - ugly
private - public
prudent - imprudent
pure - impure, contaminated
push - pull

Q
qualified - unqualified

question - answer

quiet - loud, noisy

R
raise - lower
rapid - slow
rare - common
regular - irregular

real - fake
rich - poor
right - left, wrong

right-side-up - upside-down
rough - smooth
rude - courteous

S
safe - unsafe
same - opposite
satisfactory - unsatisfactory
secure - insecure
scatter - collect
separate - join, together
serious - trivial
second-hand - new
shallow - deep
shrink - grow

sick - healthy, ill

simple - complex, hard
singular - plural
sink - float
slim - fat, thick
slow - fast
sober - drunk
soft - hard
some - none
sorrow - joy

sour - sweet
sow -reap
straight - crooked
start - finish
stop - go
strict - lenient
strong - weak
success - failure
sunny - cloudy
synonym - antonym
sweet - sour

T
take - give
tall - short
tame - wild
them - us
there - here

thick - thin
tight - loose, slack
tiny - big, huge
together - apart
top - bottom

tough - easy, tender

transparent - opaque
true - false
truth - flasehood, lie, untruth

U
under - over
unfold - fold
unknown - known

unqualified - qualified
unsafe - safe
up - down
upside-down - right-side-up

upstairs - downstairs
us - them
useful - useless

V
vacant - occupied
vanish - appear
vast - tiny

victory - defeat
virtue - vice

visible - invisible
voluntary - compulsory

W
war - peace
wax - wane
weak - strong
wet - dry

white - black
wide - narrow
win - lose

wisdom - folly, stupidity

within - outside
wrong - right

Y
yes - no

yin - yang

young - old

Z
zip - unzip

zenith - nadir

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