MEANING An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
For example : The antonym of hot is cold.
Antonyms are opposites . They don’t mean the same.
Some words can have more than one antonym , depending on the context in which the same word is used.
- Above- Below
- Absent- Present
- Achieve- Fail
- Add-Subtract
- Afraid- Confident
- After- Before
- Amateur- Professional
- Ancient- Modern
- Argue- Agree
- Arrive- Depart
- Arrogant- Humble
- Ascend- Descend
- Attack-Defend
- Awake- Asleep
- Bad- Good
- Beautiful- Ugly
- Before -After
- Better- Worse
- Big- Little
- Birth- Death
- Black- White
- Blunt- Sharp
- Bold- Timid
- Brave- Cowardly
- Brief- Long
- Bright- Dull
- Busy- Idle
- Buy- Sell
- Cautious- Careless
- Cheap- Expensive
- Clean- Dirty
- Close- Open
- Cold- Hot
- Complex- Simple
- Compliment- Insult
- Cool- Warm
- Crazy- Sane
- Crooked- Straight
- Cruel- Kind
- Dark- Light
- Day- Night
- Deep- Shallow
- Decrease- Increase
- Demand- Supply
- Destroy- Create
- Divide- Unite
- Down- Up
- Drunk- Sober
- East- West
- Easy- Difficult
- End- Begin
- Even- Odd
- Evening- Morning
- Expand- Contract
- Fail- Pass
- False- True
- Fat- Skinny
- Fiction- Fact
- Float- Sink
- Follow- Lead
- Foolish- Wise
- Forgive- Blame
- Freeze- Boil
- Full- Empty
- Generous- Stingy
- Gentle- Rough
- Giant- Dwarf
- Give- Receive
- Gloomy- Cheerful
- Grief- Joy
- Guilty- Innocent
- Happy- Sad
- Hard- Soft
- Heaven- Hell
- Heavy- Light
- High- Low
- Hire- Fire
- Huge- Tiny
- Hungry-Full
- Idle- Active
- In- Out
- Include- Exclude
- Individual- Group
- Innocent- Guilty
- Inside- Outside
- Joy- Sadness
- Kind- Cruel
- Lie- Truth
- Like- Dislike
- likely- Unlikely
- Liquid- Solid
- Lonely- Crowded
- Long- Short
- Loose- Tight
- Lost- Found
- Love- Hate
- Major – Minor
- Man- Woman
- Marvelous- Terrible
- Mature- Immature
- Maximum- Minimum
- Mix- Separate
- Moist- Dry
- More- Less
- Most- Least
- Move- Stay
- Near- Far
- Never- Always
- Spend- Earn
- Start- Stop
- Started- Finished
- Stay- Leave
- Stiff- Flexible
- Stop- Go
- Strength- Weakness
- Strong- Weak
- Student- Teacher
- Sturdy- Weak
- Sunny- Cloudy
- Superb- Inferior
- Tame- Wild
- Teach- Learn
- Temporary- Permanent
- Thin- Wide
- Tidy- Messy
- Timid- Bold
- Together- Apart
