Common Opposites -Antonyms Word List

Common Opposites -Antonyms Word List, English opposite / antonym words list from a to izzard;

A

absent — present
abundant — scarce
accurate — inaccurate
admit — deny
advantage — disadvantage
against — for
agree — disagree
alive — dead
all — none, nothing
ally — enemy
always — never
ancient — modern
antonym — synonym
apart — together
appear — disappear, vanish
approve — disapprove
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
borrow — lend
bottom — top
boy — girl
brave — cowardly
build — destroy
bold — meek, timid
borrow — lend
bound — unbound, free
brighten — fade
broad — narrow

C
calm — windy, troubled
can — cannot, can’t
capable — incapable
captive — free
careful — careless
cheap — expensive
clear — cloudy, opaque
clever — stupid
close — far, distant
closed — ajar, open
clumsy — graceful
cold — hot
combine — separate
come — go
comfort — discomfort
common — rare
conceal — reveal
create — destroy
crooked — straight
cruel — kind
compulsory — voluntary
courteous — discourteous, rude

D
dangerous — safe
dark — light
day — night
daytime — nighttime
decrease — increase
deep — shallow
definite — indefinite
demand — supply
despair — hope
dim — bright
disappear — appear
downwards — upwards
dreary — cheerful
dry — moist, wet
dull — bright, shiny
dusk — dawn

E
early — late
east — west
easy — hard, difficult
empty — full
end — begin, start
enter — exit
even — odd
expand — contract
export — import
exterior — interior
external — internal

F
fade — brighten
fail — succeed
false — true
famous — unknown
far — near
fast — slow
find — lose
first — last
float — sink
foolish — wise
fore — aft
free — bound, captive
fold — unfold
forget — remember
found — lost
friend — enemy
for — against
fortunate — unfortunate
full — empty

G
generous — stingy
gentle — rough
get — give
giant — tiny, small, dwarf
girl — boy
give — receive, take
go — stop
good — bad, evil
grow — shrink
guest — host
guilty — innocent

H
happy — sad
hard — easy
hard — soft
harmful — harmless
harsh — mild
hate — love
haves — have–nots
heavy — light
help — hinder
here — there
hero — coward
high — low
hill — valley
hinder — help
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
interesting — boring
interior — exterior
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
lenient — strict
left — right
less — more
light — dark, heavy
like — dislike, hate
likely — unlikely
limited — boundless
lose — find
loss — win
loud — quiet
love — hate
low — high
loyal — disloyal

M
mad — happy, sane
major — minor
many — few
mature — immature
maximum — minimum
messy — neat
minor — major
minority — majority
more — less

N
nadir — zenith
narrow — wide
near — far, distant
neat — messy, untidy
never — always
new — old
night — day
nighttime — daytime
none — some
north — south

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
powerful — weak
pretty — ugly
private — public
prudent — imprudent
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
rude — courteous

S
safe — unsafe
same — opposite
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
slow — fast
sober — drunk
soft — hard
some — none
sorrow — joy
sour — sweet
sow –reap
straight — crooked
start — finish
stop — go
strong — weak
success — failure
sunny — cloudy
synonym — antonym
sweet — sour

T
take — give
tall — short
tame — wild
them — us
there — here
thick — thin
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
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
within — outside
wrong — right

Y
yes — no
yin — yang
young — old

Z
zenith — nadir
zip — unzip