{"id":71846,"date":"2019-08-29T06:14:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T06:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71846"},"modified":"2019-08-29T06:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T06:21:43","slug":"214-opposite-words-to-know-antonyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/214-opposite-words-to-know-antonyms\/","title":{"rendered":"214 Opposite Words To Know | Antonyms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antonyms are words of the same grammatical class that have opposite meanings.<\/p>\n

A list of opposite words or antonyms<\/strong> is given below. For a comprehensive list, consult a good thesaurus.<\/p>\n

214 Opposite words to know<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. above \u2013 below, beneath<\/li>\n
  2. abstract \u2013 concrete<\/li>\n
  3. accept \u2013 reject<\/li>\n
  4. acquit \u2013 condemn<\/li>\n
  5. advance \u2013 retreat<\/li>\n
  6. advantage – disadvantage<\/li>\n
  7. affirm \u2013 deny<\/li>\n
  8. affluence \u2013 poverty<\/li>\n
  9. aggravate \u2013 alleviate, lessen<\/li>\n
  10. agree \u2013 differ<\/li>\n
  11. allow \u2013 forbid<\/li>\n
  12. analysis \u2013 synthesis<\/li>\n
  13. ancestor \u2013 descendant<\/li>\n
  14. ancient \u2013 modern<\/li>\n
  15. aristocrat \u2013 commoner<\/li>\n
  16. arrive \u2013 depart<\/li>\n
  17. ascent \u2013 descent<\/li>\n
  18. assent \u2013 dissent<\/li>\n
  19. asset \u2013 liability<\/li>\n
  20. attract \u2013 repel<\/li>\n
  21. awake \u2013 asleep<\/li>\n
  22. barren \u2013 fertile<\/li>\n
  23. base \u2013 noble<\/li>\n
  24. beautiful \u2013 ugly<\/li>\n
  25. belief \u2013 doubt<\/li>\n
  26. benediction \u2013 malediction<\/li>\n
  27. benevolent \u2013 malevolent<\/li>\n
  28. bold \u2013 timid<\/li>\n
  29. boom \u2013 slump<\/li>\n
  30. bravery \u2013 cowardice<\/li>\n
  31. bright \u2013 dim, dull<\/li>\n
  32. beautiful – ugly<\/li>\n
  33. benevolent – malevolent<\/li>\n
  34. carnal \u2013 spiritual<\/li>\n
  35. centrifugal \u2013 centripetal<\/li>\n
  36. cheap \u2013 dear, costly<\/li>\n
  37. cheerful \u2013 gloomy<\/li>\n
  38. clean \u2013 dirty<\/li>\n
  39. clever \u2013 stupid<\/li>\n
  40. common \u2013 rare<\/li>\n
  41. compulsory \u2013 optional<\/li>\n
  42. concord \u2013 discord<\/li>\n
  43. confident \u2013 diffident<\/li>\n
  44. create \u2013 destroy<\/li>\n
  45. dark \u2013 light<\/li>\n
  46. dawn \u2013 dusk<\/li>\n
  47. debtor \u2013 creditor<\/li>\n
  48. deep \u2013 shallow<\/li>\n
  49. defensive \u2013 offensive<\/li>\n
  50. deliberate \u2013 unintentional, accidental<\/li>\n
  51. diligent \u2013 crazy<\/li>\n
  52. dilute \u2013 concentrated<\/li>\n
  53. dwarf \u2013 giant<\/li>\n
  54. elevation \u2013 depression<\/li>\n
  55. exclude \u2013 include<\/li>\n
  56. exit \u2013 entrance<\/li>\n
  57. exotic \u2013 indigenous<\/li>\n
  58. expand \u2013 contract<\/li>\n
  59. explicit \u2013 implicit<\/li>\n
  60. external \u2013 internal<\/li>\n
  61. extravagant \u2013 frugal, thrifty<\/li>\n
  62. famous \u2013 obscure<\/li>\n
  63. fast \u2013 loose, slow<\/li>\n
  64. fat \u2013 lean, thin<\/li>\n
  65. fictitious \u2013 real<\/li>\n
  66. forget \u2013 remember<\/li>\n
  67. frequent \u2013 rare<\/li>\n
  68. fresh \u2013 stale<\/li>\n
  69. friendly \u2013 hostile<\/li>\n
  70. full \u2013 empty<\/li>\n
  71. gain \u2013 loss<\/li>\n
  72. gather \u2013 scatter<\/li>\n
  73. general \u2013 particular, special<\/li>\n
  74. generous \u2013 mean<\/li>\n
  75. gradual \u2013 abrupt, sudden<\/li>\n
  76. guilty \u2013 innocent<\/li>\n
  77. harsh \u2013 gentle<\/li>\n
  78. hasty \u2013 leisurely<\/li>\n
  79. hate \u2013 love<\/li>\n
  80. haughty \u2013 meek<\/li>\n
  81. heavy \u2013 light<\/li>\n
  82. high \u2013 low<\/li>\n
  83. hit \u2013 miss<\/li>\n
  84. hollow \u2013 solid<\/li>\n
  85. honour \u2013 shame<\/li>\n
  86. hope \u2013 despair<\/li>\n
  87. host- guest<\/li>\n
  88. hurt \u2013 heal<\/li>\n
  89. ideal \u2013 actual<\/li>\n
  90. idle \u2013 busy<\/li>\n
  91. imagination \u2013 reality<\/li>\n
  92. increase \u2013 decrease<\/li>\n
  93. industrious \u2013 indolent, lazy<\/li>\n
  94. inferior \u2013 superior<\/li>\n
  95. inhale \u2013 exhale<\/li>\n
  96. input \u2013 output<\/li>\n
  97. joy \u2013 sorrow<\/li>\n
  98. junior \u2013 senior<\/li>\n
  99. kind \u2013 cruel<\/li>\n
  100. kindle \u2013 extinguish<\/li>\n
  101. knowledge \u2013 ignorance<\/li>\n
  102. lament \u2013 rejoice<\/li>\n
  103. later \u2013 earlier<\/li>\n
  104. latter \u2013 former<\/li>\n
  105. lead \u2013 follow<\/li>\n
  106. lend \u2013 borrow<\/li>\n
  107. let \u2013 hire<\/li>\n
  108. liberate \u2013 enslave<\/li>\n
  109. literal \u2013 figurative<\/li>\n
  110. loose \u2013 tight<\/li>\n
  111. lose \u2013 find<\/li>\n
  112. major \u2013 minor<\/li>\n
  113. many \u2013 few<\/li>\n
  114. masculine \u2013 feminine<\/li>\n
  115. material \u2013 spiritual<\/li>\n
  116. maximum \u2013 minimum<\/li>\n
  117. memory \u2013 oblivion<\/li>\n
  118. mild \u2013 severe, stern<\/li>\n
  119. miser \u2013 spendthrift<\/li>\n
  120. monogamy \u2013 polygamy<\/li>\n
  121. monotony \u2013 variety, diversity<\/li>\n
  122. na\u00efve \u2013 sophisticated<\/li>\n
  123. narrow \u2013 broad<\/li>\n
  124. native \u2013 foreign<\/li>\n
  125. natural \u2013 artificial<\/li>\n
  126. negative \u2013 positive<\/li>\n
  127. neutral \u2013 partial<\/li>\n
  128. observe \u2013 reverse<\/li>\n
  129. odd \u2013 even<\/li>\n
  130. offer \u2013 refuse<\/li>\n
  131. often \u2013 seldom<\/li>\n
  132. omission \u2013 commission<\/li>\n
  133. optimistic \u2013 pessimistic<\/li>\n
  134. oral \u2013 written<\/li>\n
  135. oriental \u2013 occidental<\/li>\n
  136. original \u2013 duplicate, copy<\/li>\n
  137. ostensible \u2013 actual<\/li>\n
  138. partly \u2013 wholly<\/li>\n
  139. permanent \u2013 temporary<\/li>\n
  140. permit \u2013 prohibit<\/li>\n
  141. pleasure \u2013 pain<\/li>\n
  142. practice \u2013 theory<\/li>\n
  143. pragmatic \u2013 idealistic<\/li>\n
  144. praise \u2013 blame<\/li>\n
  145. precede \u2013 succeed<\/li>\n
  146. pride \u2013 humility<\/li>\n
  147. profit \u2013 loss<\/li>\n
  148. progress \u2013 regress<\/li>\n
  149. progressive \u2013 retrograde<\/li>\n
  150. promote \u2013 demote<\/li>\n
  151. public \u2013 private<\/li>\n
  152. quiet \u2013 noisy<\/li>\n
  153. queer \u2013 normal<\/li>\n
  154. rash \u2013 cautious, careful<\/li>\n
  155. rapid \u2013 slow, leisurely<\/li>\n
  156. recede \u2013 advance<\/li>\n
  157. relative \u2013 absolute<\/li>\n
  158. reluctant \u2013 ready, willing<\/li>\n
  159. reserved \u2013 sociable<\/li>\n
  160. resist \u2013 submit<\/li>\n
  161. retail \u2013 wholesale<\/li>\n
  162. reward \u2013 punish<\/li>\n
  163. rigid \u2013 flexible<\/li>\n
  164. ripe \u2013 raw<\/li>\n
  165. rise \u2013 fall, set<\/li>\n
  166. rough \u2013 smooth<\/li>\n
  167. rude \u2013 polite<\/li>\n
  168. sacred \u2013 secular, profane<\/li>\n
  169. safe \u2013 risky, dangerous<\/li>\n
  170. saint \u2013 sinner<\/li>\n
  171. servant \u2013 master<\/li>\n
  172. sharp \u2013 blunt<\/li>\n
  173. simple \u2013 complex, complicated<\/li>\n
  174. sink – swim, float<\/li>\n
  175. smile \u2013 frown<\/li>\n
  176. sober \u2013 drunk, rash<\/li>\n
  177. solid \u2013 liquid<\/li>\n
  178. straight \u2013 crooked, curved<\/li>\n
  179. strait \u2013 broad<\/li>\n
  180. strange \u2013 familiar<\/li>\n
  181. subjective \u2013 objective<\/li>\n
  182. succeed \u2013 fail<\/li>\n
  183. sure \u2013 doubtful<\/li>\n
  184. sweet \u2013 bitter, sour<\/li>\n
  185. sympathy \u2013 antipathy<\/li>\n
  186. tall \u2013 short<\/li>\n
  187. tense \u2013 relaxed<\/li>\n
  188. terrestrial \u2013 celestial<\/li>\n
  189. thick \u2013 thin<\/li>\n
  190. tight \u2013 loose, slack<\/li>\n
  191. top \u2013 bottom<\/li>\n
  192. tranquil \u2013 disturbed, agitated<\/li>\n
  193. transparent \u2013 opaque<\/li>\n
  194. triumph \u2013 defeat<\/li>\n
  195. trivial \u2013 important<\/li>\n
  196. true \u2013 false<\/li>\n
  197. unite \u2013 separate<\/li>\n
  198. upper \u2013 lower<\/li>\n
  199. upright \u2013 dishonest<\/li>\n
  200. urban \u2013 rural<\/li>\n
  201. urbane \u2013 rude, uncultured<\/li>\n
  202. vacant \u2013 occupied<\/li>\n
  203. vague \u2013 clear, definite<\/li>\n
  204. vertical \u2013 horizontal<\/li>\n
  205. victory \u2013 defeat<\/li>\n
  206. virtue \u2013 vice<\/li>\n
  207. voluntary \u2013 compulsory, involuntary<\/li>\n
  208. wake \u2013 sleep<\/li>\n
  209. wax \u2013 wane<\/li>\n
  210. wealthy \u2013 poor<\/li>\n
  211. wide \u2013 narrow<\/li>\n
  212. win \u2013 lose<\/li>\n
  213. wise \u2013 foolish<\/li>\n
  214. zenith \u2013 nadir<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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