List of Antonyms – 1
Antonyms for words starting with A
Word Antonym-1 Antonym-2 Antonym-3 Antonym-4
Absence Presence Plenty Existence Enough
Accept Refuse Fail Deny Reject
Accurate Inaccurate Indefinite Unreliable Faulty
Advantage Disadvantage Harm Impotence Inferiority
Alive Dead Unconscious Sluggish Deceased
Ancient Modern Current Fresh New
Answer Question Query Quiet Trouble
Approval Disapproval Denial Veto Refusal
Approached Receded Departed Leave Retreat
Abundant Scarce Lacking Sparse Meager
Admit Deny Repudiate Expel Oust
Advance Retreat Retire Behind Later
Artificial Natural Genuine Real Unaffected
Ascend Descend Drop Slump Decline
Attack Defense Flight Shelter Shield
Attention Inattention Disregard Lethargy Neglect
Asleep Awake Conscious Attentive Awake
Ally Enemy Antagonist Detractor Foe
Agree Disagree Reject Resist Object
List of Antonyms – 2
Antonyms for words starting with B, C
Word Antonym-1 Antonym-2 Antonym-3 Antonym-4
Beginning Ending Finish Epilogue Finale
Blunt Sharp Polite Subtle Sharp
Blame Praise Approval Peace Ratification
Bitter Sweet Bland Pleasant Mild
Borrow Lend Forfeit Lend Return
Bravery Cowardice Timidity Fear Cowardice
Broad Narrow Quiet Little Tiny
Careful Rush Careless Inexact Unwise
Calm Troubled Harsh Furious Worried
Capable Incapable Clumsy Stupid Ignorant
Captivity Freedom Liberty Freedom License
Cheap Dear Expensive Expensive Worthy
Clever Stupid Foolish Ignorant Naïve
Correct Incorrect Improper Invalid Biased
Conceal Reveal Divulge Unwrap Ignore
Comfort Discomfort Gloom Injury Torment
Courage Cowardice Humility Timidity Irresolution
Cruel Kind Gentle Compassionate Mild
Courteous Discourteous Rude Uncivil Unrefined
Cunning Simple Ignorant Blunt Rough
Beautiful Ugly Drab Offensive Repulsive
List of Antonyms – 3
Antonyms for words starting with D, E, F
Word Antonym-1 Antonym-2 Antonym-3 Antonym-4
Dainty Clumsy Ugly Inferior Coarse
Dark Light Distinct Evident Vivacious
Deep Shallow Artless Flighty Trivial
Decrease Increase Expansion Growth Enlargement
Demand Supply Reply Offer Grant
Despair Hope Cheer Faith Pleasure
Disappear Appear Begin Solidify Coagulate
Dismal Cheerful Bright Intelligent Luminous
Ebb Flow Flow Incline Expansion
Encourage Discourage Agitate Sadden Dispirit
Entrance Exit Conclusion Egress Leave
End Beginning Bottom Creation Origin
Expand Contract Diminish Shrink Shrivel
Expensive Inexpensive Cheap Worthless Reasonable
Fail Succeed Ascend Rise Reach
Feeble Sturdy Strong Powerful Expert
Foolish Wise Sane Realistic Serious
Famous Unknown Obscure Inferior Typical
First Last Minor Trivial Auxiliary
Freedom Captivity Slavery Inability Restraint
Frequent Seldom Ceasing Irregular Rare
Friend Enemy Foe Stranger Opponent
Fortunate Unfortunate Failing Lacking Losing
Frank Secretive Timidity Shy Evasive
List of Antonyms – 4
Antonyms for words starting with G, H, I, J, K
Word Antonym-1 Antonym-2 Antonym-3 Antonym-4
Generous Mean Greedy Biased Prejudiced
Gentle Rough Surly Excited Harsh
Gloomy Cheerful Lively Luminous Intelligent
Giant Dwarf Pygmy Dwarf Teeny
Happy Sad Miserable Serious Morose
Harmful Harmless Assisting Honest Fortunate
Hasten Dawdle Halt Hinder Dissuade
Hate Love Liking Sympathy Flattery
Healthy Unhealthy Ill Diseased Infirm
Horizontal Vertical Divergent Unfair Irregular
Hinder Aid Help Further Allow
Honest Dishonest Counterfeit Deceitful Corrupt
Humble Proud Brave Unrefined Intricate
Hunger Thirst Distaste Disgust Satiation
Immense Tiny Minute Limited Restricted
Imprison Free Cease Permit Release
Inferior Superior Chief Extraordinary Foremost
Interior Exterior Outside Revealed Public
Interesting Uninteresting Dull Repulsive Homely
Intentional Accidental Involuntary Unwilling Unplanned
Justice Injustice Penalty Illegality Corruption
Knowledge Ignorance Inanity Stupidity Impotence
List of Antonyms – 5
Antonyms for words starting with L, M, P, R, S
Word Antonym-1 Antonym-2 Antonym-3 Antonym-4
Lazy Industrious Energetic Caring Fresh
Little Large Much Big Sufficient
Lofty Lowly Humble Below Beneath
Misunderstand Understand Comprehend Construe Grasp
Possible Impossible Unlikely Improbable Impossible
Prudent Imprudent Foolish Indiscreet Stupid
Rapid Slow Delayed Sluggish Languishing
Rigid Pliable Soft Gentle Pliant
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Intolerable Unreliable Inadequate
Scatter Collect Gather Maintain Combine
Serious Trivial Insincere Dishonest Deceptive
Sour Sweet Bland Calm Blah
Sorrow Joy Benefit Cheer Benefit
Strong Weak Intermittent Idle Inactive
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
bitter - sweet
black - white
blame - praise
bless - curse
bold - meek, timid
borrow - lend
bottom - top
bound - unbound, free
boundless - limited
boy - girl
brave - cowardly
bright - dim, dull
brighten - fade
broad - narrow
build - destroy
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
compulsory - voluntary
conceal - reveal
contract - expand
cool - warm
correct - incorrect, wrong
courage - cowardice
courteous - discourteous, rude
create - destroy
crooked - straight
cruel - kind
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
empty - full
encourage - discourage
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
fat - thin
feeble - strong, powerful
few - many
find - lose
first - last
float - sink
fold - unfold
foolish - wise
for - against
fore - aft
forget - remember
fortunate - unfortunate
found - lost
free - bound, captive
frequent - seldom
fresh - stale
friend - enemy
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
intentional - accidental
interesting - boring
interesting - dull, uninteresting
interior - exterior
internal - external
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
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
O
obedient - disobedient
odd - even
offer - refuse
old - new
old - young
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
real - fake
regular - irregular
rich - poor
right - left, wrong
right-side-up - upside-down
rough - smooth
rude - courteous
S
safe - unsafe
same - opposite
satisfactory - unsatisfactory
scatter - collect
second-hand - new
secure - insecure
separate - join, together
serious - trivial
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
start - finish
stop - go
straight - crooked
strict - lenient
strong - weak
success - failure
sunny - cloudy
sweet - sour
synonym - antonym
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 - falsehood, 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
zenith - nadir
zip - unzip
