Competitive exams feature many questions about vocabulary, especially about synonyms and antonyms. Learning antonyms and synonyms can greatly improve your vocabulary and help you understand the verbal section well.
English antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. In this article, you will learn antonyms for commonly used words.
Here are all opposites:
Antonyms for words starting with A
- exactly - About
- above - below
- absence - presence
- abundance - lack
- to accept - to refuse
- accidental - intentional
- active - lazy
- to add - to subtract
- to admit - to deny
- adult - child
- advanced - elementary
- negative - affirmative
- brave - afraid
- before - after
- for - against
- alike - different
- dead - alive
- all - none
- to forbid - to allow
- already - not yet
- always - never
- ancient - modern
- ancestor - descendant
- to agree - to refuse, to argue
- professional - amateurto amuse - to bore
- angel - devil
- animal - human
- to satisfy - to annoy
- to answer - to ask
- answer - question
- antonym - synonym
- apart - together
- approximately - exactly
- to argue - to agree
- to arrest - to free, to set free
- arrival - departure
- to arrive - to depart, to leave
- artificial - natural
- ascent - descent
- asleep - awake
- to attack - to defend
- attack - defence, protection
- attic - cellar
- autumn - spring
- awake - asleep
- awful - delicious, nice, pleasant
Antonyms for words starting with B
- back - in front of
- background - foreground
- backward - forward
- bad - good
- bad luck - fortune, good luck
- beauty - ugliness
- before - after
- to begin - to end, to stop, to finish
- beginning - end, ending
- behind - in front of
- below - above
- best - worst
- better - worse
- beautiful - ugly
- big - small, little
- birth - death
- bitter - sweet
- black - white
- blunt - sharp
- body - soul
- boring - exciting, interesting
- to borrow - to lend
- bottom - top
- boy - girl
- brave - cowardly, afraid
- to break - to mend, to fix
- broad - narrow
- brother - sister
- to build - to destroy
- busy - lazy
- to buy - to sell
Antonyms for words starting with C
- calm - excited
- careful - careless
- to catch - to miss, to throw
- ceiling - floor
- centre - outskirts, suburb
- certainly - probably
- changeable - constant
- cheap - expensive
- child - adult, grown-up
- children - parents
- clean - dirty
- clear - cloudy
- clever - stupid
- to close - to open
- closed - open
- cloudy - clear, sunny, bright
- cold - hot
- cold - heat
- to come - to go
- comedy - drama, tragedy
- complicated - simple
- compliment - insult
- compulsory - voluntary
- to connect - to separate
- consonant - vowel
- constant - changeable
- construction - destruction
- to continue - to interrupt
- cool - warm
- correct - false, wrong
- courage - fear
- courageous - cowardly
- to create - to destroy
- cruel - kind, humane
- to cry - to laugh
Antonyms for words starting with D
- to damage - to repair
- danger - security, safety
- dangerous - safe
- dark - light
- daughter - son
- dawn - dusk
- day - night
- dead - alive
- death - birth, life
- deep - shallow
- defeat - victory
- defence - attack
- delicious - awful
- to deny - to admit
- to depart - to arrive
- departure - arrival
- descent - ascent
- desperate - hopeful
- devil - angel
- dictatorship - republic
- to die - to live
- different - alike, equal, the same
- difficult - easy
- dirty - clean
- disease - health
- distant - near
- to divide - to unite
- division - unity
- to divorce - to marry
- divorced - married
- domestic - foreign
- down - up
- downstairs - upstairs
- drama - comedy
- dry - humid, wet
- dull - interesting
Antonyms for words starting with E
- early - late
- east - west
- easy - difficult, hard
- elementary - advanced
- empty - full
- to end - to begin
- end - beginning
- enemy - friend
- to enjoy - to hate
- to enter - to leave
- entrance - exit
- equal - different
- evening - morning
- everybody - nobody
- everything - nothing
- exactly - about, approximately
- excited - calm
- to exclude - to include
- exit - entrance
- expensive - Cheap
- export - import
- exposure - shelter
Antonyms for words starting with F
- to fail - to succeed, to pass
- false - correct, true
- far - near
- fast - slow
- fat - slim, thin
- fear - courage
- female - male
- few - many
- final - first
- to find - to lose
- to finish - to begin
- finish - start
- first - final, last
- to fix - to break
- flat - hilly
- floor - ceiling
- to follow - to lead
- to forbidden - to allow, to let, to permit
- for - against
- to forget - to remember
- to freeze - to melt
- frequently - occasionally
- fresh - old/stale
- funny - serious
Antonyms for words starting with G
- general - particular, special
- generous - mean
- gentle - violent, rough, strict
- gentleman - Lady
- giant - tiny, very little, small
- girl - boy
- to give - to take
- to go - to come, to stop
- good - bad
- good luck - bad luck
- grown-up - child
- guest - host
- guilty - innocent
Antonyms for words starting with H
- happiness - sadness
- happy - sad
- handsome - ugly
- hard - easy, soft
- to harvest - to plant
- to hate - to enjoy, to like, to love
- health - disease, illness
- healthy - ill, sick
- heat - cold
- heaven - hell
- heavy - light
- here - there
- high (Berg) - deep
- high - low
- hilly - flat
- to hit - to miss
- hopeful - desperate, hopeless
- human (Mensch) - animal
- humane (menschlich) - cruel
- humid - dry
- hungry - thirsty
- husband - wife
Antonyms for words starting with I
- in front of - back, behind
- to ignore - to notice
- ill - healty, well
- to immigrate - to emigrate
- import - export
- in - out
- to include - to exclude
- to increase - to reduce
- innocent - guilty
- inside - outside
- insult - compliment
- intelligent - silly, stupid
- intentional - accidental
- to be interested in - to bore
- interesting - boring, dull
- to interrupt - to continue
Antonyms for words starting with J
- junior - senior
Antonyms for words starting with K
- kind - cruel
Antonyms for words starting with L
- lack - abundance, plenty
- lady - gentleman
- to land - to take off
- land - water
- large - small
- last - first
- late - early
- to laugh - to cry
- lazy - active, busy
- to lead - to follow
- to learn - to teach
- to leave - to arrive, to enter
- left - right
- to lend - to borrow
- less - more
- to let - to forbid
- to lie - to stand
- life - death
- light - dark
- light - heavy
- to like - to hate
- liquid - solid
- little - big, large
- little - much
- to live - to die
- long - shorto lose - to find, to win
- loser - winner
- loud - quiet
- to love - to hate
- lovely - terrible
- low - high
- to lower - to raise
Antonyms for words starting with M
- major - minor
- male - female
- man - woman
- many - few, some
- marriage - divorce
- married - divorced, single
- master - servant
- maximum - minimum
- mean - generous
- to melt - to freeze
- men - women
- to mend - to break
- midnight - noon
- minimum - maximum
- to miss - to catch
- moderate - extreme
- modern - ancient, old
- monarchy - republic
- moon - sun
- more - less
- morning - evening
- mountain - valley
- much - little
Antonyms for words starting with N
- narrow - broad, wide
- nasty - nice, pleasant
- native - foreigner, stranger
- natural - artificial
- near - distant, far
- negative - affirmative
- nephew - niece
- never - always
- nice - awful, nasty
- no - yes
- nobody - everybody
- noisy - quiet, silent
- noon - midnight
- none of - all of
- normal - strange
- north - south
- not yet - already
- nothing - everything
- to notice - to ignore
- now - then
Antonyms for words starting with O
- occasionally - frequently
- often - seldom, sometimes
- on - off
- open - closed
- opponent - supporter
- order - mess
- ordinary - special
- other - same
- outside - inside
- outskirts - centre
- over - under
Antonyms for words starting with P
- parents - children
- part - whole
- partial - total
- particular - general
- to pass - to fail
- past - future, present
- peace - war
- to permit - to forbid
- plenty - lack
- pleasant - awful
- polite - rude
- poor - rich, wealthy
- poverty - wealth
- powerful - weak
- presence - absence
- present - past, future
- pretty - ugly
- private - public
- probably - certainly
- professional - amateur
- to protect - to attack
- protection - attack
- public - private
- to pull - to push
- pupil - teacher
Antonyms for words starting with Q
- question - answer
- quick - slow
- quiet - loud, noisy
Antonyms for words starting with R
- to raise - to lower
- rainy - sunny
- rear - front
- to receive - to send
- to reduce - to increase
- to refuse - to agree, to accept
- regret - satisfaction
- remember - forget
- repair - damage
- reply - ask
- republic - dictatorship, monarchy
- rest - work
- rich - poor
- right - left
- right - wrong
- rough - gentle
- rough - smooth, soft
- rude - polite
- rural - urban
Antonyms for words starting with S
- sad - happy
- sadness - happiness
- safe - dangerous
- safety - danger
- salt - sugar
- (the) same - different, the other
- satisfaction - regret
- to satisfy - to annoy
- to save - to spend, to waste
- scream - whisper
- security - danger
- seldom - often
- to sell - to buy
- to send - to receive
- senior - junior
- to separate - to connect, to unite
- serious - funny
- servant - master
- to set free - to arrest
- shallow - deep
- sharp - blunt
- shelter - exposure
- short - long, tall
- to shout - to whisper
- to shut - to open
- sick - healthy
- silent - noisy
- silly - intelligent
- simple - complicated
- sink - rise
- single - married
- sister - brother
- to sit - to stand
- slim - fat
- slow - fast, quick
- small - big
- smooth - rough
- soft - hard, rough
- solid - liquid
- some - many
- sometimes - often
- son - daughter
- soul - body
- sour - sweet
- south - north
- special - general, ordinary
- spring - autumn
- to stand - to sit
- to start - to stop
- start - finish, end
- to stop - to start, to go
- to stand - to lie
- strange - normal
- stranger - native
- strict - gentle
- strong - weak
- student - teacher
- stupid - clever, intelligent
- suburb - centre
- to succeed - to fail
- success - failure
- to subtract - to add
- sugar - salt
- summer - winter
- sun - moon
- sunny - cloudy, rainy
- supporter - opponent
- to suspect - to trust
- sweet - bitter, sour
- synonym - antonym
Antonyms for words starting with T
- to take off - to land
- to take - to give
- tall - small, short
- to teach - to learn
- teacher - pupil, student
- then - now
- terrible - lovely
- there - here
- thick - thin
- thin - thick, fat
- thirsty - hungry
- to throw - to catch
- tight - loose
- tiny - giant, huge
- together - apart
- tomorrow - yesterday
- top - bottom
- total - partial
- town - village
- tragedy - comedy
- true - false
- to trust - to suspect
Antonyms for words starting with U
- ugliness - beauty
- ugly - beautiful
- under - over
- to unite - to divide, to separate
- unity - division
- up - down
- upstairs - downstairs
- urban - rural
- useful - useless
Antonyms for words starting with V
- vacant - occupied
- vertical - horizontal
- victory - defeat
- village - town
- violent - gentle
- voluntary - compulsory
- vowel - consonant
Antonyms for words starting with W
- war - peace
- warm - cool
- waste - save
- wealth - poverty
- wealthy - poor
- wedding - divorce
- well - ill
- west - east
- wet - dry
- white - black
- whole - part
- wide - narrow
- wife - husband
- to win - to lose
- winner - loser
- winter - summer
- to work - to rest
- woman - man
- women - men
- worse - better
- worst - best
- wrong - correct, right
Antonyms for words starting with Y
- yes - no
- yesterday - tomorrow
- young - old
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