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Opposite Words list 01
Below | Â | Above |
Presence | Â | Absence |
Lack | Â | Abundance |
Intentional | Â | Accidental |
Lazy | Â | Active |
Subtract | Â | Add |
Deny | Â | Admit |
Child | Â | Adult |
Elementary | Â | Advanced |
Negative | Â | Affirmative |
Before | Â | After |
For | Â | Against |
Argue | Â | Agree |
Refuse | Â | Agree |
None of | Â | A lot of |
Different | Â | Alike |
Dead | Â | Alive |
Forbid | Â | Allow |
Not yet | Â | Already |
Never | Â | Always |
Professional | Â | Amateur |
Bore | Â | Amuse |
Descendant | Â | Ancestor |
Modern | Â | Ancient |
New | Â | Ancient |
Devil | Â | Angel |
Human | Â | Animal |
Satisfy | Â | Annoy |
Ask | Â | Answer |
Question | Â | Answer |
Opposite Words list 02
Synonym | Â | Antonym |
Together | Â | Apart |
Exactly | Â | Approximately |
Free | Â | Arrest |
Set free | Â | Arrest |
Departure | Â | Arrival |
Depart | Â | Arrive |
Leave | Â | Arrive |
Natural | Â | Artificial |
Descent | Â | Ascent |
Answer | Â | Ask |
Reply | Â | Ask |
Awake | Â | Asleep |
Defence | Â | Attack |
Defend | Â | Attack |
Protect | Â | Attack |
Protection | Â | Attack |
Cellar | Â | Attic |
Spring | Â | Autumn |
Asleep | Â | Awake |
Delicious | Â | Awful |
Nice | Â | Awful |
Pleasant | Â | Awful |
In front of | Â | Back |
In front of | Â | Back |
Foreground | Â | Background |
Forward | Â | Backward |
Good | Â | Bad |
Fortune | Â | Bad luck |
Good luck | Â | Bad luck |
Opposite Words list 03
Sell | Â | Buy |
Excited | Â | Calm |
Careless | Â | Careful |
Careful | Â | Careless |
Miss | Â | Catch |
Throw | Â | Catch |
Floor | Â | Ceiling |
Attic | Â | Cellar |
Outskirts | Â | Centre |
Suburb | Â | Centre |
Probably | Â | Certainly |
Constant | Â | Changeable |
Expensive | Â | Cheap |
Adult  |  | Child |
Grownup | Â | Child |
Parents | Â | Children |
Dirty | Â | Clean |
Cloudy | Â | Clear |
Stupid | Â | Clever |
Open | Â | Closed |
Open | Â | Closed |
Clear | Â | Cloudy |
Sunny | Â | Cloudy |
Heat | Â | Cold |
Hot | Â | Cold |
Go | Â | Come |
Drama | Â | Comedy |
Tragedy | Â | Comedy |
Simple | Â | Complicated |
Insult | Â | Compliment |
Opposite Words list 04
Voluntary | Â | Compulsory |
Separate | Â | Connect |
Vowel | Â | Consonant |
Changeable | Â | Constant |
Destruction | Â | Construction |
Interrupt | Â | Continue |
Warm | Â | Cool |
Wrong | Â | Correct |
Fear | Â | Courage |
Brave | Â | Cowardly |
Courageous | Â | Cowardly |
Humane | Â | Cruel |
Kind | Â | Cruel |
Laugh | Â | Cry |
Repair | Â | Damage |
Safety | Â | Danger |
Security | Â | Danger |
Safe | Â | Dangerous |
Light | Â | Dark |
Son | Â | Daughter |
Dusk | Â | Dawn |
Night | Â | Day |
Alive | Â | Dead |
Birth | Â | Death |
Life | Â | Death |
High | Â | Deep |
Shallow | Â | Deep |
Victory | Â | Defeat |
Attack | Â | Defence |
Attack | Â | Defend |
Opposite Words list 05
Admit | Â | Deny |
Arrive | Â | Depart |
Arrival | Â | Departure |
Ancestor | Â | Descendant |
Ancestor | Â | Descendant |
Ascent | Â | Descent |
Hopeful | Â | Desperate |
Build | Â | Destroy |
Create | Â | Destroy |
Form | Â | Destroy |
Construction | Â | Destruction |
Angel | Â | Devil |
Republic | Â | Dictatorship |
Live | Â | Die |
Alike | Â | Different |
Equal | Â | Different |
Same | Â | Different |
Easy | Â | Difficult |
Clean | Â | Dirty |
Health | Â | Disease |
Near | Â | Distant |
Unite | Â | Divide |
Unity | Â | Division |
Marriage | Â | Divorce |
Marry | Â | Divorce |
Wedding | Â | Divorce |
Married | Â | Divorced |
Foreign | Â | Domestic |
Up | Â | Down |
Upstairs | Â | Downstairs |
Opposite Words list 06
Comedy | Â | Drama |
Humid | Â | Dry |
Wet | Â | Dry |
Dawn | Â | Dusk |
Late | Â | Early |
West | Â | East |
Difficult | Â | Easy |
Hard | Â | Easy |
Advanced  |  | Elementary |
Immigrate | Â | Emigrate |
Immigration | Â | Emigration |
Full | Â | Empty |
Begin | Â | End |
Beginning | Â | End |
Friend | Â | Enemy |
Hate | Â | Enjoy |
Exit | Â | Entrance |
Odd | Â | Even |
Morning | Â | Evening |
Nobody | Â | Everybody |
Nothing | Â | Everything |
About | Â | Exactly |
Approximately | Â | Exactly |
Calm | Â | Excited |
Boring | Â | Exciting |
Include | Â | Exclude |
Entrance | Â | Exit |
Cheap | Â | Expensive |
Import | Â | Export |
Shelter | Â | Exposure |
Opposite Words list 07
Moderate | Â | Extreme |
Pass | Â | Fail |
Succeed | Â | Fail |
Success | Â | Failure |
Slow | Â | Fast |
Slim | Â | Fat |
Courage | Â | Fear |
Male | Â | Female |
Many | Â | Few |
First | Â | Final |
Start | Â | Finish |
Final | Â | First |
Last | Â | First |
Break | Â | Fix |
Hilly | Â | Flat |
Ceiling | Â | Floor |
Lead | Â | Follow |
Against | Â | For |
Allow | Â | Forbid |
Let | Â | Forbid |
Permit | Â | Forbid |
Background | Â | Foreground |
Domestic | Â | Foreign |
Native | Â | Foreigner |
Remember | Â | Forget |
Bad luck | Â | Fortune |
Backward | Â | Forward |
Arrest | Â | Free |
Melt | Â | Freeze |
Occasionally | Â | Frequently |
Enemy | Â | Friend |
Rear | Â | Front |
Empty | Â | Full |
Serious | Â | Funny |
Past | Â | Future |
Particular | Â | General |
Special | Â | General |
Mean | Â | Generous |
Rough | Â | Gentle |
Strict | Â | Gentle |
Opposite Words list 08
Violent | Â | Gentle |
Lady | Â | Gentleman |
Tiny | Â | Giant |
Boy | Â | Girl |
Take | Â | Give |
Come | Â | Go |
Bad | Â | Good |
Bad luck | Â | Good luck |
Host | Â | Guest |
Innocent | Â | Guilty |
Sadness | Â | Happiness |
Sad | Â | Happy |
Soft | Â | Hard |
Plant | Â | Harvest |
Enjoy | Â | Hate |
Like | Â | Hate |
Love | Â | Hate |
Disease | Â | Health |
Sick | Â | Healthy |
Ill | Â | Healty |
Cold | Â | Heat |
Hell | Â | Heaven |
Light | Â | Heavy |
Heaven | Â | Hell |
There | Â | Here |
Low | Â | High |
Flat | Â | Hilly |
Miss | Â | Hit |
Desperate | Â | Hopeful |
Hopeless | Â | Hopeful |
Vertical | Â | Horizontal |
Guest | Â | Host |
Visitor | Â | Host |
Cold | Â | Hot |
Animal | Â | Human |
Cruel | Â | Human |
Dry | Â | Humid |
Thirsty | Â | Hungry |
Wife | Â | Husband |
Notice | Â | Ignore |
Healthy | Â | Ill |
Well | Â | Ill |
Emigrate | Â | Immigrate |
Emigration | Â | Immigration |
Export | Â | Import |
Out | Â | In |
Back | Â | In front of |
Behind | Â | In front of |
Exclude | Â | Include |
Reduce | Â | Increase |
Guilty | Â | Innocent |
Outside | Â | Inside |
Compliment | Â | Insult |
Silly | Â | Intelligent |
Accidental | Â | Intentional |
Dull | Â | Interesting |
Continue | Â | Interrupt |
Senior | Â | Junior |
Abundance | Â | Lack |
Plenty | Â | Lack |
Opposite Words list 09
Gentleman | Â | Lady |
Take off | Â | Land |
Water | Â | Land |
Early | Â | Late |
Cry | Â | Laugh |
Active | Â | Lazy |
Busy | Â | Lazy |
Follow | Â | Lead |
Teach | Â | Learn |
Enter | Â | Leave |
Right | Â | Left |
Borrow | Â | Lend |
More | Â | Less |
Stand | Â | Lie |
Dark | Â | Light |
Heavy | Â | Light |
Solid | Â | Liquid |
Much | Â | Little |
Die | Â | Live |
Short | Â | Long |
Tight | Â | Loose |
Find | Â | Lose |
Win | Â | Lose |
Winner | Â | Loser |
Quiet | Â | Loud |
Terrible | Â | Lovely |
High | Â | Low |
Raise | Â | Lower |
Minor | Â | Major |
Female | Â | Male |
Woman | Â | Man |
Few | Â | Many |
Some | Â | Many |
Divorce | Â | Marriage |
Divorced | Â | Married |
Single | Â | Married |
Divorce | Â | Marry |
Servant | Â | Master |
Minimum | Â | Maximum |
Generous | Â | Mean |
Opposite Words list 10
Freeze | Â | Melt |
Women | Â | Men |
Order | Â | Mess |
Noon | Â | Midnight |
Maximum | Â | Minimum |
Major | Â | Minor |
Catch | Â | Miss |
Hit | Â | Miss |
Extreme | Â | Moderate |
Ancient | Â | Modern |
Old | Â | Modern |
Sun | Â | Moon |
Less | Â | More |
Evening | Â | Morning |
Valley | Â | Mountain |
Little | Â | Much |
Broad | Â | Narrow |
Wide | Â | Narrow |
Foreigner | Â | Native |
Stranger | Â | Native |
Artificial | Â | Natural |
Distant | Â | Near |
Far | Â | Near |
Affirmative  |  | Negative |
Niece | Â | Nephew |
Always | Â | Never |
Awful | Â | Nice |
Nasty | Â | Nice |
Nephew | Â | Niece |
Day | Â | Night |
Yes | Â | No |
Everybody | Â | Nobody |
Silent | Â | Noisy |
All | Â | None |
Midnight | Â | Noon |
Strange | Â | Normal |
South | Â | North |
Already | Â | Not yet |
Everything | Â | Nothing |
Ignore | Â | Notice |
Then | Â | Now |
Frequently | Â | Occasionally |
Vacant | Â | Occupied |
Even | Â | Odd |
On | Â | Off |
Seldom | Â | Often |
Sometimes | Â | Often |
Young | Â | Old |
Fresh | Â | Old/stale |
Off | Â | On |
Close | Â | Open |
Closed | Â | Open |
Shut | Â | Open |
Supporter | Â | Opponent |
Mess | Â | Order |
In | Â | Out |
Inside | Â | Outside |
Centre | Â | Outskirts |
Under | Â | Over |
Children | Â | Parents |
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Whole | Â | Part |
Total | Â | Partial |
General | Â | Particular |
Future | Â | Past |
Present | Â | Past |
War | Â | Peace |
Harvest | Â | Plant |
Rude | Â | Polite |
Rich | Â | Poor |
Wealthy | Â | Poor |
Wealth | Â | Poverty |
Weak | Â | Powerful |
Absence | Â | Presence |
Public | Â | Private |
Certainly | Â | Probably |
Amateur | Â | Professional |
Private | Â | Public |
Push | Â | Pull |
Teacher | Â | Pupil |
Pull | Â | Push |
Answer | Â | Question |
Reply | Â | Question |
Loud | Â | Quiet |
Noisy | Â | Quiet |
Lower | Â | Raise |
Front | Â | Rear |
Send | Â | Receive |
Increase | Â | Reduce |
Accept | Â | Refuse |
Agree | Â | Refuse |
Satisfaction | Â | Regret |
Forget | Â | Remember |
Damage | Â | Repair |
Dictatorship | Â | Republic |
Monarchy | Â | Republic |
Work | Â | Rest |
Poor | Â | Rich |
Left | Â | Right |
Sink | Â | Rise |
Smooth | Â | Rough |
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Polite | Â | Rude |
Urban | Â | Rural |
Happy | Â | Sad |
Happiness | Â | Sadness |
Dangerous | Â | Safe |
Sugar | Â | Salt |
Other | Â | Same |
Regret | Â | Satisfaction |
Annoy | Â | Satisfy |
Waste | Â | Save |
Whisper | Â | Scream |
Danger | Â | Security |
Often | Â | Seldom |
Buy | Â | Sell |
Receive | Â | Send |
Junior | Â | Senior |
Connect | Â | Separate |
Funny | Â | Serious |
Master | Â | Servant |
Deep | Â | Shallow |
Blunt | Â | Sharp |
Exposure | Â | Shelter |
Long | Â | Short |
Intelligent | Â | Silly |
Complicated | Â | Simple |
Rise | Â | Sink |
Brother | Â | Sister |
Stand | Â | Sit |
Fat | Â | Slim |
Fast | Â | Slow |
Quick | Â | Slow |
Big | Â | Small |
Large | Â | Small |
Tall | Â | Small |
Rough | Â | Smooth |
Liquid | Â | Solid |
Daughter | Â | Son |
Body | Â | Soul |
North | Â | South |
Ordinary | Â | Special |
Save | Â | Spend |
Autumn | Â | Spring |
Lie | Â | Stand |
Sit | Â | Stand |
Finish | Â | Start |
Stop | Â | Start |
Start | Â | Stop |
Normal | Â | Strange |
Clever | Â | Stupid |
Add | Â | Subtract |
Fail | Â | Succeed |
Failure | Â | Success |
Salt | Â | Sugar |
Winter | Â | Summer |
Moon | Â | Sun |
Rainy | Â | Sunny |
Opponent | Â | Supporter |
Trust | Â | Suspect |
Bitter | Â | Sweet |
Sour | Â | Sweet |
Opposite Words list 13
Antonym | Â | Synonym |
Give | Â | Take |
Land | Â | Take off |
Learn | Â | Teach |
Pupil | Â | Teacher |
Student | Â | Teacher |
Lovely | Â | Terrible |
Now | Â | Then |
Here | Â | There |
Thin | Â | Thick |
Thick | Â | Thin |
Hungry | Â | Thirsty |
Giant | Â | Tiny |
Huge | Â | Tiny |
Apart | Â | Together |
Yesterday | Â | Tomorrow |
Bottom | Â | Top |
Partial | Â | Total |
Village | Â | Town |
Suspect | Â | Trust |
Beauty | Â | Ugliness |
Beautiful | Â | Ugly |
Handsome | Â | Ugly |
Pretty | Â | Ugly |
Over | Â | Under |
Divide | Â | Unite |
Division | Â | Unity |
Down | Â | Up |
Downstairs | Â | Upstairs |
Rural | Â | Urban |
Useless | Â | Useful |
Useful | Â | Useless |
Occupied | Â | Vacant |
Mountain | Â | Valley |
Horizontal | Â | Vertical |
Defeat | Â | Victory |
Town | Â | Village |
Gentle | Â | Violent |
Compulsory | Â | Voluntary |
Consonant | Â | Vowel |
Peace | Â | War |
Cool | Â | Warm |
Land | Â | Water |
Powerful | Â | Weak |
Strong | Â | Weak |
Poverty | Â | Wealth |
East | Â | West |
Cry | Â | Whisper |
Scream | Â | Whisper |
Shout | Â | Whisper |
Black | Â | White |
Part | Â | Whole |
Husband | Â | Wife |
Lose | Â | Win |
Loser | Â | Winner |
Summer | Â | Winter |
Man | Â | Woman |
Men | Â | Women |
Rest | Â | Work |
Better | Â | Worse |