Words with opposite meanings are called antonyms. Some words and their antonyms are given below:
Antonyms
- above – below
- absent – present
- abundant – scarce
- accept – decline, refuse
- accident – intent
- accomplishment – failure
- accurate – inaccurate
- achieve – fail
- add – subtract
- adjacent – distant
- admire – detest
- admit – deny, reject
- adore – hate
- advance – retreat
- advantage – disadvantage
- affirm – deny
- afraid – confident
- after – before
- aid – hinder
- against – for
- agree – disagree
- alert – asleep
- alive – dead
- all – none, nothing
- allow – forbid
- alone – together
- amateur – professional
- ally – enemy
- always – never
- amuse – bore
- ancient – modern
- answer – question
- antonym – synonym
- apart – together
- apparent – obscure
- appear – disappear, vanish
- approve – disapprove
- argue – agree
- arrive – depart
- arrogant – humble
- artificial – natural
- ascend – descend
- attack – defend
- attractive – repulsive
- attract – repel
- awake – asleep
- awkward – graceful
- back – front
- backward – forward
- bad – good
- backward – forward
- beautiful – ugly
- before – after
- begin – end
- below – above
- bent – straight
- best – worst
- better – worse, worst
- big – little, small
- birth – death
- bitter – sweet
- black – white
- blame – praise
- bless – curse
- bitter – sweet
- blunt – sharp
- bold – timid, meek
- borrow – lend
- bottom – top
- bound – unbound, free
- boundless – limited
- bravery – cowardice
- break – repair
- brief – long
- bright – dim, dull
- brighten – fade
- broad – narrow
- build – destroy
- busy – idle
- buy – sell
- calm – windy, troubled
- can – cannot, can’t
- capable – incapable
- captive – free
- capture – release
- careful – careless
- cause – effect
- cautious – careless
- centre – edge
- cheap – dear, expensive
- cheerful – sad, discouraged, dreary
- child – adult
- chilly – warm
- clean – dirty
- clear – vague, cloudy, opaque
- clever – stupid
- clockwise – anti-clockwise
- close – distant, open
- cold – hot
- combine – separate
- come – go
- comfort – discomfort
- common – rare
- complex – simple
- compliment – insult
- conceal – reveal
- constant – variable
- continue – interrupt
- cool – warm
- cope – original
- correct – incorrect
- courage – cowardice
- crazy – sane
- crooked – staight
- cruel – kind
- cry – laugh
- cunning – simpl
- dainty – clumsy
- damage – improve
- danger – safety
- dark – light
- dawn – sunset
- day – night
- decrease – increase
- deep – shallow
- definite – indefinite
- demand – supply
- despair – hope
- destroy – create
- difficult – easy
- dim – bright
- disappear – appear
- discourage – encourage
- disease – health
- dismal – cheerful
- divide – unite
- doubt – trust
- down – up
- downwards – upwards
- dreary – cheerful
- dry – moist, wet
- dull – bright, shiny
- dusk – dawn
- early – late
- East – West
- easy – hard, difficult
- economise – waste
- empty – full
- encourage – discourage
- end – begin, start
- entrance – exit
- even – odd
- evil – good
- excited – calm
- expand – contract, shrink
- export – import
- exterior – interior
- external – internal
- fade – brighten
- fail – succeed
- false – true
- famous – unknown
- fancy – plain
- far – near
- fast – slow
- fat – thin
- feeble – sturdy, strong, powerful
- few – many
- fiction – fact
- find – lose
- finish – start
- firm – flabby
- first – last
- fix – break
- float – sink
- follow – lead
- foolish – wise
- fore – aft
- forgive – blame
- free – bound, captive, restricted
- fold – unfold
- forget – remember
- found – lost
- frank – secretive
- fresh – stale
- frequent – seldom
- friend – enemy
- for – against
- fortunate – unfortunate
- full – empty
- funny – empty
- future – present, past
- gather – distribute
- generous – stingy, mean
- gentle – rough, violent
- get – give
- giant – tiny, small, dwarf
- give – receive, take
- glad – sad, sorry
- gloomy – cheerful
- go – stop, come
- good – bad, evil
- grant – refuse
- great – tiny, small, unimportant, minute
- grow – shrink
- guest – host
- guilty – innocent
- handsome – ugly
- happy – sad, miserable
- hard – easy
- hard – soft
- harmful – harmless
- harsh – mild
- hasten – dawdle
- hate – love
- healthy – diseased, ill, sick, unhealthy
- heat – cold
- heaven – hell
- heavy – light
- help – hinder
- here – there
- hero – coward
- high – low
- hill – valley
- hinder – help
- honest – dishonest
- hopeful – hopeless
- horizontal – vertical
- hot – cold
- humble – proud
- huge – tiny
- ignore – notice
- ill – healthy, well
- imitation – genuine
- immense – minute, tiny, small
- immigrate – emigrate
- important – trivial
- imprison – free
- in – out
- include – exclude
- increase – decrease
- inferior – superior
- inhale – exhale
- inner – outer
- innocent – guilty
- inside – outside
- intelligent – stupid, unintelligent
- interesting – boring, dull, uninteresting
- interior – exterior
- internal – external
- intentional – accidental
- jeopardize – secure
- join – separate
- junior – senior
- just – unjust
- justice – injustice
- keen – uninterested
- kind – cruel, nasty
- knowledge – ignorance
- known – unknown
- lack – abundance, plenty
- landlord – tenant
- large – small
- last – first
- late -early
- laugh – cry
- lawful – unlawful, illegal
- lazy – industrious
- leader – follower
- left – right
- lend -borrow
- lengthen – shorten
- lenient – strict
- left – right
- less – more
- light – dark, heavy
- life – death
- like – dislike, hate
- likely – unlikely
- limited – boundless
- little – big
- live – die
- lofty – lowly
- long – short
- loose – tight
- lose – find
- loser – winner
- loss – win
- loud – quiet
- love – hate
- low – high
- lower – raise
- loyal – disloyal
- mad – happy, sane
- major – minor
- many – few
- mature – immature
- maximum – minimum
- mean – generous
- melt – freeze
- mend – break
- merry – sad
- messy – neat
- minor – major
- minority – majority
- miser – spendthrift
- miss – catch
- misunderstand – understand
- more – less
- much – littl
- narrow – wide, broad
- native – foreigner, stranger
- natural – artificial
- near – far, distant
- neat – messy, untidy
- negative – affirmative
- never – always
- new – old, ancient
- nice – awful, nasty
- night – day
- no – yes
- nobody – everybody
- noisy – quiet
- none – some
- nothing – everything
- notice – ignore
- now – then
- North – South
- obedient – disobedient
- occasionally – frequently
- odd – even
- offer – refuse
- often – seldom, sometimes
- old – young
- old – new
- on – off
- open – closed, shut
- opposite- same, similar
- optimist – pessimist
- order – mess
- out – in
- outer – inner
- outside – inside
- outskirts – centre
- over – under
- pass – fail
- past – present
- patient – impatient
- peace – war
- permanent – temporary
- permit – forbid
- please – displease
- plentiful – scarce
- plural – singular
- poetry – prose
- polite – rude, impolite
- poor – rich, wealthy
- poverty – wealth
- possible – impossible
- poverty – wealth, riches
- powerful – weak, feeble
- presence – absence
- pretty – ugly
- private – public
- prudent – imprudent
- pure – impure, contaminated
- push – pull
- qualified – unqualified
- quick – slow
- question – answer
- quiet – loud, noisy
- raise – lower
- rapid – slow
- rare – common
- rear – front
- receive – send
- reduce – increase
- refuse – agree, accept
- regular – irregular
- real – fake
- rest – work
- rich – poor
- right – left, wrong
- right-side-up – upside-down
- rough – smooth, soft, gentle
- rude – courteous
- sad – happy
- safe – unsafe, dangerous
- same – opposite, different
- satisfy – unsatisfied, dissatisfy
- secure – insecure
- seldom – often
- scatter – collect
- senior – junior
- separate – join, connect, together
- serious – trivial, funny
- second-hand – new
- security – insecurity
- sense – nonsense
- shallow – deep
- sharp – blunt
- shrink – grow
- short – long
- shut – open
- sick – healthy, ill
- simple – complex, hard, complicated
- singular – plural
- sink – float
- slim – fat, thick, stout
- slow – fast
- smooth – rough
- sober – drunk
- soft – hard
- solid – liquid
- some – none
- sorrow – joy
- sour – sweet
- sow -reap
- straight – crooked
- stand – lie
- start – finish
- stop – go
- strict – lenient, indulgent
- strong – weak
- success – failure
- sunny – cloudy
- synonym – antonym
- sweet – sour
- take – give
- tall – short
- tame – wild
- them – us
- there – here
- thick – thin
- throw – catch
- tight – loose, slack
- tiny – big, huge
- together – apart
- top – bottom
- tough – easy, tender
- transparent – opaque
- true – false
- truth – lie, untruth
- under – over
- unfold – fold
- unity – division
- unknown – known
- unqualified – qualified
- unsafe – safe
- up – down
- upside-down – right-side-up
- upstairs – downstairs
- us – them
- useful – useless
- vacant – occupied
- valuable – valueless
- vanish – appear
- vast – tiny
- victory – defeat
- virtue – vice
- visible – invisible
- voluntary – compulsory
- vowel – consonant
- war – peace
- wax – wane
- weak – strong
- wet – dry
- white – black
- weak – strong, powerful
- white – black
- wide – narrow
- win – lose
- wisdom – folly, stupidity
- within – outside
- worse – better
- worst – best
- wrong – right
- yes – no
- young – old
- zip – unzip