List of 380 Words and Their Opposites

Word	Opposite
abate	increase
abortive	successful
above	below
abridge	expand
absence	presence
absent	present
abundance	lack
abundant	scarce
accept	decline
accept	refuse
accidental	intentional
accurate	inaccurate
achieve	fail
active	lazy
add	subtract
adjacent	distant
admire	detest
admit	deny
admit	reject
adore	abhor
adult	child
advance	retreat
advanced	elementary
advantage	disadvantage
affirmative	negative
afraid	fearless
after	before
against	for
agree	disagree
alike	different
alive	dead
all	nothing
all	none
allow	forbid
ally	enemy
alone	together
always	never
amateur	professional
amuse	bore
ancestor	descendant
ancient	modern
angel	devil
annoy	soothe
answer	question
antonym	synonym
apart	together
apparent	obscure
appear	vanish
appear	disappear
approve	disapprove
approximately	exactly
arrest	discharge
arrival	departure
arrive	depart
arrive	leave
arrogant	humble
artificial	natural
ascend	descend
asleep	awake
attack	defence
attack	defend
attractive	repulsive
autumn	spring
awful	nice
awkward	graceful
back	front
background	foreground
backward	forward
bad	good
bare	covered
beautiful	ugly
beauty	ugliness
begin	end
begin	finish
beginning	ending
bent	straight
best	worst
better	worse
big	little
big	small
bitter	sweet
black	white
blame	praise
bless	curse
blunt	sharp
bold	timid
boring	exciting
boring	interesting
borrow	lend
bottom	top
bound	free
bound	unbound
boundless	limited
boy	girl
brave	cowardly
break	mend
break	repair
brief	long
bright	dim
bright	dull
brighten	darken
broad	narrow
build	destroy
busy	idle
buy	sell
calm	excited
calm	windy
can	cannot
capable	incapable
captive	free
capture	release
careful	careless
catch	miss
cautious	careless
cease	continue
center	edge
change	remain
changeable	constant
cheap	expensive
cheerful	dreary
cheerful	gloomy
cheerful	sad
chilly	warm
clean	dirty
clear	opaque
clear	cloudy
clever	stupid
clockwise	counterclockwise
close	far
closed	open
cloudy	sunny
clumsy	graceful
cold	hot
cold	heat
combine	separate
come	go
comfort	discomfort
common	rare
complete	incomplete
complex	simple
complicated	simple
compliment	insult
compulsory	voluntary
conceal	reveal
consonant	vowel
construction	destruction
contract	expand
cool	warm
correct	wrong
correct	incorrect
countryman	foreigner
courage	cowardice
courageous	cowardly
courteous	discourteous
courteous	rude
crazy	sane
create	destroy
crooked	straight
cruel	kind
damage	fix
danger	security
danger	safety
dangerous	safe
dark	bright
dark	light
dawn	dusk
day	night
daytime	nighttime
death	life
decrease	increase
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
definite	indefinite
demand	supply
despair	hope
desperate	hopeful
different	same
difficult	easy
disease	health
diseased	healthy
distant	near
divide	unite
division	unity
divorce	marriage
divorced	married
doctor	patient
domestic	foreign
doubt	trust
down	up
downstairs	upstairs
downward	upward
drunk	sober
dry	moist
dry	humid
dry	wet
dull	interesting
dull	shiny
early	late
east	west
easy	hard
emigrate	immigrate
empty	full
encourage	discourage
end	start
enemy	friend
enter	exit
entrance	exit
even	odd
evening	morning
everybody	nobody
everything	nothing
fast	slow
float	sink
fold	unfold
foolish	wise
forbid	permit
fore	aft
foreigner	native
forget	remember
fortunate	unfortunate
fortune	misfortune
found	lost
frequent	seldom
frequently	occasionally
fresh	stale
front	rear
future	past
generous	stingy
gentle	rough
giant	dwarf
give	take
give	receive
glad	sad
go	stop
good	evil
good	bad
grant	deny
great	small
grow	shrink
guilty	innocent
happy	sad
hard	soft
harmful	harmless
harsh	mild
healthy	ill
healthy	sick
heaven	hell
heavy	light
help	hinder
here	there
high	low
honest	dishonest
horizontal	vertical
huge	tiny
humble	proud
immense	tiny
important	trivial
in	out
include	exclude
inferior	superior
inhale	exhale
inner	outer
inside	outside
intelligent	stupid
intelligent	unintelligent
interesting	uninteresting
interior	exterior
internal	external
join	separate
joy	sorrow
junior	senior
just	unjust
justice	injustice
knowledge	ignorance
known	unknown
landlord	tenant
large	small
lawful	unlawful
lawful	illegal
lead	follow
leader	follower
left	right
lengthen	shorten
lenient	strict
less	more
lethargy	vigor
like	dislike
likely	unlikely
long	short
loose	tight
lose	win
loss	gain
loss	victory
loud	quiet
love	hate
loyal	disloyal
mad	sane
major	minor
majority	minority
many	few
mature	immature
maximum	minimum
melt	freeze
merry	sad
messy	neat
miser	spendthrift
misunderstand	understand
nadir	zenith
narrow	wide
near	far
neat	untidy
new	old
new	secondhand
noisy	quiet
north	south
obedient	disobedient
occupied	vacant
offer	refuse
old	young
on	off
open	shut
optimist	pessimist
over	under
past	present
patient	impatient
peace	war
permanent	temporary
plentiful	scarce
poetry	prose
polite	impolite
polite	rude
poor	rich
possible	impossible
poverty	affluence
poverty	wealth
powerful	weak
pretty	ugly
private	public
prudent	imprudent
pure	contaminated
pure	impure
push	pull
qualified	unqualified
raise	lower
rapid	slow
real	fake
regular	irregular
right	wrong
rough	smooth
safe	unsafe
satisfactory	unsatisfactory
scatter	collect
secure	insecure
separate	together
serious	light
short	tall
slim	fat
start	finish
start	stop
strong	weak
success	failure
tame	wild
thick	thin
tight	slack
tough	easy
tough	tender
transparent	opaque
true	false
truth	falsehood
truth	lie
truth	untruth
useful	useless
vast	tiny
virtue	vice
visible	invisible
wax	wane
wisdom	folly
wisdom	stupidity
within	without
yes	no

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