Antonyms

Antonyms are words with the opposite meaning to another word.

Abate - augment

Abbreviate - extend

Abide - resist

Above - below

Abrogate - establish

Abrupt - sloping

Absence - presence

Abstract - concrete

Abundance - dearth

Abundant - scarce

Accept - refuse

Accept - reject

Accidental - incidental

Accord - conflict

Accurate - inaccurate

Adept - inept / inapt

Admit - deny

Adopt - discard

Advance - recede

Advance - retreat, retire

Advantage - disadvantage

Affirm - debate

Aggravate - alleviate

Agile - torpid

Agree - disagree

Alien - native

Alive - dead

Ally - enemy

Always - never

Amateur - master

Ambiguous - clear

Amplify - diminish/summarize

Ancient - modern

Answer - question, query

Approached - receded, departed

Approval - disapproval

Arrival - departure

Artificial - natural

Ascend - descend

Asleep - awake

Assent - dissent

Attack - defense

Attention - inattention

Attractive - repulsive

Backward - forward, onward

Bad - good

Barren - fertile

Beautiful - ugly

Beginning - ending

Below - above

Bend - straighten

Better - worse

Big - small, little

Bitter - sweet

Blame - praise

Bless - curse

Blunt - sharp

Bold - timid, meek

Borrow - lend

Bravery - cowardice

Bright - dark, dim, dull

Broad - narrow

Build - destroy, demolish

Calm - troubled

Capable - incapable

Captivity - freedom, liberty

Careful - rush, careless

Cellar - attic

Cheap - dear, expensive

Clear - vague, cloudy

Clever - stupid

Clockwise - anti-clockwise

Close - distant

Cold - hot

Combine - separate

Comfort - discomfort

Common - rare

Conceal - reveal

Concentrate - scatter

Concord - discord

Confident - diffident

Contaminate - purify

Convex - concave

Correct - incorrect

Courage - cowardice

Courteous - discourteous, rude

Create - destroy

Critical - uncritical

Cruel - kind

Cunning - simple

Dainty - clumsy

Danger - safety

Dark - light

Dawn - dusk

Debit - credit

Decrease - increase

Deep - shallow

Defensive - offensive

Deficit - surplus

Definite - indefinite

Demand - supply

Despair - hope

Dilute - concentrate

Disappear - appear

Discourage - encourage

Disease - health

Dismal - cheerful

Doctor - patient

Dry - wet

Dull - clear, bright

Dusk - dawn

Early - late

East - West

Easy - difficult

Ebb - flow

Economise - waste

Efflux - influx

Elevation - depression

Employer - employee

Empty - full

Encourage - discourage

End - beginning

Entrance - exit

Excited - calm

Exclude - include

Exit - entrance

Expand - contract/limit

Expensive - inexpensive, cheap

Explicit - ambiguous

Export - import

Exterior - interior

External - internal

Fact - fiction

Fail - succeed

False - true

Famous - unknown

Fast - slow

Fat - thin

Feeble - sturdy, strong, powerful

Few - many

Fidelity - faithlessness

Find - lose

First - last

Float - sink

Fold - unfold

Foolish - wise

Foreign - native

Forelegs - hind legs

Forget - remember

Fortunate - unfortunate

Frank - secretive

Freedom - captivity

Frequent - rare

Fresh - stale

Friend - enemy

Friendly - hostile

Frigid - amorous

Full - empty

Gain - lose

Gather - distribute

General - particular

Generous - mean

Gentle - rough

Genuine - spurious

Giant - dwarf, pygmy

Glad - sorry

Gloomy - cheerful

Glut - stint

Gradual - abrupt

Granted - refused

Guardian - ward

Guest - host

Guilty - innocent

Hard - soft

Harmful - harmless

Harmony - disharmony

Hasten - dawdle

Hasty - deliberate

Hate - love

Haughty - lowly

Healthy - unhealthy, ill, diseased

Height - depth                                            

Hero - coward

Hill - valley

Hinder - aid, help

Honest - dishonest

Hope - despair

Horizontal - vertical

Humble - proud

Hunger - thirst

Hurt - heal

Ideal - actual

Imitation - genuine

Immense - tiny, minute

Imprison - free

Include - exclude

Inferior - superior

Inhabited - uninhabited

Inhale - exhale

Insert - eject

Inside - outside

Intelligent - unintelligent, stupid

Intentional - accidental

Interesting - uninteresting, dull

Interior - exterior, outside

Internal - external

Join - separate

Junior - senior

Justice - injustice

Knowledge - ignorance

Maximum - minimum

Mild - stern, severe

Narrow - broad

Optimistic - pessimistic

Powerful - weak

Singular - plural

Victory - defeat

Wax - wan