*1000 "OPPOSITE" Words in English*
1) about × exactly
2 )above × below
3) absence × presence
4) abundance × lack
5) accept × refuse
6) accidental × intentional
7) active × lazy
8) add × subtract
9) admit × deny
10) adult × child
11) advanced × elementary
12) affirmative × negative
13) afraid – brave
14) after × before
15) against × for
16) alike × different
17) alive × dead
18) all × none
19) allow × forbid
20) already × not yet
21) always × never
22) ancient × modern
23) ancestor × descendant
24) agree × refuse
25) amateur × professional
26) amuse × bore
27) ancestor × descendant
28) angel × devil
29) animal × human
30) annoy × satisfy
31) answer × ask
32) answer × question
33) antonym × synonym
34) apart × together
35) approximately × exactly
36) argue × agree
37) arrest × free
38) arrival × departure
39) arrive × depart
40) artificial × natural
42) ascent × descent
43) ask × answer
44) asleep × awake
45)attack × defend
46) attack × defence
47) attic × cellar
48) autumn × spring
49) awake × asleep
50) awful × nice
51) back × in front of
52) background × foreground
53) backward × forward
54)bad × good
55) bad luck × fortune
56) beauty × ugliness
57) before × after
58) begin × end
59) beginning × end
60) behind × in front of
61) below × above
62) best × worst
63) better × worse
64) beautiful × ugly
65) big × small
66) birth × death
67) bitter × sweet
68) black × white
69) blunt × sharp
70) body × soul
71) bore × amuse
72) boring × exciting
73) borrow × lend
74) bottom × top
75) boy × girl
76) brave × cowardly
77) break × fix
78) broad × narrow
79) brother × siste
80) build × destroy
81) busy × lazy
82) buy × sell
83) calm × excited
84) careful × careles
85) careless × careful
86) catch × miss
87)ceiling × floor
88)cellar × attic
89) centre × outskirts
90) certainly × probably
91) changeable × constant
92) cheap × expensive
93) child × adult
94) children × parents
95) clean × dirty
96) clear × cloudy
97) clever × stupid
98) close × open
99) closed × open
100) cold × hot
101) cold × heat
102) come × go
103)comedy × drama
104) complicated × simple
105) compliment × insult
106) compulsory × voluntary
107) connect × separate
108) consonant × vowel
109) constant × changeable
110) construction × destruction
111) continue × interrupt
112) cool × warm
113) correct × wrong
114) courage × fear
115) courageous × cowardly
116) cowardly × brave
117) create × destroy
118) cruel × human
119) cry × whisper
120) cry × laugh
121) damage × repair
122) danger × security
123) dangerous × safe
124) dark × light
125) daughter × son
126) dawn × dusk
127) day × night
128) dead × alive
129) death × birth
130) deep × shallow
131) defeat × victory
132) defence × attack
133) defend × attack
134) delicious × awful
135) deny × admit
136) depart × arrive
137) departure × arrival
138) descendant × ancestor
139) descent × ascent
140) desperate × hopeful
141) destroy × build
142) destruction × construction
143) devil × angel
144) dictatorship × republic
145) die × live
146) different × alike
147) difficult × easy
148) dirty × clean
149) disease × health
150) distant × near
151) divide × unite
152) division × unity
153) divorce × marry
154) divorce × marriage
155) divorced × married
156) domestic × foreign
157) down × up
158) downstairs × upstairs
159) drama × comedy
160) dry × humid
161) dull × interesting
162) dusk × dawn
163) early × late
164) east × west
165) easy × difficult
166) elementary × advanced
167) emigrate × immigrate
168) emigration × immigration
169) empty × full
170) end × begin
171) end × beginning
172) ending × beginning
173) enemy × friend
174) enjoy × hate
175) enter × leave
176) entrance × exit
177) equal × different
178) even × odd
179) evening × morning
180) everybody × nobody
181) everything × nothing
182) exactly × approximately
183) excited ×calm
184) exciting × boring
185) exclude × include
186) exit × entrance
187) expensive × cheap
188) export × import
189) exposure × shelter
190) extreme × moderate
191) fail × succeed
192) failure × success
193) false × true
194) far × near
195)fast × slow
196) fat × slim
197) fear × courage
198) female × male
199) few × many
200) final × first
201) find × lose
202) finish × begin
203) finish × start
204) first × final
205) fix × break
206) flat × hilly
207) floor × ceiling
208) follow × lead
209) forbid × allow
210) for × against
211) foreground × background
212) foreign × domestic
213) foreigner × native
214) forget × remember
215) form × destroy
216) fortune × bad luck
217) forward × backward
218) free arrest
219) freeze × melt
220) frequently × occasionally
221) fresh × old/stale
222) friend × enemy
223) front × rear
224) in front of × back
225) full × empty
226) funny × serious
227) future × past
228) general × particular
229) generous × mean
230) gentle × violent
231)gentleman × lady
232) giant × tiny
233)girl × boy
234) give × take
235) go × come
236) good × bad
237) grown-up × child
238) guest × host
239) guilty × innocent
240) happiness × sadness
241) happy × sad
242) handsome × ugly
243) hard × easy
244) harvest × plant
245) hate × enjoy
246) health × disease
247) healthy × ill
248) heat × cold
249) heaven × hell
250) heavy × light
251) hell × heaven
252) here × there
253) high × deep
254) high × low
255) hilly × flat
256) hit × miss
257) hopeful × desperate
258) hopeless × hopeful
259) horizontal × vertical
260) host × guest
261) hot × cold
262) huge × tiny
263) human × animal
264) humane × cruel
265) humid × dry
266) hungry × thirsty
267) husband × wife
268) in front of × back
269) ignore × notice
270) ill × healty
271) immigrate × emigrate
272) immigration × emigration
273) import × export
274) in × out
275) include × exclude
276) increase × reduce
277) innocent × guilty
278) inside × outside
279) insult × compliment
280) intelligent × silly
281) intentional × accidental
282) be interested in × bore
283) interesting × boring
284) interrupt × continue
285) junior × senior
286) kind × cruel
287) lack × abundance
288) lady × gentleman
289) land × take off
290) land × water
291) large × small
292) last × first
293) late × early
294) laugh × cry
295) lazy × active
296) lead × follow
297) learn × teach
298) leave × arrive
299) left × right
300) lend × borrow
less – more
let – forbid
lie – stand
life – death
light – dark
light – heavy
like – hate
liquid – solid
little – big
little – much
live – die
long – short
lose – win
loser – winner
loud – quiet
love – hate
lovely – terrible
low – high
lower – raise
bad luck – good luck
major – minor
male – female
man – woman
many – few
marriage – divorce
married – divorced
marry – divorce
master – servant
maximum – minimum
mean – generous
melt – freeze
men – women
mend – break
mess – order
midnight – noon
minimum – maximum
minor – major
miss – hit
miss – catch
moderate – extreme
modern – ancient
monarchy – republic
moon – sun
more – less
morning – evening
mountain – valley
much – little
narrow – broad
nasty – nice
native – foreigner
natural – artificial
near – distant
negative – affirmative
nephew – niece
never – always
new – ancient
nice – awful
niece – nephew
night – day
no – yes
nobody – everybody
noisy – quiet
noon – midnight
none of – al lof
normal – strange
north – south
not yet – already
nothing – everything
notice – ignore
now – then
occasionally – frequently
occupied – vacant
odd – even
off – on
often – seldom
old – modern
on – off
open – close
opponent – supporter
order – mess
ordinary – special
other – same
out – in
outside – inside
outskirts – centre
over – under
parents – children
part – whole
partial – total
particular – general
pass – fail
past – future
peace – war
permit – forbid
plant – harvest
plenty – lack
pleasant – awful
polite – rude
poor – rich
poverty – wealth
powerful – weak
presence – absence
present – past
pretty – ugly
private – public
probably – certainly
professional – amateur
protect – attack
protection – attack
public – private
pull – push
pupil – teacher
push – pull
question – answer
quick – slow
quiet – loud
raise – lower
rainy – sunny
rear – front
receive – send
reduce – increase
refuse – agree
regret – satisfaction
remember – forget
repair – damage
reply – ask
reply – question
republic – dictatorship
rest – work
rich – poor
right – left
right – wrong
rise – sink
rough – gentle
rough – smooth
rude – polite
rural – urban
sad – happy
sadness – happiness
safe – dangerous
safety – danger
salt – sugar
same – different
satisfaction – regret
satisfy – annoy
save – spend
scream – whisper
security – danger
seldom – often
sell – buy
send – receive
senior – junior
separate – connect
serious – funny
servant – master
set free – arrest
shallow – deep
sharp – blunt
shelter – exposure
short – long
shout – whisper
shut – open
sick – healthy
silent – noisy
silly – intelligent
simple – complicated
sink – rise
single – married
sister – brother
sit – stand
slim – fat
slow – fast
small – big
smooth – rough
soft – hard
solid – liquid
some – many
sometimes – often
son – daughter
soul – body
sour – sweet
south – north
special – general
spring – autumn
stand – sit
start – stop
start – finish
stop – start
stand – lie
strange – normal
stranger – native
strict – gentle
strong – weak
student – teacher
stupid – clever
suburb – centre
succeed – fail
success – failure
subtract – add
sugar – salt
summer – winter
sun – moon
sunny – cloudy
supporter – opponent
suspect – trust
sweet – bitter
synonym – antonym
take – give
take off – land
tall – small
teach – learn
teacher – pupil
then – now
terrible – lovely
there – here
thick – thin
thin – thick
thirsty – hungry
throw – catch
tight – loose
tiny – giant
together – apart
tomorrow – yesterday
top – bottom
total – partial
town – village
tragedy – comedy
true – false
trust – suspect
ugliness – beauty
ugly – beautiful
under – over
unite – divide
unity – division
up – down
upstairs – downstairs
urban – rural
useful – useless
useless – useful
vacant – occupied
valley – mountain
vertical – horizontal
victory – defeat
village – town
violent – gentle
visitor – host
voluntary – compulsory
vowel – consonant
war – peace
warm – cool
waste – save
water – land
weak – powerful
wealth – poverty
wealthy – poor
wedding – divorce
well- ill
west – east
wet – dry
whisper – scream
white – black
whole – part
wide – narrow
wife – husband
win – lose
winner – loser
winter – summer
work – rest
woman – man
women – men
worse – better
worst – best
wrong – correct
yes – – no
yesterday – tomorrow
young – old
1) about × exactly
2 )above × below
3) absence × presence
4) abundance × lack
5) accept × refuse
6) accidental × intentional
7) active × lazy
8) add × subtract
9) admit × deny
10) adult × child
11) advanced × elementary
12) affirmative × negative
13) afraid – brave
14) after × before
15) against × for
16) alike × different
17) alive × dead
18) all × none
19) allow × forbid
20) already × not yet
21) always × never
22) ancient × modern
23) ancestor × descendant
24) agree × refuse
25) amateur × professional
26) amuse × bore
27) ancestor × descendant
28) angel × devil
29) animal × human
30) annoy × satisfy
31) answer × ask
32) answer × question
33) antonym × synonym
34) apart × together
35) approximately × exactly
36) argue × agree
37) arrest × free
38) arrival × departure
39) arrive × depart
40) artificial × natural
42) ascent × descent
43) ask × answer
44) asleep × awake
45)attack × defend
46) attack × defence
47) attic × cellar
48) autumn × spring
49) awake × asleep
50) awful × nice
51) back × in front of
52) background × foreground
53) backward × forward
54)bad × good
55) bad luck × fortune
56) beauty × ugliness
57) before × after
58) begin × end
59) beginning × end
60) behind × in front of
61) below × above
62) best × worst
63) better × worse
64) beautiful × ugly
65) big × small
66) birth × death
67) bitter × sweet
68) black × white
69) blunt × sharp
70) body × soul
71) bore × amuse
72) boring × exciting
73) borrow × lend
74) bottom × top
75) boy × girl
76) brave × cowardly
77) break × fix
78) broad × narrow
79) brother × siste
80) build × destroy
81) busy × lazy
82) buy × sell
83) calm × excited
84) careful × careles
85) careless × careful
86) catch × miss
87)ceiling × floor
88)cellar × attic
89) centre × outskirts
90) certainly × probably
91) changeable × constant
92) cheap × expensive
93) child × adult
94) children × parents
95) clean × dirty
96) clear × cloudy
97) clever × stupid
98) close × open
99) closed × open
100) cold × hot
101) cold × heat
102) come × go
103)comedy × drama
104) complicated × simple
105) compliment × insult
106) compulsory × voluntary
107) connect × separate
108) consonant × vowel
109) constant × changeable
110) construction × destruction
111) continue × interrupt
112) cool × warm
113) correct × wrong
114) courage × fear
115) courageous × cowardly
116) cowardly × brave
117) create × destroy
118) cruel × human
119) cry × whisper
120) cry × laugh
121) damage × repair
122) danger × security
123) dangerous × safe
124) dark × light
125) daughter × son
126) dawn × dusk
127) day × night
128) dead × alive
129) death × birth
130) deep × shallow
131) defeat × victory
132) defence × attack
133) defend × attack
134) delicious × awful
135) deny × admit
136) depart × arrive
137) departure × arrival
138) descendant × ancestor
139) descent × ascent
140) desperate × hopeful
141) destroy × build
142) destruction × construction
143) devil × angel
144) dictatorship × republic
145) die × live
146) different × alike
147) difficult × easy
148) dirty × clean
149) disease × health
150) distant × near
151) divide × unite
152) division × unity
153) divorce × marry
154) divorce × marriage
155) divorced × married
156) domestic × foreign
157) down × up
158) downstairs × upstairs
159) drama × comedy
160) dry × humid
161) dull × interesting
162) dusk × dawn
163) early × late
164) east × west
165) easy × difficult
166) elementary × advanced
167) emigrate × immigrate
168) emigration × immigration
169) empty × full
170) end × begin
171) end × beginning
172) ending × beginning
173) enemy × friend
174) enjoy × hate
175) enter × leave
176) entrance × exit
177) equal × different
178) even × odd
179) evening × morning
180) everybody × nobody
181) everything × nothing
182) exactly × approximately
183) excited ×calm
184) exciting × boring
185) exclude × include
186) exit × entrance
187) expensive × cheap
188) export × import
189) exposure × shelter
190) extreme × moderate
191) fail × succeed
192) failure × success
193) false × true
194) far × near
195)fast × slow
196) fat × slim
197) fear × courage
198) female × male
199) few × many
200) final × first
201) find × lose
202) finish × begin
203) finish × start
204) first × final
205) fix × break
206) flat × hilly
207) floor × ceiling
208) follow × lead
209) forbid × allow
210) for × against
211) foreground × background
212) foreign × domestic
213) foreigner × native
214) forget × remember
215) form × destroy
216) fortune × bad luck
217) forward × backward
218) free arrest
219) freeze × melt
220) frequently × occasionally
221) fresh × old/stale
222) friend × enemy
223) front × rear
224) in front of × back
225) full × empty
226) funny × serious
227) future × past
228) general × particular
229) generous × mean
230) gentle × violent
231)gentleman × lady
232) giant × tiny
233)girl × boy
234) give × take
235) go × come
236) good × bad
237) grown-up × child
238) guest × host
239) guilty × innocent
240) happiness × sadness
241) happy × sad
242) handsome × ugly
243) hard × easy
244) harvest × plant
245) hate × enjoy
246) health × disease
247) healthy × ill
248) heat × cold
249) heaven × hell
250) heavy × light
251) hell × heaven
252) here × there
253) high × deep
254) high × low
255) hilly × flat
256) hit × miss
257) hopeful × desperate
258) hopeless × hopeful
259) horizontal × vertical
260) host × guest
261) hot × cold
262) huge × tiny
263) human × animal
264) humane × cruel
265) humid × dry
266) hungry × thirsty
267) husband × wife
268) in front of × back
269) ignore × notice
270) ill × healty
271) immigrate × emigrate
272) immigration × emigration
273) import × export
274) in × out
275) include × exclude
276) increase × reduce
277) innocent × guilty
278) inside × outside
279) insult × compliment
280) intelligent × silly
281) intentional × accidental
282) be interested in × bore
283) interesting × boring
284) interrupt × continue
285) junior × senior
286) kind × cruel
287) lack × abundance
288) lady × gentleman
289) land × take off
290) land × water
291) large × small
292) last × first
293) late × early
294) laugh × cry
295) lazy × active
296) lead × follow
297) learn × teach
298) leave × arrive
299) left × right
300) lend × borrow
less – more
let – forbid
lie – stand
life – death
light – dark
light – heavy
like – hate
liquid – solid
little – big
little – much
live – die
long – short
lose – win
loser – winner
loud – quiet
love – hate
lovely – terrible
low – high
lower – raise
bad luck – good luck
major – minor
male – female
man – woman
many – few
marriage – divorce
married – divorced
marry – divorce
master – servant
maximum – minimum
mean – generous
melt – freeze
men – women
mend – break
mess – order
midnight – noon
minimum – maximum
minor – major
miss – hit
miss – catch
moderate – extreme
modern – ancient
monarchy – republic
moon – sun
more – less
morning – evening
mountain – valley
much – little
narrow – broad
nasty – nice
native – foreigner
natural – artificial
near – distant
negative – affirmative
nephew – niece
never – always
new – ancient
nice – awful
niece – nephew
night – day
no – yes
nobody – everybody
noisy – quiet
noon – midnight
none of – al lof
normal – strange
north – south
not yet – already
nothing – everything
notice – ignore
now – then
occasionally – frequently
occupied – vacant
odd – even
off – on
often – seldom
old – modern
on – off
open – close
opponent – supporter
order – mess
ordinary – special
other – same
out – in
outside – inside
outskirts – centre
over – under
parents – children
part – whole
partial – total
particular – general
pass – fail
past – future
peace – war
permit – forbid
plant – harvest
plenty – lack
pleasant – awful
polite – rude
poor – rich
poverty – wealth
powerful – weak
presence – absence
present – past
pretty – ugly
private – public
probably – certainly
professional – amateur
protect – attack
protection – attack
public – private
pull – push
pupil – teacher
push – pull
question – answer
quick – slow
quiet – loud
raise – lower
rainy – sunny
rear – front
receive – send
reduce – increase
refuse – agree
regret – satisfaction
remember – forget
repair – damage
reply – ask
reply – question
republic – dictatorship
rest – work
rich – poor
right – left
right – wrong
rise – sink
rough – gentle
rough – smooth
rude – polite
rural – urban
sad – happy
sadness – happiness
safe – dangerous
safety – danger
salt – sugar
same – different
satisfaction – regret
satisfy – annoy
save – spend
scream – whisper
security – danger
seldom – often
sell – buy
send – receive
senior – junior
separate – connect
serious – funny
servant – master
set free – arrest
shallow – deep
sharp – blunt
shelter – exposure
short – long
shout – whisper
shut – open
sick – healthy
silent – noisy
silly – intelligent
simple – complicated
sink – rise
single – married
sister – brother
sit – stand
slim – fat
slow – fast
small – big
smooth – rough
soft – hard
solid – liquid
some – many
sometimes – often
son – daughter
soul – body
sour – sweet
south – north
special – general
spring – autumn
stand – sit
start – stop
start – finish
stop – start
stand – lie
strange – normal
stranger – native
strict – gentle
strong – weak
student – teacher
stupid – clever
suburb – centre
succeed – fail
success – failure
subtract – add
sugar – salt
summer – winter
sun – moon
sunny – cloudy
supporter – opponent
suspect – trust
sweet – bitter
synonym – antonym
take – give
take off – land
tall – small
teach – learn
teacher – pupil
then – now
terrible – lovely
there – here
thick – thin
thin – thick
thirsty – hungry
throw – catch
tight – loose
tiny – giant
together – apart
tomorrow – yesterday
top – bottom
total – partial
town – village
tragedy – comedy
true – false
trust – suspect
ugliness – beauty
ugly – beautiful
under – over
unite – divide
unity – division
up – down
upstairs – downstairs
urban – rural
useful – useless
useless – useful
vacant – occupied
valley – mountain
vertical – horizontal
victory – defeat
village – town
violent – gentle
visitor – host
voluntary – compulsory
vowel – consonant
war – peace
warm – cool
waste – save
water – land
weak – powerful
wealth – poverty
wealthy – poor
wedding – divorce
well- ill
west – east
wet – dry
whisper – scream
white – black
whole – part
wide – narrow
wife – husband
win – lose
winner – loser
winter – summer
work – rest
woman – man
women – men
worse – better
worst – best
wrong – correct
yes – – no
yesterday – tomorrow
young – old
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