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Basic Opposite WordsBasic Opposite Words
Word | Opposite Word |
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Antonym | Synonym |
Approximately | Exactly |
Ask | Reply |
Authentic | Fake |
Awake | Asleep |
Bad | Good |
Beautiful | Ugly |
Before | After |
Boy | Girl |
Bold | Timid |
Bright | Dim |
Broad | Narrow |
Best | Worst |
Child | Adult |
Changeable | Constant |
Clemency | Ruthlessness |
Concise | Lengthy |
Construction | Destruction |
Delicious | Awful |
Descent | Ascent |
Dictatorship | Republic |
Domestic | Foreign |
Dwindle | Flourish |
Early | Late |
Entrance | Exit |
Even | Odd |
Eccentric | Ordinary |
Far | Near |
Friend | Enemy |
Full | Empty |
Funny | Serious |
Frequently | Occasionally |
General | Particular, Special |
Generous | Mean |
Gentle | Violent |
Give | Take |
Happy | Sad |
Hard | Easy |
Heavy | Light |
Honest | Dishonest |
Hot | Cold |
Hopeful | Desperate, Hopeless |
Horizontal | Vertical |
Humid | Dry |
Import | Export |
Inside | Outside |
In | Out |
Interesting | Boring, Dull |
Junior | Senior |
Kind | Cruel, Unkind |
Large | Small |
Lead | Follow |
Lend | Borrow |
Light | Dark |
Love | Hate |
Little | Big |
Laugh | Cry |
Left | Right |
Liquid | Solid |
Mend | Break |
Mess | Order |
Moderate | Extreme |
More | Less |
Man | Woman |
Messy | Neat |
Modern | Ancient |
Normal | Strange |
Opposite | Same |
Opponent | Supporter |
Praise | Castigate |
Refuse | Agree |
Regret | Satisfaction |
Rich | Poor |
Rude | Polite |
Start | End |
Sunny | Cloudy |
Sweet | Sour |
Strengthen | Debilitate |
Tight | Loose |
Top | Bottom |
Thick | Thin |
Tiny | Huge |
Truth | Lie |
Unity | Division |
Useful | Useless |
Victory | Defeat |
Victory | Defeat |
Visible | Invisible |
Visitor | Host |
Wide | Narrow |
Wise | Foolish, Stupid |
Whisper | Scream |
Basic Opposite
Words | Opposite Word |
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Alive | Dead |
Ancient | Modern |
Affordable | Costly |
Attractive | Boring |
Awesome | Bad |
Abundance | Lack |
Accidental | Intentional |
Advanced | Elementary |
Abnormal | Normal |
Active | Inactive |
Alien | Native |
Attract | Repel |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘B’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Word |
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Barbarous | Civilized |
Believe | Disbelieve |
Beloved | Unbeloved |
Benefit | Drawback |
Balk | Accept / Assist |
Breadth | Length |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘C’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Word |
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Care | Carelessness |
Carry | Exclude |
Cancel | Confirm |
Catch | Drop / Lose / Release |
Creative | Uninventive |
Cut | Restore |
Close | Far |
antonyms
Starting with the Letter ‘D’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Words |
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Darling | Unbeloved |
Dear | Unbeloved |
Deep | Shallow |
Demand | Disclaim |
Destroy | Raise |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘E’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Effective | Ineffective |
Efficient | Inefficient |
Effort | Ease |
Enjoy | Abhor |
Enough | Inadequate |
Emigrate | Immigrate |
Enslave | Emancipate |
Ephemeral | Long-lived |
Excitable | Tranquil |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘F’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Fabulous | Ordinary |
Fair | Foul |
Fast | Slow |
Few | Many |
Flaccid | Taut |
Forgive | Resent |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘G’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Words |
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Gentle | Abrasive |
Great | Little |
Genius | Stupidity |
Glad | Dismayed |
Gorgeous | Uninteresting |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘H’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Habit | Disinclination |
Happy | Sad |
Help | Hinder |
Humanity | Inhumanity |
Hurt | Heal |
antonyms
Starting with the Letter ‘I’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Illegal | Legal |
Ignominy | Glory |
Impress | Disappoint |
Intrepid | Cowardly |
Independent | Dependent |
Inception | Conclusion |
Innocent | Guilty |
Inspire | Depress |
Install | Remove |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘J’

Words | Opposite Words |
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Joke | Humourless |
Jolly | Miserable |
Joy | Misery |
Justice | Injustice |
Justify | Disprove |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘K’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Words |
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Keen | Reluctant |
Keep | Spend |
Kickoff | End |
Kind | Unkind |
Knowledge | Ignorance |
antonyms
Starting with the Letter ‘L’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Little | Plenty |
Lively | Listless |
Lost | Regain |
Love | Hatred |
Luck | Misfortune |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘M’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Words |
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Magic | Awful |
Make | Destroy |
Master | Servant |
Mature | Immature |
Morality | Immorality |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘N’
Basic Opposite Words
Words | Opposite Words |
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Neat | Disorderly |
Need | Optional |
Next | Previous |
Nice | Unpleasant |
Normal | Abnormal |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘O’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Objective | Biassed |
Odium | Affection |
Offer | Withdraw |
Omnipotent | Impotent |
Optimistic | Pessimistic |
Outstanding | Mediocre |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘P’
Words | antonyms |
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Pause | Continue |
Peace | Noise |
Potential | Impotence |
Power | Inability |
Pretty | Plain |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘Q’
antonyms
Words | Opposite Words |
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Qualify | Disqualify |
Quality | Inadequacy |
Quick | Slow |
Quiet | Loud |
Quit | Stay |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘R’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Real | Unreal |
Recall | Forget |
Relax | Tense |
Report | Silence |
Rough | Gentle |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘S’
Basic Opposite
Words | antonyms |
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Simple | Difficult |
Sincere | Perfunctory |
Small | Big |
Soft | Hard |
Sure | Unsure |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘T’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Talent | Inability |
Talkative | Taciturn |
Target | Deselect |
Task | Inactivity |
Tenderhearted | Fiendish |
Triumph | Defeat |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘U’
Words | antonyms |
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Unique | Common |
Upturn | Slump |
Unite | Divide |
Unlimited | Finite |
Uplift | Lower |
Useful | Useless |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘V’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Valid | Invalid |
Valuable | Worthless |
Variety | Uniformity |
Vast | Tiny |
Victory | Defeat |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘W’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Warning | Neglect |
Wealth | Poverty |
Winner | Loser |
Wise | Stupid |
Worthy | Unimportant |
Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘X’
Words | Opposite Words |
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Xenial | Inhospitable |
Xenophobic | Impartial |
Xeroxes | Original |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘Y’
Words | antonyms |
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Young | Old |
Yield | Resist |
Yearning | Disinclination |
Youthful | Old |
Yummy | Unappetizing |
Opposite Starting with the Letter ‘Z’
Words | antonyms |
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Zappy | Melancholy |
Zany | Sane |
Zeal | Apathy |
Zenith | Nadir, Bottom |
Zen | Disturbed |
Zingy | Sullen |