about – exactly advanced – elementary

above – below affirmative – negative

absence – presence afraid – brave
abundance – lack after – before
accept – refuse against – for
accidental – intentional alike – different
active – lazy alive – dead
add – subtract all – none
admit – deny allow – forbid
adult – child already – not yet

Opposite
Words A
always – never answer – ask
ancient – modern answer – question
ancestor – descendant antonym – synonym
agree – refuse apart – together
amateur – professional approximately – exactly
amuse – bore argue – agree
ancestor – descendant arrest – free
angel – devil arrival – departure
animal – human arrive – depart
annoy – satisfy artificial – natural
back – in front of beginning – end
background – foreground behind – in front of
backward – forward below – above
bad – good best – worst
bad luck – fortune better – worse
beauty – ugliness beautiful – ugly
before – after big – small
begin – end birth – death

Opposite
Words B
bitter – sweet boy – girl
black – white brave – cowardly
blunt – sharp break – fix
body – soul broad – narrow
bore – amuse brother – sister
boring – exciting build – destroy
borrow – lend busy – lazy
bottom – top buy – sell
calm – excited changeable – constant
careful – careless cheap – expensive
careless – careful child – adult
catch – miss children – parents
ceiling – floor clean – dirty
cellar – attic clear – cloudy
centre – outskirts clever – stupid
certainly – probably close – open

Opposite
Words C
closed – open compulsory – voluntary
cloudy – clear connect – separate
cold – hot consonant – vowel
cold – heat constant – changeable
come – go continue – interrupt
comedy – drama cool – warm
complicated – simple correct – wrong
compliment – insult courage – fear
damage – repair death – birth
danger – security deep – shallow
dangerous – safe defeat – victory
dark – light defence – attack
daughter – son defend – attack
dawn – dusk delicious – awful
day – night deny – admit
dead – alive depart – arrive

Opposite
Words D
descent – ascent disease – health
desperate – hopeful distant – near
destroy – build divide – unite
devil – angel division – unity
dictatorship – republic divorce – marry
die – live divorce – marriage
different – alike divorced – married
difficult – easy domestic – foreign
early – late empty – full

east – west end – begin

easy – difficult end – beginning

elementary – advanced ending – beginning

emigrate – immigrate enemy – friend

emigration – immigration enjoy – hate

Opposite
Words E
enter – leave excited – calm

entrance – exit exciting – boring

even – odd exclude – include

everybody – nobody exit – entrance

everything – nothing expensive – cheap

exactly – approximately export – import

fail – succeed few – many
failure – success final – first
false – true find – lose
far – near finish – begin
fast – slow finish – start
fat – slim first – final
fear – courage fix – break
female – male flat – hilly

Opposite
Words F
floor – ceiling form – destroy
follow – lead fortune – bad luck
forbid – allow forward – backward
for – against free – arrest
foreground – background freeze – melt
foreign – domestic fresh – old/stale
foreigner – native friend – enemy
forget – remember front – rear
 general – particular
generous – mean
gentle – violent
gentleman – lady
giant – tiny
girl – boy

Opposite
Words G
give – take
go – come
good – bad
grown-up – child
guest – host
guilty – innocent
happiness – sadness healthy – ill
happy – sad heat – cold
handsome – ugly heaven – hell
hard – easy heavy – light
harvest – plant hell – heaven
hate – enjoy here – there
health – disease high – deep

Opposite
Words
high – low hot – cold
hilly – flat huge – tiny
hit – miss human – animal
hopeful – desperate humane – cruel
hopeless – hopeful humid – dry
horizontal – vertical hungry – thirsty
host – guest husband – wife
 in front of – back
ignore – notice
ill – healty
immigrate – emigrate
immigration – emigration
import – export
in – out
include – exclude

Opposite
Words
increase – reduce
innocent – guilty
inside – outside
insult – compliment
intelligent – silly
intentional – accidental
be interested in – bore
interesting – boring
lack – abundance lazy – active
lady – gentleman lead – follow
land – take off learn – teach
land – water leave – arrive
large – small left – right
last – first lend – borrow
late – early less – more
laugh – cry let – forbid

Opposite
Words
lie – stand live – die
life – death long – short
light – dark lose – win
light – heavy loser – winner
like – hate loud – quiet
liquid – solid love – hate
little – big lovely – terrible
little – much low – high
major – minor marry – divorce
male – female master – servant
man – woman mean – generous
many – few melt – freeze
marriage – divorce men – women
married – divorced mend – break

Opposite
Words
mess – order monarchy – republic
minor – major moon – sun
miss – hit more – less
miss – catch morning – evening
moderate – extreme mountain – valley
modern – ancient much – little
narrow – broad nephew – niece
nasty – nice never – always
native – foreigner new – ancient
natural – artificial nice – awful
near – distant niece – nephew
negative – affirmative night – day

Opposite
Words
no – yes north – south
nobody – everybody not yet – already
noisy – quiet nothing – everything
noon – midnight notice – ignore
none of – a lot of now – then
normal – strange
 occasionally – frequently
occupied – vacant
odd – even
off – on
often – seldom
old – modern
on – off
open – closed

Opposite
Words
open – closed
opponent – supporter
order – mess
ordinary – special
other – same
out – in
outside – inside
outskirts – centre
parents – children peace – war
part – whole permit – forbid
partial – total plant – harvest
particular – general plenty – lack
pass – fail pleasant – awful
past – future polite – rude

Opposite
Words
poor – rich protect – attack
poverty – wealth protection – attack
presence – absence public – private
present – past pull – push
pretty – ugly pupil – teacher
private – public push – pull
raise – lower regret – satisfaction
rainy – sunny remember – forget
rear – front repair – damage
receive – send reply – ask
reduce – increase reply – question
refuse – agree republic – dictatorship

Opposite
Words
rest – work rough – smooth
rich – poor rude – polite
right – left rural – urban
right – wrong

rise – sink

rough – gentle
sad – happy security – danger
sadness – happiness seldom – often
safe – dangerous sell – buy
safety – danger send – receive
salt – sugar senior – junior
same – different separate – connect
satisfaction – regret serious – funny
satisfy – annoy servant – master
save – spend set free – arrest
scream – whisper shallow – deep

Opposite
Words
sharp – blunt
S
single – married
shelter – exposure sister – brother
short – long sit – stand
shout – whisper slim – fat
shut – open slow – fast
sick – healthy small – big
silent – noisy smooth – rough
silly – intelligent soft – hard
simple – complicated solid – liquid
sink – rise some – many
take – give terrible – lovely
take off – land there – here
tall – small thick – thin
teach – learn thin – thick
teacher – pupil thirsty – hungry
then – now throw – catch

Opposite
Words
tight – loose town – village
tiny – giant tragedy – comedy
together – apart true – false
tomorrow – yesterday trust – suspect
top – bottom

total – partial
ugliness – beauty upstairs – downstairs
ugly – beautiful urban – rural
under – over useful – useless
unite – divide useless – useful
unity – division vacant – occupied
up – down valley – mountain

Opposite
Words
vertical – horizontal vowel – consonant
victory – defeat

village – town

violent – gentle

visitor – host

voluntary – compulsory
war – peace wealthy – poor
warm – cool wedding – divorce
waste – save well- ill
water – land west – east
weak – powerful wet – dry
wealth – poverty whisper – scream

Opposite
Words
white – black winter – summer
whole – part work – rest
wide – narrow woman – man
wife – husband yes – no
win – lose yesterday – tomorrow
winner – loser young – old
arrival – departure equal – different
arrive – depart even – odd
artificial – natural evening – morning
ascent – descent everybody – nobody raise – lower
ask – answer everything – nothing rainy – sunny
awful – nice fresh – old rear – front
back – in front of friend – enemy strict – gentle
background – foreground front – rear strong – weak
backward – forward in front of – back student – teacher
bad – good high – deep tiny – giant
bad luck – fortune host – guest top – bottom
boring – exciting hot – cold total – partial
borrow – lend huge – tiny town – village
catch – miss human – animal tragedy – comedy
ceiling – floor humane – cruel true – false
cellar – attic live – die wet – dry
centre – outskirts long – short whisper – scream
certainly – probably midnight – noon white – black
changeable – constant minimum – maximum whole – part
cheap – expensive minor – major wide – narrow
children – parents open – closed wife – husband
clean – dirty poverty – wealth win – lose
clear – cloudy powerful – weak winner – loser
cruel – human presence – absence winter – summer
damage – repair present – past work – rest
danger – security pretty – ugly worst – best
dark – light quick – slow wrong – correct
entrance – exit quiet – loud yes – no
 Opposite Words
alive – dead artificial – natural
all – none ascent – descent
allow – forbid ask – answer
already – not yet asleep – awake
always – never attack – defend
ancient – modern attack – defence
amateur – professional attic – cellar
amuse – bore autumn – spring
ancestor – descendant awake – asleep
angel – devil awful – nice
animal – human back – in front of
annoy – satisfy backward – forward
answer – ask bad – good
answer – question bottom – top
antonym – synonym boy – girl
apart – together brave – cowardly
argue – agree break – fix
arrest – free broad – narrow
arrival – departure careful – careless
arrive – depart careless – careful
 Opposite Words
catch – miss delicious – awful
ceiling – floor deny – admit
cellar – attic depart – arrive
certainly – probably departure – arrival
clever – stupid descent – ascent
close – open desperate – hopeful
closed – open empty – full
cloudy – clear end – begin
cold – hot end – beginning
cold – heat ending – beginning
dark – light enemy – friend
daughter – son enjoy – hate
dawn – dusk enter – leave
day – night entrance – exit
dead – alive equal – different
death – birth even – odd
deep – shallow excited – calm
defeat – victory exciting – boring
defence – attack exclude – include
defend – attack exit – entrance
 Opposite Words
failure – success health – disease
false – true healthy – ill
far – near heat – cold
few – many heaven – hell
final – first heavy – light
find – lose hell – heaven
finish – begin here – there
finish – start high – low
first – final hilly – flat
fix – break hit – miss
flat – hilly host – guest
floor – ceiling huge – tiny
follow – lead human – animal
forbid – allow humane – cruel
foreign – domestic humid – dry
foreigner – native hungry – thirsty
form – destroy husband – wife
fortune – bad luck in front of – back
fresh – old/stale ignore – notice
harvest – plant import – export
 Opposite Words
in – out lose – win
include – exclude loud – quiet
increase – reduce love – hate
innocent – guilty lovely – terrible
inside – outside low – high
junior – senior lower – raise
kind – cruel major – minor
lack – abundance male – female
lady – gentleman man – woman
land – take off many – few
land – water mess – order
large – small minor – major
life – death miss – catch
light – dark moon – sun
like – hate more – less
liquid – solid much – little
little – big nasty – nice
little – much new – ancient
live – die nice – awful
long – short niece – nephew
 Opposite Words
night – day sad – happy
north – south satisfy – annoy
notice – ignore save – spend
now – then short – long
occupied – vacant slow – fast
past – future small – big
peace – war smooth – rough
plant – harvest some – many
plenty – lack south – north
pleasant – awful start – finish
polite – rude town – village
pupil – teacher ugly – beautiful
quick – slow under – over
quiet – loud wide – narrow
raise – lower wife – husband
rainy – sunny work – rest
rear – front woman – man
right – left young – old
rude – polite
rural – urban