ANTONYMS

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What is Antonym?

“A word having a contrary or an opposite meaning to another is called its Antonym; as bad to good.”

-          Nesfield

Words                                                 Antonyms

Above                                                   below

Attack                                                   defend

Ability                                                  inability

Advance                                               retreat

Adversity                                              prosperity

Ancient                                                 modern

Arrest                                                    release

Ascent                                                   descent

Accurate                                                inaccurate

Acquit                                                   convict

Acceptance                                           rejection

Advantage                                            disadvantage

Agree                                                    disagree

Angel                                                    devil

Absence                                                presence

Bottom                                                  top

Buy                                                       sell

Blunt                                                     sharp

Busy                                                      idle

Beautiful                                               ugly

Blessing                                                curse

Bravery                                                 cowardice

Belief                                                    disbelief

Barren                                                   fertile

Barbaric                                                civil

Boon                                                     bane, curse

Cheerful                                                gloomy

Concord                                                discord

Complicated                                          simple

Cautions                                                negligent

Consent                                                 dissent

Confess                                                 deny

Compare                                               contrast

Courageous                                           timid

Confidence                                           diffidence

Cause                                                    effect

Certain                                                  uncertain

Credit                                                    cash

Converge                                              diverge

Docile                                                   stubborn

Deep                                                     shallow

Definite                                                indefinite

Defence                                                offence

Deficit                                                  surplus

Deposit                                                 withdraw

Dwarf                                                   giant

Demand                                               supply

Defeat                                                  victory

Difficult                                               easy

Desolate                                              inhabited

Distress                                               comfort

Dynamic                                             static

Diminish                                             increase

Dry                                                      wet

Exterior                                               nterior

Examiner                                            examinee

Expedite                                              delay

Ebb                                                      flow

Earn                                                     spend

Entrance                                              exit

Freedom                                              slavery

Frown                                                  smile

Far                                                       near

Fortune                                               misfortune

Full                                                     empty

Fresh                                                   stale

Flexible                                               rigid

Firm                                                    infirm

Foreigner                                            native                  

Guest                                                  host

Gain                                                    loss

General                                               particular

Genuine                                              spurious

Humility                                              insolence

Heaven                                                hell

Honour                                                dishonour

Hope                                                   despair

Humble                                               haughty, proud

Import                                                 export

Include                                                exclude

Increase                                               decrease

Innocent                                              guilty

Initial                                                   final

Inhale                                                  exhale

Justice                                                  injustice

Junior                                                   senior

Kind                                                     cruel, unkind

Literate                                                 illiterate

Logical                                                 illogical

Lack                                                     abundance

Legitimate                                           illegitimate

Lend                                                    borrow

Legible                                                illegible

Legal                                                   illegal

Material                                              spiritual

Mortal                                                 immortal

Miser                                                   spendthrift

Merit                                                    demerit

Mourn                                                  rejoice

Natural                                                 unnatural

Oral                                                      written

Optimistic                                            pessimistic

Patriot                                                  traitor

Pain                                                      pleasure

Praise                                                   blame

Punishment                                          reward

Progressive                                   orthodox, regressive

Polite                                               rude, impolite

Plenty                                                   scarce

Permanent                                            temporary

Proper                                                   improper

Private                                                  public

Quite                                                     noisy

Religious                                           secular, irreligious

Raw                                                       ripe

Reveal                                                   conceal

Remember                                             forget

Regular                                                 irregular

Satisfied                                                dissatisfied

Servant                                                  master

Sacred                                                   profane

Sweet                                                    sour

Solid                                                     liquid

Strange                                                 familiar

Smooth                                                 rough

Safe                                                      unsafe

Strong                                                  weak

Tragedy                                               comedy

Transparent                                        opaque

Unity                                                    diversity

Virtue                                                  vice

Voluntary                              compulsory, involuntary

Vague                                     definite, distinct, clear

Wisdom                                               folly

Wild                                                     tame, domestic

Win                                                      lose