OPPOSITE WORDS
| 1. above x below
2. absent x present 3. accept x refuse 4. admire x despise 5. active x passive 6. advance x retreat 7. adverse x favorable 8. agree x differ 9. ancient x modern 10. artificial x natural 11. attach x detach 12. alive x dead 13. barren x fertile 14. big x small 15. blunt x sharp 16. bold x timid 17. bright x dim 18. broad x narrow 19. bold x timid 20. calm x excited 21. care x neglect 22. confess x deny 23. cool x warm 24. clean x dirty 25. cruel x kind 26. common x rare 27. complex x simple 28. confess x deny 29. dark x bright 30. dangerous x safe 31. domestic x wild 32. difficult x easy 33. death x birth 34. debit x credit 35. dark x bright 36. day x night 37. deep x shallow 38. downfall x raise 39. earn x spend 40. empty x full 41. either x neither 42. entrance x exit 43. fine x coarse 44. freedom x slavery 45. fat x thin 46. foolish x wise 47. fresh x stale 48. fear x courage 49. false x true 50. feeble x strong |
51. few x many
52. Fresh x stale 53. give x take 54. gain x loss 55. good x bad 56. guilty x innocent 57. giant x dwarf 58. Hot x cold 59. humble x arrogant 60. high x low 61. humble x proud 62. include x exclude 63. interior x exterior 64. initial x final 65. internal x external 66. industrious x lazy 67. joy x sorrow 68. junior x senior 69. kind x cruel 70. knowledge x ignorance 71. lie x truth 72. little x much 73. maximum x minimum 74. make x break 75. majority x minority 76. masculine x feminine 77. noise x silence 78. never x always 79. oral x written 80. Or x nor 81. open x close 82. optimist x pessimist 83. permanent x temporary 84. presence x absence 85. profit x loss 86. prose x poetry 87. peace x war 88. Partial x total 89. quick x slow 90. ripe x raw 91. rough x smooth 92. reject x accept 93. remember x forget 94. receive x give 95. rich x poor 96. selfish x selfless 97. stop x start 98. sharp x dull 99. stand x sit 100. smile x frown
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101. superior x inferior
102. soft x hard 103. senior x junior 104. sharp x blunt 105. shame x pride 106. small x big 107. soar x sink 108. strict x lenient 109. strong x weak 110. tight x loose 111. tragedy x comedy 112. throw x catch 113. this x that 114. tame x wild 115. top x bottom 116. true x false 117. ugly x beautiful 118. up x down 119. uniform x irregular 120. unique x common 121. valuable x cheap 122. victory x defeat 123. wild x tame 124. wax x wane 125. wild x domestic 126. weak x strong 127. wisdom x folly 128. young x old 129. wisdom x folly 130. early x late 131. arrogance x humility 132. natural x artificial 133. laugh x cry 134. Large x small 135. general x particular 136. give x take 137. youth x aged 138. buy x sell 139. here x there 140. love x hate 141. wrong x right 142. yes x no 143. forward x backward 144. lost x found 145. contrast x compare 146. barren x fertile 147. dream x reality 148. famous x notorious 149. vacant x occupy 150. specific x general |
ANTONYMS BY ADDING PREFIXES
| 1. advantage x disadvantage
2. believe x disbelieve 3. connect x disconnect 4. harmony x disharmony |
5. honest x dishonest
6. honour x dishonour 7. loyal x disloyal 8. order x disorder |
9. pleased x displeased
10. quality x disquality 11. respect x disrespect 12. similar x dissimilar |
ANTONYMS FORMED BY PUTTING ‘-UN’ BEFORE THE WORD
| 1. able x unable
2. certain x uncertain 3. comfortable x uncomfortable 4. common x uncommon 5. desirable x undesirable 6. due x undue 7. employed x unemployed 8. equal x unequal 9. even x uneven 10. expected x unexpected 11. fair x unfair |
12. faithful x unfaithful
13. familiar x unfamiliar 14. favourable x unfavourable 15. fit x unfit 16. fold x unfold 17. grateful x ungrateful 18. happy x unhappy 19. healthy x unhealthy 20. heard x unheard 21. holy x unholy 22. impressive x unimpressive |
23. interesting x uninteresting
24. kind x unkind 25. natural x unnatural 26. necessary x unnecessary 27. pleasant x unpleasant 28. safe x unsafe 29. suitable x unsuitable 30. sure x unsure 31. true x untrue 32. wanted x unwanted 33. willing x unwilling |
ANTONYMS FORMED BY PUTTING ‘im’, ‘in’, ‘ir’, ‘il’, OR ‘mis’ BEFORE THE WORD
| 1. ability x inability
2. complete x incomplete 3. curable x incurable 4. definite x indefinite 5. direct x indirect 6. finite x infinite 7. divisible x indivisible 8. secure x insecure 9. behave x misbehave 10. conduct x misconduct |
11. judge x misjudge
12. guide x misguide 13. lead x mislead 14. use x misuse 15. understand x misunderstand 16. legal x illegal 17. legible x illegible 18. literate x illiterate 19. logical x illogical 20. moral x immoral |
21. partial x impartial
22. perfect x imperfect 23. possible x impossible 24. rational x irrational 25. regular x irregular 26. relevant x irrelevant 27. replaceable x irreplaceable 28. responsible x irresponsible 29. significant x insignificant 30. sufficient x insufficient |
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