Huge List of Opposite Words In English | 1000 Opposite words

Opposite words are words that have completely different meanings. Learning antonyms helps improve vocabulary and makes communication clearer. In this lesson, you will find a list of 1,000 opposite words in English, arranged from A to Z. This lesson is especially useful for students and English learners who want to expand their word knowledge.

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What Are Opposite Words?

Opposite words are words with meanings that contrast each other.

For example:

• Above means “in a higher position,” while below means “in a lower position.”
• Hot is the opposite of cold.

Below, you will find 1,000 antonyms to boost your vocabulary. Read them carefully and keep visiting our website to learn more English!

Huge List of Opposite Words:

About– Exactly Above– Below Absence– Presence Abundance– Lack Accept– Refuse Accidental– Intentional Active– Lazy Add– Subtract Admit– Deny Adult– Child Advanced– Elementary Affirmative– Negative Afraid– Brave After– Before Against– For Alike– Different Alive– Dead All– None Allow– Forbid Already – Not Yet Always – Never Ancient – Modern Ancestor – Descendant Agree – Refuse Amateur – Professional Amuse – Bore Ancestor – Descendant Angel – Devil Animal-Human Annoy – Satisfy Answer – Ask Answer – Question Antonym – Synonym Apart – Together Approximately – Exactly

Argue – Agree Arrival– Departure Arrive– Depart Artificial– Natural Ascent– Descent Ask– Answer Asleep– Awake Attack– Defend Attack– Defense Attic– Cellar Autumn– Spring Awake– Asleep Awful– Nice Back– In Front Of Background– Foreground Backward– Forward Bad– Good bad luck – Fortune Beauty– Ugliness Before– After Begin– End Beginning– End Behind– In Front Of Below– Above Best– Worst Better– Worse Beautiful– Ugly Big– Small Birth– Death Bitter– Sweet Black– White Blunt– Sharp Body– Soul Bore– Amuse Boring– Exciting Borrow– Lend Bottom– Top

Daily Used Antonyms Words

Boy– Girl Brave– Cowardly Break– Fix Broad– Narrow Brother– Sister Build– Destroy Busy– Lazy Buy– Sell Calm– Excited Careful– Careless Careless– Careful Catch– Miss Ceiling– Floor Cellar– Attic Centre– Outskirts Certainly– Probably Changeable– Constant Cheap– Expensive Child– Adult Children– Parents Clean– Dirty Clear– Cloudy Clever– Stupid Close– Open Closed– Open Cloudy– Clear Cold– Hot Cold– Heat Come– Go Comedy– Drama Complicated– Simple Compliment– Insult Compulsory– Voluntary Connect– Separate Consonant– Vowel Constant– Changeable

Construction– Destruction Continue– Interrupt Cool– Warm Correct– Wrong Courage– Fear Courageous– Cowardly Cowardly– Brave Create– Destroy Cruel– Human Cry– Whisper Cry– Laugh Damage– Repair Danger– Security Dangerous– Safe Dark– Light Daughter– Son Dawn– Dusk Day– Night Dead– Alive Death– Birth Deep– Shallow Defeat– Victory Defence– Attack Defend– Attack Delicious– Awful Deny– Admit Depart– Arrive Departure– Arrival Descendant– Ancestor Descent– Ascent Desperate– Hopeful Destroy– Build Destruction– Construction Devil– Angel Dictatorship– Republic Die– Live

Useful English Words with Antonyms

Different– Alike Difficult– Easy Dirty– Clean Disease– Health Distant– Near Divide– Unite Division– Unity Divorce– Marry Divorce– Marriage Divorced– Married Domestic– Foreign Down– Up Downstairs– Upstairs Drama– Comedy Dry– Humid Dull– Interesting Dusk– Dawn Early– Late East– West Easy– Difficult Elementary– Advanced Emigrate– Immigrate Emigration– Immigration Empty– Full End– Begin End– Beginning Ending– Beginning Enemy– Friend Enjoy– Hate Enter– Leave Entrance– Exit Equal– Different Even– Odd Evening– Morning Everybody– Nobody Everything– Nothing

Exactly– Approximately Excited– Calm Exciting– Boring Exclude– Include Exit– Entrance Expensive– Cheap Export-Import Exposure– Shelter Extreme– Moderate Fail– Succeed Failure– Success False– True Far– Near Fast– Slow Fat– Slim Fear– Courage Female– Male Few– Many Final– First Find– Lose Finish– Begin Finish– Start First– Final Fix– Break Flat– Hilly Floor– Ceiling Follow– Lead Forbid– Allow For– Against Foreground– Background Foreign– Domestic Foreigner– Native Forget– Remember Form– Destroy Fortune– Bad Luck Forward– Backward

Important Opposite Words in English

Free– Arrest Freeze– Melt Frequently– Occasionally Fresh– Old/Stale Friend– Enemy Front– Rear InFrontOf – Back Full– Empty Funny– Serious Future– Past General– Particular Generous– Mean Gentle– Violent Gentleman– Lady Giant– Tiny Girl– Boy Give– Take Go– Come Good– Bad Grown-up– Child Guest– Host Guilty– Innocent Happiness– Sadness Happy– Sad Handsome– Ugly Hard– Easy Harvest– Plant Hate– Enjoy Health– Disease Healthy– Ill Heat– Cold Heaven– Hell Heavy– Light Hell– Heaven Here– There High– Deep High– Low

Hilly– Flat Hit– Miss Hopeful– Desperate Hopeless– Hopeful Horizontal– Vertical Host– Guest Hot– Cold Huge– Tiny Human– Animal Humane– Cruel Humid– Dry Hungry– Thirsty Husband– Wife InFrontOf – Back Ignore– Notice Ill– Healthy Immigrate– Emigrate Immigration– Emigration Import– Export In– Out Include– Exclude Increase– Reduce Innocent– Guilty Inside– Outside Insult– Compliment Intelligent– Silly Intentional– Accidental BeInterestedIn – Bore Interesting– Boring Interrupt– Continue Junior– Senior Kind– Cruel Lack– Abundance Lady– Gentleman Land– Take Off

Common Opposite Words List

Land– Water Large– Small Last– First Late– Early Laugh– Cry Lazy– Active Lead– Follow Learn– Teach Leave– Arrive Left– Right 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 GoodLuck– Bad 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

1000 Antonym Words Examples

Nobody– Everybody Noisy– Quiet Noon – Midnight None Of– Al Lot Of 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– Closed Open– Closed 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

Opposite Words List in English

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 SetFree– 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

A-Z Opposite Words

• 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

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