+1000 Antonyms Words List in English

By Simi March 25, 2022 Vocabulary 0 Comments

When learning a new language, one of the first things you’ll learn is different words for common actions and objects. English has many words that are synonyms – words with similar meanings. But it also has many antonyms – words with opposite meanings. This list includes more than 1000 antonyms, grouped by general topic. Learning these opposites can help you better understand and use English vocabulary.

1000 Antonyms Words List

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
poverty	wealth	long	short
forgivable	unforgivable	blunt	sharp
important	trivial	hospitable	rude
thick	thin	break	repair
bitter	sweet	predator	prey
demand	supply	nasty	pleasant
miser	spendthrift	catch	miss
harvest	plant	gain	loss
general	particular	stand	lie
even	odd	correct	incorrect
conscientious	neglectful	accurate	inaccurate
noon	midnight	simple	hard
slave	master	awkward	graceful
few	many	first	final
woman	man	ally	enemy
quiet	loud	ignorant	educated
strict	lenient	evident	doubtful
exterior	interior:	health	disease
outstanding	insignificant	safe	dangerous

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
lazy	industrious	fear	courage
busy	idle	cloudy	clear
animal	human	death	birth
sad	happy	old	young
naughty	good	black	white
bad	good	strong	weak
lady	gentleman	powerful	weak
hungry	full	sleep	wake up
ceiling	floor	important	unimportant
true	false	thin	thick
loyal	disloyal	land	take off
create	destroy	huge	small
dusk	dawn	annoy	satisfy
white	black	free	restricted
after	before	work	rest
asleep	awake	bring	remove
shout	whisper	generous	mean
lovely	terrible	servant	master
permanent	temporary	raise	lower
annoy	soothe	find	lose
rapid	slow	heavy	light
earth	sky	cruel	kind
complex	simple	visible	invisible
gentle	rough	external	internal
attractive	repulsive	complete	incomplete
blame	praise	patient	impatient
under	over	love	hate
in	out	easy	hard
fresh	old/stale	against	for

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
on	off	cheap	Expensive
strange	normal	entry	exit
broad	narrow	difficult	easy
extreme	moderate	near	distance
legal	illegal	attack	defend
visitor	host	bare	covered
miss	hit	miss	catch
there	here	lend	borrow
hell	heaven	ugly	beautiful
know	guess	east	west
beginning	end	strengthen	weaken
center	edge	famous	unknown
agree	disagree	fortunate	unfortunate
equal	different	now	then
praise	criticism	winter	summer
dim	bright	smart	stupid
cowardly	brave	autumn	spring
small	big	float	sink
worst	best	hide	seek
finish	begin	crazy	sane
human	animal	happy	sad
new	ancient	centre	outskirts
play	work	understand	misunderstand
tie	untie	most	least
apart	together	compliment	insult
landlord	tenant	capable	incapable
opposite	same	behind	in front of
fall	rise	prudent	imprudent
inside	outside	despair	hope
copy	original	low	high
ignore	notice	adore	hate
awful	nice	host	guest
secondhand	new	arrest	free
always	never	pass	fail
niece	nephew	satisfied	dissatisfied
major	minor	life	death
profit	loss	rude	courteous
win	lose	interrupt	continue
big	little	voluntary	compulsory
more	less	excited	calm
borrow	lend	nice	awful
sorrow	joy	bore	amuse

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
relevant	irrelevant	lack	abundance
direct	indirect	no	yes
damage	improve	right	wrong
flat	hilly	best	worst
clever	foolish	foolish	wise
success	failure	over	under
employer	employee	dawn	sunset
honest	dishonest	frown	smile
admit	deny	fat	slim
careful	careless	brother	sister
girl	boy	combine	separate
excited	bored	abundant	scarce
freeze	boil	polite	rude
vanish	appear	loud	quiet
listless	active	answer	question
terrible	wonderful	ancient	modern
town	village	solid	liquid
pretty	ugly	early	late
bold	timid	guilty	innocent
failure	success	justice	injustice
save	spend	enemy	friend
plentiful	scarce	courage	fear
unsafe	safe	ignite	extinguish
monarchy	republic	exit	entrance
change	remain	tough	easy
sow	reap	swim	drown
war	peace	marry	divorce
future	past	vague	definite
nephew	niece	laugh	cry
maximum	minimum	straight	crooked
dark	light	hero	coward
first	last	wrong	correct
effective	ineffective	rare	common
disease	health	narrow	broad
like	hate	be interested in	bore
get	give	cellar	attic
rear	front	calm	windy
captive	free	tough	tender
include	exclude	add	subtract
adjacent	distant	lenient	strict
conform	dissent	hard	soft
obey	disobey	wake	sleep
like	dislike	different	similar
ascend	descend	smooth	rough
arrive	depart	conceal	reveal
alive	dead	advance	retreat
expand	contract	stress	relax
beginning	conclusion	unqualified	qualified
heat	cold	public	private
intentional	accidental	negative	positive
ordinary	unusual	rude	polite
gallant	ungentlemanly	charming	obnoxious
alone	together	far	near
loose	tight	artificial	natural
body	soul	evening	morning
deep	shallow	high	low
hold	release	much	little
satisfaction	regret	mature	immature
transparent	opaque	joy	grief
foreigner	native	boring	exciting
single	married	begin	end
brief	long	obedient	disobedient
teach	learn	arrival	departure
possible	impossible	live	dead
feasible	impossible	floor	ceiling
export	import	dark	bright
healthy	ill	end	begin
notice	ignore	forward	backward
dry	humid	in front of	back
cold	hot	pleasant	awful
vertical	horizontal	satisfy	annoy
back	front	gentle	violent
melt	freeze	defeat	victory
countryman	foreigner	rural	urban
wise	foolish	downwards	upwards
start	finish	weak	strong
near	far	feeble	strong
achieve	fail	sit	stand
enter	exit	none	some
increase	decrease	quick	slow
light	dark	exposure	shelter
cautious	careless	junior	senior
question	answer	merry	sad
before	after	poverty	riches
lazy	active	forget	remember
successful	unsuccessful	trap	release
false	true	lower	raise
vast	tiny	certainly	probably
sour	sweet	entirely	partly
large	small	gaunt	overweight
big	small	within	outside

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
buy	sell	already	not yet
dangerous	safe	neat	messy
cheerful	sad	terrible	lovely
poor	rich	outdoor	indoor
admit	reject	stop	go
give	receive	boil	freeze
noisy	quiet	backward	forward
instructor	pupil	congested	empty
amateur	professional	bright	dull
optimistic	pessimistic	humid	dry
winner	loser	advantage	disadvantage
tight	loose	lazy	diligent
secure	insecure	independent	dependent
exclude	include	courage	cowardice
pure	impure	argue	agree
apparent	hidden	nadir	zenith
boy	girl	deposit	withdraw
empty	full	lose	win
remember	forget	doubt	trust
native	foreigner	here	there
moderate	extreme	stop	start
import	export	sweet	sour
friend	enemy	fat	skinny
hope	despair	intelligent	silly
constant	changeable	open	shut
forgive	blame	grow	shrink
little	big	punishment	reward
ask	answer	front	rear
disagree	agree	absent	present
part	whole	close	open
laugh	weep	vacant	occupied
lock	unlock	care	neglect
beautiful	ugly	right	left
fat	thin	follow	lead
antonym	synonym	serious	jolly
tall	short	tolerant	intolerant
spend	save	continue	interrupt
risky	safe	exhale	inhale
pre	post	polite	impolite
yes	no	wife	husband
nasty	nice	beneficial	harmful
harsh	mild	many	few
daytime	midnight	entrance	exit
some	many	late	early
ignorance	knowledge	identical	different
hopeless	hopeful	ancestor	descendant
allow	forbid	night	day
firm	flabby	brave	coward
fact	fiction	attic	cellar
male	female	answer	ask
real	fake	better	worse
brighten	fade	scream	whisper
nobody	everybody	land	water
full	empty	cool	warm
upstairs	downstairs	nice	unpleasant
enjoy	dislike	giant	tiny
comfort	discomfort	chubby	thin
victory	defeat	customer	supplier
accept	decline	moon	sun
bless	curse	liquid	solid
kind	cruel	speed up	slow down
courageous	cowardly	freedom	slavery
cease	continue	lure	repel
drama	comedy	fake	real
oral	written	private	public
man	woman	doctor	patient
tame	wild	then	now
virtue	vice	all	none
useful	useless	old	new
lawful	unlawful	arrive	leave
beauty	ugliness	regular	irregular
yesterday	tomorrow	heaven	hell
put on	take off	enjoy	hate
fail	succeed	plant	harvest
leave	stay	evil	good
north	south	break	fix
drunk	sober	calm	excited

Words	Antonyms	Words	Antonyms
boundless	limited	up	down
help	hinder	admire	detest
last	first	humane	cruel
abridge	expand	warm	cool
discourage	encourage	throw	catch
encourage	discourage	fix	break
construction	destruction	interesting	boring
form	destroy	awake	asleep
birth	death	husband	wife
insult	compliment	useless	useful
sunny	cloudy	ask	tell
open	close	dense	sparse
seller	buyer	fast	slow
exciting	boring	noisy	silent
amuse	bore	together	separate
good luck	bad luck	funny	sad
natural	artificial	poor	rich
modern	ancient	capture	release
child	adult	push	pull
south	north	rich	poor
wide	narrow	apparent	obscure

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