English Detailed Antonym Opposite Words List, Definition and Example Sentences;
Antonym opposite words contradict each other and meet opposite meanings. A word has synonyms as well as antonyms. When we learn a language, when we learn a word in that language, it will be very useful for us to learn both the opposite and the synonyms of this word. Because learning a word with its synonyms increases our competence in that language as well as our competence in speaking and writing.
Learning a word with its opposite meanings both broadens our vocabulary and helps our activity on language. There are some things we need to know about opposite words. First, the negative of a word cannot be the opposite of that word.
Negative words indicate whether an action should be taken to us, that is, not the opposite meaning of a word. In a language, not every word has a synonym, but not every word has an opposite. In general, adjectives and adverbs have opposite meanings, that is, words reporting quality and quantity often have opposite words.
Also, the opposite meaning of a word may vary depending on the usage of that word in the sentence.
Some common uses are given below with opposite meaningful words, example sentences:
Here are Alphabetical +750 Opposite Words List in English
Beautiful – Ugly
While everybody tells me that I am a beautiful woman, I see an ugly woman every time I look in the mirror.
Good – Bad
Although this new business has good sides to gain, you should also calculate the bad points it will lose.
Cold – Hot
I can’t like the summer months because it is very hot and the winter months are very cold.
Big – Small
My father always said, ‘small mistakes have big consequences.’
Short – Tall
We played a game today, who found the short stick would lose, but I found the tall stick and won the game.
Up – Down
I was very tired today when I said I will go up and down.
Here are Detailed Opposite Antonym Words List;
alive – dead
all – none
allow – forbid
already – not yet
always – never
ancient – modern
angel – devil
animal – human
annoy – satisfy
answer – ask
answer – question
apart – together
artificial – natural
ascent – descent
ask – answer
asleep – awake
attack – defend
attack – defence
attic – cellar
autumn – spring
awake – asleep
awful – nice
back – in front of
backward – forward
bad – good
bottom – top
boy – girl
brave – cowardly
break – fix
broad – narrow
careful – careless
careless – careful
catch – miss
ceiling – floor
cellar – attic
certainly – probably
clever – stupid
close – open
closed – open
cloudy – clear
death – birth
deep – shallow
defeat – victory
empty – full
end – begin
end – beginning
ending – beginning
enemy – friend
enjoy – hate
enter – leave
entrance – exit
equal – different
even – odd
excited – calm
exciting – boring
exclude – include
exit – entrance
final – first
find – lose
finish – begin
finish – start
first – final
fix – break
flat – hilly
floor – ceiling
follow – lead
forbid – allow
form – destroy
fortune – bad luck
fresh – old/stale
harvest – plant
health – disease
healthy – ill
heaven – hell
heavy – light
hell – heaven
host – guest
huge – tiny
human – animal
humane – cruel
humid – dry
hungry – thirsty
husband – wife
in front of – back
ignore – notice
import – export
in – out
include – exclude
life – death
light – dark
like – hate
little – big
little – much
live – die
long – short
lose – win
loud – quiet
love – hate
male – female
miss – catch
moon – sun
more – less
much – little
nasty – nice
new – ancient
nice – awful
niece – nephew
night – day
plant – harvest
plenty – lack
pleasant – awful
rear – front
right – left
rude – polite
rural – urban
sad – happy
satisfy – annoy
small – big
smooth – rough
some – many
south – north
start – finish
town – village
ugly – beautiful
under – over
wide – narrow
wife – husband
work – rest
woman – man
young – old
