Opposite words | opposite synonyms | Antonyms starting with 'A to Z' | Virudharthi Shabd in English | Antonyms and Synonyms

Opposite words

Opposite synonyms

Antonyms starting with 'A to Z'

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What is an Antonyms / Opposite Word?

            A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.

Opposite words Examples :-  

accept X refuse,  big  X small, happy X sad, up  X down, fast X slow. etc.

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Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'A'

Word	Opposite Word
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	rave
after	before
against	for
alike	different
awful	nice
attack	defend
awake	asleep
autumn	spring
attic	cellar
already	not yet
asleep	awake
ask	answer
ascent	descent
alive	dead
all	none
allow	forbid
always	never
artificial	natural
arrive	depart
arrival	departure
arrest	free
argue	agree
ancient	modern
ancestor	descendant
agree	refuse
amateur	professional
amuse	bore
ancestor	descendant
angel	devil
animal	human
annoy	satisfy
approximately	exactly
apart	together
antonym	synonym
answer	question
answer	ask

 

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Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'B'

Word	Opposite Word
backward	forward
back	in front of
background	foreground
bad	good
bad luck	fortune
beauty	ugliness
before	after
behind	in front of
begin / beginning	end
be interested in	bore
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
boy	girl
brave	cowardly
break	fix
brother	sister
broad	narrow
build	destroy
busy	lazy
buy	sell

 

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Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'C'

Word	Opposite Word
catch	miss
careful	careless
calm	excited
ceiling	floor
cellar	attic
certainly	probably
center	outskirts
changeable	constant
cheap	expensive
child	adult
children	parents
clean	dirty
clear	cloudy
clever	stupid
cloudy	clear
close / closed	open
cold	hot / 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 / laugh

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'D'

Word	Opposite Word
dangerous	safe
danger	security
damage	repair
dark	light
daughter	son
dawn	dusk
day	night
dead	alive
death	birth
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
defence / 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
different	alike
difficult	easy
dirty	clean
disease	health
distant	near
divide	unite
division	unity
divorce	marry / marriage
divorced	married
domestic	foreign
down	up
downstairs	upstairs
drama	comedy
dry	humid
dull	interesting
dusk	dawn

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'E'

Word	Opposite Word
early	late
east	west
easy	difficult
elementary	advanced
emigrate	immigrate
emigration	immigration
empty	full
end	begin
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

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Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'F'

Word	Opposite Word
fat	slim
fast	slow
far	near
false	true
failure	success
fail	succeed
fear	courage
female	male
few	many
final	first
find	lose
finish	begin / 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
free	arrest
freeze	melt
frequently	occasionally
fresh	old/stale
friend	enemy
front	rear
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'G'

Word	Opposite Word
general	particular
generous	mean
gentle	violent
gentleman	lady
giant	tiny
girl	boy
give	take
go	come
good	bad
guest	host
guilty	innocent
good luck	bad luck

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'H'

Word	Opposite Word
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 / 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

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'I'

Word	Opposite Word
in front of	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
interesting	boring
interrupt	continue

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'J'

Word	Opposite Word
junior	senior

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'K'

Word	Opposite Word
kind	cruel

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'L'

Word	Opposite Word
lack	abundance
lady	gentleman
land	take off / 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 / heavy
like	hate
liquid	solid
little	big / much
live	die
long	short
lose	win
loser	winner
loud	quiet
love	hate
lovely	terrible
low	high
lower	raise

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'M'

Word	Opposite Word
major	minor
male	female
many	few
man	woman
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 / catch
moderate	extreme
modern	ancient
monarchy	republic
moon	sun
more	less
morning	evening
mountain	valley
much	little

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'N'

Word	Opposite Word
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
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet
noon	midnight
none of	all of
normal	strange
north	south
not yet	already
nothing	everything
notice	ignore
now	then

  

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'O'

Word	Opposite Word
occasionally	frequently
occupied	vacant
odd	even
off	on
often	seldom
old	modern
open	closed
opponent	supporter
order	mess
ordinary	special
other	same
out	in
outside	inside
outskirts	center
over	under

  

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'P'

Word	Opposite Word
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/protection	attack
public	private
pull	push
pupil	teacher
push	pull

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'Q'

Word	Opposite Word
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud

  

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'R'

Word	Opposite Word
raise	lower
rainy	sunny
rear	front
receive	send
reduce	increase
refuse	agree
regret	satisfaction
remember	forget
repair	damage
reply	ask / question
rich	poor
republic	dictatorship
rest	work
right	left / wrong
rise	sink
rough	gentle / smooth
rude	polite
rural	urban

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'S'

Word	Opposite Word
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
set free	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 / 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
supporter	opponent
suspect	trust

  

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'T'

Word	Opposite Word
take	give
take off	land
tall	small
teach	learn
teacher	pupil
then	now
terrible	lovely
there	here
thick	thin
thin	thick
thirsty	hungry
throw	catch
tight	loose
tiny	giant
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
top	bottom
total	partial
town	village
tragedy	comedy
true	false
trust	suspect

  

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'U'

Word	Opposite Word
ugliness	beauty
ugly	beautiful
under	over
unite	divide
unity	division
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
urban	rural
useful	useless
useless	useful

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'V'

Word	Opposite Word
vacant	occupied
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal
victory	defeat
village	town
visitor	host
voluntary	compulsory
vowel	consonant
violent	gentle

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'W'

Word	Opposite Word
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
wife	husband
win	lose
winner	loser
winter	summer
work	rest
woman	man
women	men
worse	better
worst	best
wrong	correct

 

Opposite words / Antonyms starting with 'Y'

Word	Opposite Word
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
young	old

 

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