MEANING OF ANTONYMS AND LIST OF ANTONYMS. || WWW.AMANIELTS.IN ||

MEANING  An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.

For example : The antonym of hot is cold.

Antonyms are opposites . They don’t mean the same.

• If I say Young then you say Old .
• If I say Hot the you say Cold .
• If I say Yes then you say No.

Some words can have more than one antonym , depending on the context in which the same word is used.

HERE IS A LIST OF  ANTONYMS.

• Above- Below
• Absent- Present
• Achieve- Fail
• Add-Subtract
• Afraid- Confident
• After- Before
• Amateur- Professional
• Ancient- Modern
• Argue- Agree
• Arrive- Depart
• Arrogant- Humble
• Ascend- Descend
• Attack-Defend
• Awake- Asleep
• Bad- Good
• Beautiful- Ugly
• Before -After
• Better- Worse
• Big- Little

• Birth- Death
• Black- White
• Blunt- Sharp
• Bold- Timid
• Brave- Cowardly
• Brief- Long
• Bright- Dull
• Busy- Idle
• Buy- Sell
• Cautious- Careless
• Cheap- Expensive
• Clean- Dirty
• Close- Open
• Cold- Hot
• Complex- Simple
• Compliment- Insult
• Cool- Warm

• Crazy- Sane
• Crooked- Straight
• Cruel- Kind
• Dark- Light
• Day- Night
• Deep- Shallow
• Decrease- Increase
• Demand- Supply
• Destroy- Create
• Divide- Unite
• Down- Up
• Drunk- Sober
• East- West
• Easy- Difficult
• End- Begin
• Even- Odd
• Evening- Morning
• Expand- Contract
• Fail- Pass

• False- True
• Fat- Skinny
• Fiction- Fact
• Float- Sink
• Follow- Lead
• Foolish- Wise
• Forgive- Blame
• Freeze- Boil
• Full- Empty
• Generous- Stingy
• Gentle- Rough
• Giant- Dwarf
• Give- Receive
• Gloomy- Cheerful
• Grief- Joy
• Guilty- Innocent
• Happy- Sad
• Hard- Soft

• Heaven- Hell
• Heavy- Light
• High- Low
• Hire- Fire
• Huge- Tiny
• Hungry-Full
• Idle- Active
• In- Out
• Include- Exclude
• Individual- Group
• Innocent- Guilty
• Inside- Outside
• Joy- Sadness
• Kind- Cruel
• Lie- Truth
• Like- Dislike

• likely- Unlikely
• Liquid- Solid
• Lonely- Crowded
• Long- Short
• Loose- Tight
• Lost- Found
• Love- Hate
• Major – Minor
• Man- Woman
• Marvelous- Terrible
• Mature- Immature
• Maximum- Minimum
• Mix- Separate
• Moist- Dry
• More- Less
• Most- Least
• Move- Stay
• Near- Far
• Never- Always

• Spend- Earn
• Start- Stop
• Started- Finished
• Stay- Leave
• Stiff- Flexible
• Stop- Go
• Strength- Weakness
• Strong- Weak
• Student- Teacher
• Sturdy- Weak
• Sunny- Cloudy
• Superb- Inferior
• Tame- Wild
• Teach- Learn
• Temporary- Permanent
• Thin- Wide
• Tidy- Messy
• Timid- Bold
• Together- Apart

• Top- Bottom
• Toward- Away
• Tragic- Comic
• Transparent- Opaque
• Triumph- Defeat
• True- False
• Union- Separation
• Unique- Common
• Upset- Stabilize
• Urge- Deter
• Vacant-Occupied
• Vague- Definite
• Vertical- Horizontal
• Victory- Defeat
• Villain- Hero
• Visible- Invisible
• Wax- Wane

• Wealth- Poverty
• Well- Sick
• Wet- Dry
• e White- Black
• Wild- Tame
• Win- Lose
• With- Without
• Worthy- Worthless
• Young- Old