abdellatif-boudia Posted August 10, 2014 Report Posted August 10, 2014 Antonyms An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example "bad" is an antonym of "good". Antonym Examples: Achieve – Fail Idle – Active Afraid – Confident Ancient – Modern Arrive – Depart Arrogant – Humble Ascend – Descend Attack – Defend Blunt – Sharp Brave – Cowardly Cautious – Careless Complex – Simple Compliment – Insult Crazy – Sane Crooked – Straight Decrease – Increase Demand – Supply Destroy – Create Divide – Unite Drunk – Sober Expand – Contract Freeze - Boil Full – Empty Generous – Stingy Giant – Dwarf Gloomy – Cheerful Guilty – Innocent Hire – Fire Include – Exclude Individual – Group Innocent – Guilty Knowledge – Ignorance Liquid – Solid Lonely – Crowded Major – Minor Marvelous – Terrible Mature – Immature Maximum - Minimum Noisy – Quiet Optimist - Pessimist Ordinary – Extraordinary Partial – Complete Passive – Active Permanent – Unstable Plentiful – Sparse Positive – Negative Powerful – Weak Praise – Criticism Private – Public Problem – Solution Professional – Amateur Profit – Loss Quality – Inferiority Random – Specific Rigid – Flexible Segregate – Integrate Shame – Honor Simple - Complicated Single – Married Stiff – Flexible Strength – Weakness Sturdy – Weak Sunny - Cloudy Superb – Inferior Temporary – Permanent Timid – Bold Toward – Away Tragic – Comic Transparent - Opaque Triumph – Defeat Union – Separation Unique – Common Upset – Stabilize Urge – Deter Vacant – Occupied Vague – Definite Vertical – Horizontal Villain – Hero Visible - Invisible Wax - Wane Wealth – Poverty. Quote
chigreyofthenorns Posted September 6, 2014 Report Posted September 6, 2014 Nice list! As a writer by profession, I sometimes have a hard time looking for other words to avoid being repetitive. Thank you for sharing this! I will copy this down and tape it to my journal. :grin: Quote
AExAVF Posted September 13, 2014 Report Posted September 13, 2014 This is indeed a great list of antonyms. Actually, I'm reviewing for a government service entrance examination and identification of antonyms is part of the examination. Antonyms can sometimes be used for verbal analogy questions, particulary the single-word and double-word analogies. Most of these antonyms are quite easy to remember, while there are some which takes time. Thanks for this list! Quote
Rosa Posted September 25, 2014 Report Posted September 25, 2014 That's quite a long list of antonyms. Thanks for sharing. These may seem like simple ones but it's very common to find yourself in a spot where you just can't come up with the one you want to use at the present time. Quote
JessiFox Posted September 26, 2014 Report Posted September 26, 2014 Very nice list you've established...it's always nice as a writer to have a fair amount of antonyms and synonyms in your arsenal . Quote
sidney Posted September 28, 2014 Report Posted September 28, 2014 Thank you for sharing this list! Although in my case, I would be more inclined to use "superior" over "superb", so you can also add that as an antonym for inferior. Quote
LostInSpace Posted November 8, 2014 Report Posted November 8, 2014 A wonderful list indeed. All used phrases and their antonyms in one post. There are a lot of words not listed here but this list is good enough for everyday use. Quote
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