Grammar most common english words antonyms

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Grammar most common english words antonyms

A List of Antonyms

Which is the antonym of the word ?

Word	Antonyms
above	below
abroad	home
absent	present
accept	refuse
active	passive
add	substract
admit	deny
advance	retreat
alive	dead
all	none
ally	enemy
amateur	professional
ancestor	descendant
appear	vanish
arrive	depart
artificial	genuine
ascend	descend
assemble	disperse
attack	defend
attract	distract
back	front
backwards	forwards
bad	good
barren	fertile/fruitful
beautiful	ugly
before	after
begin	end/cease
better	worse
big	small
black	white
bless	curse
blunt	sharp
bold	timid
bow	stern
bravery	cowardice
bright	dull
broad	narrow
build	demolish
busy	idle
buy	sell
capture	release
cautious	reckless
celebrated	unknown
certain	doubtful
cheap	dear/expensive
clean	dirty
clever	foolish
cloudy	clear
coarse	fine
cold	hot
collect	disperse
come	go
common	rare
compulsory	voluntary
conceal	reveal
contrat	expand
cool	warm
coward	hero
create	destroy
cry	laugh
danger	safety
dark	bright
dawn	dusk
day	night
debtor	creditor
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
depth	height
die	live
difficult	easy
divide	multiply
drunk	sober
dwarf	giant
early	late
earth	sea
east	west
edd	flow
emigrant	immigrant
empty	full
enemy	friend
enjoy	dislike
evening	morning
ever	never
everybody	nobody
everywhere	nowhere
exit	entrance
exterior	interior
external	internal
failure	success
fair	dark
fair play	foul play
familiar	strange
famine	glut
far	near
fat	thin/lean
feeble	strong
few	many
find	lose
finish	start
first	last
folly	wisdom
foolish	wise
forbid	permit
foreign	local
forget	remember
former	latter
found	lost
fresh	stale
funny	staid
gay	grave
generous	selfish
give	take
guilty	innocent

happy	sad
hard	soft
hatred	love
healthy	sick
heavy	light
height	depth
hell	heaven
help	hinder
here	there
hide	show
high	low
hill	valley
hit	miss
hollow	solid
hope	despair
humble	proud
hurry	loiter
in	out
increse	decrease
inferior	superior
inhale	exhale
inside	outside
interesting	dull
joy	sorrow
junior	senior
knd	cruel
knowledge	ignorance
lazy	industrious
lead	follow
least	most
lend	borrow
level	steep
life	death
liquid	solid
long	short
loss	profit/gain
loud	soft
majority	minority
masculine	feminine
master	servant
maximum	minimum
modern	ancient
motorist	pedestrian
moving	stationary
natural	artficial
negative	positive
never	always
noise	silence
noisy	quite
north	south
obey	command
often	seldom
old	new
opaque	transparent
open	shut/close
optimist	pessimist
order	chaos
pardon	punish
peace	war
permanent	temporary
plentiful	scarce
plural	singular
polite	rude
poor	rich
poverty	wealthy
powerful	weak
praise	blame
public	private
punishment	reward
purchase	sell
question	answer
quick	slow
raw	cooked
real	imaginary
right	wrong/left
rise	fall
rough	smooth
rural	urban
safe	dangerous
same	different
separate	join/unite
slender	stout
smart	stupid
smile	frown
straight	crooked
strong	weak
sweet	sour
talk	listen
tall	short
tame	wild
teach	learn
these	those
thick	thin
this	that
tight	loose
tiny	huge
top	bottom
truth	lie
ugly	beautiful
under	over
up	down
vacant	occupied
weep	laugh
wide	narrow
win	lose
within	without
work	rest
young	old

Using the Prefix 'UN'
Word	Antonyms

arm	unarm
aware	unware
certain	uncertain
comfortable	uncomfortable
common	uncommon
conscious	unconsious
dress	undress
equal	unequal
fair	unfair
fasten	unfasten
fold	unfold
friendly	unfriendly
grateful	ungrateful
happy	unhappy
healthy	unhealthy
just	unjust
kind	unkind
known	unknown
like	unlike
lock	unlock
necessary	unneccessary
reasonable	unreasonable
reliable	unreliable
safe	unsafe
screw	unscrew
seen	unseen
selfish	unselfish
skilled	unskilled
steady	unsteady
suitable	unsuitable
tidy	untidy
tie	untie
true	untrue
welcome	unwelcome
willing	unwilling
wise	unwise

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