Opposite Words

Most common English opposite words. A list of the most popular opposite words in the English language.

Word	Opposite
about	exactly
above	below
absence	presence
abundance	lack
accidental	intentional
active	lazy
adult	child
advanced	elementary
affirmative	negative
afraid	brave
after	before
against	for
alike	different
alive	dead
all	none
already	not yet
always	never
amateur	professional
ancestor	descendant
ancient	modern
angel	devil
animal	human
answer	question
antonym	synonym
apart	together
approximately	exactly
arrival	departure
artificial	natural
asleep	awake
attack	defence, protection
attic	cellar
autumn	spring
awake	asleep
awful	delicious, nice, pleasant
back	in front of
background	foreground
backward	forward
bad	good
bad luck	fortune, good luck
beautiful	ugly
beauty	ugliness
before	after
beginning	end, ending
behind	in front of
below	above
best	worst
better	worse
big	small, little
birth	death
bitter	sweet
black	white
blunt	sharp
body	soul
boring	exciting, interesting
bottom	top
boy	girl
brave	cowardly, afraid
broad	narrow
brother	sister
busy	lazy
calm	excited
careful	careless
careless	careful
ceiling	floor
cellar	attic
centre	outskirts, suburb
certainly	probably
changeable	constant
cheap	expensive
child	adult, grown-up
children	parents
clean	dirty
clear	cloudy
clever	stupid
closed	open
cloudy	clear, sunny, bright
cold (kalt)	hot
cold (Kälte)	heat
comedy	drama, tragedy
complicated	simple
compliment	insult
compulsory	voluntary
consonant	vowel
constant	changeable
construction	destruction
cool	warm
correct	false, wrong
courage	fear
courageous	cowardly
cowardly	brave, courageous
cruel	human, kind
danger	security, safety
dangerous	safe
dark	light
daughter	son
dawn	dusk
day	night
dead	alive
death	birth, life
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
defence	attack
delicious	awful
departure	arrival
desperate	hopeful
destruction	construction
devil	angel
dictatorship	republic
different	alike, equal, the same
difficult	easy
dirty	clean
disease	health
distant	near
division	unity
divorce	marriage, wedding
divorced	married
domestic	foreign
down	up
downstairs	upstairs
drama	comedy
dry	humid, wet
dull	interesting
dusk	dawn
early	late
east	west
easy	difficult, hard
elementary	advanced
emigration	immigration
empty	full
end	beginning
ending	beginning
enemy	friend
entrance	exit
equal	different
even (Zahlen)	odd
evening	morning
everybody	nobody
everything	nothing
exactly	about, approximately
excited	calm
exciting	boring
exit	entrance
expensive	cheap
export	import
exposure	shelter
extreme	moderate
failure	success
false	correct, true
far	near
fast	slow
fat	slim, thin
fear	courage
female	male
few	many
final	first
finish	start
first	final, last
flat	hilly
floor	ceiling
for	against
foreground	background
foreign	domestic
foreigner	native
fortune	bad luck
forward	backward
frequently	occasionally
fresh	old/stale
friend	enemy
front	rear
full	empty
funny	serious
future	past, present
general	particular, special
generous	mean
gentle	violent, rough, strict
gentleman	lady
giant	tiny, very little, small
girl	boy
good	bad
good luck	bad luck
grown-up	child
guest	host
guilty	innocent
handsome	ugly
happiness	sadness
happy	sad
hard	easy, soft
health	disease, illness
healthy	ill, sick
heat	cold
heaven	hell
heavy	light
hell	heaven
here	there
high	low
high (Berg)	deep
hilly	flat
hopeful	desperate, hopeless
hopeless	hopeful
horizontal	vertical
host	guest, visitor
hot	cold
huge	tiny
human (Mensch)	animal
humane (menschlich)	cruel
humid	dry
hungry	thirsty
husband	wife
ill	healty, well
immigration	emigration
import	export
in	out
in front of	back, behind
innocent	guilty
inside	outside
insult	compliment
intelligent	silly, stupid
intentional	accidental
interesting	boring, dull
junior	senior
kind	cruel
lack	abundance, plenty
lady	gentleman
land	water
large	small
last	first
late	early
lazy	active, busy
left	right
less	more
life	death
light (hell)	dark
light (leicht)	heavy
liquid	solid
little (klein)	big, large
little (wenig)	much
long	short
loser	winner
loud	quiet
lovely	terrible
low	high
major	minor
male	female
man	woman
many	few, some
marriage	divorce
married	divorced, single
master	servant
maximum	minimum
mean	generous
men	women
mess	order
midnight	noon
minimum	maximum
minor	major
moderate	extreme
modern	ancient, old
monarchy	republic
moon	sun
more	less
morning	evening
mountain	valley
much	little
narrow	broad, wide
nasty	nice, pleasant
native	foreigner, stranger
natural	artificial
near	distant, far
negative	affirmative
nephew	niece
never	always
new	ancient, old
nice	awful, nasty
niece	nephew
night	day
no	yes
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet, silent
none of	al lof
noon	midnight
normal	strange
north	south
not yet	already
nothing	everything
now	then
occasionally	frequently
occupied	vacant
odd (Zahlen)	even
off	on
often	seldom, sometimes
old	modern, new, young
on	off
open	closed, shut
opponent	supporter
order	mess
ordinary	special
other	same
out	in
outside	inside
outskirts	centre
over	under
parents	children
part	whole
partial	total
particular	general
past	future, present
peace	war
pleasant	awful
plenty	lack
polite	rude
poor	rich, wealthy
poverty	wealth
powerful	weak
presence	absence
present	past, future
pretty	ugly
private	public
probably	certainly
professional	amateur
protection	attack
public	private
pupil	teacher
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy
rainy	sunny
rear	front
regret	satisfaction
reply	question
republic	dictatorship, monarchy
rich	poor
right (rechts)	left
right (richtig)	wrong
rough (Oberfläche)	smooth, soft
rough (Umgang)	gentle
rude	polite
rural	urban
sad	happy
sadness	happiness
safe	dangerous
safety	danger
salt	sugar
same	different
satisfaction	regret
security	danger
seldom	often
senior	junior
serious	funny
servant	master
shallow	deep
sharp	blunt
shelter	exposure
short	long, tall
sick	healthy
silent	noisy
silly	intelligent
simple	complicated
single	married
sister	brother
slim	fat
slow	fast, quick
small	big, large, tall
smooth	rough
soft	hard, rough
solid	liquid
some	many
sometimes	often
son	daughter
soul	body
sour	sweet
south	north
special	general, ordinary
spring	autumn
start	finish, end, stop
strange	normal
stranger	native
strict	gentle
strong	weak
student	teacher
stupid	clever, intelligent
suburb	centre
success	failure
sugar	salt
summer	winter
sun	moon
sunny	cloudy, rainy
supporter	opponent
sweet	bitter, sour
synonym	antonym
tall	small, short
teacher	pupil, student
terrible	lovely
then	now
there	here
thick	thin
thin	thick, fat
thirsty	hungry
tight	loose
tiny	giant, huge
to accept	to refuse
to add	to subtract
to admit	to deny
to agree	to refuse, to argue
to allow	to forbid
to amuse	to bore
to annoy	to satisfy
to answer	to ask
to argue	to agree
to arrest	to free, to set free
to arrive	to depart, to leave
to ask	to answer
to attack	to defend
to be interested in	to bore
to begin	to end, to stop, to finish
to bore	to amuse, to be interested in
to borrow	to lend
to break	to mend, to fix
to build	to destroy
to buy	to sell
to catch	to miss, to throw
to close	to open
to come	to go
to connect	to separate
to continue	to interrupt
to create	to destroy
to cry (schreien)	to whisper
to cry (weinen)	to laugh
to damage	to repair
to defend	to attack
to deny	to admit
to depart	to arrive
to destroy	to build, to create, to form
to die	to live
to divide	to unite
to divorce	to marry
to emigrate	to immigrate
to end	to begin
to enjoy	to hate
to enter	to leave
to exclude	to include
to fail	to succeed, to pass
to find	to lose
to finish	to begin
to fix	to break
to follow	to lead
to forbid	to allow, to let, to permit
to forget	to remember
to form	to destroy
to free	to arrest
to freeze	to melt
to give	to take
to go	to come, to stop
to harvest	to plant
to hate	to enjoy, to like, to love
to hit	to miss
to ignore	to notice
to immigrate	to emigrate
to include	to exclude
to increase	to reduce
to interrupt	to continue
to land (Flugzeug)	to take off
to laugh	to cry
to lead	to follow
to learn	to teach
to leave	to arrive, to enter
to lend	to borrow
to let	to forbid
to lie	to stand
to like	to hate
to live	to die
to lose	to find, to win
to love	to hate
to lower	to raise
to marry	to divorce
to melt	to freeze
to mend	to break
to miss (verfehlen)	to hit
to miss (verpassen)	to catch
to notice	to ignore
to pass	to fail
to permit	to forbid
to plant	to harvest
to protect	to attack
to pull	to push
to push	to pull
to raise	to lower
to receive	to send
to reduce	to increase
to refuse	to agree, to accept
to remember	to forget
to repair	to damage
to reply	to ask
to rest	to work
to rise	to sink
to satisfy	to annoy
to save	to spend, to waste
to scream	to whisper
to sell	to buy
to send	to receive, to save
to separate	to connect, to unite
to set free	to arrest
to shout	to whisper
to shut	to open
to sink	to rise
to sit	to stand
to stand	to sit
to start	to stop
to stop	to start, to go
to subtract	to add
to succeed	to fail
to suspect	to trust
to take	to give
to take off	to land
to teach	to learn
to throw	to catch
to trust	to suspect
to unite	to divide, to separate
to waste	to save
to whisper	to scream, to shout
to win	to lose
to work	to rest
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
top	bottom
total	partial
town	village
tragedy	comedy
true	false
ugliness	beauty
ugly	beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls)
under	over
unity	division
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
urban	rural
useful	useless
useless	useful
vacant	occupied
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal
victory	defeat
village	town
violent	gentle
visitor	host
voluntary	compulsory
vowel	consonant
war	peace
warm	cool
water	land
weak	powerful, strong
wealth	poverty
wealthy	poor
wedding	divorce
well (gesund)	ill
west	east
wet	dry
white	black
whole	part
wide	narrow
wife	husband
winner	loser
winter	summer
woman	man
women	men
worse	better
worst	best
wrong	correct, right
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
young	old

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