Opposite Words

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

WordOpposite
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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