Antonyms from A – Z

In this section you will find antonyms from A – Z in English.

Antonyms from A – Z

Abandon – keep
Abbreviate – expand
Above – below – under
Absence – presence
Abundance – scarcity – lack
Accept – decline
Accurate – inaccurate
Active – inactive
Add – remove
Adequate – inadequate
Admit – deny
Adorable – repulsive
Advantage – disadvantage
Affirmative – negative
Afraid – fearless
Agree – disagree
Aid – hinder
Alike – different
Alive – dead
All – nothing
Allow – prohibit
Ally – opponent
Alone – together
Always – never
Ancient – modern
Angel – devil
Answer – question
Approval – disapproval
Argue – concur
Arrival – departure
Arrive – leave
Artificial – real
Ask – answer
Attack – defend
Awful – fantastic
Awkward – comfortable
Bad – good
Beautiful – ugly
Before – after
Begin – end
Beginning – ending
Below – above
Best – worst
Big – small
Bitter – sweet
Blunt – sharp
Boring – interesting
Brave – cowardly
Break – mend
Build – demolish
Bury – unearth
Busy – inactive
Buy – sell
Calm – agitated
Capable – incapable
Care – neglect
Careful – careless
Catch – release
Cause – effect
Cease – persist
Certain – uncertain
Cheap – expensive
Child – adult
Clarify – confuse
Clean – dirty
Clear – ambiguous
Clever – foolish
Close – open
Clumsy – agile
Come – go
Comfortable – uncomfortable
Complex – simple
Compliment – insult
Compulsory – optional
Concrete – abstract
Connect – disconnect
Continue – stop
Cool – warm
Copy – original
Correct – incorrect
Courage – fear
Cover – uncover
Coward – brave
Create – destroy
Crucial – trivial
Cruel – compassionate
Cunning – naive
Danger – safety
Dangerous – safe
Dark – bright
Day – night
Deduct – include
Deep – shallow
Defeat – win
Delicate – sturdy
Delicious – tasteless
Deny – admit
Destroy – create
Develop – regress
Difficult – easy
Discover – conceal
Distant – close
Docile – disobedient
Doubt – certainty
Down – up
Drama – comedy
Dry – wet
Dull – exciting
Elementary – advanced
Empty – full
Enjoy – dislike
Enter – exit
Equal – unequal
Even – odd
Excellent – unexceptional
Extreme – moderate
Failure – success
Fair – unfair
Faithful – unfaithful
False – true
Famous – unknown
Fancy – simple
Fear – bravery
Few – many
Find – lose
Finish – start
First – last
Fix – break
Floor – ceiling
Follow – unfollow
For – against
Forget – remember
Freeze – melt
Friend – enemy
Full – empty
Future – past
General – specific
Generous – selfish
Gentle – rough
Give – take
Gloomy – cheerful
Grow – cease
Guide – misguide
Guilty – innocent
Handsome – unattractive
Happy – sad
Harm – protect
Harsh – gentle
Hate – love
Healthy – unhealthy
Heaven – hell
Heavy – light
Help – obstruct
Hinder – facilitate
Hopeful – hopeless
Host – guest
Huge – tiny
Humble – arrogant
Ignorance – awareness
Import – export
Important – insignificant
Improve – worsen
Include – exclude
Inside – outside
Intentional – accidental
Internal – external
Interrupt – continue
Justice – unfairness
Kind – unkind
Lack – abundance
Large – small
Like – dislike
Limited – unlimited
Link – detach
Long – short
Loser – winner
Loud – silent
Love – hate
Low – high
Major – minor
Marvelous – ordinary
Maximum – minimum
Mean – nice
Mend – break
Mess – organize
Narrow – wide
Nasty – pleasant
Natural – synthetic
Neat – messy
New – old
Nice – unkind
Normal – abnormal
Notice – ignore
Obey – disobey
Obtain – lose
Obvious – unclear
Odd – even
Offend – please
Old – young
On – off
Open – close
Opponent – supporter
Optimistic – pessimistic
Ordinary – extraordinary
Panic – composed
Part – entirety
Peace – conflict
Permit – forbid
Pleasant – unpleasant
Plural – singular
Polite – impolite
Poor – rich
Presence – absence
Private – public
Professional – amateur
Protect – expose
Purchase – sell
Pursue – abandon
Question – answer
Quick – slow
Quiet – loud
Receive – give
Reduce – increase
Remember – forget
Repair – break
Reply – ignore
Rough – smooth
Rude – polite
Sad – happy
Safe – risky
Salt – sugar
Same – different
Save – spend
Scream – whisper
Select – deselect
Separate – join
Serious – lighthearted
Share – keep
Sharp – blunt
Shelter – uncover
Shut – open
Sick – well
Silent – noisy
Silly – serious
Simple – complicated
Soft – hard
Solid – liquid
Sour – sweet
Strict – flexible
Subtract – add
Sufficient – insufficient
Summer – winter
Support – oppose
Suspect – trust
Temporary – permanent
Terrible – wonderful
Tight – loose
Top – bottom
True – false
Ugly – beautiful
Unite – divide
Up – down
Upstairs – downstairs
Useless – valuable
Vacant – occupied
Validate – invalidate
Value – devalue
Victory – defeat
Waste – save
Weak – strong
Wealthy – poor
Whole – incomplete
Win – lose
Wrong – right
Young – old
Zip – unzip

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