Antonyms are words with opposite meanings, and they play a key role in making language clear, precise, and expressive. By learning antonyms, you expand your vocabulary and gain better control over how you express contrast, disagreement, or difference in ideas. For example, knowing pairs like hot–cold or accept–reject helps you choose the exact word for a situation. This page presents major antonym pairs in a simple table: one column lists the main word, and the other shows its opposite. Use it as a quick reference to improve writing, speaking, and comprehension.
Word Antonym above below hill valley abroad home humble proud absent present husband wife in out accept refuse include exclude active passive increase decrease add subtract admit deny indifferent interested adult child inner outer alive dead inside outside all none insult praise allow refuse interested bored always never interesting dull arrive depart joy sorrow asleep awake junior senior back front kind cruel backwards forward bad good knowledge ignorance barren fertile lazy industrious beautiful ugly lead follow before after least greatest begin end leave arrive bent straight lend borrow best worst level steep better worse life death big small liquid solid black white long short blameless guilty loss gain bless curse loud soft blunt sharp love hate bold timid majority minority many few boss employee masculine feminine bravery cowardice master servant break repair mean kind bridge tunnel miser spendthrift bright dull modern ancient broad narrow most least busy idle motorist pedestrian buy sell mountain valley capture release natural artificial catch throw near far cheap dear never always city country niece nephew clean dirty noise silence clever foolish noisy quiet cloudy clear normal abnormal clumsy graceful north south coarse fine notice ignore cold hot obey command come go obtain give comedy tragedy often seldom comfort disturb old new common rare omit include common unusual open shut/close contract expand order chaos cool warm overlook notice coward hero pardon punish cowardly bold part whole create destroy past future cry laugh peace war daily nightly plural singular danger safety polite rude dark bright dawn dusk poor rich day night powerful weak deep shallow praise blame depth height public private die live difficult easy punish reward dim bright pupil teacher discourteous polite purchase sell divide multiply push pull doctor patient question answer drunk sober quick slow dry wet raw cooked dwarf giant early late real imaginary east west right left easy difficult rise fall ebb flow rough smooth empty full sad cheerful enemy friend safe dangerous enjoy dislike entrance exit same different evening morning separate join ever never several few everybody nobody silly serious everywhere nowhere similar different exit entrance slim fat fact fiction smile frown failure success fair dark straight crooked famous unknown fancy plain strange familiar far near strong weak fat thin summer winter fat skinny sweet sour few many find lose talk listen finish start tall short first last tame wild flatter insult teach learn foe friend teacher student foolish wise these those foreign local thick thin forget remember this that found lost tight loose freeze thaw tiny huge fresh stale top bottom trainer trainee friend enemy trust doubt full vacant truth lie under over generous selfish unusual ordinary give receive up down take give upset comfort graceful awkward vacant occupied guilty innocent valuable worthless happy sad victory defeat villain hero hard easy war peace hard soft wide narrow head tail win lose heavy light wise foolish hell heaven within without help hinder work rest here there wrong right hide show yes no high low young old
Word Antonym attractive unattractive justifiable unjustifiable able unable known unknown acceptable unacceptable lawful unlawful accompanied unaccompanied licensed unlicensed arm unarm like unlike certain uncertain lock unlock comfortable uncomfortable necessary unnecessary common uncommon patriotic unpatriotic conscious unconscious popular unpopular dress undress prepared unprepared equal unequal safe unsafe ethical unethical screw unscrew even uneven seen unseen fair unfair selfish unselfish fold unfold steady unsteady friendly unfriendly suitable unsuitable happy unhappy tidy untidy healthy unhealthy tie untie just unjust used unused kind unkind willing unwilling wise unwise
Word Antonym advantage disadvantage enfranchise disenfranchise agree disagree honest dishonest allow disallow incentive disincentive appear disappear indispensable dispensable arm disarm like dislike arrange disarrange loyal disloyal associate disassociate obey disobey believe disbelieve proportionate disproportionate connect disconnect order disorder continue discontinue own disown embark disembark satisfied dissatisfied encourage discourage trust distrust
Word Antonym accurate inaccurate active inactive adequate inadequate admissible inadmissible attentive inattentive correct incorrect
Word Antonym mature immature mobile immobile moral immoral mortal immortal movable immovable patient impatient perfect imperfect polite impolite possible impossible probable improbable proper improper pure impure
Word Antonym handle mishandle judge misjudge spell misspell understand misunderstand use misuse
Word Antonym careful careless harmful harmless helpful helpless hopeful hopeless painful painless pitiful pitiless powerful powerless shameful shameless useful useless
