Important Antonyms

Q: What is an antonym?
Ans: A word which has an opposite meaning is known as an antonym.
(A)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Above Below Abundance Dearth
Accept Reject Acknowledge Deny
Active Passive Acute Obtuse
Advance Retreat Advantage Disadvantage
Adversity Prosperity Affirm Deny
Ancestor Descendant Aggravate Lessen
Aristocrat Commoner Arrive Depart
Asset Liability Ancient Modern
Agree Differ, disagree Allow Disallow, forbid
Ample Scanty Animate Inanimate
Antonym Synonym Appear Disappear
Arrival Departure Ascend Descend
Asleep Awake Attack Defend
Attentive Inattentive Attract Repel
Autumn Spring

(B)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Barbarous Civilized Barren Fertile
Base Noble Beautiful Ugly
Beginning End Belief Disbelief
Believe Doubt Bright Dim-Dull
Benevollent Malevolent Bonafides Malafides
Benediction Malediction Bold Timid
Bave Coward Bravery Cowardice
Broad Narrow Buy Sell
Baseless Real Bind Loosen
Benefactor Malefactor Bitter Sweet
Blame Praise Boon Bane
Bride Bride groom

(C)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Care Neglet Certain Uncertain
Cheap Dear Civil Rude
Cheerful Cheerless, Gloomy Civilization Barbarism
Clean Dirty Clever Stupid
Cold Hot Common Uncommon
Comparison Contrast Complete Incomplete
Condemn Approve Confess Deny
Confident Diffident Contract Expand
Convenient Inconvenient Correct Incorrect
Courageous Timid Credit Debit
Creditor Debtor Crooked Straight forward
Cruel Kind Carnal Spiritual
Cheerful Gloomy Create Destroy
Common Rare Concord Discord
Compulsory Optional Centrifugal Centripetal
Confident Diffident Concave Convex

(D)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Day Night Deep Shallow
Deficit Surplus Difficult Easy
Diligent Lazy Diminish Increase
Distress Comfort Dry Wet
Dull Bright

(E)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Early Late Economical Extravagant
Efficient Inefficient Elevation Depression
Encourage Discourage Enemy Friend
Enrich Impoverish Enthrone Dethrone
Exterior Interior Ebb Flow
Egoism Altruism Expand Contract
Exotic Indigenous Equality Inequality
Exaggeration Understatement

(F)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Fact Fiction Failure Success
Fair Foul Faithful Faithless
False True Falsehood Truth
Famous Notorious Far Near
Favourable Unfavourable Fickle Constant
Foe Friend Foolish Wise
Fortunate Unfortunate Freedom Slavery
Fresh Stale Fruitful Barren
Full Empty Flattery Criticism
Fortune Misfortune Fictitious Real
Fame Defame Firm Flexible
Fatigue Refresh Final Initial
Frank Reserved

(G)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Gallant Timid Gain Lose, Loss
Giant Dwarf Glory Shame
Good Bad Graceful Clumsy
Grant Refuse Gratitude Ingratitude
Great Small Guilty Innocent
 (I-J-K)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Junior Senior Justice Injustice
Keen Dull Ideal Actual
Import Export Inferior Superior
Insert Extract Inhale Exhale
Idle Busy Imagination Reality
Industrious Lazy Ignorance Knowledge
Imbecile Sane Insufficiency Plenty
Junior Senior Keen Blunt, Dull
King Subject Kill Resurrect
Kernel Shell

(L)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Laugh Weep Legal Illegal
Legible Illegible Lend Borrow
Light Darkness-Heavy Likeness Difference
Literate Illiterate Logical Illogical
Loose Tight Loyal Disloyal
Lucky Unlucky Let Hire
Latter Former Literal Figurative
Liberate Enslave Loquacious Taciturn

(M-N-O)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Majority Minority Many Few
Make Mar Maximum Minimum
Meek Haughty Meet Part
Mortal Immortal Mild Stern
Motion Rest Major Minor
Miser Spendthrift Marriage Celibacy
Material Spiritual Masculine Feminine
Monotony Variety Monotheism Polytheism
Microcosm Macrocosm Natural Artificial
Nice Bad Noisy Quiet
Negative Positive Native Foreign
Neutral Partial Natural Artificial
Narrow Broad Niggard Spendthrift
Noxious Wholesome Nebulous Clear
Noble Ignoble Oral Written
Optimist Pessimist Ordinary Rare
Original Duplicate Often Seldom
Offer Refuse Ordinary Rare
Obey Disobey Obscure Clear
Open Shut

(P)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Particular General Patient Impatient
Peace War Permanent Temporary
Pleasant Unpleasant Please Displease
Pleasure Displeasure Plenty Scarcity
Popular Unpopular Positive Negative
Poverty Richness Practical Theoretical
Presence Absence Profit Loss
Prohibit Permit Prudent Reckless
Public Private Punish Reward
Pure Impure Pride Humility
Permit Prohibit Precede Succeed
Permanent Temporary Partly Wholly
Philanthropist Misanthropist Pragmatic Idealistic
Queer Normal Quiet Noise
Quick Slow Qualify Disqualify

(R)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Raise Lower Rash Cautious
Real Unreal Rear Front
Reasonable Unreasonable Recover Lose
Regular Irregular Religious Irreligious
Remember Forget Rich Poor
Right Wrong, Left Ripe Raw
Rise Fall Rival Supporter
Rude Courteous Rough Smooth
Resist Submit Reserved Social
Retail Wholesale Reward Punish

(S)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Safe Dangerous Savage Civilized, Tame
Seldom Often Sensible Senseless
Serious Light Sharp Blunt
Sickness Health Slow Quick
Smile Frown Solid Liquid
Smooth Rough Spendthrift Frugal
Strange Familiar Strict Lax
Studious Negligent Submission Revolt
Sufficient Insufficient Superior Inferior
Sweet Bitter Sympathy Antipathy
Strait Broad Subjective Objective
Sacred Secular Saint Sinner
Smile Frown Sink Drown

(T-V-W)
Words Antonyms Words Antonyms
Thick Thin Top Bottom
True False Vague Definite
Verbal Written Victory Defeat
Virtue Vice Virtuous Vicious
Voluntary Compulsory Warm Cool
Weakness Strength Wide Narrow
Wild Tame Win Lose
Winter Summer Top Bottom
Tense Relaxed Triumph Defeat
Trivial Important Tight Loose
Tranquil Disturbed Transparent Opaque
Teach Learn Urban Rural
Upper Lower Unite Separate
Urbane Rude Vacant Occupied
Virtual Vice Vertical Horizontal
Vulgar Refined Violent Gentle
Wake Sleep War Peace