Wednesday 27 February 2013

Antonym List

Absence
presence
Accept
refuse
Accurate
inaccurate
Advantage
disadvantage
Alive
dead
Always
never
Ancient
modern
Answer
question, query
Approval
disapproval
Approached
receded, departed
Abundant
scarce
Admit
deny
Advance
retreat, retire
Artificial
natural
Arrival
departure
Ascend
descend
Attack
defense
attractive
repulsive
attention
inattention
asleep
awake
ally
enemy
agree
disagree
bad
good
backward
forward, onward
bend
straighten
beautiful
ugly
beginning
ending
below
above
bent
straight
big
small, little
blunt
sharp
better
worse
best
worst
blame
praise
bless
curse
bitter
sweet
borrow
lend
bravery
cowardice
build
destroy, demolish
bold
timid, meek
bright
dull
broad
narrow
clear
vague, cloudy
careful
rush, careless
calm
troubled
capable
incapable
captivity
freedom, liberty
cellar
attic
cheap
dear, expensive
close
distant
clever
stupid
cold
hot
combine
separate
clockwise
anti-clockwise
correct
incorrect
conceal
reveal
come
go
common
rare
comfort
discomfort
courage
cowardice
cruel
kind
courteous
discourteous, rude
cunning
simple
dainty
clumsy
danger
safety
dark
light
deep
shallow
decrease
increase
definite
indefinite
demand
supply
despair
hope
disappear
appear
disease
health
discourage
encourage
dismal
cheerful
doctor
patient
dry
wet
dull
clear, bright
dusk
dawn
early
late
easy
difficult
ebb
flow
East
West
economise
waste
encourage
discourage
entrance
exit
employer
employee
empty
full
excited
calm
end
beginning
expand
contract
expensive
inexpensive, cheap
export
import
exterior
interior
external
internal
fail
succeed
false
true
feeble
sturdy, strong, powerful
foolish
wise
fast
slow
few
many
famous
unknown
forelegs
hind legs
fat
thin
find
lose
first
last
freedom
captivity
fold
unfold
frequent
seldom
forget
remember
found
lost
fresh
stale
friend
enemy
fortunate
unfortunate
frank
secretive
full
empty
generous
mean
gentle
rough
gather
distribute
glad
sorry
gloomy
cheerful
giant
dwarf, pygmy
granted
refused
great
minute, small, little
guardian
ward
guest
host
guilty
innocent
happy
sad, miserable
hard
soft
harmful
harmless
hasten
dawdle
hate
love
healthy
unhealthy, ill, diseased
here
there
heavy
light
height
depth
hero
coward
hill
valley
horizontal
vertical
hinder
aid, help
honest
dishonest
humble
proud
hunger
thirst
imitation
genuine
immense
tiny, minute
imprison
free
include
exclude
increase
decrease
inhabited
uninhabited
inferior
superior
inside
outside
intelligent
unintelligent, stupid
inhale
exhale
interior
exterior, outside
interesting
uninteresting, dull
internal
external
intentional
accidental
join
separate
junior
senior
justice
injustice
king
subject
knowledge
ignorance
laugh
cry
lawful
unlawful
lazy
industrious, energetic
land
sea
landlord
tenant
large
little, small
last
first
lawyer
client
lecturer
student
lender
borrower
lengthen
shorten
left
right
less
more
light
dark, heavy
like
dislike, unlike
likely
unlikely
leader
follower
little
large, much, big
lofty
lowly
long
short
loud
soft
loss
find, win
low
high
loyal
disloyal
mad
sane
magnetize
demagnetize
master
servant
mature
immature
maximum
minimum
me
you
merry
mirthless, sad
minority
majority
miser
spendthrift
misunderstand
understand
narrow
wide
near
far, distant
neat
untidy
new
old
night
day
noisy
quiet
North
South
obedient
disobedient
odd
even
offer
refuse
open
shut
optimist
pessimist
out
in
parent
child
past
present
patient
impatient
peace
war
permanent
temporary
please
displease
plentiful
scarce
poetry
prose
possible
impossible
poverty
wealth
powerful
feeble, weak
polite
impolite, rude
private
public
prudent
imprudent
pretty
unsightly, ugly
pure
impure
qualified
unqualified
rapid
slow
regularly
irregularly
rich
poor
right
wrong, left
rigid
pliable, soft
rough
smooth
satisfactory
unsatisfactory
security
insecurity
scatter
collect
serious
trivial
second-hand
new
sense
nonsense
shopkeeper
customer
singular
plural
simple
complicated
slim
thick, stout
solid
liquid
sober
drunk
speaker
listener
sour
sweet
sorrow
joy
sow
reap
stand
lie
straight
crooked
strong
weak
success
failure
sunny
cloudy
take
give
tall
short
tame
wild
teacher
pupil
thick
thin
tight
slack, loose
top
bottom
transparent
opaque
truth
untruth, lie
up
down
vacant
occupied
valuable
valueless
victory
defeat
virtue
vice
visible
invisible
voluntary
compulsory
vowel
consonant
wax
wane
wisdom
folly
within
without

Synonym and Antonym List



Word
Synonym
Synonym



abandon
discard
vacate
accord
agree
grant
adversity
difficulty
misfortune
affluent
plentiful
rich
aggravate
annoy
infuriate
alleviate
lighten
mitigate
amenable
agreeable
favorable
anguish
distress
sorrow
apathetic
dispirited
lifeless
arrogant
disdainful
imperious
astonish
confound
overwhelm
atrocious
appalling
detestable
augment
add
enlarge
avoid
ignore
shun
awkward
graceless
inept



baffle
confuse
deceive
banal
common
plain
barren
desolate
sterile
berate
criticize
disapprove
betray
deceive
fool
bias
inclination
predisposition
bitter
acrid
sour
blend
combine
mix
bliss
happiness
joy
bluff
boast
feign
bold
daring
fearless
bonus
award
gift
bother
annoy
irritate
brief
concise
short
brilliant
clever
intelligent
brisk
fast
swift
budget
allot
plan



candid
honest
truthful
caricature
cartoon
imitation
casual
informal
natural
category
classification
division
cease
desist
stop
chaotic
disordered
messy
cherish
esteem
love
circumvent
avoid
go around
commemorate
celebrate
honor
compensate
balance
recompense
competent
able
capable
conceive
design
plan
confirmation
acknowledgement
proof
contradict
deny
oppose
contribution
donation
grant
courteous
polite
well-mannered
craving
desire
longing
credulous
confident
trustful



damp
moist
wet
dare
challenge
defy
decay
decline
rot
decent
honorable
pure
dense
filled
packed
designate
name
select
detain
hold
keep
disclose
announce
reveal
dogma
belief
view
durable
constant
lasting
dwindle
abate
diminish



eager
earnest
keen
eccentric
abnormal
idiosyncratic
elaborate
embellish
enhance
emanate
arise
radiate
embezzle
purloin
steal
eminent
distinguished
prominent
encourage
foster
induce
endure
last
persist
essential
cultured
learned
essential
basic
necessary
estimate
guess
predict
evaluate
appraise
judge
exhaust
deplete
empty
exhilarated
cheerful
zestful
explicit
definite
specific



fastidious
exacting
particular
federation
alliance
band
feeble
helpless
infirm
fervor
intensity
passion
feud
argument
dispute
filth
dirt
squalor
flatter
compliment
praise
fleet
nimble
swift
frivolous
inconsequential
trivial
frugal
prudent
saving
furious
angry
outraged



generous
benevolent
unselfish
genuine
actual
real
glare
gleam
glisten
gloomy
cheerless
dim
goad
provoke
badger
grasp
grab
hold
greed
avarice
longing
guarantee
assure
pledge
guile
cunning
deceit
gullible
credulous
unsuspicious



habitual
accustomed
regular
handicap
disability
disadvantage
harass
annoy
disturb
harmless
innocuous
inoffensive
harsh
hard
coarse
hasty
abrupt
hurried
haughty
arrogant
pretentious
humiliate
humble
shame
hygiene
cleanliness
sanitation
hypocrisy
duplicity
falseness



ideal
goal
perfection
idle
lazy
unoccupied
ignorant
stupid
unintelligent
illogical
incongruent
rambling
illustrious
eminent
famous
imitate
copy
reflect
immense
huge
mammoth
impartial
candid
impersonal
impatient
anxious
eager
implicate
accuse
insinuate
importune
beg
solicit
inadvertent
accidental
unintentional
indifferent
apathetic
disinterested
isolate
detach
quarantine



jargon
argot
slang
jovial
genial
merry
judge
estimate
referee
justification
excuse
reason
juvenile
adolescent
immature



keen
clever
observant



label
brand
classify
labor
toil
work
lead
direct
proceed
lean
slim
thin
leave
abandon
desert
liberal
copious
unrestrained
liberal
lenient
open-minded
limitation
boundary
constraint
lucid
clear
understandable
lucky
auspicious
fortunate



mad
furious
irate
manage
administer
control
manipulate
control
shape
marginal
borderline
limited
match
agree
correspond
maze
complexity
labyrinth
meditate
ponder
think
memorial
commemoration
monument
mention
allude
refer to
merge
blend
fuse



narrow
confined
restricted
nature
aspect
character
necessary
mandatory
requisite
negate
contradict
refute
negligent
careless
remiss
negotiate
bargain
deal
nice
affable
benign
noble
aristocratic
distinguished
novice
beginner
nonprofessional
nuisance
annoyance
offense



obedient
faithful
loyal
objection
disapproval
protest
obligatory
compulsory
required
observe
notice
watch
obvious
conspicuous
definite
offend
anger
irritate
offer
bid
proposal
omen
premonition
sign
omit
exclude
remove
opportune
advantageous
auspicious



pacify
appease
placate
pain
ache
discomfort
paramount
chief
leading
partisan
biased
dogmatic
passive
inactive
lethargic
pause
break
cease
permeate
diffuse
disseminate
perpetuate
endure
preserve
perplex
astonish
baffle
persecute
afflict
harass



radiate
effuse
emanate
radical
basic
fundamental
range
anger
furor
rank
arrange
classify
realize
accomplish
fulfill
recalcitrant
obstinate
stubborn
receptacle
container
repository
reconcile
atone
conciliate
regret
deplore
grieve
reliable
dependable
trustworthy



sanction
approval
permit
scope
aim
extent
section
division
portion
settle
adjust
compromise
shallow
superficial
trivial
shrewd
careful
calculating
significant
distinctive
important
slight
delicate
slender
spontaneous
impromptu
unplanned
spread
announce
broadcast
stabilize
balance
steady



tame
domesticate
subdue
tangle
intertwine
twist
temper
mood
nature
tendency
inclination
trend
term
cycle
duration
thrift
conservation
prudence
tough
aggressive
unyielding
transfer
convey
exchange
tumult
agitation
commotion
turbulent
disordered
violent



vain
boastful
inflated
valid
authorized
legitimate
variety
assortment
diversify
verify
authenticate
substantiate


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