200 Antonyms with Meanings:
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1. Absent - Present: Not being in a particular place or not being there at a particular time vs. being in a particular place or being there at a particular time.
2. Abundant - Scarce: Existing or available in large quantities vs. existing or available in small quantities.
3. Accept - Reject: To take something that is offered vs. to refuse to take something that is offered.
4. Accurate - Inaccurate: Correct or exact vs. not correct or exact.
5. Active - Inactive: Doing something or being involved in something vs. not doing anything or not being involved in anything.
6. Acute - Chronic: Severe but short-lasting vs. lasting for a long time.
7. Add - Subtract: To put something together with something else vs. to take something away from something else.
8. Advance - Retreat: To move forward vs. to move backward.
9. Agree - Disagree: To have the same opinion as someone else vs. to have a different opinion than someone else.
10. Aggravate - Soothe: To make something worse vs. to make something better.
11. Agitated - Calm: Nervous or upset vs. peaceful or relaxed.
12. Alive - Dead: Living vs. no longer living.
13. Allow - Forbid: To permit something vs. to prevent something.
14. Alone - Together: Being by oneself vs. being with other people.
15. Ancient - Modern: Very old vs. new or recent.
16. Angry - Happy: Feeling or showing anger vs. feeling or showing pleasure.
17. Appear - Disappear: To come into sight vs. to go out of sight.
18. Approve - Disapprove: To agree with something vs. to disagree with something.
19. Arrogant - Humble: Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance vs. modest or unassuming.
20. Ascending - Descending: Moving upwards vs. moving downwards.
B
21. Backward - Forward: Moving in the opposite direction from the one you are facing vs. moving in the direction you are facing.
22. Bad - Good: Not satisfactory or pleasant vs. satisfactory or pleasant.
23. Begin - End: To start something vs. to finish something.
24. Believe - Disbelieve: To think something is true vs. to think something is not true.
25. Below - Above: Lower than something else vs. higher than something else.
26. Beneficial - Harmful: Having a good effect vs. having a bad effect.
27. Big - Small: Large in size vs. small in size.
28. Bitter - Sweet: Having a sharp, unpleasant taste vs. having a pleasant taste.
29. Black - White: The color of darkness vs. the color of light.
30. Bless - Curse: To say a prayer asking for good things to happen to someone vs. to say bad things will happen to someone.
31. Blind - Seeing: Unable to see vs. able to see.
32. Bold - Timid: Brave or confident vs. shy or fearful.
33. Borrow - Lend: To take something from someone and promise to return it vs. to give something to someone and allow them to keep it for a time.
34. Bottom - Top: The lowest part of something vs. the highest part of something.
35. Bright - Dim: Giving off a lot of light vs. giving off little light.
36. Broad - Narrow: Wide vs. thin.
37. Busy - Idle: Doing something or having a lot to do vs. not doing anything.
38. Buy - Sell: To get something by giving money for it vs. to give something to someone in exchange for money.
C
39. Calm - Excited: Peaceful and relaxed vs. full of energy and enthusiasm.
40. Careful - Careless: Paying attention to detail vs. not paying attention to detail.
41. Cheap - Expensive: Costing little money vs. costing a lot of money.
42. Clean - Dirty: Free from dirt or grime vs. covered in dirt or grime.
43. Close - Open: Shut or sealed vs. not shut or sealed.
44. Cold - Hot: Low in temperature vs. high in temperature.
45. Comfort - Discomfort: A feeling of ease and relaxation vs. a feeling of uneasiness or pain.
46. Common - Rare: Happening often vs. happening rarely.
47. Confident - Doubtful: Feeling certain about something vs. feeling unsure about something.
48. Confused - Clear: Not understanding something vs. understanding something.
49. Constant - Intermittent: Happening all the time vs. happening from time to time.
50. Construct - Destroy: To build something vs. to break something.
51. Courageous - Cowardly: Brave vs. fearful.
52. Create - Destroy: To make something new vs. to break something.
53. Cruel - Kind: Behaving in a way that causes pain or suffering vs. behaving in a way that is caring and helpful.
54. Curious - Uninterested: Wanting to know more about something vs. not wanting to know more about something.
D
55. Dark - Light: The absence of light vs. the presence of light.
56. Dangerous - Safe: Likely to cause harm vs. unlikely to cause harm.
57. Dead - Alive: No longer living vs. living.
58. Decrease - Increase: To become smaller or less vs. to become larger or more.
59. Defeat - Victory: To lose a competition or battle vs. to win a competition or battle.
60. Definite - Indefinite: Clear and certain vs. not clear or certain.
61. Delay - Hurry: To make something happen later vs. to make something happen sooner.
62. Depart - Arrive: To leave a place vs. to reach a place.
63. Destroy - Construct: To break something vs. to build something.
64. Difficult - Easy: Hard to do vs. simple to do.
65. Disagree - Agree: To have a different opinion than someone else vs. to have the same opinion as someone else.
66. Dislike - Like: To not enjoy something vs. to enjoy something.
67. Disobey - Obey: To not follow a rule or order vs. to follow a rule or order.
68. Dismiss - Employ: To send someone away vs. to give someone a job.
69. Distant - Close: Far away vs. near.
70. Diverse - Uniform: Different vs. the same.
71. Doubt - Believe: To think something is not true vs. to think something is true.
72. Down - Up: Lower than something else vs. higher than something else.
E
73. Easy - Difficult: Simple to do vs. hard to do.
74. Empty - Full: Containing nothing vs. containing something.
75. End - Begin: To finish something vs. to start something.
76. Enemy - Friend: Someone who hates you vs. someone who likes you.
77. Enter - Exit: To go into a place vs. to leave a place.
78. Equal - Unequal: The same as something else vs. different from something else.
79. Evil - Good: Morally bad vs. morally good.
80. Expensive - Cheap: Costing a lot of money vs. costing little money.
81. External - Internal: On the outside vs. on the inside.
82. Extrovert - Introvert: Someone who is outgoing and enjoys being around people vs. someone who is shy and prefers to be alone.
F
83. Fail - Succeed: To not be successful vs. to be successful.
84. False - True: Not correct vs. correct.
85. Far - Near: A long distance away vs. a short distance away.
86. Fast - Slow: Moving quickly vs. moving slowly.
87. Fat - Thin: Having a lot of body fat vs. having little body fat.
88. Fearful - Courageous: Shy or afraid vs. brave.
89. Feminine - Masculine: Having qualities that are typically associated with women vs. having qualities that are typically associated with men.
90. Few - Many: A small number vs. a large number.
91. Firm - Soft: Hard and solid vs. not hard and solid.
92. First - Last: Coming before everything else vs. coming after everything else.
93. Flexible - Rigid: Able to bend or move easily vs. not able to bend or move easily.
94. Following - Leading: Coming after something else vs. going before something else.
95. Forget - Remember: To not be able to recall something vs. to be able to recall something.
96. Forgive - Punish: To stop feeling angry with someone vs. to make someone suffer for doing something wrong.
97. Forward - Backward: Moving in the direction you are facing vs. moving in the opposite direction from the one you are facing.
98. Fragile - Strong: Easy to break vs. difficult to break.
99. Free - Captive: Not being held prisoner vs. being held prisoner.
100. Fresh - Stale: New and not old vs. old and not new.
101. Friendly - Unfriendly: Being nice to other people vs. not being nice to other people.
102. Funny - Serious: Making people laugh vs. not making people laugh.
G
103. Gain - Lose: To get something vs. to not have something anymore.
104. Generous - Stingy: Giving freely and willingly vs. unwilling to give anything.
105. Gentle - Rough: Kind and careful vs. harsh and unkind.
106. Give - Take: To provide something to someone vs. to receive something from someone.
107. Glad - Sad: Feeling happy vs. feeling unhappy.
108 Good - Bad: Satisfactory or pleasant vs. not satisfactory or pleasant.
109. Great - Small: Large in size or amount vs. small in size or amount.
H
110. Happy - Sad: Feeling pleasure or contentment vs. feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
111. Hard - Soft: Solid and firm vs. not solid and firm.
112. Hate - Love: To dislike someone or something very much vs. to like someone or something very much.
113. Heavy - Light: Weighing a lot vs. weighing little.
114. Hidden - Visible: Not able to be seen vs. able to be seen.
115. High - Low: At a great height vs. at a small height.
116. Honest - Dishonest: Telling the truth vs. not telling the truth.
117. Hot - Cold: High in temperature vs. low in temperature.
I
118. Ignorant - Knowledgeable: Lacking knowledge or information vs. having knowledge or information.
119. Ill - Well: Sick vs. healthy.
120. Important - Unimportant: Significant and needing attention vs. not significant and not needing attention.
121. Increase - Decrease: To become larger or more vs. to become smaller or less.
122. Inside - Outside: On the inside of something vs. on the outside of something.
123. Insincere - Sincere: Not genuine or honest vs. genuine and honest.
124. Intelligent - Stupid: Clever and able to learn vs. not clever and unable to learn.
125. Internal - External: On the inside vs. on the outside.
126. Interrupt - Continue: To stop something from happening vs. to keep something going.
J
127. Joyful - Sorrowful: Feeling great happiness vs. feeling great sadness.
K
128. Kind - Cruel: Behaving in a way that is caring and helpful vs. behaving in a way that causes pain or suffering.
129. Know - Not Know: To have information or understanding about something vs. to not have information or understanding about something.
L
130. Large - Small: Big in size vs. small in size.
131. Late - Early: Happening after the expected time vs. happening before the expected time.
132. Lazy - Hardworking: Not wanting to work or make an effort vs. wanting to work and make an effort.
133. Leave - Stay: To go away from a place vs. to remain in a place.
134. Legal - Illegal: Allowed by the law vs. not allowed by the law.
135. Light - Dark: The presence of light vs. the absence of light.
136. Like - Dislike: To enjoy something vs. to not enjoy something.
137. Likely - Unlikely: Having a high chance of happening vs. having a low chance of happening.
138. Lose - Win: To not be successful vs. to be successful.
139. Loud - Quiet: Making a lot of noise vs. making little noise.
140. Love - Hate: To like someone or something very much vs. to dislike someone or something very much.
141. Loyal - Disloyal: Faithful and true to someone or something vs. not faithful and not true to someone or something.
M
142. Major - Minor: Important or significant vs. not important or not significant.
143. Male - Female: A person who is biologically male vs. a person who is biologically female.
144. Many - Few: A large number vs. a small number.
145. Mature - Immature: Fully developed vs. not fully developed.
146. Mean - Kind: Unkind and unpleasant vs. caring and helpful.
147. Melt - Freeze: To change from a solid to a liquid vs. to change from a liquid to a solid.
148. Merry - Sad: Happy and cheerful vs. unhappy and gloomy.
149. Mild - Severe: Not strong or serious vs. strong or serious.
150. Modern - Ancient: New or recent vs. very old.
151. Modest - Arrogant: Humble and unassuming vs. having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
152. More - Less: A greater amount or quantity vs. a smaller amount or quantity.
153. Morning - Evening: The time of day between sunrise and noon vs. the time of day between noon and sunset.
154. Move - Stay: To change position vs. to remain in the same position.
155. Much - Little: A large amount or quantity vs. a small amount or quantity.
N
156. Narrow - Broad: Thin vs. wide.
157. Natural - Artificial: Existing in nature vs. made by humans.
158. Negative - Positive: Bad or unpleasant vs. good or pleasant.
159. Never - Always: Not at any time vs. at all times.
160. New - Old: Recently made or produced vs. made or produced a long time ago.
161. Night - Day: The time of darkness between sunset and sunrise vs. the time of light between sunrise and sunset.
162. No - Yes: The answer to a question that means "not" vs. the answer to a question that means "yes".
163. Noise - Silence: Sound that is loud or unwanted vs. the absence of sound.
164. Normal - Abnormal: Usual or typical vs. unusual or not typical.
165. North - South: The direction towards the North Pole vs. the direction towards the South Pole.
166. Nothing - Something: No thing or amount vs. a thing or amount.
O
167. Obedient - Disobedient: Following a rule or order vs. not following a rule or order.
168. Old - New: Made or produced a long time ago vs. recently made or produced.
169. Open - Close: Not shut or sealed vs. shut or sealed.
170. Optimistic - Pessimistic: Expecting good things to happen vs. expecting bad things to happen.
171. Outside - Inside: On the outside of something vs. on the inside of something.
P
172. Painful - Pleasant: Causing pain or discomfort vs. causing pleasure or enjoyment.
173. Peace - War: A state of calm and harmony vs. a state of conflict and violence.
174. Permit - Forbid: To allow something vs. to prevent something.
175. Pessimistic - Optimistic: Expecting bad things to happen vs. expecting good things to happen.
176. Plain - Fancy: Simple and not decorated vs. decorated and elaborate.
177. Pleasant - Unpleasant: Causing pleasure or enjoyment vs. causing pain or discomfort.
178. Poor - Rich: Having little money vs. having a lot of money.
179. Possible - Impossible: Able to happen vs. unable to happen.
180. Positive - Negative: Good or pleasant vs. bad or unpleasant.
181. Powerful - Weak: Having a lot of strength or influence vs. having little strength or influence.
182. Praise - Criticize: To say good things about someone or something vs. to say bad things about someone or something.
183. Present - Absent: Being in a particular place or being there at a particular time vs. not being in a particular place or not being there at a particular time.
184. Private - Public: Belonging to one person or group vs. belonging to everyone.
185. Promise - Threaten: To say you will do something vs. to say you will do something bad.
186. Protect - Harm: To keep someone or something safe vs. to cause damage or injury.
187. Push - Pull: To move something away from you vs. to move something towards you.
188. Put - Take: To place something somewhere vs. to remove something from somewhere.
Q
189. Quiet - Loud: Making little noise vs. making a lot of noise.
R
190. Rare - Common: Happening rarely vs. happening often.
191. Real - Fake: Genuine and true vs. not genuine and not true.
192. Reject - Accept: To refuse to take something that is offered vs. to take something that is offered.
193. Release - Capture: To set someone or something free vs. to catch someone or something.
194. Remain - Leave: To stay in a place vs. to go away from a place.
195. Remember - Forget: To be able to recall something vs. to not be able to recall something.
196. Remove - Add: To take something away from something else vs. to put something together with something else.
197. Repel - Attract: To push something away vs. to pull something towards you.
198. Rough - Smooth: Not smooth or even vs. smooth and even.
199. Rude - Polite: Unkind and disrespectful vs. kind and respectful.
S
200. Sad - Happy: Feeling sorrow or unhappiness vs. feeling pleasure or contentment.