Common Antonyms
This resource provides commonly used English antonyms, grouped by difficulty. Use these to expand your vocabulary and improve your language skills.
Easy Antonyms
- Arrive - Depart
- Above - Below
- Alive - Dead
- Always - Never
- Asleep - Awake
- Before - After
- Best - Worst
- Black - White
- Buy - Sell
- Careful - Careless
- Cheap - Expensive
- Close - Open
- Cool - Warm
- Cry - Laugh
- Deep - Shallow
- Early - Late
- Empty - Full
- Enter - Exit
- Even - Odd
- Far - Near
- Fat - Thin
- Friend - Enemy
- Give - Take
- Hard - Soft
- Healthy - Sick
- Heavy - Light
- High - Low
- Inside - Outside
- Left - Right
- Long - Short
- Loose - Tight
- Love - Hate
- Accept - Refuse
- Agree - Disagree
- Allow - Forbid
- Arrive - Leave
- Begin - End
- Brave - Cowardly
- Bright - Dull
- Build - Destroy
- Care - Neglect
- Cheap - Costly
- Clear - Cloudy
- Come - Go
- Create - Destroy
- Dangerous - Safe
- Day - Night
- Difficult - Easy
- Dry - Wet
- Empty - Filled
- Enter - Leave
- Fail - Succeed
- False - True
- Fat - Slim
- Find - Lose
- Finish - Start
- Friend - Foe
- Full - Empty
- Gain - Lose
- Give - Receive
- Go - Stop
- Happy - Sad
Medium Antonyms
- Major - Minor
- Married - Single
- Maximum - Minimum
- Melt - Freeze
- Messy - Neat
- Modern - Ancient
- Natural - Artificial
- Noisy - Quiet
- North - South
- Odd - Even
- On - Off
- Optimist - Pessimist
- Pass - Fail
- Peace - War
- Plenty - Scarcity
- Polite - Rude
- Possible - Impossible
- Presence - Absence
- Private - Public
- Profit - Loss
- Push - Pull
- Raise - Lower
- Real - Fake
- Remember - Forget
- Rough - Smooth
- Safe - Unsafe
- Satisfy - Displease
- Sharp - Blunt
- Simple - Complicated
- Succeed - Fail
- Sunny - Cloudy
- Sweet - Bitter
- Thick - Thin
- Victory - Defeat
- Visible - Invisible
- Wealthy - Poor
- Wide - Narrow
- Win - Lose
- Wisdom - Ignorance
- Young - Old
- Accept - Reject
- Advance - Retreat
- Allow - Deny
- Ancient - Modern
- Appear - Disappear
- Attack - Defend
- Begin - Finish
- Bold - Timid
- Borrow - Lend
- Brave - Afraid
- Broad - Narrow
- Calm - Agitated
- Careful - Reckless
- Cheap - Dear
- Clean - Dirty
- Combine - Separate
- Comfort - Discomfort
- Connect - Disconnect
- Continue - Cease
- Courage - Fear
- Create - Ruin
- Danger - Security
- Dark - Light
Tough Antonyms
- Abundant - Sparse
- Accept - Decline
- Accurate - Inaccurate
- Admit - Reject
- Advance - Retreat
- Agree - Oppose
- Allow - Prevent
- Appear - Vanish
- Approve - Oppose
- Ascend - Plunge
- Attract - Repel
- Bold - Meek
- Brilliant - Mediocre
- Cautious - Rash
- Certain - Doubtful
- Complex - Straightforward
- Conceal - Disclose
- Connect - Detach
- Construct - Dismantle
- Continue - Halt
- Convex - Concave
- Courage - Cowardice
- Defend - Attack
- Deliberate - Haphazard
- Demand - Supply
- Despair - Hope
- Expand - Contract
- Fertile - Infertile
- Flexible - Stiff
- Genuine - Counterfeit
- Humble - Arrogant
- Increase - Diminish
- Innocent - Corrupt
- Justice - Corruption
- Kin - Stranger
- Lament - Celebrate
- Magnify - Minimize
- Naive - Sophisticated
- Obscure - Obvious
- Pacify - Agitate
- Quell - Provoke
- Rational - Irrational
- Scarce - Plentiful
- Tangible - Intangible
- Unity - Division
- Vague - Clear
- Wane - Wax
- Yield - Resist
- Zeal - Apathy
- Abhor - Admire
- Barren - Fertile
- Censure - Praise
- Diligent - Lazy
- Eminent - Unknown
- Foster - Hinder
- Gracious - Rude
- Hinder - Help
- Impartial - Biased
- Jovial - Morose
- Keen - Indifferent
- Lethargic - Energetic
- Meager - Ample
- Nimble - Clumsy
- Obedient - Disobedient
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