A to Z Opposite Words in English | Opposite Words PDF

A to Z Opposite Words! Hi learner, in this lesson you will learn A to Z opposite words in English. An opposite word is a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. In this article, you will find the list of opposite words in English. If you want to download a complete PDF Book for this lesson, you can download from the bottom of this page.

Opposite Words in English

Antonyms, or words with opposing meanings, are also referred to as opposite terms. They are a crucial component of our vocabulary because they give us a way to communicate opposing thoughts and notions in our language. In every element of our daily life, from straightforward descriptions of color, size, and shape to more complicated concepts like emotions, behavior, and attitudes, opposite words may be found. They help us express our ideas and emotions more clearly by allowing us to compare and contrast things.

Examples of Opposite Words

Examples of common opposite words include hot and cold, tall and short, happy and sad, big and small, light and dark, fast and slow, good and bad, and many others. These words have contrasting meanings that are easy to understand, and can be used to create a wide range of expressions and phrases.

Usage of Opposite Words

Opposite words are often used in pairs to emphasize the contrast between them. For example, we might say that something is “black and white” to describe its clear-cut nature, or that someone is “hot-headed and cool-minded” to describe their temperament. Learning opposite words is an important part of building vocabulary and improving language skills. It helps us to express ourselves more effectively, and to understand the nuances of our language. As we continue to use and encounter opposite words in our daily lives, we deepen our understanding of language and the world around us.

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘A’

Above	Below
About	Exactly
Abundance	Lack
Absence	Presence
Accept	Refuse
Accidental	Intentional
Active	Lazy
Add	Subtract
Admit	Deny
Adult	Child
Advanced	Elementary
Afraid	Brave
Affirmative	Negative
After	Before
Against	For
Alike	Different
Alive	Dead
Allow	Forbid
All	None
Already	Not Yet
Always	Never
Ancient	Modern
Ancestor	Descendant
Agree	Refuse
Amateur	Professional
Amuse	Bore
Ancestor	Descendant
Angel	Devil

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘B’

Backward	Forward
Beauty	Ugliness
Back	In Front Of
Begin	End
Behind	In Front Of
Bad	Good
Before	After
Background	Foreground
Beginning	End
Bad Luck	Fortune
Below	Above
Black	White
Bitter	Sweet
Beautiful	Ugly
Borrow	Lend
Boring	Exciting
Best	Worst
Birth	Death
Bore	Amuse
Blunt	Sharp
Big	Small
Better	Worse
Bottom	Top
Body	Soul
Brave	Cowardly
Broad	Narrow
Boy	Girl
Break	Fix

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘C’

Calm	Excited
Certainly	Probably
Cheap	Expensive
Careful	Careless
Centre	Outskirts
Careless	Careful
Clever	Stupid
Catch	Miss
Close	Open
Ceiling	Floor
Compulsory	Voluntary
Comedy	Drama
Cellar	Attic
Complicated	Simple
Changeable	Constant
Cloudy	Clear
Children	Parents
Connect –	Separate
Clear	Cloudy
Consonant	Vowel
Clean	Dirty
Compliment	Insult
Child	Adult
Cold	Heat
Constant	Changeable
Come	Go
Cold	Hot
Closed	Open

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘D’

Danger	Security
Dark	Light
Death	Birth
Deep	Shallow
Defeat	Victory
Delicious	Awful
Defense	Attack
Destroy	Build
Defend	Attack
Descendant	Ancestor
Descent	Ascent
Depart	Arrive
Devil	Angel
Departure	Arrival
Different	Alike
Destruction	Construction
Dawn	Dusk
Difficult	Easy
Damage	Repair
Dirty	Clean
Dictatorship	Republic
Dangerous	Safe
Die	Live
Deny	Admit
Daughter	Son
Dead	Alive
Desperate	Hopeful
Day	Night

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘E’

Ending	Beginning
Equal	Different
End	Beginning
Emigration	Immigration
Enjoy	Hate
Elementary	Advanced
Everything	Nothing
Empty	Full
Exactly	Approximately
Easy	Difficult
Empty	Full
Emigrate	Immigrate
Entrance	Exit
Everybody	Nobody
Evening	Morning
Exclude	Include
Expensive	Cheap
Exciting	Boring
Enemy	Friend
Exposure	Shelter
Exit	Entrance
Export	Import
Excited	Calm
End	Begin
Extreme	Moderate
Enter	Leave
Even	Odd
Enjoy	Hate

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘F’

Fast	Slow
Fail	Succeed
Foreground	Background
Finish	Begin
Few	Many
Fat	Slim
Finish	Start
Floor	Ceiling
Far	Near
Flat	Hilly
Foreigner	Native
Final	First
Foreign	Domestic
First	Final
Forward	Backward
Fortune	Bad Luck
Forbid	Allow
Fix	Break
For	Against
Form	Destroy
Forget	Remember
Find	Lose
Fear	Courage
Failure	Success
Follow	Lead
Female	Male
False	True
Free	Arrest

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘G’

General	Particular
Giant	Tiny
Gentle	Violent
Generous	Mean
Give	Take
Gentleman	Lady
Go	Come
Guest	Host
Grown-up	Child
Good	Bad
Guilty	Innocent
Girl	Boy

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘H’

Happy	Sad
Harvest	Plant
Healthy	Ill
Heat	Cold
Heaven	Hell
Health	Disease
Hell	Heaven
Handsome	Ugly
Hate	Enjoy
Heavy	Light
High	Deep
Hard	Easy
High	Low
Here	There
Hilly	Flat

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘I’

Ill	Healthy
In Front Of	Back
Import	Export
Immigration	Emigration
Ignore	Notice
Immigrate	Emigrate
Intelligent	Silly
Include	Exclude
Intentional	Accidental
Increase	Reduce
Insult	Compliment
Inside	Outside
Innocent	Guilty

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘J’

Just	Unjust
Jovial	Grumpy
Joy	Sadness
Jubilant	Miserable
Jealous	Content
Judicious	Foolish
Jaded	Enthusiastic
Jocular	Serious
Jumpy	Calm
Jinxed	Lucky

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘K’

Knowledgeable	Ignorant
Kind	Cruel
Known	Unknown
Kept	Lost
Keen	Apathetic
Kin	Stranger
Kingly	Humble
Knockout	Failure
Keep	Release
Kempt	Messy

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘L’

Leave	Arrive
Large	Small
Late	Early
Lead	Follow
Land	Water
Laugh	Cry
Lend	Borrow
Last	First
Left	Right
Let	Forbid
Lie	Stand
Lazy	Active
Learn	Teach
Less	More
Life	Death

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘M’

Married	Divorced
Marry	Divorce
Marriage	Divorce
Melt	Freeze
Moderate	Extreme
Maximum	Minimum
Minor	Major
Master	Servant
Miss	Hit
Mean	Generous
Minimum	Maximum
Men	Women
Miss	Catch
Midnight	Noon
Man	Woman
Mend	Break
Mess	Order

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘N’

Negative	Affirmative
Natural	Artificial
Native	Foreigner
Narrow	Broad
Nephew	Niece
Near	Distant
New	Ancient
Niece	Nephew
Never	Always
Nasty	Nice
Nice	Awful
No	Yes

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘O’

Open	Closed
Odd	Even
Open	Closed
Occasionally	Frequently
Off	On
Occupied	Vacant
Opponent	Supporter
Outside	Inside
Often	Seldom
On	Off
Ordinary	Special
Old	Modern
Outskirts	Centre
Other	Same
Order	Mess
Out	In

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘P’

Polite	Rude
Pleasant	Awful
Parents	Children
Presence	Absence
Partial	Total
Peace	War
Plenty	Lack
Part	Whole
Plant	Harvest
Particular	General
Present	Past
Past	Future
Permit	Forbid
Poor	Rich
Pretty	Ugly
Pass	Fail

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘Q’

Quicken	Delay
Quarantine	Release
Quench	Ignite
Quantitative	Qualitative
Qualified	Unqualified
Question	Answer
Quick	Slow
Quiescent	Active
Quiet	Loud
Quality	Inferiority

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘R’

Reply	Ask
Repair	Damage
Remember	Forget
Raise	Lower
Receive	Send
Regret	Satisfaction
Reduce	Increase
Refuse	Agree
Rainy	Sunny
Rear	Front

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘S’

Sadness	Happiness
Sell	Buy
Safety	Danger
Separate	Connect
Sad	Happy
Set Free	Arrest
Save	Spend
Satisfy	Annoy
Send	Receive
Seldom	Often
Silly	Intelligent
Shelter	Exposure
Shallow	Deep
Short	Long
Shout	Whisper
Silent	Noisy
Serious	Funny
Satisfaction	Regret
Sick	Healthy
Scream	Whisper
Sharp	Blunt
Servant	Master
Safe	Dangerous
Same	Different
Senior	Junior
Shut	Open

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘T’

True	False
Temporary	Permanent
Tight	Loose
Terrible	Wonderful
Thick	Thin
Transparent	Opaque
Together	Apart
Tall	Short
Timid	Brave
Trust	Distrust
Triumph	Defeat
Top	Bottom
Tidy	Messy
Tame	Wild
Teach	Learn

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘U’

Useful	Useless
Upstairs	Downstairs
Ugly	Beautiful
Urban	Rural
Unity	Division
Useless	Useful
Under	Over
Ugliness	Beauty
Up	Down
Unite	Divide

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘V’

Visitor	Host
Victory	Defeat
Village	Town
Vacant	Occupied
Violent	Gentle
Valley	Mountain
Vowel	Consonant
Vertical	Horizontal
Voluntary	Compulsory

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘W’

Waste	Save
Water	Land
War	Peace
Wealthy	Poor
Well	Ill
Wealth	Poverty
West	East
Weak	Powerful
White	Black
Wet	Dry
Wedding	Divorce
Warm	Cool
Wide	Narrow
Whisper	Scream

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘X’

Xanthic	Achromatic
X-rayed	Shielded
Xenophobia	Xenophilia
Xylary	Nonwoody
Xenical	Alienating
Xeroxed	Original
Xenophobia	Xenophilia
Xylograph	Lithograph
X-linked	Autosomal
Xeric	Hydric (moist)
Xerophyte	Hygrophyte

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘Y’

Yield –	Resist
Yawn –	Alertness
Yearn –	Detest
Yes –	No
Young –	Old

Opposite Words Starting with the Letter ‘Z’

Zest	Apathy
Zero	Nonzero
Zigzag	Straight
Zany	Sensible
Zenith	Nadir
Zen	Chaos
Zonal	Azonal
Zestful	Dull
Zeal	Apathy
Zinc	Rust
Zone	Chaos
Zippy	Sluggish

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