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Antonyms
Antonyms are words that mean the opposite or nearly the opposite of each other for one
meaning. Both synonyms and antonyms are often used in tests and language drills.

Below is a list of common antonyms. Please refer to district adopted materials for words
specific to each grade level.

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absent present before after countrymen foreigner
accident intent bent straight crazy sane
accomplishment failure better worse crooked straight
achieve fail big little cruel kind
add subtract birth death cry laugh
adjacent distant bitter sweet curse bless
admire detest black white
admit reject blunt sharp damage improve
adore hate body soul dark light
advance retreat bold timid dawn sunset
affirm deny bottom top day night
afraid confident brave cowardly deep shallow
after before break repair destroy create
aid hinder brief long difficult easy
alarm comfort bright dull dim bright
alert asleep bring remove divide unite
alive dead boy girl doubt trust
allow forbid busy idle drunk sober
alone together buy sell dull sharp
amateur professional dumb smart
amuse bore capture release
ancient modern cause effect earth sky
annoy soothe cautious careless east west
answer question center edge easy hard
apparent obscure change remain elementary advanced
argue agree cheap expensive end begin
arrive depart child adult even odd
arrogant humble chilly warm evening morning
ascend descend clean dirty evil good
attack defend close open exceptional common
attract repel cold hot expand shrink
awake asleep command obey
awkward graceful complex simple fail pass
compliment insult failure success
back front constant variable false true
bad good continue interrupt famous unknown
bare covered cool warm fancy plain
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fast slow hero coward lost found
fat thin high low loud soft
fiction fact hill valley love hate
find lose him her
finish start hire fire maintain discontinue
firm flabby his hers major minor
fix break hot cold make destroy
follow lead horrible pleasant male female
forgive blame huge tiny man woman
forward backward hurry slow many few
free restricted hurt help marvelous terrible
fresh stale mature immature
friend enemy idle active melt freeze
funny sad in out mess tidiness
full empty individual group miscellaneous specific
innocent guilty mistake accuracy
gain lose inside outside mix separate
generous stingy intelligent stupid moist dry
gentle harsh more less
get give jolly serious most least
give receive joy sadness mother father
glad sad move stay
gloomy cheerful keep lose
glossy dull kind cruel naive sophisticated
go come knowledge ignorance nasty nice
gorgeous ugly near far
great small large small never always
greed generous last first new old
grief joy laugh cry no yes
ground sky leading following nobody everybody
guard attack leave arrive noise quiet
guess know left right none all
less more north south
handsome ugly let prevent nothing something
happy sad level uneven now then
hard soft lie truth
hate love life death obese thin
he she like dislike obvious hidden
head foot likely unlikely odd even
heal infect liquid solid offend please
healthy sick little big offer refuse
heaven hell lively inactive often seldom
heavy light lonely crowded old young
height depth long short on off
help hinder loose tight one several
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ordinary uncommon quit start sit stand
other same slave master
over under raise lower slender fat
random specific slow fast
pacify agitate rapid slow small large
pain pleasure rare common soak dry
panic calm raw cooked sober drunk
part whole ready unprepared some none
partial complete rear front something nothing
particular general reduce increase sorrow gladness
pass fail regret rejoice sour sweet
passive active relax tighten speechless talkative
peace disturbance remember forget spend earn
perceive ignore repair destroy stale fresh
permanent unstable retain lose start stop
permit refuse revenge forgiveness started finished
pessimistic optimistic ridiculous sensible stay leave
physical spiritual right wrong steal provide
place misplace rigid flexible sterile fertile
plain fancy rise sink stiff flexible
play work rough smooth still moving
plentiful sparse rude polite stingy generous
plump thin stop go
polish dull sad happy stranger friend
polite rude same different strength weakness
pollute purify satisfy displease student teacher
poor rich secluded public sturdy weak
positive negative segregate integrate sunrise sunset
powerful weak seldom often superb inferior
praise criticism sell buy supple rigid
preceding following send receive survive die
present absent sensational dull suspect trust
pretty ugly servant master
prevent encourage shack palace take give
pride modesty shade light tall short
private public shame honor tame wild
problem solution sharp dull teach learn
profit loss she he temporary permanent
prohibit allow short long thaw freeze
pupil teacher show hide there here
push pull shy trusting thin thick
sick healthy thorough incomplete
quality inferiority silence sound thrifty wasteful
quick slow single married tidy messy
quiet noisy single plural tie loosen
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timid bold
to from
together apart
told asked
top bottom
toward away
tragic comic
transform retain
transparent - opaque
triumph defeat
true false
truth lie

ultimate primary
union separation
unique common
up down
upset stabilize
urge deter

vacant full
vague definite
vanish appear
vast limited
vertical horizontal
villain hero
visitor host/hostess

waive require
wake sleep
wealth poverty
weep laugh
well badly
wet dry
white black
wild tame
win lose
with without
worship detest
worth uselessness
wreck - create

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