English antonyms. What are the most commonly used antonyms in English?
Antonyms are words that contradict each other in terms of meaning. Antonyms are very useful in memorizing words, which is one of the most important elements of language learning. Learning a word with its opposite meaning increases its memorability and makes learning easier. Below are frequently used antonyms in English.
Above | Below |
Alive | Dead |
All | None |
Ask | Reply |
Awake | Asleep |
Beautiful | Ugly |
Begin | End |
Big | Small |
Black | White |
Boring | Exciting |
Bottom | Top |
Boy | Girl |
Buy | Sell |
Careful | Careless |
Catch | Miss |
Clean | Dirty |
Combine | Separate |
Come | Go |
Dangerous | Safe |
Deep | Shallow |
Die | Live |
Domestic | Foreign |
Early | Late |
East | West |
Easy | Difficult |
Everything | Nothing |
Exit | Enter |
Expensive | Cheap |
Export | Import |
Fake | Real |
Far | Near |
Fast | Slow |
Find | Lose |
Floor | Ceiling |
Forget | Remember |
Friend | Enemy |
Full | Empty |
Future | Past |
Give | Take |
Go | Stop |
Good | Bad |
Happy | Sad/Unhappy |
Hard | Soft |
Heaven | Hell |
Heavy | Light |
High | Low |
Hot | Cold |
İmportant | Trivial |
Include | Exclude |
Inside | Outside |
Kind | Rude |
Lazy | Hardworking |
Left | Right |
Let | Forbid |
Light | Dark |
Love | Hate |
Male | Female |
Melt | Freeze |
More | Less |
New | Old |
North | South |
Open | Close |
Over | Under |
Peace | War |
Positive | Negative |
Push | Pull |
Quiet | Loud |
Regular | Irregular |
Rich | Poor |
Right | Wrong |
Same | Different |
Single | Married |
Slim | Fat |
Smart | Stupid |
Special | Genaral |
Strong | Weak |
Subjective | Objective |
Summer | Winter |
Tall | Short |
Teach | Learn |
Thick | Thin |
Tight | Loose |
True | False |
Up | Down |
Wet | Dry |
Wide | Narrow |
Win | Lose |
Young | Old |