An antonym is a word of opposite meaning, e.g., good and bad; these two words have opposite meanings. Most reading/language arts curriculums cover both antonyms and synonyms. In the early years, easy antonyms are introduced, e.g., hot/cold and happy/sad. Antonyms are commonly used in analogies, e.g., below is to above as open is to closed. Below please find a comprehensive list of antonyms as well as free worksheets.
List of Antonyms
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above - below |
abundant & plentiful - scarce |
accident - intentional |
accurate - inaccurate |
achieve, pass, succeed & accomplishment - fail & failure |
add - subtract |
adjacent - distant |
admire - detest |
admit & accept - deny, decline & reject |
adore & love - hate |
advance - retreat |
advantage - disadvantage |
affirm - deny |
afraid - confident |
after - before |
alert - asleep |
alive - dead |
allow - forbid |
amateur - professional |
amuse - bore |
ancient - modern |
angel - devil |
annoy - soothe |
answer - question |
antonym - synonym |
apparent - obscure |
approach & advance - retreat |
approval - disapproval |
argue & disagree - agree |
arrive - depart |
arrogant & proud - humble & modest |
ascend - descend |
attack - defend |
attic - cellar |
attract - repel |
attractive - repulsive |
awake - asleep |
awkward - graceful |
back - front |
bad, wicked & evil? good & angelic |
bare - covered |
beautiful & handsome - ugly |
bend - straighten |
bent - straight |
best - worst |
better - worse |
big, large, great, huge & vast ? little, tiny & small |
birth - death |
bitter - sweet |
black - white |
body - soul |
bold - timid |
borrow - lend |
bound, captivity & imprison - free & freedom |
boy - girl |
brave & courageous - cowardly |
break - repair, fix & restore |
bright, sharp & sensational - dull, dim & blunt |
brighten - fade |
bring - take away & remove |
broad & wide - narrow |
build & create - wreck, destroy & demolish |
busy - idle |
buy & purchase - sell |
calm & self-control - excited, agitated, anxious, panic & turbulence |
can - can't & cannot |
capable - incapable |
capture - release |
cause - effect |
cautious & careful - careless & rush |
center - edge |
change - remain |
cheap & inexpensive - expensive |
child - adult |
city - country |
clean - dirty |
clockwise - counterclockwise |
close & shut - open |
close by - distant & far away |
clumsy & awkward - graceful |
cold - hot |
collect - scatter |
command & disobey - obey |
compliment - insult |
conceal - reveal |
constant - variable |
continue - interrupt |
copy - original |
countrymen - foreigner |
crazy - sane |
crooked - straight |
curse - bless |
damage - improve |
dawn - sunset |
day - night |
daytime - nighttime |
deep - shallow |
demand - supply |
dense - sparse |
destroy - create |
devil - angel |
difficult - easy |
dismiss - adjourn |
displease - satisfy & please |
divide - unite |
doctor - patient |
doubt - trust |
dull - sharp & polish |
dumb & stupid - smart, intelligent & clever |
dusk - dawn |
early & now - late & later |
earth - sky |
east - west |
easy - hard |
ebb - flow |
elementary - advanced |
employer - employee |
encourage & urge - discourage, deter & opposed |
end - begin & start |
even - odd |
evening - morning |
evil - good |
exit - entrance & enter |
expand - contract |
export - import |
exterior - interior |
external - internal |
fail - pass |
failure - success |
false - true |
fancy - plain |
fat, obese, thick & plump - thin, skinny & slender |
fiction - fact |
firm - flabby |
flexible - stiff |
float - sink |
follow - lead |
for - against |
fore - aft & back |
forelegs - hind legs |
forgive - blame |
forgiveness - blame & revenge |
fortunate - unfortunate |
forward - backward |
frank & open - secretive |
free - restricted |
fresh - stale |
friend & ally - foe, enemy & stranger |
full - empty |
funny - sad |
gain - lose |
gather - distribute |
generous - stingy |
gentle & mild - rough & harsh |
giant - dwarf |
give & send - get, receive & take |
glad - sad & sorry |
gloomy & dismal - cheerful |
glossy - dull |
go - come |
gorgeous - ugly |
greedy - generous |
grief & sorrow - joy |
ground - sky |
grow - shrink |
guard - attack |
guess - know |
happy & merry - sad & miserable |
hard - soft |
harmful - harmless |
hate & detest - love & worship |
he - she |
head - foot |
heal - infect |
heaven - hell |
height - depth |
hello & hi - good bye |
help - hurt & hinder |
hero - coward |
high - low |
hill - valley |
him - her |
hire - fire |
his - hers |
hold & retain - let go |
horrible - pleasant |
huge, enormous & immense - tiny & minute |
hunger - thirst |
idle - active |
ignorance - notice & perceive |
imitation - genuine |
important - trivial |
in - out |
include - exclude |
increase - decrease & reduce |
individual - group |
infant - grownup |
inhabited - uninhabited |
inhale - exhale |
inner - outer |
innocent - guilty |
inside & within - outside |
interesting & exciting - boring |
joy - sadness |
junior - senior |
just - unjust |
justice - injustice |
kind - cruel |
king - queen & subject |
knowledge - ignorance |
known & famous - unknown |
land - sea |
landlord - tenant |
last & ultimate - first & primary |
laugh - cry & weep |
lawful - illegal & unlawful |
lawyer - client |
lazy - industrious & energetic |
lead - follow |
leave - arrive |
left - right |
lengthen - shorten |
lenient - strict |
let - forbid |
level - uneven |
lie - truth |
life - death |
light - dark, heavy & shade |
like - dislike |
likely - unlikely |
limited - boundless |
live & survive - die |
lock & bolt - unlock |
lonely - crowded |
long ? short & brief |
loose & slack - tight |
lose - find |
lost - found |
loud, noisy & talkative - soft & quiet |
loyal - disloyal |
mad - happy, pleased, sane & sensible |
magnetized - repel & demagnetized |
maintain - discontinue |
major - minor |
majority - minority |
make - destroy |
male - female |
man - women |
many - few |
marvelous - terrible |
mature - immature |
melt & thaw - freeze |
messy - tidy & neat |
minimum - maximum |
miscellaneous - specific |
mistake - accuracy |
mix, join & combine - separate |
moist - dry |
more - less |
most - least |
mother - father |
move & leave - stay |
nadir - zenith |
naïve - sophisticated |
nasty - nice |
natural - artificial |
near - far |
never - always |
new - old, used & secondhand |
no - yes |
nobody - everybody |
noisy - quiet |
none - all, any & some |
nonsense - sense |
north - south |
nothing - something |
obvious - hidden |
occupied - vacant, empty & free |
offend - please |
offer & grant - refuse |
often & frequent - seldom |
old - young |
once - now |
one - several |
on-off |
opposite - parallel |
order - disarray |
ordinary & common - uncommon, extraordinary, exceptional, rare & unique |
over - under |
pacify - agitate |
pain - pleasure & joy |
parent - child |
part - whole |
partial - complete |
particular - general |
pass - fail |
passive - active |
past - present |
patient - impatient |
peace - war, disturbance & uproar |
permanent - unstable & temporary |
permit - prevent & refuse |
pessimistic - optimistic |
physical - spiritual |
place - misplace |
plain - fancy |
plentiful - scarce |
poetry - pose |
pollute - purify |
poor - rich |
positive - negative |
possible - impossible |
poverty - wealth |
praise - criticize & blame |
preceding - following |
present - absent |
pretty - ugly |
prevent - encourage |
pride & arrogance - modesty & humility |
problem - solution |
profit - loss |
prohibit - allow |
prudent - reckless & imprudent |
public - private & secluded |
pull - push |
pupil - teacher |
pure - tainted & impure |
qualified - unqualified |
quality - inferiority |
raise - lower |
random - specific |
raw - cooked |
ready - unprepared |
real - fake |
regret - rejoice |
regular & ordinary - irregular & unusual |
relax - tense & tighten |
remember - forget |
repair - destroy |
retain - lose |
ridiculous - sensible |
right & correct - wrong & incorrect |
rigid & inflexible - lax & flexible |
rise- drop |
rough - smooth |
rude & impolite - polite & courteous |
run - walk |
safe - dangerous |
same - different |
satisfactory - unsatisfactory |
secure - vulnerable & insecure |
segregate - integrate |
serious - trivial |
servant & slave - master |
shack - palace |
shame - honor |
she - he |
show - hide |
shy - outgoing |
sick, disease & ill - healthy |
silence - noisy & sound |
simple - complex, difficult & fancy |
single - married & plural |
sit & lie - stand |
slow - fast, quick & rapid |
smile - frown |
solid - liquid |
soon - later |
sour - sweet |
sow & plant - reap & harvest |
speak - listen |
speechless - talkative |
spend & waste - save |
stale - fresh |
stay - leave |
steal - return & provide |
sterile - fertile |
still & stationary - moving |
stingy - generous |
stop, finish & quit - start & go |
strong, powerful, strength & sturdy - weak, weakness & feeble |
student & pupil - teacher |
summer - winter |
sunny - cloudy |
sunrise - sunset |
superior & superb - inferior |
suspect - trust |
tall - short |
tame - wild |
teach - learn |
temporary - permanent |
thaw - freeze |
there - here |
thin - thick |
thorough - careless |
thrifty - wasteful |
throw - catch |
tie - loosen |
to - from |
today - yesterday |
together - alone & apart |
told - asked |
top - bottom |
toward - away |
tragic - comic |
transparent - opaque |
triumph - defeat |
true - false |
truth, honest & tell the truth - lie & dishonesty |
ultimate - primary |
understand - misunderstand |
union - separation |
up - down |
upright & right-side-up - upside-down |
upset - comfort |
upset - stabilize |
upstairs - downstairs |
us - them |
vague, cloudy & indefinite - clear & definite |
valuable - worthless |
vanish & disappear - appear |
vertical - horizontal |
victory - defeat |
villain - hero |
virtue - vice |
visible - invisible |
visitor & guest - host & hostess |
voluntary & willing - involuntary & reluctant |
waive - require |
warm - cool, cold & chilly |
wax - wane |
well - badly |
west - east |
wet - dry |
win - lose & loss |
wisdom - foolishness |
wise - foolish |
with - without |
work - play |
worship - detest |
worth - uselessness |
yin - yang |
zip - unzip |
Antonym Worksheets
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Antonym Worksheet 1
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: on, off, above, below, in, out, near, far, before, after, left & right.
Antonym Worksheet 2
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: on, off, in, out, above, below, left, right, before, after, over & under.
Antonym Worksheet 3
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: over, under, near, far, before, after, left & right.
Antonym Worksheet 4
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: on, off, above, below, in, out, near, far, before, after, left, right, over & under.
Antonym Worksheet 5
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: top & bottom.
Antonym Worksheet 6
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: left & right.
Antonym Worksheet 7
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: start, finish, go & stop.
Antonym Worksheet 8
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: above & below.
Antonym Worksheet 9
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: first & last.
Antonym Worksheet 10
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: inside & outside.
Antonym Worksheet 11
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: top, bottom, left, right, start, finish, go, stop, above, below, first, last, inside & outside.
Antonym Worksheet 12
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: before & after.
Antonym Worksheet 13
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: on, off, under & over.
Antonym Worksheet 14
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: bad, good, cold, hot, fast, slow, high, low, long, short, yes & no.
Antonym Worksheet 15
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: clean, dirty, close, open, full, empty, hard, soft, in, out, warm & cold.
Antonym Worksheet 16
We offer a free printable antonym worksheet that focuses on the following words: light, heavy, pretty, ugly, night, day, easy, hard, large, small, lost, found, now, later, old, new, pull, push, wet & dry.
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