90+ List of English Opposite / Antonym Words



Attack – defend

Forbid – allow

Form – destroy

Fortune – bad luck

Fresh – old/stale

Harvest – plant

Always – never

Ancient – modern

Angel – devil

Ascent – descent

Ask – answer

Asleep – awake

Niece – nephew

Night – day

Plant – harvest

Plenty – lack

Pleasant – awful

Rear – front

Right – left

Rude – polite

Rural – urban

Sad – happy

Satisfy – annoy

Small – big

Smooth – rough

Some – many

South – north

Start – finish

Young – old

Much – little

Nasty – nice

New – ancient

Nice – awful

Host – guest

Huge – tiny

Human – animal

Humane – cruel

Humid – dry

Hungry – thirsty

Husband – wife

In front of – back

Ignore – notice

Import – export

Even – odd

Excited – calm

Exciting – boring

Exclude – include

Exit – entrance

Final – first

Health – disease

Healthy – ill

 heaven – hell

Heavy – light

Hell – heaven

Enter – leave

Entrance – exit

Equal – different

Already – not yet

Town – village

Ugly – beautiful

Under – over

Wide – narrow

Wife – husband

Work – rest

Woman – man

Find – lose

Finish – begin

Finish – start

First – final

Fix – break

Flat – hilly

Floor – ceiling

Follow – lead

In – out

Include – exclude

Life – death

Careful – careless

Careless – careful

Catch – miss

Ceiling – floor

Cellar – attic

Certainly – probably

Clever – stupid

Close – open

Closed – open

Cloudy – clear

Alive – dead

All – none

Attack – defence

Attic – cellar

Autumn – spring

Awake – asleep

Awful – nice

Backward – forward

Bad – good

Bottom – top

Animal – human

Annoy – satisfy

Answer – ask

Answer – question

Apart – together

Artificial – natural

Light – dark

Like – hate

Little – big

Little – much

Live – die

Long – short

Lose – win

Loud – quiet

Love – hate

Allow – forbid

Boy – girl

Brave – cowardly

Break – fix

Broad – narrow
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