Opposites

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Meaning of Opposites

A person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else is known as an opposite. These lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. The term ‘antonym’ is used as a synonym of opposite, although it has some other meanings too.

Alphabetical list of Opposites and their meanings

A

Word Opposite
abundance lack
alike different
arrival departure
awake asleep
always never

B

Below above
Birth death
Best worst
Bitter sweet
Boy girl

C

Cheap expensive
Clean dirty
Cool warm
Clever stupid
Child adult

D

Dead alive
Devil angel
Difficult easy
Dirty clean
Dull interesting

E

End beginning
Enemy friend
Exit entrance
Easy difficult
Equal different

F

Female Male
Fortune Bad luck
Flat hilly
first last
float sink

G

good bad
good evil
to give to take
to go to come
guilty innocent

H

heaven hell
hungry thirsty
horizontal vertical
heavy light
here there
high low

I

in out
inside outside
insult compliment
intelligent silly
import export

K

kind cruel

L

to lead to follow
to learn to teach
loose tight
lose find
loud quiet

M

More less

N

new old
north south

O

open shut
over under
out in

P
past present
pretty ugly

Q

Quick slow
quiet loud

R

right wrong
rude polite
real fake
rich poor
rainy sunny

S

Slow fast
soft hard
start finish

T

Tomorrow yesterday
thin thick

U

Urban rural
useful useless

V

Village town
violent gentle


W

wealth poverty
wet dry
white black
whole part

Y

young old
yes no

Z

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