Opposite Words for Students

Here is a list of 100+ Words. Read them and add in your vocabulary. These list is arranged alphabetically:

Above – Below
Absent – Present
Accept – Reject
Achieve – Fail
Add – Subtract
Admirable – Despicable
Adult – Child
Advance – Retreat
Advantage – Disadvantage
Affirm – Deny

11. Back – Front

Bad – Good
Beautiful – Ugly
Begin – End
Believe – Doubt
Big – Small
Blunt – Sharp
Bold – Timid
Borrow – Lend
Brave – Cowardly

C 21. Calm – Agitated

Careful – Careless
Cautious – Reckless
Center – Periphery
Cheerful – Gloomy
Clean – Dirty
Clear – Unclear
Close – Open
Cold – Hot
Comfort – Discomfort

D 31. Day – Night

Decrease – Increase
Defend – Attack
Dense – Sparse
Depart – Arrive
Descend – Ascend
Despair – Hope
Destroy – Create
Different – Same
Dim – Bright

E 41. Early – Late

East – West
Easy – Difficult
Empty – Full
End – Begin
Enjoy – Suffer
Entrance – Exit
Equal – Unequal
Even – Odd
Exceed – Fall short

F 51. Fail – Succeed

Far – Near
Fast – Slow
Fat – Thin
Few – Many
Fierce – Mild
First – Last
Float – Sink
Follow – Lead
For – Against

G 61. Gentle – Rough

Give – Take
Glad – Sad
Global – Local
Good – Bad
Gradual – Sudden
Great – Small
Gross – Net
Guilty – Innocent
Grown – Young

H 71. Happy – Sad

Hard – Soft
Harvest – Plant
Health – Illness
Heavy – Light
High – Low
Hot – Cold
Humble – Proud
Husband – Wife
Hyperactive – Sluggish

I 81. Ignorant – Knowledgeable

Ill – Well
Immature – Mature
Import – Export
In – Out
Increase – Decrease
Individual – Collective
Inside – Outside
Interesting – Boring
Introduce – Withdraw

J 91. Join – Separate

Junior – Senior
Just – Unjust
Joy – Sorrow
Judge – Jury
Jump – Land
Jupiter – Earth
Jolly – Sad
Jealous – Trusting
Jumbo – Tiny

K 101. Keep – Abandon

Kind – Cruel
King – Subject
Knowledge – Ignorance
Known – Unknown

L 106. Large – Small

Last – First
Laugh – Cry
Lazy – Industrious
Lead – Follow
Left – Right
Less – More
Light – Dark
Like – Dislike
Listen – Ignore

M 116. Major – Minor

Make – Break
Man – Woman
Many – Few
Maximum – Minimum
Me – You
Mend – Break
Merit – Fault
Midnight – Noon
Mind – Body

N 126. Narrow – Wide

Near – Far
Neat – Messy
Negative – Positive
Never – Always
New – Old
Night – Day
Noisy – Quiet
None – Some
North – South

O 136. Obey – Defy

Objective – Subjective
Occasional – Frequent
Off – On
Often – Rarely
Old – New
Opaque – Transparent
Open – Close
Optimism – Pessimism
Order – Chaos

P 146. Part – Whole

Passive – Active
Past – Future
Patient – Impatient
Peace – War
Permanent – Temporary
Poor – Rich
Positive – Negative
Possible – Impossible
Powerful – Weak

Q 156. Quality – Quantity

Question – Answer
Quiet – Noisy
Quick – Slow
Quit – Continue

R 161. Raise – Lower

Random – Systematic
Rare – Common
Real – Fake
Reality – Fantasy
Right – Wrong
Rise – Fall
Rough – Smooth
Rude – Polite
Run – Walk

S 171. Safe – Dangerous

Same – Different
Save – Spend
Scatter – Collect
Selfish – Generous
Sell – Buy
Senior – Junior
Shallow – Deep
Sharp – Dull
Short – Tall

T 181. Teach – Learn

Temporary – Permanent
Terrible – Wonderful
Thick – Thin
Tight – Loose
Tiny – Huge
Together – Apart
Top – Bottom
Traditional – Modern
Transparent – Opaque

U 191. Ugly – Beautiful

Under – Over
Unhappy – Happy
Unique – Common
Unity – Division
Up – Down
Urgent – Not urgent
Useful – Useless
Utter – Mumble
Usually – Occasionally

V 201. Valuable – Worthless

Victory – Defeat
Visible – Invisible
Volunteer – Compulsory
Vote – Abstain

W 206. Warm – Cool

Wealthy – Poor
Well – Ill
Wet – Dry
Whisper – Shout
White – Black
Wrong – Right

W 213. Wide – Narrow

Wild – Tame
Win – Lose
Wise – Foolish
Withdraw – Deposit
With – Without
Wonder – Mundane
Work – Rest
Worse – Better
Worship – Desecrate

X 223. Expand – Contract

Exterior – Interior

Y 225. Yearn – Despise

Yes – No
Yield – Resist
Young – Old

Z 229. Zenith – Nadir

Zero – Nonzero
Zigzag – Straight
Zip – Unzip
Zone – Unzone

I hope you find these opposite words helpful!