Opposite Words for Students
Here is a list of 100+ Words. Read them and add in your vocabulary. These list is arranged alphabetically:
A
- Above – Below
- Absent – Present
- Accept – Reject
- Achieve – Fail
- Add – Subtract
- Admirable – Despicable
- Adult – Child
- Advance – Retreat
- Advantage – Disadvantage
- Affirm – Deny
B
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!
