Tuesday 8 March 2011

ANTONYMS


Above           -     Below
Accept          -     Refuse
Advantage    -      Disadvantage
Agree           -      Differ
Arrival          -      Departure
Attack          -      Defend, Protect
Barren          -      Fertile


Base            -      Noble
Beautiful       -      Ugly
Beginning     -      End

Belief          -       Doubt, Disbelief
Bitter          -       Sweet
Blunt, Dull      -         Sharp, Keen
Bold          -          Timid
Bravery       -         Cowardice
Bright         -         Dull
Broad         -         Narrow
Care           -        Neglect


Cheap           -         Dear, Expensive
Cheerful           -        Cheerless
Clean            -           Dirty
Clever          -          Stupid
Cruel           -           Kind
Confess          -         Deny
Deep          -       Shallow
Difficult      -        Easy
Disease       -       Health
Dwarf          -      Giant
Dry             -       Wet
Early          -        Late
Empty         -       Full
Exterior       -       Interior
False           -       True
Far             -        Near
Fat             -         Thin, Lean


Freedom     -         Slavery
Foolish          -       Wise
Fortunate       -       Unfortunate
Gain              -        Lose, Loss
Great            -        Small
Happiness      -       Misery
Hard               -       Soft, Easy
Haste             -        Delay
Heavy           -         Light
High             -          Low
Honest         -          Dishonest
Honour         -         Shame, Dishonour
Hope            -         Despair
Humble         -         Haughty, Proud
Important         -       Unimportant, Trivial
Inferior            -        Superior
Include             -        Exclude
Inhale              -         Exhale
Import            -          Export
Ignorance            -        Knowledge
Joy                  -           Sorrow
Junior              -           Senior
Lend               -           borrow
Likeness         -         Difference
Long             -           Short
Loyal             -          Disloyal
Master         -            Servant
Moral               -           Immoral
Meek             -             Haughty
Manly             -           Unmanly
Mortal              -          Immortal


Negative           -            Positive
Old                 -             Young
Oral              -              Written
Ordinary            -           Rare
Open               -            Shut
Peace              -            War
Please             -            Displease
Pleasant          -            Unpleasant
Permanent         -          Temporary
Presence           -            Absence
Punctual           -            Late, Unpunctual
Profit               -           Loss
Punish (ment)          -        Reward
Rich                   -           Poor


Rise                 -            Fall, Set
Rough               -             Smooth
Rude               -           Polite
Real               -            Unreal
Regular           -           Irregular
Remember       -           Forget
Sharp           -            Dull Blunt
Soft              -             Hard
Smooth          -           Rough
Sweet            -          Sour


Thick            -            Thin
Top              -            Bottom
Victory           -          Defeat
Virtue            -           Vice
Verbal           -          Written
Wide            -              Narrow


Warm           -           Cool

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