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words and their opposites

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words and their opposites

Here you find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes (dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here.
This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very small amount because of clarity.

WordOpposite
A
aboutexactly
abovebelow
absencepresence
abundancelack
to acceptto refuse
accidentalintentional
activelazy
to addto subtract
to admitto deny
adultchild
advancedelementary
affirmativenegative
afraidbrave
afterbefore
againstfor
Alike    similardifferent
alivedead
allnone
alwaysnever
ancientmodern
to agreeto refuse, to argue
to allowto forbid
alreadynot yet
amateurprofessional
to amuseto bore
angeldevil
animalhuman
to annoyto satisfy
to answerto ask
answerquestion
aparttogether
approximatelyexactly
to arrestto free, to set free
arrivaldeparture
to arriveto depart, to leave
artificialnatural
to askto answer
asleepawake
to attackto defend
attackdefence, protection
autumnspring
awakeasleep
awfuldelicious, nice, pleasant
B
backin front of
backgroundforeground
backwardforward
badgood
bad luckfortune, good luck
beautyugliness
beforeafter
to beginto end, to stop, to finish
beginningend, ending
behindin front of
belowabove
bestworst
betterworse
beautifulugly
bigsmall, little
birthdeath
bittersweet
blackwhite
blundsharp
bodysoul
to boreto amuse, to be interested in
boringexciting, interesting
to borrowto lend
bottomtop
boygirl
bravecowardly, afraid
to breakto mend, to fix
broadnarrow
brothersister
to buildto destroy
busylazy
to buyto sell
C
calmexcited
carefulcareless
carelesscareful
to catchto miss, to throw
ceilingfloor
cellarattic
centreoutskirt, suburb
certainlyprobably
changeableconstant
cheapexpensive
childadult, grown-up
childrenparents
cleandirty
clearcloudy
cleverstupid
to closeto open
closedopen
cloudyclear, sunny, bright
cold (adjective)hot
cold (noun)heat
to cometo go
comedydrama, tragedy
complicatedsimple
complimentinsult
compulsoryvoluntary
to connectto separate
consonantvowel
constantchangeable
constructiondestruction
to continueto interrupt
coolwarm
correctfalse, wrong
couragefear
courageouscowardly
cowardlybrave, courageous
to createto destroy
cruelhuman, kind
to cry (schreien)to whisper
to cry (weinen)to laugh
D
to damageto repair
dangersecurity, safety
dangeroussafe
darklight
daughterson
dawndusk
daynight
deadalive
deathbirth, life
deepshallow
defeatvictory
defenceattack
to defendto attack
deliciousawful
to denyto admit
to departto arrive
departurearrival
desperatehopeful
to destroyto build, to create, to form
destructionconstruction
devilangel
dictatorshiprepublic
to dieto live
differentalike, equal, the same
difficulteasy
dirtyclean
diseasehealth
distantnear
to divideto unite
divisionunity
to divorceto marry
divorcemarriage, wedding
divorcedmarried
domesticforeign
downup
downstairsupstairs
dramacomedy
dryhumid, wet
dullinteresting
duskdawn
E
earlylate
eastwest
easydifficult, hard
elementaryadvanced
to emigrateto immigrate
emigrationimmigration
emptyfull
to endto begin
endbeginning
endingbeginning
enemyfriend
to enjoyto hate
to enterto leave
entranceexit
equaldifferent
evenodd
eveningmorning
everybodynobody
everythingnothing
exactlyabout, approximately
excitedcalm
excitingboring
to excludeto include
exitentrance
expensivecheap
exportimport
exposureshelter
extrememoderate
F
to failto succeed, to pass
failuresuccess
falsecorrect, true
farnear
fastslow
fatslim, thin
fearcourage
femalemale
fewmany
finalfirst
to findto lose
to finishto begin
finishstart
firstfinal, last
to fixto break
flathilly
floorceiling
to followto lead
to forbidto allow, to let, to permit
foragainst
foregroundbackground
foreigndomestic
foreignernative
to forgetto remember
to formto destroy
fortunebad luck
forwardbackward
to freeto arrest
to freezeto melt
friendenemy
frontrear
in front ofback, behind
fullempty
funnyserious
futurepast, present

2014-12-24