Antonym Words List A to Z with PDF

This article helps learn antonym words list A to Z PDF for beginner English learners. Antonyms words list will not only help you add variety to your English language but will also strengthen your English language expression. The Antonyms list is not only for beginners but for 2nd grade, grade 4, competitive exams, grade 3 and for all the other grades.

Let’s define ‘Antonyms’ first; A Antonyms is a word having the opposite meaning.

Antonym Words List A to Z

Antonym Words List A

Words	Antonyms
antonym	synonym
apart	together
argue	agree
arrest	free
arrival	departure
arrive	depart
artificial	natural
autumn	spring
awake	asleep
animal	human
annoy	satisfy
answer	ask
answer	question
animal	human
attack	defence
attic	cellar
alive	dead
all	none
allow	forbid
already	not yet
attack	defend
awful	nice
ask	answer
asleep	awake
ascent	descent
amuse	bore
ancestor	descendant
angel	devil
amateur	professional
amuse	bore
always	never
ancient	modern
attack	defend

Antonym Words List B

Words	Antonyms
broad	narrow
big	small, little
blunt	sharp
better	worse
bitter	sweet
borrow	lend
bravery	cowardice
bitter	sweet
build	destroy, demolish
bold	timid, meek
bright	dull
back	in front of
best	worst
blame	praise
bless	curse
bent	straight
big	small, little
blunt	sharp
better	worse
bold	timid, meek
broad	narrow
bent	straight
backward	forward
bad	good
blame	praise
bless	curse
bitter	sweet
brave	cowardly
break	fix
bitter	sweet
borrow	lend
bravery	cowardice
borrow	lend
bravery	cowardice
build	destroy, demolish
bottom	top
boy	girl

Antonym Words List C

Words	Antonyms
close	open
capable	incapable
cloudy	clear
clear	vague, cloudy
careful	rush, careless
calm	troubled
closed	open
catch	miss
ceiling	floor
captivity	freedom, liberty
careful	careless
careless	careful
common	rare
cellar	attic
certainly	probably
clever	stupid
calm	troubled
courage	cowardice
cruel	kind
courteous	discourteous, rude
clear	vague, cloudy
careful	rush, careless
correct	incorrect
conceal	reveal
come	go
capable	incapable
captivity	freedom, liberty
clockwise	anti-clockwise
correct	incorrect
conceal	reveal

Antonym Words List D

Words	Antonyms
dawn	sunset
dally	hurry
doubt	trust
drunk	sober
demolish	build
downwards	upwards
daytime	midnight
denounce	praise
death	birth
dusk	dawn
decrease	increase
definite	indefinite
demand	supply
despair	hope
dainty	clumsy
danger	safety
dark	light
deep	shallow
defeat	victory
dry	dry
dark	light
doctor	patient
damage	improve
discourage	encourage
different	similar
divide	join
dim	bright
docile	disobedient
dormant	awake
despair	hope
defy	obey
delicate	strong
demand	supply
defend	attack

Antonym Words List E

Words	Antonyms
empty	full
end	begin
exceptional	usual
enemy	friend
ecstasy	misery
even	odd
excited	calm
enormous	tiny
enlarge	reduce
enjoy	hate
enter	leave
encourage	discourage
entrance	exit
employer	employee
entrance	exit
equal	different
enough	insufficient
excite	bore
ebb	flow
East	West
economise	waste
exciting	boring
exclude	include
early	late
easy	difficult
empty	full
excited	calm
end	beginning
expand	contract
entirely	partially
evident	unnoticeable
evil	virtuous
expensive	cheap
export	import
exterior	interior
external	internal
enormous	tiny
everlasting	transient
exactly	inaccurately
early	late

Antonym Words List F

Words	Antonyms
fix	break
flat	hilly
follow	lead
fat	thin
fast	slow
fat	skinny
frown	smile
freeze	boil
feeble	strong
fat	thin
friend	enemy
fortunate	unfortunate
forget	remember
fact	fiction
few	many
fresh	stale
find	lose
fake	real
floor	ceiling
forgivable	unforgivable
forward	backward
float	sink
fall	rise
forbid	allow
foolish	wise
famous	unknown
firm	flabby
find	lose
first	last
free	restricted

Antonym Words List G

Words	Antonyms
grief	joy
gentle	violent
grow	shrink
give	take
gloomy	light
get	lose
garbage can	rubbish
generous	greedy
gigantic	tiny
guilty	guilty
go	go
glorify	dishonour
giant	giant
gallant	cowardly
gratis	for a fee
general	particular
generous	mean
gentle	violent
great	ordinary
grant	beg
good	bad
good luck	bad luck
grown-up	child
grasping	generous
gentleman	lady
giant	tiny
girl	boy
guilty	innocent
guest	host

Antonym Words List H

Words	Antonyms
harmful	harmless
health	disease
heat	cold
harvest	plant
hit	miss
hate	enjoy
human	animal
healthy	sick
humid	dry
hard	easy, soft
hero	coward
happy	sad
huge	tiny
harsh	mild
hot	cold
husband	wife
host	guest
heaven	hell
horizontal	vertical
he	she
handsome	ugly
happiness	sadness
hungry	full
hopeless	hopeful
high	low
hopeful	desperate
here	there
high	low
heavy	light
hilly	flat

Antonym Words List I

Words	Antonyms
identical	different
intentional	accidental
illicit	legal
interesting	boring
ignite	extinguish
inertia	activeness
ignorant	educated
moderate	moderate
incisive	rambling
innocent	guilty
ichor	unmovable
insult	compliment
intelligent	silly, stupid
implacable	peaceable
important	unimportant
inscrutable	expressive
inter	exhume
in	out
include	exclude
ichor	unmovable
important	trivial
immigration	emigration
import	export
instructor	pupil
infallible	capable
increase	decrease
intentional	accidental
in front of	back
interrupt	continue
inside	outside

Antonym Words List J

Words	Antonyms
joy	grief
jitney	smoker
jocular	serious
jocund	sad
jabs	pulls
jeopardy	safety
juncture	split
junket	scouting trip
junta	empire
justify	blame
jingoism	melting pot
juggernaut	small person
jacks	dozen
jade	refresh
jealous	admiring
jags	levels
jubilant	downcast
jail	free
joust	peace
jealous	trusting
junior	senior
jeremiad	confound

Antonym Words List K

Words	Antonyms
kind	cruel
kin	unrelated
keen	sharp
kindergarten	college
keep	give
kaput	active
kid	adult
kowtow	disrespect
knotty	royal
knead	destroy
knock	praise
knit	unravel
knotty	royal
kickoff	destination
kennel	citadel
kidnap	release
kudos	shame
kneel	rise
knife	spoon
key	ancillary
king	queen
kit	disburse
know	forget
knowledge	ignorance
knob	hole
kick	take up
kosher	improper
kill	bear
kayak	winter sports
kernel	exterior

Antonym Words List L

Words	Antonyms
liquid	solid
little	big
little	much
left	right
long	short
lose	win
loud	quiet
landlord	tenant
lazy	active
live	die
lazy	diligent
lovely	terrible
low	high
lower	raise
lawful	unlawful
laugh	cry
lack	plenty
lady	gentleman
life	death
light	dark
long	short
loser	winner
love	hate
lovely	terrible
light	heavy
less	more
land	water
large	small
last	first
late	early

Antonym Words List M

Words	Antonyms
major	minor
male	female
miss	catch
moderate	extreme
militate	boost morale
mess	order
midnight	noon
modern	ancient
merry	sad
minatory	bright
minor	major
mirth	depression
man	woman
master	servant
maximum	minimum
mean	generous
melt	freeze
montage	ruin
miser	spendthrift
mosaic	facile
mature	immature
morning	evening
mountain	valley
moon	sun
more	less
much	little
monarchy	republic
most	least
marry	divorce
maximum	minimum

Antonym Words List N

Words	Antonyms
native	stranger
natural	artificial
nasty	nice
new	ancient
nice	awful
narrow	wide
neat	messy
negative	positive
none	some
now	then
niece	nephew
night	day
nephew	niece
never	always
north	south
nasty	pleasant
no	yes
noon	midnight
none of	al lof
nasty	nice
near	distant, far
negative	affirmative
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet, silent
normal	strange
north	south
now	then
nadir	zenith
not yet	already
nothing	everything

Antonym Words List P

Words	Antonyms
plant	harvest
plenty	lack
praise	criticism
powerful	weak
poverty	wealth
parents	children
possible	impossible
pleasant	awful
poverty	riches
predator	prey
private	public
peace	war
pre	post
pass	fail
partial	total
permanent	temporary
plural	singular
part	whole
polite	impolite
plentiful	scarce
pretty	ugly
poor	rich
patient	impatient
particular	general
polite	rude
put on	take off
prudent	imprudent
push	pull
presence	absence
pure	impure
present	past

Antonym Words List Q

Words	Antonyms
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy
quadriceps	biceps
quagmire	desert
quarter	evict
queen	king
quick	slow
quirkily	normally
queasy	healthy
querulous	affable
queue	disorganization
quests	predators
quoted	hid
quotable	unquotable
quotient	aggregate
qualified	unqualified
question	solution
quantum	point
quagmire	desert
queries	answers
quiet	noisy
quit	continue
quake	still
quadrant	circle
quietly	loudly
quotably	unquotable
quite	hardly
quicker	clearer
quilting	blandness

Antonym Words List R

Words	Antonyms
rear	front
rude	polite
reply	question
radiant	dull
rakish	unfashionable
relevant	irrelevant
rapacious	charitable
rich	poor
rapport	rapport
rare	common
right	wrong
raze	construct
regular	irregular
reciprocal	unrequited
risky	safe
relief	heartbreak
rapid	slow
renege	fulfill
rough	smooth
right	left
republic	dictatorship
rural	urban
real	fake
robust	weak
roil	pacify
rude	polite
retrench	augment
resound	execrate
rainy	sunny
rear	front

Antonym Words List S

Words	Antonyms
sadness	happiness
safe	dangerous
security	danger
seldom	often
salt	sugar
senior	junior
sweet	bitter
synonym	antonym
solid	liquid
special	general
spring	autumn
sometimes	often
sunny	cloudy
supporter	opponent
start	finish
stupid	clever
suburb	centre
strange	normal
sour	sweet
south	north
success	failure
stranger	native
strict	gentle
soul	body
sugar	salt
strong	weak
student	teacher
son	daughter
summer	winter
sun	moon

Antonym Words List T

Words	Antonyms
tame	wild
tall	short
thrive	fail
total	part
true	false
teacher	student
then	now
trap	release
terrible	wonderful
teach	learn
terrible	lovely
there	here
throw	catch
thirsty	hungry
tolerant	intolerant
transparent	opaque
thick	thin
thin	thick
town	village
tragedy	comedy
tie	untie
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
tough	easy
true	false
top	bottom
total	partial
tough	tender
tight	loose
tiny	giant

Antonym Words List U

Words	Antonyms
useless	useful
untouchable	reachable
unduly	appropriately
unity	division
undying	mortal
unsafe	safe
untried	great
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
unqualified	qualified
union	separation
unease	peace
ugly	beautiful
under	over
understand	misunderstand
urban	rural
useful	useless
unique	common
ugliness	beauty
upset	stabilize
upbringing	adulthood
urge	deter
unfold	fold
uncanny	natural
upside-down	right-side-up
untrue	loyal
under	over
untoward	happy
us	them
unknown	known

Antonym Words List V

Words	Antonyms
violent	gentle
visitor	host
vanish	appear
victory	defeat
virtue	vice
vast	tiny
voluntary	compulsory
virtue	vice
vacant	occupied
vale	hill
visible	invisible
vanquish	conquer
vascular	avascular
vanish	appear
vegetate	activate
vast	tiny
venality	integrity
vowel	consonant
vendetta	agreement
veneer	show
venerable	contemptible
village	town
venomous	harmless
veracity	dishonesty
viability	fatality
villain	hero
vintage	new
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal

Antonym Words List W

Words	Antonyms
worst	best
wrong	correct
wild	calm
wide	narrow
wife	husband
warranty	repudiation
women	men
worse	better
water	land
weak	powerful
winner	loser
winter	summer
wadi	mountain top
wealth	poverty
wealthy	poor
white	black
whole	part
woof	basic
wry	straight
wan	colorful
war	peace
warm	cool
west	east
wet	dry
wunderkind	butterfingers
within	outside
wedding	divorce
well (gesund)	ill
win	lose
whiplash	unlash

Antonym Words List X

Words	Antonyms
Xenophobic	Multicultural
Xeric	Hydric
Xylonic	Sensitive
Xanthein	Doubter
Xenogenetic	Acquired
Xanthous	Neutral
Xenophobia	Tolerance
Xerophagies	Healthy Snack
Xenial	Hostile
Xerotes	Waterlessness
Xanthism	Monotheism
Xenic	Violent
Xerotic	Bland
Xanthein	Pantheistic
Xanthous	Neutral
Xenophobic	Multicultural
Xenobiotic	Eremitic
Xenophobia	Tolerance
Xenogeneic	Allogeneic
Xenolithic	New
Xenophiles	Powellise

Antonym Words List Y

Words	Antonyms
youthful	experienced
yowl	laugh
yenta	pleasant woman
yahoo	derp
yak	speak concisely
yank	push
yuck	yum
yielding	stubborn
yokemate	bachelor
yet	moreover
yokel	slicker
yelp	laugh
yap	be quiet
yaw	adjust
yawn	romantic
yack	soft drink
young	old
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
youngling	sire
yowling	being quiet
yearlong	short
yeasty	spiritless
yacht	patrol boat
yackety-yak	quiet
yip	conceal
yard	distribute
yabber	make it clear
yo-yo	smarty pants
young	old

Antonym Words List Z

Words	Antonyms
zero point	all
zealotry	defeatism
zilch	superstar
zaniness	sagacity
zany	serious
zillion	few
zany	clever
zip	slow
zest	dullness
zones	wholes
zaftig	thin
zealous	apathetic
zebra crossing	bike lane
zero in	digress
zagged	on the wagon
zeal	indifference
zephyr	windstorm
zombies	angels
zesty	insipid
zealously	grimly
zephyr	windstorm
zigzag	straight
zip	unzip
yo-yo	smarty pants

FAQs:

1. What are antonyms?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. They are used to show contrast between two things, ideas, or qualities. For example, the antonym of “hot” is “cold,” and the antonym of “happy” is “sad.”
Examples of Antonyms:
1. Big → Small
2. Day → Night
3. Fast → Slow
4. Up → Down
5. Love → Hate

2. What are the 10 antonym words?

Here are 10 antonym pairs:
1. Hot → Cold
2. Big → Small
3. Happy → Sad
4. Fast → Slow
5. Light → Dark
6. Young → Old
7. Strong → Weak
8. Up → Down
9. Day → Night
10. Easy → Hard
These antonyms are commonly used to show opposites in everyday language.

3. What are the words of antonyms a to z?

Here’s a list of antonym pairs from A to Z:
Alive → Dead
Big → Small
Cold → Hot
Dark → Light
Empty → Full
Friendly → Hostile
Good → Bad
Happy → Sad
Innocent → Guilty
Joyful → Sad
Kind → Cruel
Large → Small
Mean → Nice
New → Old
Opposite → Similar
Polite → Rude
Quiet → Loud
Right → Wrong
Strong → Weak
Tough → Gentle
Up → Down
Violent → Peaceful
Wild → Tame
Xenial → Hostile
Young → Old
Zany → Serious
These are common antonyms, representing opposite meanings for each letter from A to Z.

4. What are the 12 examples of antonyms?

Here are 12 examples of antonyms:
1. Hot → Cold
2. Big → Small
3. Happy → Sad
4. Fast → Slow
5. Light → Dark
6. Strong → Weak
7. Up → Down
8. Old → Young
9. Full → Empty
10. High → Low
11. Hard → Soft
12. Day → Night
These antonyms show opposite meanings and are used frequently in everyday language.

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