Opposite Words in English from A to Z
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List of Opposite Words in English from A to Z

The Opposite Words, also known as antonyms, are words that mean completely different things, like hot and cold or happy and sad. They make our conversations more engaging and help us describe things better.

In this blog post, we're going on a learning adventure through the alphabet to explore 100 opposite words in English from A to Z. 

So, come along with us and learn some new vocabulary, and see how opposites can make our everyday talk more exciting.

Opposite Words in English from A to Z


Opposite words starting from A


Absent - Present
Accept - Reject
Advance - Retreat
Ancient - Modern

Opposite words starting from B


Begin - End
Bitter - Sweet
Big - Small
Brave - Cowardly

Opposite words starting from C


Calm - Agitated
Clean - Dirty
Close - Open
Cold - Hot

Opposite words starting from D


Day - Night
Deep - Shallow
Defeat - Victory
Dry - Wet

Opposite words starting from E


Early - Late
Easy - Difficult
Enter - Exit
Empty - Full

Opposite words starting from F


Fast - Slow
Fat - Thin
Friend - Enemy
Fresh - Stale

Opposite words starting from G

Gain - Lose
Gentle - Rough
Give - Take
Good - Bad

Opposite words starting from H

Happy - Sad
Hard - Soft
Healthy - Sick
High - Low

Opposite words starting from I

Import - Export
Increase - Decrease
In - Out
Intelligent - Stupid

Opposite words starting from J

Join - Separate
Joy - Sorrow
Just - Unjust
Juvenile - Adult

Opposite words starting from K

Kind - Cruel
Knowledge - Ignorance
Known - Unknown
Keep - Lose

Opposite words starting from L

Laugh - Cry
Light - Dark
Long - Short
Love - Hate

Opposite words starting from M

Male - Female
Major - Minor
Master - Servant
Much - Little

Opposite words starting from N

Near - Far
New - Old
Noise - Silence
Normal - Abnormal

Opposite words starting from O

Open - Closed
Opposite - Same
Optimist - Pessimist
Ordinary - Extraordinary

Opposite words starting from P

Peace - War
Poor - Rich
Push - Pull
Private - Public

Opposite words starting from Q

Quick - Slow
Quiet - Loud
Question - Answer
Qualify - Disqualify

Opposite words starting from R

Raise - Lower
Rapid - Slow
Right - Wrong
Rough - Smooth

Opposite words starting from S

Safe - Dangerous
Sane - Insane
Secure - Insecure
Single - Married

Opposite words starting from T

Tall - Short
Thick - Thin
Truth - Lie
Top - Bottom

Opposite words starting from U

Urban - Rural
Useful - Useless
Under - Over
Unite - Divide

Opposite words starting from V

Victory - Defeat
Visible - Invisible
Voluntary - Compulsory
Vertical - Horizontal

Opposite words starting from W

Weak - Strong
Win - Lose
Warm - Cool
Wealthy - Poor

Opposite words starting from X

Xenophile - Xenophobe
Xerox - Original
X-axis - Y-axis (contextual opposites in math)
Xenial (hospitable) - Inhospitable

Opposite words starting from Y

Yes - No
Young - Old
Yield - Resist
Yesterday - Tomorrow

Opposite words starting from Z

Zigzag - Straight
Zenith - Nadir
Zero - Full
Zestful - Apathetic

Conclusion

This list includes some common opposites or antonyms and covers a wide range of words starting with each letter from A to Z.

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