List of opposite words (A to D)

    Opposite words 

           (A to D)

Here you will find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes (dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here.

A

about - exactly

above - below

absence - presence

abundance - lack

to accept - to refuse

accidental - intentional

active- lazy

to add - to subtract

to admit - to deny

adult - child

advanced - elementary

affirmative - negative

afraid - brave

after - before

against - for

alike - different

alive - dead

all - none

to allow - to forbid

already - not yet

always - never

ancient - modern

ancestor - descendant

to agree - to refuse, to argue

amateur - professional

to amuse - to bore

ancestor - descendant

angel - devil

animal - human

to annoy - to satisfy

to answer - to ask

answer - question

antonym - synonym

apart - together

approximately - exactly

to argue - to agree

to arrest - to free, to set free

arrival - departure

to arrive - to depart, to leave

artificial - natural

ascent - descent

to ask - to answer

asleep -  awake

to attack - to defend

attack -  defence, protection

attic - cellar

autumn - spring

awake - asleep

awful - nice, pleasant

B

back in -front of

background - foreground

backward - forward

bad - good

bad luck - good luck

beauty - ugliness

before - after

to begin - to end,  to finish

behind - in front of

below - above

best - worst

better - worse

beautiful - ugly

big - small, little

birth - death

bitter-  sweet

black- white

blunt - sharp

body - soul

to bore - to amuse, to be interested in

boring - exciting, interesting

to borrow - to lend

bottom - top

boy - girl

brave - cowardly, timid

to break - to mend, to fix

broad - narrow

brother - sister

to build - to destroy

busy- idle

 buy - sell

C

calm - Agitate

careful - careless

careless - careful

to catch - to miss, to throw

ceiling - floor

cellar - attic

centre - outskirts, suburb

certainly - probably

changeable - constant

cheap - expensive

child - adult, grown-up

children - parents

clean - dirty

clear - cloudy

clever - stupid

to close - to open

closed - open

cloudy -  clear, sunny, bright

cold - hot, heat

to come  -to go

comedy -  tragedy

complicated - simple

compliment - insult

compulsory - voluntary

to connect - to separate

consonant - vowel

constant - changeable

construction - destruction

to continue - to interrupt

cool - warm

correct - false, wrong

courage - fear

courageous - cowardly

cowardly - brave, courageous

to create - to destroy

cruel - human, kind

to cry - to whisper, to laugh

D

to damage - to repair

danger - security, safety

dangerous - safe

dark - light

daughter -  son

dawn - dusk

day - night

dead - alive

death - birth, life

deep - shallow

defeat - victory

defence - attack

to defend - to attack

delicious - awful

to deny - to admit

to depart - to arrive

departure - arrival

descendant - ancestor

descent - ascent

desperate - hopeful

to destroy - to build, to create, to form

destruction - construction

devil  -  angel

dictatorship - republic

to die - to live

different - alike, equal, the same

difficult - easy

dirty - clean

disease - health

distant - near

to divide - to unite

division - unity

to divorce - to marry

divorce - marriage, wedding

divorced - married

domestic - foreign

down - up

downstairs - upstairs

drama - comedy

dry - humid, wet

dull - interesting

dusk - dawn