250 Antonyms (Opposite Words) in English Language for Exams

Above – Below
Accept – Reject
Achieve – Fail
Add – Subtract
Advance – Retreat
Afraid – Confident
Agree – Disagree
Allow – Forbid
Always – Never
Ancient – Modern
Arrive – Depart
Attack – Defend
Attractive – Repulsive
Awake – Asleep
Back – Front
Beautiful – Ugly
Begin – End
Believe – Doubt
Bend – Straighten
Big – Small
Birth – Death
Blunt – Sharp
Bold – Timid
Boring – Exciting
Brave – Cowardly
Bright – Dim
Build – Destroy
Busy – Idle
Buy – Sell
Calm – Excited
Careful – Careless
Cautious – Reckless
Certain – Uncertain
Cheap – Expensive
Clean – Dirty
Clear – Unclear
Close – Distant
Cold – Hot
Comfort – Discomfort
Common – Rare
Connect – Disconnect
Construct – Demolish
Cool – Warm
Correct – Incorrect
Courageous – Fearful
Create – Destroy
Cruel – Kind
Danger – Safety
Dark – Light
Decrease – Increase
Defend – Attack
Demand – Supply
Dense – Sparse
Depressed – Happy
Despair – Hope
Dull – Lively
Early – Late
Easy – Difficult
Empty – Full
Encourage – Discourage
End – Begin
Enemy – Friend
Enjoy – Suffer
Enter – Exit
Exclude – Include
Expand – Contract
Expose – Conceal
External – Internal
Fail – Succeed
Fake – Real
Fast – Slow
Fat – Thin
Few – Many
Finish – Start
Float – Sink
Follow – Lead
Forget – Remember
Forward – Backward
Free – Imprisoned
Fresh – Stale
Friendly – Hostile
Front – Back
Full – Empty
Future – Past
Generous – Stingy
Gentle – Rough
Give – Take
Global – Local
Graceful – Clumsy
Grow – Shrink
Happy – Sad
Hard – Soft
Harm – Heal
Hate – Love
Healthy – Unhealthy
Here – There
Hide – Reveal
High – Low
Honest – Dishonest
Hot – Cold
Huge – Tiny
Humble – Proud
Identify – Misidentify
Ignorant – Knowledgeable
Import – Export
Increase – Decrease
Individual – Collective
Inferior – Superior
Inside – Outside
Integrate – Segregate
Interesting – Boring
Introduce – Withdraw
Join – Separate
Joy – Sorrow
Junior – Senior
Just – Unjust
Keep – Release
Knowledge – Ignorance
Lament – Rejoice
Last – First
Laugh – Cry
Lazy – Industrious
Legal – Illegal
Light – Heavy
Like – Dislike
Little – Big
Live – Die
Long – Short
Loose – Tight
Love – Hate
Low – High
Majority – Minority
Maximize – Minimize
Meek – Bold
Merge – Split
Messy – Tidy
Minority – Majority
Modern – Ancient
Modest – Arrogant
More – Less
Narrow – Wide
Near – Far
Neat – Messy
New – Old
Night – Day
Noisy – Quiet
None – All
North – South
Obey – Defy
Objective – Subjective
Odd – Even
Offend – Please
Often – Seldom
Old – New
Open – Closed
Optimistic – Pessimistic
Order – Chaos
Ordinary – Extraordinary
Over – Under
Part – Whole
Past – Future
Patient – Impatient
Peace – War
Permanent – Temporary
Pessimistic – Optimistic
Plentiful – Scarce
Polite – Rude
Poor – Rich
Positive – Negative
Possible – Impossible
Powerful – Powerless
Practical – Impractical
Present – Absent
Pretty – Ugly
Private – Public
Prohibit – Permit
Proud – Ashamed
Pull – Push
Pure – Impure
Qualified – Unqualified
Question – Answer
Quiet – Noisy
Quickly – Slowly
Raise – Lower
Rare – Common
Real – Fake
Reckless – Cautious
Regular – Irregular
Reject – Accept
Release – Restrain
Remember – Forget
Repel – Attract
Repulsive – Attractive
Resist – Submit
Rich – Poor
Right – Wrong
Rise – Fall
Rough – Smooth
Rude – Polite
Safe – Dangerous
Same – Different
Save – Spend
Scatter – Gather
Search – Find
Seen – Unseen
Selfish – Selfless
Sensible – Foolish
Separation – Union
Shallow – Deep
Sharp – Blunt
Short – Tall
Shrink – Expand
Shy – Bold
Simple – Complex
Single – Married
Sink – Float
Sincere – Insincere
Slight – Significant
Slow – Fast
Small – Big
Smart – Stupid
Smooth – Rough
Sober – Drunk
Soft – Hard
Soon – Later
Sorrow – Joy
Start – Finish
Straight – Crooked
Strong – Weak
Stubborn – Flexible
Stupid – Intelligent
Success – Failure
Sunny – Cloudy
Superior – Inferior
Sweet – Sour
Take – Give
Tall – Short
Thick – Thin
Tight – Loose
Together – Apart
Top – Bottom
True – False
Trust – Distrust
Under – Over
Unite – Divide
Up – Down
Useful – Useless
Visible – Invisible
Wet – Dry
Young – Old