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.
Word |
Opposite |
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 similar |
different |
alive |
dead |
all |
none |
always |
never |
ancient |
modern |
to agree |
to refuse, to argue |
to allow |
to forbid |
already |
not yet |
amateur |
professional |
to amuse |
to bore |
angel |
devil |
animal |
human |
to annoy |
to satisfy |
to answer |
to ask |
answer |
question |
apart |
together |
approximately |
exactly |
to arrest |
to free, to set free |
arrival |
departure |
to arrive |
to depart, to leave |
artificial |
natural |
to ask |
to answer |
asleep |
awake |
to attack |
to defend |
attack |
defence, protection |
autumn |
spring |
awake |
asleep |
awful |
delicious, nice, pleasant |
B |
|
back |
in front of |
background |
foreground |
backward |
forward |
bad |
good |
bad luck |
fortune, good luck |
beauty |
ugliness |
before |
after |
to begin |
to end, to stop, to finish |
beginning |
end, ending |
behind |
in front of |
below |
above |
best |
worst |
better |
worse |
beautiful |
ugly |
big |
small, little |
birth |
death |
bitter |
sweet |
black |
white |
blund |
sharp |
body |
soul |
to bore |
to amuse, to be interested in |
boring |
exciting, interesting |
to borrow |
to lend |
bottom |
top |
boy |
girl |
brave |
cowardly, afraid |
to break |
to mend, to fix |
broad |
narrow |
brother |
sister |
to build |
to destroy |
busy |
lazy |
to buy |
to sell |
C |
|
calm |
excited |
careful |
careless |
careless |
careful |
to catch |
to miss, to throw |
ceiling |
floor |
cellar |
attic |
centre |
outskirt, 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 (adjective) |
hot |
cold (noun) |
heat |
to come |
to go |
comedy |
drama, 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 (schreien) |
to whisper |
to cry (weinen) |
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 |
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 |
E |
|
early |
late |
east |
west |
easy |
difficult, hard |
elementary |
advanced |
to emigrate |
to immigrate |
emigration |
immigration |
empty |
full |
to end |
to begin |
end |
beginning |
ending |
beginning |
enemy |
friend |
to enjoy |
to hate |
to enter |
to leave |
entrance |
exit |
equal |
different |
even |
odd |
evening |
morning |
everybody |
nobody |
everything |
nothing |
exactly |
about, approximately |
excited |
calm |
exciting |
boring |
to exclude |
to include |
exit |
entrance |
expensive |
cheap |
export |
import |
exposure |
shelter |
extreme |
moderate |
F |
|
to fail |
to succeed, to pass |
failure |
success |
false |
correct, true |
far |
near |
fast |
slow |
fat |
slim, thin |
fear |
courage |
female |
male |
few |
many |
final |
first |
to find |
to lose |
to finish |
to begin |
finish |
start |
first |
final, last |
to fix |
to break |
flat |
hilly |
floor |
ceiling |
to follow |
to lead |
to forbid |
to allow, to let, to permit |
for |
against |
foreground |
background |
foreign |
domestic |
foreigner |
native |
to forget |
to remember |
to form |
to destroy |
fortune |
bad luck |
forward |
backward |
to free |
to arrest |
to freeze |
to melt |
friend |
enemy |
front |
rear |
in front of |
back, behind |
full |
empty |
funny |
serious |
future |
past, present |
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