words and their opposites

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