Vocabulary Basics: Antonyms
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the use of antonyms, words whose meanings are the opposite of each other
Antonyms are words whose meanings are the opposite of each other.
Here is a list of common antonyms:
- acid, alkali
- age, youth
- amateur, connoisseur
- anterior, posterior
- brain, brawn
- capital, labor
- catalectic, acatalectic
- centripetal, centrifugal
- clean, dirty
- clergy, laity
- competition, cooperation
- concentric, eccentric
- concord, discord
- constructive, destructive
- deciduous, perennial
- domestic, foreign
- dorsal, ventral
- east, west
- egoism, altruism
- element, compound
- endogen, exogen
- esoteric, exoteric
- evolution, revolution
- export, import
- extrinsic, intrinsic
- fact, fiction
- finite, infinite
- friend, enemy
- general, particular
- genuine, artificial
- give, receive
- hard, soft
- herbivorous, carnivorous
- homogeneous, heterogeneous
- horizontal, perpendicular
- independent, dependent
- induction, deduction
- inflation, deflation
- ingress, egress
- land, water
- large, small
- laugh, cry
- light, darkness
- literal, figurative
- longitude, latitude
- major, minor
- man, woman
- means, extremes
- meat, drink
- merry, sad
- military, civil
- monogamy, polygamy
- myself, others
- nadir, zenith
- noisy, quiet
- old, new
- optimism, pessimism
- ordinal, cardinal
- oriental, occidental
- orthodox, heterodox
- pathos, bathos
- positive, negative
- practical, theoretical
- predecessor, successor
- predestination, freewill
- pretty, ugly
- pride, humility
- private, public
- prologue, epilogue
- prose, poetry
- sacred, profane
- savage, civilized
- sick, well
- soul, body
- stalagmite, stalactite
- stoic, epicure
- straight, crooked
- sublime, ridiculous
- superior, inferior
- sweet, sour
- synonym, antonym
- temporal, spiritual
- top, bottom
- Unitarian, Trinitarian
- universal, particular
- verbal, oral
- vertebrate, invertebrate
- walk, ride
- wealth, poverty
- wholesale, retail
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