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- Antonyms

above

below

hill

valley

abroad

home

humble

proud

absent

present

husband

wife

absent

present

in

out

accept

refuse

include

exclude

active

passive

increase

decrease

add

subtract

increase

decrease

admit

deny

indifferent

interested

adult

child

inner

outer

alive

dead

inside

outside

all

none

insult

praise

allow

refuse

interested

bored

always

never

interesting

dull

arrive

depart

joy

sorrow

asleep

awake

junior

senior

back

front

kind

cruel

backwards

forward

kind

cruel

bad

good

knowledge

ignorance

barren

fertile

lazy

industrious

beautiful

ugly

lead

follow

before

after

least

greatest

begin

end

leave

arrive

bent

straight

lend

borrow

best

worst

level

steep

better

worse

life

death

big

small

liquid

solid

black

white

long

short

blameless

guilty

loss

gain

bless

curse

loud

soft

blunt

sharp

love

hate

bold

timid

majority

minority

bold

timid

many

few

boss

employee

masculine

feminine

bravery

cowardice

master

servant

break

repair

mean

kind

bridge

tunnel

miser

spendthrift

bright

dull

modern

ancient

broad

narrow

most

least

busy

idle

motorist

pedestrian

buy

sell

mountain

valley

capture

release

natural

artificial

catch

throw

near

far

cheap

dear

never

always

city

country

niece

nephew

clean

dirty

noise

silence

clever

foolish

noisy

quiet

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clear

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graceful

north

south

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fine

notice

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hot

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command

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include

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shut/close

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expand

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chaos

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notice

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hero

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part

whole

create

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past

future

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laugh

peace

war

daily

nightly

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singular

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safety

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rude

dark

bright

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dawn

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poor

rich

day

night

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deep

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depth

height

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private

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live

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punish

reward

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bright

pupil

teacher

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purchase

sell

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pull

doctor

patient

question

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quick

slow

dry

wet

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imaginary

east

west

right

left

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rise

fall

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flow

rough

smooth

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full

sad

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enemy

friend

safe

dangerous

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dislike

safe

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entrance

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different

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morning

separate

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few

everybody

nobody

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everywhere

nowhere

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fat

fact

fiction

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straight

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winter

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talk

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finish

start

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short

first

last

tame

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flatter

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teach

learn

foe

friend

teacher

student

foolish

wise

these

those

foreign

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thick

thin

forget

remember

this

that

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lost

tight

loose

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thaw

tiny

huge

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stale

top

bottom

fresh

stale

true

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friend

enemy

trust

doubt

full

vacant

truth

lie

future

past

under

over

generous

selfish

unusual

ordinary

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receive

up

down

give

take

upset

comfort

graceful

awkward

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occupied

guilty

innocent

vacant

occupied

guilty

innocent

valuable

worthless

happy

sad

victory

defeat

happy

sad

villain

hero

hard

easy

war

peace

hard

soft

wide

narrow

head

tail

win

lose

heavy

light

wise

foolish

hell

heaven

within

without

help

hinder

work

rest

here

there

wrong

right

hide

show

yes

no

high

low

young

old

List 9 Antonyms (un-)

arm

unarm

like

unlike

certain

uncertain

lock

unlock

comfortable

uncomfortable

necessary

unnecessary

common

uncommon

popular

unpopular

conscious

unconscious

safe

unsafe

dress

undress

screw

unscrew

equal

unequal

seen

unseen

fair

unfair

selfish

unselfish

fold

unfold

steady

unsteady

friendly

unfriendly

suitable

unsuitable

happy

unhappy

tidy

untidy

healthy

unhealthy

tie

untie

just

unjust

true

untrue

kind

unkind

willing

unwilling

known

unknown

wise

unwise

List 9 Antonyms (dis-)

agree

disagree

continue

discontinue

allow

disallow

honest

dishonest

appear

disappear

like

dislike

arm

disarm

loyal

disloyal

arrange

disarrange

obey

disobey

believe

disbelieve

order

disorder

connect

disconnect

trust

distrust

List 9 Antonyms (in-)

accurate

inaccurate

active

inactive

adequate

inadequate

admissible

inadmissible

attentive

inattentive

correct

incorrect

List 9 Antonyms (im-)

mature

immature

mobile

immobile

moral

immoral

mortal

immortal

movable

immovable

patient

impatient

perfect

imperfect

polite

impolite

possible

impossible

probable

improbable

proper

improper

pure

impure

List 9 Antonyms (mis-)

handle

mishandle

judge

misjudge

spell

misspell

understand

misunderstand

use

misuse

List 9 Antonyms (-less)

careful

careless

harmful

harmless

helpful

helpless

hopeful

hopeless

painful

painless

pitiful

pitiless

powerful

powerless

shameful

shameless

useful

useless

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