English opposite words

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 -different
alive -dead
all -none
to allow- to forbid
already -not yet
always -never
ancient --modern
ancestor -descendant
to agree -to refuse, to argue
amateur- professional
to amuse -to bore
ancestor -descendant
angel -devil
animal -human
to annoy- to satisfy
to answer -to ask
answer -question
antonym -synonym
apart -together
approximately -exactly
to argue -to agree
to arrest -to free, to set free
arrival -departure
to arrive -to depart, to leave
artificial- natural
ascent -descent
to ask -to answer
asleep- awake
to attack- to defend
attack -defence, protection
attic- cellar
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
blunt- 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- outskirts, 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 -(kalt) hot
cold -(Kälte) 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
humane
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
descendant -ancestor
descent -ascent
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 -(Zahlen) 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
frequently -occasionally
fresh -old/stale
friend -enemy
front -rear
in front_ of back, behind
full -empty
funny -serious
future -past, present