Wednesday, February 27, 2013

List of Synonymy and Antonyms


absence presence
accept refuse
accurate         inaccurate
advantage        disadvantage
alive        dead
always never
ancient modern
answer question, query
approval         disapproval
approached receded, departed
abundant         scarce
admit deny
advance retreat, retire
artificial         natural
arrival departure
ascend descend
attack defense
attractive         repulsive
attention         inattention
asleep awake
ally          enemy
agree disagree
bad          good
backward         forward, onward
bend        straighten
beautiful        ugly
beginning        ending
below above
bent        straight
big        small, little
blunt         sharp
better worse
best         worst
blame praise
bless        curse
bitter         sweet
borrow lend
bravery cowardice
build        destroy, demolish
bold         timid, meek
bright dull
broad narrow
clear          vague, cloudy
careful rush, careless
calm         troubled
capable incapable
captivity         freedom, liberty
cellar attic
cheap dear, expensive
close         distant
clever stupid
cold         hot
combine separate
clockwise         anti-clockwise
correct incorrect
conceal reveal
come go
common rare
comfort discomfort
courage cowardice
cruel         kind
courteous        discourteous, rude
cunning simple
dainty clumsy
danger safety
dark         light
deep        shallow
decrease        increase
definite         indefinite
demand supply
despair hope
disappear        appear
disease health
discourage encourage
dismal cheerful
doctor patient
dry         wet
dull         clear, bright
dusk         dawn
early         late
easy        difficult
ebb        flow
East        West
economise waste
encourage         discourage
entrance          exit
employer         employee
empty full
excited calm
end         beginning
expand contract
expensive         inexpensive, cheap
export import
exterior         interior
external         internal
fail         succeed
false          true
feeble sturdy, strong, powerful
foolish wise
fast         slow
few         many
famous unknown
forelegs         hind legs
fat        thin
find        lose
first        last
freedom        captivity
fold        unfold
frequent       seldom
forget remember
found lost
fresh  stale
friend enemy
fortunate unfortunate
frank secretive
full empty
generous mean
gentle         rough
gather distribute
glad sorry
gloomy cheerful
giant dwarf, pygmy
granted refused
great minute, small, little
guardian ward
guest host
guilty innocent
happy sad, miserable
hard soft
harmful harmless
hasten        dawdle
hate love
healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased
here there
heavy light
height depth
hero coward
hill valley
horizontal vertical
hinder          aid, help
honest dishonest
humble proud
hunger thirst
imitation genuine
immense tiny, minute
imprison free
include exclude
increase decrease
inhabited uninhabited
inferior superior
inside outside
intelligent unintelligent, stupid
inhale         exhale
interior exterior, outside
interesting uninteresting, dull
internal external
intentional accidental
join separate

junior senior
justice         injustice
king                 subject
knowledge ignorance
laugh cry
lawful         unlawful
lazy                  industrious, energetic
land sea
landlord         tenant
large little,         small
last first
lawyer         client
lecturer student
lender borrower
lengthen shorten
left right
less more
light dark, heavy
like dislike, unlike
likely unlikely
leader follower
little large, much, big
lofty lowly
long short
loud soft
loss find, win
low high
loyal disloyal
mad sane
magnetize demagnetize
master servant
mature immature
maximum minimum
me you
merry mirthless, sad
minority majority
miser spendthrift
misunderstand understand
narrow wide
near far, distant
neat untidy
new old
night day
noisy quiet
North South
obedient disobedient
odd even
offer refuse
open shut
optimist pessimist
out in
parent child
past present
patient impatient
peace war
permanent temporary
please displease
plentiful scarce
poetry prose
possible impossible



No comments: