Wednesday, February 27, 2013

List of Synonymy and Antonyms1


poverty wealth
powerful feeble, weak
polite impolite, rude
private public
prudent imprudent
pretty unsightly, ugly
pure          impure
qualified unqualified
rapid     slow
regularly    irregularly
rich                poor
right wrong,     left
rigid pliable,     soft
rough         smooth
satisfactory  unsatisfactory
security       insecurity
scatter         collect
serious         trivial
second-hand new
sense          nonsense

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
poverty wealth
powerful feeble, weak
polite impolite, rude
private public
prudent imprudent
pretty unsightly, ugly
pure          impure
qualified   unqualified
rapid slow
regularly      irregularly
rich              poor
right wrong,   left
rigid pliable,  soft
rough       smooth
satisfactory     unsatisfactory
security        insecurity
scatter        collect
serious         trivial
second-hand new
sense          nonsense
shopkeeper customer
singular         plural
simple complicated
slim         thick, stout
solid          liquid
sober drunk
speaker listener
sour         sweet
sorrow joy
sow         reap
stand lie
straight         crooked
strong weak
success failure
sunny cloudy
take         give
tall         short
tame        wild
teacher pupil
thick         thin
tight        slack, loose
top         bottom
transparent opaque
truth         untruth, lie
up         down
vacant occupied
valuable         valueless
victory defeat
virtue vice
visible invisible
voluntary        compulsory
vowel consonant
wax         wane
wisdom folly
within without

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