Opposite Words (A to Z)

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
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
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

 

G
general		particular, special
generous		mean
gentle		violent, rough, strict
gentleman		lady
giant		tiny, very little, small
girl		boy
to give		to take
to go		to come, to stop
good		bad
good luck		bad luck
grown-up		child
guest		host
guilty		innocent
H
happiness	sadness
happy	sad
handsome	ugly
hard	easy, soft
to harvest	to plant
to hate	to enjoy, to like, to love
health	disease, illness
healthy	ill, sick
heat	cold
heaven	hell
heavy	light
hell	heaven
here	there
high (Berg)	deep
high	low
hilly	flat
to hit	to miss
hopeful	desperate, hopeless
hopeless	hopeful
horizontal	vertical
host	guest, visitor
hot	cold
huge	tiny
human (Mensch)	animal
humane (menschlich)	cruel
humid	dry
hungry	thirsty
husband	wife
I
in front of	back, behind
to ignore	to notice
ill	healty, well
to immigrate	to emigrate
immigration	emigration
import	export
in	out
to include	to exclude
to increase	to reduce
innocent	guilty
inside	outside
insult	compliment
intelligent	silly, stupid
intentional	accidental
to be interested in	to bore
interesting	boring, dull
to interrupt	to continue
J
junior			senior
K
kind			cruel
L
lack	abundance, plenty
lady	gentleman
to land (Flugzeug)	to take off
land	water
large	small
last	first
late	early
to laugh	to cry
lazy	active, busy
to lead	to follow
to learn	to teach
to leave	to arrive, to enter
left	right
to lend	to borrow
less	more
to let	to forbid
to lie	to stand
life	death
light (hell)	dark
light (leicht)	heavy
to like	to hate
liquid	solid
little (klein)	big, large
little (wenig)	much
to live	to die
long	short
to lose	to find, to win
loser	winner
loud	quiet
to love	to hate
lovely	terrible
low	high
to lower	to raise
bad luck	good luck
good luck	bad luck

 

M
major			minor
male			female
man			woman
many			few, some
marriage			divorce
married			divorced, single
to marry			to divorce
master			servant
maximum			minimum
mean			generous
to melt			to freeze
men			women
to mend			to break
mess			order
midnight			noon
minimum			maximum
minor			major
to miss (verfehlen)			to hit
to miss (verpassen)			to catch
moderate			extreme
modern			ancient, old
monarchy			republic
moon			sun
more			less
morning			evening
mountain			valley
much			little
N
narrow				broad, wide
nasty				nice, pleasant
native				foreigner, stranger
natural				artificial
near				distant, far
negative				affirmative
nephew				niece
never				always
new				ancient, old
nice				awful, nasty
niece				nephew
night				day
no				yes
nobody				everybody
noisy				quiet, silent
noon				midnight
none of				al lof
normal				strange
north				south
not yet				already
nothing				everything
to notice				to ignore
now				then
O
occasionally				frequently
occupied				vacant
odd (Zahlen)				even
off				on
often				seldom, sometimes
old				modern, new, young
on				off
open				closed, shut
open				closed
opponent				supporter
order				mess
ordinary				special
other				same
out				in
outside				inside
outskirts				centre
over				under
P
parents		children
part		whole
partial		total
particular		general
to pass		to fail
past		future, present
peace		war
to permit		to forbid
to plant		to harvest
plenty		lack
pleasant		awful
polite		rude
poor		rich, wealthy
poverty		wealth
powerful		weak
presence		absence
present		past, future
pretty		ugly
private		public
probably		certainly
professional		amateur
to protect		to attack
protection		attack
public		private
to pull		to push
pupil		teacher
to push		to pull
Q
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy
R
to raise	to lower
rainy	sunny
rear	front
to receive	to send
to reduce	to increase
to refuse	to agree, to accept
regret	satisfaction
to remember	to forget
to repair	to damage
to reply	to ask
reply	question
republic	dictatorship, monarchy
to rest	to work
rich	poor
right (rechts)	left
right (richtig)	wrong
to rise	to sink
rough (Umgang)	gentle
rough (Oberfläche)	smooth, soft
rude	polite
rural	urban

 

S
sad	happy
sadness	happiness
safe	dangerous
safety	danger
salt	sugar
(the) same	different, the other
satisfaction	regret
to satisfy	to annoy
to save	to spend, to waste
to scream	to whisper
security	danger
seldom	often
to sell	to buy
to send	to receive, to save
senior	junior
to separate	to connect, to unite
serious	funny
servant	master
to set free	to arrest
shallow	deep
sharp	blunt
shelter	exposure
short	long, tall
to shout	to whisper
to shut	to open
sick	healthy
silent	noisy
silly	intelligent
simple	complicated
to sink	to rise
single	married
sister	brother
to sit	to stand
slim	fat
slow	fast, quick
small	big, large, tall
smooth	rough
soft	hard, rough
solid	liquid
some	many
sometimes	often
son	daughter
soul	body
sour	sweet
south	north
special	general, ordinary
spring	autumn
to stand	to sit
to start	to stop
start	finish, end, stop
to stop	to start, to go
to stand	to lie
strange	normal
stranger	native
strict	gentle
strong	weak
student	teacher
stupid	clever, intelligent
suburb	centre
to succeed	to fail
success	failure
to subtract	to add
sugar	salt
summer	winter
sun	moon
sunny	cloudy, rainy
supporter	opponent
to suspect	to trust
sweet	bitter, sour
synonym	antonym
T
to take	to give
to take off	to land
tall	small, short
to teach	to learn
teacher	pupil, student
then	now
terrible	lovely
there	here
thick	thin
thin	thick, fat
thirsty	hungry
to throw	to catch
tight	loose
tiny	giant, huge
together	apart
tomorrow	yesterday
top	bottom
total	partial
town	village
tragedy	comedy
true	false
to trust	to suspect
U
ugliness	beauty
ugly	beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls)
under	over
to unite	to divide, to separate
unity	division
up	down
upstairs	downstairs
urban	rural
useful	useless
useless	useful
V
vacant	occupied
valley	mountain
vertical	horizontal
victory	defeat
village	town
violent	gentle
visitor	host
voluntary	compulsory
vowel	consonant
W
war	peace
warm	cool
to waste	to save
water	land
weak	powerful, strong
wealth	poverty
wealthy	poor
wedding	divorce
well (gesund)	ill
west	east
wet	dry
to whisper	to scream, to shout
white	black
whole	part
wide	narrow
wife	husband
to win	to lose
winner	loser
winter	summer
to work	to rest
woman	man
women	men
worse	better
worst	best
wrong	correct, right
Y
yes	no
yesterday	tomorrow
young	old