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ABOVE-BELOW
ABSENT-PRESENT
ABUNDANT-SCARCE
ACCEPT-REFUSE
ACCIDENTAL-INTENTIONAL
ACCURATE-INCORRECT
ACTIVE - LAZY
ADMIT-DENY
ADULT - CHILD
ADVANCE-RETREAT , ELEMENTARY
AFFIRMATIVE - NEGATIVE
AGAINST-FOR
AGREE - REFUSE
AHEAD-BEHIND
ALIKE DIFFERENT
ALIVE - DEAD
ALL-NONE
ALWAYS-NEVER
ANGEL DEVIL
ANIMAL HUMAN
ANTIQUE-MODERN
ARRIVAL - DEPARTURE
ATTACK-DEFEND
AUNT-UNCLE
AUTHENTIC-IMITATION
AWAKE- ASLEEP
BAD-GOOD
BALD-HAIRY

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AN ANTONYM IS A WORD THAT IS THE OPPOSITE MEANING OF

ANOTHER. IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORDS ANTI FOR
OPPOSITE AND ONYM FOR NAME. SINCE LANGUAGE IS COMPLEX,
PEOPLE MAY AT TIMES; DISAGREE ON WHAT WORDS ARE
TRULY OPPOSITE IN MEANING TO OTHER WORDS.

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BEAUTIFUL-UGLY
BEFORE - AFTER
BEGINNING END
BEGINNING-END
BEG-OFFER
BEHIND IN FRONT OF
BELOW ABOVE
BENEATH-ABOVE
BEST-WORST
BITTER-SWEET
BLACK-WHITE
BLAME - PRAISE
BLESS - CURSE
BOLD - MEEK, TIMID
BORROW-LEND
BOTTOM-TOP
BOUND - UNBOUND, FREE
BOUNDLESS - LIMITED
BOY-GIRL
BRAVE COWARDLY, SCARED
BREAK-FIX
BRIGHT - DIM, DULL
BRIGHTEN - FADE
BROAD - NARROW
BROTHER-SISTER
BUILD - DESTROY
BUY-SELL
CALM EXCITED, WINDY, TROUBLED
CAPABLE - INCAPABLE
CAREFUL-CARELESS
CATCH-THROW
CEASE-BEGIN
CENTRE OUTSVKIRTS, SUBURB
CERTAIN-UNCERTAIN

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CHANGEABLE- CONSTANT
CHEAP EXPENSIVE
CHEERFUL-SAD , DISCOURAGED, DREARY
CITY-COUNTRY
CLEVER STUPID
CLOSE - FAR, DISTANT
CLOSED - AJAR, OPEN
CLUMSY - GRACEFUL
COLD HOT, HEAT
COME-GO
COMPLETE-INCOMPLETE
CONDEMN-PRAISE
CONQUER-FAIL
CONTRACT-EXPAND
COOL-WARM
CORRECT - INCORRECT, WRONG
COURTEOUS - DISCOURTEOUS, RUDE
CROOKED-STRAIGHT
CRUEL-KIND
CURLY - STRAIGHT
DANGEROUS-SAFE
DARK LIGHT
DAUGHER SON
DAWN DUSK
DAY NIGHT
DAYTIME - NIGHTTIME
DEAD - ALIVE
DECLINE - ACCEPT, INCREASE
DECREASE - INCREASE
DEEP SHALLOW
DEFEAT VICTORY
DELICIOUS AWFUL
DEPART ARRIVE
DESTROY-CREATE

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DIFFERENT-SAME
DIRTY-CLEAN
DISCOURAGE-ENCOURAGE
DISGRACE-HONOR
DRUNK-SOBER
DRY-WET
DWARF-GIANT
EARLY - LATE
EAST - WEST
EASY - HARD, DIFFICULT
EMPTY - FULL
EQUAL - DIFFERENT
EVEN ODD
EVENING MORNING
EVERYBODY- NOBODY
EVIL-GOOD
EXCITING-DULL
EXHIBIT-CONCEAL
EXIT-ENTRANCE
EXPAND - CONTRACT
EXPENSIVE-CHEAP
EXPORT - IMPORT
EXPOSURE SHELTER
EXTERIOR-INTERIOR
EXTERNAL - INTERNAL
EXTINGUISH-IGNITE
EXTREME - MODERATE
FADE - BRIGHTEN
FAIL - SUCCEED
FALSE - TRUE
FAMOUS - UNKNOWN
FAR - NEAR
FAST - SLOW
FAT - THIN

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FAT-THIN
FEEBLE - STRONG, POWERFUL
FERTILE-BARREN
FEW-MANY
FICTION-FACT
FIND-LOSE
FINISH-BEGIN
FIRST-LAST
FLOOR-CEILING
FOOLISH-WISE
FORGET-REMEMBER
FORMER-LATTER
FORTUNATE UNFORTUNATE
FORWARD-BACKWARD
FREEDOM CAPTIVITY
FREQUENT-INFREQUENT, SELDOM
FRIEND ENEMY
GATHER DISTRIBUTE
GENERAL PARTICULAR, SPECIAL
GENEROUS - MEAN, STINGY
GENTLE ROUGH
GIANT DWARF, PYGMY
GLAD SORRY
GLOOMY CHEERFUL
GRANTED REFUSED
GREAT MINUTE, SMALL, LITTLE
HARMFUL HARMLESS
HASTEN DAWDLE
HATE LOVE
HEALTHY UNHEALTHY, ILL, DISEASED, SICK
HEAVEN - HELL
HEAVY - LIGHT
HEIGHT - DEPTH
HELP - HINDER

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HERE - THERE
HERO COWARD
HIGH LOW
HINDER AID, HELP
HIRE FIRE
HONEST DISHONEST
HORIZONTAL - VERTICAL
HUGE TINY
HUMBLE PROUD
HUNGRY FULL, THIRSTY
HUSBAND WIFE
IDLE - ACTIVE
IGNORE- NOTICE
ILL HEALTHY, WELL
IMMIGRATE EMIGRATE
IMPORT EXPORT
IN OUT
INCREASE REDUCE
INDIVIDUAL GROUP
INHALE - EXHALE
INNOCENT GUILTY
INSIDE OUTSIDE
INSULT COMPLIMENT
INTELLIGENT SILLY, STUPID
INTENTIONAL ACCIDENTAL
INTERESTED BORED, UNINTERESTED
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
JOIN SEPARATE
JOY SADNESS
JUNIOR SENIOR
JUSTICE - INJUSTICE
KEEN - UNINTERESTED
KIND CRUEL, NASTY
KNOWLEDGE IGNORANCE

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LAUGH - WEEP
LAZY - INDUSTRIOUS
LEAD - FOLLOW
LEFT - RIGHT
LEND BORROW
LENGTHEN - SHORTEN
LENIENT - STRICT
LESS - MORE
LESS - MORE
LIGHT - DARK, HEAVY
LIKE - DISLIKE, HATE
LIKELY - UNLIKELY
LIMITED - BOUNDLESS
LITERA L -FIGURATIVE
LITTLE BIG
LOCK - UNLOCK
LONG - SHORT
LOOSE - TIGHT
LOSE - FIND
LOST - FOUND
LOUD -SOFT
LOVE - HATE
LOWER - RAISE
MAD - SANE
MAGNETIZE- DEMAGNETIZE
MAJOR - MINOR
MALE FEMALE
MAN WOMEN
MANY FEW, SOME
MARRIAGE, MARRY - DIVORCE
MASTER - SERVANT
MATURE - IMMATURE
MAXIMUM - MINIMUM
ME - YOU

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MERRY - MIRTHLESS, SAD

MINORITY - MAJORITY
MISER - SPENDTHRIFT
MISUNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND
MUCH - LITTLE
NARROW WIDE, BROAD
NASTY NICE, PLEASANT
NATIVE FOREIGNER, STRANGER
NATURAL - ARTIFICAL
NEAR - FAR, DISTANT
NEAT UNTIDY
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
NEPHEW NIECE
NEW OLD
NIGHT DAY
NOISY QUIET
NORTH SOUTH
NOTHING EVERYTHING
OBEDIENT - DISOBEDIENT
OCCASIONALLY FREQUENTLY
OCCUPIED VACANT
ODD - EVEN
OFFER REFUSE
OFTEN SELDOM, SOMETIMES
OLD NEW, YOUNG, MODERN
OMIT - INSERT
OPEN SHUT, CLOSE
OPPONENT - SUPPORTER
OPTIMIST - PESSIMIST
OUT IN
PARENT CHILD
PART - WHOLE
PAST PRESENT
PEACE WAR

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PERMIT FORBID
PLEASANT - AWFUL
PLENTY LACK
POETRY - PROSE
POLITE - RUDE, IMPOLITE
POOR RICH, WEALTHY
POSSIBLE - IMPOSSIBLE
POVERTY - WEALTH, RICHES
POWERFUL WEAK
PRETTY - UGLY
PRIDE MODESTY
PRIVATE PUBLIC
PROBLEM SOLUTION
PROFIT LOSS
PROHIBIT ALLOW
PROTECTION ATTACK
PUSH - PULL
PUTRID -FRESH
QUACK UPRIGHT, UNFEIGNED
QUAINT FAMILIAR, USUAL
QUALIFIED- UNQUALIFIED
QUALITY INFERIORITY
QUARANTINE BEFRIEND, SOCIALIZE
QUELL EXACERBATE, AGITATE
QUESTING ANSWER
QUESTIONABLE RELIABLE, AUTHENTIC
QUIBBLE UNFEIGN, PLAIN
QUICK - SLOW
QUIET LOUD, NOISY
RAISE - LOWER
RANDOM SPECIFIC
RATIFY DENY, DISSENT
RAVAGE RECONSTRUCT, RENOVATE
RAW - COOKED

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REDEEM CONSERVE, LOSE

RELUCTANT - ENTHUSIASTIC
REMEMBER-FORGET
REMORSE RUTHLESSNESS, OBDURACY
REMOTE ADJOINING, ADJACENT
RETRACT CONFIRM, ASSERT
REWARD-PUNISHMENT
RIGHT-WRONG
ROUGH-SMOOTH
ROUT SUCCUMB, WITHDRAW
RUSTIC CULTURED, REFINED
RUTHLESS COMPASSIONATE, LENIENT
SARCASTIC COURTEOUS, GRACIOUS
SCANTY LAVISH, MULTITUDE
SHREWD SIMPLE, IMBECILE
SICK - HEALTHY, ILL
SIMPLE - COMPLEX, HARD
SINGULAR - PLURAL
SINK - FLOAT
SLIM - FAT, THICK
SLOW - FAST
SOBER - DRUNK
SOFT - HARD
SOME - NONE
SORROW JOY
SOUR SWEET
SPEND EARN
STAIN HONOUR, PURIFY
START STOP
STARTED FINISHED
STAY LEAVE
STIFF FLEXIBLE
STOP GO
SUBSEQUENT PRECEDING, PREVIOUS

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SUBSTANTIAL TENUOUS, FRAGILE

SUBVERT GENERATE, ORGANIZE
SUPERFICIAL PROFOUND, DISCERNING
SYCOPHANT DEVOTED, LOYAL
TABOO PERMIT, CONSENT
TACITURN TALKATIVE, EXTROVERT
TAME WILD
TARDY - EARLY
TEACH LEARN
TEDIOUS EXHILARATING, LIVELY
TEMPERATE BOISTEROUS, VIOLENT
TEMPORARY PERMANENT
THAW - FREEZE
THIN WIDE
THRONG DISPERSION, SPARSITY
TIDY MESSY
TIGHT - LOOSE
TIMID BOLD, INTREPID
TO ADD - TO SUBTRACT
TOGETHER APART
TOP BOTTOM
TOUGH - TENDER
TRANQUIL VIOLENT, FURIOUS
TRIUMPH - FAIL
TRUE - FALSE
UGLY PRETTY
UMBRAGE SYMPATHY, GOODWILL
UNBREAKABLE - FRAGILE
UNCOUTH ELEGANT, GRACEFUL
UNDER - OVER
UNIQUE - ORDINARY
UNSAFE - SAFE
UP - DOWN
USEFUL - USELESS

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USUALLY RARELY
USURP RESTORE, COMPENSATE
UTTERLY DEFICIENTLY, INCOMPLETELY
VACANT OCCUPIED
VAGRANT STEADY, SETTLED
VAGUE DEFINITE
VALOUR FEAR, COWARDICE
VANISH-APPEAR
VANITY MODESTY, HUMILITY
VENERABLE UNWORTHY, IMMATURE
VERTICAL HORIZONTAL
VICIOUS NOBLE, VIRTUOUS
VICTORY - DEFEAT
VILLAIN - HERO
VIOLENT GENTLE
VISIBLE - INVISIBLE
VOLATILE HEAVY, PONDEROUS
VOUCH REPUDIATE, PROHIBIT
VULGAR ELEGANT, CIVIL
WAIVE IMPOSE, CLAMP
WAN BRIGHT, HEALTHY
WANE AMELIORATE, RISE
WARY HEEDLESS, NEGLIGENT
WAX - WANE
WEALTH POVERTY
WED DIVORCE, SEPARATE
WELL - SICK
WET DRY
WHITE BLACK
WICKED VIRTUOUS, NOBLE
WIELD - FORGO, AVOID
WILD TAME
WILT REVIVE, BLOOM
WIN LOSE

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WITH WITHOUT
WORTHY WORTHLESS
YEARN CONTENT, SATISFY
YELL WHISPER, MUTED
YIELD RESIST, PROTEST
YOKE LIBERATE, RELEASE
YOUNG - OLD
ZEAL APATHY, LETHARGY
ZENITH NADIR, BASE
ZEST DISGUST, PASSIVE
ZIG-ZAG STRAIGHT, UNBENT

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