LIST OF ANTONYMS

• Above – below
• Attack – defend
• Ability – inability
• Advance – retreat
• Adversity – prosperity
• Arrival – departure
• Ancient – modern
• Arrest – release, free
• Ascent – descent
• Acquit – convict
• Acceptance – rejection
• Armament – disarmament
• Absurd – reasonable
• Ample – meagre
• Advantage – disadvantage
• Agree – disagree
• Angel – devil
• Absence – presence
• Bottom – top
• Broad – narrow
• Buy – sell
• Blunt – sharp
• Busy – idle
• Beautiful – ugly
• Blessing – curse
• Bravery – cowardice
• Belief – disbelief
• Beneficial – harmful
• Barren – fertile
• Beginning – end
• Barbaric – civil
• Boon – bane, curse
• Better – worse
• Cheerful – gloomy
• Concord – discord, disagreement
• Complicated – simple
• Cautious – negligent
• Consent – dissent
• Confess – deny
• Compare – contrast
• Courageous – timid
• Care – neglect
• Creation – destruction
• Confidence – diffidence
• Civilized – uncivilized, wild
• Cause – effect
• Certain – uncertain
• Credit – cash
• Converge – diverge
• Docile – stubborn
• Deep – shallow
• Friendly – hostile
• Foolish – wise
• False – true
• Guest – host
• Gain – loss
• Grateful – ungrateful
• General – particular
• Genuine – spurious
• Humility – insolence
• Heaven – hell
• Honour – shame, dishonour
• Hope – despair
• Heredity – environment
• Humble – proud, haughty
• Honest – dishonest
• Import – export
• Include – exclude
• Increase – decrease
• Innocent – guilty
• Initial – final
• Inhale – exhale
• Justice – injustice
• Junior – senior
• Joy – sorrow
• Knowledge – ignorance
• Kind – cruel
• Like – dislike
• Literate – illiterate
• Logical – illogical
• Lack – abundance
• Legitimate – illegitimate
• Lend – borrow
• Material – spiritual
• Maximum – minimum
• Mortal – immortal
• Miser – spendthrift
• Merit – demerit
• Mourn – rejoice
• Noble – ignoble
• Natural – unnatural, artificiaL
• Oral – written
• Dead – alive
• Dull – bright, interesting
• Defence – offence
• Domestic – wild
• Deficit – surplus
• Deposit – withdraw
• Dwarf – giant
• Demand – supply
• Defeat – victory
• Difficult – easy
• Desolate – inhabited
• Distress – comfort
• Dynamic – static
• Diminish – increase
• Death – life
• Defensive – offensive
• Dependent – independent
• Dry – wet
• Exterior – interior
• Examiner – examinee
• Expedite – delay
• Ebb – flow
• Enjoyment – suffering
• Early – late
• Economical – extravagant
• Encourage – discourage
• Earn – spend
• Entrance – exit Failure – success
• Frank – reserved
• Freedom – slavery
• Fame – obscurity
• Front – back
• Frown – smile
• Far – near
• Fortune – misfortune
• Full – empty
• Fine – coarse
• Fresh – stale