Opposite Words in English PDF Download: Check the List of 1000 Antonym from A to Z with Examples and Exercises

A strong command over vocabulary, particularly antonyms (opposite words), plays a vital role in mastering the English language—especially for competitive exams such as Banking, SSC, Railways, CDS, UPSC, and other state-level recruitment tests. Understanding opposites enhances not only one’s vocabulary but also strengthens reading comprehension, sentence formation, and contextual understanding.

This guide provides a comprehensive PDF list of over 1,000 antonyms, organized alphabetically from A to Z, complete with clear definitions, example sentences, and practice exercises. It is an ideal resource for school students, college learners, and competitive exam aspirants aiming to improve their English language skills systematically.

Whether you're preparing for objective-type questions, descriptive writing, or improving your spoken English, this PDF serves as a valuable tool to enhance your vocabulary retention and performance.

Opposite Words in English A to Z PDF in English

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Basic Words Antonyms

Here we have added the list of opposite words in English for the candidates. Below is a collection of some general and straightforward opposing words in English. Utilize these antonyms to expand your English vocabulary.

 

 

Basic Words Antonyms

Words

Antonyms In English

Absent

Present

After

Before

Active

Lazy

Brave

Afraid

Bitter

Sweet

Beginning

End

Blunt

Sharp

Big

Small / Little

Cheap

Expensive

Clean

Dirty

Close

Open

Deep

Shallow

Day

Night

Down

Up

Daughter

Son

Early

Late

Easy

Difficult / Hard

Enter

Exit

Far

Near / Close

Friend

Enemy

Fast

Slow

Fat

Thin / Skinny

Full

Empty

Good

Bad

Happy

Sad

Heavy

Light

Happy

Sad

Here

There

High

Low

Hot

Cold

In

Out

Inside

Outside

Interesting

Boring

Light

Dark

Long

Short

Loud

Soft

Many

Few

Male

Female

New

Old

Near

Far

Over

Under

Rich

Poor

Right

Left

Right

Wrong

Safe

Dangerous

Single

Married

Smooth

Rough

Soft

Hard

Strong

Weak

Tall

Short

Thick

Thin

Tight

Loose

Top

Bottom

Ugly

Beautiful

Vertical

Horizontal

Warm

Cool

Wet

Dry

Wide

Narrow

Young

Old

Yesterday

Tomorrow

Yes

No

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Opposite Words from A to Z List

Here you can find the Opposite Words in alphabetical order from A to Z.

Opposite Words  Starting With Letter 'A'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words that start with the letter A tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'A'

  • absent - present

  • abundant - scarce

  • accept - decline, refuse

  • accurate - inaccurate

  • admit - deny

  • advantage - disadvantage

  • against - for

  • agree - disagree

  • alive - dead

  • alike - different

  • all - none, nothing

  • ally - enemy

  • always - never

  • allow- forbid

  • ancient - modern

  • answer - question

  • antonym - synonym

  • above - below

  • apart - together

  • ancestor-descendant

  • arrival - departure

  • appear - disappear, vanish

  • approve - disapprove

  • arrive - depart

  • artificial - natural

  • ascend - descend

  • attic - cellar

  • attractive - repulsive

  • awake - asleep

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'B'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter B tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'B'

  • backward - forward

  • bad - good

  • beautiful - ugly

  • before - after

  • begin - end

  • below - above

  • bent - straight

  • best - worst

  • better - worse, worst

  • big - little, small

  • bitter-sweet

  • black - white

  • blame - praise

  • bless - curse

  • bold - meek, timid

  • borrow - lend

  • bottom - top

  • bound - unbound, free

  • boundless - limited

  • boy - girl

  • brave - cowardly

  • bright - dim, dull

  • brighten - fade

  • broad - narrow

  • build - destroy

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'C'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in English Grammar starting with the letter C tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'C'

  • calm - windy, troubled

  • can - cannot, can't

  • capable - incapable

  • captive - free

  • careful - careless

  • cheap - expensive

  • cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary

  • clear - cloudy, opaque

  • clever - stupid

  • clockwise - counterclockwise

  • close - far, distant

  • closed - ajar, open

  • clumsy - graceful

  • cold - hot

  • combine - separate

  • come - go

  • comfort - discomfort

  • common - rare

  • compulsory - voluntary

  • conceal - reveal

  • contract - expand

  • cool - warm

  • correct - incorrect, wrong

  • courage - cowardice

  • courteous - discourteous, rude

  • create - destroy

  • crooked - straight

  • cruel - kind

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'D'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in English Grammar starting with the letter D tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'D'

  • dangerous - safe

  • dark - light

  • day - night

  • daytime - nighttime

  • dead - alive

  • decline - accept, increase

  • decrease - increase

  • deep - shallow

  • definite - indefinite

  • demand - supply

  • despair - hope

  • dim - bright

  • disappear - appear

  • discourage - encourage

  • diseased - healthy

  • down - up

  • downwards - upwards

  • dreary - cheerful

  • dry - moist, wet

  • dull - bright, shiny

  • dusk - dawn

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'E'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in English Grammar starting with the letter E tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words  Starting With 'E'

  • early - late

  • east-west

  • easy - hard, difficult

  • empty - full

  • encourage - discourage

  • end - begin, start

  • enter - exit

  • even - odd

  • expand - contract

  • export - import

  • exterior - interior

  • external - internal

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'F'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter F tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'F'

  • fade - brighten

  • fail - succeed

  • false - true

  • famous - unknown

  • far - near

  • fast - slow

  • fat - thin

  • feeble - strong, powerful

  • few - many

  • find - lose

  • first - last

  • float - sink

  • fold - unfold

  • foolish - wise

  • for - against

  • fore - aft

  • forget - remember

  • fortunate - unfortunate

  • found - lost

  • free-bound, captive

  • frequent - seldom

  • fresh - stale

  • friend - enemy

  • full - empty

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'G'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter G tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'G'

  • generous - stingy

  • gentle - rough

  • get - give

  • giant - tiny, small, dwarf

  • girl - boy

  • give - receive, take

  • glad - sad, sorry

  • gloomy - cheerful

  • go - stop

  • good - bad, evil

  • grant - refuse

  • great - tiny, small, unimportant

  • grow - shrink

  • guest - host

  • guilty - innocent

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'H'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter H tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'H'

  • happy - sad

  • hard - easy

  • hard - soft

  • harmful - harmless

  • harsh - mild

  • hate - love

  • haves - have-nots

  • healthy - diseased, ill, sick

  • heaven - hell

  • heavy - light

  • help - hinder

  • here - there

  • hero - coward

  • high - low

  • hill - valley

  • hinder - help

  • honest - dishonest

  • horizontal - vertical

  • hot - cold

  • humble - proud

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'I'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter I tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'I'

  • ill - healthy, well

  • immense - tiny, small

  • important - trivial

  • in - out

  • include - exclude

  • increase - decrease

  • inferior - superior

  • inhale - exhale

  • inner - outer

  • inside - outside

  • intelligent - stupid, unintelligent

  • intentional - accidental

  • interesting - boring

  • interesting - dull, uninteresting

  • interior - exterior

  • internal - external

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With the Letter 'J'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter J tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'J'

  • join - separate

  • junior - senior

  • just - unjust

  • justice - injustice

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'K'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter K tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'K'

  • knowledge - ignorance

  • known - unknown

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With the Letter 'L'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter L tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'L'

  • landlord - tenant

  • large - small

  • last - first

  • laugh - cry

  • lawful - unlawful, illegal

  • lazy - industrious

  • leader-follower

  • left - right

  • lend -borrow

  • lengthen - shorten

  • lenient - strict

  • less - more

  • light - dark, heavy

  • like - dislike, hate

  • likely - unlikely

  • limited - boundless

  • little - big

  • long - short

  • loose - tight

  • lose - find

  • loss - win

  • loud - quiet

  • love-hate

  • low - high

  • loyal - disloyal

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'M'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter M tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words  Starting With 'M'

  • mad - happy, sane

  • major - minor

  • many - few

  • mature - immature

  • maximum - minimum

  • melt - freeze

  • merry - sad

  • messy - neat

  • minor - major

  • minority - majority

  • miser - spendthrift

  • misunderstand - understand

  • more - less

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'N'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter N tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words  Starting With 'N'

  • nadir - zenith

  • narrow - wide

  • near - far, distant

  • neat - messy, untidy

  • never - always

  • new - old

  • night - day

  • nighttime - daytime

  • no - yes

  • noisy - quiet

  • none - some

  • north-south

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'O'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter O tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'O'

  • obedient - disobedient

  • odd - even

  • offer - refuse

  • old - new

  • old - young

  • on - off

  • open - closed, shut

  • opposite- same, similar

  • optimist - pessimist

  • out - in

  • outer - inner

  • over - under

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With the Letter 'P'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter P tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'P'

  • past - present

  • patient - impatient

  • peace - war

  • permanent - temporary

  • plentiful - scarce

  • plural - singular

  • poetry - prose

  • polite - rude, impolite

  • possible - impossible

  • poverty - wealth, riches

  • powerful - weak

  • pretty - ugly

  • private - public

  • prudent - imprudent

  • pure - impure, contaminated

  • push - pull

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'Q'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter Q tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'Q'

  • qualified - unqualified

  • question - answer

  • quiet - loud, noisy

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'R'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter R tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'R'

  • raise - lower

  • rapid - slow

  • rare - common

  • real - fake

  • regular - irregular

  • rich - poor

  • right - left, wrong

  • right-side-up - upside-down

  • rough - smooth

  • rude - courteous

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'S'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter S tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'S'

  • safe - unsafe

  • same - opposite

  • satisfactory - unsatisfactory

  • scatter - collect

  • second-hand - new

  • secure - insecure

  • separate - join, together

  • serious - trivial

  • shallow - deep

  • shrink - grow

  • 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

  • sow -reap

  • start - finish

  • stop-go

  • straight - crooked

  • strict - lenient

  • strong - weak

  • success - failure

  • sunny - cloudy

  • sweet - sour

  • synonym - antonym

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'T'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter T tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'T'

  • take - give

  • tall - short

  • tame - wild

  • them - us

  • there - here

  • thick - thin

  • tight - loose, slack

  • tiny - big, huge

  • together - apart

  • top - bottom

  • tough - easy, tender

  • transparent - opaque

  • true - false

  • truth - falsehood, lie, untruth

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'U'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter U tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'U'

  • under - over

  • unfold - fold

  • unknown - known

  • unqualified - qualified

  • unsafe - safe

  • up - down

  • upside-down - right-side-up

  • upstairs - downstairs

  • us - them

  • useful - useless

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'V'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter V tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'V'

  • vacant - occupied

  • vanish - appear

  • vast - tiny

  • victory - defeat

  • virtue - vice

  • visible - invisible

  • voluntary - compulsory

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'W'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter W tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'W'

  • war - peace

  • wax - wane

  • weak - strong

  • wet - dry

  • white - black

  • wide - narrow

  • win-lose

  • wisdom - folly, stupidity

  • within - outside

  • wrong - right

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'X'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in grammar starting with the letter X tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'X'

  • Xenial - Inhospitable

  • Xenophobic - Impartial

  • Xeroxes - Original

 

Opposite Words Starting With Letter 'Y'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter Y tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'Y'

  • yes - no

  • yin - yang

  • young - old

 

Opposite Words in English Starting With Letter 'Z'

Aspirants can check the important Opposite Words in Grammar starting with the letter Z tabulated below.

 

Opposite Words Starting With 'Z' / 'Z' Opposite words

  • zenith - nadir

  • zip - unzip

 

Opposite Words Exercises

In the English language portion of numerous tests, including SSC (SSC CGL, CHSL, JE, etc.), UPSC (NDA, CDS, etc.), Banking, and more, candidates who are taking government examinations commonly encounter questions relating to antonyms/opposite words in English. The words in English that are requested in the vocabulary part are more complex than the straightforward opposite terms mentioned before. A few significant questions from the perspective of competitive exams are presented below for practice using opposite words.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word

Q1. Xenophobic

  1. yang
  2. Impartial
  3. qualified
  4. Original

Ans. (b)

Q2. Optimist

  1. courteous
  2. messy
  3. pessimist
  4. sink

Ans. (c)

Q3. Wisdom

  1. folly
  2. Impartial
  3. always
  4. courteous

Ans. (a)

Q4. Ally

  1. enemy
  2. together
  3. repulsive
  4. support

Ans. (a)

Q5. Scatter

  1. disperse
  2. Inhospitable
  3. even
  4. collect

Ans. (d)

Q6. Bless

  1. blame
  2. praise
  3. curse
  4. enjoy

Ans. (c)

Q7. Cheerful

  1. Happy
  2. dreary
  3. Entertain
  4. optimistic

Ans. (b)

Q8. Hinder 

  1. trouble
  2. help
  3. disturbance
  4. pessimistic

Ans. (b)

Q9. Calm

  1. relax
  2. satisfied
  3. Righteous
  4. Windy

Ans. (d)

Q10. Nefarious

  1. Recuperate
  2. Stupidity
  3. Righteous
  4. Sobriety

Ans. (c)

 

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FAQs - Opposite Words in the English Language

Q. What are the opposite words or antonyms in English?

Opposite words (antonyms) are words that express meanings that are completely different or contrary to one another. For example, hot is the opposite of cold.

Q. Why is it important to learn antonyms?

Learning antonyms expands your vocabulary, improves reading comprehension, and helps in understanding word context, especially in exams.

Q. Is this PDF suitable for competitive exams like SSC, Banking, or UPSC?

Yes, the PDF is designed to support vocabulary preparation for Banking, SSC, Railways, UPSC, CDS, and other government exams.

Q. How many opposite words are included in the PDF?

The PDF contains 1,000+ opposite words, arranged alphabetically from A to Z with examples and exercises.

Q. Are examples provided for each antonym?

Yes, every antonym pair comes with a clear definition and a usage example in a sentence.

Q. Is this list useful for school and college students too?

Absolutely! It helps students enhance vocabulary for essays, debates, exams, and overall language development.

Q. Can I download this antonyms list as a printable PDF?

Yes, the full list with examples and exercises is available for free PDF download.

Q. Will learning antonyms help in the English section of bank exams?

Yes. Antonyms are asked directly in vocabulary-based questions, reading comprehension, and sentence completion.

Q. Are practice exercises included in the PDF?

Yes. The PDF features chapter-end exercises, match-the-following, and fill-in-the-blanks to test your understanding.

Q. Are these opposite words beginner-friendly?

Yes, the list includes basic to advanced vocabulary, making it suitable for all learning levels.

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