List of ” Which sentence uses an antonym? “

Word	Antonym	Meaning of Word	Meaning of Antonym
hot	cold	having a high temperature	having a low temperature
big	small	large in size	little in size
happy	sad	feeling joy	feeling sorrow
fast	slow	moving quickly	moving with little speed
up	down	towards a higher position	towards a lower position
open	close	not shut	shut
in	out	inside	outside
tall	short	having a greater height	having a lesser height
light	dark	bright	without light
loud	quiet	making a lot of noise	not making noise
wet	dry	covered with liquid	free from liquid
soft	hard	not firm or solid	solid or firm
clean	dirty	not messy	not clean
early	late	before the expected time	after the expected time
strong	weak	having great power	lacking strength
easy	difficult	not hard to do	hard to do
high	low	above normal level	below normal level
inside	outside	the inner part	the outer part
smooth	rough	even surface	not even
empty	full	containing nothing	filled completely
begin	end	to start	to finish
buy	sell	to get something by paying	to give something for money
laugh	cry	to show happiness	to shed tears
above	below	higher than	lower than
new	old	just made or created	having existed for a long time
come	go	to move closer	to move away
day	night	time when it’s light outside	time when it’s dark
give	take	to offer something	to receive something
friend	enemy	someone you like	someone you dislike
true	false	correct	incorrect
near	far	close by	not close
win	lose	to succeed	to fail
begin	finish	to start	to stop
accept	reject	to receive	to not accept
brave	cowardly	showing courage	lacking courage
cool	warm	a little cold	a little hot
early	late	before scheduled	after scheduled
enter	exit	to go in	to go out
gentle	rough	kind or soft	harsh or uneven
hard	soft	solid	not hard
healthy	sick	in good health	not feeling well
heavy	light	weighing a lot	weighing little
kind	mean	being nice	being unkind
long	short	a great length	not long
loose	tight	not firmly held	firmly held
many	few	a lot	not many
noisy	quiet	full of noise	silent
old	young	aged	not old
push	pull	to move away	to draw closer
safe	dangerous	free from harm	likely to cause harm
thick	thin	wide	narrow
top	bottom	highest point	lowest point
visible	invisible	can be seen	cannot be seen
win	fail	succeed in a game	not succeed
above	beneath	higher than	lower than
asleep	awake	sleeping	not sleeping
arrive	leave	to come	to go
attach	detach	to join	to unjoin
before	after	earlier in time	later in time
bright	dull	full of light	not bright
build	destroy	to make	to break
careful	careless	showing caution	not cautious
certain	uncertain	sure	not sure
cheap	expensive	costing little	costing a lot
clear	cloudy	not cloudy	full of clouds
close	open	to shut	not shut
correct	wrong	right	not right
deep	shallow	far down	not deep
down	up	towards the ground	away from the ground
dull	sharp	not pointed	very pointed
fancy	plain	very decorative	not fancy
far	near	at a distance	close
fat	thin	having a lot of flesh	lean
full	empty	not empty	without content
gain	lose	to get	to not get
generous	selfish	giving freely	not sharing
glad	sad	happy	unhappy
go	stay	to leave	to remain
hard	easy	difficult	not difficult
humble	proud	not boastful	full of pride
join	separate	to connect	to divide
large	tiny	very big	very small
late	early	not on time	before time
lead	follow	to guide	to go after
less	more	not much	greater amount
light	heavy	not weighing much	weighing a lot
little	big	small	large
move	stop	to go	to stay still
neat	messy	clean and tidy	not clean
polite	rude	respectful	disrespectful
pretty	ugly	good looking	not good looking
quick	slow	fast	not fast
quiet	loud	not noisy	full of noise
raise	lower	to lift up	to bring down
right	left	the opposite side of left	the opposite side of right
rise	fall	go upward	go downward
safe	unsafe	protected	not protected
thick	thin	not narrow	very narrow
tidy	untidy	organized	messy
true	untrue	not false	false
win	lose	to succeed	to not succeed
yes	no	agreement	disagreement

Let’s practice!