Most Common Opposite Words in English

Opposite words are very important in English. It express a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. A word having same or identical meaning to another word is synonym. Mostly using opposite words are given below

Ability	Inability
Abolish	Revive
Absent	Present
Absurdity	Reasonableness
Abundance	Scarcity
Accept	Reject
Aches	Ecstasy
Acquire	Surrender
Acquittal	Conviction
Activity	Passivity
Adjacent	Remote
Advance	Retreat
Adversity	Prospirity
Affirm	Deny
Ally	Opponent
Ample	Scanty
Amplify	Condense
Ancient	Modern
Anterior	Posterior
Armament	Disarmament
Arrangement	Derangement
Arrival	Departure
Ascent	Descent
Assemble	Disperse
Association	Dissociation
Attack	Defend
Attract	Repel
Aware	Ignorant
Barbarism	Civilization
Barren	Fertile
Beautiful	Ugly
Belief	Disbelief
Benificial	Injurious
Bless	Curse
Blunt	Sharp
Bold	Timid
Borrow	Lend
Bravery	Cowardice
Brevity	Prolixity
Burtal	Humane
Buy	Sell
Cause	Effect
Cautious	Reckless
Concord	Discord
Confidence	Diffidence
Consent	Dissent
Celebrated	Obscure
Civilized	Savage
Classicism	Romanticism
Comparison>	Contrast
Complicate	Simplify
Conceite	Modest
Conservative	Progressive
Continuity	Discontinuity
Contrary	Similar
Converge	Diverge
Cool	Hot
Courageous	Cowardly
Creation	Destruction
Debt	Asset
Debtor	Creditor
Deep	Shallow
Defence	Offence
Deficit	Surplus
Delay	Hurry
Diligence	Idleness
Distress	Comfort
Diverage	Converge
Do	Undo
Docile	Stubborn
Domestic	Wild
Dwarf	Giant
Dynamic	Static
Early	Late
Earn	Spend
Easy	Difficulty
Ebb	Flow
Economical	Extravagant
Elevation	Depression
Encourage	Discourage
End	Beginning
Enjoy	Suffer
Enrich	Impoverish
Fail	Succeed
Faithful	Treacherous
Favour	Frown
Finail	Initial
Fine	Coarse
Flexible	Rigid
Foreign	Native
Former	Latter
Fortune	Misfortune
Fortunate	Unfortunate
Friend	Enemy
Friendly	Hostile
Front	Rear
Gain	Loss
Gaintey	Gravity
General	Particular
Genuine	Spurious
Giant	Dwarf
Heaven	Hell
Hereditary	Acquired
Honour	Shame
Hop	Despair
Humanity	Brutality
Humble	Pround
Hypocrisy	Sincerity
Illuminate	Darken
Import	Export
Permanent	Temporary
Persuade	Dissuade
Philanthropist	Misanthropist
Plaintiff	Diffident
Plenty	Scarcity
Polite	Impolte
Positive	Nagative
Poverty	Affluence
Important	Unimportant
Include	Exclude
Increase	Decrease
Individual	Universal
Inhale	Exhale
Initial	Final
Innocent	Guilty
Junior	Senior
Just	Unjust
Justice	Injustice
Legitimate	Illegitimate
Lenient	Stem
Like	Dislike
Literate	Illiterate
Logical	Illogical
Make	Mar
Material	Spiritual
Maximum	Minumum
Merit	Demerit
Miser	Spendthrift
Narrow	Wide
Natural	Unnatural
Noble	Ignable
Optimist	Pessimist
Oral	Written
Patriot	Traitor
Peace	War
Principal	Subordinate
Prohibit	Permit
Progressive	Retrogressive
Punish	Forgive
Rash	Mild
Rational	Irrational
Raw	Ripe
Rejoice	Lament
Relief	Aggravation
Repute	Disrepute
Resolute	Irresolute
Reveal	Conceal
Sacred	Profane
Secular	Religious
Seldom	Often
Serious	Trifling
Short	Long
Silent	Noisy
Slow	Fast
Smooth	Rough
Strange	Common
Tope	Bottom
Tragedy	Comedy
Transparent	Opaque
Vague	Clear
Vice	Virtue
Violence	Non-violence
Voluntar	Compulsory
Wild	Tame
Wisdom	Folly