Commonly used Antonyms or Opposite Words

List of most commonly used Opposite Words

in

out

off

on

good

bad

new

old

little

big

dry

wet

hot

cold

up

down

soft

hard

easy

hard

narrow

wide

long

short

tall

short

high

low

slow

fast

rough

smooth

happy

sad

dirty

clean

begin

end

start

finish

weak

strong

alive

dead

dark

light

heavy

light

empty

full

awake

asleep

under

over

closed

open

loose

tight

young

old

early

late

poor

rich

cool

warm

wrong

right

left

right

thick

thin

few

many

pull

push

near

far

north

south

winter

summer

east

west

night

day

inside

outside

work

play

black

white

kind

mean

lost

found

ill

well

difficult

easy

man

woman

walk

run

love

hate

stand

sit

after

before

win

lose

throw

catch

now

then

morning

night

stop

go

above

below

Practice Exercise

QA) Choose the correct opposite words from the box and write them down in the space given:

on  hard  wet  old  big  bad  down  cold  fast  short  out  low 


1. in                ______________

2. off               ______________

3. good            ______________

4. new             ______________

5. little             ______________

6. dry               ______________

7. hot               ______________

8. up                ______________

9. soft              ______________

10. long           ______________

11. high           ______________

12. slow           ______________

 QB) Match the following.

a. rough 

end 

b. happy  

finish 

c. dirty   

smooth 

d. begin  

sad 

e. start   

clean 

f. weak   

dead 

g. alive   

strong 

h. heavy 

asleep 

i. empty 

over 

j. awake 

light 

k. under 

full