| Here you will find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes (dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here. This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very small amount because of clarity. If you know more words, send them by e-mail. |
| A-F | G-L | M-R | S-Z |
| Word | Opposite |
|---|---|
| G | |
| general | particular, special |
| generous | mean |
| gentle | violent, rough, strict |
| gentleman | lady |
| girl | boy |
| to give | to take |
| to go | to come, to stop |
| good | bad |
| good luck | bad luck |
| grown-up | child |
| guest | host |
| guilty | innocent |
| H | |
| happiness | sadness |
| happy | sad |
| handsome | ugly |
| hard | easy, soft |
| to harvest | to plant |
| to hate | to enjoy, to like, to love |
| health | disease, illness |
| healthy | ill, sick |
| heat | cold |
| heaven | hell |
| heavy | light |
| hell | heaven |
| here | there |
| high | deep |
| high | low |
| hilly | flat |
| to hit | to miss |
| hopeful | desperate, hopeless |
| hopeless | hopeful |
| horizontal | vertical |
| host | guest, visitor |
| hot | cold |
| huge | tiny |
| human | animal |
| humane | cruel |
| humid | dry |
| hungry | thirsty |
| husband | wife |
| I | |
| in front of | back, behind |
| to ignore | to notice |
| ill | healty, well |
| to immigrate | to emigrate |
| immigration | emigration |
| import | export |
| in | out |
| to include | to exclude |
| to increase | to reduce |
| innocent | guilty |
| inside | outside |
| insult | compliment |
| intelligent | silly, stupid |
| intentional | accidental |
| to be interested in | to bore |
| interesting | boring, dull |
| to interrupt | to continue |
| J | |
| junior | senior |
| K | |
| kind | cruel |
| L | |
| lack | abundance, plenty |
| lady | gentleman |
| to land | to take off |
| land | water |
| large | small |
| last | first |
| late | early |
| to laugh | to cry |
| lazy | active, busy |
| to lead | to follow |
| to learn | to teach |
| to leave | to arrive, to enter |
| left | right |
| to lend | to borrow |
| less | more |
| to let | to forbid |
| to lie | to stand |
| life | death |
| light | dark, heavy |
| to like | to hate |
| liquid | solid |
| little | big, large |
| little | much |
| to live | to die |
| long | short |
| to lose | to find, to win |
| loser | winner |
| loud | quiet |
| to love | to hate |
| lovely | terrible |
| low | high |
| to lower | to raise |
| bad luck | good luck |
| good luck | bad luck |
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