Opposites

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.

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Word	Opposite
M
major	minor
male	female
man	woman
many	few, some
marriage	divorce
married	divorced, single
to marry	to divorce
master	servant
maximum	minimum
mean	generous
to melt	to freeze
men	women
to mend	to break
mess	order
midnight	noon
minimum	maximum
minor	major
to miss	to hit, to catch
moderate	extreme
modern	ancient, old
monarchy	republic
moon	sun
more	less
morning	evening
mountain	valley
much	little
N
narrow	broad, wide
nasty	nice, pleasant
native	foreigner, stranger
natural	artificial
near	distant, far
negative	affirmative
nephew	niece
never	always
new	ancient, old
nice	awful, nasty
niece	nephew
night	day
no	yes
nobody	everybody
noisy	quiet, silent
noon	midnight
none of	al lof
normal	strange
north	south
not yet	already
nothing	everything
to notice	to ignore
now	then
O
occasionally	frequently
occupied	vacant
odd	even
off	on
often	seldom, sometimes
old	modern, new, young
on	off
to open	to close, to shut
open	closed, shut
opponent	supporter
order	mess
ordinary	special
other	same
out	in
outside	inside
outskirts	centre
over	under
P
parents	children
part	whole
partial	total
particular	general
to pass	to fail
past	future, present
peace	war
to permit	to forbid
to plant	to harvest
plenty	lack
pleasant	awful
polite	rude
poor	rich, wealthy
poverty	wealth
powerful	weak
presence	absence
present	past, future
pretty	ugly
private	public
probably	certainly
professional	amateur
to protect	to attack
protection	attack
public	private
to pull	to push
pupil	teacher
to push	to pull
Q
question	answer
quick	slow
quiet	loud, noisy
R
to raise	to lower
rainy	sunny
rear	front
to receive	to send
to reduce	to increase
to refuse	to agree, to accept
regret	satisfaction
to remember	to forget
to repair	to damage
to reply	to ask
reply	question
republic	dictatorship, monarchy
to rest	to work
rich	poor
right	left, wrong
to rise	to sink
rough	gentle, smooth, soft
rude	polite
rural	urban