Opposites in English – Word list – S – Z
Word | Opposite |
---|---|
S | |
sad | happy |
sadness | happiness |
safe | dangerous |
safety | danger |
salt | sugar |
(the) same | different, the other |
satisfaction | regret |
to satisfy | to annoy |
to save | to spend, to waste |
to scream | to whisper |
security | danger |
seldom | often |
to sell | to buy |
to send | to receive, to save |
senior | junior |
to separate | to connect, to unite |
serious | funny |
servant | master |
to set free | to arrest |
shallow | deep |
sharp | blunt |
shelter | exposure |
short | long, tall |
to shout | to whisper |
to shut | to open |
sick | healthy |
silent | noisy |
silly | intelligent |
simple | complicated |
to sink | to rise |
single | married |
sister | brother |
to sit | to stand |
slim | fat |
slow | fast, quick |
small | big, large, tall |
smooth | rough |
soft | hard, rough |
solid | liquid |
some | many |
sometimes | often |
son | daughter |
soul | body |
sour | sweet |
south | north |
special | general, ordinary |
spring | autumn |
to stand | to sit |
to start | to stop |
start | finish, end, stop |
to stop | to start, to go |
to stand | to lie |
strange | normal |
stranger | native |
strict | gentle |
strong | weak |
student | teacher |
stupid | clever, intelligent |
suburb | centre |
to succeed | to fail |
success | failure |
to subtract | to add |
sugar | salt |
summer | winter |
sun | moon |
sunny | cloudy, rainy |
supporter | opponent |
to suspect | to trust |
sweet | bitter, sour |
synonym | antonym |
T | |
to take | to give |
to take off | to land |
tall | small, short |
to teach | to learn |
teacher | pupil, student |
then | now |
terrible | lovely |
there | here |
thick | thin |
thin | thick, fat |
thirsty | hungry |
to throw | to catch |
tight | loose |
tiny | giant, huge |
together | apart |
tomorrow | yesterday |
top | bottom |
total | partial |
town | village |
tragedy | comedy |
true | false |
to trust | to suspect |
U | |
ugliness | beauty |
ugly | beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls) |
under | over |
to unite | to divide, to separate |
unity | division |
up | down |
upstairs | downstairs |
urban | rural |
useful | useless |
useless | useful |
V | |
vacant | occupied |
valley | mountain |
vertical | horizontal |
victory | defeat |
village | town |
violent | gentle |
visitor | host |
voluntary | compulsory |
vowel | consonant |
W | |
war | peace |
warm | cool |
to waste | to save |
water | land |
weak | powerful, strong |
wealth | poverty |
wealthy | poor |
wedding | divorce |
well (gesund) | ill |
west | east |
wet | dry |
to whisper | to scream, to shout |
white | black |
whole | part |
wide | narrow |
wife | husband |
to win | to lose |
winner | loser |
winter | summer |
to work | to rest |
woman | man |
women | men |
worse | better |
worst | best |
wrong | correct, right |
Y | |
yes | no |
yesterday | tomorrow |
young | old |
Thanks to Alina, Elisabeth and Friedrich.