English Vocabulary - Antonyms

English Vocabulary Module 2 - Antonyms

Antonyms - Words that give an opposite meaning to a given word are called antonyms.

Examples:

Poignant - jubilant, joyous

Here, poignant means 'sad'. On the contrary, 'jubilant' and 'joyous' refer to happy.

Antonyms of nouns

1. luck - misfortune, mishap

2. happiness - sadness, gloom, misery

3. grief - ecstasy, euphoria

4. honesty - dishonesty, insincerity

5. weakness - strength, power 

6. difficulty - ease, simplicity

7. authenticity - inaccuracy, imprecision 

8. beauty - ugliness, unpleasantness

9. presence - absence, sabbatical

10. optimism - pessimism, gloom

 

Antonyms of verbs

 

1. disintegrate - synthesize, combine

2. construct - demolish, destroy

3. diminish - increase, grow

4. integrate - disorganize, mismatch

5. encourage - discourage, demotivate

6. triumph - lose, fail

7. enforce - cease, terminate

8. prohibit - allow, approve

9. succeed - precede, antecede

10. promote - demote, relegate 

Antonyms of adjectives

 

1. elegant - inelegant, awkward

2. enormous - tiny, small

3. glorious - horrid, miserable 

4. humorous - tragic, serious

5. implausible - possible, attainable

6. gregarious - unsociable, reserved

7. brutal - gentle, humane

8. appealing - unappealing, unattractive

9. shrill - soft, dulcet

10. awful - wonderful, excellent