1000 Common Opposite Words

January 9, 2026 Md. Rokon Uddin (Rumon)

500 Common Opposite Words

Big — Small
Hot — Cold
Fast — Slow
Happy — Sad
High — Low
Light — Dark
Early — Late
Old — Young
Rich — Poor
Strong — Weak
Long — Short
Hard — Soft
Full — Empty
Clean — Dirty
Open — Closed
Up — Down
In — Out
Near — Far
Tall — Short
Thick — Thin
Heavy — Light
Loud — Quiet
True — False
Right — Wrong
Easy — Difficult
New — Old
Safe — Dangerous
Smooth — Rough
Wide — Narrow
Brave — Cowardly
Sharp — Dull
Dry — Wet
Sweet — Sour
Kind — Cruel
Honest — Dishonest
Alive — Dead
Beautiful — Ugly
Begin — End
Buy — Sell
Accept — Reject
Agree — Disagree
Win — Lose
Give — Take
Love — Hate
Laugh — Cry
Push — Pull
Increase — Decrease
Above — Below
Front — Back
Public — Private
Day — Night
Male — Female
Present — Absent
Maximum — Minimum
Natural — Artificial
Positive — Negative
Success — Failure
Arrive — Depart
Attack — Defend
Bless — Curse
Calm — Angry
Careful — Careless
Catch — Release
Cheap — Expensive
Cheerful — Gloomy
Common — Rare
Cool — Warm
Create — Destroy
Credit — Debit
Deep — Shallow
Demand — Supply
Enter — Exit
Expand — Contract
Famous — Unknown
Fixed — Flexible
Free — Busy
Fresh — Stale
Gather — Scatter
Generous — Stingy
Guilty — Innocent
Health — Disease
Heaven — Hell
Import — Export
Include — Exclude
Junior — Senior
Legal — Illegal
Major — Minor
Natural — Man-made
Obey — Disobey
Ordinary — Extraordinary
Past — Future
Permanent — Temporary
Polite — Rude
Praise — Criticize
Profit — Loss
Protect — Harm
Pure — Impure
Quick — Slow
Raise — Lower
Real — Fake
Refuse — Accept
Remember — Forget
Right — Left
Rigid — Flexible
Rural — Urban
Silent — Noisy
Simple — Complex
Single — Double
Smooth — Bumpy
Start — Finish
Straight — Crooked
Strong — Fragile
Student — Teacher
Thick — Slim
Tight — Loose
True — Untrue
Victory — Defeat
Visible — Invisible
Weak — Powerful
Wealthy — Poor
Wise — Foolish
Acceptable — Unacceptable
Active — Passive
Advance — Retreat
Ancient — Modern
Artificial — Natural
Asleep — Awake
Attack — Protect
Awake — Asleep
Bitter — Sweet
Bottom — Top
Broad — Narrow
Build — Destroy
Busy — Idle
Care — Neglect
Certain — Uncertain
Cheap — Costly
Clean — Polluted
Clever — Stupid
Close — Distant
Cold — Hot
Combine — Separate
Comfort — Discomfort
Correct — Incorrect
Courage — Fear
Create — Ruin
Dark — Bright
Decline — Accept
Demand — Refuse
Dense — Sparse
Despair — Hope
Different — Same
Difficult — Easy
Divide — Unite
Domestic — Foreign
Dry — Moist
Dull — Bright
Earn — Spend
Empty — Filled
Equal — Unequal
Even — Odd
Excited — Calm
Fail — Pass
Fair — Unfair
Faithful — Unfaithful
Flexible — Rigid
Foolish — Wise
Forget — Remember
Friendly — Hostile
Full — Vacant
Gain — Lose
Gentle — Rough
Give — Receive
Happy — Unhappy
Hardworking — Lazy
Harmful — Harmless
Healthy — Sick
Heavy — Light
Honest — Corrupt
Hope — Despair
Host — Guest
Humble — Proud
Important — Unimportant
Inside — Outside
Join — Separate
Kind — Unkind
Large — Tiny
Legal — Unlawful
Loud — Silent
Loyal — Disloyal
Mature — Immature
Maximum — Least
Melt — Freeze
Minor — Major
Modern — Ancient
Narrow — Wide
Natural — Synthetic
Neat — Messy
Negative — Positive
Normal — Abnormal
Obvious — Hidden
Old — New
Open — Shut
Optimistic — Pessimistic
Ordinary — Special
Out — In
Patient — Impatient
Peace — War
Permanent — Short-term
Plain — Fancy
Pleasant — Unpleasant
Plentiful — Scarce
Polite — Impolite
Possible — Impossible
Powerful — Weak
Praise — Blame
Present — Past
Proud — Ashamed
Pure — Dirty
Quick — Sluggish
Quiet — Loud
Rare — Common
Ready — Unprepared
Real — Unreal
Refuse — Allow
Relax — Tense
Remember — Forget
Repair — Damage
Rich — Needy
Safe — Risky
Same — Different
Scarce — Abundant
Secure — Insecure
Shallow — Deep
Sharp — Blunt
Short — Tall
Simple — Difficult
Slow — Fast
Soft — Hard
Solid — Liquid
Spend — Save
Stable — Unstable
Start — Stop
Strong — Weak
Success — Defeat
Sweet — Bitter
Tall — Short
Temporary — Permanent
Thick — Thin
Tight — Loose
Tiny — Huge
Top — Bottom
True — False
Trust — Doubt
Useful — Useless
Vacant — Occupied
Valid — Invalid
Victory — Loss
Visible — Hidden
Warm — Cool
Weak — Strong
Wealth — Poverty
Wet — Dry
Wide — Narrow
Wild — Tame
Win — Lose
Wise — Silly
Young — Old
Zenith — Nadir
Advance — Delay
Allow — Forbid
Ancient — Recent
Appear — Disappear
Attack — Retreat
Beautiful — Plain
Best — Worst
Borrow — Lend
Bright — Dim
Calm — Stormy
Capable — Incapable
Certain — Doubtful
Civil — Rude
Clear — Cloudy
Cold — Warm
Combine — Divide
Comfort — Pain
Complete — Incomplete
Correct — Wrong
Courageous — Fearful
Defeat — Win
Defend — Attack
Delicate — Tough
Destroy — Build
Difficult — Simple
Dim — Bright
Domestic — Wild
Early — Late
Empty — Full
Enemy — Friend
Equal — Different
Exact — Approximate
Expand — Shrink
Fair — Biased
Famous — Obscure
Far — Near
Fast — Sluggish
Firm — Soft
First — Last
Flexible — Stiff
Forget — Recall
Friendly — Unfriendly
Full — Hollow
Gentle — Harsh
Giant — Tiny
Give — Withhold
Graceful — Awkward
Grow — Shrink
Happy — Miserable
Hard — Easy
Harm — Heal
Heavy — Slight
Honest — Deceitful
Hopeful — Hopeless
Hostile — Friendly
Immediate — Delayed
Import — Export
Improve — Worsen
Include — Leave out
Innocent — Guilty
Joy — Sorrow
Junior — Senior
Kind — Mean
Knowledge — Ignorance
Lead — Follow
Left — Right
Lengthen — Shorten
Liberal — Strict
Life — Death
Loose — Tight
Loyal — Traitorous
Major — Minor
Man-made — Natural
Maximum — Minimum
Melt — Harden
Mild — Severe
Mix — Separate
Modern — Old-fashioned
Natural — Artificial
Necessary — Optional
Normal — Strange
Notice — Ignore
Obey — Rebel
Open — Close
Order — Chaos
Ordinary — Unique
Over — Under
Passive — Active
Peaceful — Violent
Permanent — Fleeting
Plain — Decorative
Polite — Harsh
Possible — Unlikely
Power — Weakness
Private — Public
Profit — Debt
Protect — Expose
Pure — Polluted
Quick — Leisurely
Rare — Frequent
Raw — Cooked
Real — Imaginary
Reduce — Increase
Relaxed — Tense
Repair — Break
Rough — Smooth
Safe — Unsafe
Same — Opposite
Sharp — Rounded
Shiny — Dull
Simple — Advanced
Soft — Firm
Solid — Gas
Spend — Earn
Stable — Shaky
Strong — Delicate
Success — Collapse
Sweet — Salty
Tall — Short
Thin — Fat
Tight — Slack
Tiny — Massive
Top — Base
Tough — Tender
True — Incorrect
Trust — Suspect
Useful — Harmful
Vacant — Full
Valid — Void
Victory — Surrender
Warm — Chilly
Weak — Sturdy
Wealthy — Needy
Wet — Parched
Wide — Slim
Wild — Domestic
Win — Fail
Wise — Ignorant
Young — Mature
Zenith — Bottom
Accept — Decline
Active — Inactive
Agree — Oppose
Alive — Lifeless
Allow — Prevent
Ancient — New
Arrive — Leave
Awake — Sleeping
Bitter — Pleasant
Bright — Pale
Calm — Nervous
Capable — Helpless
Careful — Reckless
Cheap — Priceless
Clear — Vague
Common — Unique
Complete — Partial
Confident — Doubtful
Cool — Hot
Correct — False
Courage — Timidity
Dark — Light
Deep — Surface
Defend — Surrender
Dense — Light
Direct — Indirect
Dirty — Clean
Early — Delayed
Easy — Hard
Empty — Loaded
Equal — Biased
Fair — Harsh
Fast — Delayed
Flexible — Rigid
Fresh — Rotten
Friendly — Cold
Full — Scarce
Gentle — Violent
Hard — Tender
Healthy — Weak
Heavy — Featherweight
Honest — False
Hot — Cool
Inside — Outside
Joyful — Sad
Large — Small
Light — Heavy
Long — Brief
Modern — Primitive
New — Used
Open — Sealed
Orderly — Messy
Pleasant — Harsh
Polite — Offensive
Positive — Neutral
Powerful — Helpless
Quiet — Talkative
Ready — Waiting
Rich — Broke
Rough — Polished
Safe — Harmful
Sharp — Smooth
Short — Long
Silent — Vocal
Simple — Complicated
Soft — Rough
Strong — Frail
Sweet — Plain
Thin — Thick
Tight — Free
True — Fictional
Useful — Wasteful
Vacant — Busy
Visible — Concealed
Warm — Freezing
Weak — Mighty
Wet — Arid
Wide — Limited
Wild — Controlled
Win — Surrender
Wise — Naive
Young — Aged
Active — Lazy
Advance — Retreat
Alive — Dead
Allow — Ban
Brave — Afraid
Clean — Filthy
Deep — Flat
Honest — Lying
Peace — Conflict

500 More Opposite Words (501–1000)

Absent — Present
Abundant — Scarce
Accurate — Inaccurate
Admit — Deny
Advance — Reverse
Advantage — Disadvantage
Afraid — Confident
Alive — Inert
Allowable — Forbidden
Amateur — Professional
Ancient — Contemporary
Angry — Calm
Annual — Monthly
Apparent — Hidden
Approve — Disapprove
Arrive — Depart
Artificial — Genuine
Ascend — Descend
Ashamed — Proud
Awkward — Skillful
Backward — Forward
Bare — Covered
Beautiful — Hideous
Begin — Cease
Belief — Doubt
Bend — Straighten
Beneficial — Harmful
Best — Inferior
Blunt — Sharp
Bold — Timid
Borrow — Return
Bottom — Peak
Bound — Free
Brave — Timorous
Bright — Murky
Broad — Slim
Broken — Intact
Calmness — Agitation
Capable — Inept
Care — Ignore
Careful — Rash
Catch — Miss
Certain — Unsure
Cheap — Valuable
Cheer — Depress
Childish — Mature
Clear — Obscure
Clever — Dull
Closed — Ajar
Clumsy — Graceful
Coarse — Fine
Cold-blooded — Warm-hearted
Combine — Dissolve
Comfort — Distress
Commercial — Personal
Compact — Spread-out
Complete — Fragmented
Complicated — Straightforward
Conceal — Reveal
Confirm — Contradict
Conscious — Unconscious
Constant — Variable
Construct — Demolish
Continue — Halt
Cool-headed — Excitable
Courage — Cowardice
Create — Eliminate
Cruelty — Kindness
Crude — Refined
Danger — Safety
Daring — Cautious
Darken — Brighten
Deaf — Hearing
Decrease — Multiply
Definite — Vague
Delicate — Sturdy
Delight — Displease
Dense — Airy
Depend — Act independently
Despair — Confidence
Destroy — Preserve
Detach — Attach
Diligent — Idle
Dim — Radiant
Disappear — Appear
Disorder — Discipline
Distant — Close
Distrust — Trust
Divide — Merge
Domestic — International
Downward — Upward
Drunk — Sober
Dullness — Brightness
Earnest — Playful
Easygoing — Strict
Educated — Illiterate
Effective — Ineffective
Efficient — Wasteful
Elastic — Brittle
Elegant — Clumsy
Empty-handed — Loaded
Encourage — Discourage
Endless — Finite
Energetic — Lethargic
Enjoy — Suffer
Equalize — Differentiate
Essential — Trivial
Establish — Abolish
Exact — Rough
Expand — Compress
Expect — Doubt
Expose — Cover
External — Internal
Extravagant — Economical
Failure — Achievement
Faith — Skepticism
Falsehood — Truth
Fancy — Plain
Fatal — Harmless
Favor — Oppose
Fearless — Fearful
Fertile — Barren
Few — Numerous
Fierce — Gentle
Finish — Commence
Firmness — Weakness
Fit — Unfit
Fixed — Adjustable
Flatter — Criticize
Flourish — Fade
Force — Yield
Forgetful — Mindful
Formal — Casual
Fragile — Durable
Frank — Secretive
Freezing — Boiling
Frugal — Wasteful
Full-grown — Immature
Gainful — Unprofitable
Generosity — Greed
Gentle — Brutal
Genuine — Fake
Giant — Miniature
Gloomy — Cheerful
Gradual — Sudden
Grant — Refuse
Grateful — Ungrateful
Guilty — Blameless
Handsome — Ugly
Harmless — Deadly
Hasty — Deliberate
Hazardous — Safe
Healthy — Unwell
Hero — Villain
Hollow — Solid
Honest — Tricky
Hostility — Friendship
Humidity — Dryness
Ideal — Flawed
Ignore — Notice
Ill — Healthy
Immense — Tiny
Impolite — Courteous
Impossible — Feasible
Impure — Clean
Inactive — Energetic
Include — Omit
Increase — Reduce
Independent — Dependent
Inferior — Superior
Innocence — Guilt
Instant — Delayed
Intelligent — Slow-witted
Intense — Mild
Interest — Boredom
Internal — External
Invisible — Apparent
Join — Detach
Joyful — Miserable
Junior — Elder
Just — Unjust
Keen — Indifferent
Knowledgeable — Ignorant
Lasting — Temporary
Lawful — Criminal
Lean — Plump
Leave — Enter
Lengthy — Brief
Lethal — Safe
Liberal — Conservative
Limited — Unlimited
Liquid — Solid
Lively — Dull
Logical — Illogical
Loose — Firm
Loss — Gain
Loudness — Silence
Luxury — Necessity
Major — Secondary
Manageable — Unmanageable
Mature — Childlike
Meager — Ample
Meaningful — Pointless
Mercy — Cruelty
Minor — Significant
Mobile — Stationary
Modest — Arrogant
Moist — Dry
Moral — Immoral
Native — Foreign
Natural — Forced
Neatness — Disorder
Necessary — Unnecessary
Nervous — Relaxed
Normal — Unusual
Obedient — Defiant
Objective — Biased
Obscure — Clear
Offensive — Inoffensive
Open-minded — Narrow-minded
Optimism — Pessimism
Ordinary — Remarkable
Organized — Chaotic
Original — Imitation
Outdated — Current
Painful — Painless
Partial — Whole
Passive — Aggressive
Patient — Restless
Peaceful — Turbulent
Permanent — Reversible
Persistent — Giving up
Physical — Mental
Plainness — Elegance
Plenty — Lack
Popular — Unpopular
Powerful — Powerless
Practical — Theoretical
Precious — Worthless
Predictable — Uncertain
Prepared — Unready
Private — Open
Productive — Unproductive
Prosperity — Poverty
Proud — Modest
Pure — Tainted
Qualified — Unqualified
Quickness — Slowness
Quietness — Noise
Rarely — Often
Rational — Emotional
Realistic — Unrealistic
Receive — Give
Recent — Ancient
Refined — Crude
Relaxed — Anxious
Reliable — Unreliable
Religious — Secular
Remember — Neglect
Repairable — Ruined
Responsible — Irresponsible
Rest — Work
Richness — Poverty
Rigid — Supple
Roughness — Smoothness
Routine — Exceptional
Sacred — Profane
Safe — Perilous
Satisfied — Discontented
Secure — Vulnerable
Serious — Playful
Shallow — Profound
Sharpness — Dullness
Shy — Outgoing
Silent — Audible
Simple — Sophisticated
Sincere — Insincere
Skillful — Inept
Slender — Thickset
Social — Isolated
Solid — Fragile
Spacious — Cramped
Special — Ordinary
Stable — Volatile
Steady — Erratic
Strict — Lenient
Strongly — Weakly
Success — Ruin
Sudden — Gradual
Support — Undermine
Surplus — Deficit
Suspicious — Trusting
Swift — Leisurely
Sympathetic — Indifferent
Temporary — Lasting
Tender — Tough
Tidy — Untidy
Timely — Late
Tranquil — Restless
Transparent — Opaque
Trustworthy — Deceitful
Typical — Atypical
Unaware — Conscious
Uncomfortable — Cozy
Uneven — Smooth
United — Divided
Universal — Local
Useful — Futile
Vacant — Crowded
Vague — Definite
Valid — Questionable
Valuable — Cheap
Vanish — Remain
Vast — Limited
Victim — Victor
Vigorous — Feeble
Visible — Noticeable
Voluntary — Forced
Warm-hearted — Cold-hearted
Weakness — Strength
Wealth — Hardship
Willing — Reluctant
Wise — Reckless
Withdraw — Advance
Worthy — Unworthy
Youthful — Elderly
Zealous — Indifferent
Zenith — Lowest
Absolve — Accuse
Adaptable — Inflexible
Admire — Despise
Agreeable — Unpleasant
Alert — Drowsy
Ample — Insufficient
Animate — Lifeless
Audible — Silent
Aware — Oblivious
Balanced — Unbalanced
Barely — Fully
Benefactor — Enemy
Brief — Prolonged
Busy — Leisurely
Capable — Powerless
Civilized — Barbaric
Coherent — Confused
Commonplace — Rare
Confident — Timid
Constructive — Destructive
Controlled — Wild
Conventional — Radical
Correctness — Error
Courageous — Cowardly
Decent — Improper
Decorative — Plain
Definite — Ambiguous
Desirable — Undesirable
Direct — Roundabout
Discreet — Indiscreet
Distinct — Blurred
Durable — Fragile
Eager — Reluctant
Empty — Occupied
Energetic — Tired
Enlightened — Ignorant
Ethical — Corrupt
Eventful — Uneventful
Exactness — Approximation
Expensive — Affordable
Exposed — Sheltered
Extreme — Moderate
Faithful — Disloyal
Flexible — Inflexible
Focused — Distracted
Formality — Informality
Friendly — Hostile
Fullness — Emptiness
Gentle — Severe
Gracious — Rude
Guilty — Pure
Harsh — Mild
Helpful — Obstructive
High-quality — Inferior
Honest — Fraudulent
Hopeful — Pessimistic
Humorous — Serious
Idealistic — Practical
Impatient — Calm
Important — Trivial
Inclusive — Exclusive
Innovative — Traditional
Insecure — Confident
Intact — Broken
Joyless — Cheerful
Kind-hearted — Cruel
Lax — Strict
Light-hearted — Serious
Lively — Lifeless
Logical — Absurd
Loyal — Treacherous
Mature — Green
Merciful — Ruthless
Mobile — Fixed
Needy — Wealthy
Neutral — Biased
Obvious — Subtle
Orderly — Chaotic
Patient — Hasty
Polished — Rough
Positive — Adverse
Powerful — Frail
Prepared — Clueless
Prosperous — Poor
Rational — Irrational
Reliable — Faulty
Respectful — Disrespectful
Rigid — Elastic
Rough — Refined
Safe — Hazardous
Satisfied — Frustrated
Secure — Exposed
Sharp-minded — Dull-minded
Simple-minded — Clever
Skilled — Untrained
Soft-spoken — Loud
Steady — Unstable
Strictness — Freedom
Supportive — Critical
Tender-hearted — Hard-hearted
Thoughtful — Thoughtless
Tolerant — Intolerant
Transparent — Hidden
Trustful — Suspicious
Typical — Unique
Useful — Ineffective
Vivid — Dull
Warm — Icy
Weak — Robust
Willful — Obedient
Worthwhile — Pointless
Youth — Old age
Active — Dormant
Accurate — False
Adventurous — Cautious
Affectionate — Cold
Alertness — Sleepiness
Balanced — Extreme
Benevolent — Malevolent
Boldness — Shyness
Calmness — Panic
Carefree — Worried
Cheerfulness — Gloom
Clarity — Confusion
Confidence — Fear
Courtesy — Rudeness
Creativity — Imitation
Decisive — Hesitant
Dependable — Uncertain
Determined — Undecided
Discipline — Chaos
Efficiency — Inefficiency
Energy — Fatigue
Fairness — Injustice
Firm — Flabby
Freedom — Restriction
Freshness — Staleness
Generous — Selfish
Harmony — Discord
Honesty — Deception
Humility — Pride
Improvement — Decline
Independence — Dependence
Initiative — Passivity
Innocence — Corruption
Integrity — Dishonesty
Intensity — Weakness
Justice — Injustice
Kindness — Brutality
Liberty — Captivity
Loyalty — Betrayal
Maturity — Immaturity
Moderation — Excess
Neat — Scruffy
Openness — Secrecy
Order — Confusion
Patience — Impatience
Precision — Inaccuracy
Progress — Regression
Reliability — Doubt
Simplicity — Complexity
Stability — Instability
Strength — Fragility
Success — Setback
Sympathy — Apathy
Unity — Division
Usefulness — Futility
Vitality — Weakness
Warmth — Coldness
Wisdom — Folly
Youthfulness — Age
Zeal — Apathy

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