OPPOSITES
S
Save ≠ waste
Separated ≠ attached
Show ≠ hide
Sick ≠well, healthy
Simple ≠ complex
Sister ≠ brother
Sleep ≠ wake up
Stay ≠ leave
Strong ≠ weak
Switch ≠ turn off
T
Take ≠put, bring
Talk ≠ shut up
Thick ≠ thin
U
Under ≠ on
Undress ≠ wear
V
Vacant ≠ occupied
W
Wild ≠ domestic
With ≠ without
Worse ≠ better
Worst ≠ best
L
Lady ≠ gentleman
Land ≠ take off
Later ≠ sooner
Left ≠right
Long ≠ short
Loose ≠ tight
Lose ≠ win
Loser ≠ winner
Lucky ≠ unlucky
M
Man ≠ woman
Maximum ≠ minimum
Midday ≠ midnight
Modern ≠ traditional
Move ≠ stop
Mum ≠ dad
N
New ≠ old, ancient
Next ≠ last
Noise ≠ silence
Noisy ≠ silent
North ≠ south
Now ≠ later
O
Obtain ≠ lose
Old ≠ young, new
Open ≠ shut, close
Open ≠ closed
P
Pleased ≠ unhappy
Poor ≠ wealthy, rich
Powerful ≠weak
Produce ≠ consume
Production ≠consumption
Professional ≠ amateur
Pull ≠ push
Put ≠ take
Q
Quality ≠quantity
Question ≠ answer
Quick ≠ slow
R
Receive ≠ send
Receiver ≠ sender
Recent old
Relaxed ≠ tired
Remove ≠ fix
Return ≠ go
Roomy ≠ narrow
E
Early ≠ late
East ≠ west
Easy ≠ difficult, hard
Economize ≠ waste
Empty ≠ full
End ≠ beginning, start
Enjoy ≠ dislike
Entry ≠exit
Excellent ≠ very bad
Export ≠ import
F
Fail ≠ succeed
Far ≠ near
Fast ≠ slow
Fat ≠ thin, slim
Few ≠ many
Fill ≠ empty
Final ≠ first
Find ≠ lose
Fine ≠ horrible, cloudy
Finish ≠start, begin
First ≠ last
Flay ≠ land
Forget ≠ remember
Fragile ≠ solid
Friend ≠ enemy
Future ≠ past
G
Gather ≠scatter, separate
Get up ≠ sleep
Girl ≠ boy
Glad ≠ sad
Go ≠ come, return
Graceful ≠ horrible
Guest ≠ host
H
Happy ≠sad, unhappy
Heavy ≠ light
Here ≠there
Hesitate ≠ go on
Hide ≠ appear
High ≠ low
Horrible ≠ nice
Huge ≠ small
Husband ≠ wife
I
Ill ≠ healthy, well
Increase ≠decrease
In ≠ out, of
Inside ≠ outside
A
Above ≠ below
Accept ≠ refuse
Active ≠ lazy, passive
Admire ≠ dislike
After ≠ before
Aged ≠ young
Always ≠ never
Alive ≠ dead
Allow ≠ prevent
Amateur ≠ professional
Ancient ≠ new
Answer ≠ ask
Appear ≠ hide
Attached ≠ separated
B
Bad ≠ good
Begin ≠ finish, end
Believe ≠ disbelieve
Best ≠ worst
Big ≠ small
Bottom ≠ top
Boy ≠ girl
Bring ≠ take
Busy ≠ free
Buy ≠ sell
C
Calm ≠ nervous
Careless ≠ careful
Clean ≠ dirty
Close ≠open
Cloudy ≠ sunny
Cold ≠ hot
Collect ≠ distribute
Colossal ≠ small
D
Dangerous ≠ safe
Daughter ≠ son
Day ≠ night
Death ≠ life
Die ≠ live
Different ≠ same
Difficult ≠easy, simple
Dirty ≠ clean
Dislike ≠ like
Disorder ≠ order
Domestic ≠ wild
Dry ≠ well, damp
