antonyms
Words meaning opposite
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
Hot and cold are antonyms, as are up and down, love and hate.
The concept is useful for vocabulary building and word games, though true opposition is rarer than it seems—most words lack clean antonyms.
What's the antonym of "table"?
Opposed in nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- negationDenial or cancellation
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
polarity · dichotomy · contrast · opposition · inverse · converse · flipside · mirror image
Reverse a prior action
- reverseTurn to opposite
- invertReverse position or order
- negateCancel or disprove
- cancelRevoke or terminate
retract · revert · overturn · flip · switch · transpose · interchange · turn around
Of or relating to words
- gradableAdmitting of degrees
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- relationalConcerning connections between things
- semanticOf meaning in language
vocabulary · thesaurus · definition · meaning · terminology · lexicography · usage
contrary
Opposed in nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- negationDenial or cancellation
counterpart · polarity · dichotomy · contrast · opposition · inverse · converse · flipside · mirror image · polar opposite
undo
Reverse a prior action
cancel · retract · revert · overturn · flip · switch · transpose · interchange · turn around · counter
lexical
Of or relating to words
- gradableAdmitting of degrees
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- relationalConcerning connections between things
semantic · vocabulary · thesaurus · definition · meaning · terminology · lexicography · usage
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antonymssynonyms
Words with shared meaning
near-synonyms · equivalents · parallels · analogues · correspondences