list of ” Which sentence uses an antonym? “

Word	Antonym	Word Meaning	Antonym Meaning
big	small	large in size	little in size
hot	cold	having high temperature	having low temperature
fast	slow	moving quickly	moving at a low speed
happy	sad	feeling good or joyful	feeling unhappy
tall	short	high in height	not tall
up	down	towards a higher place	towards a lower place
loud	quiet	making much noise	making little or no noise
day	night	time when the sun is out	time when it is dark
full	empty	having no more space	nothing inside
new	old	recently made or bought	from long ago
open	closed	not shut	shut or not open
inside	outside	the inner part of something	the outer part
come	go	to arrive	to leave
push	pull	move away with force	bring closer with force
start	stop	to begin	to end
wet	dry	covered with water	not wet
light	dark	bright or having light	no light
early	late	before the usual time	after the expected time
soft	hard	easy to press or squash	firm or solid
clean	dirty	free from dirt	not clean
first	last	before all others	after all others
thick	thin	wide from side to side	narrow from side to side
strong	weak	having power	having little strength
healthy	sick	feeling well	not feeling well
rich	poor	having a lot of money	not having much money
friend	enemy	someone you like	someone who is against you
give	take	to offer	to receive
win	lose	to be the best or first	not win
high	low	far above the ground	close to the ground
above	below	over something	under something
easy	hard	not difficult	difficult
long	short	not short	not long
awake	asleep	not sleeping	not awake
smooth	rough	not bumpy	bumpy
empty	full	nothing inside	with something inside
laugh	cry	to show joy	to show sadness with tears
love	hate	to care deeply	to strongly dislike
brave	scared	not afraid	full of fear
wide	narrow	not thin	not wide
polite	rude	showing good manners	not polite
buy	sell	to get by paying	to give for money
on	off	connected or running	not connected
go	stop	to move	to halt
strong	weak	full of strength	not strong
bright	dull	full of light or color	not bright
tidy	messy	neat and clean	not neat
real	fake	true and not made up	not real
noisy	silent	full of sound	no sound
smile	frown	happy face	unhappy face
climb	fall	go upward	come downward
found	lost	discovered	cannot be found
arrive	leave	to reach a place	to go away
forward	backward	moving ahead	moving in reverse
increase	decrease	become more	become less
accept	refuse	to say yes	to say no
appear	disappear	to come into view	to go out of view
gain	lose	to get something	to no longer have it
rise	fall	go up	go down
enter	exit	go in	go out
sharp	blunt	able to cut	not sharp
busy	lazy	doing many things	not willing to work
together	apart	in one group	separated
allow	forbid	to let do	to not let do
warm	cool	a little hot	a little cold
happy	angry	joyful	full of anger
always	never	all the time	not ever
honest	dishonest	tells the truth	does not tell the truth
clear	cloudy	easy to see through	full of clouds
float	sink	stay on top of water	go under water
build	destroy	make something	break something
deep	shallow	far down	not deep
clever	foolish	smart	not smart
neat	untidy	organized	not neat
win	fail	succeed	not succeed
join	separate	bring together	to take apart
kind	mean	nice and caring	not nice
early	late	before time	after time
present	absent	here	not here
polite	impolite	good manners	bad manners
safe	dangerous	no harm	could cause harm
careful	careless	take care	not careful
easy	tough	not hard	hard to do
many	few	a lot	not many
finish	begin	to end	to start
more	less	a larger amount	a smaller amount
near	far	close	not close
win	lose	be successful	not win
same	different	not changed	not the same
true	false	correct	not correct
asleep	awake	not awake	not sleeping
accept	deny	to say yes	to say no
dull	shiny	not bright	bright and glowing
tidy	untidy	neat	not neat
honest	liar	tells truth	does not tell truth
give	keep	to hand over	to hold with you
whisper	shout	to speak softly	to speak loudly
rise	drop	to move up	to move down
comfort	discomfort	feeling good	not feeling good
stay	leave	not go	to go away
smart	silly	clever	not smart
calm	nervous	relaxed	worried
polite	disrespectful	nice and mannered	rude
success	failure	doing well	not doing well
gain	drop	increase	decrease
end	begin	to stop	to start

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