VOCABULARY: Opposites

word	Opposite
present	past or future
death	birth or life
full	empty
autumn or fall	spring
arrival	departure
boring	exciting or interesting
peace	war
children	parents
buy	sell
expensive	cheap
domestic	foreign
old	young or modern or new
argue	agree
yesterday	tomorrow or today
children	parents
arrival	departure
worse	better
hilly	flat
healthy	ill
always	never
security	danger
moon	sun
guilty	innocent
summer	winter
opponent	supporter
below	above
reply	question
rich	poor
healthy	ill
up	down

EXERCISE: Opposites

Find the correct opposites of the given words. Choose the correct answer.

1) What's the opposite of to break?
 to join
 to fasten
 to mend
 to build

2) What's the opposite of early?
 soon
 late
 last
 first

3) What's the opposite of to lose?
 to forget
 to find
 to search
 to look for

4) What's the opposite of over?
 downstairs
 below
 under
 above

5) What's the opposite of rough?
 sharp
 heavy
 hard
 smooth

6) What's the opposite of heavy?
 light soft
 easy
 smooth

7) What's the opposite of to learn?
 to know
 to teach
 to forget
 to understand

8) What's the opposite of high?
 under
 low beneath
 down

9) What's the opposite of to start?
 to stop
 to begin
 to go on
 to continue

10) What's the opposite of to push?
 to tow
 to lift
 to pull
 to send


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EXERCISE: Opposites

Find the correct opposites of the given words. Choose the correct answer.

1) What's the opposite of many?
 less
 few
 more
 most

2) What's the opposite of deep?
 shallow
 narrow
 thin
 low

3) What's the opposite of long?
 broad
 small
 thin
 short

4) What's the opposite of clean?
 tidy up
 clear
 dirty
 beautiful

5) What's the opposite of empty?
 shut
 open
 ugly
 full

6) What's the opposite of thin?
 light
 slow
 fat
 more

7) What's the opposite of beginning?
 end
 start
 finish
 depart

8) What's the opposite of big?
 huge
 small
 large
 less

9) What's the opposite of modern?
 older
 ancient
 new
 contemporary

10) What's the opposite of poor?
 wealth
 rich
 poverty
 wise


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EXERCISE: Opposites

Find the correct opposites of the given words. Choose the correct answer.

1) What's the opposite of more?
 few
 less
 a lot
 many

2) What's the opposite of alive?
 asleep
 dead
 death
 sick

3) What's the opposite of loud?
 soft
 quite
 quiet
 noisy

4) What's the opposite of happy?
 glad
 ugly
 difficult
 sad

5) What's the opposite of last?
 first
 beginning
 start
 end

6) What's the opposite of now?
 always
 never
 then
 soon

7) What's the opposite of to buy?
 to take
 to sell
 to bring
 to lend

8) What's the opposite of better?
 bad
 worse
 good
 worst

9) What's the opposite of dangerous?
 easy
 beautiful
 safe
 pleasant

10) What's the opposite of cool?
 warm
 hot
 cold
 cooler


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VOCABULARY: Opposite Word

big - little
cheap - expensive
clean - dirty
deep - shallow
easy - difficult
far - near
fast - slow
fat - thin
full - empty
good - bad
happy - sad
hard - easy
heavy - light
here - there
high - low
hot - cold
in - out
inside - outside
light - dark
long - short
many - few
new - old
rich - poor
right - left
right - wrong
safe - dangerous
single - married
smooth - rough
soft - hard
strong - weak
tall - short
thick - thin
tight - loose
warm - cool
wet - dry
wide - narrow
young - old