Antonym

word with opposite meaning to a given word From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. The first known use of the word antonym was in 1857.[1] Properly defined it means a word of opposite meaning and is a noun.

Examples of antonyms
hotcold
leftright
updown
nearfar
smallbig
alivedead
youngold
daynight
malefemale
wetdry
stopgo
fatthin
yesno
blackwhite
teacherstudent
lovehate
  • Synonym - two words similar to each other
  • Contronym - word that has two meanings

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