Here is a list of example antonyms for you to review: In addition to the three types, many antonym pairs come from adding prefixes that mean not or no, and these can be helpful in writing:Īntonyms using prefixes Antonyms examplesĪn antonym is a word that is the opposite of another word. Hot/cold exist as extremes of the temperature spectrum, including warm/cool, toasty/frostyĭull/interesting has companion antonyms along the attention span spectrum like boring/fascinating, tiresome/enthrallingĮmpty/full lie at opposite ends of either literal capacity (like a storage container) or figurative language (like an empty life, half-lived life, full life) Relational antonym examplesĪ third level, graded or gradable antonyms, exist along a sliding scale of meanings: Words that have a sense of relation are said to have antonymy. Other antonym pairs are relational antonyms, in which one word implies its opposite related word, even if it is not mentioned:
Many are just binary pairs or complementary antonyms, like these: Antonyms exist on three levels of thought.
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