Antonym
word with opposite meaning to a given word
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.
hot | cold |
left | right |
up | down |
near | far |
small | big |
alive | dead |
young | old |
day | night |
male | female |
wet | dry |
stop | go |
fat | thin |
yes | no |
black | white |
teacher | student |
love | hate |
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change- ↑ "Definition of ANTONYM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.