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Antonyms

1. Multiply Divide

2. Continue Stop

3. Abundant Scanty

4. Expensive Cheap

5. Quiet Noisy

6. Artificial Natural

7. Pity Cruelty

8. Tragic Comic

9. Confess Deny

10.Hopeless Hopeful

11.Spring Autumn

12. Recede Increase

13.Tender Hard

14.Freeze Melt

15.Gaily Sadly

16.Repel Attract

17.Laughter Cry

18.Soothe Harass

19.Shut Open

20.Bright Dull

21.Burglar Saint22. Hopeful Hopeless

23.Commend Condemn

24. Cowardly Brave

25.Obvious Obscure

26.Defeat Victory

27.Distinct Vague

28.Ruin/destroy Construct

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29.Official Unofficial

30. Concave Convex

31.Merry Sad

32. Precede Succeed

33. Respect Insult

34.Divine Human

35.Gentle Rude

36.Bare/Naked Covered

37. Invest Disinvest

38.Aged Young

39.Agile Weak

40.Distress Joy

41.Mortal Immortal

42.Particular General

43.Moral Immoral

44.Contrast Similarity

45.Conventional Modern

46.Intelligence Foolishness

47.Hero Villain

48.Ever Never

49.Without Within

50.Want/lack Plenty

51.Employer Employee

52.Prosperity Adversity

53.Conquest Defeat

54.Selfish Selfless

55.Extinguish Kindle

56.Bliss Curse

57.Virtue Vice

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58.Owner Tenant

59. Important Ordinary

60.Foreigner Native

61.Uplift Downgrade

62.Frequent Seldom/Rare

63.Gratitude Thanklessness

64. Lovable Hateful

65. Advance Retreat

66.Progress Regress

67. Humility Vanity

68.Cease Continue

69.Complicated Simple

70.Average Outstanding

71. Savage Civilized

72.Optimist Pessimist

73.Romantic Prosaic/Dull

74. Incredible Credible

75.Sensible Insensible/Senseless

76.Benevolent Malignant/Vicious

77.Attach Detach

78.Confess Hide

79. Imaginary Real

80.Exaggerate Minimise

81.Gigantic Small

82.Dwarf Giant

83.Bitter Sweet

84.Superiority Inferiority

85.Mental Physical

86.Assurance Doubt

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87. Immunity Infection

88. Ignorance Knowledge

89.Notorious Renowned

90.Audience Speaker

91.Crafty Simple

92.Disarm Arm

93.Counterfeit Original

94.Remedy Malady

95.Avoid Involve

96. Ingenious Crude

97.Unfortunately Luckily

98.Encounter Escape

99. Command Obey

100. Mar Make

101. Exclude Include

102. Constant Changing/Inconstant

103. Hostile Friendly

104. Innocent Guilty

105. Masculine Feminine

106. Penalty Reward

107. Coarse Smooth

108. Meet Part

109. Posterity Ancestry

110. Uniform Uneven

111. Broad Narrow

112. Stereotyped Unique

113. Applaud Condemn/Hoot

114. Pretty Ugly

115. Chasten Defile

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116. Bastard Lawful

117. Discard Accept/Embrace

118. Stubborn Flexible

119. Competent Incompetent

120. Final Initial

121. Indifferent Keen

122. Do Undo

123. Probably Certainly

124. Slave Master

125. Dictator Democrat

126. Nationalize Privatise

127. Permanent Temporary

128. Alive Dead

129. Contract Expand

130. Lethargic Active

Synonyms

1 Prompt Quick2 Persist Continue3 Cautiously Carefully

4 Abundant Plentiful5 Expensive Costly

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6 Absolutely Completely7 Tyrant Cruel8 Confess Admit9 Consequence Result10 Betray Cheat11 Grateful Thankful12 Wintry Cold,Frosty13 Plea Request14 Familiar Known15 Weary Tired16 Perfume Scent17 Tempt Attract18 Evade Avoid19 Hullabaloo Noise/Confusion20 Burglar Thief 21 Ghost Apparition22 Venture Effort

23 Prevent Stop24 Enormous Huge25 Intervene Interfere26 Mingle Mix27 Suspicion Doubt28 Calamity Misfortune29 Naughty Mischievous30 Scarcely Hardly31 Dwelling House32 Swarm Crowd33 Peril Danger 34 Culprit Guilty

35 Motive Purpose36 Penetrate Enter 37 Luxury Comfort38 Pardon Excuse39 Revolt Rebellion40 Surrender Yield41 Integrity Honesty42 Summon Call43 Pedagogue Teacher 44 Origin Start45 Prejudice Bias46 Attempt Effort

47 Extravagance Lavishness48 Herd Group49 Agony Pain50 Homage Tribute51 Humble Polite52 Humanity Mankind53 Assassination Murder 54 Endure Tolerate55 Evidence Proof 56 Savage Uncivilized57 Reality Truth58 Instance Example59 Opportunity Chance60 Humiliate Insult

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61 Applaud Praise62 Apparent Clear 63 Menagerie Zoo64 Expectation Hope65 Gigantic Huge66 Delight Joy67 Utopia Expectation68 Greed Avarice69 Asset Property70 Crafty Cunning71 Cordial Polite72 Avoid Escape73 Flourish Prosper 74 Eminent Important75 Divine Godly76 Allude Refer 77 Vital Important

78 Intense Deep79 Impressive Effective/Forceful80 Colleague Comrade81 Ethics Morality82Dominate Rule83 Convenience Ease84 Custom Practice/ Tradition85 Pretty Beautiful86 Shudder Tremble87 Leap Jump88 Resolve Determine89 Courage Bravery

90 Esteem Respect91 Ridiculous Laughable92 Ancient Old93 Vanity Pride94 Nonsense Senseless95 Ambiguity Vagueness96 Desperate Hopeless97 Circumstances Conditions98 Ecstasy Joy99 Zeal Enthusiasm100 Silly Foolish101 Probably Perhaps

102 Govern Rule103 Refuse Reject104 Citizen Native105 Dictator Autocrat106 Answer Reply107 Perpetuate Continue108 Doubtful Suspicious109 Merely Only110 Alive Living111 Gain Profit112 Complicated Difficult113 Wound Injury114 Heal Cure115 Examine Test

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