All-in-one
Common Opposites
- Antonyms
A
absent - present
abundant - scarce
accept - decline, refuse
accurate - inaccurate
admit - deny
advantage - disadvantage
against - for
agree - disagree
alive - dead
all - none, nothing
ally - enemy
always - never
ancient - modern
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together
appear - disappear, vanish
approve - disapprove
arrive - depart
artificial - natural
ascend - descend
attic - cellar
attractive - repulsive
awake - asleep
B
backward - forward
bad - good
beautiful - ugly
before - after
begin - end
below - above
bent - straight
best - worst
better - worse, worst
big - little, small
black - white
blame - praise
bless - curse
bitter - sweet
borrow - lend
bottom - top
boy - girl
brave - cowardly
build - destroy
bold - meek, timid
borrow - lend
bound - unbound, free
boundless - limited
bright - dim, dull
brighten - fade
broad - narrow
C
calm - windy, troubled
can - cannot, can't
capable - incapable
captive - free
careful - careless
cheap - expensive
cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary
clear - cloudy, opaque
clever - stupid
clockwise - counterclockwise
close - far, distant
closed - ajar, open
clumsy - graceful
cold - hot
combine - separate
come - go
comfort - discomfort
common - rare
conceal - reveal
contract - expand
cool - warm
correct - incorrect, wrong
courage - cowardice
create - destroy
crooked - straight
cruel - kind
compulsory - voluntary
courteous - discourteous, rude
D
dangerous - safe
dark - light
day - night
daytime - nighttime
dead - alive
decline - accept, increase
decrease - increase
deep - shallow
definite - indefinite
demand - supply
despair - hope
dim - bright
disappear - appear
discourage - encourage
diseased - healthy
down - up
downwards - upwards
dreary - cheerful
dry - moist, wet
dull - bright, shiny
dusk - dawn
E
early - late
east - west
easy - hard, difficult
empty - full
encourage - discourage
end - begin, start
enter - exit
even - odd
expand - contract
export - import
exterior - interior
external - internal
F
fade - brighten
fail - succeed
false - true
famous - unknown
far - near
fast - slow
fat - thin
feeble - strong, powerful
few - many
find - lose
first - last
float - sink
foolish - wise
fore - aft
free - bound, captive
fold - unfold
forget - remember
found - lost
fresh - stale
frequent - seldom
friend - enemy
for - against
fortunate - unfortunate
full - empty
G
generous - stingy
gentle - rough
get - give
giant - tiny, small, dwarf
girl - boy
give - receive, take
glad - sad, sorry
gloomy - cheerful
go - stop
good - bad, evil
grant - refuse
great - tiny, small, unimportant
grow - shrink
guest - host
guilty - innocent
H
happy - sad
hard - easy
hard - soft
harmful - harmless
harsh - mild
hate - love
haves - have-nots
healthy - diseased, ill, sick
heaven - hell
heavy - light
help - hinder
here - there
hero - coward
high - low
hill - valley
hinder - help
honest - dishonest
horizontal - vertical
hot - cold
humble - proud
I
ill - healthy, well
immense - tiny, small
important - trivial
in - out
include - exclude
increase - decrease
inferior - superior
inhale - exhale
inner - outer
inside - outside
intelligent - stupid, unintelligent
interesting - boring
interior - exterior
interesting - dull, uninteresting
internal - external
intentional - accidental
J
join - separate
junior - senior
just - unjust
justice - injustice
K
knowledge - ignorance
known - unknown
L
landlord - tenant
large - small
last - first
laugh - cry
lawful - unlawful, illegal
lazy - industrious
leader - follower
left - right
lend -borrow
lengthen - shorten
lenient - strict
left - right
less - more
light - dark, heavy
like - dislike, hate
likely - unlikely
limited - boundless
little - big
long - short
loose - tight
lose - find
loss - win
loud - quiet
love - hate
low - high
loyal - disloyal
M
mad - happy, sane
major - minor
many - few
mature - immature
maximum - minimum
melt - freeze
merry - sad
messy - neat
minor - major
minority - majority
miser - spendthrift
misunderstand - understand
more - less
N
nadir - zenith
narrow - wide
near - far, distant
neat - messy, untidy
never - always
new - old
night - day
nighttime - daytime
no - yes
noisy - quiet
none - some
north - south
O
obedient - disobedient
odd - even
offer - refuse
old - young
old - new
on - off
open - closed, shut
opposite- same, similar
optimist - pessimist
out - in
outer - inner
over - under
P
past - present
patient - impatient
peace - war
permanent - temporary
plentiful - scarce
plural - singular
poetry - prose
polite - rude, impolite
possible - impossible
poverty - wealth, riches
powerful - weak
pretty - ugly
private - public
prudent - imprudent
pure - impure, contaminated
push - pull
Q
qualified - unqualified
question - answer
quiet - loud, noisy
R
raise - lower
rapid - slow
rare - common
regular - irregular
real - fake
rich - poor
right - left, wrong
right-side-up - upside-down
rough - smooth
rude - courteous
S
safe - unsafe
same - opposite
satisfactory - unsatisfactory
secure - insecure
scatter - collect
separate - join, together
serious - trivial
second-hand - new
shallow - deep
shrink - grow
sick - healthy, ill
simple - complex, hard
singular - plural
sink - float
slim - fat, thick
slow - fast
sober - drunk
soft - hard
some - none
sorrow - joy
sour - sweet
sow -reap
straight - crooked
start - finish
stop - go
strict - lenient
strong - weak
success - failure
sunny - cloudy
synonym - antonym
sweet - sour
T
take - give
tall - short
tame - wild
them - us
there - here
thick - thin
tight - loose, slack
tiny - big, huge
together - apart
top - bottom
tough - easy, tender
transparent - opaque
true - false
truth - flasehood, lie, untruth
U
under - over
unfold - fold
unknown - known
unqualified - qualified
unsafe - safe
up - down
upside-down - right-side-up
upstairs - downstairs
us - them
useful - useless
V
vacant - occupied
vanish - appear
vast - tiny
victory - defeat
virtue - vice
visible - invisible
voluntary - compulsory
W
war - peace
wax - wane
weak - strong
wet - dry
white - black
wide - narrow
win - lose
wisdom - folly, stupidity
within - outside
wrong - right
Y
yes - no
yin - yang
young - old
Z
zip - unzip
***Rhyming Words
Rhyming words help children remember words more easily. Kids think playing with words that rhyme is fun. Rhyme also helps them learn about language.
The words are listed from easiest to hardest and in alphabetical order.
ack - back, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, yak, black, knack, quack, slack, smack, snack, stack, track, whack, attack
ail - bale, fail, hail, mail, male, nail, pail, tale, rail, sail, stale, scale, snail, whale, detail, email
air - air, bare, care, chair, dare, fair, hair, pair, rare, wear, chair, flare, stare, scare, share, spare, square, there, where, aware, beware, compare, declare, despair, prepare, repair, unfair
ake - ache, bake, fake, lake, make, rake, take, brake, break, flake, quake, snake, steak, awake, mistake
all - all, ball, call, doll, hall, fall, tall, crawl, small, baseball, football
an - an, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, plan, scan, span, began
and - and, band, hand, land, sand, bland, command, demand, expand, stand, understand
ap - cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap, strap, trap, wrap
ar - are, bar, car, far, jar, tar, star, scar, afar, guitar
at - at, bat, fat, mat, pat, rat, sat, flat, that, splat, combat
ate - ate, date, fate, mate, late, gate, rate, wait, crate, great, plate, skate, slate, state, straight, trait, weight, create
ed - bed, dead, fed, head, led, read, red, said, bread, fled, spread, thread, tread, instead
ell - bell, fell, sell, well, yell, shell, smell, spell, farewell, hotel, motel
en - den, hen, men, pen, ten, glen, then, when, wren, again
et - bet, get, jet, let, met, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, threat, barrette, reset, upset
in - bin, chin, in, pin, tin, grin, thin, twin, skin, begin, within
ing - king, ring, sing, wing, zing, bring, cling, fling, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing
it - bit, fit, hit, it, kit, lit, pit, sit, flit, knit, quit, skit, slit, spit, split, admit, commit, permit
ite - bite, kite, bright, fight, fright, knight, night, might, right, tight, white, write, delight, tonight
oh - go, hoe, low, mow, row, sew, toe, blow, crow, dough, flow, know, glow, grow, know, show, slow, snow, stow, though, throw, ago, although, below
ot - cot, dot, got, hot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, bought, fought, knot, taught, shot, spot, squat, forgot
ound - crowned, found, ground, hound, mound, pound, round, sound, wound, around, surround
oze - bows, hose, nose, rose, toes, blows, flows, froze, grows, those
ub - cub, rub, sub, tub, club, stub, scrub, shrub
un - bun, fun, gun, one, run, son, sun, ton, won, done, none, begun, outdone, undone
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***Silent Letter Words
Many words in English have silent letters. Silent letters are letters that you can't hear when you say the word .
aplomb
bomb
climb
comb
crumb
debt
doubt
dumb
jamb
lamb
limb
numb
plumb
subtle
succumb
thumb
tomb
womb
c
abscess
ascend
ascent
conscience
conscious
crescent
descend
descent
disciple
fascinate
fluorescent
incandescent
isosceles
luminescent
miscellaneous
muscle
obscene
resuscitate
scenario
scene
scent
scissors
g
align
assign
benign
campaign
champagne
cologne
consign
design
feign
foreign
gnarl
gnash
gnat
gnaw
gnome
gnu
reign
resign
sign
h
ache
anchor
archeology
architect
archives
chaos
character
characteristic
charisma
chemical
chemist
chemotherapy
chlorine
choir
cholera
chord
choreograph
chorus
Christian
Christmas
chrome
echo
leprechaun
loch
mechanical
melancholy
monarch
monochrome
orchestra
orchid
psychic
scheme
school
stomach
technical
technique
technology
k
knack
knapsack
knave
knead
knee
kneel
knell
knew
knickers
knife
knight
knit
knob
knock
knoll
knot
know
knowledge
knuckle
n
autumn
column
condemn
damn
hymn
solemn
p
psychology
pneumonia
pseudo
psychiatrist
psychiatry
Common Opposites
- Antonyms
A
absent - present
abundant - scarce
accept - decline, refuse
accurate - inaccurate
admit - deny
advantage - disadvantage
against - for
agree - disagree
alive - dead
all - none, nothing
ally - enemy
always - never
ancient - modern
answer - question
antonym - synonym
apart - together
appear - disappear, vanish
approve - disapprove
arrive - depart
artificial - natural
ascend - descend
attic - cellar
attractive - repulsive
awake - asleep
B
backward - forward
bad - good
beautiful - ugly
before - after
begin - end
below - above
bent - straight
best - worst
better - worse, worst
big - little, small
black - white
blame - praise
bless - curse
bitter - sweet
borrow - lend
bottom - top
boy - girl
brave - cowardly
build - destroy
bold - meek, timid
borrow - lend
bound - unbound, free
boundless - limited
bright - dim, dull
brighten - fade
broad - narrow
C
calm - windy, troubled
can - cannot, can't
capable - incapable
captive - free
careful - careless
cheap - expensive
cheerful - sad, discouraged, dreary
clear - cloudy, opaque
clever - stupid
clockwise - counterclockwise
close - far, distant
closed - ajar, open
clumsy - graceful
cold - hot
combine - separate
come - go
comfort - discomfort
common - rare
conceal - reveal
contract - expand
cool - warm
correct - incorrect, wrong
courage - cowardice
create - destroy
crooked - straight
cruel - kind
compulsory - voluntary
courteous - discourteous, rude
D
dangerous - safe
dark - light
day - night
daytime - nighttime
dead - alive
decline - accept, increase
decrease - increase
deep - shallow
definite - indefinite
demand - supply
despair - hope
dim - bright
disappear - appear
discourage - encourage
diseased - healthy
down - up
downwards - upwards
dreary - cheerful
dry - moist, wet
dull - bright, shiny
dusk - dawn
E
early - late
east - west
easy - hard, difficult
empty - full
encourage - discourage
end - begin, start
enter - exit
even - odd
expand - contract
export - import
exterior - interior
external - internal
F
fade - brighten
fail - succeed
false - true
famous - unknown
far - near
fast - slow
fat - thin
feeble - strong, powerful
few - many
find - lose
first - last
float - sink
foolish - wise
fore - aft
free - bound, captive
fold - unfold
forget - remember
found - lost
fresh - stale
frequent - seldom
friend - enemy
for - against
fortunate - unfortunate
full - empty
G
generous - stingy
gentle - rough
get - give
giant - tiny, small, dwarf
girl - boy
give - receive, take
glad - sad, sorry
gloomy - cheerful
go - stop
good - bad, evil
grant - refuse
great - tiny, small, unimportant
grow - shrink
guest - host
guilty - innocent
H
happy - sad
hard - easy
hard - soft
harmful - harmless
harsh - mild
hate - love
haves - have-nots
healthy - diseased, ill, sick
heaven - hell
heavy - light
help - hinder
here - there
hero - coward
high - low
hill - valley
hinder - help
honest - dishonest
horizontal - vertical
hot - cold
humble - proud
I
ill - healthy, well
immense - tiny, small
important - trivial
in - out
include - exclude
increase - decrease
inferior - superior
inhale - exhale
inner - outer
inside - outside
intelligent - stupid, unintelligent
interesting - boring
interior - exterior
interesting - dull, uninteresting
internal - external
intentional - accidental
J
join - separate
junior - senior
just - unjust
justice - injustice
K
knowledge - ignorance
known - unknown
L
landlord - tenant
large - small
last - first
laugh - cry
lawful - unlawful, illegal
lazy - industrious
leader - follower
left - right
lend -borrow
lengthen - shorten
lenient - strict
left - right
less - more
light - dark, heavy
like - dislike, hate
likely - unlikely
limited - boundless
little - big
long - short
loose - tight
lose - find
loss - win
loud - quiet
love - hate
low - high
loyal - disloyal
M
mad - happy, sane
major - minor
many - few
mature - immature
maximum - minimum
melt - freeze
merry - sad
messy - neat
minor - major
minority - majority
miser - spendthrift
misunderstand - understand
more - less
N
nadir - zenith
narrow - wide
near - far, distant
neat - messy, untidy
never - always
new - old
night - day
nighttime - daytime
no - yes
noisy - quiet
none - some
north - south
O
obedient - disobedient
odd - even
offer - refuse
old - young
old - new
on - off
open - closed, shut
opposite- same, similar
optimist - pessimist
out - in
outer - inner
over - under
P
past - present
patient - impatient
peace - war
permanent - temporary
plentiful - scarce
plural - singular
poetry - prose
polite - rude, impolite
possible - impossible
poverty - wealth, riches
powerful - weak
pretty - ugly
private - public
prudent - imprudent
pure - impure, contaminated
push - pull
Q
qualified - unqualified
question - answer
quiet - loud, noisy
R
raise - lower
rapid - slow
rare - common
regular - irregular
real - fake
rich - poor
right - left, wrong
right-side-up - upside-down
rough - smooth
rude - courteous
S
safe - unsafe
same - opposite
satisfactory - unsatisfactory
secure - insecure
scatter - collect
separate - join, together
serious - trivial
second-hand - new
shallow - deep
shrink - grow
sick - healthy, ill
simple - complex, hard
singular - plural
sink - float
slim - fat, thick
slow - fast
sober - drunk
soft - hard
some - none
sorrow - joy
sour - sweet
sow -reap
straight - crooked
start - finish
stop - go
strict - lenient
strong - weak
success - failure
sunny - cloudy
synonym - antonym
sweet - sour
T
take - give
tall - short
tame - wild
them - us
there - here
thick - thin
tight - loose, slack
tiny - big, huge
together - apart
top - bottom
tough - easy, tender
transparent - opaque
true - false
truth - flasehood, lie, untruth
U
under - over
unfold - fold
unknown - known
unqualified - qualified
unsafe - safe
up - down
upside-down - right-side-up
upstairs - downstairs
us - them
useful - useless
V
vacant - occupied
vanish - appear
vast - tiny
victory - defeat
virtue - vice
visible - invisible
voluntary - compulsory
W
war - peace
wax - wane
weak - strong
wet - dry
white - black
wide - narrow
win - lose
wisdom - folly, stupidity
within - outside
wrong - right
Y
yes - no
yin - yang
young - old
Z
zip - unzip
***Rhyming Words
Rhyming words help children remember words more easily. Kids think playing with words that rhyme is fun. Rhyme also helps them learn about language.
The words are listed from easiest to hardest and in alphabetical order.
ack - back, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, yak, black, knack, quack, slack, smack, snack, stack, track, whack, attack
ail - bale, fail, hail, mail, male, nail, pail, tale, rail, sail, stale, scale, snail, whale, detail, email
air - air, bare, care, chair, dare, fair, hair, pair, rare, wear, chair, flare, stare, scare, share, spare, square, there, where, aware, beware, compare, declare, despair, prepare, repair, unfair
ake - ache, bake, fake, lake, make, rake, take, brake, break, flake, quake, snake, steak, awake, mistake
all - all, ball, call, doll, hall, fall, tall, crawl, small, baseball, football
an - an, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, plan, scan, span, began
and - and, band, hand, land, sand, bland, command, demand, expand, stand, understand
ap - cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap, strap, trap, wrap
ar - are, bar, car, far, jar, tar, star, scar, afar, guitar
at - at, bat, fat, mat, pat, rat, sat, flat, that, splat, combat
ate - ate, date, fate, mate, late, gate, rate, wait, crate, great, plate, skate, slate, state, straight, trait, weight, create
ed - bed, dead, fed, head, led, read, red, said, bread, fled, spread, thread, tread, instead
ell - bell, fell, sell, well, yell, shell, smell, spell, farewell, hotel, motel
en - den, hen, men, pen, ten, glen, then, when, wren, again
et - bet, get, jet, let, met, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, threat, barrette, reset, upset
in - bin, chin, in, pin, tin, grin, thin, twin, skin, begin, within
ing - king, ring, sing, wing, zing, bring, cling, fling, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing
it - bit, fit, hit, it, kit, lit, pit, sit, flit, knit, quit, skit, slit, spit, split, admit, commit, permit
ite - bite, kite, bright, fight, fright, knight, night, might, right, tight, white, write, delight, tonight
oh - go, hoe, low, mow, row, sew, toe, blow, crow, dough, flow, know, glow, grow, know, show, slow, snow, stow, though, throw, ago, although, below
ot - cot, dot, got, hot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, bought, fought, knot, taught, shot, spot, squat, forgot
ound - crowned, found, ground, hound, mound, pound, round, sound, wound, around, surround
oze - bows, hose, nose, rose, toes, blows, flows, froze, grows, those
ub - cub, rub, sub, tub, club, stub, scrub, shrub
un - bun, fun, gun, one, run, son, sun, ton, won, done, none, begun, outdone, undone
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
***Silent Letter Words
Many words in English have silent letters. Silent letters are letters that you can't hear when you say the word .
aplomb
bomb
climb
comb
crumb
debt
doubt
dumb
jamb
lamb
limb
numb
plumb
subtle
succumb
thumb
tomb
womb
c
abscess
ascend
ascent
conscience
conscious
crescent
descend
descent
disciple
fascinate
fluorescent
incandescent
isosceles
luminescent
miscellaneous
muscle
obscene
resuscitate
scenario
scene
scent
scissors
g
align
assign
benign
campaign
champagne
cologne
consign
design
feign
foreign
gnarl
gnash
gnat
gnaw
gnome
gnu
reign
resign
sign
h
ache
anchor
archeology
architect
archives
chaos
character
characteristic
charisma
chemical
chemist
chemotherapy
chlorine
choir
cholera
chord
choreograph
chorus
Christian
Christmas
chrome
echo
leprechaun
loch
mechanical
melancholy
monarch
monochrome
orchestra
orchid
psychic
scheme
school
stomach
technical
technique
technology
k
knack
knapsack
knave
knead
knee
kneel
knell
knew
knickers
knife
knight
knit
knob
knock
knoll
knot
know
knowledge
knuckle
n
autumn
column
condemn
damn
hymn
solemn
p
psychology
pneumonia
pseudo
psychiatrist
psychiatry