Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

antonym

[an-tuh-nim] / ˈæn tə nɪm /
NOUN
word with opposite meaning to another word
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Also, Lynell George’s “City of Specters,” which began with Truman Capote’s report that most L.A. students, asked to specify the antonym of “youth,” answered “death.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2023

I’m not sure there’s a precise antonym for “nice.”

From Washington Post Dec. 20, 2020

Over the past 50 years, the natural environment has been treated as an antonym of the human economy.

From The Guardian Oct. 28, 2019

At other stations, boys learn to tell time, work antonym crossword puzzles, compute monetary values.

From Washington Times May 7, 2016

“I was in search of an antonym and now they’ve driven it out of my memory.”

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

The antonyms of diversity, equity and inclusion are uniformity, inequality and exclusion.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2024

"Vocabularies, dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms, encyclopaedias are educational tools of reference and Treccani.it, as such, is consulted in schools, libraries and in all of our homes."

From BBC Mar. 5, 2021

Out of a wide range of antonyms available for notoriety — e.g., repute, distinction, celebrity, renown, eminence, to list a handful — any one of which would fit the context nicely.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2019

It was a book of antonyms: the future, not the past; love, not hate.

From The New Yorker Aug. 1, 2016

Do the antonyms boisterous, excited, ruffled, turbulent, and wild, also apply to the same?

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin




Vocabulary lists containing antonym


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training