Synonyms – antonyms

Synonyms – Antonyms

Accurate – inaccurate

Active, energetic – inactive, passive

Attentive – inattentive

Awful, terrible – great, excellent, wonderful

Awkward, clumsy – skilful

Beautiful, attractive, good-looking, pretty – ugly

Best – worst

Big, large – little, small

Bold, confident – timid, shy

Brave, bold – afraid, frightened

Bright, colorful – dull, colorless

Busy, occupied – free

Calm, quiet – noisy, excited

Careful, cautious – careless

Cheerful – gloomy

Clean, neat – dirty

Clever – foolish, stupid

Cold, cool – hot, warm

Comfortable, cozy – uncomfortable

Confident, sure – not sure

Constructive – destructive

Convenient – inconvenient

Correct – incorrect, wrong

Crazy – reasonable, sensible

Cruel, merciless – kind, humane

Dangerous – safe

Dead – alive

Decent – indecent, obscene

Deep – shallow

Definite, clear – vague, indefinite

Delicious, tasty – tasteless, inedible

Different – the same, similar

Difficult, hard – easy

Dry – wet

Eager – reluctant

Early – late

Educated – uneducated, ignorant

Empty – full

Even, smooth – rough, uneven

Evident, obvious, clear – vague, obscure

Exact, precise – inaccurate, inexact

Expensive, valuable – inexpensive, cheap

Experienced, qualified – inexperienced, unqualified

Fair, just – unfair, unjust

Faithful, loyal – unfaithful, disloyal

Famous, well-known – unknown

Far, distant – near, close

Fast, quick – slow

A.

female; b. feminine

Fine, refined – common, ordinary

Firm, stable – shaky, unstable

First – last

Flexible – rigid, inflexible

Foreign – domestic, local

Frequent – rare

Fresh – stale

Friendly – unfriendly, hostile

Front – back, rear

Funny, amusing – serious

General – special, specific

Generous – greedy

Gentle, soft, mild – rough, severe

Good, nice, pleasant – bad, unpleasant

Happy, glad – unhappy, sad

Hard – soft

Heavy – light

High – low

Honest, sincere – dishonest, insincere

Huge, enormous – small, tiny

Important, significant – unimportant, insignificant
Важный, значительный – неважный, незначительный

Independent, free – not free

Intelligent, wise – foolish, stupid

Interested, curious – indifferent, bored

Interesting – dull, boring

Kind, good-natured – strict, ill-natured

Lazy – hard-working

Light – dark

Long – short, brief

Loud, noisy – quiet, soft

Loving, tender – unloving, harsh

Lucky, fortunate – unlucky, unfortunate

Magnificent – shabby, miserable

Main, chief – secondary, additional

A. male; b. masculine

Narrow – wide

Natural – unnatural

Necessary, required – unnecessary, optional

New, modern – old, old-fashioned

Noble – mean

Original – ordinary, banal

Outstanding, remarkable – ordinary

Patient – impatient

Polite – impolite, rude

Positive – negative

Previous, former – next

Possible – impossible

Proper – improper

Proud – modest

Real, genuine – artificial, fake

Reasonable, sensible, logical – unreasonable, illogical, absurd, crazy

Reliable, dependable – unreliable

Rich, wealthy – poor

Right – left

Right, correct, true – wrong, incorrect, not true

Round – square, triangular

Sharp, keen, acute – dull, blunt

Shy – confident, self-confident

Sick, ill – healthy

Simple – complex, complicated