50 Examples of Absolute Antonyms

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The absolute antonyms are those words that refer to completely opposite concepts. For example: Live dead.

The antonyms They are two words whose meanings are opposite and can be classified according to how their opposition is:

Also, depending on the meaning, antonyms are classified into:

Characteristics of absolute antonyms

Examples of absolute antonyms

Word

Its absolute antonym is...
open close
boredom fun
go ahead behind
say deny
pleasant disgusting
encourage discourage
to love hate
bitter candy
unfriendly sympathetic
off on
up below
absent Present
go down increase
welfare discomfort
goodness evil
changeable immutable
chaos order
coward brave
coherence incongruity
understandable incomprehensible
guilty innocent
right left
defeated victorious
hard easy
tiny enormous
slept awake
begin finish
find to lose
sick healthy
dirty clean
get in go out
success failure
false real
gain to lose
modesty pride
ignorance wisdom
impossible possible
restless calm
intolerant patient
slowness speed
stand up sit
brightness darkness
lie TRUE
negative positive
never forever
to forget to remember
optimistic pessimistic
let ban
tasty bland
healthy unhealthy
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References:

  • Calvo-Perez, J. (2011). The foundation of semantics: lexical spins as a language universal. Iberoamerican.
  • Classification of antonyms. (February 16, 2014). Verbal reasoning. Recovered from https://razonamiento-verbal1.blogspot.com/2014/02/clasificacion-de-los-antonimos.html
  • Millan Orozco, A. (1972). Some considerations on antonym. Letters Yearbook. Linguistics and Philology, 10, 167-173. Recovered from https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/9157
  • Urrutia, H. (1972). Semantic-functional analysis of prefixes. philological studies, (8), 291-336.

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