30 Examples of Relative Antonyms

The relative antonyms are those words that refer to opposite ideas or concepts, but are not totally contrary, because there are other terms that express greater opposition. For example: good bad. In this case, "good" and "bad" are relative antonyms, because there is a term, "excellent", that shows greater opposition with respect to "bad".

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 relative antonyms

Examples of relative antonyms

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