1000 ANTONYMS

N

Night x day

Nominalism x realism

Negate x accept

Neglect x care

Negative x positive

Natural x artificial

Neat x untidy

Notorious x famous

Nice x nasty

Noble x ignoble, base

O

Optimist x pessimist

Optimism x pessimism

Obligation x claim

Original x copy, duplicate

Open x shut, close

Offer x refuse

Obscure x clarify

Obey x disobey

Oppose x yield

Oral x written

Obstinate x yielding, submissive

Ominous x auspicious

Outward x inward

Old x young

Oscillating x steady, firm, stationary

Objective x subjective

Obedient x disobedient

Offensive x defensive, pleasing

Optional x compulsory

Odd x even

Ornamental x simple

Ordinary x extra-ordinary, uncommon

Opaque x transparent

P

Pleasure x pain

Plenty x scarcity

Punishment x reward

Peace x war

Profit x loss

Permission x prohibition

Patience x impatience

Prudence x recklessness

Philanthropist x misanthropist

Prohibition x permission

Poverty x affluence, richness

Part x whole

Prospect x retrospect

Prose x cons

Propulsion x repression

Philanthrope x misanthrope

Prodigality x parsimony

Patriotism x cosmopolitanism

Pride x humility, politeness

Paradise x hell, purgatory

Passion x coolness

Prosperity x adversity

Permit x prohibit

Punish x reward

Please x displease

Persist x relinquish

Pursue x avoid

Persuade x dissuade

Part x join

Praise x condemn, defame

Preliminary x final

Precede x succeed

Permanent x temporary

Public x private

Polite x impolite, rude

Pure x impure, adulterated

Progressive x regressive, retrogressive, retrograde

Particular x general

Physical x mental, spiritual

Precious x cheap, worthless

Plentiful x scarce

Positive x negative

Plain x showy, complex

Pompous x simple

Partial x fair, impartial

Pathetic x joyous

Practicable x impracticable

Prudent x imprudent

Q

Question x answer

Quick x slow

Quiet x noisy

Quarrelsome x friendly, peaceable

Questionable x unquestionable, reliable

Quicken x delay

Quixotic x realistic

Qualified x unconditional

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