antonym
/ˈæn.təˌnɪm/
antonym noun: a word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
Noun
antonym (plural antonyms)
- A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
- “Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.
- Synonyms:
- counterterm, opposite
- Antonyms:
- synonym
- A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
- All four lines of the pattern are required to establish that hot and cold are antonyms.
The water is hot entails The water is not cold.
The water is cold entails The water is not hot.
The water is not hot does not entail The water is cold.
The water is not cold does not entail The water is hot.2005, Andrew John Merrison, Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Christopher J. Hall, Introducing Language in Use, page 111 - "The word 'boom' always makes me uneasy because the antonym of it is bust," said Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership. "Houston is not in a boom -- it is on a new path."2008 October 14, Chris Baltimore, “FEATURE-Oil dollars help Houston dodge U.S. economic woes”, in Reuters
- All four lines of the pattern are required to establish that hot and cold are antonyms.
antonym meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
antonym in Hindi
- word which has the opposite meaning
- विपर्याय viparyāy, विपरीतार्थी शब्द viprītārthī śabd, विलोम vilom
antonym in Tamil
- word which has the opposite meaning
- எதிர்ச்சொல் etirccol
antonym in Marathi
- word which has the opposite meaning
- विरुद्धार्थी शब्द viruddhārthī śabda
antonym in Urdu
- antonym
- ضد zid
More languagesFewer languages
- antonym in Telugu
- వ్యతిరేక పదము vyatirēka padamu
- antonym in Malayalam
- വിപരീതം viparītaṁ
- antonym in Kannada
- ಮರುಪೊರುಳು, ಎದುರುಹುರುಳು, ವಿರುದ್ಧಪದ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯರ್ಥಕ ಪದ
- antonym in Tagalog
- kasalungat
- antonym in Arabic
- عَكْس ʕaks, نَقِيض naqīḍ
- antonym in Indonesian
- lawan kata, antonim
- antonym in Persian
- متضاد motazâd
- antonym in Thai
- คำตรงกันข้าม kam dtrong gan kâam
- antonym in Vietnamese
- từ trái nghĩa
Examples of antonym in a sentence
- The lists capture related concepts, lexico-grammar, and semantic networks (e.g. hyponyms, synonyms, antonyms).
- English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort.
- Among the most common antonyms or near antonyms are the following.
Synonyms of antonym
Antonyms
Forms of antonym
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Origin of antonym
From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.
Words formed from antonym
Phrases with antonym
Words that rhyme with antonym
Questions about antonym
- What does antonym mean?
- Antonym means a word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
- What is antonym in Hindi?
- Antonym in Hindi is विपर्याय (viparyāy), विपरीतार्थी शब्द (viprītārthī śabd), विलोम (vilom). See Antonym meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is antonym?
- Antonym is a noun.
- How do you pronounce antonym?
- Antonym is pronounced /ˈæn.təˌnɪm/.
- What is the plural of antonym?
- The plural of antonym is antonyms.
Words near antonym in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antonym (page history and authors); ضد (Urdu) (page history and authors); antonym (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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