Opposites in English

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Opposites in English

Learn opposites vocabulary in English

An opposite is someone or something completely different from someone or something else. Opposite words are pairs of words that have different meanings. There are hundreds of opposite words in English. Learn some of them with us.

Opposites with Animals

This section provides several opposite words, illustrated with animals that can give you a visual understanding of the words introduced.

Opposites Examples

How many opposites can you name in English? In our picture dictionary you will find some examples.

There are 32 pairs of opposites (68 words). Below you will find a full Vocabulary List.

  • Vocabulary List
  • Picture Dictionary 1
  • Picture Dictionary 2
  • Picture Dictionary 3

Vocabulary List

Opposites with Animals 1 »
  • big elephant
  • small mouse
  • busy bee
  • lazy sloth
  • fat pig
  • thin deer
  • good Fido the dog
  • bad Isor the dog
  • happy Zini the monkey
  • sad Suri the monkey
  • hard crab
  • soft sheep
  • heavy rhino
  • light butterfly
  • old hen
  • young chick
  • slow snail
  • fast rabbit
  • short - worm
  • long - snake
  • unintelligent - lemming
  • intelligent - chimpanzee
  • wild - zebra
  • tame - horse

Opposites with Animals 2 »
  • aggressive - bull
  • gentle - cow
  • black - crow
  • white - swan
  • clean - cat
  • dirty - fly
  • cruel - wolf
  • kind - panda
  • dangerous - shark
  • friendly - dolphin
  • enormous - dinosaur
  • tiny - hummingbird
  • quiet - owl
  • noisy - parrot
  • stubborn - donkey
  • obedient - camel
  • tall - giraffe
  • short - frog
  • ugly - rat
  • cute - kitten
  • weak - jellyfish
  • powerful - lion
  • zany - ferret
  • sane - yak

Opposites Examples »
  • bitter
  • sweet
  • boy
  • girl
  • day
  • night
  • dry
  • wet
  • hot
  • cold
  • laugh
  • cry
  • left
  • right
  • new
  • old
  • sour
  • sweet
  • strong
  • weak