Examples of Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms

Antonyms are two words that have opposite meanings. Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same, and are sometimes spelled the same, but have different meanings.

Antonym Examples

• Achieve – Fail
• Idle – Active
• Afraid – Confident
• Ancient – Modern
• Arrive – Depart
• Arrogant – Humble
• Ascend – Descend
• Attack – Defend
• Blunt – Sharp
• Brave – Cowardly
• Cautious – Careless
• Complex – Simple
• Compliment – Insult
• Brave – Cowardly
• Crazy – Sane
• Crooked – Straight
• Decrease – Increase
• Demand – Supply
• Destroy – Create
• Divide – Unite
• Drunk – Sober
• Expand – Contract
• Freeze - Boil
• Full – Empty
• Generous – Stingy
• Giant – Dwarf
• Gloomy – Cheerful
• Guilty – Innocent
• Hire – Fire
• Include – Exclude
• Individual – Group
• Innocent – Guilty
• Compliment – Insult
• Knowledge – Ignorance
• Liquid – Solid
• Lonely – Crowded
• Major – Minor
• Marvelous – Terrible
• Mature – Immature
• Maximum - Minimum
• Noisy – Quiet
• Optimist - Pessimist
• Ordinary – Extraordinary
• Partial – Complete
• Passive – Active
• Permanent – Unstable
• Plentiful – Sparse
• Positive – Negative
• Powerful – Weak
• Praise – Criticism
• Private – Public
• Problem – Solution
• Professional – Amateur
• Profit – Loss
• Quality – Inferiority
• Random – Specific
• Rigid – Flexible
• Segregate – Integrate
• Shame – Honor
• Simple - Complicated
• Single – Married
• Stiff – Flexible
• Strength – Weakness
• Sturdy – Weak
• Sunny - Cloudy
• Superb – Inferior
• Temporary – Permanent
• Timid – Bold
• Toward – Away
• Tragic – Comic
• Transparent - Opaque
• Triumph – Defeat
• Union – Separation
• Unique – Common
• Upset – Stabilize
• Urge – Deter
• Vacant – Occupied
• Vague – Definite
• Vertical – Horizontal
• Villain – Hero
• Visible - Invisible
• Wax - Wane
• Wealth – Poverty

For more examples of antonyms, including graded antonyms, complementary antonyms and relational anonyms read Examples of Antonyms.

Synonym Examples

• Annihilation, destruction, carnage, extinction
• Benefit, profit, revenue, yield
• Cunning, keen, sharp, slick
• Destitute, poor, bankrupt, impoverished
• Deterioration, pollution, defilement, adulteration
• Enormous, huge, gigantic, massive
• Fertile, fruitful, abundant, productive
• House, dwelling, abode, domicile
• Intelligent, clever, brilliant, knowledgeable
• Loyal, faithful, ardent, devoted
• Organization, institution, management
• Partner, associate, colleague, companion
• Polite, courteous, cordial, gracious
• Risky, dangerous, perilous, treacherous
• Sleepy, drowsy, listless, sluggish
• Vacant, empty, deserted, uninhabited

For more examples of synonyms read Examples of Synonyms.

Homonym Examples

• Aid - Aide
• Affect - Effect
• Aisle - I’ll - Isle
• Aloud - Allowed
• Altar - Alter
• Ark - Arc
• Ball - Bawl
• Base - Bass
• Beech - Beach
• Birth - Berth
• Bore - Boar
• Byte - Bite
• Blew - Blue
• Bow - Bough
• Boy - Buoy
• Bread - Bred
• Browse - Brows
• Cell - Sell
• Cereal - Serial
• Chilly - Chili - Chile
• Chord - Cord
• Complement - Compliment
• Counsel - Council
• Creak - Creek
• Crews - Cruise
• Dual - Duel
• Fair - Fare
• Fairy - Ferry
• Feat - Feet
• Fir - Fur
• Flea - Flee
• Gorilla - Guerrilla
• Grease - Greece
• Groan - Grown
• Hall - Haul
• Halve - Have
• Holey - Holy - Wholly
• Incite - Insight
• Jeans - Genes
• Knead - Need
• Knight - Night
• Lessen - Lesson
• Links - Lynx
• Loan - Lone
• Oral - Aural
• Ought - Aught
• Oar - Or - Ore
• Overdo - Overdue
• Peak - Peek
• Phase - Faze
• Pole - Poll
• Pray - Prey
• Principal - Principle
• Raze - Raise
• Real - ReeL
• Ring - Wring
• Role - Roll
• Sew - So - Sow
• Site - Sight - Cite
• Soar - Sore
• Sole - Soul
• Toe - Tow
• Vary - Very
• Wail - Whale
• Wait - Weight
• We - Wee
• Weather - Whether
• Which - Witch
• Whose - Who’s

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