Angielskie wyrazy przeciwstawne

Opposites są to wyrazy posiadające przeciwstawne znaczenie. W języku angielskim można spotkać bardzo wiele takich słów. Znajmość wyrazów przeciwstawnych może stanowić duże ułatwienie w nauce języka angielskiego ponieważ możemy odwoływać do wiedzy, którą już wcześniej zdobyliśmy. Nie tylko uczniowe lecz również nauczyciele mogą wykorzystywać Opposites do przygotowywania materiałów dla swoich uczniów.

Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
about exactly około, w przybliżeniu
above below powyżej
abroad home zagranicą
absence presence nieobecność
abundance lack brak
to accept to refuse odmówić
accidental intentional zamierzony
active passive pasywny
to add to subtract odjąć
to admit to deny zaprzeczyć
adult child dziecko
advanced elementary elementarny
affirmative negative przeczący
afraid brave odważny
after before przed
against for za (o poparciu)
alike different różny
all none żaden
always never nigdy
ancient modern nowoczesny
to agree to refuse, to argue odmawiać, kłócić się
to allow to forbid zabraniać
already not yet jeszcze nie
always never nigdy
amateur professional profesjonalny
to amuse to bore nudzić
angel devil diabeł
animal human istota (ludzka)
to annoy to satisfy usatysfakcjonować
to answer to ask zapytać
answer question pytanie
antonym synonym synonim
apart together razem
approximately exactly dokładnie
to argue to agree zgadzać się
to arrest to free, to set free uwolnić
arrival departure odjazd
to arrive to depart, to leave odjeżdżać
artificial natural naturalny
to ask to answer odpowiedzieć
asleep awake obudzony
to attack to defend bronić
attack defence, protection obrona
attic cellar piwnica
awful delicious, nice, pleasant wyśmienity, miły, przyjemny
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
back front przód
background foreground pierwszy plan
backward forward do przodu
bad good dobry
bad luck fortune, good luck szczęście
barren fertile żyzny, płodny
beautiful ugly brzydki
beauty ugliness brzydota
before after po
begin (verb) to end, to stop, to finish skończyć
beginning end, ending koniec
behind in front of z przodu
below above powyżej
best worst najgorszy
better worse gorszy
big small, little, tiny mały
bitter sweet słodki
black white biały
bless curse klątwa
blunt sharp ostry
body soul dusza
bold timid bojaźliwy
boring exciting, interesting ekscytujący
borrow (verb) to lend pożyczyć komuś coś
bottom top góra
boy girl dziewczyna
brave cowardly, afraid tchórzliwy
bravery cowardice tchórzostwo
break (verb) to mend, to fix, to repair naprawić
bright dull ciemny
broad narrow wąski
brother sister siostra
build (verb) to destroy zniszczyć
busy idle bezczynny, bez pracy
buy (verb) to sell sprzedawać
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
calm excited podekscytowany
capture (verb) to release uwolnić
careful careless nieostrożny
careless careful ostrożny
catch throw rzut
catch (verb) to throw rzucać
ceiling floor podłoga
cellar attic poddasze
centre outskirts, suburbs obrzeża, przedmiścia
certainly probably prawdopodobnie
changeable constant stały
cheap expensive, dear drogi
child adult, grown-up osoba dorosły
children parents rodzice
clean dirty brudny
clear cloudy pochmurny
clever stupid, foolish głupi
close (verb) to open otworzyć
closed open otwarty
cloudy clear, sunny, bright jasny, słoneczny
coarse fine pogodny, subtelny
cold (adjective) hot gorący
cold (noun) heat ciepło
come (verb) to go pójść
comedy drama, tragedy dramat, tragedia
common rare rzadki
complicated simple prosty
compliment insult obelga
compulsory voluntary dobrowolny
connect (verb) to separate rozłączyć
consonant vowel samogłoska
constant changeable zmienny
construction destruction zniszczenie, dewastacja
continue (verb) to interrupt przerywać
contract (verb) to expand rozszerzać
cool warm ciepły
correct false, wrong zły
courage fear strach
courageous cowardly tchórzliwy
coward hero bohater
cowardly brave, courageous odważny
create (verb) to destroy zniszczyć
cry (verb) to laugh śmiać się
cry (verb) to whisper szeptać
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
daily nightly
damage (verb) to repair, to fix, to mend
danger security, safety
dangerous safe
dark light, bright
daughter son
dawn dusk
day night
deep shallow
defeat victory
defence attack
defend (verb) to attack
delicious awful
deny (verb) to admit
depart (verb) to arrive
departure arrival
depth height
desperate hopeful
destroy (verb) to build, to create, to form
destruction construction
devil angel
different alike, equal, the same
difficult easy
dirty clean
disease health
distant near
divide (verb) multiply
divide (verb) to unite
division unity
divorce marriage, wedding
divorce (verb) to marry
divorced married
domestic foreign
down up
downstairs upstairs
drama comedy
drunk sober
dry humid, wet
dull interesting
dusk dawn
dwarf giant
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
early late
east west
easy difficult, hard
ebb (verb) to flow
elementary advanced
emigrate (verb) to immigrate
emigration immigration
empty full
end beginning
end (verb) to begin
ending beginning
enemy friend
enjoy (verb) to hate, to dislike
enter (verb) to leave
entrance exit
equal different
even odd
evening morning
ever never
everybody nobody
everything nothing
everywhere nowhere
exactly about, approximately
excited calm
exciting boring
exclude (verb) to include
exit entrance
expensive cheap
export import
exposure shelter
extreme moderate
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
fail (verb) to succeed, to pass
failure success
fair dark
false correct, true
far near
fast slow
fat slim, thin
fear courage
female male
few many
final first
find (verb) to lose
finish start
finish (verb) to begin
first final, last
fix (verb) to break
flat hilly
floor ceiling
follow (verb) to lead
foolish wise
for against
forbid (verb) to allow, to let, to permit
foreground background
foreign domestic, local
foreigner native
forget (verb) to remember
form (verb) to destroy
fortune bad luck
forward backward
found lost
free (verb) to arrest
freeze (verb) to melt
frequently occasionally
fresh stale
friend enemy
front rear
full empty
funny serious
future past, present
in front of behind
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
general particular, special
generous mean, selfish
gentle violent, rough, strict
gentleman lady
girl boy
give (verb) to take
go (verb) to come, to stop
good bad
good luck bad luck
grown-up child
guest host
guilty innocent
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
handsome ugly
happiness sadness
happy sad
hard easy, soft
harvest (verb) to plant
hate (verb) to enjoy, to like, to love
health disease, illness
healthy ill, sick
heat cold
heaven hell
heavy light
hell heaven
here there
hide (verb) to show
high deep
high low
hill valley
hilly flat
hit (verb) to miss
hopeful desperate, hopeless
hopeless hopeful
horizontal vertical
host guest, visitor
hot cold
huge tiny
human animal
humane cruel
humid dry
hungry thirsty
husband wife
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
ignore (verb) to notice
ill healthy, well
immigrate (verb) to emigrate
immigration emigration
import export
in out
in front of back, behind
include (verb) to exclude
increase (verb) to reduce, decrease
inner outer
innocent guilty
inside outside
insult compliment
intelligent silly, stupid
intentional accidental
interesting boring, dull
interrupt (verb) to continue
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
junior senior człowiek starszy rangą
joy sorrow smutek
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
kind cruel okrutny, pozbawiony uczuć
knowledge ignorance ignorancja
king subject poddany
keen apathetic, blunt, dull apatyczny, tępy
killjoy enthusiast entuzjastyczny
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
lack abundance, plenty
lady gentleman
land water
land (verb) to take off
leisure work
large small
last first
late early
laugh (verb) to cry
lazy active, busy
lead (verb) to follow
learn (verb) to teach
leave (verb) to arrive, to enter
left right
lend (verb) to borrow
less more
let (verb) to forbid
lie (verb) to stand
light dark, heavy
like (verb) to hate
liquid solid
little big, large
little much
long short
lose (verb) to find, to win
loser winner
loss gain
loud quiet
love (verb) to hate
lovely terrible
low high
lower (verb) to raise
laborious effortless
lag (v.) lead
last first
late early
latter former
laugh cry
laughable serious
lavish scanty
lawful illegal, illicit
lawless lawful
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
major minor
male female
man woman
many few, some
marriage divorce
married divorced, single
marry (verb) to divorce
masculine feminine
master servant
maximum minimum
mean generous
melt (verb) to freeze
mend (verb) to break
mess order
midnight noon
minimum maximum
minor major
miser spendthrift
miss (verb) to hit, to catch
moderate extreme
modern ancient, old
moon sun
more less
morning evening
motorist pedestrian
mountain valley
much little
mad rational
madden (v) calm
madness sanity
magnet (n) repellent
magnify (v) belittle
maintain (v) deny
malady health
malaise happiness
merciless merciful
minimize (v) maximize
misbehave behave
mistrust trust
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
narrow broad, wide
nasty nice, pleasant
native foreigner, stranger
natural artificial
near distant, far
negative affirmative
nephew niece
never always
new ancient, old
nice awful, nasty
niece nephew
night day
no yes
nobody everybody
noise silence
noisy quiet, silent
none of all of
noon midnight
normal strange, abnormal
north south
nothing everything
notice (verb) to ignore
now then
naked clothed, covered
narrow-minded broad-minded
native foreigner
naughty polite, good, well-behaved
near distant
neat messy, untidy
necessary unnecessary
negligent attentive, careful, scrupulous
nervous calm
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
obey (v) to disobey
occasionally frequently
occupied vacant
odd even
off on
often seldom, sometimes
old modern, new, young
on off
open closed, shut
open (v) to close, to shut
opponent supporter
order mess, chaos
ordinary special
other same
out in
outside inside
outskirts centre
over under
obedience disobedience
obese skiny, slender, thin
object (v) agree
objective biast, subjective
obligatory optional
oblivious aware, conscious
obnoxious pleasant, likable, agreeable
obscene decent
obsolete current, modern, up-to-date
obvious obscure
occasional frequent
onset end, finish
opacity transparency
opaque transparent
opening closing
opponent ally
oppose support
oral written
ordinary extraordinary
outer inner
outgoing introvert, incoming
outlandish familiar, ordinary
outlet inlet
outmoded fashionable, modern, new
outstanding ordianary, unexceptional
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
parents children
part whole
partial total
particular general
pass (verb) to fail
past future, present
peace war
permit (verb) to forbid
plant (verb) to harvest
pleasant awful
plenty lack
plural singular
polite rude
poor rich, wealthy
poverty wealth
powerful weak
praise (verb) to blame
presence absence
present past, future
pretty ugly
private public
probably certainly
professional amateur
protect (verb) to attack
protection attack
public private
pull (verb) to push
pupil teacher
purchase (verb) sell
push (verb) to pull
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
question answer
quick slow
quiet loud, noisy
qualified unqualified
qualify (v.) unfit
quarrel (n.) agreement
quarrelsome peaceable, placid
queer common, ordinary, usual
questionable certain, indisputable
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
rainy sunny
raise (v.) to lower
raw cooked
real imaginary
rear front
receive (v.) to send
reduce (v.) to increase
refuse (v.) to agree, to accept
remember (v.) to forget
repair (v.) to damage
reply question
reply (v.) to ask
rest (v.) to work
rich poor
right left, wrong
rise (v.) to fall
rough gentle, smooth, soft
rude polite
rural urban
rambling direct
rapidity slowness
rare abundant, common, usual
rarely frequently, often
ratify (v.) reject, repudiate
rational crazy, illogical, irrational
readable illegible, unreadable
ready unprepared, unready
real imaginary, unreal
rear front
reasonable crazy, extravagant, irrational, outrageous, unreasonable
rebellious obedient, submissive
rebuild demolish, destroy
rebuke (v.) compliment, praise
recede (v.) advance, proceed
receive give, donate
recession boom, upturn
reckless careful, cautious
recklessness carefulness
recommend disapprove
reduce boost, increase, upgrade
redundant necessary, essential
regress progress
remarkable ordinary, commonplace
remote close, nearby, adjacent
renowned anonymous, obscure, unknown
repel (v.) attract
resemble (v.) differ from
responsible irresponsible
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
same different, the other
sad happy
sadness happiness
safe dangerous
safety danger
salt sugar
save (verb) to spend, to waste
scream (verb) to whisper
security danger
seldom often
sell (verb) to buy
send (verb) to receive, to get
senior junior
separate (verb) to connect, to unite, to join
serious funny
servant master
set free (verb) to arrest
shallow deep
sharp blunt
shelter exposure
short long, tall
shout (verb) to whisper
shut (verb) to open
sick healthy
silent noisy
silly intelligent
simple complicated
single married
sink (verb) to rise
sister brother
sit (verb) to stand
slim fat
slow fast, quick
small big, large, tall
smile frown
smooth rough
soft hard, rough
solid liquid
some many
sometimes often
son daughter
soul body
sour sweet
south north
special general, ordinary
spring autumn
stand (verb) to lie
stand (verb) to sit
start finish, end, stop
strange normal
stranger native
strict gentle
strong weak
student teacher
stupid clever, intelligent
subtract (verb) to add
suburb centre
succeed (verb) to fail
success failure
sugar salt
summer winter
sun moon
sunny cloudy, rainy
supporter opponent
suspect (verb) to trust
sweet bitter, sour
synonym antonym
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
take (v.) to give
take off (v.) to land
talk (v.) listen
tall small, short
tame wild
teach (v.) to learn
teacher pupil, student
terrible lovely
then now
there here
these those
thick thin
thin thick, fat
thirsty hungry
throw (v.) to catch
tight loose
tiny huge
together apart
top bottom
total partial
town village
tragedy comedy
true false
trust (v) to suspect
truth lie
tacit explicit, spoken, stated
tackful tackless
talkative reserved, taciturn
tall short, small, low
tame wild
tangible intangible
tardy prompt, punctual
tarnish brighten, enhance, polish up
tasteful tasteless
taut loose, relaxed, slack
tedious interesting
teem lack, want
temporary permananent, everlasting
tempt discourage
tenderness cruelty, hardness
tentative decisive
terminate begin, start
thoughtful thoughtless
tidy untidy
tight loose
timid audacious, bold, brave
tiny big, immense
tipsy sober
together separately
tolerant biased, intolerant, prejudiced
tongue-tied talkative, garrulous
transparent opaque
trepidation calm
trivial significant
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
ugliness beauty
ugly beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls)
unite (v) to divide, to separate
under over
unity division
upstairs downstairs
urban rural
useful useless
useless useful
umpteen few
unaccountable accountable, explicable
unaffected affected
unalterable alterable
unavoidable avoidable
unbalanced balanced
unbearable bearable
unbelievable believable
unbiased biased
uncertain certain
uncharitable charitable
uncivilized civilized
unclean clean
uncomfortable comfortable
uncommon common
unconditional conditional
unconscious conscious
uncover cover
undependable dependable, reliable
undercover open, unconcealed
understand misunderstand
undesirable desirable
uneasy calm
uneven even
unexpected expected
unfasten fasten
unfit fit
unforseen expected, predictable
unfriendly friendly, amiable, agreeable
ungainly elegant, graceful
unhealthy healthy, robust
unintentional intentional, deliberate
unjustifiable justifiable
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
vacant occupied
valley mountain
vertical horizontal
victory defeat
village town
violent gentle
visitor host
voluntary compulsory
vowel consonant
vacillating resolute, unhesitating wahający się ≠ zdecydowany, nie wahający się
vague certain, clear, definite
valiant cowardly dzielny, mężny ≠ tchórzliwy
valid invalid ważny ≠ nie ważny
validity invalidity
valuable useless, valueless
vanish appear
variable invariable
very hardly, scarcely, hardly
vigilant careless, negligent czujny, baczny ≠ nieostrożny, niedbały
violate obey naruszać ≠ podporządkowywać się
virtue vice
vital unimportant
void full
volatile constant, steady
voluntary compulsory, involuntary, unwilling
vulnerable protected
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
war peace
warm cool
waste (v) to save
water land
weak powerful, strong
wealth poverty
wealthy poor
wedding divorce
well ill
west east
wet dry
whisper (v) to scream, to shout
white black
whole part
wide narrow
wife husband
win (v) to lose
winner loser
winter summer
woman man
women men
work (v) to rest
worst best
wrong correct, right
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
yes no
yesterday tomorrow
young old
yearn dislike
yell whisper
yen dislike
yield withstand
Wyraz Opposite Znaczenie
zany serious zabawny, pocieszny ≠ poważny
zeal apathy gorliwość, żarliwość ≠ apatia
zealous apathetic gorliwy, żarliwy ≠ apatyczny
zest apathy ochota, zapał ≠ apatia
zip listlessness wigor ≠ apatia, bierność