Antonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Alphabetical List of English antonyms Sample This: English Antonyms - A ABOVE - on top of, over, higher than, more than Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Above' below / under / less / beneath / lower ****** ACCEPT - to take readily something that is offered, to say 'Yes' to proposal, offer, etc. Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Accept' abandon / deny / disallow / discard / dump / refuse / reject ***** ACCIDENTAL - happening by chance Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Accidental' deliberate / intentional / purposeful / fixed ****** ADDITION - increasing the amount, number or size Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Addition' deduction / deletion / elimination / exclusion / omission / removal ****** ADORATION - intense like Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Adoration' abhorrence / detestation / disgust / hatred / loathing / odium / repugnance / repulsion ****** APATHETIC - showing no interest Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Apathetic' animated / ardent / avid / eager / enthusiastic / fervent / keen / passionate ****** ATTACK - to use violence to hurt somebody Antonyms or Opposite Words of 'Attack' defend / guard / protect / shield ****** SOME MORE ANTONYMS - A active - idle / inactive / passive actual - imaginary / unreal / virtual admire - deride / ridicule / mock adore - abhor / despise / detest adulthood - childhood / babyhood / youth advanced - basic / elementary / plain alive - dead / deceased / departed all - nobody / none / nothing amused - annoyed / bored / jaded appear - disappear / vanish / wane assertive - fawning / obsequious / submissive attentive - distracted / diverted / unfocused attractive - grotesque / ugly / unattractive add - delete / subtract admiring - contemptuous / disdainful allegiance - treason / disloyalty amenable - indisposed / unwilling answer - question / query approached - receded / departed aristocracy - grassroots / proletariat askew -- directly / straight attic - basement / cellar ******