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  1. Two words with opposite meanings. Cold and hot are antonyms; so are small and large. (Compare synonyms.)


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The antonyms of diversity, equity and inclusion are uniformity, inequality and exclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

"Vocabularies, dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms, encyclopaedias are educational tools of reference and Treccani.it, as such, is consulted in schools, libraries and in all of our homes."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2021

Out of a wide range of antonyms available for notoriety — e.g., repute, distinction, celebrity, renown, eminence, to list a handful — any one of which would fit the context nicely.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2019

It was a book of antonyms: the future, not the past; love, not hate.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

We must now deal with synonyms, and incidentally antonyms, as they associate themselves in larger groups.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)