antonyms

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

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

And still the signs fluttered and scattered, the book of antonyms ripped up by Sanders delegates, who tore at its pages and yanked at its binding, its brittle glue.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for `optimal' and `optimize', but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although `pessimize' is listed in the OED.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.