An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to a given word. Antonyms can be formed by in the following ways:
- by adding a Prefix to the given word
- by changing the prefix of a given word
- by changing the suffix of a given word
- by a completely new word
1) By adding a prefix
- able unable
- load unload
- accurate inaccurate
- complete incomplete
- possible impossible
- patient impatient
- regular irregular
- responsible irresponsible
- climax anticlimax
- clockwise anticlockwise
- honest dishonest
- obey disobey
- behave misbehave
- understand misunderstand
- legal illegal
- legible illegible
- smoker non-smoker
- citizen non-citizen
- curricular extracurricular
- ordinary extraordinary
2) by changing the prefix
- absent present
- ascend descend
- export import
- emigrant immigrant
- encourage discourage
- include exclude
- external internal
- minimum maximum
- increase decrease
- Pro-China Anti-China
3) by changing the suffix
- harmful harmless
- employer employer
- fearful fearless
- lively lifeless
- useful useless
- sensible senseless
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