- Combine 2 or 3 words as you please (from the same columns or different one), and let your partner come up with the exact opposite.
- If you play just for fun, then stop when it’s no longer fun!
- If you want to be competitive about this, then play 5 or 10 rounds. Each time you answer correctly you get 1 point. (Optional: The loser gets a dare.)
| Verb | Adjective | Noun |
| accept – decline, refuse achieve – fail admit – deny adore – hate advance – retreat agree – disagree appear – disappear, vanish approve – disapprove ask – answer attack – defend begin – end blame – praise bless – curse borrow – lend break – repair bring – remove build – destroy buy – sell capture – release combine – separate come – go contract – expand create – destroy decline – accept, increase decrease – increase disappear – appear discourage – encourage end – begin, start expand – contract export – import fail – succeed forget – remember give – receive, take grant – refuse grow – shrink include – exclude increase – decrease join – separate laugh – cry lend – borrow lengthen – shorten like – dislike, hate lose – find float – sink fold – unfold hate – love hinder – help inhale – exhale love – hate melt – freeze misunderstand – understand offer – refuse push – pull sow – reap start – finish stop – go take – give zip – unzip |
absent – present accurate – inaccurate alive – dead ancient – modern awake – asleep backward – forward bad – good beautiful – ugly big – little, small black – white boring – interesting brave – cowardly careful – careless cheap – expensive cheerful – sad, discouraged, dreary clear – cloudy, opaque clever – stupid cold – hot common – rare cool – warm correct – incorrect, wrong cruel – kind dangerous – safe dead – alive deep – shallow early – late easy – hard, difficult empty – full famous – unknown far – near fast – slow fat – thin few – many first – last foolish – wise fortunate – unfortunate full – empty happy – sad hard – easy healthy – diseased, ill, sick heavy – light honest – dishonest horizontal – vertical hot – cold humble – proud important – trivial intelligent – stupid, unintelligent interesting – boring just – unjust large – small last – first light – dark, heavy little – big long – short loose – tight loud – quiet loyal – disloyal mad – happy, sane mature – immature maximum – minimum merry – sad minor – major narrow – wide near – far, distant new – old noisy – quiet old – new, young open – closed, shut polite – rude, impolite powerful – weak pretty – ugly private – public prudent – imprudent pure – impure, contaminated serious – trivial sick – healthy simple – complex, hard slim – fat, thick slow – fast sober – drunk soft – hard sour – sweet strong – weak sweet – sour tall – short thick – thin tight – loose, slack tiny – big, huge tough – easy, tender unqualified – qualified useful – useless weak – strong wet – dry white – black wide – narrow young – old |
advantage – disadvantage ally – enemy amateur – professional answer – question antonym – synonym attic – cellar birth – death body – soul boy – girl brother – sister center – edge child – adult copy – original day – night doctor – patient earth – sky east – west employer – employee evening – morning exterior – interior floor – ceiling friend – enemy frown – smile girl – boy heaven – hell husband – wife hero – coward hill – valley instructor – pupil junior – senior knowledge – ignorance landlord – tenant leader – follower male – female man – woman minority – majority night – day nighttime – daytime north – south past – present peace – war poetry – prose poverty – wealth, riches predator – prey question – answer seller – buyer sorrow – joy top – bottom servant – master virtue – vice victory – defeat war – peace |
