antonym

Antonyms are words that have contrasting meanings. (noun)

An example of antonyms are light and dark.

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noun

a word that is opposite in meaning to another word: “sad” is an antonym of “happy”

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(ănˈtə-nĭmˌ)

noun

A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.

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