Definitions for antonym

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antonym an·to·nym

Spelling: [an-tuh-nim]

IPA: /ˈæn tə nɪm/

Antonym is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in antonym (amnnoty).

Definitions for antonym

noun

1. a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).

Origin of antonym

First recorded in 1865-70; ant- + (syn)onym

Examples for antonym

In strict usage, daily is the antonym of nightly as diurnal is of nocturnal.

By and by, which was once a synonym, has become an antonym of immediately, meaning at some (perhaps remote) future time.

Logically the other side of white is not white, while the antonym is the extreme black.