antonym

Example Sentences

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I'm not sure "graceful" has a strong enough antonym to describe my first lurches toward a world flipped upside down.

From Salon

After being raised in Anchorage, Alaska — the exact antonym of a football mecca — Ulofoshio moved with his family to Las Vegas in 2016.

From Seattle Times

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

“Nature” became the antonym of “society” in the minds of philosophers, in the policies of European empires, and the calculations of global financial centres.

From The Guardian

It wasn’t long before I noticed, even in my own idiolect, that “awesome” and “sucks” were related as antonyms.

From Scientific American