antonym

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Also, Lynell George’s “City of Specters,” which began with Truman Capote’s report that most L.A. students, asked to specify the antonym of “youth,” answered “death.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

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

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

I’m not sure there’s a precise antonym for “nice.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020

Bournemouth have almost been the antonym of Huddersfield this season.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2018

Perhaps curiously, the obvious antonym `lossitude' is rare.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.