antonym
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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 • Mar. 31, 2023
Since the advent of talkies, “Hollywood” has been, in some serious circles, the pejorative antonym of “serious” music.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021
I’m not sure there’s a precise antonym for “nice.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020
“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 • May 8, 2018
Logically the other side of white is not white, while the antonym is the extreme black.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
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