237 Engelse tegenstellingen
Engelse woordenlijst met tegenstellingen. Heb je dat ook wel eens dat je een Engelse woord kent maar niet op de tegenstelling kunt komen? We hebben 237 meest gebruikte Engelse tegengestelde woorden in dit artikel. Lees verder.
Woordenlijst Engelse tegenstellingen
A
admit-deny
advance-retreat
above-below
accidental-intentional
accept-refuse
accurate-incorrect
absent-present
abundant-scarce
attack-defend
after-before
asleep-awake
against-for
ahead-behind
all-none
authentic-imitation
awake- asleep
always-never
antique-modern
aunt-uncle
B
beginning-end
beg-offer
bottom-top
beautiful-ugly
buy-sell
bad-good
bald-hairy
brother-sister
bitter-sweet
break-fix
beneath-above
best-worst
black-white
boy-girl
borrow-lend
brave-scared
- Ook jij kunt jouw Engels verbeteren.
Bekijk de vele mogelijkheden om jouw Engels te professionaliseren
C
careful-careless
complete-incomplete
certain-uncertain
cease-begin
catch-throw
closed-open
conquer-fail
cool-warm
cheerful-sad
come-go
condemn-praise
contract-expand
comedy-tragedy
combine-separate
crooked-straight
cruel-kind
D
depart-arrive
dangerous-safe
dark-light
dwarf-giant
daughter-son
deep-shallow
different-same
dead-alive
drunk-sober
dry-wet
discourage-encourage
day-night
destroy-create
dirty-clean
disgrace-honour
E
easy-hard
exciting-dull
exit-entrance
exterior-interior
early-late
entrance-exit
evil-good
exhibit-conceal
expensive-cheap
extinguish-ignite
empty-full
east-west
- Lees ook dit: 169 moeilijke Engelse woorden eenvoudig uitgelegd
Tegengestelde woorden het in Engels
F
from-to
front-back
fertile-barren
few-many
find-lose
finish-begin
friend-enemy
fancy-plain
fall-spring
fat-skinny
fat-thin
former-latter
forget-remember
fiction-fact
frequent-infrequent/seldom
first-last
floor-ceiling
foolish-wise
forward-backward
fail-succeed
G
give-take
grin-frown
gain-loss
generous-stingy
genuine-fake
guilty-innocent
gather-scatter
graceful-clumsy
genuine-fake
H
heavy-light
husband-wife
hide-show
high-low
healthy-sick
hit-miss
hard-soft
hungry-full
harsh-mild
happy-sad
him-her
harmony-discord
- Hoe zat het ook alweer? Veel gebruikte Engelse woorden die vaak verkeerd worden toegepast.
I
idle-busy
include-exclude
imaginary-real
import-export
illegal-lawful
imprison-free
increase-decrease
in-out
inside-outside
Nog meer Engelse woorden tegenstellingen
joy-grief
K
kind-mean
king-queen
knowledge-ignorance
known-unknown
L
lazy-industrious
last-first
lock-unlock
loose-tight
loud-soft/low
large-small
lead-follow
literal-figurative
little-big
long-short
lose-find
lost-found
lower-raise
laugh-cry
left-right
length-width
less-more
M
moist-dry
morning-evening
majority-minority
maximum-minimum
merciful-cruel
morning-night
mix-sort
most-least
miserable-happy
Wij kennen ze ook in het Nederlands, woorden die elkaar lijken tegen te spreken maar elkaar juist versterken.
Oorverdovende stilte, een echte imitatie, oud nieuws, ziende blind, een kleine reus enz. enz.
- Maar ook in het Engels worden ze gebruikt.
Een overzicht van Engelse woorden die elkaar versterken.
P
permit-forbid
polite-rude
push-pull
private-public
poor-rich
positive-negative
prohibit-allow
push-pull
Q
questing-answer
quick-slow
R
reward-punishment
right-wrong
rough-smooth
rural-urban
raise-lower
raw-cooked
S
stay-go
stop-go
straight-crooked
stranger-friend
sun-moon
strengthen-weaken
strong-weak
summer-winter
south-north
smile-frown
spend-save
sane-insane
slavery-freedom
smart-dumb
start-finish
stationary-movable
sweet-sour
shout-whisper
sick-well
sit-stand
solid-liquid
shrink-expand
simple-complicated
sink-float
slow-fast
small-large
soft-hard
swift-slow
send-receive
seldom-often
selfish-unselfish
take-give
tough-tender
tall-short
thaw-freeze
true-false
tame-wild
temporary-permanent
together-apart
top-bottom
triumph-fail
U
ugly-pretty
unique-ordinary
unbreakable-fragile
up-down
usually-rarely
under-over
useful-useless
V
vacant-occupied
victory-defeat
vanish-appear
W
wild-tame
wealth-poverty
whisper-yell/shout
winter-summer
win-lose
war-peace
weak-strong
wet-dry
wide-narrow
wrong-right
work-play
worthless-valuable
Y
yes-no
young-old