1

Can I say that the word "excludes" is the antonym of "includes"?

Actually for me it look like as one origin with two different prefixes only: EX-clude and IN-clude. But I didn't find it as an antonym and that's why I suspect maybe it is not considered so. Look carefully in the list of the antonyms made by google - below:

enter image description here

Virtuous Legend
  • 27,128
  • 196
  • 415
  • 597
  • 1
    http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/exclude – Khan Nov 03 '16 at 01:55
  • 1
    Yes, in- and ex- (from the Latin for in and out, roughly) are frequently used in English words with their roots in Latin or the Romance languages (inhale/exhale, interior/exterior, internal/external, e.g.) in this way. – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica Nov 03 '16 at 02:17

1 Answers1

1

Yes, in- and ex- (from the Latin for in and out, roughly) are frequently used in English words with their roots in Latin or the Romance languages (inhale/exhale, interior/exterior, internal/external, e.g.) in this way. –

Peter
  • 66,233
  • 6
  • 65
  • 125