An antonym is the opposite of a synonym. Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of another word.
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Is Vague the opposite of Vivid?
I can say:
I have a vague memory of something.
I have a vivid memory of something.
So are they opposites?
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What is the antonym for "default"?
What is the antonym for "default" (computer science). For example there is "default value", how to say "not default"? Is there a one word for "not default" :)?
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What is the opposite of "dumb down"?
I am trying to figure out what would be the opposite of "dumb down" as in "I can dumb down this presentation". In this example the presentation is too complex and needs to be simplified for the target audience, but what about the other way around, I…
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Is "beyond" an antonym of "behind"?
Should the word beyond in this text be taken as an antonym of behind?
From his lifetime and beyond through the fourth century AD, Asclepius was worshipped as a Greek God associated with healing.
(Source: Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and…
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Antonym of "utmost" or "uttermost"
I'm having trouble to find the appropriate antonym of "utmost" or "uttermost". Dictionaries recommend "mild" and "moderate" but they sound awkward.
She has the utmost chance of getting hired for the job while he has the _____ chance.
I want to…
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What is the antonym of “forthcoming”?
Forthcoming is defined by the dictionary as:
being about to appear or to be produced or made available e.g.
The forthcoming holidays
your forthcoming novel
funds are forthcoming
responsive, outgoing e.g.
a forthcoming and courteous…
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What's the opposite word of "fluent"？
I have searched and found "influent" and "unfluent", but I cannot find both of them in Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Collins. Or maybe there isn't a word adding a prefix to fluent that is the opposite at all? Which words can be alternates then?
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What is the antonym of "update"?
For similar words, the antonym is obtained by simply substitute the substring up with down like in the following:
upgrade - downgrade
upload - download
What about update? I searched for something like downdate but it has very few occurrences and…
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What is the opposite of block letters?
According to wiki, the definition of block letter is as follows
Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing Latin script in which the letters are…
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What does "any more" mean in a sentence without having "not" ahead?
The novelist devotes so much time to avid descriptions of his characters’ clothes that the reader soon feels that such sartorial concerns, although worthy of attention, have superseded any more directly literary aims.
Q: I looked up about the…
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What is the most common opposite word for "postpone"?
Consider this:
The meeting has been postponed.
How would the above example be said in AE or BE if the word "postponed" were to be replaced by its antonym?
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Opposite of "encapsulate"
Is there a generally accepted term for the opposite of "encapsulate", as in to enclose something? If I encapsulate something, and then later take it out, is it "decapsulate"? "unencapsulate"? something else?
If it matters, the context is computer…
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Is "specific" an antonym of "unspecified“?
Is "specific" an antonym of "unspecified“?
I ask because in some cases I feel it is so, but not always.
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What is the antonym of "feasible" for this context?
A. Business is feasible and may be accepted if the BC ratio is greater
than 1.
B. Business is unfeasible and may be rejected if the BC ratio is
less than 1.
Can I use non-feasible instead of unfeasible?
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Can I say that "excludes" is an antonym of "includes"?
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…
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