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Band Names by Antonym

Try to guess these bands where most of the words in their names have been replaced by antonyms.
Not all antonyms are exact. Whiners will be shot with an antimatter ray gun.
Some questions from Islandcarver
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First submittedJanuary 9, 2018
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Antonyms
Band Name
King
Queen
Private Friend
Public Enemy
The Criminals
The Police
AA Bottom
ZZ Top
Televisionfoot
Radiohead
Hotwork
Coldplay
The Branches
The Roots
The Windows
The Doors
Obedient by Nurture
Naughty by Nature
Thankless Alive
Grateful Dead
Antonyms
Band Name
We Definitely Are Dwarfs
They Might Be Giants
Old Chaos
New Order
Sadness Multiplication
Joy Division
Living Nixons
Dead Kennedys
Helium Submarine
Led Zeppelin
ZYYZ
ABBA
Celibacy Rifles
Sex Pistols
Brownie
Blondie
Antidote
Poison
Rise In Girl
Fall Out Boy
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104 Recent Comments
Arp2600
+6
Level 89
Jan 20, 2018
Come on, King and Queen are not antonyms. Oh well, I've said that one before (for man and woman I mean), let's just give one point to this quiz.
JudgeRudy
+8
Level 67
Jan 22, 2018
Neither are many of the others - see conspicuous disclaimer
Arp2600
+5
Level 89
Jan 23, 2018
It's so easy to put a disclaimer like that. But disclaimer or not, I still think this is a terrible quiz...
tuzdayschild
+13
Level 55
Jan 23, 2018
I just kept looking and looking through the comments. I knew someone was gonna whine about something or other not really being an antonym. I can go now. My experience of this quiz is complete.
Arp2600
+8
Level 89
Jan 24, 2018
I'm not complaining about words "not really being antonyms". I'm complaining about the philosophy which consists in opposing the human sexes. In my opinion, there are very few differences between men and women.
JWatson24
+12
Level 71
Jul 13, 2021
I totally agree that 1. male and female are not opposites and 2. gender is a spectrum. However, this just seems unnecessarily nitpicky. Can you think of a better antonym for Queen? Maybe "Commoner" or "Peasant," but arguably those aren't "antonyms" of Queen either, and they would be even harder to guess. The quiz caveats even explicitly say that the antonyms aren't always exact, so it's not as though Quizmaster is necessarily endorsing a binary view of gender. Like it or not, "King" is the only thing that makes sense here. And giving this quiz 1 star just for that reason is kinda a sucky thing to do.
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Jul 13, 2021
It's not nitpicky, it's visceral. This upsets me really much, and I don't take any of those antonyms quizzes anymore because of that. Because I know that it will make me angry and I really don't need that...
JWatson24
+11
Level 71
Jul 13, 2021
I fully understand your argument here (and even agree with it) and you're fully entitled to that opinion. I even think it's okay for you to not take it--if you disagree with it, that's your personal opinion and I won't judge you. I just think it's really disrespectful to deride an entire quiz (and, by extension, the quiz maker) and publicly announce it deserves one star just because you disagree with relatively small detail on it, especially considering that it's a clue that logically makes sense, has no good alternative, and isn't meant to be hurtful or politically charged.
Dontforget
+4
Level 76
Mar 5, 2024
I think this is a great explanation and you handled that really well @JWatson. I fully agree that gender is a spectrum and men and women being portayed as opposite is a false dichotomy. But reducing the value of the overall quiz to that single point, which is both explained by the caveat and is also socially accepted as an antonym (regardless of whether it is) is a bit unreasonable.
TheCrusher
+5
Level 70
Jul 15, 2021
@Arp: If you're not taking these quizzes anymore, why are you back in the comments section more than 3 years later? Just wanted to add another layer of complaining? You might wanna consider to stop imposing that on yourself.
burntofferings4all
+6
Level 52
Jul 17, 2021
The tears of the vocal minority will never stop flowing if there is an audience to see them. It's really sad to watch them try to bend logic or biology to fit their fictional narrative.
Dontforget
+8
Level 76
Nov 9, 2025
burntofferings4all cmon man this isn't fair. I'm a biologist, and I'm intersex. The scientific consensus is that while gender and sex are related, they aren't the same. King and Queen are honourifics that refer to gender, so the idea that they're "twisting biology to fit an agenda" is not reasonable because "king and queen" and "man and woman" aren't biological constructs, theyre social ones.

"Male and female" are biological constructs and it's not wrong to consider them opposites but it's not totally right either. Culture and society exacerbates the differences (for example by having different clothing expectations, and insisting women shave and not work out so as to not appear "bulky") and people like myself get caught in the crossfire. It's hard enough without people treating us like we're pushing an agenda. Trust me when I say we too would rather intersex and trans not be in the news everywhere

Let us both please have an open mind and be kind

Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Jul 17, 2021
The Crusher: Well, I just came because it was on the front page on July 13, and I knew I had made comments years ago. I didn't take the quiz, and didn't even look at the questions, just made a few short answers. The one in this thread was just explanatory, not meant to be aggressive or what.

Why am I making this one, then? Once again, because I know there were a few negative responses, and I'm not one to shut up easily, so I came to check one last time. That's right, I won't come back this time, see you next time it's on the front page :p.

Dimby
+10
Level 83
Feb 11, 2021
This type of comment is just the worst. This quiz is given to you for free, with someone putting in the time and effort to make it somewhat fun. For the record, I believe many people would say that gender is on a scale, with one end being male and the other being female, and many other genders in between. I would think that sufficiently explains why one might consider them opposites, just like the extremes on any scale. I give your comment one star! * Look how lonely that little star is! How do YOU like it? Huh?
burntofferings4all
+6
Level 52
Jul 17, 2021
The scale of gender is quite simple though, male and female, that's it, that's the whole list.
TheDster
+7
Level 69
Nov 10, 2025
The scale of gender isn't simple at all, since gender is a social construct someone's gender can be whatever they want. I think you would mean the scale of sex but even then that isn't just Male or Female.
kotors
+1
Level 74
Jan 21, 2018
good quiz! obedient by nature made me lol.
HaroldHecuba
+2
Level 38
Jan 22, 2018
Clever quiz!
JDesLauriers
+2
Level 36
Jan 22, 2018
Good mix of bands to choose. I liked this one alot
drLuigi
+3
Level 48
Jan 22, 2018
funny
brainchild
+9
Level 68
Jan 22, 2018
Great Quiz! 100%! Love Thingirl Chubby!! Made me laugh. Also nice you put Old Chaos and Sadness Multiplication together. As a fan of both I thank you!
bkemp2001
+1
Level 60
Jul 15, 2021
That was a pleasant surprise, to see them both on the quiz. Fantastic bands.
bkemp2001
+1
Level 60
Jul 15, 2021
That was a pleasant surprise, to see them both on the quiz. Fantastic bands.
bakainu
+2
Level 70
Jan 22, 2018
The Seeds could also work for opposite of branches.
ed1969
+2
Level 74
Jan 22, 2018
Very clever theme for a quiz - post some sequels!

I'm a big Helium Submarine fan myself.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 8, 2025
That's a great suggestion which I can't believe we haven't added until now.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 95
Nov 10, 2025
That was the hardest one for me to get.

Kept trying “Cake” for brownie…

ethanc
+1
Level 72
Nov 15, 2025
Listening Feet
Kontio100
+1
Level 55
Jan 22, 2018
This was really good quiz! Thanks!
NCsupercade
+2
Level 54
Jan 22, 2018
Instead of "Obedient by Nature" why not "Obedient via Artificial" so that both words are antonyms.

All in all, I love the quiz!

RobNobody
+10
Level 80
Jan 22, 2018
Both words are antonyms! The clue is "Obedient by Nurture."
RobNobody
+19
Level 80
Jan 22, 2018
HA! Points for using Nixon as the antonym of Kennedy.
burntofferings4all
+1
Level 52
Jul 17, 2021
JFK, the only good Democrat to ever hold the office of President and he was murdered by his own party, guess you can't pick your friends.
MarcellDAvis
+5
Level 80
Jul 26, 2023
I thought the official conspiracy theory is that it was the CIA, which was loyal to the old Eisenhower republican guard.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Nov 12, 2025
I tried Carter, Ford and Johnson (even Mao) but didn't think about Kennedy 🤦‍♂️
HectorVortac
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2018
By coincidence I just referenced one of these bands in comments to another quiz seconds before taking this one.
tyler198484
+1
Level 34
Jan 24, 2018
I love all that you do for us QM
iuvas
+4
Level 99
Jan 24, 2018
you got me at zyyz
Soph1
+1
Level 51
Jan 26, 2018
Fantastic!
Ian1979
+1
Level 71
Jan 27, 2018
Lots of fun - thanks
JoanSR
+8
Level 74
Mar 11, 2018
DC/AC was a decent choice for this one.
jmellor13
+2
Level 68
Jul 13, 2021
You could do Tesla/Edison as the clue.
AlessioCufaro
+2
Level 20
Mar 2, 2024
It's AC/DC
RobNobody
+3
Level 80
Nov 9, 2025
Right, and the antonym of AC/DC (which I believe was on an earlier version of this quiz) would be DC/AC.
MattLocke
+1
Level 86
Apr 8, 2018
These made me laugh out loud. Thank you!
YantheMan
+4
Level 66
Oct 17, 2018
LOL zyyz
MalyJacus
+1
Level 60
Nov 12, 2025
Indeed. I think that would be a great band name.
Jojojj
+1
Level 72
Mar 22, 2019
Excellent quiz! Loved the variety and many clues made me laugh, well done!
toowise
+5
Level 81
Sep 27, 2019
Venom will also fit for the Antidote clue
tomwinkler95
+1
Level 73
Apr 16, 2021
Brilliant quiz
blizzrd33
+6
Level 81
Jul 13, 2021
Never heard of The Roots before
Archangel55
+2
Level 66
Jul 13, 2021
I kept trying to figure out how it might mean "The Grass Roots". Not being a hip-hop fan, I've never heard of "The Roots" either.
jmellor13
+3
Level 68
Jul 13, 2021
In addition to being a fantastic band, they are the house band on the Tonight Show.
AnnikaKim
+2
Level 66
Jul 13, 2021
Cool quiz! Particularly loved the Sadness Multiplication and Antidote clues. Never heard of the band in the Living Nixons answer but guessed it with the first try.
XYU
+2
Level 62
Jul 13, 2021
AA Bottom, ha ha!
Carltonford
+2
Level 56
Jul 13, 2021
Never in a million years would I have guessed The Criminals for The Police. Someone's clearly got a sense of humour.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Jul 13, 2021
that one was supposed to go on the band names by synonym quiz but there was a mix-up.
burntofferings4all
+2
Level 52
Jul 17, 2021
Well, police are the opposite of criminals after all, the lines are a little blurred these days, with all the propping up of violent criminals as heroes and martyrs, but the facts do not change.
Yanni47
+2
Level 80
Jul 13, 2021
If one is transformed to 'Thankless Alive', then shouldn't the other rather be 'Alive Nixons' as well?
BrennoAU
+9
Level 42
Jul 13, 2021
We Definitely are Dwarfs is now my favourite possible band name
Dontforget
+1
Level 76
Nov 9, 2025
My favourite part is that it's an equally fitting name for the band
Jeffro
+1
Level 79
Jul 14, 2021
Cool quiz idea. Maybe consider accepting Venom for the antidote question?
AiJiyao
+4
Level 66
Jul 15, 2021
Oh yeah, ZYYZ: "Austerlitz", "Take take take many women before noon"...
KrakenTackler
+1
Level 34
Jul 16, 2021
"We definitely are dwarfs"? I don't get it. How is 'might be' an antonym of 'definitely are'?
RobNobody
+3
Level 80
Nov 9, 2025
In the sense that "might be" means uncertainty and "definitely are" means certainty.
Ffej
+1
Level 66
Nov 25, 2021
This is the most I've chuckled doing a quiz on here. And I've done a million now. Thanks!
duckwantbread
+4
Level 66
Mar 2, 2024
The quiz was so close to a Terry Pratchett reference. There's a band in Discworld called "We're Certainly Dwarfs".
vacationmom
+1
Level 67
Mar 2, 2024
I really, really enjoyed having Old Chaos and Sadness Multiplication together.
Azariasiasi
+5
Level 65
Mar 2, 2024
We Definitely Are Dwarfs made me laugh out so loud
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Mar 2, 2024
I tried 'They Might Not Be Giants', thiking every word needed to be reversed.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Dec 7, 2025
Yeah, a closer opposite of Might Be would be Possibly Aren't rather than Definitely Are
KatyM
+1
Level 70
Mar 2, 2024
This was fun, but not all of these were exactly antonyms. Doors/windows for example.
RobNobody
+3
Level 80
Nov 9, 2025
They should really put some sort of disclaimer about this at the top of the quiz.
Loizfi
+1
Level 43
Mar 5, 2024
I’m flabbergasted I missed The Police.
Katjen
+1
Level 51
Mar 7, 2024
This quiz really made my laugh. I enjoyed it a lot, thanks. Definitely one of the more fun ones I've taken!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Dec 31, 2024
Love to see like 3 rap groups on here, especially Naughty by Nature because you wouldn't expect them to be mentioned a lot
passiveattack
+1
Level 48
Jan 31, 2025
For radiohead how is foot opposite of head. I was thinking hands
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Nov 9, 2025
Foot = bottom

Head = top

Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Feb 7, 2025
Surprisingly good music, nice quiz
wasabi537
+1
Level 43
Jun 19, 2025
i love tmbg how did i not get that one-
French2010
+1
Level 96
Nov 9, 2025
Very enjoyable quiz, even though (please shoot me now) some of them are a bit sketchy.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 9, 2025
Matter is not the opposite of anti-matter, they're both particles so they are actually synonyms!

< ray gun charging sounds >

Oh wait, what are you doing? No, no, wait, I see now, no, wait, nooooo...

ZAP!!

Qikiq
+2
Level 89
Nov 9, 2025
The helium antonym is seriously genius. Took me a bit of lateral thinking to get it, so it was supremely satisfying!
Jiaozira
+4
Level 72
Nov 9, 2025
Celibacy Rifles is what I'm going to name my PG Christian punk band.
merterhenz
+5
Level 86
Nov 10, 2025
There used to be an Australian band called Celibate Rifles
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Nov 9, 2025
Now why on earth did I first try "Happy Addition" as the opposite of "Sadness Multiplication"?
Stiner
+1
Level 95
Nov 10, 2025
With Brownie my mind immediately went to the little elf-like creature, so I was thinking Giant would be the antonym. Y'know, instead of going with the more obvious meaning of a brownie... smdh
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Nov 10, 2025
Antidote - The Cure

ZYYZ - ZZ Top

The Branches - Styx

jayhiatt
+2
Level 72
Nov 12, 2025
I think you've missed the definition of antonym.
NateVoD
+1
Level 60
Nov 15, 2025
Could do a synonym quiz with some of those though!
guigo
+2
Level 71
Nov 10, 2025
I didn't know doors were the antonym of windows.
FeFeNation27
+1
Level 42
Nov 12, 2025
I thought for sure King was going to be Prince
bearddragons785
+1
Level 70
Nov 12, 2025
omg dead kennedys and they might be giants mentioned
spritedaway
+1
Level 56
Nov 12, 2025
AWESOME!!
MikelGeography
+2
Level 55
Nov 12, 2025
Poison...I just kept thinking about Venom. That's me not liking glam metal
grantdon
+2
Level 74
Nov 13, 2025
The Saints could be a valid answer for the Criminals. Great Australian punk band from the 70s.

And The Celibate Rifles were another Aussie band

timshorts
+1
Level 62
Nov 13, 2025
I appreciate that Brownie might have put on weight, but I accidentally typed Blobdie as the opposite.

Who ate all the Brownies? (and the opposite of Brownie in the UK would be "Cub" or "Girl Guide", I would have thought).

SparrowHawk
+1
Level 66
Nov 13, 2025
I read this as "Brand names by autonym" and was so confused

I did not get enough sleep last night

Kontio100
+1
Level 55
Nov 14, 2025
Loved this one!
RollingStones1
+1
Level 50
Nov 14, 2025
TELEVISONFOOT

Nah, I'm gonna name my band that

Hilarious

JesseFromThe6
+1
Level 70
Nov 14, 2025
Great quiz, a lot of fun. "The Branches" was the only one that *stumped* me.
oek
+1
Level 28
Dec 15, 2025
my taste is more wifi skeleton, this quiz isnt for me
Nevson64
+1
Level 67
Feb 1, 2026
Surely wall should be the antonym of door.

Tv, radio? 🤔

Thundersteel
+1
Level 59
Mar 22, 2026
I feel that "Cake" should also be a valid answer for Brownie.
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