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French Antonyms

Can you guess the antonyms of these French words?
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First submittedDecember 12, 2013
Times taken22,230
Average score70.0%
Rating4.13
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Word
Antonym
Droite
Gauche
Froid
Chaud
Oui
Non
Nord
Sud
Ouvert
Fermé
Petit
Grand
Avant
Après
Word
Antonym
Blanc
Noir
Jour
Nuit
Hier
Demain
Hiver
Été
Homme
Femme
Toujours
Jamais
Jeune
Vieux
Word
Antonym
Un Peu
Beaucoup
Bon Marché
Cher
Facile
Difficile
Moins
Plus
Long
Court
Sur
Sous
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68 Comments
LoupK
+2
Level 58
Dec 16, 2013
It should probably be "Droite" instead of "Droit".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 17, 2013
Fixed
RichardRahl20
+1
Level 31
Oct 3, 2018
Droite is feminin, Droit is masculin

Main droite, Côté droit

quizzielizzy
+5
Level 24
Mar 19, 2019
Yes,but "Right" by itself as in "turn right" is "Droite"
Ithabise
+2
Level 27
Dec 16, 2013
I've still got it!
buck1017
+6
Level 78
Dec 16, 2013
i don't :-( Feels like 8 years wasted.
plattitude
+1
Level 94
Mar 10, 2014
Surprised that my grad-school grasp of French (read: just enough to get the gist of that one article that they insisted I read in its native tongue) was enough to get me 100% on this. Nice.
donniedarko
+5
Level 55
Apr 1, 2014
With bon marche, I stupidly kept thinking about the store. Ugh.
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Dec 21, 2014
It's an anomaly of our language, we have no word for "cheap" and we use that strange locution instead.
Cedo
+4
Level 38
Jan 28, 2016
Or "pas cher".
dasubergeek
+6
Level 82
Dec 11, 2016
Or "économique" when you're a stuffy advert writer in a boring office in La Défense. :)
xOwOx
+2
Level 72
Feb 25, 2025
Journalists also like "peu onéreux" and "abordable"
SimFilou
+1
Level 58
Mar 4, 2025
or "raisonnable"
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
May 7, 2025
In Dutch the word for cheap is goedkoop. Which when translated literally would be good buy. (Though no-one usually thinks about this, it is just a word meaning not costing much)

And actually the word cheap comes from cēap which also means buy/that which is bought, just without the good/inexpensive part.

Middle English used to have good chepe, which is basically midway goedkoop and cheap.

The last name Chapman is related to this, and is the equivalent of Dutch koopman, which is still in use, meaning merchant, literally buy(er)man.

Edit and after looking it up, several other languages besides Dutch and French have the same construction, German and italian for example. Though not the usual way of saying cheap in German, which is billig.

Anyway English is the weird one, because cheap really only meant purchase/buy not if it was an expensive buy or not. ;)

Milsh4ke
+2
Level 60
Nov 13, 2022
I never ever used or heard "Bon Marché" in my life and I'm a native speaker. Maybe it's because I'm from Québec
Dontforget
+2
Level 76
Nov 1, 2024
That tripped me up too. I learnt Canadian french and I've heard "pas cher" or "économique" but never "Bon marché"
xOwOx
+1
Level 72
Feb 25, 2025
In France "bon marché" is widely used and universally understood. But "pas cher" remains by far the most common expression.
Philippelebel
+1
Level 79
Feb 5, 2026
It doesn't help that the quiz capitalizes both words, which isn't done for common words.

"Bon Marché" with caps is a proper noun, so people assume it's the store in Paris.

Please switch to 'Bon marché'

kitshef
+2
Level 88
May 15, 2014
Darn spanish messing me up.
KimDL
+1
Level 61
Jun 27, 2014
I wrote "vieille" for jeune, but I don't succeed.
travelfan
+1
Level 67
Dec 2, 2014
Default for any quiz of this kind would always use the masculine form of a word, unless specified.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2016
Vieille will work now
EcceHomo
+2
Level 85
Oct 13, 2020
Technically, so should vieil. It is the masculine form preceding a vowel sound, including the unaspirated H. As in vieil homme.
Arp2600
+3
Level 89
Dec 21, 2014
I have to say that "avant" is ambiguous. It can mean "before" (as an adverb) or "front" (as a noun), hence it can be the antonym of "après" (after) or "arrière" (rear).
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2016
Arrière will work now
rahrl
+1
Level 50
May 5, 2015
Could you potentially make "viel" or "vielle" work?
Cedo
+2
Level 38
Jan 28, 2016
"vieil" alone isn't used.
Philippelebel
+1
Level 79
Feb 5, 2026
Si: un vieil homme
fullmoon11
+1
Level 28
May 30, 2015
Can you accept vielle for jeuene? It;s the feminine
AjDaBoss
+1
Level 26
Feb 29, 2016
i think "avant" means in front as well before
letzi
+1
Level 78
Dec 11, 2016
You should accept derrière as well because avant can have two meanings (in front of and before).
Parinter
+1
Level 43
Dec 11, 2016
I agree with you but the antonym of "derrière" is "devant" and the antonym for "avant" is "après", it's better
YuriiVGR
+1
Level 10
Dec 11, 2016
20/20 w/ 3:37 remaining. I'm french so.. :3
lolrobbielol
+1
Level 52
Dec 11, 2016
Thank you French degree at least you're paying off somehow...
Thorvald
+1
Level 73
Dec 11, 2016
I expect a similar quiz for us learning a proper language (German or Russian) instead of this cheese-eating surrender monkeys speech ;) (Simpsons reference, not meant to offend anyone :) )
Parinter
+2
Level 43
Dec 11, 2016
I'm French: pour "Bon Marché", tu devrais mettre "A bas prix" ou "A bas coût", parce que "bon marché", je n'ai pas compris au début.
Parinter
+1
Level 43
Dec 11, 2016
I know, I don't understand my own language x), I say "C'est pas cher!" or "C'est un bon prix" for "It's cheap! But it is rare for me, to say " C'est bon marché !", for me it is almost formal language...
dasubergeek
+1
Level 82
Dec 11, 2016
C'est que les manuels américains de langue française traduisent « cheap » par « bon marché » sans exception, même si aucun francophone ne dirait ce mot.
martay
+1
Level 69
Mar 30, 2023
I'm American, took French through junior high, high school, and university and was never taught "bon marché". Without context, I thought it might be a store that appeals to a more affluent clientele --- like an upscale boutique. For an antonym, I guessed "marché aux puces".
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Dec 11, 2016
C'est peut-être un peu démodé, mais ça se dit toujours, si.
YantheMan
+1
Level 66
Dec 11, 2016
I don't suppose you could take "agée" for the opposite of "jeune"? That's all I came up with.
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Dec 11, 2016
"Agé" should indeed be accepted.
Arp2600
+5
Level 89
Dec 11, 2016
Seriously, Quizmaster, do you really think that there is such a conceptual opposition between man and woman to call them antonyms?
JustJoshing
+4
Level 66
Dec 14, 2016
I sincerely hope that was a joke.
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Sep 10, 2017
Not really. I don't consider man and woman as antonyms, and I'm bored of seeing them in all those antonyms quizzes.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Oct 20, 2018
^ Arp2600: So, what would you consider the antonym of "man"?
cornflakesfu
+5
Level 89
Nov 18, 2018
Not every word has to have an antonym. What's the antonym of "purple"?
CardinalSin
+2
Level 82
Jan 9, 2020
cornflakesfu, purple is one of a number of colours which is why it cannot have an antonym. There are only two sexes so there is an antonym of male, man, boy etc.
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Feb 12, 2020
The fact that there are "only" two sexes doesn't mean they are opposite concepts. For me, they are slight variants of the general concept of human. To say they are antonyms is misogynistic (or misandrist...).
overtired
+4
Level 88
Feb 12, 2020
On the colour wheel the opposite of purple is yellow. Which also makes them complimentary colours. [Insert cheesy analogy to men and women.]
ander217
+1
Level 73
Dec 11, 2016
A bit difficult for anyone who's never studied French. I guessed three correctly. Without knowing what the words mean, it would be too difficult to commit them to memory, so not even much of a learning experience for me, but praise to those of you who did well.
klaire
+2
Level 25
Dec 12, 2016
tu sais que tu es trop influencée par les films (un peu pourris soyons francs) français quand t'entends la voix de jacouille des visiteurs en écrivant jour/nuit… x)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 16, 2019
12/20 apparently is a bad score on this quiz! One point for 60% that is harsh.

I knew what it all meant though besides bonne marché. I just couldnt get the right antonyms.

for sur I tried peutetre... anyone else? (antontym of sûr). (that is , after trying sub I think)

Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Feb 12, 2020
Sûr is not sur, diacritics are there for a reason. Most of the times ;).
ruudsje
+1
Level 68
Feb 12, 2020
i almost fell for that one too. came to senses on time.
tshalla
+1
Level 78
Feb 12, 2020
au dessous?
julienuh
+1
Level 75
Aug 17, 2020
we can play :-) : "sur" (whithout "* ^ " ) is also an adjective meaning acid. So the antonym could be "doux" (sweet)
donnyman11
+1
Level 47
Feb 12, 2020
Tres bien, merci beacoup. Je voudrais voir plus de ces quiz, s'il vous plait
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Feb 12, 2020
Too French centric. Trop français centré
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Feb 13, 2020
"francocentrique" ;)
Jango
+1
Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Frenchified ;)
scott4real
+2
Level 69
Feb 12, 2020
I don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that you weren't looking for the antonym in English. I kept putting left and then hot, warm, etc.
Archetype
+3
Level 16
Apr 23, 2020
You should accept “dessous” for the antonym of “sur”
asdf4881
+1
Level 79
Feb 20, 2021
I don't speak French. Why did I even try this...
papelakiwi
+1
Level 59
Dec 12, 2022
You should accept dur for facile because in belgium we never say difficile
Ilia
+1
Level 75
Oct 21, 2024
Please accept "midi" for south.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
May 7, 2025
What about bref as antonym of long?
Nevson64
+1
Level 67
Jan 28, 2026
Dessous???????
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