Antonyms Quiz #2

What are the antonyms (opposites) of these words?

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Word	Antonym
Convex	Concave
Subjective	Objective
Friend	Enemy
Horizontal	Vertical
Public	Private
Success	Failure
Include	Exclude
Positive	Negative
Majority	Minority

Word	Antonym
Junior	Senior
Amateur	Professional
Vowel	Consonant
Herbivore	Carnivore
Perpendicular	Parallel
Polygamy	Monogamy
Stalagmite	Stalactite
Prologue	Epilogue
Superior	Inferior

Word	Antonym
Utopia	Dystopia
Curse	Bless
Absent	Present
Ancient	Modern
Insult	Compliment
Laity	Clergy
Fraternity	Sorority
Vassal	Lord
Temporary	Permanent

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102 Recent Comments

Level 15

Jan 27, 2014

Why can't charm be acceptable for bless (it's just a different meaning of curse)? Why can't futuristic be acceptable for ancient?

+18

Level 51

Apr 27, 2015

I don't know why "new" can't be acceptable for ancient, either.

Level 70

Apr 19, 2021

i think modern is more referring to an era, whereas new is confned to a smaller time period, but it could work in some contexts. in architecture probably not tho

Level 32

Mar 26, 2014

Maybe recent for modern?

+18

Level 66

Oct 6, 2014

Recent, new, contemporary, present, upcoming, future, etc., all seem correct for ancient.

Level 46

Dec 7, 2015

Me too, even futuristic.

Level 47

Jun 29, 2016

Yes!

Level 82

Jul 3, 2019

I think it is along the lines of "Ancient world" to "Modern world". I didn't get it, and tried new, current, future, but I think Modern is the most appropriate.

Level 77

May 9, 2020

Recent doesn't work because it implies that it is in the past as well, no matter by how much.

Level 47

Apr 14, 2014

Would you accept 'contemporary' as an antonym for 'ancient'? Couldn't think of the word 'modern', for some reason.

Level 48

May 11, 2014

Just like the SAT!

Level 45

Jul 17, 2014

4:10 left, it's official, I'm a nerd.

Level 22

Aug 1, 2014

EXPERT should be accepted for AMATEUR.

+10

Level 74

Oct 3, 2014

You can be an amateur expert. An amateur is not paid for the activity, a professional is.

Level 55

Sep 24, 2014

I never agree that the opposite gender counts as an "antonym", though obviously that didn't stop me putting the "right" answer.

Level 51

Apr 27, 2015

I could not think of clergy! All I could think was pastor, minister, preacher, priest.... Took me quite awhile to think of permanent, too. I tried everlasting, eternal, forever.... Also shouldn't expert count in place of professional?

Level 69

Oct 6, 2015

How about Nascent for Ancient?

Level 81

Jan 16, 2016

Omit for include?

Level 20

Mar 11, 2016

YEES! Spent ages on that one...

Level 24

Jan 21, 2016

You should also accept major as an antonym for junior

Nice Quiz!

Level 44

May 8, 2024

Major would be an antonym of minor, I don't think it works with senior.

Level 78

Feb 4, 2016

I don't think that sorority is not an antonym of fraternity, it's just a gender change. We wouldn't call a cow the antonym of a bull...

Level 59

Aug 10, 2024

Great example!

Level 72

Mar 7, 2016

Couldn't charm be the opposite of curse, and attending the opposite of absent?

Level 81

Mar 7, 2016

'Absent' is an adjective but 'Attending' is a verb. You need the adjective antonym of 'Absent', i.e. 'Present.'

Level 59

Mar 7, 2016

Could you accept "Liege" for "Lord" please?

Level 38

Mar 8, 2016

My thought exactly.

Level 82

Sep 19, 2016

I will third this. I tried 'liege' first.

Level 72

Dec 7, 2018

Or master

Level 64

Oct 14, 2021

Yes, please. I think "suzerain" should also take for "lord".

Level 65

Mar 7, 2016

I fit the trend perfeftly, missing vassal and laity.

Level 81

Mar 7, 2016

I know that there is no such thing as a perfect antonym, and I still got the answer so I'm not complaining for that reason, but I still think dystopia is a very bad "antonym" for utopia. A dystopia, in the classic sense of the word, is a place or time that *seems* idyllic in most ways but where there is something off or wrong, often horribly, but still... not a total nightmarish hellscape or anything which is what I would imagine the opposite of utopia to be. The post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max is the opposite of a utopia. The world of Soylent Green is a dystopia... everything seems cool, they've solved world hunger, there are 1970s era computer games in every home, and soylent green is delicious and comes in groovy colors... but... there's just one thing that's not quite right... Other good examples of stories with dystopian worlds would be Equilibrium, Logan's Run, or Surrogates. Stories that are definitely not dystopian stories include The Terminator or Hunger Games.

Level 51

Mar 29, 2017

'Dystopia' has been largely redefined over the past few decades, and it now more generally fits a dark version of the future. It's true that when it was first created it meant what you've described, but the definition has changed, mostly so that we even HAVE a good word to define such stories. I mean, 'hell' isn't really a great descriptor for them, and I imagine libraries wouldn't be happy adding a section by that name.

Level 59

Jun 20, 2017

I agree that dystopia is not a good antonym for utopia. A dystopia is a failed utopia, not just a bad place/time.

Level 59

Jul 3, 2021

I agree. I think Dystopia is not a good antonym for Utopia.

Level 68

Oct 20, 2021

I think negative is a perfect antonym for positive.

Level 16

Mar 7, 2016

could you accept 'new' for ancient?

Level 33

Mar 7, 2016

People don't know about stalagmites and stalactites? they're the things in caves from ceiling to floor. Even I knew that at like age 12.

Level 51

Mar 29, 2017

They teach you it only so that you can get confused and mix up which is which. I have never once had to use either word in any context other than school.

Level 81

Oct 19, 2021

To be fair there's tricks to remember that help tell them apart if you need them

Level 54

Sep 21, 2018

I knew but spelt it wrongly. 😭

Level 59

Jul 3, 2021

same here. Although I eventually got it, but I had to type it a few times

Level 59

Jul 21, 2021

did anyone else remember that one scene in hp book 1? Where they’re in Gringotts? That’s how I got it weirdly enough (albeit I forgot how to spell it like ten times lol)

Level 39

Jan 23, 2022

yes, I loved that detail!!!

Level 68

Oct 20, 2021

Yeah, idk why we learned that, tbh. It doesn't seem to ever come up.

Level 70

Mar 7, 2016

Maybe flattery as antonym of insult?

Level 43

Jul 1, 2019

I would rather

insult > respect

Level 38

Mar 8, 2016

Some of these antonyms are very flexible, and there are plenty of acceptable answers that should have been included - for instance, 'liege' for vassal and 'boon' for curse (since it doesn't specify whether it's the noun or verb version of curse).

Level 58

Mar 8, 2016

I tried typing "new" about 10 times for the antonym of ancient before giving up.

Level 20

Mar 11, 2016

Please accept 'new' for the Ancient clue!

Level 16

Aug 5, 2018

yeah I know I also wanted to but it won't allow it

Level 49

Apr 18, 2016

Ah...stalaCtite not stalagtite...oh well.

Level 68

Apr 28, 2016

Master should be accepted as an antonym of vassal

Level 66

Jul 5, 2016

There's a pretty big drop-off here

Level 36

Jul 9, 2016

vassal's antonym can be master

Level 28

Oct 20, 2016

Master is another antonym for Vassal. Just sayin'...

Level 35

Feb 24, 2017

'expert' for 'amateur'?

Level 68

Jul 7, 2017

Dang I typed sErority

Level 62

Jul 12, 2017

Any chance of accepting "liege" for "vassal/lord"?

+12

Level 85

Oct 15, 2017

Please accept "Cleveland" as an antonym for "utopia".

Level 46

Apr 21, 2018

seconded! ☺ the mistake on the lake, where the river of fire is literal

Level ∞

Feb 7, 2019

Cleveland will work now.

Level 66

Jul 1, 2019

Not being familiar with QM personally and being historically bad at interpreting sarcasm even on an interpersonal level let alone via only text, I felt compelled to retake the quiz and try Cleveland.

Level 90

Oct 18, 2021

Please accept "Belgium" as an antonym for "positive."

Level 68

Oct 20, 2021

I tried it and it didn't work. :/

Level 28

Oct 28, 2017

My whole life I've been saying stalaGtite. I tried every possible weird spelling of "tite" thinking it was odd that they wouldn't be the same.

Level 73

Nov 8, 2017

Guessing objective was hard for me, I tried loads before I got it. I guess the definition of subjective is really a matter of opinion.

Level 41

Apr 8, 2018

Boon should be accepted as an antonym of curse

Level 79

Oct 18, 2021

yes pls add boon

Level 46

Apr 21, 2018

27 / 27 with 2:36 remaining - technically, parallel is not an antonym of perpendicular; vertical is not an antonym of horizontal; the one is simply rotated 90 degrees from the other. Everyone would automatically supply the expected answer, but there are better choices for antonym pairs to use in the test. Jus' sayin' ...

Level 58

Apr 23, 2018

knew the answers. Couldn't get the spelling right for two of them. Grr.

Ah well

Level 72

May 23, 2018

Interestingly the only one I missed was concave, which apparently almost everyone got. I just couldn't think of the word, it drove me nuts. I always enjoy seeing if the ones I miss or get are common or uncommon answers.

Level 16

Aug 5, 2018

great quiz didn't know dystopia was the antonym of utopia

Level 16

Aug 5, 2018

Wow! so impressed with your levels guys. Keep it up!!

Level 36

Oct 12, 2018

This is really a great quiz! Thank you.

Level 66

Jul 1, 2019

new and recent should work for ancient. Charm should work for curse.

Level 82

Jul 3, 2019

Agree with Charm, but not new and recent for ancient, even though I tried both.

Level 74

Jul 1, 2019

Hell should be an acceptable answer for "Utopia"

Level 60

Jul 1, 2019

Please accept polyandry for polygamy

Level 24

Jul 2, 2019

Polyandry is a subset of polygamy, not its antonym.

Polygamy = marriage to more than one person

Polygyny = marriage to more than one woman

Polyandry = marriage to more than one man

Level 59

Aug 10, 2024

Or what about celibacy? Is there a word for unmarried-ness apart from bachelorhood?

Level 32

Aug 28, 2019

Disclude?

Level 25

May 5, 2021

that's what I was trying to do

Level 53

Sep 18, 2019

The word "sorority" has more meanings as a synonym of "fraternity" than as an antonym of it.

Level 77

Mar 11, 2020

I tried "compliment" for the opposite of "curse" and that gave me another answer.

Level 75

Apr 14, 2020

A lot of these aren't really antonyms... I still got 100% though so I suppose it can't be that bad!

Level 82

May 9, 2020

Parallel is not an antonym for perpendicular - it implies two lines and would be an antonym for divergent lines.

Acceptable antonyms for perpendicular would be horizontal, level and such like.

Level 53

Oct 26, 2020

Maybe accept 'contemporary' for ancient?

Level 53

Oct 26, 2020

26/27. Spent the last 2:30 trying to call 'clergy' from the back of my mind. Very, very disappointed in myself when I couldn't do it. I am not so far removed from college where I was a dual English/European History major. Not acceptable for me to not remember that word.

Level 25

May 5, 2021

I kept misspelling consonant

Level 68

Sep 14, 2021

I think boon should also be acceptable for curse.

Level 66

Oct 18, 2021

Ancient =/= Recent

Level 71

Oct 19, 2021

maybe add 'perpetual' and 'perennial' for temporary?

Level 53

Oct 20, 2021

why not pro for professional

Level 20

Jan 5, 2022

exactly

Level 79

Apr 16, 2022

For ancient I tried: new, contemporary, future, neo, nascent, young, present, and maybe a couple others.

Level 46

Nov 4, 2022

Can you accept "current" for the antonym of "ancient?" I tried so many words but just couldn't get the right one...

Level 73

Jan 20, 2023

Could "hostility" be an acceptable antonym of "fraternity" ?

Level 50

May 24, 2024

I think it's more about like college organizations than the actual concept of fraternity

Level 41

Nov 7, 2023

eternal is maybe a bit more chique than permanent, but hey i also just really the word

Level 62

Jan 25, 2024

I think that a lot of the comments asking for various possible antonyms to be includes miss the point. This quiz is about standard pairs of antonyms. For pretty much every one you could easily come up with many other words with the opposite meaning, But these are the most obvious and common pairs often relying on shared stems. For this reason arguments about the exact relationship between utopia and dystopia are otiose. It's completely obvious that if the first word is utopia the second will be dystopia.

Level 50

May 24, 2024

Stuck on vassal just typing in medieval titles until I got it lol

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