It may be near, it may be distant; while the road lasts nothing turns me.
Distant - far away in space or time.
Near - within a short distance of space or time.
Значення даних слів містять протилежні семи far away і short, тому дані слова є антонімами.
Dry - wet
It is difficult enough to fix a tent in dry weather; in wet the task become herculean.
Dry - not wet, damp or sticky.
Wet - covered or soaked with liquid, esp water.
У значенні слова dry утримується негативна частка NOT, що є елементом утворення антонімів, тому дані слова будуть антонімами.
False - true
Listening to her, i was beyond knowing whether her insight was true or false.
False - wrong, not correct.
True - rightly called, genuine or sincere.
Значення цих слів містять протилежні семи wrong і right, тому дані слова є антонімами.
Beautiful - ugly
Do you know what it is to be ugly all your life and inside to feel that you are beautiful.
Beautiful - having beauty; giving pleasure to the senses or the mind.
Ugly - unpleasant, esp to look at.
У даному випадку слова pleasure і unpleasant є однокореневими. Слово unpleasant відбулося від слова pleasant + un, а un є негативним префіксом, тому слова ugly і beautiful будуть антонімами.
Female - male
This, of course, to all individuals, of course male and female.
Female - of the sex that can give birth to children.
Male - of the sex that cannot give birth to children.
У значенні слова male утримується негативна частка NOT, що є елементом утворення антонімів, тому дані слова є антонімічної парою.
Ill - well
“I hope Phuong's well,” he said. “I have never known her ill.”
Ill - in an unkind or critical way.
Well - in a kind way.
У даному випадку ill є антонімом слову well. Значення слова ill утримується слово unkind, що відбулося від kind+un, де un є негативним префіксом, що утворить антоніми.
Poor - rich
It is only that he has better means of having it than many others, because he is rich, and many others are poor.
Poor - having very little money with which to buy one's basic needs.
Rich - having a lot of money or property; wealthy.
Дефініції цих слів містять протилежні семи little і a lot, тому дані слова є антонімами.
На підставі вищенаведених прикладів можна зробити висновок, що слова є протилежними, тобто антонімами, якщо їхнього значення містять протилежні семи, негативну частку NOT або негативні префікси un-; in-(il-; im-; ir-;) dis-; суфікс -less. Далі приведені приклади утримують антонімічні пари.
Defence - offence
Best defence is offence.
Today - yesterday
The superstition of today is the science of yesterday.
Good - bad
What's good about not being bad?
Alike - different
It was unbelievable two people could look so much alike and be so completely and utterly different.
Difficult - easy
They were not difficult and for a girl of Roberta's natural grace and zest, easy.
How is it that two people, just a brother and sister, can be so alike and so different?
Despair - hope
Sometimes i hope, my dear, and sometimes i don't quite despair, but nearly.
Dimish - increase
The softness of Dinny's feelings dimished the watchfulness increased.
Drunk - sober
“You are very drunk,” Gwen said. “Sober as a judge,” he said.
Early - late
At first it was too early for the boy to be received into the proper refuge and at last it was too late.
Evil - good
And so the factory came to be regarded as a good thing, not an evil.
Failure - success
Naturally i went to evert a conflict in with success would damage me and failure disable me.
Fast - loose
Surely Fleur would see in the long run that he couldn't play fast and loose.
Fear - hope
A strange conflict of hopes and fears raged within Dinny.
Above - below
One is too far below me ( i mean in her own opinion ), and the other is too high above me.
Absence - presence
To him the presence or absence of his wife's sister was a matter of indifference.
Absolute - relative
His vitality was absolute, not relative.
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