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Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/5/drzzm/Post.htm#674520Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:01:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:674520Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/5/drzzm/Post.htm#674520http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-674520.xmlhappiness and sadness are not nounshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#467554Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:467554Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#467554http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-467554.xmlWhat word suits best to represent "The degree of works being done in their number, not in time" What word suits best to represent "The degree of payments being done in quantity, not in amount" I cant choose from "completeness", "fullness" or "plenitude".http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#450369Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:450369Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#450369http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-450369.xmllithehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#394828Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:394828Maple4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#394828http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-394828.xmlAnonymous wrote: PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS ANTONYMS -BACKWARD --------- forward -DESTROY------------ repair -LEGAL------------- illegal -BORING---------- interesting EXCLUDING--------- includinghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#394603Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:394603Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#394603http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-394603.xmlPLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS ANTONYMS -BACKWARD -DESTROY -LEGAL -BORING EXCLUDINGhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252948Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252948TomWelling6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252948http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252948.xmlLearning antonyms help you increse your own vocabulary!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252750Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252750CalifJim7http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252750http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252750.xmlCategory: More than you cared to know / Out on a limb It turns out that there are some word groups that form triplets rather than pairs. love - indifference - hate cold - comfortable - hot Along slightly different lines: try - succeed - fail lose - search (for) - find work - rest - play buy - pay(for) - sell give - receive - take CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252684Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252684Pastsimple8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252684http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252684.xmlNona The Brit wrote: I would have said that love and hate are opposites but I'd love to hear why not. (yes and I'm sure most people would say salt as the opposite for sugar, as they just pair up so well in our minds, like table and chair) Let me explain it: Imagine a boy who's desperately in love with some young girl. She doesn't feel the same way about him. She is indifferent (i.e. her attitude to him is marked by a lack of interest). Eventually, if he's not clever enough to throw in the towel, she may start to hate him. But love and hate are both a type of feeling. Indifference, if anything, is a lack of feeling and interest. If you love or hate someone, your feelings are so strong that they usually demand an action. On the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252658Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252658nona the brit9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252658http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252658.xmlI would have said that love and hate are opposites but I'd love to hear why not. (yes and I'm sure most people would say salt as the opposite for sugar, as they just pair up so well in our minds, like table and chair)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252523Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252523CalifJim10http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/4/drzzm/Post.htm#252523http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252523.xmlMy antonym to "visiting dentist" is "surfing internet" That reminds me of an anecdote I read somewhere. It was used to illustrate how many different things opposite can mean. As adults we would say the opposite of buy is sell . But a child was once asked the opposite of buy and responded make it yourself at home . CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252496Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252496pieanne11http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252496http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252496.xmlLet's start a thread in "Topics"! I"ll do it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252478Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252478Pastsimple12http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252478http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252478.xmlGrammar Geek wrote: But this could turn into a fun thread: Choclate and broccoli Dentist visit and trip to the beach (By the way, as a matter of philosophy, I'd say love and indifference are better opposites than love and hate. ) Anyway, I think the point has been made. You got it! That is what I've been hinting at. I, too, think - no, believe - that the most suitable opposite of love is indifference. P.S. Yes, the point has been made.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252473Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252473pieanne13http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252473http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252473.xmlElle est wonderful!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252472Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252472Grammar Geek14http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252472http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252472.xmlPieanne wrote: LOL! Are you as blond as the petals of your flower? Sometimes! Sometimes it's red... sometimes blond. I owe a great deal to L'Oreal! (By the way, I took the picture of the fleur myself. C'est tres belle, non?)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252465Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252465Maple15http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252465http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252465.xmlI think the nouns having antonyms are either abstract nouns, or nouns indicating some special attributes to the objects they denote. PS: My antonym to "visiting dentist" is "surfing internet"http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252464Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252464pieanne16http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252464http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252464.xmlLOL! Are you as blond as the petals of your flower?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252463Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252463Grammar Geek17http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252463http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252463.xmlThe expression on Scrat's face is the same as your little smiley thingy!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252460Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252460pieanne18http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252460http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252460.xmlSame goes for me, GG. Or does it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252458Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252458Grammar Geek19http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/3/drzzm/Post.htm#252458http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252458.xmlAnt_222 wrote: «By the way, as a matter of philosophy, I'd say love and indifference are better opposites than love and hate». Love — indifference Hate — indifference Something — the lack of the something I don't think so... I do think that love — hatred is a pair of antonyms, don't know why Pastsimple disagrees. Well, perhaps we should move this to one of the discussion threads. You cannot truly hate something you feel indifferent about. But it's not a matter for grammar. (Pieanne, I enjoy the beach, and don't enjoy the dentist - that's why they were my opposites. I was being a little silly, obviously.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252454Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252454pieanne20http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252454http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252454.xmlI don't think the things made by man can have an antonym. I would tend to see antonyms for all the primary things, that existed before man created others. High/low - rich/poor - happy/sad - black/white, etc etc...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252448Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252448Ant_22221http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252448http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252448.xmlWhat I actually think. Only words denoting a degree of a quality can have antonyms. If on a group of all the words denoting different degrees of the same quality can be defined an antisymmetric, irreflexive, transitive relation (giving the ability to compare degrees), then there is a pair of antonyms for this quality, and the two words belong to the group in question. Namely, after we have defined the relation, we can sort the degrees linearly (see the properties of the realition). Then, with each element of the resulting sequense we can associate the word expressing the given degree. The first and the last words in the sequence, corresponding to the lowest and highest levels of the quality, will form the desired pair of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252445Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252445Anonymous22http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252445http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252445.xmlWhat I actually think. Only words denoting a degree of a quality can have antonyms. If on a group of all the words denoting different degrees of the same quality can be defined an antisymmetric, irreflexive, transitive relation (giving the ability to compare degrees), then there is a pair of antonyms for this quality, and the two words belong to the group in question. Namely, after we have defined the relation, we can sort the degrees linearly (see the properties of the realition). Then, with each element of the resulting sequense we can associate the word expressing the given degree. The first and the last words in the sequence, corresponding to the lowest and highest levels of the quality, will form the desired pair of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252437Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252437pieanne23http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252437http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252437.xmlI'd rather say "dentist" and "posting in the EF"! (I hate going to the dentist's!)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252434Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252434Grammar Geek24http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252434http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252434.xmlBut this could turn into a fun thread: Choclate and broccoli Dentist visit and trip to the beach (By the way, as a matter of philosophy, I'd say love and indifference are better opposites than love and hate.) Anyway, I think the point has been made.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252431Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252431Pastsimple25http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252431http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252431.xmlAnt_222 wrote: By the way, I wrote it as a joke. To me, sugar and salt are as opposite as sugar and lemon juice. But salt and lemon (lemon acid) are not, maybe because excess of any of them has a much stronger effect on our taste than sugar does. And of course, neither pair are antonyms. We often mistake difference for opposition. You got me. P.S. I do know those two are by no means antonyms. To complicate it all, I'd like to say that neither are "love" and "hate". Try and find out why.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252424Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252424Maple26http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252424http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252424.xmlLOL Why not vinegar?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252422Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252422Ant_22227http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252422http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252422.xmlBy the way, I wrote it as a joke. To me, sugar and salt are as opposite as sugar and lemon juice. But salt and lemon (lemon acid) are not, maybe because excess of any of them has a much stronger effect on our taste than sugar does. And of course, neither pair are antonyms. We often mistake difference for opposition.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252407Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252407Pastsimple28http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/2/drzzm/Post.htm#252407http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252407.xmlNona The Brit wrote: no they are not opposites, just different. Anyway sugar is very sweet so an opposite would need to be very sour? Sugar - lemon juice! Hi Nona, Since Ant_222's mother tongue is from the same family of languages as mine, I'd like to say that in our languages , we treat sugar and salt as opposites. I didn't know it didn't work in English. Thanks for clearing it up. Mother tongue interference. Just curious: If I were an English psychologist and asked an English kid to name opposites as quickly as possible and than shouted "sugar", would he/she really respond with "lemon (juice)"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252144Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252144nona the brit29http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252144http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252144.xmlno they are not opposites, just different. Anyway sugar is very sweet so an opposite would need to be very sour? Sugar - lemon juice!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252140Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252140Ant_22230http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252140http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252140.xmlSugar — Salt!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252118Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252118CalifJim31http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252118.xmlLots of nouns have antonyms, more or less. At least they have what we might think of as opposites. day - night summer - winter purchase - sale zenith - nadir poverty - wealth happiness - sadness heat - cold success - failure truth - falsehood virtue - vice panic - calm I don't suppose any nouns that denote objects ( clock, chair, table, lamp, wallet, ... ) or substances ( sugar, butter, meat, ... ) have antonyms, however. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252116Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252116Nef32http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252116http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252116.xmlMisterslumshine wrote: do any nouns have antonyms? This is a mail ordered grade ten english lesson..lol It comes from the school board in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. There are several nouns in the section asking for antonyms. I thought it sounded idiotic... Interesting. Thanks. If the lesson is that is not wise to make up antonyms, I can see the point. Otherwise, I'm puzzled. "Forelock" is fine, but "rearopen" or "aftopen" is something else.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252114Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252114CalifJim33http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252114http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252114.xmlhindlock and hindnight (after the model of foresight and hindsight ) ? CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252112Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252112Misterslumshine34http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252112http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252112.xmldo any nouns have antonyms? This is a mail ordered grade ten english lesson..lol It comes from the school board in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. There are several nouns in the section asking for antonyms. I thought it sounded idiotic...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252111Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252111nona the brit35http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252111http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252111.xmlI can't imagine how it is possible to have an antonym of either of those words. What is the opposite of fortnight? Or the opposite of forelock? (backlock? No such word). In fact I'd say most common nouns don't have opposites. What a daft assignment. I'm so intrigued please do come back and tell us what the tutor said were the correct answers.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252109Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252109Nef36http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htm#252109http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252109.xmlMany words don't have antonyms. You've found two of them. Here is a link to a dictionary of antonyms. http://www.hyperdic.net/doc/antonyms.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htmSun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252105Misterslumshine37http://www.englishforums.com/English/Antonyms/drzzm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-252105.xmlDo nouns like "forelock" or "fortnight" have antonyms? My friends english lesson is asking for an antonym for these words.