Antonym definition/definition

An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to a given word. The following are the antonyms that are often used in English. Here are the 04 standard rules for forming antonyms of a word in English.

Antonyms formation rules in English.

First Rule:

by adding a prefix to a given word. Example: The antonym of Lucky is unlucky i.e un+lucky= unlucky. Here we need to add prefixes like, in, im, ir, dis, anti, mis, ill, non, extra, etc. to make an antonym of a word.

Second Rule:

by changing the prefix of a given word. Such as, the antonym of include is excluded. Here we changed the ‘in’ to ‘ex’. As we add/ fix the beginning part of the sentence. It is called prefix.

Third Rule:

by changing the suffix of a given word. Such as, the antonym of useful is useless. Here we changed the ‘ful’  to ‘less’. As we fix/change the ending part of the sentence. So, it is called a suffix.  

Fourth Rule:

by changing a word completely to a new word. Here we completely change the form of a word to another form in order to make antonyms.

Let’s see the examples for Antonyms Rule-1:

Rule-1: by adding a prefix to the given word. Like, in, im, ir, dis, anti, mis, ill, non, extra, etc. to make an antonym of a word.

SL No.	Word	Prefix	Antonym	Meaning	Example
1	Able	Un	Unable	Not able to perform	He is unable to lift the box.
2	Becoming	Un	Unbecoming	Not suiting/  unbefitting/ not flattering/ inappropriate/	His behavior is unbecoming of a teacher.
3	Civilized	Un	Uncivilized	Person: Not behaving in a way that is acceptable according to social and moral standards. Place-Not yet developed a modern culture and a way of life.	1. It is hard to deal with uncivilized people.   2. I have worked in the most uncivilized places in the world.
4	Claimed	Un	unclaimed	Something that is left without owning.	The gold that has been given to the police has remained unclaimed yet.
5	Classified	Un	unclassified	Something that is available to all such as documents, information, and certificates without any official secret.	You can access unclassified documents easily.
6	Common	Un	Uncommon	Not happening often, not existing in large numbers in many places, or unique or remarkable or unusual or rare	Inform immediately if find any uncommon behavior with your developing child.
7	Do	Un	Undo	To cancel the effect of your previous action. Especially in a computer that cancels the previous action	We still have time to undo our mistakes. If you have entered something wrong then you can undo or delete it.
8	Educated	Un	Uneducated	Not having formal education at a school	We should always try to educate the uneducated people.
9	Elected	Un	Unelected	Not having been chosen by people in an election or pole.	Unelected candidates are not allowed into the house.
10	Emotional	Un	Unemotional	Often not having or showing your feelings.	Often unemotional people hurt others.
11	Fair	Un	Unfair	Not morally right or not good according to the fixed rules or principles or unjust	When life seems unfair surrender to God.

More antonyms will be added soon…