Opposite of Relinquish, What is opposite antonym word Relinquish

Opposite of Relinquish, What is opposite antonym word Relinquish

Word; Relinquish

Meaning; give up, forego, abandon, forgo, relinquish

Opposites of Relinquish

• balk at
• stick to it
• jib
• hang on
• stick out
• dwell on
• balk
• elaborate
• baulk
• accentuate
• exact
• persist
• discourse
• insist
• claim
• shuffle one’s feet
• stand on
• stand upon
• accent

Here are Most Important Opposite Word List

• about – exactly
• above – below
• absence – presence
• abundance – lack
• accept – refuse
• accidental – intentional
• active – lazy
• add – subtract
• admit – deny
• adult – child
• advanced – elementary
• affirmative – negative
• afraid – brave
• after – before
• against – for
• alike – different
• alive – dead
• all – none
• allow – forbid
• already – not yet
• always – never
• ancient – modern
• ancestor – descendant
• agree – refuse
• amateur – professional
• amuse – bore
• ancestor – descendant
• angel – devil
• animal – human
• annoy – satisfy
• answer – ask
• answer – question

• awful – nice
• back – in front of
• background – foreground
• backward – forward
• bad – good
• bad luck – fortune
• beauty – ugliness
• before – after
• begin – end
• beginning – end
• behind – in front of
• below – above
• best – worst
• better – worse
• beautiful – ugly
• big – small
• birth – death
• bitter – sweet
• black – white
• blunt – sharp
• body – soul
• bore – amuse
• boring – exciting

• careless – careful
• catch – miss
• ceiling – floor
• cellar – attic
• centre – outskirts
• certainly – probably
• changeable – constant
• cheap – expensive
• child – adult
• children – parents
• clean – dirty
• clear – cloudy
• clever – stupid
• close – open
• closed – open
• cloudy – clear
• cold – hot
• cold – heat
• come – go
• comedy – drama
• complicated – simple
• compliment – insult

• cool – warm
• correct – wrong
• courage – fear
• courageous – cowardly
• cowardly – brave
• create – destroy
• cruel – human
• cry – whisper
• cry – laugh
• damage – repair
• danger – security
• dangerous – safe
• dark – light
• daughter – son
• dawn – dusk
• day – night
• dead – alive
• death – birth
• deep – shallow
• defeat – victory
• defence – attack
• defend – attack
• delicious – awful
• deny – admit
• depart – arrive
• departure – arrival
• descendant – ancestor
• descent – ascent
• desperate – hopeful
• destroy – build

• domestic – foreign
• down – up
• downstairs – upstairs
• drama – comedy
• dry – humid
• dull – interesting
• dusk – dawn
• early – late
• east – west
• easy – difficult
• elementary – advanced
• emigrate – immigrate
• emigration – immigration
• empty – full
• end – begin
• end – beginning
• ending – beginning
• enemy – friend
• enjoy – hate
• enter – leave
• entrance – exit
• equal – different
• even – odd
• evening – morning
• everybody – nobody

• export – import
• exposure – shelter
• extreme – moderate
• fail – succeed
• failure – success
• false – true
• far – near
• fast – slow
• fat – slim
• fear – courage
• female – male
• few – many
• final – first
• find – lose
• finish – begin
• finish – start
• first – final
• fix – break
• flat – hilly
• floor – ceiling
• follow – lead
• forbid – allow
• for – against
• foreground – background
• foreign – domestic
• foreigner – native
• forget – remember
• form – destroy
• fortune – bad luck

• gentle – violent
• gentleman – lady
• giant – tiny
• girl – boy
• give – take
• go – come
• good – bad
• grown-up – child
• guest – host
• guilty – innocent
• happiness – sadness
• happy – sad
• handsome – ugly
• hard – easy
• harvest – plant
• hate – enjoy
• health – disease
• healthy – ill
• heat – cold
• heaven – hell
• heavy – light

• huge – tiny
• human – animal
• humane – cruel
• humid – dry
• hungry – thirsty
• husband – wife
• in front of – back
• ignore – notice
• ill – healty
• immigrate – emigrate
• immigration – emigration
• import – export
• in – out
• include – exclude
• increase – reduce
• innocent – guilty
• inside – outside
• insult – compliment
• intelligent – silly
• intentional – accidental
• be interested in – bore
• interesting – boring
• interrupt – continue
• junior – senior
• kind – cruel
• lack – abundance
• lady – gentleman
• land – take off

• land – water
• large – small
• last – first
• late – early
• laugh – cry
• lazy – active
• lead – follow
• learn – teach
• leave – arrive
• left – right
• lend – borrow
• less – more
• let – forbid
• lie – stand
• life – death
• light – dark
• light – heavy
• like – hate
• liquid – solid
• little – big
• little – much
• live – die
• long – short
• lose – win
• loser – winner
• loud – quiet
• love – hate
• lovely – terrible
• low – high
• lower – raise
• bad luck – good luck
• good luck – bad luck
• major – minor
• male – female
• man – woman
• many – few

• midnight – noon
• minimum – maximum
• minor – major
• miss – hit
• miss – catch
• moderate – extreme
• modern – ancient
• monarchy – republic
• moon – sun
• more – less
• morning – evening
• mountain – valley
• much – little
• narrow – broad
• nasty – nice
• native – foreigner
• natural – artificial
• near – distant
• negative – affirmative
• nephew – niece
• never – always
• new – ancient
• nice – awful
• niece – nephew
• night – day
• no – yes

• nobody – everybody
• noisy – quiet
• noon – midnight
• none of – al lot of
• normal – strange
• north – south
• not yet – already
• nothing – everything
• notice – ignore
• now – then
• occasionally – frequently
• occupied – vacant
• odd – even
• off – on
• often – seldom
• old – modern
• on – off
• open – closed
• open – closed
• opponent – supporter
• order – mess
• ordinary – special
• other – same
• out – in
• outside – inside
• outskirts – centre
• over – under
• parents – children
• part – whole
• partial – total
• particular – general
• pass – fail
• past – future
• peace – war
• permit – forbid
• plant – harvest

• plenty – lack
• pleasant – awful
• polite – rude
• poor – rich
• poverty – wealth
• powerful – weak
• presence – absence
• present – past
• pretty – ugly
• private – public
• probably – certainly
• professional – amateur
• protect – attack
• protection – attack
• public – private
• pull – push
• pupil – teacher
• push – pull
• question – answer
• quick – slow
• quiet – loud
• raise – lower
• rainy – sunny
• rear – front
• receive – send
• reduce – increase
• refuse – agree
• regret – satisfaction

• scream – whisper
• security – danger
• seldom – often
• sell – buy
• send – receive
• senior – junior
• separate – connect
• serious – funny
• servant – master
• set free – arrest
• shallow – deep
• sharp – blunt
• shelter – exposure
• short – long
• shout – whisper
• shut – open
• sick – healthy
• silent – noisy
• silly – intelligent
• simple – complicated
• sink – rise

• single – married
• sister – brother
• sit – stand
• slim – fat
• slow – fast
• small – big
• smooth – rough
• soft – hard
• solid – liquid
• some – many
• sometimes – often
• son – daughter
• soul – body
• sour – sweet
• south – north
• special – general
• spring – autumn
• stand – sit
• start – stop
• start – finish
• stop – start
• stand – lie
• strange – normal
• stranger – native
• strict – gentle
• strong – weak
• student – teacher
• stupid – clever
• suburb – centre
• succeed – fail
• success – failure
• subtract – add
• sugar – salt
• summer – winter
• sun – moon
• sunny – cloudy

• true – false
• trust – suspect
• ugliness – beauty
• ugly – beautiful
• under – over
• unite – divide
• unity – division
• up – down
• upstairs – downstairs
• urban – rural
• useful – useless
• useless – useful
• vacant – occupied
• valley – mountain
• vertical – horizontal
• victory – defeat
• village – town
• violent – gentle
• visitor – host
• voluntary – compulsory
• vowel – consonant
• war – peace
• warm – cool
• waste – save
• water – land
• weak – powerful
• wealth – poverty
• wealthy – poor
• wedding – divorce