Антонімія

   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.

   Alike – different

   How is it that two people, just a brother and sister, can be so alike and sodifferent?

   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 failuredisable 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 highabove 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.

   Accept – decline

   I cannot accept this offer, Lord Caversham, i have made up my mind to decline it.

   Act – word

   A brawl or boil is a rude quarrel by word or act or both.

   Active – passive

   This was no passive belief, but an active weapon which they flashed more convenient places of business.

   Dead – alive

   "Speak" he cried, "and tell us whether you are alive or dead..."

   Answer – ask

   It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth answeringone.

   Attack – defence

   Dyke had stood between cab and fender through out all the duel, exposed, reckless, thinking only of attack and not of defence.

   Back – forward

   He distinguished the choice open to him of forward or back, and he selected forward.

   Beast – man

   But man or beast, it will be wise to stay here a minute and let get by and out of the way.

   Begin – end

   Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and endwith a settlement.

   Clever – foolish

   You don't mean to say that this charming, clever young lady has been so foolishas to accept you?

   Begin – finish

   Office affairs are easy to begin and difficult to finish, particularly in a small town.

   Cold – hot

   First you are hot, then you are cold, and the best you have got is the fact you are old.

   Complicated – simple