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Many words that do have opposites are adjectives. An example would be 'big', which refers to size. Its common opposite would be 'small'. But consider a noun such as 'table', which isn't an adjective. What would its opposite be? One could make a case for 'chair', but it'd be a weird argument to make.

Even words like the previous example 'big' don't have a single "true" opposite. Is its "true" opposite small? What about tiny, little, or even minuscule?

Because there are so many different words in English that have so many different meanings to convey so many different ideas, it is quite difficult to find a "true" opposite (or antonym) for probably any word.

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12y ago

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