You Like Words? You'll Love Autoantonyms
adumbrate verb | • to clarify • to cast a shadow over |
aught noun | • anything • nothing |
bill noun | • invoice (e.g. in a restaurant) • money; banknote |
bolt verb | • to secure in place • to dash away suddenly |
bound adj./verb | • restrained (e.g. by rope) • to spring; leap |
buckle verb | • to fasten • to come undone; give way; collapse |
cleave verb | • to adhere; stick together • to cut apart; divide |
clip verb | • to fasten together; hold tightly • to cut apart; cut off (e.g. with shears) |
comprise verb | • to contain; include • to be composed of; consist of |
custom adjective | • usual; normal • special; unique |
dust verb | • to remove fine particles from (e.g. when cleaning) • to sprinkle fine particles onto |
fast adverb | • fixed firmly in place • moving quickly; speedy |
fine adjective | • just meets minimum standards; satisfactory • considerably better than average; excellent |
give out verb | • to produce; distribute • to stop producing; cease functioning |
handicap noun/verb | • advantage (e.g. in sport) • disadvantage; disability |
hold up verb | • to support; cope • to hinder; delay |
impregnable adjective | • impossible to enter (e.g. of a fortress) • able to be impregnated |
lease verb | • to lend; rent out • to borrow; hire |
left verb | • departed from • remaining |
let verb | • to allow; grant permission • to prevent (e.g. "without let or hindrance") |
literally adverb | • actually; really • figuratively; virtually |
model noun | • archetype; example • copy; replica |
moot adjective | • debatable; arguable • academic; irrelevant |
overlook verb | • to examine; watch over • to fail to notice; miss |
oversight noun | • watchful care; supervision • overlooking; omission |
peer noun | • an equal; fellow (e.g. classmate) • a nobleman; person of higher rank |
put adj./verb | • to begin to move hurriedly • stationary (e.g. "stay put") |
put out verb | • to generate; produce • to extinguish; put an end to |
puzzle verb | • to pose a problem • to solve a problem |
quantum adjective | • very small (e.g. in Physics) • very large (e.g. "quantum leap") |
ravel verb | • to tangle; complicate • to disentangle; separate |
rent verb | • to lend; lease out • to borrow; hire |
resign verb | • to quit; give up • to sign up again |
root verb | • to remove completely • to become firmly established |
sanction verb/noun | • to endorse; authorise • a punitive action |
sanguine adjective | • murderous • cheerfully optimistic |
scan verb | • to examine closely • to glance at hastily |
screen verb | • to view; show • to conceal; shield |
seed verb | • to remove seeds from • to add seeds to |
set verb | • to fix in place • to flow; move on |
shank noun | • latter part of a period of time • early part of a period of time |
skin verb | • to cover with a skin • to remove the skin |
splice verb | • to join together • to cut in two |
strike verb | • to miss (e.g. in baseball) • to hit; collide with |
table verb | • to propose; suggest • to postpone; shelve |
temper verb | • to soften; mollify • to strengthen (e.g. a metal) |
trim verb | • to cut pieces off (e.g. fingernails) • to add to; ornament |
weather verb | • to withstand; stand up to • to wear away |
wind up verb | • to start; prepare • to end; conclude |
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