How to Use antonym in a Sentence
antonym
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Accountable is an antonym of the first words that come to mind.
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Chad Finn,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Apr. 2023
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Or was it bungled when Snyder was replaced by his tonal antonym, Joss Whedon?
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Max Cea,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2021
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Cooper, on the other hand, is the living, breathing antonym of controversy.
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Nick Martin,
The New Republic,
26 Oct. 2020
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Cisgender is a term for a person whose gender identity matches the one assigned to them at birth—an antonym for transgender.
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Scott Nover,
Quartz,
21 June 2023
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And according to Gill, maximalism isn't an antonym for minimalism.
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Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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