Antonyms in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 21, 2011 in Hindi Language
In Hindi, Antonyms are called विलोम (vilom). In todays lesson, I will show the antonyms for some of the common Hindi words.
Important Note : Many antonyms are being made by adding certain prefix. You can find many of them in the table below. They will sound similar after the before-said prefix. Some of the common prefix are अनु (anu), आ (aa), अ (a) , नि (ni) , वि (vi), प्रति (prati) etc.
The romanized spellings are given in brackets.
| Word | Word’s Meaning | Antonyms | Antonym’s Meaning |
| क्रिया (kriya) | Action | प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriya) | Reaction |
| उपयोग (upyog) | Use | अनुपयोग (Anupyog) | Mis-use |
| उधामी (Udhami) | Hardworking | आलसी (Aalsi) | Lazy |
| आदान (adan) | Take | प्रदान (pradan) | Give |
| खेद (khed) | Sadness | प्रसन्नता (prasanta) | Happiness |
| धनी (dhani) | Rich | निर्धन (nirdhan) | Poor |
| गमन (gaman) | Departure | आगमन (aagman) | Arrival |
| नवीन (naveen) | New | प्राचीन (pracheen) | Ancient |
| गुप्त (gupt) | Hidden | प्रकट (prakat) | Visible |
| पास (paas) | Near | दूर (dur) | Far |
| आशा (aasha) | Hope | निराशा (nirasha) | Despair |
| एकता (ekta) | Unity | अनेकता (anekta) | Plurality |
| अल्प (alp) | Scarce | अधिक (adhik) | Plenty |
| एक (ek) | One | अनेक (anek) | Many |
| उधर (udhar) | Credit | नक़द (nakad) | Cash |
| आकर्षण (aakarshad) | Attraction | विकर्षण (vikarshad) | Repulsion |
| उतार (utar) | Low | चढ़ाव (chadav) | High |
| आयात (aayat) | Import | निर्यात (niryat) | Export |
| उत्थान (udhan) | Growth | पतन (patan) | Decline |
| उग्र (ugar) | Fierce | शांत (shant) | Calm |
| सफलता (safalta) | Success | विफलता ( vifalta) | Failure |
| उदार (udaar) | Generous | अनुदार (anudaar) | Conservative |
| दोषी (dhoshi) | Guilty | निर्दोषी (nirdhoshi) | Innocent |
| नया (naya) | New | पुराना (purana) | Old |
| उचित (uchit) | Appropriate | अनुचित (anuchit) | Inappropriate |
| उन्नति (unnati) | Progress | अवनति (avnati) | Decline |
| अभिमान ( abhiman) | Pround | नम्रता (namrata) | Modesty |
| न्याय (nyay) | Justice | अन्याय (anyay) | Injustice |
In the next lesson, I will cover another interesting and similar topic.
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Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. His education qualification include Masters in Robotics and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is working in the Research and Development in Robotics in Germany. He is avid language learner with varied level of proficiency in English, German, Spanish, and Japanese. He wish to learn French one day. His passion for languages motivated him to share his mother tongue, Hindi, and culture and traditions associated with its speakers. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 430 blogs on various topics on Hindi language and India, its culture and traditions. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.