The Opposite of White

There’s probably a sizeable chunk of yall who will say “black”. And if I don’t wish to give it much thought, I’ll agree — the opposite of White is Black! Simple as that, right?

But is it really?

Let’s momentarily assume that this may not be so, and dive a little deeper into the word opposite.

The common definition of Opposite

As regular people who don’t usually dive too deep into such stuff, we might define opposite as the reverse of inverse of something.

Some examples:

white, black

yes, no

right, wrong

right, left

hot, cold

dependent, independent

married, unmarried

impossible, possible

compliant, noncompliant

mortal, immortal

straightforward, right?

2 new words — Synonym & Antonym

Let’s learn 2 new words (if you don’t already know) — Synonym & Antonym

A synonym is a word/phrase that means exactly the same or nearly the same as another word. For instance, A synonym of smart would be intelligent.