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Contronyms
Name a word that can mean its own opposite. Hopdown accepts 70 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. A word that has two meanings that are opposites of each other, such as sanction (permit or punish), cleave (split or stick) or dust (add or remove dust).
Play this topicMost common answers
- SanctionExtremely common
- CleaveCommon
- DustUncommon
- TrimUncommon
- WeatherUncommon
- BoltUncommon
- GarnishUncommon
- OversightUncommon
- HandicapUncommon
- FastUncommon
- PeruseUncommon
- LeftRare
- RentRare
- LeaseRare
- BuckleRare
Rare answers
- CustomRare
- DikeRare
- FinishedRare
- SpliceRare
- QuiteRare
- BimonthlyRare
- ResignRare
- ScanVery rare
- DiscursiveVery rare
- NonplussedVery rare
- BadVery rare
- LiterallyVery rare
- EnjoinVery rare
- CutVery rare
- AughtVery rare
Deep cuts
The answers almost nobody gives.
- HewDeep cut
- ModelDeep cut
- NervyDeep cut
- PresentlyDeep cut
- PuzzleDeep cut
- QuantumDeep cut
- ShearDeep cut
- WearDeep cut
- ImpregnableDeep cut
- Give OutDeep cut
Plus 30 more answers you'll have to find yourself.