Antonyms for ill

Antonyms for (adj) ill

Main entry: sick, ill

Definition: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

Usage: ill from the monotony of his suffering

Antonyms: well

Definition: in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury


Antonyms: ripe, mature

Definition: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used


Antonyms: dark, darkness

Definition: absence of light or illumination


Antonyms: dark

Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black


Antonyms: dark

Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of great intensity or power or force


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment


Antonyms: generative, productive

Definition: having the ability to produce or originate


Antonyms: seedless

Definition: lacking seeds


Main entry: ill

Definition: distressing

Usage: ill manners; of ill repute

Antonyms: good, goodness

Definition: that which is pleasing or valuable or useful


Antonyms: good

Definition: having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified


Main entry: ill

Definition: indicating hostility or enmity

Usage: you certainly did me an ill turn; ill feelings; ill will

Antonyms: friendly

Definition: troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces


Antonyms: friendly

Definition: of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally


Antonyms: amicable

Definition: characterized by friendship and good will


Main entry: ill, inauspicious, ominous

Definition: presaging ill fortune

Usage: ill omens; ill predictions; my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven- P.B.Shelley; a dead and ominous silence prevailed; a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government

Antonyms: propitious

Definition: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success


Main entry: ill

Definition: resulting in suffering or adversity

Usage: ill effects; it's an ill wind that blows no good

Antonyms: harmless

Definition: not causing or capable of causing harm


Antonyms for (adv) ill

Main entry: ill, badly, poorly

Definition: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

Usage: he was ill prepared; it ill befits a man to betray old friends; the car runs badly; he performed badly on the exam; the team played poorly; ill-fitting clothes; an ill-conceived plan

Antonyms: good, well

Definition: (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')


Main entry: badly, ill

Definition: unfavorably or with disapproval

Usage: tried not to speak ill of the dead; thought badly of him for his lack of concern

Antonyms: well

Definition: favorably; with approval


Visual thesaurus for ill