The Best Antioxymoron List

( The Best Antioxymora - The Best Antioxymorons )

Unlike an oxymoron, an antioxymoron is a phrase in which two words have redundant meanings... like time clock and duck down.  Wikipedia calls such phrases “redundant expressions.”

In the following list, only one instance of similar antioxymora is given; for example, major disaster stands in for major catastrophe, major crisis, etc., or climb up, stands in for rise up, stand up, etc.  Of course, antioxymoron is the counterpart of oxymoron.  For a great big oxymoron list, visit The Best Oxymoron List.

This compilation does not include easily made up antioxymora, like small midgets, large mountains, and cold ice because such word pairs rarely occur naturally (in other words, no fair just making them up).  Nor are there any subjective fruit, ones like dumb blonde. Also not included are pseudo-antioxymora such as ripe fruit, hot stove, and profit motive because these words aren’t actually redundancies of each other.

absolute certainty

accidental mistake

actual facts

ancient history

armed gunman

assemble together

awful tragedy

back away

barely naked

basic fundamentals

being alive

biased opinion

bisect in two

bit part

broad range

bottom floor

celebrated hero

certain death

chain link

chair seat

climb up

close at hand

come forward

common shares

completely finished

dark shade

dead end

dig down

duck down

empty hole

enormously huge

extreme limits

factual information

fall down

false pretense

fantastic imagination

far away

fast fleet

fat broad

fictional story

final conclusion

finally over

first initial

flat plain (prairie)

free gift

freezing cold

frozen solid

fun vacation

funny comedy

gambling casino

glue stick

gone away

grab hold

great big

gruesome murder

hang down

happy smile

hard rock

heart sound

high heaven

highly elated

hind end

honest truth

hound dog

human error

ice cold

individual person

jailed prisoner

just deserves

large crowd

leaf lettuce

leap up

lie down

little baby

live action

long distance

loose slacks

loud yell

luggage carrier

major crisis

male peacock

many more

mighty strong

multiple choice

nape of the neck

new beginning

new innovation

nutritious food

old age

one instance

open spaces

or else

past experience

peel off

pep rally

picture show

pizza pie

press together

pretty cute

puppy dog

pussy cat

quite so

really true

rear end

religious ritual

round ball

rude interruption

run fast

safe haven

safe vault

say aloud

secret password

security guard

short briefs

sick patient

(every) single one

slanted list

slave labor

smash hit

soft pillow

solid rock

spacious room

spin aroung

split apart

still sleeping

store savings

stupid idiot

sum total

sweet candy

tail end

take away

terrible disaster

thin film

tightly packed

time clock

tiny speck

toll charge

too much

top hat

trained professional

tuna fish

unforeseen accident

usual routine

very much

warm toast

way too (much)

wild enthusiasm

yell loudly

young child

Now for the one-word antioxymora.

Two-word antioxymora are often used to emphasize a point. One-word antioxymora, on the other hand, usually have no excuse for their redundancies.

buildup

bye-bye

cowgirl

daylight

downfall

flashlight

heavyweight

high-rise

lowdown

mama

nearby

nightshade

non-negative

no-no

papa

rainfall

red-blooded

roadway

seeing-eye

seesaw

shortcut

sightsee

stairsteps

sky-high

thunderclap

tip-top

tomboy

underneath

up-escalator

uplift

uprise

wraparound

This entertaining page is just one of the many humorous pages showing how English language words can be fun, often being the center of jokes, witticisms, puns, and jest and bringing smiles if not laughter to the comedian in each of us.