The Best Antioxymoron List
( The Best Antioxymora - The Best Antioxymorons )
 nlike an oxymoron, an
antioxymoron is a phrase in which two words have redundant meanings… like
time clock and duck down. 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 ones, like dumb
blonde because blondes are not really dumber than anyone else.
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 age old
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 pizza pie press together
past experience peel off pep rally
picture show 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
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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 grownup
| heavyweight high-rise lowdown
malady mama nearby nightshade
| non-negative no-no papa rainfall
red-blooded roadway seeing-eye
| seesaw shortcut sightsee stairsteps
sky-high thunderclap tophat
| tip-top tomboy underneath
up-escalator uplift uprise wraparound
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