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
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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
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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
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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
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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 heavyweight
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high-rise lowdown mama nearby nightshade non-negative
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no-no papa rainfall red-blooded roadway seeing-eye
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seesaw shortcut sightsee stairsteps sky-high thunderclap
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tip-top tomboy underneath up-escalator uplift uprise wraparound
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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.
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