5. Antonyms with Prefixes Starting with 'A'
Use of prefixes like de, dis, in, un, mal can create antonyms as elucidated below for some words starting with alphabet ‘a’. It is worth noting how antonym is not just opposite or negative or absence or removal but more of a negation. Further any particular prefix can denote negations of different kind. The prefix ‘de’ in the case of 'deactivate' and 'detach' is one such instance. Another instance is of prefix ‘in’ in the case of 'inability' and 'inaudible'.
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