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An '''Antonymsantonym''' areis wordsa withword that has the opposite meaningsmeaning of another word, suchfor asexample, {{tp|pona}} and {{tp|ike}}, and are the opposite of [[synonym]]santonyms. In some logographic [[writing system]]s, such as {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, some antonyms also use opposite glyphs. Antonyms provide a sense of balance, not implying either concept to be the default or proper state of being.
 
If Toki Pona were more dedicated to [[minimalism]], antonyms might have been merged to further reduce the vocabulary. Instead, many of these words have different [[semantic space]]s or parts of speech. For example: