Backwards antonymns

Huh, what an interesting question. I bet they'd have to be short; no longer than 5 letters, I'd figure.

GOLF spelled backwards is FLOG.
No, wait. That's a synonym.

I've not perused through heteropalindromes or anadromes but I'm almost sure that some of them can make antonyms:



desserts – stressed
dioramas – samaroid
redrawer – rewarder

amaroid – diorama
Artamus – Sumatra
deifier – reified
Delians – snailed
deliver – reviled
dessert – tressed
deviler – relived
gateman – nametag
leveler – relevel
reknits – stinker


allium – Muilla
amiced – Decima
aneles – Selena
animal – lamina
animes – semina
darter – retrad
Delian – nailed
denier – reined
denies – seined
Dennis – sinned
depots – stoped
dialer – relaid
diaper – repaid
Dibrom – morbid
dormin – Nimrod
drawer – reward
Elbert – treble
elides – sedile
elutes – setule
eviler – relive
gelder – redleg
golfer – reflog
looter – retool
manitu – utinam
nedder – redden
pupils – slipup
recaps – spacer
redraw – warder
reflet – telfer
reflow – wolfer
reknit – tinker
remeet – teemer
rennet – tenner
repins – sniper
repots – stoper
retros – sorter
scares – seracs
secret – terces
selahs – shales
sinnet – tennis
sleeps – speels
sleets – steels
sloops – spools
snoops – spoons
spirts – strips
sports – strops
sprits – stirps
struts – sturts


Aidan – Nadia
decal – laced
pacer – recap
ailed – Delia
draws – sward
lager – regal
smart – trams
snaps – spans
parts – strap
sprat – tarps
straw – warts
debut – tubed
rebut – tuber
deeps – speed
devil – lived
denim – mined
demit – timed
depot – toped
keels – sleek
leper – repel
peels – sleep
lever – revel
fires – serif
Eliot – toile
relit – tiler
remit – timer
nonet – tenon
repot – toper
knits – stink
snips – spins
loops – spool
pools – sloop
loots – stool
ports – strop
spots – stops
stows – swots


able – Elba
abut – tuba
agar – raga
ajar – raja
Amos – soma
auks – skua
avid – diva
Avon – nova
bard – drab
bats – stab
blub – bulb
bonk – knob
brag – garb
buns – snub
burg – grub
buts – stub
dart – trad
deep – peed
deer – reed
dial – laid
dies – Seid
dine – Enid
doom – mood
door – rood
draw – ward
dray – yard
dual – laud
Edam – made
edit – tide
Eire – Erie
emir – rime
emit – time
ergo – ogre
Eton – note
evil – live
flog – golf
flow – wolf
gals – slag
girt – trig
gnat – tang
gnus – sung
gulp – plug
gums – smug
guns – snug
hoop – pooh
keel – leek
keep – peek
lair – rial
leer – reel
Leon – Noel
Liam – mail
liar – rail
loop – pool
loot – tool
maps – spam
mart – tram
maws – swam
meet – teem
mils – slim
moor – room
naps – span
nips – spin
nuts – stun
pals – slap
pans – snap
part – trap
paws – swap
pees – seep
pets – step
pins – snip
port – trop
pots – stop
prat – tarp
raps – spar
rats – star
saps – spas
snit – tins
snot – tons
spat – taps
spay – yaps
spit – tips
spot – tops
stew – wets
swat – taws
sway – yaws
swot – tows
tort – trot

Yes, the mynortnocontronym ( the emaneke or urekeru, as some prefer to refer to it, for the sake of succinctness) abounds in the English language.

Consider if you will :

oy: an interjection expressing dismay, et al and
yo: an interjection expressing glee, et al

spans and snaps

spam and maps