Huge List of Oxymorons
An oxymoron is a consecutive set of words that have contradictory meanings. In many cases they are obvious. However, as there are so many, you might not catch them all. Take a look at which ones you have used in conversation:
One Word Oxymorons
- anyone
- audiovisual
- backside
- ballpoint
- barnyard
- basketball
- bedrock
- begone
- bittersweet
- blindsight
- bridegroom
- butthead
- checkpoint
- courtroom
- cowboy
- deadbeat
- deadbolt
- earthstar
- everyone
- extraordinary
- fail-safe
- featherweight
- firewater
- freeload
- fruitcake
- getaway
- godson
- highland
- hometown
- homework
- houseboat
- ill-humor
- ironwood
- kickstand
- kingpin
- knothole
- know-how
| - laboratory (Labor-a-Tory)
- lay-up
- lend-lease
- lightweight
- lonesome
- man-child
- monopoly
- mythological
- nevermore
- nightlight
- nook (no-ok)
- offset
- outcome
- Oxymoron
- penknife
- pianoforte
- preposterous
- roadblock
- rootcap
- seashore
- sleepwalk
- soapstone
- someone
- sophomore
- speechwriting
- spendthrift
- spitfire
- storehouse
- strawberry
- sunshade
- supernatural
- toecap
- typewrite
- warlord
- watercolor
- weekday
- whenever
- wholesome
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Two Word Oxymorons