2009-05-29, 10:32 AM
The reason is because Society and what not made it so that one specific item to another specific item are opposites. There's no real meaning to it, it's just when someone says antonym or opposite of down, your first instinct should be up, because you've been around that the longest.
The opposites kind of grow on us as we grow up, kinda like they are implanted in our brains when we are born.
The opposites kind of grow on us as we grow up, kinda like they are implanted in our brains when we are born.

