HIDDEN OPPOSITES
Credit: Will Shortz in The Puzzlemaster Presents

Consider the word GASOLINE. You can anagram its letters to spell GAIN and LOSE, which are mutual opposites. What two opposites can you find in the word SPEARLIKE?  And what two opposites can you find in THEOLOGIST?

FIRST HINT:
SPEARLIKE:

_ _ _  and  _ _ _ _ _

THEOLOGIST

_ _ _ _ _  and  _ _ _ _ _

SECOND HINT:
SPEARLIKE:

I _ _  and  P _ _ _ _ _

THEOLOGIST:

L _ _ _ _  and  T _ _ _ _

Answers:

SPEARLIKE  -    IRK  and  PLEASE
THEOLOGIST - LOOSE  and  TIGHT