Definition of Antonyms. Meaning of Antonyms. Synonyms of Antonyms

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Definition of Antonyms

Antonym
Antonym An"to*nym, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.

Meaning of Antonyms from wikipedia

- (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold). Complementary antonyms are word pairs...
- Retrieved December 18, 2020. "Unpaired words" at World Wide Words "Absent antonyms" at 2Wheels: The Return Words with no opposite equivalent, posted by James...
- auto-antonym, antagonym, enantiodrome, enantionym, J**** word (after the Roman god J****, who is usually depicted with two faces), self-antonym, antilogy...
- 4 July 2013. "Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013. "Antonyms". Annies-annex.com. Archived...
- kanji, given character reading and context. This includes knowledge of antonyms, the ability to differentiate between homonyms: different kanji with the...
- synonym. Antonyms are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings. For example: hot ↔ cold, large ↔ small, thick ↔ thin, synonymantonym Hypernyms...
- to place a conjunction like and between the two antonyms; such compounds (not necessarily of antonyms) are known as dvandvas (a term taken from Sanskrit...
- Antonym: Francophobe Germanophile or Teutophile: a fan of German culture. Antonyms: Germanophobe and teutophobia ****enophile: a fan of Gr**** culture (i.e...
- Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness describes the active choice not to have children. Use of the word "childfree" was first recorded in 1901 and entered...
- and are usually connected by and or or. They are often near-synonyms or antonyms, alliterate, or rhyme. Examples below are split into various tables; some...