Look up: antonym

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   Antonym
   Word or phrase with the opposite meaning to another e.g. 'good' and 'bad'.
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   antonym
   [n] - two words that express opposing concepts
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   antonym
   (Synonym / antonym) A word that has a closely similar meaning to another word. English has very few true synonyms (e.g. sofa / couch / settee), but many near synonyms, e.g. house - dwelling - home - abode - pad. The existence of synonyms allows variety of word choice according to style and register. A list of synonyms is available in a thesaurus. ...
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   Antonym
   a word with a meaning opposite to another: hot - cold, light - dark, light - heavy. A word may have more than one word as an antonym: cold - hot/warm; big - small/tiny/little/titchy.
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   Antonym
   An'to·nym noun [ Greek ... 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.
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   antonym
   opposite word noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; `to him the antonym of `gay` was `depressed``
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   Antonym
   `Antonyms`, from the Greek `anti` (`opposite`) and `onoma` (`name`) are word pairs that are opposite in meaning, such as `hot` and `cold`, `obese` and `skinny`, and `up` and `down`. Words may have different antonyms, depending on the meaning. Both `long` and `tall` are antonyms of `short`. Antonyms are of four types: *`Gradable antonyms` are two ends of the spectrum (`slow` and `fast`) but can have variations. *`Complementary antonyms` are pairs...
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   Antonym
   • (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
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   antonym
   antonym 1. A word (name) that means the opposite of another word (name). 2. Two words that express opposing concepts. The word 'wet' is an antonym of the word 'dry' and 'cold' is an antonym of 'hot'. English also uses prefixes to indicate antonyms; such as, cacophony (bad, loud, harsh sounds) and euphony (good, harmonious, pleasant sounds). This pr...
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