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antonomasia |
antonomastic |
antonomasy |
antony |
antony tudor |
antonym
| antonymous
| antonymy
| antorbital
| antorgastic
| antozone
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antonym
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun antonym has 1 sense
- antonym(n = noun.communication) opposite, opposite word - 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'" is a kind of word
has particulars: direct antonym, indirect antonym
Derived form adjective antonymous1
Antonym: synonym
CIDE DICTIONARY
antonym, n. [Gr. a word used in substitution for another; + , , a word.].
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
antonym, n. a word opposite in meaning to another in the same language (e.g. bad and good) (opp. SYNONYM).
Derivative
antonymous adj.
Etymology
F antonyme (as ANTI-, SYNONYM)
THESAURUS
antonym
antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil, free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term, the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, vis-a-vis, vocable, wordROGET THESAURUS
antonym
Nomenclature
N nomenclature, naming, nuncupation, nomination, baptism, orismology, onomatopoeia, antonomasia, name, appelation, appelative, designation, title, heading, rubric, caption, denomination, by-name, epithet, style, proper name, praenomen, agnomen, cognomen, patronymic, surname, cognomination, eponym, compellation, description, antonym, empty title, empty name, handle to one's name, namesake, term, expression, noun, byword, convertible terms, technical term, cant, named, hight, ycleped, known as, what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly, nuncupatory, nuncupative, cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological, beggar'd all description.Contraposition
N contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.
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