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The opposite of antonym is synonym, which is a word that has the same meaning as another word. For example, a synonym of the word fast would be quick —both describe something that moves with speed.
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The English language (and, we may presume, many other languages) has both antonyms and synonyms. There are many more words with synonyms than there are words with antonyms, since many things exist which do not have an opposite (the word sandwich, for instance, may be said to have synonyms in the words hoagie, grinder, submarine, and many other word...
borrowed from French antonyme, probably back-formation (after synonyme synonym) from antonymie \"opposition of words with contrary senses,\" borrowed from Greek antōnymía \"pronoun (i.e., a word substituting for another), interchange of names,\" from ant-, anti- \"in opposition to, in place of\" + -ōnymos \"having a name (of the kind specified)\" +...
Note: French antonyme appears in the title and text of Dictionnaire des antonymes ou contremots (Paris & Berlin, 1842), an early dictionary of antonyms compiled from 17th-18th-century authors by the Alsatian philologist Paul Ackermann (1812-46), who may have coined the word. In English antonym was promulgated, if not first used, by the British cler...
Aug 22, 2022 · Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For example, an antonym of day is night, and an antonym of on is off. The term antonym comes from antonymy, which is the technical grammar term for words that have contradictory meanings—but you can think of antonyms as opposites.
Jul 28, 2021 · definition - meaning of the word; synonyms (or examples) - three or more words with the same meaning; antonyms (or non-examples) - three or words with the opposite meaning; picture - a picture that reminds the student of the word's definition
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a word or phrase whose meaning is the opposite of another word or phrase (Definition of antonym from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Check pronunciation: antonym. Definition of antonym noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. synonyms: opposite, opposite word. see more. two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
