antonym

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæntəˌnɪm/

Noun

antonym (plural antonyms)

1. (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

   Synonyms: opposite

   Antonyms: synonym

   “rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”

   1. A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

Translations

• French: antonyme
• German: Antonym, Gegenwort, Gegensatzwort, Gegenbegriff
• Italian: antonimo, contrario, inverso, opposto
• Portuguese: antónimo (Portugal), antônimo (Brazil)
• Russian: анто́ним
• Spanish: antónimo

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