antonym
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæntəˌnɪm/
antonym (plural antonyms)
- (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”
- A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
- 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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