antonym en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- ǎnt′ənĭm'
- /ˈæn.təˌnɪm/
Etymology
From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.
Meanings
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A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
“Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.
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A word which has the opposite meaning of another word. ▸ A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
"To me, Pusher Street is actually the least unique, right? It is what I associate with violence, gangs, murder, threats, and everything which are actually antonyms to what Christiania is," said Mathilde Brandstrup, a Christiania local.
2024 April 6, Isabelle Yr Carlsson, “Denmark shuts down cannabis street in Christiania hippie enclave”, in Reuters:"The word 'boom' always makes me uneasy because the antonym of it is bust," said Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership. "Houston is not in a boom -- it is on a new path."
2008 October 14, Chris Baltimore, “FEATURE-Oil dollars help Houston dodge U.S. economic woes”, in Reuters:All four lines of the pattern are required to establish that hot and cold are antonyms. The water is hot entails The water is not cold. The water is cold entails The water is not hot. The water is not hot does not entail The water is cold. The water is not cold does not entail The water is hot.
2005, Andrew John Merrison, Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Christopher J. Hall, Introducing Language in Use, page 111:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antonyms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
near-antonym · coordinate term · cohyponym · plesionym · antiphrasis · coordinate term · cohyponym · parasynonym · near-synonym · antiphrasis · plesionym · near-synonym · near-antonym · parasynonym
Deriveds
converse antonym · gradable antonym · polar antonym · relational antonym · autantonym · antonymic · antonymous · self-antonym · autoantonym · binary antonym · contradictory antonym · antonymize · antonymy · complementary antonym
Relateds
Synonyms
opposite · counterterm · counterterm · opposite
Translations (90)
cs opozitum (word which has the opposite meaning) · hu antonima (word which has the opposite meaning) · ko 반대어 (word which has the opposite meaning) · ar عَكْس (word which has the opposite meaning) · mk антоним (word which has the opposite meaning) · ja 反意語 (word which has the opposite meaning) · kk антоним (word which has the opposite meaning) · ar نَقِيض (word which has the opposite meaning) · sv motsatsord (word which has the opposite meaning) · ro antonim (word which has the opposite meaning) · de Gegensatzwort (word which has the opposite meaning) · et antonüüm (word which has the opposite meaning) · mr विरुद्धार्थी शब्द (word which has the opposite meaning) · nl antoniem (word which has the opposite meaning) · mi kupu taitua (word which has the opposite meaning) · ko 반대(反對)말 (word which has the opposite meaning) · scn cuntrariu (word which has the opposite meaning) · nl tegengestelde (word which has the opposite meaning) · bg антони́м (word which has the opposite meaning) · sq antonim (word which has the opposite meaning) · de Gegenwort (word which has the opposite meaning) · lv antonīms (word which has the opposite meaning) · af teenoorgestelde (word which has the opposite meaning) · fa متضاد (word which has the opposite meaning) · sh odveznica (word which has the opposite meaning) · cmn 反義詞 /反义词 (word which has the opposite meaning) · vi từ trái nghĩa (word which has the opposite meaning) · hi विपरीतार्थी शब्द (word which has the opposite meaning) · cy gwrthwynebair (word which has the opposite meaning) · fo andheiti (word which has the opposite meaning) · eo mal-vorto (word which has the opposite meaning) · el αντώνυμο (word which has the opposite meaning) · uk анто́нім (word which has the opposite meaning) · mi kupu tauaro (word which has the opposite meaning) · sq fjalë e kundërt (word which has the opposite meaning) · nl tegendeel (word which has the opposite meaning) · be анто́нім (word which has the opposite meaning) · tr antonim (word which has the opposite meaning) · km ន័យផ្ទុយ (word which has the opposite meaning) · he הֶפֶךְ (word which has the opposite meaning) · id lawan kata (word which has the opposite meaning) · is andheiti (word which has the opposite meaning) · sl antoním (word which has the opposite meaning) · tl kasalungat (word which has the opposite meaning) · ka ანტონიმი (word which has the opposite meaning) · it contrario (word which has the opposite meaning) · ru анто́ним (word which has the opposite meaning) · sv antonym (word which has the opposite meaning) · ca antònim (word which has the opposite meaning) · hi विलोम (word which has the opposite meaning) · no antonym (word which has the opposite meaning) · de Antonym (word which has the opposite meaning) · es antónimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · da antonym (word which has the opposite meaning) · sk antonymum (word which has the opposite meaning) · hu ellentét (word which has the opposite meaning) · sh nasuprotnica (word which has the opposite meaning) · de Gegenbegriff (word which has the opposite meaning) · fi antonyymi (word which has the opposite meaning) · th คำตรงกันข้าม (word which has the opposite meaning) · la antonymum (word which has the opposite meaning) · ja 対義語 (word which has the opposite meaning) · fr antonyme (word which has the opposite meaning) · scn antònimu (word which has the opposite meaning) · eo antonimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · gl antónimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · sh antonim (word which has the opposite meaning) · ja 反対語 (word which has the opposite meaning) · fi vastakohta (word which has the opposite meaning) · hy հականիշ (word which has the opposite meaning) · mi taitua (word which has the opposite meaning) · te వ్యతిరేక పదము (word which has the opposite meaning) · sl prótipoménka (word which has the opposite meaning) · he היפך (word which has the opposite meaning) · is andrætt orð (word which has the opposite meaning) · ta எதிர்ச்சொல் (word which has the opposite meaning) · pt antônimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · id antonim (word which has the opposite meaning) · it antonimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · lt antoni̇̀mas (word which has the opposite meaning) · ko 반의어 (word which has the opposite meaning) · gd frith-fhacal (word which has the opposite meaning) · pt antónimo (word which has the opposite meaning) · ia antonymo (word which has the opposite meaning) · ml വിപരീതം (word which has the opposite meaning) · tr karşıtanlamlı (word which has the opposite meaning) · cs antonymum (word which has the opposite meaning) · sh антоним (word which has the opposite meaning) · hi विपर्याय (word which has the opposite meaning) · pl antonim (word which has the opposite meaning)