complementary antonym en · NOUN
Meanings
- A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
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One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.
Complementary (also called contradictory) antonyms are those for which the assertion of one entails the negation of the other and vice versa, as in (17). a. That integer is even. → That integer is not odd. b. That integer is not odd. → That integer is even.
2010, M. Lynne Murphy, Lexical Meaning, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| complementary antonyms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
complementarity · converse antonym · gradable antonym · biconditional
Synonyms
binary antonym · contradictory antonym
Translations (3)
fi komplementaarinen vastakohta (complementing term) · ko 보완적 반의어 (complementing term) · pl antonim komplementarny (complementing term)