antonym

The definition of antonyms are words that have contrasting meanings.

(noun)

An example of antonyms are light and dark.

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See antonym in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a word that is opposite in meaning to another word: “sad” is an antonym of “happy”

Origin: with altered sense (as if < anti-) < Gr antōnymia, a pronoun < anti-, equal to, instead of, opposite (see anti-) + onyma, name

See antonym in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.

Origin:

Origin: ant(i)-

Origin: + -onym

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Related Forms:

  • anˌto·nymˈic adjective
  • an·tonˈy·mous (ăn-tŏnˈə-məs) adjective
  • an·tonˈy·my noun

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