antonym
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
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.
Inflected forms:
form: antonyms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
pos: noun
examples: “Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.
gloss: A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
"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."
"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.
Related words: Wiktionary:Semantic relations
Derived words: antonymic
antonymize
antonymous
antonymy
autantonym
autoantonym
binary antonym
complementary antonym
contradictory antonym
converse antonym
gradable antonym
polar antonym
relational antonym
self-antonym
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: teenoorgestelde
lang: Albanian
word: antonim
lang: Arabic
word: عَكْس
roman: ʕaks
lang: Arabic
word: نَقِيض
roman: naqīḍ
lang: Armenian
word: հականիշ
roman: hakaniš
lang: Belarusian
word: анто́нім
roman: antónim
lang: Bulgarian
word: антони́м
roman: antoním
lang: Catalan
word: antònim
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 反義詞 /反义词
roman: fǎnyìcí
lang: Czech
word: antonymum
lang: Czech
word: opozitum
lang: Danish
word: antonym
lang: Dutch
word: tegendeel
lang: Dutch
word: tegengestelde
lang: Dutch
word: antoniem
lang: Esperanto
word: antonimo
lang: Esperanto
word: mal-vorto
lang: Estonian
word: antonüüm
lang: Faroese
word: andheiti
lang: Finnish
word: antonyymi
lang: Finnish
word: vastakohta
lang: French
word: antonyme
lang: Galician
word: antónimo
lang: Georgian
word: ანტონიმი
roman: anṭonimi
lang: German
word: Antonym
lang: German
word: Gegenwort
lang: German
word: Gegensatzwort
lang: German
word: Gegenbegriff
lang: Greek
word: αντώνυμο
roman: antónymo
lang: Hebrew
word: הֶפֶךְ
lang: Hebrew
word: היפך
roman: héfech
lang: Hindi
word: विपर्याय
roman: viparyāy
lang: Hindi
word: विपरीतार्थी शब्द
roman: viprītārthī śabd
lang: Hindi
word: विलोम
roman: vilom
lang: Hungarian
word: ellentét
lang: Hungarian
word: antonima
lang: Icelandic
word: andheiti
lang: Icelandic
word: andrætt orð
lang: Indonesian
word: lawan kata
lang: Indonesian
word: antonim
lang: Interlingua
word: antonymo
lang: Italian
word: contrario
lang: Italian
word: antonimo
lang: Japanese
word: 対義語
roman: taigigo
lang: Japanese
word: 反意語
roman: han'igo
lang: Japanese
word: 反対語
roman: hantaigo
lang: Kazakh
word: антоним
roman: antonim
lang: Khmer
word: ន័យផ្ទុយ
roman: ney ptuy
lang: Korean
word: 반의어
roman: banuieo
lang: Korean
word: 반대어
roman: bandaeeo
lang: Korean
word: 반대(反對)말
roman: bandaemal
lang: Latin
word: antonymum
lang: Latvian
word: antonīms
lang: Lithuanian
word: antoni̇̀mas
lang: Macedonian
word: антоним
roman: antonim
lang: Malayalam
word: വിപരീതം
roman: viparītaṁ
lang: Māori
word: kupu tauaro
lang: Māori
word: kupu taitua
lang: Māori
word: taitua
lang: Marathi
word: विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
roman: viruddhārthī śabda
lang: Norwegian
word: antonym
lang: Persian
word: متضاد
roman: motazâd
lang: Polish
word: antonim
lang: Portuguese
word: antónimo
lang: Portuguese
word: antônimo
lang: Romanian
word: antonim
lang: Russian
word: анто́ним
roman: antónim
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: frith-fhacal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: антоним
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: antonim
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nasuprotnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: odveznica
lang: Sicilian
word: antònimu
lang: Sicilian
word: cuntrariu
lang: Slovak
word: antonymum
lang: Slovene
word: prótipoménka
lang: Slovene
word: antoním
lang: Spanish
word: antónimo
lang: Swedish
word: motsatsord
lang: Swedish
word: antonym
lang: Tagalog
word: kasalungat
lang: Tamil
word: எதிர்ச்சொல்
roman: etirccol
lang: Telugu
word: వ్యతిరేక పదము
roman: vyatirēka padamu
lang: Thai
word: คำตรงกันข้าม
roman: kam dtrong gan kâam
lang: Turkish
word: karşıtanlamlı
lang: Turkish
word: antonim
lang: Ukrainian
word: анто́нім
roman: antónim
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ trái nghĩa
lang: Welsh
word: gwrthwynebair