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antonym
Alternative clues for the word antonym
Word definitions for antonym in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.
Usage examples of antonym.
One of the flower arrangements from lunch sits on the bedside table: white peonies, the metaphorical antonym of my psyche at this moment.
I selected it as the antonym for attractive, attraction and repulsion being opposite forces.
It was the antonym of nymphomaniac, a word with numerous applications but no real definition.
Haight, whose name is pronounced Hate, just took the antonym of his name.
They are also not antonyms, although they are frequently used almost as if they were.
Marriage and Snake were antonyms, but LeAnne and Marcus were synonyms.
Now he knew that Joy had been third, and suspected that there had been at least one pair of antonyms among the others.
He has trouble finding the word, and sometimes he thinks he's got it, but what comes out will be synonyms, or antonyms, or taboo words.
He has trouble finding the word, and sometimes he thinks he’s got it, but what comes out will be synonyms, or antonyms, or taboo words.