ANTONYM Definition & Meaning

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antonym

[an-tuh-nim]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow.

antonym

/ ænˈtɒnɪməs, ˈæntənɪm /

noun

a word that means the opposite of another word
``empty'' is an antonym of ``full''

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

antonymous adjective
antonymic adjective
antonymy noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of antonym¹

First recorded in 1865–70; ant- + (syn)onym

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of antonym¹

C19: from Greek ��Գ�ō�Գܳ��, from _anti- + onoma name

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In the new study, Union College psychologist Cameron Kay asked 400 participants on MTurk to respond to 27 pairs of “semantic antonyms” such as “I do not sleep well” and “I sleep soundly.”

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As an antonym to the Biden and Democratic party’s empathetic catchphrase, “we feel your pain,” an appropriate catchphrase for the vindictive Trumpian party would be, “we are your pain.”

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The antonyms of diversity, equity and inclusion are uniformity, inequality and exclusion.

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To allay confusion, “Squid Game: The Challenge” is a living antonym of authenticity in that it is one of the most thoroughly engineered reality competition shows on TV.

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Also, Lynell George’s “City of Specters,” which began with Truman Capote’s report that most L.A. students, asked to specify the antonym of “youth,” answered “death.”

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What is an antonym?

An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, the word small means of limited size, while big means of large size. Happy, a feeling of gladness, is an antonym of sad, a feeling of sorrow.Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can all have antonyms, though not all do. A word can also have multiple antonyms. For example, the words fast, quick, speedy, swift, and rapid are all antonyms of the word slow.Even antonym has an antonym! The opposite of antonym is synonym, which is a word that has the same meaning as another word. For example, a synonym of the word fast would be quick—both describe something that moves with speed.If you are looking for some spicy new antonyms to use in your writing, you can find them using Thesaurus.com.

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