antonym

antonym

See also: Antonym

English

Etymology

circa 1870: ant- +‎ -onym

Pronunciation

• enPR: ǎnt′ənĭm'
• IPA^(key): /ˈæntəˌnɪm/

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Noun

antonym (plural antonyms)

1. (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

   Synonym: opposite

   Antonym: synonym

   “rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”

   1. A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
      • 2005, Andrew John Merrison, Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths and Christopher J. Hall, Introducing Language in Use‎, page 111:

        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.

Derived terms

• antonymic
• antonymous
• antonymy
• autoantonym
• binary antonym
• complementary antonym
• contradictory antonym
• converse antonym
• gradable antonym
• polar antonym
• relational antonym

 

Translations

word which has the opposite meaning

Afrikaans: teenoorgestelde Albanian: antonim (sq) m Arabic: عَكْس‎ (ar) m (ʿaks), نَقِيض‎ m (naqīḍ) Armenian: հականիշ (hy) (hakaniš) Belarusian: анто́нім m (antónim) Bulgarian: антони́м (bg) m (antoním) Catalan: antònim (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 反義詞／反义词 (zh) (fǎnyìcí) Czech: antonymum (cs) n, opozitum (cs) n Danish: antonym (da) n Dutch: tegendeel (nl) n, tegengestelde (nl) n, antoniem (nl) n Esperanto: antonimo, mal-vorto Estonian: antonüüm Faroese: andheiti n Finnish: antonyymi (fi), vastakohta (fi) French: antonyme (fr) m Galician: antónimo (gl) m Georgian: ანტონიმი (ka) (anṭonimi) German: Antonym (de) n, Gegenwort (de) n, Gegensatzwort (de) n, Gegenbegriff m Greek: αντώνυμο (el) n (antónymo) Hebrew: הֶפֶךְ / היפך‎ (he) m (héfech) Hindi: विपर्याय m (viparyāy), विपरीतार्थी शब्द (viprītārthī śabd), विलोम (hi) (vilom) Hungarian: ellentét (hu), antonima (hu) Icelandic: andheiti (is) n, andrætt orð n Indonesian: lawan kata, antonim (id) Interlingua: antonymo Italian: antonimo (it) m, contrario (it) m, inverso (it) m, opposto (it) m Japanese: 対義語 (ja) (たいぎご, taigigo), 反意語 (はんいご, han'igo), 反対語 (はんたいご, hantaigo) Khmer: ន័យផ្ទុយ (ney ptuy) Korean: 반대어(反對語) (ko) (bandaeeo), 반의어(反義語) (ko) (banuieo), 반의어(反意語) (ko) (banuieo) Latin: antonymum Latvian: antonīms m Lithuanian: antonìmas (lt) m Macedonian: антоним m (antonim) Malayalam: വിപരീതം (ml) (viparītaṃ) Maori: kupu tauaro, kupu taitua, taitua Marathi: विरुद्धार्थी शब्द (viruddhārthī śabda) Norwegian: antonym (no) Persian: نقیض‎ (fa) (naqiz) Polish: antonim (pl) m inan Portuguese: antónimo (pt) m (Portugal), antônimo (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: antonim (ro) n Russian: анто́ним (ru) m (antónim) Scottish Gaelic: frith-fhacal m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антоним m Roman: antonim (sh) m, nasuprotnica f, odveznica f Sicilian: antònimu (scn) m, cuntrariu (scn) m Slovak: antonymum n Slovene: prótipoménka (sl) f, antoním (sl) m Spanish: antónimo (es) m Swedish: antonym (sv) Tagalog: kasalungat Tamil: எதிர்ச்சொல் (ta) (etirccol) Telugu: వ్యతిరేక పదము (te) (vyatirēka padamu) Thai: คำตรงกันข้าม (kam dtrong gan kâam) Turkish: karşıtanlamlı, antonim Ukrainian: анто́нім (uk) m (antónim) Vietnamese: từ trái nghĩa (詞賴義) Welsh: gwrthwynebair (cy)

See also

• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Further reading

• antonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Adjective

antonym

1. antonymous

Inflection

Inflection of antonym
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	antonym	—	—2
Neuter singular	antonymt	—	—2
Plural	antonyme	—	—2
Definite attributive1	antonyme	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

antonym n (singular definite antonymet, plural indefinite antonymer)

1. antonym

Declension

Declension of antonym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	antonym	antonymet	antonymer	antonymerne
genitive	antonyms	antonymets	antonymers	antonymernes

Related terms

• antonymi

References

• “antonym” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma).

Noun

antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym or antonymer, definite plural antonyma or antonymene)

1. antonym

Antonyms

• synonym

References

• “antonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma).

Noun

antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym, definite plural antonyma)

1. antonym

Antonyms

• synonym

References

• “antonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

antonym (comparative mer antonym, superlative mest antonym)

1. antonymous

Declension

Inflection of antonym
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	antonym	mer antonym	mest antonym
Neuter singular	antonymt	mer antonymt	mest antonymt
Plural	antonyma	mer antonyma	mest antonyma
Masculine plural3	antonyme	mer antonyma	mest antonyma
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	antonyme	mer antonyme	mest antonyme
All	antonyma	mer antonyma	mest antonyma
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

antonym c

1. antonym

Declension

Declension of antonym
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	antonym	antonymen	antonymer	antonymerna
Genitive	antonyms	antonymens	antonymers	antonymernas

References

• antonym in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• anonymt