Definitions for antonymˈæn tə nɪm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an•to•nymˈæn tə nɪm(n.)
a word opposite in meaning to another: Fast is an antonym of slow.
Ref: Compare synonym (def. 1). 1
Origin of antonym:
1865–70; ant - + (syn )onym
an•ton′y•my(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
antonym, opposite word, opposite(noun)
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
"to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
Wiktionary
antonym(Noun)
A word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.
"rich" is an antonym of "poor"; "full" is an antonym of "empty".
Origin: circa 1870:
Webster Dictionary
Antonym(noun)
a word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym
Translations for antonym
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
antonym(noun)
a word opposite in meaning to another word
- antoniemAfrikaans
- كَلِمَة مُناقِضَه، ضِدArabic
- антонимBulgarian
- antônimoPortuguese (BR)
- antonymumCzech
- das AntonymGerman
- antonymDanish
- αντώνυμο (γραμμ.)Greek
- antónimoSpanish
- antonüümEstonian
- متضادFarsi
- antonyymiFinnish
- antonymeFrench
- מִילָה בְּמַשמָעוּת הָפוָּכהHebrew
- विलोमHindi
- antonimCroatian
- ellentétes értelmű szóHungarian
- lawan kataIndonesian
- andheitiIcelandic
- antonimoItalian
- 反意語Japanese
- 반의어Korean
- antonimasLithuanian
- antonīmsLatvian
- perkataan berlawanMalay
- antoniemDutch
- antonymNorwegian
- antonimPolish
- متضادPersian
- ضدPashto
- antónimoPortuguese
- antonimRomanian
- антонимRussian
- antonymumSlovak
- antonimSlovenian
- antonimSerbian
- antonymSwedish
- คำที่มีความหมายตรงกันข้ามThai
- karşıt anlamlı sözcükTurkish
- 反義詞Chinese (Trad.)
- антонімUkrainian
- متضادUrdu
- từ trái nghĩaVietnamese
- 反义词Chinese (Simp.)
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