antonym

Noun
  1. A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other (synset 106298695)
    "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
    is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    subtypes:
    • direct antonym - antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry')
    • indirect antonym - antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry')
    same as: opposite, opposite word

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