antonym

CEFRB1

/ˈæn.təˌnɪm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A word with the opposite meaning of another word.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

Examples

  • Don't you know an antonym for 'relief'?

  • The word ‘antonym’ is antonymous to ‘synonym’.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  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.

More examples

In context

  • “Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.

  • "The word 'boom' always makes me uneasy because the antonym of it is bust," said Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership. "Houston is not in a boom -- it is on a new path."

  • "To me, Pusher Street is actually the least unique, right? It is what I associate with violence, gangs, murder, threats, and everything which are actually antonyms to what Christiania is," said Mathilde Brandstrup, a Christiania local.

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Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.