antonym

3 definitions found

antonym - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for
     another; ? + ?, ?, a word.]
     A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a
     correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]

antonym - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  antonym
      n 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; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
           [syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant:
           equivalent word, synonym]

antonym - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "antonym":
     antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra,
     converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint,
     counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil,
     free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme,
     linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form,
     monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number,
     polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term,
     the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum,
     vis-a-vis, vocable, word