antonym
See also: Antonym
English edit
Etymology edit
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.[1] By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
antonym (plural antonyms)
- (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
- Synonyms: counterterm, opposite
- Antonym: synonym
- “rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”
- 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, Christopher J. Hall, Introducing Language in Use[2], 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 edit
Translations edit
word which has the opposite meaning
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References edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Adjective edit
antonym
Inflection edit
| Inflection of antonym | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | antonym | — | —2 |
| Indefinite 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 edit
antonym n (singular definite antonymet, plural indefinite antonymer)
Declension edit
Declension of antonym
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | antonym | antonymet | antonymer | antonymerne |
| genitive | antonyms | antonymets | antonymers | antonymernes |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “antonym” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma).
Noun edit
antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym or antonymer, definite plural antonyma or antonymene)
Antonyms edit
References edit
- “antonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma).
Noun edit
antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym, definite plural antonyma)
Antonyms edit
References edit
- “antonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
antonym (comparative mer antonym, superlative mest antonym)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
antonym c
Declension edit
| Declension of antonym | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | antonym | antonymen | antonymer | antonymerna |
| Genitive | antonyms | antonymens | antonymers | antonymernas |