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Complete Definition of "antonym"

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Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|á¼Î½Ïί- (anti) "opposite" and -onym < polytonic|á½Î½Ïμα (onuma) "name", Aeolic dialect < polytonic|á½Î½Î¿Î¼Î± (onoma) "name"

Pronunciation
IPA|/ËæntÉËnɪm/
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A word which has the opposite meaning to another, although not necessarily in all its senses.

#: "rich" is an antonym of "poor"; "full" is an antonym of "empty".

Antonyms
synonym

Related terms
antonymic
antonymous
antonymy

Translations
trans-top|word which has the opposite meaning
Afrikaans: teenoorgestelde
Arabic: t-|ar|Ø¹ÙØ³|scARchar, t-|ar|ÙÙÙØ¶|scARchar
Chinese: ç¸åè©
Croatian: t-|hr|antonim|m, t-|hr|nasuprotnica|f
Czech: t-|cs|antonymum|n
Danish: t+|da|antonym|n
Dutch: t+|nl|tegendeel|n, t+|nl|tegengestelde|n, t+|nl|antoniem|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|antonimo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|antonyymi, t-|fi|vastakohta
French: t|fr|antonyme|m
German: Antonym n
Greek: t|el|ανÏÏνÏμο|n|sc=Grek (antónymo)
Hungarian: ellentett
Indonesian: lawan kata, antonim
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Interlingua: antonymo
Japanese: å¯¾ç¾©èª (ãããã, taigi-go), åæèª (han'i-go), åå¯¾èª (ã¯ãããã, hantai-go)
Korean ë°ëì´ (bandeaeo), ë°ìì´ (banuieo)
Norwegian: :no:antonym|antonym
Polish: t+|pl|antonim|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|antônimo
Romanian: antonim n, antonime n plural
Serbian: odveznica
Slovene: t-|sl|protipomenka|f, t+|sl|antonim|m
Spanish: t-|es|antónimo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|antonym
Telugu: à°µà±à°¯à°¤à°¿à°°à±à° పదమౠ(vyatireka padamu)
Welsh: t+|cy|gwrthwynebair|xs=Welsh
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