Meaning of antonym | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
2. A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

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Examples

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

“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.”

“"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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