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Antonym - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Antonym' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Antonym [ n.]
- A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.

Meaning of 'Antonym' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . antonym [ n]
Meaning (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
Example in sentence:
  • to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'