antonym

[an-tuh-nim]

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noun

a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def. 1).

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Origin:
1865–70; ant- + (syn)onym

Related forms

an·ton·y·mous

[an-ton-uh-muhs] , an·to·nym·ic, adjective

an·ton·y·my, noun

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antonym (ˈæntənɪm)

—n
	a word that means the opposite of another word: ``empty'' is an antonym of ``full''

[C19: from Greek antōnumia, from anti- + onoma name]

antonymous

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

antonym

1870, created to serve as opposite of synonym, from Gk. anti- "equal to, instead of, opposite" (see anti-) + -onym "name" (see name).

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