Antonym

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for
     another; ? + ?, ?, a word.]
     A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a
     correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antonym
       n : two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the
           opposite of gay was depressed" [syn: {opposite word}, {opposite}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "antonym":
     antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra,
     converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint,
     counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil,
     free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme,
     linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form,
     monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number,
     polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term,
     the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum,
     vis-a-vis, vocable, word