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- DictionaryDic·tion·ar·y/ˈdikSHəˌnerē/
noun
- 1. a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage: "I'll look up “love” in the dictionary"
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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, the word small means of limited size, while big means of large size. Happy, a feeling of gladness, is an antonym of sad, a feeling of sorrow. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can all have antonyms, though not all do. A word can also have multiple antonyms.
The meaning of ANTONYM is a word of opposite meaning. How to use antonym in a sentence. Some Differences Between Synonyms and Antonyms
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A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word is its antonym. Life is full of antonyms, from the "stop" and "go" of a traffic signal to side-by-side restroom doors labeled "men" and "women."
Synonyms for ANTONYM: opposite, obverse, antithesis, counter, contrary, antipode, negation, reverse; Antonyms of ANTONYM: synonym, analog, counterpart, analogue, copy, duplicate, replica, carbon copy.
