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antonym

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  1. A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
  2. A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

Opposite of
synonym
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæn.təˌnɪm/
Etymology

From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.

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