antonym

Meaning

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

Synonyms

opposite

opposite word

contrary

converse

inverse

irony

reciprocal

rhetorical question

word in reverse

counterterm

antipode

analogical opposition

antithesis

contrast

Translations

antonyme

antónimo

Antonym

antonimo

antônimo

antoniem

antònim

Gegenwort

αντώνυμο

tegengestelde

نقيض

αντίθετος

dijwate

Gegenteil

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.