antonym

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: ǎnt′ənĭm' IPA(key): /ˈæn.təˌnɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm === Noun === antonym (plural antonyms) (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word. Synonyms: counterterm, opposite Antonym: synonym Coordinate terms: near-antonym; coordinate term, cohyponym; antiphrasis; near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary:Semantic relations === References === === Further reading === antonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Adjective === antonym antonymous ==== Inflection ==== === Noun === antonym n (singular definite antonymet, plural indefinite antonymer) antonym ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== antonymi === References === “antonym” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name, noun”). === Noun === antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym or antonymer, definite plural antonyma or antonymene) antonym ==== Antonyms ==== synonym === References === “antonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name, noun”). === Noun === antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym, definite plural antonyma) antonym ==== Antonyms ==== synonym === References === “antonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Adjective === antonym (comparative mer antonym, superlative mest antonym) antonymous ==== Declension ==== === Noun === antonym c antonym ==== Declension ==== === References === antonym in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) === Anagrams === anonymt