antonym

Definitions


[ˈantənɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good)
(e.g: the antonym of ‘inclusion’ is ‘exclusion’)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from French antonyme, from ant- (from Greek anti- ‘against’) + Greek onuma ‘a name’




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