💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Autoantonym"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antonymnoun | (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word. |
| binary antonymnoun | (semantics) complementary antonym |
| contronymnoun | A word that has two opposing meanings, such as cleave (“stick together” or “split apart”). |
| contranymnoun | Alternative form of contronym. [A word that has two opposing meanings, such as cleave (“stick together” or “split apart”).] |
| complementary antonymnoun | (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability. |
| contradictory antonymnoun | (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) complementary antonym |
| oppositenoun | A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things. |
| enantiosemynoun | (semantics) A type of polysemy in which a word or other seme can be read as two opposing senses. |
| antagonymnoun | A contronym. |
| relational antonymnoun | (semantics) A term that, together with another term, forms a pair of opposite role names in a relationship, such as parent and child. |
| gradable antonymnoun | (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of terms that denotes one end of a scale while the other term denotes the other end, such as long and short. |
| antithetnoun | (archaic) An antithetical or contrasted statement. |
| countertermnoun | (mathematics) A term added to an equation or formula that exactly cancels the contribution of another term which diverges. |
| antigramnoun | Either of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings. |
| notional opposite | — |
| antithesisnoun | A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. |
| antonymynoun | (semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous. |
| janus wordnoun | A word that has two contradictory meanings; a contronym. |
| converse antonymnoun | (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) Either of a pair of terms that name or describe a single relationship from opposite perspectives, such as parent versus child. |
| contrariant | Contrary or antagonistic. |
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