antonym

Noun
Synonyms: opposite wordopposite

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other“to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'”Synonyms: opposite wordopposite
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
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