antonymous
adjective
uk/ænˈtɒn.ɪ.məs/us/ænˈtɑː.nə.məs/involvinga word or phrase with ameaningthat is theoppositeof another word or phrase:
"Long" and "short" are antonymous.
In onesectionof theteststudentsarerequiredtomatchantonymous wordpairs.
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- You areprobablymorefamiliarwith theadjective"innocuous" than with "nocuous",itsantonymousrelative.
- “Privacy” and “technology” havebecomealmostantonymous.
- The twotermsare antonymous - theydescribetwo things that are theoppositeof each other.
Opposites
- antinome
- antithesis
- antithetical
- anything
- anything butidiom
- countervailing
- dichotomous
- dichotomy
- exactly
- flip side
- go into reverseidiom
- inverse
- inversely
- otherwise
- polar
- polarity
- pole
- poles apartidiom
- reverse
- vice versa
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