Looking for the meaning of the word ANTONYM in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of ANTONYM with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Antonym
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French antonyme, from ant- (from Greek anti- ‘against’) + Greek onuma ‘a name’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈantənɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good)
Short Definition:word opposite in meaning to another
Examples:- the antonym of ‘inclusion’ is ‘exclusion’
- I looked those words up in the dictionary and they are antonyms
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