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Meaning of "antonymous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTONYMOUS

antonymous  [ænˈtɒnɪməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTONYMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antonymous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTONYMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of antonymous in the English dictionary

The definition of antonymous in the dictionary is words that are antonymous have opposite meanings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTONYMOUS


acronymous
əˈkrɒnɪməs
animus
ˈænɪməs
anonymous
əˈnɒnɪməs
autonymous
ɔːˈtɒnɪməs
cryptonymous
krɪpˈtɒnɪməs
eponymous
ɪˈpɒnɪməs
euonymus
juːˈɒnɪməs
evonymus
ɛˈvɒnɪməs
heteronomous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs
heteronymous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs
Hieronymus
ˌhaɪəˈrɒnɪməs
homonymous
hɒˈmɒnɪməs
onymous
ˈɒnɪməs
paronymous
pəˈrɒnɪməs
polyonymous
ˌpɒlɪˈɒnɪməs
pseudonymous
sjuːˈdɒnɪməs
synonymous
sɪˈnɒnɪməs
tautonymic
tɔːˈtɒnɪməs
tautonymous
tɔːˈtɒnɪməs
unanimous
juːˈnænɪməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTONYMOUS

antoninianus
Antoninus
Antoninus Pius
Antonioni
Antonius
antonomasia
antonomastic
antonomastically
Antony
antonym
antonymic
antonymy
antra
antral
antre
Antrim
antrorse
antrorsely
antrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTONYMOUS

Alcoholics Anonymous
anadromous
autonomous
azymous
blasphemous
chymous
cymous
dichotomous
didymous
enormous
famous
Gamblers Anonymous
ginormous
infamous
Narcotics Anonymous
Parents Anonymous
posthumous
squamous
venomous
world-famous

Synonyms and antonyms of antonymous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antonymous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTONYMOUS

Find out the translation of antonymous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antonymous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antonymous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antónimos
570 millions of speakers

English

antonymous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antonymous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antonymous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антонимичных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antonymous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপরীতার্থক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antonyme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antonim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antonymous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

antonymous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

antonymous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antonim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antonymous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antonymous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अँटोनिमस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antonymous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antonymous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antonymous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антонімічних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antonim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

antonymous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antonymous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antonymous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antonymous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antonymous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTONYMOUS»

The term «antonymous» is normally little used and occupies the 130.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTONYMOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «antonymous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «antonymous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antonymous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTONYMOUS»

Discover the use of antonymous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antonymous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Concepts: Core Readings
Obviously, then, the formalism on which such semantic anomalousness is predicted and explained will require a definition of the antonymy relation. The most natural way of defining the notion 'antonymous constituents' so that the definition will ...
Eric Margolis, Stephen Laurence, 1999
2
Contexts of Antonymous Adjectives
Abstract: "The method of sorting is used to compare sets of adjectival contexts. Contexts of directly antonymous adjectives are found to be highly discriminable, with both sentential and phrasal contexts.
Walter G. Charles, George Armitage Miller, Princeton University. Cognitive Science Laboratory, 1988
3
Antonymy: A Corpus-Based Perspective
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 5.1 6.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.2 8.3 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Antonymous pairs in the database Representation ofantonymous pairs in the database Functions of antonymy in database sample Distribution ofpairs across new ...
Steven Jones, 2003
4
Knowledge Based Computer Systems: Proceedings of the ...
These relations are Synonymous Relation, Antonymous Relation, Constitutive Relation, Logical Multi-hierarchical Relation, and Non-monotonous Relation. 1. Synonymous Relation (SR): Synonym words are structured in synsets, underlying a ...
‎2000
5
Readings on Color: The science of color
two linguistic expressions are antonymous just if they have readings that are identical except that, where one reading has a semantic feature from a ( previously specified) antonym set, the other reading has a different feature from that same set.
Alex Byrne, David R. Hilbert, 1997
6
Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science
The imagination at its peak is antonymous. It embraces microscopic intimacy and macroscopic publicity. It interpolates opposites. It forges connections and analogies, bonds and metaphors between things like reason and faith that seem on ...
Guangfei Yang, 2013
7
Language: Its Structure and Use
Intuitively, you can see a difference between the antonymous pair large/small and single/married. The first pair denotes notions that are relatively subjective. You would agree that blue whales are large mammals and mice are small mammals, ...
Edward Finegan, 2014
8
Sense, Reference, and Philosophy
We mark this difference with (C''): (C'') A sense of a simple sentence S consisting of an n-place predicate P with a term occupying each place is contratermic just in case one of the terms has components belonging to the same antonymous ...
Jerrold J. Katz Professor of Philosophy CUNY Graduate Center (deceased), 2003
9
Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems: ...
A antonymous verb pair will included if a contrast ive prefix has appeared and the possible objects of each verb are the same. Self-defined antonymous pairs can also be included. Each captured verb will be matched with possible contrastive ...
R. P. van de Riet, J. F. M. Burg, A. J. van der Vos, 1996
10
The Metaphor of Illness and Healing in Hosea and Its ...
In antonymy properly so called, the assertion of one antonymous terms implies the denial of the other but not vice versa. Take the example, 'good' and 'bad'. The sentence 'John is good' implies 'John is not bad', but 'John is not bad' does not ...
Seong-Hyuk Hong, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTONYMOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antonymous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
HC hits CLAT with writ over 15 wrong questions, wanting publication …
He also pointed out question 25, which required matching of the word pair “dulcet : raucous” to a similarly antonymous pair. The answer key ... «Legally India, Jun 15»
2
Writ Petition filed in Rajasthan HC claiming that at least 15 questions …
He also pointed out question 25, which required matching of the word pair “dulcet : raucous” to a similarly antonymous pair. The answer key ... «Live Law, Jun 15»
3
Senior art show on exhibit in Burns Art Atrium
Edward Iverson's “Antonymous” Forms project depicts three animals – a bull, a tiger, and a horse – along with a human heart, made during ... «Union College, Jun 15»
4
Christina Aguilera's 'Bionic' Album Turns 5: Stan & Deliver
She really needs a strong effort soon. Antonymous Gawker. The other name for this album is “Supersonic”. It shit on every pop album that year. «Idolator: All About The Music, Jun 15»
5
These 30 out of 200 official answers in CLATaclysm 2015 may be …
The analogy given is Dulcet: Raucous. The relationship between the two is clearly antonymous in nature. One needed to go for a pair showing ... «Legally India, Jun 15»
6
'Free-range parenting' may be the solution for raising responsible kids
“Free-range parenting” reminds me of an antonymous term that brings shivers to teachers, school administrators, school counselors, advisors, ... «Hennesseyclipper, May 15»
7
The Afterlives of Modernism
... must liberate ourselves from the inertia resulting from a century of modernist ideological naïvety and the cynical insincerity of its antonymous bastard child. «Philosophy Now, May 15»
8
4 things you should know about Freightliner's self-driving truck
And, as "unique" as we think the various situations we encounter in our driving are, the distinct advantage of the antonymous car is that, over ... «CNET, May 15»
9
The Dismaying RINO Co-opting Of Rush Limbaugh
He has argued it would be the death knell of often antonymous conservatism and the Republican Party. Yet he disregards the broken clear and ... «Western Journalism, May 15»
10
Ratepayers saved from state house sculpture costs
Newstalk ZB understands an antonymous private donor is covering the remaining half a million dollar cost. State House Sculpture Barfoot and ... «Newstalk ZB, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Antonymous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antonymous>. Jun 2026 ».
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