antonym
pronunciation
How to pronounce antonym in British English:
UK [ˈæntənɪm]
How to pronounce antonym in American English:
US [ˈæntənɪm]
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- Noun:
- two words that express opposing concepts
Word Origin
- antonym (n.)
- 1867, coined to serve as opposite of synonym, from Greek anti- "equal to, instead of, opposite" (see anti-) + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Perhaps introduced to English in the book "Synonyms and Antonyms" (1867) by the Ven. C.J. Smith, M.A. UNDER the head of Synonyms and Antonyms, Archdeacon Smith arranges words which form an antithesis to one another. The word "antonym" is, we believe, a new formation but useful. ["Journal of Sacred Literature," July 1867] French antonyme (1842), German antonym (by 1859) are older. The un-Greek alternative counterterm has been left to fade.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Teacher say one word , students say its antonym .
- 2. And the use of " pole " as the antonym for " jew " may jar with some .
- 3. Give the synonym and antonym of this word .
- 4. A word may have more than one antonym .
- 5. The effects of antonym on english vocabulary teaching and learning .