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antonymy

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for antonymy.

Editorial note

Even worse, mixing up synonymy with antonymy - hot and cold are similar in a way, but also completely opposite.

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Quick take

(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for antonymy.

noun

(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.

Example sentences

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Even worse, mixing up synonymy with antonymy - hot and cold are similar in a way, but also completely opposite.

2

I worked for this task for a year and it doesn't work very well because in embedding space relatedness, synonymy and antonymy are mixed up and require pairwise thresholding.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use antonymy in a sentence?

Even worse, mixing up synonymy with antonymy - hot and cold are similar in a way, but also completely opposite.

What does antonymy mean?

(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.

What part of speech is antonymy?

antonymy is commonly used as noun.