OPPOSITE WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opposite word mean? 

• OPPOSITE WORD (noun)
  The noun OPPOSITE WORD has 1 sense:

1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

  Familiarity information: OPPOSITE WORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPPOSITE WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

antonym; opposite; opposite word

Context example:

to him the antonym of 'gay' was 'depressed'

Hypernyms ("opposite word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposite word"):

direct antonym (antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., 'wet' and 'dry'))

indirect antonym (antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of 'wet' and 'parched' is mediated by the similarity of 'parched' to 'dry'))