Definitions
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Word origin
From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.
Used in a sentence
““Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.”
“"The word 'boom' always makes me uneasy because the antonym of it is bust," said Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership. "Houston is not in a boom -- it is on a new path."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Opposite term”7 letters
02“Opposite word”7 letters
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