antonymousadj.
/anˈtɒnᵻməs/, U.S. /ænˈtɑnəməs/ Of a word or phrase: having the opposite meaning to another word or phrase in the same language; characterized by antonymy. Also in extended use: characterized by opposition.
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1876 J. L. Peck Ultimate Generalization 19 A good collection of synonymous and antonymous words made for literary purposes.
1951 S. Ullmann Princ. Semantics ii. 120 A special case of bisemy is that of antonymous senses attached to the same name.
1990 Amer. Speech 65 186 Red is claimed to be in an antonymous relationship with all other color terms.., which I do not accept.
2006 Monterey County (Calif.) Herald (Nexis) 6 Dec. The Warriors' offense was antonymous to the Rockets'.
2008 Russ. Linguistics 32 224 There are different verbs for the different movements of coming and going, which form an antonymous pair.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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