Definition of "antonym" []

• A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry. (noun)

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• "The antonym is a word that makes us all feel better: safety."
• "As a general matter, when some quality is either present or not e.g., legal or illegal, the antonym is the same as the opposite."
• "We can find 692 antonym pairs in English where both words have the same length:"