"antonym" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæntəˌnɪm/ Audio: en-us-antonym.ogg [US] Forms: antonym [singular], antonyms [plural]
Etymology: anti- + -onym Etymology templates: {{confix|anti|onym}} anti- + -onym Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A word that means the opposite of another word.
    Sense id: simple-antonym-en-noun-M8v7KGxw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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