polysemantic

Describes a word or phrase that has multiple meanings or interpretations.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt ein Wort oder eine Phrase, die mehrere Bedeutungen oder Interpretationen hat.

1. Having multiple meanings C1 formal

   Describes a word or phrase that possesses several distinct meanings or interpretations.

   • The word 'bank' is polysemantic, referring to a financial institution, a river's edge, or a verb meaning to deposit money.
   • Linguists study polysemantic words to understand how language evolves.
   • 'Light' is a polysemantic term, meaning not heavy, illumination, or pale in color.

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   Synonyme: ambiguousequivocalmultivalentpolysemous

   Antonyme: monosemousunambiguous

• more polysemantic comparative form
• most polysemantic superlative form