antonym

• Palabra que tiene un significado opuesto o contrario al de otra palabra en la misma lengua. También se refiere a la relación de oposición de significado entre dos términos.

A noun referring to a word that has the opposite meaning of another word in the same language.

1. Word with opposite meaningB2formal

   A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.

   antónimo

   • 'Hot' is an antonym of 'cold'.
   • 'Happy' and 'sad' are antonyms.
   • The teacher asked the students to find an antonym for 'light'.

   Sinónimosantithesiscontraryoppositereverse