polysemantic

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

• 🇵🇹Descreve uma palavra ou expressão que possui vários significados ou interpretações.

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.

   🇵🇹Polissêmico

   Sinônimos: ambiguousequivocalmultivalentpolysemous

   Antônimos: monosemousunambiguous

• more polysemantic comparative form
• most polysemantic superlative form