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English Dictionary: antonym by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antonym
n
  1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
    Synonym(s): antonym, opposite word, opposite
    Antonym(s): equivalent word, synonym
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. [?] a word used in substitution for
      another; [?] + [?], [?], a word.]
      A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a
      correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.
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