| NOUN | communication | antonym, opposite word, opposite | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other |
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| Meaning | A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. | |
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| Example | "to him the antonym of 'gay' was 'depressed'" | |
| Synonyms | opposite word, opposite | |
| Narrower | direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., 'wet' and 'dry') |
| indirect antonym | antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of 'wet' and 'parched' is mediated by the similarity of 'parched' to 'dry') | |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Opposite | synonym, equivalent word | Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context |
| Spanish | antónimo, contrario | |
| Catalan | antònim, contrari | |
| Adjectives | antonymous | of words |
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