HyperDic: indirect_antonym

English > 1 sense of the expression indirect antonym:
NOUNcommunicationindirect antonymantonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of 'wet' and 'parched' is mediated by the similarity of 'parched' to 'dry')
English > indirect antonym: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningantonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of 'wet' and 'parched' is mediated by the similarity of 'parched' to 'dry').
Broaderantonym, opposite word, oppositeA word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Spanishantónimo indirecto
Catalanantònim indirecte

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