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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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'" [syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant: equivalent word, synonym]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1870 a word of opposite meaning <the usual antonym of good is bad> • antonymic adjective • antonymous adjective • antonymy noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a word opposite in meaning to another in the same language (e.g. bad and good) (opp. SYNONYM). Derivatives: antonymous adj. Etymology: F antonyme (as ANTI-, SYNONYM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(antonyms) The antonym of a word is a word which means the opposite. (FORMAL) ? synonym N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil, free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term, the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, vis-a-vis, vocable, word