Autantonym

"Autantonym" in a Sentence (2 examples)

autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.

1986, Harry Edwin Eiss, Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Greenwood Press, p. 39. autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.

More for "autantonym"

MeaningSynonymsTranslateWord Forms

Next best steps

DefinitionSynonymsSentencesRead the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.