Contronym

Synonyms for "contronym" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (2)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

Related terms

7 entries

derived

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

form of

1 entries

Translations

17 translations across 9 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَضْدَاد noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Catalan

1 entries
  • autoantònim noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kontranyymi noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

French

1 entries
  • énantiosème noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

German

4 entries
  • Antagonym noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • Autoantonym noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • Januswort noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • Kontranym noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • antagonima noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • kontronima noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Polish

2 entries
  • autoantonim noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • kontranim noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Spanish

3 entries
  • autoantónimo noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • contránimo noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • contrónimo noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Swedish

2 entries
  • autoantonym noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)
  • kontronym noun (a word that has two opposing meanings)

Sample sentences

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Near-synonym: enantioseme

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