Heterology

Synonyms for "heterology"

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

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coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia display heterology: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word.

Source: wiktionary

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