Antonym

Antonym

What is it ?

Well it is the opposite of Synonym

OK so what is that ?

Words with similar import/meaning

Antonyms are accepted that the relationship existing between items in a paired‐associates unit influences acquisition of the pairings.

Among other variables, this relationship can involve either antonymy

(e.g., happy‐sad) or synonymy (e.g., happy‐glad) of the materials being learned.

Further explanation :‐

Antonym a word that is opposite in meaning to another word.

The following are antonyms:‐

Good and Evil ; Slow and Fast ; Hot and Cold.

There are three different types of antonym:

gradable,

complementary,

and converse.

Gradable antonyms :‐

These describe something which can be measured and compared with something else.

For example, if one car is travelling at 120 km/75 mi per hour and one at 60 km/37 mi per

hour, one is Fast and the other is Slow.

Other examples are small and big ; hot and cold ; dry and wet ; clean and dirty.

The others you can work out logically for yourselves