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indirect antonym vs antonym

antonym vs indirect antonym

indirect antonym and antonym both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indirect antonym Yes No No No
antonym Yes No No No
As nouns, antonym is a hypernym of indirect antonym; that is, antonym is a word with a broader meaning than indirect antonym:
  • indirect antonym: antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry')
  • antonym: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Other hypernyms of indirect antonym include opposite, opposite word.
indirect antonym (noun) antonym (noun)
antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry') a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Difference between indirect antonym and antonym

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