Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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indirect antonym | Yes | No | No | No |
opposite word | Yes | No | No | No |
indirect antonym (noun) | opposite word (noun) |
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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 |