| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·to·nym |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n t -n m |
| NOUN: | A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry. | | ETYMOLOGY: | ant(i)– + –onym. | | OTHER FORMS: | anto·nymic —ADJECTIVE
an·tony·mous (n-t n-ms) —ADJECTIVE
an·tony·my —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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