Definition of Antonymous

1. Adjective. Of words: having opposite meanings.


Definition of Antonymous

1. Adjective. having an opposite or diametrically opposed meaning ¹

2. Adjective. of, or being an antonym ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antonymous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antonymous

antofine
antoikoi
antojito
antojitos
antoniniani
antoninianus
antonomasia
antonomasias
antonomasies
antonomastic
antonomastically
antonomasy
antonym
antonymic
antonymies
antonymous (current term)
antonymously
antonyms
antonymy
antophyte
antophytes
antorbital
antorbitals
antozone
antproof
antra
antra ethmoidalia
antrafenine
antral
antral sphincter

Literary usage of Antonymous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canada Law Journal by William S. Hein & Company (1910)
"How many lawyers can state exactly what is meant by the reporter's title, "Doctrine of Carving"'/ Is it antonymous of the familiar "doctrine of tacking" of ..."

2. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"Note that if ô is well chosen, then the above filter will also help to reject antonymous and complementary relations, ..."

3. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1907)
"As to their inter-relation—whether synonymous, antonymous, or overlapping—nothing can be deduced. To leave the question in such a condition is very ..."

4. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1995)
"... for instance, complementary and antonymous relations like the one between Australian and Canadian, accept and reject, or even generalizations like from ..."

5. Transport and Spatial Policies: Held in Paris on the 7th-8th November 2002 by ECMT Staff (2004)
"There is, however, a potentially antonymous relationship between spatial policies to achieve an improvement in polycentric urban structures: with a growing ..."

6. The American Amateur Photographer (1900)
"The chief idea underlying the word sacred (as antonymous to secular) is of something apart, consecrated, devoted—restricted to religious use only ..."

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