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hyponymy

English

Etymology

From hypo- +? -nymy or hyponym +? -y

Noun

hyponymy (countable and uncountable, plural hyponymies)

  1. (semantics) The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.
    Antonyms: hypernymy, hyperonymy

Translations

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synonymy

English

Etymology

From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numía), from ??? (sún, with) + ????? (ónoma, name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s??n?n?mi/

Noun

synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)

  1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
    Antonym: antonymy
  2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
  3. The study of synonyms.
    Synonym: synonymics
  4. A system of synonyms.
  5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
  6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
  7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Synonyms

  • synonymousness (less common than "synonymy")
  • synonymity (less common than "synonymy")

Antonyms

  • antonymy

Related terms

  • synonym
  • synonymia

Translations

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