different between synonyme vs antonym

English

Noun

synonyme (plural synonymes)

1. Obsolete form of synonym.
   • 1920, H P Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft's Writings in the United Amateur (1915-1922), page 120:

     In reading, the novice should note the varied mode of expression practiced by good authors, and should keep in his mind for future use the many appropriate synonymes he encounters.

Danish

Adjective

synonyme

1. definite of synonym
2. plural of synonym

French

Etymology

syn- +? -onyme, from Late Latin synonymon, from Latin syn?nymum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), neuter singular form of ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”), composed by ??? (sún, “with”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.n?.nim/
• Homophone: synonymes
• Hyphenation: sy?no?nyme

Adjective

synonyme (plural synonymes)

1. synonymous

Derived terms

• synonymie
• synonymique

Noun

synonyme m (plural synonymes)

1. synonym

Descendants

• ? Turkish: sinonim

Further reading

• “synonyme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

synonyme

1. inflection of synonym:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

syn?nyme

1. vocative masculine singular of syn?nymos

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

synonyme

1. definite singular of synonym
2. plural of synonym

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

synonyme

1. definite singular of synonym
2. plural of synonym

English

Etymology

circa 1870: ant- +? -onym

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?nt??n?m'
• IPA^(key): /?ænt??n?m/

Noun

antonym (plural antonyms)

1. (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

   Synonym: opposite

   Antonym: synonym

   1. A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Further reading

• antonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

antonym

1. antonymous

Inflection

Noun

antonym n (singular definite antonymet, plural indefinite antonymer)

1. antonym

Declension

Related terms

• antonymi

References

• “antonym” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ???? (antí, “against”) + ????? (ónuma)

Noun

antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym or antonymer, definite plural antonyma or antonymene)

1. antonym

Antonyms

• synonym

References

• “antonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek antonymia, from ???? (antí, “against”) + ????? (ónuma)

Noun

antonym n (definite singular antonymet, indefinite plural antonym, definite plural antonyma)

1. antonym

Antonyms

• synonym

References

• “antonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

antonym (comparative mer antonym, superlative mest antonym)

1. antonymous

Declension

Noun

antonym c

1. antonym

Declension

References

• antonym in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• anonymt